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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
FIRST WEEK OF THE
CARNIVAL NEARLY
PAYS FULL COST
Practically All of the Rec eipt
Next Week Will Be Net to the
Public Baths---Added Attrac-
tons Are Prepared.

The first week of the carnival ended
last night under most inauspicious cir
| cumStanceS, but in spite of them Satur-
! day evenings crowd was a large one.
| The management had hoped that by
! last night all expenses would have been
paid for the whole two weeks of the
carnival and they would have COM
menced the second week con velvet"
This calculation was, however, based
on an attendance of about $4,000 yes
| terday, and this they would undoubt-
eddy have had with fine weather.
| AS it was 100 paid admission to the
grounds. This, considering the wealth
| er, was very large attendance for
rain was threatening every minute. 1t
J will therefore probably take a good
part of Mondays attendance to pay the
total expenses, so that after Tuesday
all that Is taken in will be clear profit
for the public baths
The admissions for the week amount
ed to $4,000 and it is expected that this
will be far exceeded next week, as
many new features are to be put on.
Court Is Great Attraction.
Probably the feature of the show
during the week has been the kangaroo
court Over 1900 arrests have been
| made at the mimic court and as yet no
| unpleasantness has been occasioned,
| for in all cases the officers have done
! their duty" with rare tact and circum-
| spection.
Every day the patrol wagon has
made several trips down town and it's
coming has got to be so well known
now that it, as a rule, drives down
streets deserted by all who know the
nature of the vehicle. Well known abb
stainers have been known to dive into
saloons to get out of the way, only to
be dragged ANONYMOUSLY forth to the
| tribunal at the carnival grounds and
| fined according to the Whim Of the
| judge.
| No one is exempt, for the officers
! fail to look seriously upon any walk of
| life. Only yesterday, while body of
| undertakers were holding meeting in
John A. Willwerscheid's office, they
were all seized by the minions of the
J law and taken in the patrol wagon to
| the court.
The Milton dairy was also raided.
and not only Mr.. and Mrs. Milton ar
| rested, but also the cashier.
Cinnamon Fined.
Four Cinnamon, who failed to give
satisfactory account of themselves to
the Judge, were assessed from SO cents
to 81 apiece, and a man working for the
! Schmidt brewery, who had been in the
country but eight days and needed an
interpreter to have his case explained.
was glad to pay 81 and escape with his
liberty.
, The court collected 1927 last night,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

meets with their leaders enthusiastic ap-
prevail To what extent will that hearten
the silver faction Of the party, through
out the west and the northwest The play
from now on will be for delegates to the
next national convention, and Mr.. Bryan
wants as many as possible to present them
selves there instructed for what he de-
scribes as democratic principles" He VIII
probably be there to receive them, ana
will muster them for a final contest with
the Clevelandites over the money question.
Fine words butter no parsnips. Harmony
talk over the walnuts and the wine may
be extremely misleading. The fight IN men
Is for the moment allayed The speakers
wander from the subject. Matters are iett
about as they were taken up. 1t IL nara
work that counts. Mr.. Bryan knows what
he wants Ask reorganizer to outline
his platform and he is completely stumped.
He can only tell you what he doesn't want
Mr.. Bryan is on the positive side or the
equation. He can and will describe to you.
plank by plank the kind of platform the
party should adopt. and he has his fol-
lowers busy now drumming up support
for IT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
The Public Wary.

