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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
Was Charlton "Called Down?

A dispatch from Montreal, printed
elsewhere to-day makes it appear that
John Charlton is altogether too strong
an advocate of reciprocity with the
United States to please his political
liege, Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Mr.. Charl-
ton spoke in Boston before the Cham
Der of Commerce last Thursday after
non and he was to speak in the even
ing at the Merchants association ban
quet along with Governor Cummins,
Senators Quarles and Daniels and
others.
After the afternoon speech Mr..
Charlton received a telegram from Sir
Wilfrid Laurier of such an urgent ma
ture that he Cancelled his evening en-
gagement. 1t is presumed, tho such
conclusion must be accepted with re-
serve, that Sir Wilfrid read the re-
port of the afternoon speech and
thought that was enough for one day.
Ali Of this, however. may be a story
having its origin in circles opposed to
both Sir Wilfrid and Mr.. Charlton.
It is interesting to observe, however,
that Mr.. Charlton did go to a point in
his Boston address that must have
worried the Canadian premier if he is
thinking of advocating the British
preference idea in the supposedly
forthcoming elections in Canada. In
SO many words Mr.. Charlton said that
reciprocity with the United States was
much more valuable to Canada than a
preference in the British market, his
language on this point being as fol-
lows:
A close investigation of the matter
would, however, demonstrate that reci-
! procity of trade with the United States
would offer vastly greater advantages to
| Canada than the British preference that
| Mr. Chamberlain proposed. and the con-
| sideration of the question would be one
where sentiment would be opposed to in
tereSt. The removal of American duties
| from Canadian products, SO long as these
| duties were retained against similar prod
| uctS Of other countries, meant American
| preference to Canada, and the remova
| Of duties upon Canadian natural products
would give a far greater degree Of prefer
| ence than Mr.. Chamberlain proposed, fol
his scheme was confined to very moderate
duties on six articles, SO far as Canada
was concerned, viz, wheat, 6 per cent
| flour, per cent; eggs. per cent; butter
| 5 per cent; cheese, per cent; fruit, duty
| not stated
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
DUCHESS COSTLY ORNAMENT

For the Duchess of Westminster a Lon
don jeweler has produced a costly orna-
ment in diamonds. 1t may be used as
necklace, a hair ornament or corsage
decoration. 1t is flexible ribbon of dia-
monds and cost 100000. The ribbon is
formed on foundation of platinum
hinges The ends are fringes of small II
stones The ribbon may be tied into
bowknot to be fastened to the gown. An
other way the duchess wears the jewel
is to have it entwined in her golden
brown tresses The diamond band, which
is a foot long and two inches wide, admits
of many possibilities as hair ornament.
Again the duchess may wear it tied about
her neck, London society wonders why
the duchess wants an ornament of this
sort. She has enough handsome neck
laces to fit out half a dozen women, and
her tiaras and demicrowns number five.
The Westminster emeralds are wonders
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
Again the Northern Securities.

The Northern Securities case is at
last before the supreme court. A part
Of the patient public will read the ar
guments on both sides and then re-
mark to itself that it has read them
before. There is nothing new under
the sun in Northern Securities dis
cussions. 1t Is the same old story.
One side says there is no restraint
Of trade, the other says there is. One
side says the Sherman law does not
apply anyway, the other says it does.
One side asks whether a person or
corporation cannot buy all the stock
it can pay for In any company, the
other wants to know whether it is
possible for a person or q corpora
ton to effect by hook or by crook
| that which 1t would not be permitted
to do directly.
The defense Is making little more
this time of the competitive side of
the union of the Northern Pacific and
| the Great Northern than it has be-
fore. Instead of dwelling so much on
| the benefit to commerce resulting
| from combination Of the two roads,
counsel now dwell on the larger COM
petition that, according to them, will
follow. To be sure, the Northern Pa
| cifio and Great Northern are no long
er competing with each other, but
| they are making life interesting for
| the Onion Pacific. Divided, the argu-
| ~, ant v1Jra fhou could not Ira ,,oJ,
of a front against the Hartman rail-
road combination, but united they can
make the fur fly.
! Plausible arguments can be made
on either side Of this question, and,
whichever way the supreme court de-
cides, there will not be lacking plenty
Of support for it's position. So, after
all, the arguments will not count for
much, and the man who carefully
reads them will not be much wiser as
to the courts decision. That decision
is already made-was made long ago,
when the intellectual bias of each
Judge was determined. All depends
on how the judges have come to view
these great modern corporations and
the problem Of their relation to the
state and the people. The Judge who
is disposed to be afraid of their
formidable power will vote against the
Northern Securities. The Judge who
sees nothing alarming in their growth
and methods will vote against the
government.
SO it is not SO much question OF
law as Of public policy, not SO much
question of argument as Of mature6
opinion. A person intimately &C.
quainted with all the judges Of the
supreme bench could tell without
reading a word of brief or argumen
what the decision will be.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
Roosevelt and His Party.
To the Editor Of The Journal,

