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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-31

Mr.. Colby has some philosophy to offer
for 1.-The commonplace in the American
drama and literature and a blow of his
bludgeon for the perpetual cry of "Art"
In both, also, incidentally, blow for Hall
Game.
''Iiallcainery,' he says, has its place in
the world. Indeed, I believe 1t altogether
healthy, hopeful and respectable, and if I
thought otherwise, I should lose all faith
In representative institutions. If
high art deserves it's ecstacies, low art de-
serves its consultations. -" Some
wish to murder Hall Caine. T believe it
would be inexpedient to do so, and pos
sibly wrong
Further, Mr.. Colby believes that "as
to moral lessons the poorest of successful
plays is remarkably vigorous and insis-
tent" The play-goer is not likely to for
get that virtue is an admirable thing; the
fact is pounded in.' s% -:
Our iconoclast of obligations is not so
len1ent with the bacca1aureate sermon, the
average baccalaureate, as he is with the
commonplace drama. For the sermon he
would impose obligations instead of de-
stroy1ng them. He would have the preach
er be more explicit, pointing out methods
of meeting life's real obligations instead
of merely enumerating in oratorical pc
RODS the obligations that exist. The stage
teaches virtue, pounds it in; we'll and good,
says the essayist. The baccalaureate
teaches high moral principles, pounds
them in; apply them to specific cases.,
says the essayist this time. Many q
young man has been given a moral i'm
pulse by baccalaureate sermon of the
kind Of which Mr.. Colby complains, which
has been felt turnout life. Let baccalau-
reate sermons be more explicit in pointing
the path of duty, but let us apply our
philosophy Of leniency toward the COM
monplace to the baccalaureate, as well as
to the. drama or: Hallcainery. We regret
that our destroyer of imaginary obliga-
lions has not given a sample baccalau-
reate sermon among the other good things
In his book. He shows a. disposition to be
specific, at least SO far as Hall Caine is
concerned, and he might have given p
sermon on which college presidents could
have modelled future sermons and by the
precepts Of which they could have guided
the feet of the youth under their care
into paths Of truth. Surely, judging from
Imaginary Obligations Mr.. Colby could
produce baccalaureate that would make
senior class "sit up 49,
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. William
..,. Donaldson & Co.. Minneapolis.
Price 81 20 net. " 49, -'' 3D.
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Deserves q Singing Rebuke.

The readers attention is called to
two affdavits on the first page of this
paper, signed by G. A. Blomberg and
Tip Witty, and to the statement Of
facts which follows them.
Copies Of these affdavits reached
The Journal one day last week
from Montevideo, in the western part
of the state. i
Stories carrying charges similar to
that implied in these affdavits have
been in circulation in this city during
the past week. The assistant cashier
Of Minneapolis bank told the writer
hereof few days ago that member
of his clerical force had come to him
not a little disturbed by story that
John A. johnson IS old mother was COM
PEELED even now to support herself by
taking in washing. A Lindstrom paper
in that locality. Some mention of this
kind Of campaigning having been made
in T h 9 J Journal and other Mime
apolis and st. Paul papers, the man
ayers of Mr.. Dunn IS campaign have de-
MED all knowledge of the source of
these insinuations and charges against
Mr.. johnson, and have expressed their
disapproval. It is unthinkable that the
state central committee should be gull
ty Of such an outrage upon fairness
and decency. We shall entertain no
suspicion that this is the committee s
uorlr rp1occ oh1iooI +o IL 80
But that there has been an organized
and systematic effort to create preju-
dice against Mr.. johnson as a candi-
date for the office of governor by tax
ing advantage Of one Of the saddest
misfortunes which can overtake any
boy, there is daily accommodating evil
dence-
Who is doing this dirty work has not
yet positively been determined, altho
circumstances have developed which
may lead to certain Identification. Our
only purpose and chief concern is to
acquaint the public with enough of the
distressing facts to protect it from be.
ing tricked and deceived by such con.
temptible devices worked in secret. The
opening of this closed and inexpressi.
bly, sad chapter in the life of John A.
Johnson must Of necessity be a pain.
full thing to any man of a less noble
nature than he has shown himself to
be possessed of, and only so much of
the sad story az is necessary to do him
| justice has been told in this paper
But we think we know the people of
Minnesota well enough, and we fee
sufficiently sure Of their sense Of fail
play and Of their appreciation Of a
manly, courageous boy and dutiful
son, grown into man who, is the pride
of his mothers old age and held in
the highest esteem by all his neigh
bors, to assert with perfect confidence
that they will rebuke this style of poll
| tics as 1t deserves to be.
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The District Court.