From the New York Herald.
Wall street seems surprised and disap-
pointed because the refunding offer has not
stimulated speculation, and asks, What is
the matter with the market?" The mat
ter with Wall street is not SO much lack
of money as lack of confidence growing
out of excessive capitalization and syndi-
cate manipulation during the boom period.
Inconceivable fortunes-which their possess
sors don't seem to know what to do with
have in the last five or six years been
accumulated in a few hands by combin-
ing properties at from two to five times
their value without commensurate increas-
ing of earning capacity. In many instances
the manipulators by mysterious and I'M
advertised articles Of association and the
creation of arbitrary bylaws have per-
petuated themselves in control Of the
properties, and under cover of legal for
malities deprive the real holders of recog-
milton and even of information. The coun-
try at large is rich and powerful and does
not need to liquidate, but Wall street is
slow to learn that while the stock ex-
change and syndicates are useful as aids
they are not creators Of wealth, but fulfill
the functions of middlemen. and that the
future is sometimes toe rapidly dis
counted"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
copyrighting Questionable Plays.

A federal judge in New York has just de-
cided that plays which deal with question
able" situations cannot properly be copy
righted, and that even though their pro-
ducers may bear certificates of copyright
from the librarian of Congress- those docu-
ments do not confer exclusive ownership
such as to render infringements punishable
by the law. This is a most important
ruling, and should be tested by the
final processes of appeal. For If the law
declares that a line can be drawn between
proper and improper plays in the matter of
ownership, opportunity is opened for unend-
ing trouble and ultimately. the breakdown
of the entire copyright system. If play
can be copied with impunity on the score
of its IMPROPERLY then undoubtedly book
can be so copied. Thus the decision is far
reaching. If there were fixed standard Of
propriety in books and plays the situation
would not be so difficult. But it is notorious
that what one man regards as a highly
moral play, conveying a powerful lesson
and preventing crime and sin by the force
of awful example, another considers as a
decidedly unwholesome production, catering
to a prurient taste. And so with novels
dealing with so-called social problems
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
London on the Chicago Speech.

The London cable letter in today's New
York Tribune contains the following:
The objection is raised by some writer's
that trouble will arise whenever Eu-
ropean power finds itself powerless to OBJ
tain redress in Spanish America unless by
the seizure of territory. and the Little
England controversialists are puzzled by
the demand for stronger navy when the
Monroe doctrine has been sanctioned by
Great Britain and Germany. The Chicago
address as a whole. greatly increases the
Presidents prestige abroad, and 1t was al
ready unique
Trouble will undoubtedly arise whenever
any European power in an effort to collect
claim against any Central or South
American power embodes in its program a
seizure of territory. The position of the
United States under the Monroe doctrine
on that point is unmistakable. The sane
ton of the Monroe doctrine by Great Bri-
tain and Germany is of no moment far
our navy is concerned. We intend to
increase our strength the sea to the
point where that doctrine will be entirely
safe whether it is "sanctioned'' or not
across the Atlantic. Great Britain and
Germany might change their minds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Not Harmony, but Principles, :"

