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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27

poses. The decision is an eminently cor
rect and democratic one. The moment a
religious body begins to receive revenue
from property not used for religious pur-
poses, whatever may be the use of the
revenue therefrom. it should pay taxes
as anyone else does. If this were not
50 the holdings Of religious organizations
might become a great burden on the
community since their exemption from
taxation would be premium on the ex-
tension of such buildings, and would in
crease the tax burden of the very persons
with whom religious business might be
competing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK

overworl<ins School Children.
To the Editor Of The journal;
would to heaven something might he
done to stop the senseless, absurd and
wen nigh criminal examining OF the minds
OF the children In our public schooJsi
veHny, we are a patient people Every
parent IN the city who has children ut
tending school. and who takes q nronar
interest IN their welfare, knows that this
system OF crowding and examining has
gone on until the physical and mental
health Of the scholars is being endan-
gered; and yet we smother our indigna :
lion, quiet our consciences with tha
lnougnt that we must be modern and
up-to- date and allow the direful worir
20 commune Without SO much. as a protest
wy are QUICK to resent an injury to arr
chiid upon the street. and yet we allow
sl.N.I lniqul,ous system which stunts his
growth, ruins his health and DESTROYS his
nerves to have him under its control d,, MS
Ing the years. of his young life wfa,e ~.
should be growing strong and develnnire,
sIaaualiy so that when coming to man.
nood estate he might have a fair shnr,
Win the farmers son who has been el5n.
ca =! m the district schools In the good
o 2! way. Rather than .oontinne
this plan we might better 70 back Ia tl,e
old time methods which required ,,,,,d
crate amount OF study during schaol tn,,..
ana then allowed the child to 70 free. =.
stead OF giving him q lot OF "hon1e wcr,.,.
over which he must dig for hours IN the
afternoon and even late at night. Under
the the present system the children are con
unuaily burdened with their work. n Il
scarcely on their minds by nigf1t or DIV
and they have no opportunity for the fr.s,
dom and reaction after toll which evan
adults need We have learned to s.spare
the rod. = butt Is question If we have
not learned to perfection very refined
method OF killing the child.
& The parents OF our children are Justly
indignant. and would that some oppor-
tunity OF publicly expressing this indiEna-
ton might be devised. / am satisfied that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
STILL THE NEGRO PROBLEM.
New York Post.

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We are moved to ask these questions
IN view Of current discussions of the
negro question in this country. In one
way and another it has come rapidly
to the front in the past few weeks. At
public meetings of various kinds. in
many pulpits on Washington's Birth
day, the issue of the negro's political
rights has been made the theme Of de-
bate. We shall certainly hear much
more Of it. Politically, the subject OF
negro Acknowledgement in the south is
bound to have great prominence in the
next congress. In many republican
quarters we hear again the old clear
note of human liberty. The presidents
attitude. with that of the senat e,s in
the case of the few select negroes whom
he has named for federal office. has
aroused thought and provoked an agi-
tation which bids fair to go to the root
OF things It almost seems as If the
Old moral fervor Of the republican partv.
In all that relates to human rights and
equal opportunity, might be rekindled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
FRIDAY EVENING,

certainly is not impossible that the met
rtc' system will one day work itself SO
INTO the he, habits of the people of this coun-
try that they will generally use.i it just as
they,, after obstinate resistance, recog-
,nized the advantage of the decentralization
OF the currency in every day business
transactions. At the present time the
metric system has been legalized by con-
gress and anybody who finds it advanta J.
geous in business or in scientific or en-
gineering calculations to use it, can do
so. 1t can't be forced upon those who do
not need or understand it as yet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
Books and Authors
kIPLINe,s STANDING.