There will be an unusual amount of
independent voting this year. It will
be practiced all the way from the top
to the bottom Of range Of officers. to
be voted for.
AS general proposition, it is a good
thing to vote for the best man regard
less of politics. In the case Of federal
officers, whore the result has bear
ing upon the contamination Of national
policies, 1t takes a pretty bad nominal
ton to justify refusal to vote for the
party candidate. But, aside from the
federal offices, independent voting is
a good thing and the salvation Of the
state. In the first place, it is the best
guarantee of good nominations and
practically the only one where the par
ties are not evenly balanced. Where
there is an intelligent exercise of the
franchise, untrammeled by considera.
tions Of party and guided only by evil
dence as to the fitness Of the respec-
tive candidates and there only
are the best results obtained. This
applies just as truly in the case of the
governorship of state as to the office
Of alderman. ra ~
But nowhere does the practice of in.
dependent voting become the voter
more than in the case Of the local iu-
dietary. 1t is unfortunate in some re.
spects that we have to select our can.
didates for the judicial office within
party lines. When we had conventions
it was the custom to get together with
regard to these Offices and nominate
acceptable men from both parties, Sc
Letting only enough candidates under
the agreement to fill the vacancies, SO
that there was really no contest at the
polls over the judicial office.
We cannot do that under our present
system Of direct nominations. The best
we can hope for is that the voters will
avail themselves of their privilege, in
the privacy of the polling booth, to
disregard party lines altogether and
vote for those men whom they have
reason to believe are best qualified by
character, experience and learning tt
discharge the duties of this very re.
sPonsib4ez position The integrity and
ability Of the judge is something that
may become matter Of the greatest
personal concern to any voter at any
time. To the hands Of this officer are
committed more absolutely at times
than to any other officer the interests
Of the individual and the interests 81
the community u. s..
This county is normally republican
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The farther Admiral Rojestvensky gets
away from his terrible danger in the Nortt
sea, the more it grows on him. In ar
interview at Vigo, where the fleet is nov
resting, after it's arduous labors, he says
Prince Keretelll an officer on board the
battleship Emperor Alexander III, TOLD
me that the transport Areadaur was sur.
rounded by eight torpedoboats or vessels
carrying torpedo tubes The Areadaul
signaled her danger and when our battle
ships. advanced we did not. for one mo
ment suppose that the attacking vessels
could be fishermen. = &.~%e -. - .
The number Of Japanese torpedoboats
at first set at two has here grown tc
eight. Certainly the admiral has had 9
providential escape ;
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. U7lth the Long Boz
@n ss Eye Nature,s Walks Shoot Folly as II Flies
Eye Natures Walks, Sho,

