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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
Another Folk Confession.

The confession Of Kelly in st. Louis
ought to mark the end of the career
of Boss Ed Butler. But it is
by no means certain that it will
With the help of courts that seem
to have it for their purpose to
work injustice instead Of justice, But
Ter has so far kept out of Jail and is
still the boss of the democratic party
in st. Louis. That he has been able to
hold his place thru all the revelations
up to Kelly IS makes it seem doubtful
whether the democracy of St. Louis and
the public opinion of that city consider
boodling and bribe-giving SERIOUS Of
lenses. If it be the fact that Butler
does not lose standing with "respecta,
able men who know what his offenses
are, the work Of unearthing political
corruption in st. Louis might as well be
stopped at once, and in all other cities
where the moral sense is 50 low.
The fact is that boodling and graft
ing are so common precisely because
there is not the adherence of such
crimes that there should be. Let man
steal horse and nothing will save him
from punishment and humiliation. Let
"a man corrupt city council, debase
"a city and make mockery of
government and his friends will
meet him on the street the
day after they hear about it and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
THE NEW CITY CHARTER

Ihere Is no organized opposition to the
proposed new charter, unless it shall come
from public service corporations, and thew
nave not shown their hands. The charter
satlsf1es the rank and file Of the people.
because it does not make any violent
changes in the plan of government, but
merely establishes the principle of home
rule and leaves other amendments to the
people In the future The Tribune some
time ago remarked that cities had been
looted by so-called home rule charters.
because the bars were let down for great
pond issues. If ever a town was literally
bonded, it has been Minneapolis. The
only difference is that Minneapolis nas
been bonded by the legislature and not
by her own acts. True, some bond issues
nave been voted upon by the people, but
IN some OF these the VOTE when doubtful,
has been ratified by a legislature conve
n1ently at hand. Home rule is a protec-
ton to the people in the matter of bond
issues, instead Of menace.
s Ihe mere fact that, Minneapolis char
ter cannot legally be amended is a SUI
ficient reason why home rule charter
should be adopted. Amendments are 60
ing to be made, if not legally, then by
indlrect1on, as has been done several
times by so-called general laws (only
technically legaD, which applied to Min
neapolis only. This being the fact, Min
neapolls people should take the duty and
responsibility of amending the charter
into their own hands by home rule. The
whole question at issue in the charter ia
home rule VS.. legislative rule
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05

| Sergeant Glass; journal was first printed
In 1907, having been edited by school
| master. It was the first connected story
OF the expedition. Gass was probably
Scotch-Irish. Almost his whole early life
was spent on the frontier so that he was
just the kind of material with which to
| man such an expedition. DR.. Hosmer
! says:
He belongs to the wheel-horse type of men,
He. was quite without initiative. Alone, he
was incapable even of self-direction, falling
away presently into shiftlessness and even vice
Led however, and restrained by commanding
intelligence with his course distinctly marked
out for him, held to his work by some harness
not to be escaped, he could draw-none better
at Welghty responsibilities.
OF the journal DR.. Hosmer says:
Under McKeehan's (the schoolmaster's> hand
| the document thoroly schoolmas tered-
washed, starched and pressed to suit the most
fastidlous, but with its picturesuueness and ner.
sonal flavor quite dspeled. Still, with every
| abatement, the Gass journal has for the student
| of Lewis and Clark absorbing interest It mar
rates many an incident not elsewhere described
and sustains and helps out the main records over
| every mile of the journey.
That Is enough commentator for the
| journal, and no apologies need be made
| for stopping further with the introduce
| ton and its mention Of the one woman
| In the expedition-Sacaga -Wea, the Bird
woman, for whom the Geological Survey
has named mountain peak and in whose
honor it is now proposed to set up stat
ue of bronze. DR.. Hosmer says:
The help of no member was more effective .
she was, in fact, the very salvation of the ex
petition. With her courage and resourceful-
ness, moreover, she blended amiable Qualities
that make her most engaging.
Sacaga- wea was 1.-The slave rather than
| the wife of the interpreter Chaboneau."
There is ground for believing that Cha
boneau "has been unjustly deprecated. :"
| From these glimpses at introduction
journalist and journal, it may be seen that
! the book, which has been issued by A. c..
McClurg and company, is one of the best
| additions possible to the literature Of the
| centennial of the Lewis and Clark expe-
dition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05