!. During the last few years the question
mas often been asked and answered in
various ways: Where does Kipling stand
in English literature?'' In the February
number OF The Bookman, Wiifred Whit
ten asks again this question and discovers
That kiplings work invariably grips
you and leaves co. it is and then it is
not" The mind does not absorb the pic
t t presented, but Mr.. Written thinks
me Jungle Book is the finest work OF
kipling, who is at his best drawing coll
fective and not Individual character as
when he writes of jungle people-the
tiger, the panther, etc. This criticism is
hardly just. There are scenes in kim
when not only grip but remain
Embedded In the memory 1t is meager
compliment to say that The Jungle Book
iis kipling's best work. And has he not
shown himself to have a power and in
nuence over English public in patriotic
appeal which the poet laureate himself
does not In the slightest degree possess?
These national hymn ballads, or whatever
they may be called, cannot be left out
In any estimate of Kipling's literary
achievement. Put The Rowers'' beside
the Jungle Book" and say which "grips"
one the most and holds one, too!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
Changes Slowly Made.

The effort to nationalize the metric
system at this session of congress is des-
tined to failure as previous efforts were
possible in the present state of the public
mind. The government has used the
system for some time for certain apur-
poses. Mechanical and civil engineers
are using it to considerable extent in
iaheir- calculations. It's general use will
be a matter of slow growth If the
public discovers that the system is more
convenient than the old one, it will grad
ually adopt it.. Even in France where
the metric system is firmly esta blished,
1t was some time before it was generally
accepted.
Ever-Si1lce 1871 efforts. been ma de
In England to secure the decimal system,
of coinage but the public there preferred
to stick to pounds, shillings, pence and
farthings. in 1854, a Decimal Associa-
ton was formed to promote such reform
In money, weights and measures, but no
change has been made.
In our own country, as late as the tif-
ties, people were talking and dealing in
shillings and sixpences. The old dollar
was divided into eight shillings and to
that reckoning the people chung seventy
years after the federal decimal currency.
was introduced. In 1891, John Quincy
Adams wrote:
Even now, at the end of thirty years
ask a5stradesman or shopkeeper in anv Of
our cities, what is a dime or mill. and
the chances are four in five that he will
not understand your question. But 90
to New York and offer in payment the
Spanish coin, the unit Of the Spanish
piece Of eight and the shop will take it
for a. shilling, and thus we have English
denominations most absurdly and di-
versely applied to Spanish coins. while
our own lawfully established dime and
mill remain to the great mass of the peo-
pie. among the hidden mysteries Of pont-
zeal economy-state secrets" In shiu-
ings xand pence; prices were, stated ON
restaurant bills of fare in many localities
up to the breaking out of the Civil war
But, the lawfully established decimal CIR
rency and nomenclature conquered.
After such p struggle for recognition
Of decimalizat and ultimate victory. it
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
LOOKING WITHIN.

Looking within myself; I note how thin
A plank Of station, chance, or prosper.
Gus fate
Doth fence me from the clutching waves
Of sin:
In my own heart find the worst mans
mate, s sls
And see not dinnly the smooth hinged
gate 50
That opes to those abysses
Where We srope darl<ly--ye who never
knew
On your young hearts loves consecraty
ing dew
Or felt a mothers kisses.
Or homes restraining tendrils round
you curled;
All, side by side9with hearts ease in this
world
The fatal nIgl1tshade1srow and bitter
rue!
James Russell Lowell.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
Hypercritical Art Commissions.