Several moist uorescent weeps Nebraska ENN
The trouble With Nebraska was that It had been melted BY Doc Bby
to locate that gas leak with a lighted match
Local taking letting
it alone. You know what you
Hopeful Miss City track spurted
wa e o 1nS an the sports who had their money
In the Atlantic Monthly somewhere back in the af Colonel Hp
son had striking article entitled fought Women Learn the Ahabe
quite for the bride be an hour
st :; /; Nhs @ s'5
should at be on time SN' 'A"
That dear 1,vs NJ D. the h home o2 mirh and oyousn i.
hrouded in gloom its thought
bullet LUX
s and tfBt
@ va has s9 s s pSes are T with n 5oga
any Dg who Is ss % BEADED s h a despite a
heating shop week. being supplied
1 and I'D with the advent Of the bab the vs
to ind ers s 'na 'd" merchants will notice
complains the omnpresence in worlds fair
ss aas % s f.: with H5a o sh o n.
from presence they might as well stay there Lack Clothes
may be healthy but the climate is it, and for dog diet
written verses about labor strike by mama It seems
other So knocked off
tines but it is difficult to believe that mother Of all thinks
pay too small Look at that little head eposng
out with and heavy with eep Think Of the little
her neck and the little moist loving kisses her mouth! strike!
WE'LL not in million years.
The DE Ianque family with the
one are to n1s 9g E sssss:
eys speaks OF Georey de Tanqu who drank eight
SACK at sitting Walker de Tanque America
fore 1892 (See American Genealogical Historical VII,
2S1 and settled Massachusetts, Governor Bradford his Ellis
ant
Wker de Tank raisnge did drink migh of ye
wtha yed He then bbd ong appet
stocks to larn better mediate
The De Tanques
Deank Lieutenant Charles H. Detan
campaign in 1863 General Grant his "reminiscences:
EfIieutenant c. H
the medical and drinking the whisky
wounded The lieutenant did realize his
fense.'
All down thru history the De family
ever hng up out IS never q mat IS comparatively never is old
family old story Its history great thirst It Sahara
desert of the human Species dry. It reservoir great
human sten drouth emptiness hole capacity
to with the it
Some people think they going Tanque family
the ticket
that the De Tanques will be with
while
ly conduct IS most asnne performance A. R.
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A Second Hague Conference.

The note issued by our department Of
state to the twenty-six signatories of
The Hague convention Of 1899, inviting
them to consider the assembling Of
second peace conference Of the nations,
at the same or other place, to take up
the questions left unanswered by the
former conference, and other pressing
ones, is one Of the most notable state
papers issued by our government, and
will, no doubt, receive favorable at
tention from the powers. The car of
Russia, who called the first conference
in 1898, and subscribed to it's one i'm
portant fact plished-the estab.
1ishment of an international tribunal Of
decline to aid the movement, even if he
is engaged in one of the most shameful
and wanton of wars Of conquest against
q smaller nation. .,.,.-.l
The president bases his movement
upon the second clause Of the general
act of the first Hague conference, which
expresses the opinion that a second con-
ference, to be called at an early date,
should enter in it's program the questions
as to the rights and duties Of neutrals;
the type and caliber of rifles and naval
artillery; the inviolability Of private
property (not contraband) from cap
tture; the regulation of bombardments Of
ports, towns and villages by a naval
force, and the revision Of the Geneva
conventions of 1864 and 1868 as to naval
warfare.
Again, the invitation to the powers is
based upon the action Of the recent in
terparliamentary congress at st. Louis,
international in it's character, which de-
clared for the settlement of information
al differences by the arbitrament of
courts, in accordance with the recog-
nized principles Of law, and requested
the nations to send delegates to an in
ternational conference, to be agreed
upon by, them, to consider the questions
left over by the first Hague conference,
and, in addition, to promote arbitration
treaties between the nations repre-
sented, at the same time requesting the
president of the United States to send
invitations to the nations inviting repre-
sentatives. T..
The president justifes the sending out
OF invitations, while two signatories of
the first Hague convention are engaged
in one of the most bloody wars recorded
by history, by citing the fact that the
car sent out his invitations to the
peace conference of 1899 in 1898, while
our war with Spain was yet in
progress, and that, because a war is rag
Nllg, there is no reason why the nations
should relax their efforts to reduce the
number of wars; minimize the savagery
of combatants, and increase the number
of settlements Of disputed questions by
arbitrament. The president is also act
ing, it should be observed, under the
special request of congress, last April,
that he would try and bring about in
ternational agreement as to the exemp-
tion Of all private property at sea from
capture, except contraband of war.
The president cannot be accused by
his democratic slanderers Of acting on
his own arbitrary notion and in a Ce-
sarian way. The powers invited to the
conference are to decide where to hold
the-eonferenee,. and the date of assem-
bling it. The conference Of 1899 was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-31
AN AUTO LULLABY
Hush by baby, let sleep softly steal
Mother Is driving her automobile