Parents who like to have their children
read Louisa M Alcott's books, and chill
dren who like to read them, will be
pleased to know that Eight Cousins and
Rose in Bloom have been issued in new
dress and with new illustrations, in con-
t1nuation of the handsome illustrated is-
sues of Little Women" Little Men. u
AN Old-Fashioned Girl" and COS
Boys with pictures, by Alice Barber
Stephens, Reginald B. Birch, Jessie VIII
cox Smith and Ellen Witherald Aherns
which have already been published. Miss
Richards, the artist selected to illustrate
Eight Cousins and it's SEQUEL. has
caught the spirit Of the originals, and
contributed a series Of beautiful and
faithful pictures.
1t Is difficult to imagine any boy or cir
who has had a taste of Louisa NJ. Aicott's
books who would not be keen to get these
new editions of these two favorites. They
are full of girls and boys and the fun and
life that girls and boys rejoice in. They
are wholesome, also, and that is some
thing that parents are looking after, ir
choosing reading for those too Young tc
choose for themselves.
" The Uneasy Chair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
Lake of the Isles.

The protestants against the lowering
of the Lake Of the Isles have won their
point, a fact at which we believe the
residents of the city generally will be
much gratifed. The Journal has
watched this controversy with not a
little concern, at the same time believ-
ing that while giving all the news about
it it was better to leave the matter in
the hands of the people who were most
closely Interested. 1t has seemed to us
a strange thing that the park board
should be disposed to spoil what might
be very beautiful body of water if a
little money were expended upon it in
dredging and other improvements. 1t
appears that there is a possibility that
this plan may be pursued and that in
stead Of making the lake more of a
marsh than it is now it may be made
a clean and attractive body of water.
Not, Of course, that all the lily beds
should be destroyed, but that the I'M
sightliness of the marsh should be con-
verified into clean and wholesome-look-
ing water. It is understood that the
lake could be" properly dredged at an
expense Of about $4,000, Possibly
lakes are so common with us that that
may seem large sum Of money to ex-
pend in order to make one more attrac-
tive, but it seems much more to the pur-
pose to spend money to improve the
lake than it does to expend it in such
a way as to make the lake less attrac-
tive than it is now. We are convinced
that the park board is acting in accord
with predominating public sentiment
when it elects to maintain the stage
of water and improve the lake rather
than to drain it and create marsh.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
Totals
WARD FUNDS.
THEY SING UNSEEN
Expensive Feature of the Production of
1.-THE Pitt

There is one effect in "The Pit the
play in which Wilton Lackaye has made
the greatest hit of his career. that lasts
scarcely fifteen minutes, and vet costs
MAI i eM1ll ia A.: Brady $3.50 a
first act, and in place Of the Usual II ov te
lure by the orchestra, quartet of grand
opera singers are heard behind the
scenes in the full prison scene from
.Taust. - The first act is laid in the
LOBBY OF the Chicago auditorium. and
quartet from "Rigolette'' and of the
ssesquedilla from |Carmen'' are sung
by this same quartet.
The members who compose this or
ganlzat1on are all grand opera singers.
Ihey are. never seen and are heard only
IN this first act, when they sing behind
The leader is Miss Doris Goodwin.
Baltimore girl, believed to have a
great future. She made her first ap
pearance in this country with the
Strackosh, Opera company, under re-
markable CIRCUMSTANCE. This organiza-
lB3aaltimore; when the Michaela of the
Carmen,' cast was taken suddenly i'll.
Miss Goodwin, who had studied the role.
undertook to play the. part, and made
her debut without rehearsal At the
suggestion of Mr.. Damrosch and Mr..
savage, sne WenI TO Europe to complete
her studies and spent some time under
Nine; Orgeim. at Dresden, and later I'M
der the concertmeister Of the Court the
alter in Berlin. After three years of
hard work she returned at the end Of
last September, too late to get a posi-
ton in any, of the opera companies Or
gained for the current season. Mr..
Brady secured her, and her voice, which
is one Of remarkable strength, purity
and sweetness, is heard to great advan-
tage in the three exquisite selections
that are supposed in the play, to mark
the close of the grand opera season in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
Wednesday Evening,
to construe the law, never provoked
any criticism. To quote his own Ian