The most important event at Des Moines
on Thursday was not 1.-The Jeffersonian
banquet, where three hundred democrats,
good and true, pledged themselves anew to
Jeffersonian principles, but a meeting of
the adherents of the. Kansas City plat
form, which. the dispatches tell us, was
held prior to the banquet, and where IAN
Organization was formed and a central
committee created to work to place in the
next state platform the principles of the
Kansas City platform.
Mr.. Bryan attended the meeting and in
dorsed the movement. The democracy OF
America does not want harmony he
told those present. 1t wants the triumph
of democratic principles
The banquet was all very well Such
affairs have their uses, but they seldom
produce anything more valuable than an
exchange of jollies and some warmed-oyer
rhetoric. This meeting was the thing.
If what was begun there Is carried out in
the spirit Of its Inauguration the country
will he somewhat instructed by the result.
Suppose this effort to force an indorse-
ment of the Kansas City platform into the
next Iowa state platform is defeated. win
the Bryanites bolt? Mr. Bryan frankly
says that 1.-The democracy does not want
harmony. but the triumph Of democratic
principles" Clearly, then, his Iowa fol-
lowers cannot consistently support a plat
form from which democratic principles. viz,
the principles of the Kansas City platform.
have been excluded. And IL bolt should
take place in Iowa. the spirit OF it might
spread and affect the situation elsewhere.
On the other hand. suppose the effort
succeeds Suppose the Organizes in Iowa
have their way. and write platform which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Of fares from the standees and another
class from those who sit? Take. for an ex-
ample. the elevated railroads in New York,
where the fares are collected before the
passengers are admitted to the train plat
forms. It is perfectly safe assumption
during certain hours Of the days. and at all
stations save the very terminals OF the
lines. that the next train to approach Will
afford only standing accommodations. Yet
the discrimination as to fares could not be
practiced at the ticket offices on even that
assurance. Furthermore. there could be no
way for the officials to prevent the bearer
of half-fare ticket. which he had long
since deposited In box. from taking the
first vacant seat. as against the right OF
one who had paid full fare.
Another Illustration comes in the surface
car. where the conductor collects the fare.
1t is easy to imagine the scene when he
attempts to persuade an obdurate passen-
ger that a seat is awaiting him at the
other end of, the car, II the passenger de-
sires to ride for half rate. Then suppose
the car thins out before the end of the
line. and some of the half-rate standecs
find seats. Should they be charged three
quarters fare, or full fare. or permitted to
enjoy the usufruct Of their patience? And
what Of the gallant passenger who yields
his seat to another? The conductor ls
already an overworked, overworried man.
He Is entitled now to the sympathy Of the
crowd, and should not be additionally bur-
dened with duties.
A far better method than this complex
system of split fares is for the authorities
to establish and enforce schedules which
will most nearly meet the demands Of the
traffic Here in Washington there is need
Of many additional cars on some of the
lines. and the general public would rejoice
In their appearance, rather than in any
impracticable method Of coercing the cor
porations by such indirect means as the
half-fare scheme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Seats and Fares.

The ''no-seat-no fare cry has OCCASION
ally been raised in this country, when the
congestion along travel lines has become
unbea IA BILE but, so far as known it has
never resulted In enactments of law. There
Is nothing in vogue here corresponding to
that which obtains in Paris, where the
common carriers will not take on more pas
sengers than they can accommodate with
seats. Recently an agitation for half fare
for ''standees" has been begun. and just
now In New York, where the standing
crowds outnumber those seated in all
classes of public vehicles, there is a decided
movement to secure a rebate for those who
cannot find seats. a note bearing on this
issue in recent number of Case and
Comment a periodical devoted to the re-
production of leading court decisions fol-
lows:
The cry No seat. no fare, which exas-
perated and long-suffering street car pas
sengers have often adopted. is wisely mod!-
ned by recently published proposition
that s;reet-car passengers should be COM
PEELED 70 pay only half fare unless able to
obtain Il seat. The reputation of any OBJ
legation to pay fare for a ride without A
seat has never commended itself to the
pubic sense Of justice. though IL often
seems 10 the desperate passenger a proper
penalty 10 enforce. But there is SONS thing
compelled TO stand damned between others
In SWaying mass ought not to pay as
much compensation for that form OF pun
ishment other passengers pay for a com
Portable seat. The power of the legislature
TO limit the fare in accordance with the
measure of the service is unquestiouable
provided II does nos go to the extent of
conffscation or taking of the Carriers prom
erty without due process of law. A great
number of decisions TO this effect are re-
viewed In a note in 33 l.. r. A., III. some
OF which show that municipalities are often
given powers large enough to cover the
regulation of the subject by ordinance. The
right to ride free If no seat is provided will
never be generally demanded But the
right TO ride for less than the regular rate
IL no seat Is furnished may be claimed with
perfect justice. and demand of this kind
has reasonable prospect OF success"
This is reasonable proposition. but how
Is 1t to be enforced? By what system is
the operating company to collect one class
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
CITY and County.

