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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18
SURPRISED the Democrats.
H. l.. PATTHEY, in charg

The democratic party hasn't YET
caught it's breath after that famous
Parker telegram. 1t was SO genuinely
surprised to find that it had nominated
q candidate who has sand, and so
delighted at the effect which his clever
act has created, that it has wellnigh
been thrown into Mysteries.
Why, that was just like Roosevelt,
is in their minds, tho not on their
lips. Theodore Roosevelt would have
done Just that very thing If he had
been placed in the compromising at
titude before the country in which
Judge Parker found himself. The
only difference is that Roosevelts &C
ton would have excited no SURPRISE
because everybody would have expect
ed it. Everybody knows that Roosevelt
/ would be a party to no such scheme OF
deception as that of which Hill was
guilty in his effort to get Parker nom
f mated and that Roosevelt would have
repudiated it "in holy minute II
anybody had been foolish enough to at
tempt it. They never expected 1t from
Parker. The New York democratic
papers didn't, because they hac
thrown up the sponge that Saturday
corning and conceded defeat in New
.5rk state. It took the party's breath
away. It made them gasp at ST
Louis. But they are so "tickled tt
death" now to think that they have
got a candidate who did something
Gnce that Roosevelt would have don'
Chat they can't get thru talking abou
It, And Roosevelt is doing just a
manly and courageous things as tina
all the time and has been ever since n
entered public life. Parker may hav
4 been a good imitation that time, bu
Roosevelt is the real thing in the wa
& of courage in political action. TIL
people found that out a long time age
and what surprised them so in Judg
Parker they expect as the regula
thing from the man who Is nov
and who will be for the next fou
years, president of the United States
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
What Is Right and What Is constItu-
tionaI? . 49,. = -.
To the Editor of The Journal. go 49,. g..

What Is Right and What Is constItu
tionaI? -.
To the Editor of The Journal. .... H.
The Outlook's editorial remarks, quoted
by h e 0 I'm a recently, concerning
the Harvard addresses of Messrs. Root
and Olney, suggest a few questions which
some of your readers would be glad to
First-Are the president and the con-
gress of the United States under obliga-
ton to act in strict conformity ito the
constitution which they have: sworn to
obey? --J%i.s% -. -
Seconds it not principle Of constitu-
tional law that aT1s poWers not expressly
delegated to the executive, Legislative
and judicial departments Of the govern
ment, belong to the sovereign people?
Third-When ample provision is made
| for lawful amendment Of the organic law,
| what :justihcat ton exists in law, or mo-
taHty for such usurpation as has been
exercised by the party in power during
the past eight years, in bringing abou,
the revolution described by Mr. Oh
ney? 49,. -. 3.
| Fourth-Is there not as genuine "altru-
ism" in strict Interpretation of the
| constitution, with a careful regard fol
the rights of man in general and those
of weaker peoples in particular, as in q
free. and easy benevoence with the peo-
pies money and in contempt not only Of
the traditions of the republic; but of the
plain letter Of the constitution and the
obligations of international law?
~. Edward y. Brown.
y First-One would think So It. woult
hardly seem necessary to ask the ques
tiOn
second-That is correct In genera
terms and it seems to support the ide;
i that the people may recognize and dis
charge duties not enjoined by the con
, stitution, with regard to which the con
, stitution is silent. ....
Third-Here's where the trouble begins
, We do not concede that there has bee
any usurpation. If there ever was an
doubt about it, we contend that the PEG
pie have approved the exercise of powe
i by the government in the Philippines i
e the election of 1900. ss
Fourth-But there hasn't been any cor
' tempt of the kind described, so there 1
r no chance for the comparison.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18
PUNISHED WITHOUT TRIAL

A singular case is that of Valentine T.
Sellers, editor Of newspaper in Law
renee, Mass, who isstnow undergoing a
sentence of nine months Imprisonment in
the Salem Jail for alleged criminal libel.
He has not had trial on the charge, but,
having been indicted, and failing to appear
for trial, he was defaulted He appeared
voluntarily on the 9Th inst, and asked to
have the default removed. Judge Wait
of the superior court refused the request
and imposed the sentence on the ground
that by his default Mr.. Sellers had for
feited his right to trial Mr.. Sellers dis
putes the sentence, alleging that he has q
constitutional right to a jury trial. He is
serving a sentence for an offense which
there is. as !, vet no proof that he com
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

The distress of the Globe over the
suspicion of a few republican papers that
that Parker telegram may have been
put-up job, and it's deep concern lest
American journalism be guilty of some
thing very low and contemplate in its
utterance Of that suspicion was no doubt
written before Mr.. Hills celebrated edi-
torial on the governor of Minnesota
Otherwise it's own columns would have
afforded 1t the most appropriate illus
tration that it could have found Of low
| browed journalism.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18
TEXAS HEN WITH A RAMS HORN