Your article on the presidents refusal
to accede to Wall street domination led
your correspondent to talk to a number of
republicans around here as to
their position on the presidential ques-
ton. Each one interviewed stated that if
Roosevelt is turned down by his party be-
cause of his fearless administration of
affairs, he will refuse to vote the ticket
One person stated that he would even go
so far as to vote the democratic ticket
These parties are representative of large
number Of the republicans of the country
loyal to their party but not married to
it. and not willing to see a man turned
down simply because he tries to administer
the laws as he finds them. IS. A. G.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
A Timely Word for Wood.

So the country has been furnished
with lying reports Of the testimony
given before the senate committee on
military affairs in the case of General
Leonard Wood.
There is no denying that the color
that has been given to these reports
has weakened the public confidence in
General Wood. The testimony Of
General Tasker III. Bliss was most
damning-as reported. It was to the
effect that in his capacity as collector
Of customs at Havana he had strongly
opposed the admission without pay
ment of duty Of the silver service pre-
scented to General Wood, and that the
general had given him mandatory in
structions, nevertheless, to admit the
consignment without customs charges.
In other words, it was reported that
General Wood had ordered a subor-
dinate to perform what that subor-
dinate knew and authoritatively re-
ported to be an illegal act.
General Bliss now says that he testi-
fed exactly to the contrary, that the
admission of the service without duty
was legal, that the entire responsibility
for doing so was his, and that during
all his service under General Wood he
witnessed no action of that officer that
was not consistent with the charac-
ter Of an honorable officer and a man
Of integrity.''
In calling the attention Of the SEN
ate committee and the public to these
false reports Secretary Root has done
the country a great service and has
stolen a march on the enemies Of Cen
eral Wood. After this demonstration
Of the falseness of the reports Of the
testimony, the public will believe
nothing that comes from the investi-
eating committee behind it's closed
doors.
A sneaking attack on an honored
| officers reputation by means of false
| reports is right in line with an in
vestigation that is largely fathered by
| a pardoned embezzler of Cuban funds.
| 1t would be interesting to know just
| what senator or other individual is
responsible for these slanderous re-
| ports. 1t seems, too, that the Asso-
| ciated Press correspondent in Wash
| ington has been easily worked" Such
testimony as that ascribed to Bliss
should not have been accepted for dis
| tributton to the papers of the country
without careful inquiry for the pur-
pose Of corroborating it.: 1t is up to
the Associated Press to do little in.
vestigating Of it's own. It's reputation
for reliability as news getter has
been Jared a good deal by this state
ment from General Bliss. -. ~.@a- E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
ELECTRIC PRINTING APPARATUS

Berlin will soon have an electric distance
printing apparatus as an adjunct to the
telephone. Thru the contract with the
postoffice department of which the tele-
graph and telephone system is a part the
Ferndrucker company is able to establish
a special service for subscribers in Berlin
and its suburbs, who can exchange COM
munications III printed type by way of the
main telegraph office. The apparatus is
similar to a typewriting machine. After
connection is made, communication can
be had by simply manipulating the ma :
chine like a typewriter: even if the aa-
dressee be absent, the printing is done as
If some one were at the instrument.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
THE MAGAZINES

Sunday Schools Defended Christ
mas number of LesIie's Weekly, under
GATE OF Dec. 10, a number containing
much interesting reading and fine illus
,1, mas this to say of President But
ler's columbia university remark tbst
the Sunday schools were one of the most
pathetic sights in the country:
1t is quite true that the system of religions
teaching followed in the Sunday schools of the
country mas masy fmperfections. that the tea CHI
ers often unframed and the text books nnsat.
isfactory; but granting all this and more. it re-
mains to be said that these schools are being
gradually but surely improved; that as they are,
they represent in their teaching and governing
force the highest intelligence, the best energy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

We haven't police enough, that's a fact;
but we have enough to scatter the gangs
Of loafers who ogle the women on Nicollet
avenue and hang around the entrances to
some of the big stores and grab purses and
make a shopping expedition generally a
disagreeable, if not a risky thing. Three
four men-good men at the business-in
plain clothes could inaugurate panic
among these loafers in single afternoon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

Canada. This is the first time any mem
Der Of the Mime Ita delegation has said
a word in congress- in favor of a PROPOSE
ton that is generally favored by our peo-
pie. It is pretty tough on a republican
state to have to wait for democrat to
express its views. But why not give the
credit where it belongs?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

About 30 per cent of the steel trusts
employees are to have their wages cut from
to rs per cent. At the same time it
would be Justice to reduce the face value
of the stock about 30 per cent, SO that the
entire burden Of economies necessitated
by too much water should not fall on the
worlzrnen who had nothing to do with the
watering.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
WEBSTER AND HIS MARkETMAN

When Daniel Webster's marketman had
sued him for a long unpaid bill and got
his money! he was so scared at his te-
merity that he stopped calling at the door
for orders. The godlike Daniel asked him
why, one day, and the man confessed that
he supposed Mr.. Webster would never
trade with him again. "Oh'' said Web
ster, "sue me often as you like, but for
heavens sake don't starve me-" There
was never a time when the great man was
not willing to owe as much as anybody
was willing to let him owe
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
Fire Escapes.

