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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
A STRONGER DEMOCRACY

Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser.
The Minneapolis Journal, a republican
newspaper with strong independent pro-
clivities. is very favorably impressed with
the democratic house leader, John Sharp
Williams. Speaking of his leadership and
Of his pledges for his party, r II j +
II a says:
If Mr. Williams is good as his word be will
have the sincere good wishes of all the patriotic
people of the country in his effort to turn the
democratic party into strong, patriotic. we'll
balanced political party which will gain the
confidence of the business interests of the ceun-
try while keeping in mind the welfare of the
masses. Nothing better could happen to the
republican party and the country than the re-
Mobilization of the democratic party. great
country forced to commit itself to political
party. because there Is no choice, Is taking a
hazardous course.
Those are more fair and more liberal
expressions than we usually find in any of
our republican contemporaries, tho the re
mark that the country has been compelled
to accept the rule of the republican party
because there is no choice" is somewhat
rasping. Is it not true, however? The
serious. conservative sentiment Of the
country has really had no choice for sew
erai years but to accept and submit to the
rule Of the republican party. Rather it
was a, choice between two evils, and it was
felt that on the whole the country would
be better off under the republicans than
under the democracy that has controlled
the party of late. If there is a hope of
getting back to old principles and Of llav
ing a solidly united democracy we cor
daily agree with r II e j o u r II a that it
would be a good thing for the country as
well as for the party. And h o u r
II a l gives another good reason why our
party should unite when it says:
The disregard of the republican leaders for
public opinion. as developed on the tariff ques-
ton in the last two or three years, and the
cynical disdain of party promises to reciproc
ity. are the fruits of unrestrained power arising
from the absence of a worthy opposition party.
And SO. tho it may not be possible to put
the republicans out of power, it is possible
for them to be led to mend their ways If
they can be made to feel that democracy
i is again a force to be reckoned with and
feared. If we can't defeat them we may
Undue them with such a firm conception
of the power of democracy, and of their
own danger that they will no longer move
on as if they had fee simple title to the
government. We will either defeat them.
If we go at It in the right way or we will
frighten them into better behavior.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
HOTEL FOR CATHOLICS ONLY

The Maria, Paredes is the newest hotel in
Manhattan, and it is exclusively for wo-
mentor Roman Catholic women at that
for altho it's founder and proprietor, Miss
Mary E. Phillips says that other women
will be welcomed as guests. none other is
likely to accept the welcome. since 1t is
stated to be under the spiritual direction
Of the Jesuits of the Church of st. Francis
Xavier, i'll West Sixteenth street.-the
Maria Paroles being in West Seventeenth
street. Miss Phillips begins by needing
funds as she has carried out the idea of
her Catholic women's hotel entirely at her
own expense, and is not n wealthy woman.
1t seems like a visionary enterprise-but
she may know her class of guests.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09

Quincy Adams Sawyer will be the
Metropolitan's Offering for the last half
of this week. starting tomorrow evening.
The play will be given here with the same
elaborate scenic investiturc and by the
same company of players that gave it such
a tremendous vogue in the east last sea
son. s4 .. = -te%t = @.,... ...-
William Fl. crane will appear inssE f..
Roses adaptation Of WILSON'S novel. The
Spenders,'' at the Metropolitan for three
nights and matinee. opening next Mon :
daytevening. One of the principal charms
of the book was it's contrasts of character.
These contrasts are preserved in the play.
which begins it's action in the west and
then jumps to the east. Mr.. Crane will
be seen as Peter Bnes a chara cter which
is said to give him full scope for the ex-
ploitaton of his talents. Seats and boxes
for the engagement will sell Tomorrow.
The Ferris Stock conlpany's excellent
production Of the famous play, Around
the World in Eighty Days. was wit
messed by two large audiences at the Ly
ceum yesterday afternoon and evening.
The regular midweek matinee will be
given tomorrow afternoon at 2:15.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09