Hush ably baby, let sleep softly steal,-
Mother is driving her automobile,
Sleep as the autocar jiggles and joggles,
Baby is wearing her cute little goggles
Wrapped in her little warm pretty warm rus
Listen to the auto go: ''Chug -chug, chug.''
Sleep pretty babykns,
.-.E Wrapped in rug;
....- Dear little babykins,
Snug bug: ~
-..-... HuSh deary, babykins, '
-..-r Chug a-chug chug.
Hush, little baby, and rest in the car,
Mother is driving her auto affair."
Over the roadways like birds flying,
Swift the winds, and with winds we aRe
vieing.
Nothing can harm us and nothing modest,
Drive we away to the country of rest.
Sleep, pretty babykins,
Wrapped in rug;
Dear little babykins,
Snug as bug:
Hush, deary, babykins,
Chug-a-chug chug.
Hark little baby. we swim like breeze,
Under the branches of shelterfng trees.
Over the turnpikes and over the prairies,
Floating along like the feet-footed fairies
Up on the hilltop and then rush down.
Far from the rush and the roar of the town.
Sleep pretty babykins,
Wrapped in rug;
Dear little babykins,
Snug as bug;
Hush, deary. babykfns,
Chug-a-chug. chug-
Chicago Chronicle.
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The Uses of Adversity.

That game Of football last Saturday
between Nebraska and Minnesota was a
very profitable game. The impetuous
rooter may not see it that way, and the
man who bet on blank score for Ne
braska could not be persuaded that the
game was one Of any value whatever.
The: game was useful in this, that it
illustrated once more the vicissitudes of
life and football. 1t often happens that
when. in the great game Of life, all of
us are forever playing, a man becomes
greatly elated by his successes some.
thing happens. About the time he says
to- himself: "I am not as other men
L am one of the its,'' something rises
up and knocks the wind of vanity out of
him.
We will not say that the university
eleven had; come to entertain highly
magnified impression of it's own football
qualities, but the rooters had come to
look upon the team as invincible. The
latter went: to the game last Saturday
with a presentiment that the score
would be about 40 to in favor of their
pet gophers. When Nebraska scored
first the: rooters greatly resembled a de.
fated balloon. When Nebraska scored
the second time the rooters looked like
a Debated balloon torn to ribbons by
the wind. When the game was over
the rooter concluded that on the whole
there was nothing for him to yell for.
The football fanatics will attend the
game with Wisconsin in the proper
mood, in consequence of their disap
pointment Saturday. They will go hop
ing that the gophers will win, but know
ing that they may lose. When such is
the state of mind Of the enthusiasts, vic
tory by a narrow margin is cause fol
great rejoicing; an overwhelming vic
tory justifes transports Of joy. .,.
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How to Spread a Table Attractlve,v-

How to Spread Table Attractlvely.-
There comes into almost every woman's
life the desire to make her table look es-
pecially. attractive when guests are ex-
pected.' 1t is to meet the needs of such
that Mary Whipple Alexander has pre-
pared The Table and: How to Decorate,
One doesn't have to look very far in the
book to discover that the author has ideas
worth much to one who has not an ample
store Of her own, or to one seeking sug-
gestions. The book is amply illustrated
and in such way as to make the ideas
Of the author very clear.
D. Appleton & Co., New York. Price
.r.. ga $1.25 net ,f -
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Zone Paper
i'm
the Home

Is worth a. hundred on the
highway is the wise re-
mark of Marshall Field,
Americas m erch ant
prince, recently.
And that statement can
be applied with great adj
vantage to The Journal.
This is fully borne out by
the fact, which the OBJ
server will notice, that
Journals are not left on
street cars, in restaurants
or in any public places.
Journals are delivered at
home or are taken home
when they are read and
where they bring returns.
That's why The Journal
carries the most advertis-
ing.
Tt pays bestl
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One Of New York's modern Dick Tur-
pins followed little girl from juvenile
savings bank where she had drawn a
couple of dollars for the purchase of a
winter coat, knocked her down and took
the money from her. Luckily, he was
caught. This method of thieving is pretty
nearly as low as that practiced by the
coal trust. ~a +'
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A MATTER OF GEOGRAPHY
CoJIfar,s woaL11,