to construe the law, never provoked
any criticism. To quote his own Ian
guage: ~
My own judgment is that the age limits
fixed by Commissioner, Ware as entitled
to pension, under the act of June 81,
1890, are entirely reasonable and in ac-
cord with the experience and observation
of every one. I'll. ..s,e-5
William Lochren does not belong to
the Constitution club, but he is a
judge of the: United States court and
a democrat; ), has served as commissioner
of pensions, and, speaking from the
standpoint both Of the lawyer and the
executive officer, he pronounced order
No. IS reasonable. and wise.
Pension order No. rs is one Of the
grounds upon which the democratic pol
iticians accuse President Roosevelt Of
being an "unsafe'' man. The rest are
entitled to about the same considera-
ton. .-,-..s>- ...- -'....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
Get 1.-The Journal Habit
Pension Order No. rs.

The Constitution club of New York
is evidently much more concerned
! about politics than it is about compli-
ance with the law
1t is undertaking to make it appear
that pension order No. rs involves a
! conspiracy which will extract millions
, OF dollars from the treasury; that the
/ president is party to it; that it is
a sop to the old soldiers in order to
/ secure his election, and that it proposes
to take millions out of the treasury
} without authority of law.
Commissioner Ware s pension order
No. rs, approved by the president, is
only an extension of the principle in
) volved in the order issued by William
Lochren in 1898, when he was commits
] sioner of pensions under Mr.. Cleve-
/ land. At that time Judge Lochren is
/. sued an order to the effect that in the
case Of men rs years Of age, senility
! alone should be conclusively regarded
as evidence Of disability in the mean
ing Of the act Of 1890 and entitle the
applicant to his pension whether the
and the hardships of the war, or to
wounds, or to any other cause.
Under Mr.. McKinley's administra-
t1on an order carrying out the same
principle established the age at IS
years at which the applicant for pen
sion should be regarded as suffering
one-half total disability, or entitled to
one-half the pension of those totally
disabled.
The law has been continuously adj
ministered under these orders until
commissioner Ware extended the ne
Rod OF half disability to the age of SO
years and provided that at IS the apnl-
cant should be regarded as twoc.tbirds
at 70 five-sixths, and above 70 totally
disabled These Prescriptions are based
upon the average of disability to per-
form manual labor.
The order Of the present administra
ton is simply codifcation of the find
lngs Of the pension bureau, and Mr..
Cleveland himself, with more expert
ence in public affairs than his fri ends
OF the Constitution club, recently said
OF the Roosevelt order No. IS: ct
have noticed that the commissioner has
merely construed the law so as to make
the change. So far as I can see, the
change is in keeping with the law, =
The charge made by the Constitr-
ton club that $15,0OO,0OO would be add
ed to the pension roll, is reckless ex-
aggeration. According to Mr.. Ware, the
net advance in the pension roll is not
likely to exceed one-tenth that sum.
for which congress has made a special
appropriation, thus giving the order the
sanction of law. .@ s.r H.. j.
In another column we publish a brief
interview with Judge William Loehren
who will, of course, be regarded as good
authority, both as to the law and the
merits of the proposition, from the
standpoint Of expense and proper treat
ment Of the old soldier judge Locbren
does not hesitate to say that he regards
the order as entirely right and reason
able. He says that his own original
ORDER made upon the same authority
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
A Critic Corrected.