Mr. Moses. who hadn't mounted himself
on skates for twenty years. Slipped over
to the park the other night and got on
top OF a pair of frisky young steel things.
There was a crack doing business in the
ice half way across the frog pond and Mr..
Moses, skate stopped to see what there
was in it. The skate had neglected to
say anything about it's intentions and the
result was that the eighth ward genius
hit the ice severely. In describing the
encounter after he came to- Mr.. Moses said
that he went down like roll OF ingram
carpeting falling thru a light well. He no
ticed that the Southern Cross suddenly
famed out on the horizon, that the rim of
the everlasting hills was torn off that the
trees all bent over and Enlightened up
again, and that the sidewalk was slightly
bent out of place.
Ding man who's got bald spot and
who don't know any more than TO get on
top of skates said the eighth ward voter.
trousers and looked around to see how
many of the populace had detected his
error. An old papa like me ought to be
in his chimney corner. instead of making
an extravaganza of himself"
Thus complaining of himself as a back
number on ice. Mr.. Moses hobbled to the
warming house. got off of the skates and,
accompanied by large bruise, made his
way painfully home. "A. J. p.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
DIscoURAeERs OF SUICIDE

A favorite method of suicide in Japan
lately has been to leap over certain water
falls. So frequent have such occurrences
become that police are now constantly sta
toned In their neighborhood and large no.
tice boards are erected bearing inscrip-
lions in large letters, of which the fol :
lowing translation is an example: do
not drown yourself here. Intended sui
cides are warned that heaven disapproves
of the utilization of Kegon waterfall for
the purpose. This is certified to on the
best priestly authority and serious conse-
quences in the hereafter are guaranteed
To drown here is also forbidden by the
prefectral authorities
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
NAVAL BUDGET OF THE POWERS

The naval budgets of eight of the lead
ing powers of the world for 1904 come
out is follows. says the London Engineer:
Great Britain. 36,123,52G: France. G12.-
1920; Germany. s11l41,760; Russia,
s11.O67 $50: 1ta'y. G4.704.0 40: Austria.
6 / $4,000 United States. e16.355 440, and
Japan. eS.237.2S0 The corresponding
budgets for 1923 were: Great Britain.
E32. $3.50. 720 France, G12.53S.S60; Ger
many, e10.6S6.S40; Russia e10.61s,44o;
Italy e5.0S6,640 Austria, e1,736,SS0;
United States, e15:571,2 S0 and japan,
t. 933 $50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
BOOKS RECEIVED

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
"cHIEF DAlRymAlD TO krnep

Chief dairymaid to the king is the Of
fetal title Of Miss Mary Childs. pretty
young woman. who has just been installed
in King Edwards home farm at Windsor
The position is by no means a sinecure.
for the chief dairymaid must supervise the
butter and cheese making industry under
royal patronage. Her principal duty is to
serve up for the royal table two pounds of
butter every morning and supplies of
cream cheese and thick cream as needed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
The Doctrine Of Recognition.

