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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08

Speaking of the veto Of the Clark Or
dinance by Mayor Haynes, the Tribune
thinks that perhaps he is just playing
politics, like the instigators and authors"
Of the ordinance. We have not tried to
analyze the mayors motives, either, as
the Tribune disavows having done, but
we must tender our congratulations to
our contemporary for this evidence Of it's
hearty appreciation of the work of the
Home Protection league, a non partiZan
organization of good men and good
women who have undertaken to do what
can be done to minimize the dangers
which surround the thousands Of young
people, and particularly young women,
friendless or neglected, in this great city.
Such beautiful sympathy as our high
minded contemporary evinces with this
noble work, in the sentiment quoted
from the Sunday editorial page, will, no
doubt arrest the attention of all who
may have noticed it. It indicates what
a power our contemporary Is likely to be-
come, if it keeps on, among the forces in
this community which make for social
and moral betterment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
Where Politics Is Strenuous.

The race which John A. johnson is
leading R. G.. Dunn today over the prai-
ries and thru thewoods and down in the
mines Of Minnesota has so absorbed To-
cal attention that we are missing some
CT the most interesting features of this
campaign.
But out in Montana there is excite
ment Of another sort.
State Senator F. w. Meyers met a
pretty girl on the street in Butte the
other day, and, overcome by her beauty
and winsomeness, stole kiss. AS a re.
suit Montana, which had come to be
regarded as pretty safely republican, is
in danger of going democratic. The
young lady seems to have taken serious
exception to the compliment paid to he1
good looks, but instead of quietly de.
manding the return of the stolen prop
erty, as she might have done, she al
lowed the thief to make off with it and
has contented herself with entering q
complaint for larceny. Her friends have
taken her view Of the matter and there
has been the funniest political row on
that ever happened. Meyers is republi
can and a candidate for election on the
republican ticket. The young lady Is
friends demand that he be put off the
ticket. He refuses to retire, and Lee
Mantle, state chairman, can't get hin
off. The republican newspapers, seeing
defeat ahead on his account, have de
manded his withdrawal, but without
success. In the meantime the politics
of the state has divided along new lines
The popularity of Roosevelt and loyalty
to democracy, hopes of Tom Carter ant
the schemes of Senator Clark, have
cut no ice at all, and nobody ha:
been thinking of anything but thu
proposition raised by Senator Meyers
should the appropriation of a kiss, whicl
the purloiner stands ready to put bacl
where he got it, be sufficient reasol
for disqualifying man from holdin!
office in the state of Montana, or SHOULD
it not. 1t will be settled today. Watcl
| for the answer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
MINNESOTA POLITICS
johnson Holds Advantage Among the
Betting Fraternity Right to the Last
M'nute-Dunn Organs Bolt of Oscar
Halam Starts Trouble In St. Paul.

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Considerable Dunn money made its ap-
pearance in both st. Paul and Mime
apol1s yesterday and last night, but all
oHereo at even terms was promptly taken
by the johnson men,, and this morning
they were still looking for more. In this
city Johnson money was standing at
even terms, while some Dunn bets were
posted at odds Of four to five. Some of
these We're taken, and in St. Paul R. T.
O'Connor put UP 81, 900 at odds of four
to three on Johnson.
The men betting on Dunn do not hope
for his election by large majorities, but
they are banking on aSstrong slide toward
roosevelt. which might carry him up to
100000 and make it practically impos-
sible to defeat a republican on the state
ticket. The general run of opinion, how
ever, Is that Roosevelt will have between
$4,000 and $4,000. Tho assurance of good
weather which probably means a fairly
heavy vote, makes it likely, that Roose-
Velt Will have as high as $4,000 IN the
state. To beat Dunn it is necessary to
change 100000 votes,
The Pioneer Press put its foot in: it yes
terday when it bolted the nomination OF
Oscar Hallam for district judge in Ram
sey county. After pounding all thru the
campaign on the straight ticket PROPOSE
ton, and urging republicans to show their
lam was especially remarkable. It was
also a bad break for Dunn, since Condo
Haml1n, chairman Of the state committee
is manager of the Pioneer Press, and
doubtless dictated the, editorial. Hallan
has great many friends in; ST. Paul, and
altho a Collins man before the state con.
vention, he has kept quiet since.
The bolt from dallam angered that gen
tleman's friends, and BODIED serious
trouble for Dunn right in the organization
A desperate attemnt was made yesterday
to fix 1t up, and Ha1lam spoke at a meet
ing last night, where he: urged republicans
to vote the straight ticket, and after hi:
speech Swan Molarder, Dunns old stump
age clerk, proposed three cheers for Hal
lam. The Pioneer Press related this in
cident and published an interview will
the chairman of the county committee
predicting Hallan1s election, but the edi
torial Endorsement Of Bum and Markham
has not been retracted, and the Dunn or
gan stands In the position of boter OF
! a part of the local ticket. This eleventh
hour knitting has nullified all the paper
arguments on the score of party loyalty
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
What Are Personalities?