Golfers Weekly
Representative HeatwoIe Minnesota
was asked by friend about mutual
acquaintance who lives In the congress-
mans district.
rs he rich?' was one query.
well, that depends on geography said
Mr.. IIeatwo1e. "Out at home we consider
him very rich. He is worth about mil
lion dollars. If he lived in New Jersey |
suppose he would be thought fairly we'll
.to-do, while If he lived in New York, folks
would be dropping dollars in his hat
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The enemies Of Dunn started, not one
but several, nimble-footed lies on jour-
ney Of detraction, but they quickly found
themselves tripping and stumbling over
such multitude Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF them proceeding from the mouths OF
his most prominent accusers-that they
have all been overtaken and throttled.-
Pioneer Press. = II 7@3a: -. .a~7.2 -
We haven't any information about lies
that may have been started on a jour-
ney, of detracticn, but there are some
facts that we know about which have got
Mr.. Dunn the run. Just for eszanple
the facts with regard to the leases Of min:
eral lands issued by the auditor to clerks
In his own office, and to convenient, SER
viceable friends Of the clerks, who after.
wards passed their rights and titles over
to. these clerks. Mr.. Dunn, if he is not
too busy, might try his hand once more
on throttling that very active and nimble
fact. :
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One Of MIR. Dunn's old clerks, Captain
Jewett, says that Dunn "hewed to the
line at all times The question is, which
line? In the Buchanan case, for instance,
and in the case where he told "Jim" to
estimate the timber cut by a trespasser
low because he would have to double the
price-Which line? D. 4
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Some gentlemen in Indianapolis who
spat on the theater floor earned fine OF
81. They pleaded ignorance of the law.
but the judge ruled that common sense
ought to teach that some things were
disgusting and indecent. But where are
the spitters going to get it?
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Japan Can Call 100000 Men Into serv.

Japan Gan Gail l,oUUiUOU Men Into SerV.
Ice on Short NotIce.-Outsiders are not
able to form an accurate opinion Of the
real condition Of the military resources OF
Japan, writes Jihei Hashiguchi in the No
vember Worlds Work. Even the SYM
pathetic people of Europe and America
are in the dark on the subject. I have
been informed by an intimate friend, who
has been in the service Of the Japanese
army for three years. that Japan can call
into service at short notice 100000 men
Of strong physique, besides the large ma
tional guard. One million five hundred
thousand is large number, but it is a
small portion Of 8,034,09S, which is the
number of males from II to 49, who were
aXailaple for CONSUMPTION service in Is.
John Foster Carr, writing in the same
magazine about Russia, says the empire
is one of graft and in truly pitiable
plight.
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Book for Notwithstanding to de-
light small boys and girls is McClure's
Chidren's Annual for 1905. It is full of
colored pictures to make the big eyes of
little folk open wide, and tales and verses
to keep such eyes open. It would be quito
impossible to enumerate the things it con-
tains, but they are many, and each one
means many an ooh, my!' ~. ...-
Mcclure, Phillips g. Co., New York. Ma
thaniel Mccarthy, Minneapolis.
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The Times has an editorial under the
caption, "Laziness as Disease But we
fail to find in it any reference to the
present municipal administration,
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THE MAGAZINES.

The Conscience of Minneapolis and
Jones.-coIIier's for Oct. 20 says: can at
tractive thing Is happening in Minneap-
oils. The people there are diligently pur-
suing DOC" Ames, their former delin-
quent mayor, and they now running.
for mayor the Jones who conducted the
municipality after Ames saw fit to leave
the town. Jones will almost certainly be
elected. A man nearly always is when he
represents public conscience that has
really got itself awake"
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The Pioneer Press says the democrats
are working a quiet game to steal Min
nesota for Parker. The horrid things
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IF do not get $4,000 majority will
be disappointed said r. G. Dunn satur-
day night. Well, this life is full Of dis
appOintnents ss
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Jewel Of Asia, with Vera Michelena in
the stellar role, surrounded by COM
pany Of fifty people including the we'll
known comedian, William Blaisdell, will
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The mikado will be 81 years Of age on
Nov 8. Something is likely to drop in on
Port Arthur on that date.
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Foyer Chat

woodland the clever bird opera by
Pixley & Luders, made a happy impress
son on large audience at the Metropol-
itan last night The production will be
reviewed in this column tomorrow.
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found 1t too small. 1t may fit him better
after election.