Some people have been a little wor-
ried as to whether the United States
was true to its principles in recog-
nizing Panama as an independent ma
ton. The Texas Daughters of the
Confederacy. eXultantly welcomed 1t as
an Endorsement of the southern theory
of secession, and it has been repeated
ly asserted that President Roosevelt
has established what may be a dan
gerous precedent in some future day
when some part of the United States
may again desire to secede.
1t might be inferred that the United
States has never before recognized
new nations created by secession from
others. The fact is that we have al
ways been very ready to admit to the
sisterhood of nations any state that
seemed to have achieved It's independ-
@ cnce in fact. During the Boer war
there was a very strong opinion that
the United States ought to recognize
the Boer republic altho the presump
ton was strong from the first that,
with or without recognition, it was
only a question of time until that re-
public would be crushed.
In recognizing Panama we recog-
i nize q nation that was esta blished
without firing a shot. That the new
nation would be able to continue it's
independent existence was assured by
our policy regarding the defense of
the isthnus That being the case, 1t
made little difference whether recog-
milton came soon or late.
That policy may be open to criti-
f. cism from the standpoint Of Colom-
ba, but there is nothing novel in
the recognition of a state that has
established Independence and seems
likely to maintain it,
Recognition Of what pretends to be
each government to settle for itself.
Great Britain, had a perfect right to
recognize the independence of the
southern states That she did not do
50 was wholly because the conse-
quences would not have been agree
able to her. So long ago as 1926, Mr..
Yam Buren,, then secretary Of state,
wrote:
1t has been the principle and lnvariable
practice of the United States to recognize
that as the legal government Of another
nation which by its establishment in the
actual exercise Of political power is sup
4 posed to have received the expressed or
implied assent of the people.
In this there is no Endorsement of
the theory of the south that seces-
sion was constitutional. 1t may or
may not have been constitutional. The
civil war was fought by the United
States to preserve the integrity of the
nation, regardless of the constitutional
point. The recognition by the United
States of what appears to be a new
nation elsewhere is. not even remotely
to be construed as meaning that the
sUnited States now supports the theory
that a state may secede without inter
ference if it wishes to. Secession is,
and always will be, in every country,
a question of ability to maintain inde-
pendence by strength.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09

was his italian, Irish and French-
Canadian successors seem to be as
good as he at the game of penny
catching and holding. While the saw
ings bank deposits of New England
were s3s2,OOO,OOO in 1873, they are
now $1,042, 900, 900.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
THE "eAeIEs" OF THE HOUSE

The five youngest members of the house
of representatives in Washington are Ben
ton Lee French. Idahos one member, the
baby of the house. who has just turned
his wenty-eighth year; Morris Sheppard.
of the first Texas district, three months
older than French; Frederick Landis of
the eleventh Indiana, aged 30; Asbury
Francis Lever. seventh South Carolina,
not yet 80, and Thomas William Hard
wick. tenth Georgia who has yet to see
his thirty-first year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09

James Gordon Bennett Francis Clergue
and 'Dolph Schiffman arrived in New York
yesterday from Europe. The public is
familiar with the first and second names:
the third is that of the st. Paul youth
who fastened to r1arconigraph st. Paul
paper that the three illustrious Amer
leans had returned to their native land.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09

Some Canadians want to serve notice
on the United States that the acquisition
of ST. Pierre and Miquelon would be a
cause for war. In that event Uncle Sam
would have to reply that there would be
cause for annexation Of something more
than the two French islands. Our north
is only the Yankee-hating jingoes that
talk lightly of war.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
SAFETY IN HANDS,
Kansas City Star.

Amid the crash of stocks and the wreck
of infected trusts it will be observed that
land and urban real estate are showing no
token of shrinkage or panic. Into all Of
the states in the west the procession of
fahm buyers continues to move in an I'M
stream. None Of the reverses
in speculation has precipitated any lack
of confidence in the soil.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
The convict's Most Difficult Probem-Not
Mystery" but Tangle-Geographic
Influences upon HIstory---The Sugar
Camp In LIterature-Some Famous
Boys Schools, Including shattuck.

Boys' Schools, Including Shattuck
1t is not difficult to understand the
success Of Mrs. Ballington Booth In her
work among convicts and ex- convicts
after reading her book, After Prison
what! Those among whom she works
call her Little Mother" and it is by be-
ing just that to them that she leads SO
many to prove to the world beyond every
shadow Of doubt that "a convict can pc
reformed" Mrs. Booth has a mother S
FACULTY OF reviving the confidence o. the
despa'ring in their own power to live
N1oWn the old shame and make a new
name, and adds to that, a faculty of
convincing them that every call they may
make upon mother can be made upon
her and be met
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
The MAGAZINES