Ihese municipal art commissions are
proving far more useful than their warm
est supporters expected they would be,
Inc Minneapolis commission saved Min
hehaha Park from the Hiawatha statue,
and the Chicago commission has lust
saved Chicago from Kosicusko statue
Neither Hiawatha nor a Kosicuskc
statue Is Objectionable per Sc, but in both
cases the commission detected departures
IN the statues from true art
Ihere was nothing much the matter
win the HlaWatha statue, so said our
local commission, except that the specta
tor was filed with fear that the warrior
would fall fiat on his face and crumple
1Minnehafa up considerably, until it was
observed that the pedestal was firmly at
'ached.5 In view of that very petty fault.
we are not surprised that there has been
very general condemnation Of the com
mission for decreeing that Fjelde's IIia-
Watha shall forever be banished from the
haunts Of the old human Hiawatha.
ne ch1caso art commission in rejecting
chodzinskis equestrian statue U Kos
c1usko, has thrown as much cold watar an
Polish patriotism and budding art asnira :
lions IN chicago as our Minneapolis art
sharps did on Indian enthusiasm and local
art ferv0 when they exiied Hiawatha.
Here, again, the experts condemn for triy
lal reasons. One Of them is that the be-
holder is filled with a great fear that Kos
cluskos snorting charger will fall over
SldeWiSQ hoy
Is no horse at ALL but. the old-fashioned
notlon OF what military charger ought to
be, the kind Napoleon bestrode when he
pranced over the Alps and the kind Gen.
eral Jackson rode at the battle of New
Orleans. This prosaic Chicago art COM
mission insists on an anatomicallv cor
rect image of a horse Then again the
Whole creation is too restless for our sober
times. The steed is making a mile in
about about 1859, and Kosciusko himself
is turning sidewise in the saddle while
pointing to the path of duty that leads
but to the grave, or to something else.
Everybody knows that nowadays generals
are fond OF steady going, sedate palfreys
when they do not use automobiles, and
that nine times out Of ten they are phleg-
matically smoking while the fate of ma
tons is being decided
We know all this, we know the old
charger never existed in the flesh, and that
the old warriors never attitudinized on the
backs OF their steeds, but Just the same
we confess a weakness for the rearing
ssteed that threatens to fell over backward,
and for the ability of his rider to overcome
the force of gravitation. In such ways may
artists impress us that they are immort-
alizing extraordinary men.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
A Reversed Policy

| 1t is cabled that the kaiser's govern
ment has sent to the federal council a
measure providing for the readmission of
the Jesuits into Prussia and Germany,
from which they were expelled thirty years
ago under the drastic series of laws which
Prince Bismarck caused to be enacted.
after DR.. Falk had prepared them, against
the Roman Catholic clergy both in Russia
and Germany in 1873 and 1874 These
laws gave the governmen almost complete
authority over all Roman Catholic bishops.
priests, schools and properties in Prussia.
and they were enforced with much more
severity than Combes has been enforcing
the French law against religious associa-
lions.
Bismarck held that the subjects of
these severe laws should give their first
allegiance to the civil government under
which they lived, and not to foreign
ecclesiastical potentate in Italy. Pope
Plus TX retaliated by absolving all Roman
catholics from their duties to the German
laws After Plus TX. died in 1875 Bis
marcS found that he would need the
clerical vote to carry out some of his plans
so in 1881 steps were taken to modify some
of the Falk laws and minimize the strong
opposition in the reichstag, whittier the
controversy had been carried from the
Prnssian diet In 1880. a thousand par
ishes had been declared vacant; leading
ecclesiastics were eXiled, the Roman
Catholic professorships in theology in the
n1arck, needing Centre votes to carry out
his financial policy, began to yield, and
Leo XIII. was ready to receive conces-
sions, but made none himself. The Gull
turkampf weakened and a qualified modus
vivendi was reached, although Bismarck
had declared in 1872: "Of this you may be
sure, that we will not go to Canossa, either
in our ecclesiastical or political relations
He did, however, and, to-day, the kaiser
is ready to go to Canossa by repeating the
law against the Jesuits. In defense of the
visits to Canossa, it is held, that the
culturkampf was undertaken because the
Roman Catholic hierarchy had shown a
hostile spirit toward German uniflcation
under ,Prussia's lead, and there is no
longer any danger from that source AS
a matter of fact, however, it was imperial
political necessity which compelled sur
render to the vatican. The Falk laws were
monstrously severe and irrational and
blighting reflection on German profes-
sions Of devotion to human liberty. It is
true the attitude of the ecclesiastical ele-
ment was seditions but it did not seri-
ously menace Prussia or Germany.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
FROM EVERYWHERE
General Botha says the Boer relief +,
now amounts to over 100000.