A very strange freak of nature developed
at the commission store of c. A. Weather
ington Of Galveston, Texas, in the dis
covery of a hen with a rams horn grow
ing out Of its left leg A large number of
Galvestonians among them several claim
ing to be henologists, natural scientists
and other authorities examined the chick
en- and advanced theories upon theories
but none was positive as, to just how the
hen came into possession of this unnat.
ural ornament on. her left leg. The history
! of the chicken which is a common. hen OF
ordinary appearance, could not be traced
because it was by the merest accident he1
| condition was discovered. s~..-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

John Wanamaker is one of the
greatest advertising men this country
has ever known; he is a great believer
in high-grade afternoon daily papers
and practically confines all of his APP.
proportion to this class of mediums
He has stores in Philadelphia, New
York and Paris. Aside from being
leading merchant he is very active in
political matters.
John Wanamaker says: IF there
is one enterprise on earth that
gutter should leave severely alone, Il
is advertising. To make a success OF
advertising one must be prepared tc
stick to it like a barnacle on a boats
bottom. He should know before he
begins it that he must spend money
lots of it. Somebody must tell him
that he cannot hope to reap results
commensurate with his expenditures
early in the game. Advertising
doesn't jerk; it pulls; it begins very
quietly at first, but the pull is steady;
it increases day by day and year by
year until it exerts an irresistible
power"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18
Corrupt Practices in Elections.

The Massa chusetts legislature |
passed corrupt practices law a few
days ago, after a severe struggle. The
growing corruption in the old bay
state had created a demand for some
check on candidates and grafters, and
those responsible for the new act are
very sanguine of it's results.
Come to think of it, we have a cor
rupt practices act in Minnesota, and
an analysis of the Massa chusetts law
shows it very much like our own.
What has our Minnesota law accom-
plished? @ ..f. E...E 49,. -
The Massachusetts solons might be
interested to know that there has
never been a prosecution under our
law since it was passed in 1895. It
has been so near a dead letter that
some of our ablest and cleanest legis-
lators favored its repeal at the last
session. They failed, not because any
one expected the law to be enforced,
but because candidates had found It
convenient excuse to escape from the
petty grafters. AS far as T h u r.
n a has observed, the law has had no
other beneficial effect. It has made
it somewhat easier to refuse paying
money to worthless leeches, but it has
not hampered candidates or commit
tees in any line of conduct they
wanted to follow. The statements of
campaign expenses required by the
law are a mockery, and nearly every
candidate has to commit perjury by
undertaking the amount he spends
which the law limits by a sliding
scale, according to the number OF
votes cast for the office. The offenses
defined as bribery are committed
every day during a campaign. Work.
ers are freely paid for their in
fuence," which includes their owr
votes. Offices are promised in return
, for support. Altho the present cam
paign is young, fragrant offense:
? against the law have already beer
!, committed, unrebuked and unchecked
, No law can be successfully en-
forced that is in advance Of the publ1'
} conscience. It is question whethe
2 keeping a dead letter law on tn
3 statute DOCKS HdS ally uplifting SAhSS
e on the public morals, and the outwar'
t signs do not indicate any improve
S ment in Minnesota as result of tn
t corrupt practices law.
e There is one way to bring an awak
e ening, and that is by enforcing tn
t law. This is the open season TO
y violations, and every citizen ought t
e constitute himself a committee Of on
}, to see that the law is obeyed. Any
e one can file an information and stat
r a proceeding to punish irregula1itie
V, It would not be a bad idea to begl
x with some of the delegates to rece1
$. county and state conventions who az
g cepted free railroad tickets from tn
"a managers of the candidate for Whol
they voted. ~..... -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

The sheriff of Dakota county gave the
strikers some excellent advice Saturday
evening, but there is reason to fear that
they may not be coolheaded enough to
follow it. 1t must be very exasperating
when you are on strike to see another
man take your job, but to prevent him
by force is something that the law can
not permit. .r.:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

Europe and suspicion Of each other.
To Japan the matter is Of great Inn
portance, as the release of the Black
sea fleet and it's appearance in Asiatic
waters would undoubtedly be troubles
some
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

81 feel like lad of sixty, says the
West Virginia vice presidential 4candi-
date. 1t is to be hoped that he will not
act like one. ....... q, ..-,. ..ss.4.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

The beef trust shows symptoms of ap-
prehension lest Mr.. Roosevelt may not be
a "safe" man. ~ .@
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

mont. The latter rhymes better with
Belmont. ..5 ..e
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