The building inspectors report of opera
tons during the month of March shows
that great as are the public building i'm
provements projected and soon to be put
under way, the citizens of the District
are doing their share toward the develop
ment Of the capital. Permits for new
constructions were issued during the
month aggregating prospective cost Of
S617 $50 This is, of course, not the full
seasons work, for the February permits
issued in April will likewise materially
swell the total Of the seasons construc-
lions. And the process will continue. for
Washington just now Is expanding as never
before, and the years output in buildings
of all classes will total well up in the
millions.
This Is, in fact, as just stated move
ment in expansion. as demonstrated by the
fact that OF the $617 $50 to be spent in
new buildings 1918. $50 will go into what Is
officially known the county" that
portion of the District lying beyond the
formal boundary line, Florida avenue
Year by year the absurdity of this division
between city and county becomes more ap-
parent, especially in the light of the tre-
mendous building movement which of late
years has been Transforming the north
ern suburbs into extensions of the city
itself. AS The Star has repeatedly noted
it is impossible for the visitor who knows
nothing Of legal distinctions to see any
difference between city and county areas
when travelling northward along certain
thoroughfares. OF course there are some
broad vacant spaces yet to be occupied
IN, fho
means difficult to find such spaces still
remaining south of Florida avenue.
So here we have nearly 100000 of i'm
provements projected in a single month
outside of the city region proper, as the
law now stands Is it not time that the
artificial boundaries were swept away and
Washington made coincidental with the
District? The day is not far distant when
the two will coincide in fact. Several
miles away from the Capitol rows of houses
are already in evidence. surrounded by
actual city conditions. Some of the SUBJ
urbs of a few years ago which boosted Of
individual constructions and extensive
lawns are being rapidly transformed into
city squares. The frontier is being stead
lily forced northward. The streetrailway
companies have recognized the tendency by
establishing the limits of the overhead
trolley farther out than the law requires,
realizing that in the course of a few years
the growth will be such as to give rise
to an insistent demand for the abolition
of the overhead system in the now outly-
ing regions.
These monthly statistics have shown
this great activity in county building
for some time past. If put together and
laid before Congress they would afford a
strong and virtually unanswerable argu-
ment in favor of the repeal of the statute
which draws Florida avenue as boundary
line between the two artifcially separated
parts of the District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
The President on Trusts.

The Presidents summing UP at Miwau-
kee on the trust question was clear and
sufficient. His speech will be widely cir
culated, and will contribute to better I'M
Outstanding of just where we now are
at in our effort to deal with a public
menace without converting the effort itself
into a public menace
The antitrust legislation of the Fifty
seventh Congress matured slowly. When
that body first met. the situation was con-
siderably confused. The majority party
had not entirely recovered from the effects
of the Buffalo tragedy. Mr.. Roosevelt had
not had time enough to impress himself
upon the country as chief magistrate The
trusts were very live issue. and the peo-
pie were demanding further action by Con-
gress against them. The congressional
leaders We're attentive to the demands, but
they saw the necessity Of looking before
leaping.
1t was impossible, of course to keep poll
tics out of the equation The democrats,
with no responsibility, but with the full
license Of partisan criticism, cheered on
the work. Some of them played their parts
with marked cleverness and made their
opponents extremely uncomfortable. Adj
dressing themselves to the republicans,
they said in effect: IF you men are not
wearing the livery Of patriotism to serve
the trusts in, you'll give us a measure
which will cut up the trusts, root and
branch. in a jiffy." And when the legisla-
tion was completed, these same men, with
an air of triumph, exclaimed. We told
you so. 1t was only a sham battle. Moth
ing has been accomplished. The trusts
don't care a rap for what you fellows have
done"
legislation. and explains it with much force.
He expects it to be effective. and we may
easily believe that it will lose nothing of
value in his manner of enforcing it.
This from the closing paragraph of the
Milwaukee speech is entitled to especial
consideration:
MANY Of the alleged remedies advocated
are of the unpleasantly drastic type which
seeks to destroy the disease by killing the
patient. Others are so obviously futile
that II Is somewhat difficult to treat them
seriously as being advanced in good
faith. High among the latter 1 place the
effort to reach the trust question by means
of the tariff.
You can, of course, put an end to the
prosperity of the trusts by putting an end
to the prosperity of the nation. but the
price for such action seems high. The al
Tentative Is to do exactly what has been
done during the life of the Congress which
has just closed-that is to endeavor not to
destroy corporations, but TO regulate them
with view of doing away with whatever
is OF evil in them and of making them sub
serve the public use
The President repeats himself here. He
has declared in other addresses against
the absurd proposition that "the tariff is
the mother of trusts" But it was well
for him to say it again. The tariff is a
very live issue, and there is a determined
effort In some quarters to merge it with
the trust issue, or rather to connect the
two. and fight the next presidential cam
paign on that combination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
The Plodder,