General Botha says the Boer relief fund
now amounts to over 100000.
On accepting challenge to duel re-
Gently, municipal councillor at Renceg-
no, in the Tyrol, chose cannons as the
weapons, and stipulated that he and his
opponents should fire at each other from
two mountain tops three miles apart.
To rid themselves of the competition Of
the cheap products Of prison labor. Aus
TRAN manufacturers want their govern
ment to transport convicts beyond the sea.
Emperor William is ambitious to create
a monumental structure in his capital
city which shall match Westminster Alb
hey in London. At present the remains Of
the former leaders Of the Hohenzollerns
are scattered.
Atlanta Constitution: The manufacture
ing industries of the south have grown
SO rapidly and yet with so little spectac-
ular incident that we presume nine men
out of ten in the south to-day still believe
that the greatest interest Of the southern
states is bound up in agricultural pur.
suits and products
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27

many Of the teachers are also disguised
with the requirements OF this beautiful
system, and yet. what can they do? To
my mind it is high time that some decided
action be taken which shall lead to a rad
ical reform in the whole school course,
and II our school board and the worthy
superintendent will speedily address
themselves to the task, they will receive
the everlasting gratitude OF a long suf-
fering public
Never mind what other cities do, let
us have a system which is sane and rea-
sonable even though it must be our own!
u. U. Barnes.
Minneannlis Feb 26 1qn3
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27

An effort IS being made to compromise
the primary election contest in Wisconsin.
The anti-La Toilette men offer to apply
the primary election system substantially
as 1t is applied i'm Minnesota, leaving the
state ticket to be nominated by conven-
ton. We should think that If the La
Toilette men can't get any more than that
out Of the Wisconsin senate they would
accept the compromise. rather than go
two years more without an experiment
with the system.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27

The owl cars are to be put on by the
street railway company next week. The
public must be prepared to hear a COM
plant in a week or two thereafter that
they don't pay, but it is a complaint that
should receive scant attention. With a
gross income OF $s,6oo,ooo last year the
company can afford to run a car now and
then that does not pay
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
Grand Forks Herald.

The Matte nal Woman's Christian TEN
perance Union will not hold its next con.
venticn in Milwaukee, because the onl,
hall available is owned by a brewer and i:
adjacent to three saloons: and in view
OF possible strained relations, 1t has bear
suggested that they meet In some Ameri-
can city, such as Columbus, Ohio.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
a FAMILY JAR
BROOKLYN Eagle

Brooklyn Eagle.
Although twas in a public place.
Where family jars should never be.
My wife and stood face to face,
When suddenly she rushed at me.
I pushed her with no gentle touch:
She staggered back and nearly fell.
Then, with a wild, excited clutch,
She tore the rose from my lapel.
I grabbed her by the arm and she,
Her face crimson as the rose
Clawed in a frantic way at me,
And stamped upon my tender toes.
seized her in a rude embrace,
Which only added to the braWl,
For as I tore a bit OF lace,
She jabbed me with her parasol.
Perhaps should explain that we
Were standing in crowded car;
And every stop and start, you see,
Hurled US together with Jar.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27

It is amazing how the negro problem has
rapidly come to the front again. Here is
the Milwaukee Sentinel, for example,
sending its Mr.. Vandercook on tour
through the south for the purpose Of Civ
ing its readers an impartial view of the
facts. Mr.. Vandercook is writing some
excellent letters, and is turning up in
the darkest part of the south some very
hopeful phases Of the problem.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27

SURE.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
How did the doctor tell you to take
medicine. Larry-internaily or extern
ally?" I.
"Nayther wan, sor.''
but look here, Larry, that's absurd
It must have been one or the other, you
know" .
"Nayther wan, tell We. He tould me to
shnuff it up me nose.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
Stevens Did 1T.