The Anoka Free Press is terribly ex
ercised over The ournal's treat
ment of Mr. Dunn s mineral lease rec
ord, and says:
Th e ournal knows that these
leases are not mining privileges" as il
seeks to have people believe, but mere
permits to prospect for ore on specified
tracts Of state land and that If ore is
found in satisfactory quantities, mining
privileges" have to be secured from the
state under altogether different contracts
For. the prospecting leases, good fol-
twelve months, the state has q fixed
charge of $25; for the mining privileges
the state requires 500 per year for fifty
years. and a royalty of Is cents per ton
for all ore taken out, which royalty shall
In no case after five years amount to less
than $3.50 per year for any 100 acres,
whether ore is taken out or not.
And still The journal tries to
create false Impressions among the I'M
knowing ones by stating that Dunn
turned over rich mining privileges for
the. paltry sum Of $25.' ~'
The Free Press should pay a little
closer attention to the; law and the
facts. While a mineral lease is not a
contract, it is an option, and entities
the holder to take out a contract at
any time within the year. 1t gives the
holder the exclusive right to prospect
for year, and to enter into a mining
contract at any time during the twelve
months.
AS to the "fixed CHARGE Of $25, the
Free Press should have stated that it
is minimum charge, and where there
is more than one applicant the leases
must be sold at auction to the highest
bidder. When Mr.. Dunn signed leases
without lool1ing' he was granting the
absolute mineral rights to valuable state
land at the minimum price, without com
petition, to the relative and business
associate of his clerk. 1t is no use to
bubble between a lease and a contract
for the lease is an option which always
leads to contract if the property
proves of any value.
The cases were correctly stated in
II j ournal and the self-appointed
critic has himself tried to create a false
impression by leaving out the essential
facts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
SUMMARY OF TAX FIGURES

Minneapolis taxpayers will in 1908
sessed. valuation of $131, AL ,565., This
IS an increase both in the rate Of taxa
ton end assessed valuation over the fig
ures for the present year, the rate be-
9l0,9l3. AS a result the increase in ths
revenues Of the city for next wear will
amount to 800. The increase is due
principally to greater demands from
the school, board and, the larger bonded
debt which increases the interest
charges.
In addition to the regular state. conn
ty and city taxes, there is levy for
ward purposes. such as the care of
streets, sidewalks and sprinkling. RANG
ing from LIS mills in the eighth ward
to ESQ mills, the maximum, in the first,
seventh, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth
and thirteenth wards.
alton is SAB ,1O5, 1873, as compared with
$l39, 9s9,l6e9 for the present. year. Ow-
Ing to the economies practiced by the
county board, and the fact that there
Will be no election in 1905, there will
De silght decrease In the county taxes.
H. Aluno the .board has completed it's
lab9rs and adjourned as provided for
by law, there is no certainty that these
figures are final. The state board If
qualization, which has the final word
IN liking the assessed valuation of Min
neapolis, is still in session and may eth
er increase or decrease the valuation &C.
ccepted by the Hennepin county board Of
tax levy, Should there be decided de-
crease, the various departments will be
hampered for lack of funds, as there
is now no authority which can alter the
tax rate. Should there be an increase,
the different departments. will, on the
other hand, find themselves in somewhat
affluent circumstances next year.
The rates formally adopted by the
board of tax levy previous to IFS ad.
iournment yesterday afternoon are as
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
BOOKS RECEIVED

GAss's JOURNAL OF THE LEWIS ANp
CLARK EXPEDITION. By Sergeant Patrick
Gass. one of the persons employed in the expe
d1tlon. Reprinted from the edition Of 1911
with facstmiles Of the original titepage and
the five original illustrations, and reproduc
ton Of rare portrait Of Glass; With an
analytical index, and an introduction by James
Kendall Hosmer, LID. Chicago: A. c. Nc.
Clurg & Co. Price $3.50, net.
EIGHT COUSINS, OR THE AUNTHILL.- By
Louisa NJ. Alcott, author of Little Women, .
Little Men, etc. With eight full-page pic
lures by Harriet Roosevelt Richards. Deco.
rated cloth, gilt top, 81. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co. >
ROSE IN BLOOM. A sequel to eight Cousins. ~
BY Louisa M Alcott. With eight full-page
Illustrations by Harriet Roosevelt Richards
Decorated cloth, gilt top So. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
A PIONEER DOCTOR. A STORY OF THE
e1vENilEs: BY Elizabeth Porter Gould
Boston: Richard G.. Badger The Gorham
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Fine Reprint Of Sergeant Gass' Jour-
nal Kept or the Expedition of Lewis
and Clark to the Pacitc-Introductio
by Dr.. James X. Hosmer on the Rank
and File Of the ExpedtIon-Louisa M.
Alcott's Books In New Dress.