A little bit O. trouble
An little bit O. song;
From spring time round to winter
The world jes' joys along.
A snow storm in November
And a blossom in the May;
World jes' goes ahead an does
Its duty day by day.
So I shall not bemoan my lot,
Though humble 1t may be.
What's good enough for this old earth
Is good enough for me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
A CYnic Statesman.

What did you think of my speech?" said
the aspiring young orator
mot bad said the cold man of exper-
fence.
Il devoted a great deal of thought to it,"
Yes, that's a mistake young men are
apt to make. You put thoughts into your
speeches instead Of telling the audience
stories.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Some New York people assume that in
the event Of the establishment of national
theater it would be located in that city.
New York has had It's time at the task of
'elevating the drama and should be will
ing to admit failure and stand aside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

When a millionaire goes abroad he often
distributes cash in ill-considered charities
Over here he expects people to work for
their money. and the men who do the work
prefer to stand on self-respecting basis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

The theory has been advanced that wo-
men are more weather wise than men.
Certainly they are constantly observing
atmospheric conditions in order to de-
termine whether their hair will stay in
RI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
SHOOTING STARS.
Appreciation.

DO you think that people appreciate art
in this country?''
Certainly answered Mrs Cumrox
Everybody gets interested as soon as you
tell 'em how much a masterpiece cost"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
The Worst.

Men have a lengthy list of woes
To spoil his hopes and twist 'em,
But his are worst who betting goes
Upon a sure thing system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

number of colored citizens continue to
be more interested in that rumor about
pensions for ex-slaves than in abstract fea-
lures of the race question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Dowie declares that he thinks Zion will
be benefited by his taking a rest Mr..
Dowie has a deft way of letting himself
down easy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Mr.. Bryan is being earnestly asked to re-
wise his own opinions. But he is still young
enough to be principally concerned about
the mistakes of other people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Diamonds are becoming more expensive.
However. the average citizen will not COM
plain so long as the price of coal continues
to go down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

When naturalists accuse one another o.
telling fibs about defenseless dumb amin al:
whom is the public to trust?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Some of the Buffalo police seem disposed
to think that so long as the late Mr.. Pen
nell cannot defend himself he is the most
available suspect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Possibly the people of Venezuela re-
fused to let President Castro go for fear
he might take too large lump Of wealth
out of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

If Admiral Dewey Is embarrassed by
some Of his interviews he will possibly
have a certain amount of sympathy frou
General Miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

Mr.. Cleveland does not intend to be
booked for a tour of free lectures without
his personal consent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Civic Pride.
m tha Ba,tinore American

From the Baltimore American.
The stimulation of civic pride is one of
the surext ways Of generating public enter-
prise. Once touch the sense Of patriotism
In people and the gates will be opened
wide through which the forces of progress
win enter,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04
Not His Way,

Some people are mighty lucky" unused
Senator Sorghum.
''Envious?"
"A little. 1 can't understand how it IS
that some men can go around the county
and make handshaking take the place Of
cold cash in getting votes.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

The Turks still killing Christians in
Armenia. 1t is evident that something more
than missionary persuasion is needed in the
sultan's domain.