Speaking Of Henry Gassaway Davis
men 81 years old have been known before
to bite off more than they could chew.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

The story that Mark Twain has hired
Richard Watson elders birmingham farm
for the summer and that Mr.. Glider Is
going abroad for his health is incorrect,
says the New York Times Saturday Re-
view. Mr. Clemens has taken a cottage
Mr.. Glider may be reasssured by the fact
that the health Of the editor of Century
is not only very much improved but In
reality as good as ever. 49, II. .4
The Uneasy Chair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

AN INVITATION is extended to all to VISIT
the Press Room which Is the finest IN the vest
The battery OF presses consists OF three Ioul
deck Goss Presses, with total capaclty % %
144,00o eiSht-page Journals an hour, printed
FOLDED and counted. The best time to cati ~
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pess office and be directed to the vlsitors gar
lery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

An important literary event will mark
the August McClure's in the appearance
of the opening instruments of the first
story of childhood from the pen of Fran
ces .Hodgson Burnett since the days OF
Little Lord FauntIeroy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18
Into being, discussing ehfertainingly and
instructively the theories ,of authorship.

John Fox, Jr author Of The Little
Shepherd of Kingdom Come, is presenting
something new in the, form of war cor
respondence" as impaired thru the pages
of ScrIbner's Magazine His japanese
sketches have touched a new note in de-
scriptive writing. 1t is probable that a
volume of them may be forthcoming be-
fore long; if so, it is natural that Charles
scribner's Sons should publish the book.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

The Warren Register which supported
Dunn for the nomination, says:
Mills got in again and Douglas was turned
down. This section of the state would have
been better pleased had the fates OF the two
Moorhead candidates, been reversed.
7 The trouble was, Judge Mills was on
the Dunn slate, and Judge Douglas
wasn't. Some Of the Dunn supporters
did not find out about that slate until
too late.
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-18

Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have published
complete and compact one-volume edf-
ton based on Professor Child's n1onu-
mental collection of English and Scottish
popular ballads. The volume contains an
introduction by Professor George L. kit
redge of Harvard. who, with the late
Helen Child Sargent, has carefully pre-
pared the edition. adding full textual
notes. variant readings and complete
glossary. This Introduction, together with
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folk 1t tells how ballads are brought
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-05-17
CHARLIE DICK SAVED
THE TROUBLE OF
ACCEPTING
A Position That Will Not
be Offered Him
JUDGE GRAY SELECTED

Philadelphia, Pa, May 12.-The
nominating committee of the National
Civic Federation has chosen Judge
George Gray to succeed the late Sena-
tor Hanna as president of the Fed
Grafton.
The nominating committee, desig-
mated at the recent meeting Of the con-
vention consists Of President John
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers
and Bishop Potter, of New York. They
have agreed upon Judge Gray. His
election, however, will be deferred un-
til after the National Democratic con
vention upon the ground that the
judge may be the presidential candi-
date of his party.
Wilmington, Del, May 12-Judge
Gray said tonight that he had not
heard of his selection by the nominal
ing convention to Be president Of the
Civic Federation and would say moth
ing in regard to 1t.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-05-17

who many years ago, in 1854, be.
queathed a sum Of money for estab-
lishment of a school for the educa-
tion of colored children in Massillon.
The sum amounts to about $4,000.
Recently ]. II. Hunt, the trustee,
loaned about $1,000 of this money to a
colored woman who started school
over there. Some Of the heirs have
asked the court to pass upon one Of
the provisions of the will. 1t is hoped
that it may be SO construed that some
of the heirs may get the money
Among the witnesses were descend
ants Of Hall. The youngest was IS
years Of ago and the oldest nearly rs.
They were said to be as nice and gen
teel a lot Of elderly people as ever
graced the court house. Wilson &
Day represent the trustee and Craine
4 Snyder the heirs. The case has not
been completed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-05-17
GILLESPIE
MURDER TRIAL WILL BE
SENSATIONAL
TO LAY BARE SECRETS
In the Lives Of the De-
PENDANTS.