Every campaign starts out with prom
Uses by candidates that it will be a
campaign without personalities. -
Usually it ends with each side accusing
the other of having resorted to person
alities. The other side usually retorts
that it was not responsible for the per-
sonalities, or that what the opposition
Classics as personalities are not such.
In the Minnesota campaign, just end
ing, the supporters Of Mr.. Dunn have
accused the johnson men Of indulging
in personalities, citing the use the
democrats have made of the reports of
the public examiner as evidence in sup
port Of their contention.
Personalities in politics do not re-
fer to facts bearing on the public
record Of candidate. When a party
or a candidate declares it's intention not
to resort to personalities it does not
mean that it will not use facts or criti-
cisms Of an opposition candidate IS pub
lie record. The interests Of the people
would suffer if candidates were not
called to strict account Of their rec
ords. It is not resorting to objection
able personalities to say that in this,
that or the other respect candidate
while occupying public office or in the
capacity Of a public man did such and
such things that he ought not to have
done. A large portion Of the difficult
ties that beset the path of the corrupt,
faithless or inefficient man in politics
would be removed if the ethics Of polit-
cal contests demanded no reference to
facts bearing on the fitness of the can
didate for office, and confined the con-
test purely to party principles and
promises. Since the acts of parties are
the acts of individuals representing par
ties it would be impossible to put par
ties properly on trial if the acts of their
creatures could not be published and
criticized.
The proper meaning of "personali-
ties' in connection with politics is that
the facts Of a man g private life, which
do not bear on his qualifications for
office shall not be made the subject Of
discussion. Generally, too, it is good
rule not to touch even on those phases
of a candidates private life that really
have bearing on his qualifications for
office. 1t is so easy to start false re-
ports regarding the facts of private
life, that once a campaign of that sort
starts, it is safe to assume that about
100 per cent of what you hear is with
out foundation. No man is in the
habit of exposing his private life to the
public gaze.
1t is not easy to obtain facts Of that
sort. Of course, there are candidates
occasionally, who should not be elected
to office just because their private life
is so VIGOROUSLY Objectionable that it is
plain that their election to office would
be disastrous to public welfare. In
such cases, it is proper to publish the
facts, not covertly and sneakingly, but
openly and boldly, leaving the candi
date an appeal to the courts if he
thinks he has been injured.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08

The Kansas City Times has seen a
It says:
The truth about the exorbitant meat
prices which now prevail, Notwithstanding
an abundance Of CRASHED beef, is that
every one concerned in the business ex-
tracts as much money as possible from
the consumer.
TO charge ''all that the traffic will
kind of political economy that the con-
sumner who votes is going to get after
some of these days. when the real issues
are taken up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
AT THE THEATERS
Election News at the Theaters.

All the theaters have made provisions
to regale their patrons with election news
tonight. At the Metropolitan the North
western telephone service will furnish the
Interruptions for "Babes III Toyland." At
the Bijou there will be O. late performance
made up of attractive turns, furnished by
clever members Of the company, after
Her First False STEP is finished, and
the returns will be read frequently from
three wires and a long distance telephone
connection. Luncheon will be served in
the foyer. At the Lyceum there will be no
extra performance Of THE Nominee" but
the theater will be kept open as long as
the patrons care to stay and hear the re-
turns The Orpheum has special election
arrangements. The Dewey will have an
extra midnight performance. with returns
for Interruptions. The Unique will follow
a similar plan.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
Orpheum-"Our Boys In Blue" ct AL