Gunton's for Hanna-Gunton's Magazine
for December thinks Senator Hanna 1.-The
strongest, safest and most popular candi-
date for the presidency. No other man in
public life during the last few years has
grown so much In breadth of view, states
manlike qualities, and won in SO great a
degree the genuine approval of the peo-
pie Elsewhere the same magazine speaks
in high praise of Roosevelt for his action
In the Miller case in which Minneapolitans
felt special interest. Again Henry Wat
terson's TRADE against 1.-The 400" is re-
ferred to as a vicious philippic,' IAN inn
moral pandering to social prejudice"
a Land of Water Powers-British Co
lumbia is as full of water power as it is
of mountains. If stories that are told be
true. every mountain is a pile of ore OF
some kind, and down it's sides plunge
streams which, when 'harnessed will
make the mountains into eXchangeable
products, ready for use. Some facts about
it's water powers that will be of special In
terest to engineers and Of interest
to general readers are to be found in The
Engineering Magazine for December. An
other very interesting article worthy of
careful study by every manufacturer is
that by Henry Hess on "Manufa curing
Capital, Costs, Profits and Dividends" a
graphic method of interpreting cost &C
counts
Facts for the Traveier-For the traveller
and the man seeking information about
places and things in America, the Four
Track News is monthly mine.
Remedy for the Mob Evil-John Wood
ward, justice appellate division supreme
court of New York, in LesIies Weekly for
Dec. 3, says there is a remedy for the
mob evil He says:
1.-THE remedy for the mob evil is not II
opening our courts to mob influences; is
not in making concessions to the moi
spirit and lessening the protection to the
individual, but in a sturdy administration
of the law In all it's departments, execu.
tive, legislative and judicial, within the let.
ter and spirit Of our great constitutions
guarantees. When there are less respec.
table apologistS for murderers who ac
under the protection of numbers; whe1
there are more sheriffs who realize tina
''the duties of life are more than life,
and that their duty is to protect the pris
oner in all of his lawful rights; when i
| becomes as disreputable for a sheriff t
be false to a public trust as for soldie
| to betray his country; then Their
will be an end of mob rule: then will
the majesty of the law be triumphant
then will all men be secure In the sacre
rights of life. liberty and the pursuit o
| happiness The same number of tn
weekly contains an article on the Evil
Rush for Free Farms i'll Minnesota a.
account of the stampede at the opening Q
government lands for settlement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
The War Office Report.

Secretary Roots annual report does
not present any facts which suggest
that this nation is in any immediate
ism, or a military subversion of its
treasured liberties. The secretary
shows that the reports from the mill
tary departments indicate the strength
Of the regular army at 1851 officers
and $4,000 enlisted men, while the
military strengths (organized strength)
is 9,120 commissioned officers and
1O7.422 enlisted men, of whom $685.
officers and S1,O07 men were present
at inspection.
This is a moderate exhibit Of mill
tary strength for a nation of s0,000,-
600 of people, exclusive of the popu-
lation of the dependencies. An am
bilious eXperimentalist in Caesarism,
even if he won over the regular army
Of about $4,000 men, would find him
self confronted by over $4,000
militia, organized and with some adj
vanced training, while, if the regular
army were increased to the legal limit
Of 100000 men, the militia organized
and unorganized would be able to
show an overwhelming superiority in
numbers which could be transformed
into excellent fighting material.
Caesarism is impossible in this
country. 1t may serve as a DOGGY with
which to alarm some weak-minded
people, but the old guard which
stands for the national integrity, has
the drop on any fellow who is fool
enough to attempt the role.
The secretary notes that OF the 49,
345 officers and men now in the
service of the organized militia,
10O,345 put themselves on record as
ready to respond instantly to a sudden
presidential call for troops Moreover.
the new militia law, which properly
Identifies the organized militia more
closely with the regular army. while
its control by the several states is not
impaired, will give it better equipment
and training in drill and target prac-
tice, in camp duty and marching prac-
tice. We are preparing our citizens
for expert military duty. without
jeopardizing the national y welfare
along the pathway of civilization and
the industries which are the arts of
peace.
The martial spirit and preparedness
| for war can be had under our present
system, which can easily put a de-
| fensive forces-of over 100000 men in
the field on short notice. without dis
turbing the effectiveness OF the pro-
ducers of the country.
1T has bene said that no matter is
unimportant if properly utilized, and
it is true, but it may also be said that
IAN army without intelligent organi-
zation and direction is worse than use
less. The act of congress Of Jan. 81
last, to promote the efficiency Of the
militia, and appropriating 100000
toward that object, was one of the
most intelligent of the military acts OF
congress. 1t looks to the effective
utilization Of a somewhat neglected
| defensive force, the militia Of the
country. and it will have the effect OF
stimulating militia organization OH all
intelligent basis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09