Fire Escapes.
To the Editor of The Journal.
Will you kindly inform me thru T h
j o u n a what protection does the law
guarantee to residents in flats against fire?
In other words, what provision is oblig
atory on owners Of such buildings for
reasonably safe exits from these buildings.
and to what extent is the law enforced?
While on the subject would also ask
with reference to the International audi
torium; what the probability or possibility
of escape would be if a fire was to break
out during a popular gathering, such as
it is designed to accommodate, or with
such crowd as will undoubtedly fill it to
hear Patti?
The provisions for egress may be ample
but I think a great many people would be
glad to know it, if that is the case, and
ought to if it is not.
These questions are not asked in a spirit
Of criticism. but simply to call attention
to the necessity of safeguarding the people
against the possible peril of a tire-or even
a false alarm. observer.
Building Inspector Houghton says that
the International auditorium is in far safer
condition that it ever has been before.
The main egress from the main floor has
/ been widened eight feet, and the two other
exits are clearly defined and of ample size.
Mr.. Houghton says that Mr.. Savage, the
owner, has shown a disposition to make
every Improvement which would con-
tribute to the safety of the public. and
| in that respect the conditions are vastly
better than they were.
The law relating to the construction of
flats is a long one, and for detailed infor-
| nation Observer should communicate with
the building inspectors office. In the
main, it may be stated that all flats over
two stories high are required to have
| front and rear stairways, and there are
certain rules regarding the construction
and protection of stairways.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

The army general staff is now fighting a
war with Colombia on paper. That is
probably the only kind of a war we shall
have with Colombia. The Colombians
might wish to fight for the sake Of honor.
but with the recent example OF SPANS
fight for honor before them, they will
probably give high rank to the virtue Of
discretion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
ONE IDEA OF ETERNITY

Budd Doble, the veteran horseman, went
to a country church not long ago and says
that the parson gave him better idea of
eternity than he had ever had previously.
Eternity" said the preacher lis forever
and forever, and five or six everlastings
on top Of that. Why. brothers and sisters,
after millions and billions of centuries had
rolled away in eternity 1t would still be a
hundred thousand years to breakfast
time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
THE BREAD OF VARIOUS NATIONS

p Even the poor in the United States and
England eat white bread. In most of the
continental countries of Europe rye bread
is the staple. The Russians eat buckwheat.
The Laplanders have a bread made of
oaten meal mixed with pine bark, and the
Icelanders make their flour from lichens
Banana, flour is used in the South Sea
islands. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

The Rev. J. S. Montgomery does not
purpose to give up the church for con-
gress. This is not strange. DR.. Mont
gomery is an orator, and they don't make
speeches in congress any more.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

to turn many an honest dollar in cot
ton while modifying his agricultural
methods so as to be prepared for
whatever may come.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

A lot Of appointments are being made
to the supreme court these days in the
papers, altho there is only one vacancy
and that has not yet been created.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
The people who sympathize "

The people who sympathize with the
overworked statesmen and saleswomen in
the stores at holiday time can help to
make the work lighter by sensibly doing
their Christmas shopping early. 1t is the
crush Of the last few days of day and
night work which the clerks say they feel
worst. - -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

We supposed there was no limit to
football enthusiasm, but 500 for a trip
to California seems to be considerably
over the limit with the local rooters
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

Don't call this severe weather, for you
might disturb trade. 1t Is that most
popular Of weathers with the business
man-the seasonable kind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
AT THE THEATERS
MISUNDERSTANDING Spenders.