Representative F. G. Stevens deserves
great credit for killing the Frye ship sub
sidy bill. Mr.. Stevens was the marshal
of the anti-subsidy forces, and he con-
Quoted mastery campaign against the
iniquitous bill. Mr.. Stevens is deserving
of all the more praise for the reason that
ne is not against subsidies on principle,
but opposed this one as the special class
grab which it was. Mr.. Stevens would
favor subsidy bill that would really en-
courage the growth of American shipping,
but he was resolute in his opposition to
any measure that would be a mere rake
off for few favored companies. We
shall hear no more about ship subsidies
for long time, and for that we owe a
debt OF gratitude to Mr.. Stevens.
II we must extend government aid to
our shipping, 1t would be far better to do
1t along the well tried tariff lines. The
tarln has had a large part in building I'm
our manufactures, and it can be made to
stimulate the growth of an American
marine. lower tariff for goods brought
IN American vessels would be a way Of
putting new life into the American rner-
chant marine, without the risks and
temptations and jobs of subsidies and
"ltnout being charge on the people.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27

Congress has appropriated money for
statues to Pulaski and Baron steuben.
IT'S we'll, but Emperor William might
have saved us some money and lot
of trouble by giving Steubern statue
instead Of one Of Frederick the Great.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27

In the case of the Mccormick THEOLOGY
cal seminary of Chicago. the United
States supreme court has rendered
very important decision In substance.
it is that not even special charters cam
protect from taxation the property Of re-
ligious bodies not used for religious pur-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-27
Democratic Folly.

There is a rather turbulent condition of
affairs in congress at the close of the last
session of the fifty seventh congress. The
house democrats boiled over, yesterday,
because a republican was seated. after in
yestigation in the St. Louis case, and for
got how many times they did the same
kind of seating when they were in con-
troll of the house. In the senate. SEN
ator Blackburn pledged his party to OBJ
struct business to the extreme of it's
ability to do so, unless the republicans
agree to a. vote on the Hoar-Littlefeld
anti trust bill. which was introduced after
all the available antitrust Bills were
enacted.
This measure Is supported by the demo-
Gratis because it goes considerably farther
In dealing with the trusts than the latter,
and they want to record their vote upon
1t for campaign purposes, and make a
pretense Of furthering radical legislation
on the subject. Their scheme is to make
it appear that they alone are the an
tagonists of monopolistic combinations,
and that the republicans have been sham
ming all along.
Incorporated in the Elkins bill; at least
the sections directed against the offering
and acceptance of rebates are, while the
corporation bureau of the department of
commerce provides for the publicity fea-
ture of the demand for anti trust legisla-
ton. and. if it is not drastic the
democrats seem to desire and If the in
formation the bureau obtains is to be
given to the public only at the discre-
ton of the president, no thoughtful person
doubts that President Roosevelt will make
public every delinquency on the part Of
the corporations under the law To- con-
denim the publicity feature and the anti
rebate feature Of the present legislation
before it shows what it is capable of
doing is unreasonable and narrow. That
legislation is designed to make up the
deficiencies of the Sherman antitrust law
The decision of Judge Grosscup in the
beef trust cases seems to show that the
Sherman law is strong enough as it
stands to make serious trouble for the
violators Of that law. If the beef men
appeal to the federal supreme court, it is
more than probable that the decision will
go against them, as the same principle
was embodied in the Missouri Traffic as
ISOLATION case decided against the asso-
citation.
Instead Of faulting the current legisla-
ton, which strengthens the existing sta
tute, the democrats should accept it, and,
If it fails in practice, they can strengthen
public opinion favoring more drastic
legislation. If is safe to predict that the
new legislation is not to be ignored or
weakly administered. The administration
has correctly interpreted the dominant
public opinion on the trust subject and
will continue to act aggressively and con-
scientiously in the line of it's duty.
The Great Northern is to be congratu-
lated on it's new Pacific coast train. The
southern transcontinental lines naturally
shine in winter, but in the summer the