The journal of Sergeant Patrick Gass,
OF the Lewis and Clark expedition one of
the foremost Of 1.-The pioneers who wrested
the continent from savagery," man who
pulled with his hands across the entire
mississippi valley at its widest expan-
sion, who went to school but nineteen
days In his life, but could keep a diary
the journal of this man has been given to
Tie puplc again after many years. Much
mas Deen written about the Lewis and
Clark expedition thru the great territory
10 "hlch the twin cities are the gateway
OUT so long as that expedition is a sub
Ject OF interesting study by the people of
the northwest will the Journal of Patrick
GaSS be of value
Inc value of the journal and the worth
ana interest of the reprint in hand have
peen enhanced by an Illuminating intro
ouctlon by DR.. James K. Hosmer of this
city. DR.. Hosmers introduction is an in
PRODUCTION in the fullest sense. It intro
duces the reader to the expedition the
rank and file essential to the success Of
the leaders, it introduces him to the man
whose journal follows, giving a sketch of
MS life which awakens a desire to know
more OF the man and to go with him
across the continent, and it introduces
MIN to the journal itself, assuring him
that he will not be disappointed therein
ana all this is done with literary finish
IN marked contrast with that of the Jour-
nal, yet SO lucidly and naturally that one
glldes from the Introduction into the
simple narrative of the diarist without
disturbing the friendly frame of mind to
which he has been won-which is the
highest art in introductions:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05

A silver-haired American woman is still
living who posed for many a day as the
queen Tofs England. And she still recalls
with a shudder the burden Of forty pounds
of royal clothes which she wore for many
hours. Shortly after the coronation
of Queen Victoria the Society Of St.
George and st. Anthony of Philadelphia
commissioned Thomas Sully to paint a
portrait of the queen in her coronation
robes. The artist went to England ac-
companied by his daughter, Blanche, a
young lady Of eighteen summers. The
queen received him graciously and sat for
him till the head was finished. She then
relinquished the task to the artists
daughter. who sat dressed in the queen S
robes for many a long day. Mr. Sully re-
ceived $4,000 for the portrait and Miss
Blanche was made happy by an autograph
letter from the queen and the present of
g. diamond ring
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sonal liberty as the Anglo-Saxons have
secured in their Magma Charta''
No matter If the Russian arms are eventually
victorious, terrible economic decline is bound to
follow. y and then the real regenera-
ton of Russia will begin
Baron Kentaro Kaneko Of Japan, writ
Ing for the same magazine, puts this esti-
mate on the possible defeat Of Japan by
Russia:
1 may say, if Japan be defeated now, that
the spirit and the principles of Anglo-American
civilization will be obliterated from vast por-
ton Of the eastern world. And it may be that
centuries will pass before ever again humanity,
and the universal brotherhood Of Christianity,
Will dawn over the horizon of the continent Of
Asia.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER

the Truth About Russia.-The reading
public is eager for facts about the nation
whose might is now matched against that
OF Japan. Vladimir G. Simkovitch, Ph.D.
lecturer in Russian history in Columbia
university gives "An Interpretation OF
Russian Autocracy'' in The Internationa
Quarterly for October. The present sys-
tenn of government, he says, is seeking
to gain strength by gaining control OF
Manchuria and other territory in the far
east The democratic spirit is growing
and exercising equalizing influences in
Russia. The only way to counterfeit these
is by occupying new and original coun-
tries with dissimilar populations. But,
says the writer tthe Russian people is
clamoring not for Manchuria, but for Its
daily bread and such safeguards of per-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-05
EXPENSIVE POULTRY

! What some people think of high bred
COCKS and hens In this day of specializa-
ton may be Judged from a transaction re-
ported from Raceville, N. Y, where
George H. Northrup, a poultry fancier,
has shipped to Germany flock Of nine
teen rose-combed Minorcas, for which he
received $4,000. One OF the cocks alone
brought $1,000 and another $500. The for
mer weighed nine pounds.
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OCTOBER.

The bright-eyed squirrels, furry. fleet
A-gleaming go, with patternf feet.
Brown nuts polished by early frost
On the moss below by the winds are tossed
Maple and hickory, ash and oak,
Each has donned gorgeous cloak.
Red haws CLEAN the hazels near:
Dry grass waves on the uplands sere.
The Years at rest in the mellow haze
That crowns with gold these royal DAVIS.
BY Sara Andrew Shafer in the Outlonl,