Rising Sun, Ind, May 12.-The lives
OF the defendants in the Gillespie mur-
der case will be laid bare and the SEN
sstional stories which have been
bruited about since, the murder of
Miss Elizabeth Gillespie will be given
an airing in court, according to in
formation here tonight. The state was
reported to have abandoned its orig
inal plan Of bringing these stories UP
in court, but it was learned tonight
that one Of its most important witness
es will be woman who will testify to
threats Of acid throwing which are al
legged to have been made in connection
with an expressed desire ON the part OF
Miss Elizabeth Gillespie to shield GER
tain membeys of her family from pub
lie criticism for alleged misconduct.
Detective Franklin, who has been
active for the state, was given permits
sion today to carry revolver as the
result Of repeated threats which have
been made against him. He was warn
ed not to appear on the streets at
night.
A jury was agreed on by the attor-
neys for both sides, today and was
taken for a visit to the scene Of the
crime. Henry N. Spaan, one of the
attorneys for the state, insisted that a
visit be also paid after ndghtfall as
soon as possible. He said the position
Of a certain light on the night Of the
murder and the shadow it cast in the
alley to the rear of the Gillespie home
will have an important bearing on the
states case.
Attorney Harry McMullen will make
the opening statement to the jury to-
morrow morning when the state will
show its hand for the first time and
state what 1t expects to prove.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-05-17
BIG VERDICT
For Victim of Sherader
Disaster.

Pittsburg, Pa, May 12.-J. ]. Wal
lace, one of the victims of the Shera-
den disaster of two years ago, was
awarded $4,000 damages in common
pleas court No. 3 for the injuries he
received. The verdict was awarded by
the jury trying his suit against the
Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago & st.
Louis Railway company for 100000
damages. This is the second largest
verdict against the company as re-
suit of the naphtha explosion. q
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-05-17
ISRAEL zANCW|LL
Tells Of Jew-Baiting in
England.

London, May 13.-Uondon Times)
Israel Zangwll has written let
ter printed in the London Times this
morning in which he says: II see
from your columns that the statement
of Englands catching the epidemic
which Is raging everywhere against
the Jew being quite untrue, is believed
by Mr.. Balfour AS this statement Is
mine, permit me to wonder at Mr..
Balfour's apparent ignorance at what
Is going on. | did not of course i'm
agine that the leader of the party re-
constructed by an alien immigrants
grandson was himself anti-Semite, but
the design Of the bill introduced with
the sanction Of the government to re-
strict immigration and it's effects are
two distinct things. Although the
government may be free from anti
Semitism, the bill in question was
drafted by anti-Semites and will re-
inspire them.
There Is also fragrant Jew-baiting
in Wales; Jew boycotting In Ireland,
and anti-Semitic pamphleteering in
Scotland. In fact, the whole country
shows signs of infection. How then
can my diagnosis that England is
catching the epidemic be quite un-
true?
"AntlSemitism is most serious
national misfortune and Mr.. Balfour
is peculiarly careless in the neighbor-
hood of gunpowder."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-05-17
B. & 0. GUILTY
Of Undue and Unlawful
Discrimination.

Washington, d. c., May 1.-THE In
tsr-State Commerce Commission today
decided that the Baltimore & Ohio
Railway company has been guilty of
undue and unlawful discrimination
against the Glade Coal company, Of
Meyersdale. Pa, in refusing to furnish
1t cars while furnishing cars to COM
petitors and in making lesser charge
for transportation Tor coal loaded by
tipple than for coal loaded by other
methods.
It holds that the latter exaction is a
violation of sections / and of the act
to regulate commerce and that the
Glade Coal company is entitled to rep
aration.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-05-17
ONE SISTER
TESTIFIED AGAINST AN
OTHER IN COURT AT
CANTON.
kuATz DIVORCE CASE
Heard and Taken Under
Amusement by Judge

The divorce case Of Mary c. Kuntz
against Theodore Kuntz occupied the
greater part of the day in Judge Am
bler's court room yesterday. 1t was
a contested case, the principal fight
being to prevent the wife from getting
very much alimony. Mrs. Kurtz
charged and testified that Theodore
would come home frequently under the
influence of ardent spirits and on
such occasions he made their home
on Wood alley anything but pleasant
Some of the neighbors and others
were called to tell Of Kurtz's libstions
The plaintiff also claimed that on GER
tain occasions ne was cruel to her
and used more violence than was nee
essary.
When the defense began, the hus-
band went upon the stand and denied
almost every statement that the W
had made. He said. that on Sunday
ne ndQ Itlle SOtnetnluB 10 uTlUh
but that he never got drunk. He
brought in his friend, Mr.. Fink, to
back him up. Fink said that he and
Kurtz were together every Sunday;
that they usually had cider beer or
whisky to drink, but he never saw
the defendant when he could not take
care of himself, and when he was a
little boosy he was always good ma
ture.d.
A rather sad situation developed
when Mrs. Fink, sister of Mrs,
Kuntz, was placed upon the stand.
She took sides against her sister and
during her testimony she said that
she thought Theodore was In the
right, and that when she went to try
to fix up matters Mrs Kuntz had or
dered her out of the house.
Did you ever see him drunk?'
asked Attorney Upham, who repre-
sented the plaintiff
mo. never did--and you don't
need to shake you head at me, Mary