The announcement of the DEATH of Rev.
4 DR.. J. III. futile will bring sorrow to the
hearts of many people in Minneapolis
EDr. futile was one of the kindliest, gem
4tlest and most sympathetic of men. His
long life in this community as pastor
of the Church of the Redeemer was a
sdaily benediction on all with whom he
came in contact. Charitable, sympathetic
+ and large hearted, he won the love and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
MINNESOTA POLITICS

State Capitol Officials Sign Petition for
appointment of Attorney General
Douglas to the Supreme Bench-New
Slate Prepared for the Governors In
dorsenent-W. r. Eustls Gone for a
Long Vacation--Youns Wasn't Fixing
Fences In ST. Paul.
State capitol officials and employees want
Attorney General Douglas appointed to the
supreme bench. A petition to Governor
Van SAINT was drawn up Yesterday and
circulated around the capitol, urging the
appointment of Mr.. Douglas. 1t was very
generally signed. The petition stated that
It's signers, having had opportunity for
some years to observe the legal attain
ments and ability of the attorney general,
believed him the ideal man for the bench.
Slate makers are busy over the Collins
succession. The latest shift, figured UP
by some of the friends of Attorney General
Douglas, provides for his advancement to
the supreme bench. W. J. Donahower is
to be his successor, and Oscar Hallam is
to be placated with some other appoint
ment. James A. Martin Is to resign from
the board OF control to manage the Collins
campaign, and c. N. CoSgrove of II
Sueur is to be named in his stead. That
Is very good slate. and reflects credit on
the ingenuity of those who drew it up
altho there are some trif1ing omissions
The place for Oscar Hallam is not picked
out. and no way is found to Zine up E.
II. Young. There are also a few compi.
cations in Hennepin county not cared for
Perhaps 1t is just as well that those who
made up the slate do not have to make the
appointment. That Is up to the governor.
William II. Eustis has left for the sunny
IN nc IN,
quiet. Before his departure he received
many letters urging him to enter the race
for governor indicating loyalty on the part
of a great many of his friends of former
years. He left without giving them any
satisfaction. and will not be heard from
until his return in the spring. If the situ-
alton permits, he may then become can
didate for governor
Meanwhile the plot thic1ens in Henne-
pin county. The latest Is that the Dunn
organization here. which is working very
much sub rosa. is making overtureS for
an alliance with Uncle Loren Fletcher.
This does not requiresa great amount of
diplomacy. as the Dunn men and the FLEET
other men are in qute5a degree identical.
The fact that some of the Dunn organiza-
ton were prominent 1ieutenants of Ray
w. Jones last year is working to the dis
advantage of the lieutenant governor, and
he knows 1t as well any one. Personal
ly he is trying to keep clear Of the COVER
norship fight. :. ee
Friends of E. r. Young say that his visit
to ST. Paul Saturday did not concern poll
tics: that he was in the city on business
which consumed all day. and saw no poll
tcians. He left that evening to attend 4
term of court at Madison. He is not TAX
ing any hand in the attempt to settle tho
succession to Judge Collins.
Charles B. Cheney,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
RELIGION AND PATRIOTISM MIXED

When the congregation Adath Jeshurun
laid the cornerstone of its new temple in
Rivington street, on NIanhattan's East
Side, Sunday America was nearly as much
in evidence as religion. The stars and
stripes waved over the platform and bunt-
ing made the whole site gay, while the
music included 1.-THE Star-Spangled Ban
ner,'' America .'Hail to Thee. Amer
ica,' etc.. and all the speakers called for
flag.