MetrCpOltan-'l opeHuSTS
The cordial reception awarded to Will
liam II. Crane last night harmonized
with the size of the very large audience
and with the popularity Of the actor. He
responded to series of curtain calls, but
would not heed the loud calls for speech
In role that is locally new, Mr.: Crane
appeared oddly familiar. But in frank
shrewdness, in kindly vigor. in all that
makes for rugged manhood, there is mere
ly a difference of dialect between Peter
Bines, western, mine owner, in The
Spenders,''. and old Van AlStyne. Wall
street leader, in THE. Henrietta" The
New Yorker talked the slang of specula-
ton; the Montana man expresses himself
in terms of the miner and the gambler.
His agreeable. humor, dixie that of his as
sociates, is an echo of Mark Twain s
famous dialogue in a"Roughing IT. be-
tween the Nevada tough and the newly
arrived clergyman from the east, as to
the funeral of a citizen that had just
gone up the f1ume.''I. It's that contrast
between the formal and the free and
easy" so comical in the abstract.
If Mr.. Crane, dominating the scene with
all his recognized power, continues to
charm, his present medium is by no means
comparable with Bronson Towards ster-
ling play AS the readers Of H. l.. Will
sons book recall, old Peter Bines, former
prospector in Montana and present mil
lionaire, wants to keep his grandson, Per
cival Bines, In the mountains to de
velop him. The youth. allured by a pref
ty Gothamite, insists on staying in New
York, where his idle extravaganza almost
surrenders his lady love to mercenary
but successful f1nancier. Old Peter con
trives a Well street plot a Ia Henrietta
transfers his grandson's money to his owr
| pocket, and secures the sweetheart fol
young Peter. -----
| It's pretty romance, but romance only
| and might look credible if narrated o.
| some unfamiliar Ruritania. But Mr.. Will
| son has attempted, unadvisedly, a real
| stic romance, dealing with familiar place:
and present society. He insists, more
over, with much iteration, that Montana
| is the home of freedom, of honesty, O.
truth, of generosity; that New York il
| corrupt, petty, mercenary. But withou
disputing that New York is the only me
tropolis Of civilization whose exclusiv,
society is governed by money alone, with
| out confessing admiration for Harr.
Lehrs or for shipbuilding trusts, one re
members that Montana, like other west
ern states, has achieved its share Of com
mercial, political and social scandals ii
the very presence Of "those mountains.
| One may as well venture to imagine Sen
ator Clark or Augustus Heinze. real min
! ing millionaires, inveighing against tn
| mercenary, disingenuous east; or the lat
Marcus DAILY conducting a courtship 70
his grandson to win a maid from Low
of lucre.
Attic the body of the play is thus af
fected and melodramatic, the dialogue
the scenery, and most Of the actors, ar
excellent, and the cast includes William
Crane. H. B. Curry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

One thing that can be said in favor Of
steel trust retrenchment is that number
of useless offices with high salary attach
ments have been abolished
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Opposition to Governor Continues Its Mud
Throwing - They Raise the Steel
Trust DOGGY, While Relying on the
Support Of Those Same Interests
Slate Makers Have Method In Their
MISUNDERSTANDING Incident Arouses
Feeling.
.Only throw mud enough and some Of
it is sure to stick The anti-Van SAINT
newspapers must have this maxim in
their charges and insinuations relative to
the iron ore roads merger. They have
studlously kept away from the facts In the
case. Attic the governor is not and will
not be a candidate for office, they con-
tlnue to charge him with improper motives
because suit was not brought against the
Duluth merger, after the attorney general
and his counsel had advised that it could
not be reached.
1t must be hard to keep up this kind of
a bluff under the circumstances. OF course
1t does not mean any harm to the steel
trust corporations, which have always
have been anti-Van SAINT, and are now
The steel corporations are relied on to
help capture ST. Louis county for Dunn
and they are used to being called names
lin public, without any damage coming
from 1t, and when it is well understood
between friends.
Every hidden thought in the minds Of
Governor Van SAINT and his official fam
lily, apparently, has been disclosed to the
world by the forecast and comments of
some morning contemporaries on the Col
Inns resignation, and its attendant
"slates." These papers have "coppered'
every possible combination of appoint
ments, giving out "a new slate each day
as the one finally determined on. The
evidence is plain that they have been re-
ceiving outside assistance, tho it is not on
the inside The object of these publ
cations is also plain. 1t is to give the pro-
ceedings the air Of a, political deal, as far
as possible, and by numerous guesses to
strike the right result, so that the story of
'slate fixing" can be substantiated. The
delay in the resignation of Judge Collins
has only helped this program. .~
| Now there is talk of requesting Thomas
H. Shevlin to resign as national commit
teeman, because he gave his, proxy to
Mark Hanna and took away from Mime
sofa for the time being her proud dis
tinction as a Roosevelt state. There is
no doubt considerable feeling in the state
but the request will hardly be made tc
Mr.. Shevlin, for the usual reason, lack OF
some one with courage to bell the cat.
The agitation does no harm, however, ano
perhaps at the next meeting of the com
mittee Minnesota will be represented by q
/ Minnesota man. "
It is now up to the state committee tt
devise a way Of selecting district dele
gates from this state in conformity to the
call of the national committee. That aues
ton will be taken up at an early confer
ence, probably some time in January.
/ Charles B. Cheney.