Orpheun1-"Our Boys In Blue" ct Al.
A strong, evenly balanced bill is pre-
sented at the Orpheum this week. 1t
mas enough variety to please every one
and ranges from selections from italian
opera to soft-shoe dances and hoop-roll-
ing. The deXterity with which Ollie Young
and brother handle the hoops is bewilder-
ing. They were juggled and made to
perform Wondrous stunts, gaining the
hearty approval Of the audience. VIII H.
Armstrong and Miss Holly's skit, THE
Expressman,'' proved g. laugh producer
Armstrong apparently acting a chaser
for any blue devils that may have been
entertained by individual seat-holders.
The singing and dancing Of Reiff broth
ers was we'll received and the Truesdells,
with the one-act comedy, Aunt Louisa's
ADVICE" struck another popular chord
and beloved the house with laughter.
Leroy and Ricci, billed as coloratura So
prano and violin virtuoso, furnished fif-
teen minutes Of music such as Is seldom
given on vaudeville boards. The audi
ence was cold to Nine. Leroy at first, but
before her first number was finished she
had won the enthusiastic attention Of
the crowded house. Ricci is a viClinist
Of unusual power.
Gerome's modelling and rapid sketching
reused wonder in all. His wonderful dex-
terity and the results accomplished in
such a short time were almost beyond
belief. His modelling was in the line Of
presentments Of the faces Of historic
characters and his finishing work in the
clay, 1.-THE Birth of the Pearl" was Of
great merit, considering that it was done
in less than three minutes.
Kronau's military turn, "Our Boys in
Blue,' introduced all Of the old and many
new features of the famous Zouave drill.
It presents pretty spectacle, well exc
cuted and finished with the usual flag
waving and tumultuous applause Of the
patriotic spectators. The kinodrome fin
ished the evening with a series Of pleas
ing pictures of which 1.-The Lost Boy ap-
peared to find the most favor with the
audience. Taken all in all, it Is the strong
est bill yet presented at the Orpheum.
j. H. Richie.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
Wheat Consumption and Price.

The argument has been advanced
that the wheat market commentators
who follow the price-making influences
from day to day, have ignored an i'm
portant factor working for decline in
price later on-the lessened consump-
tion duo to higher prices.
It is a fact that bread prices have
been advanced somewhat, in line with
higher flour. Assuming that we have
no surplus for export from our last
wheat crop-a proposition that all
statisticians do not agree upon-it is
probable, according to this reasoning.
that between now and the time of next
harvest it will be found that consump-
ton has decreased sufficiently to per-
nit Of the accumulation of larger
stocks than calculated upon. The peo-
! pie will have eaten less and we will find
that we have overestimated home re-
quirements, and have something left for
export after all.
There is no way in which contention
of this kind can be proved or disproved
in advance. The government in the
June 80 report said that American con-
sumption for the year previous was
about five hundred and seventeen mil
lion bushels. A year hence we shall
know whether we consumed more or less
than this. Meanwhile, all argument
for lessened consumption must be
based upon the not unreasonable yet by
no means conclusive assumption that
higher prices would naturally induce
people to turn to substitutes.
A great many things must be taken
into account in considering this ques
ton. There are not so many substi
tutes that can be used, that, food value
and other qualities considered, are
cheaper than wheat. Again, if there
is any curtailment of consumption, we
must of course look first for it among
the poorer classes, and we think prices
are not yet so high that this will figure
in an important way, for labor is gen
orally we'll employed and no occasion
exists for the pinching economy of hare
times. A Scent loaf will probably MOI
prevent any large number of people
from eating bread and, as correspond
emit states, in a letter to TIL Jour
n a !, yesterday, difference of l cen
a loaf means about fifty cents bushe
in wheat.
Another thing to remember in thi
, connection is that it will not always d,
, to take table compiled from expert
; ence abroad and apply it to America
From the fact that cent loaf ad
, vance might mean great hardship il
European countries, leading to lessene,
consumption, it does not follow that TIL
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
THESRETURN

He sought the. old scenes with eager
feet f. ~, IT,. -. H.. :
The scenes he, had known as a boy;
ooh! for a draught Of those fountains
sweet, II: ~.
And a taste Of that vanished joy!" 90,
He roamed the fields, he unused by the
=, streams, 80, ':...-f =. -ss-,S"s 80. ",
He threaded the paths and lanes; -.
On the hills he sought his youthful
dreams, 'ss -. ',t,.-3-
In the woods to forget his pains.
Oh, sad, sad hills; oh, cold, cold earth!
In sorrow he learned thy truth
One may go back to the place Of his
birth CO.
He cannot go back to his youth.
John Burroughs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
Observation-Disclosures In Toyland."

Quite the brightest of a long line of
musical extravaganZas Is babes IN roy
land" which comes to Minneapolis fresh
from metropolitan successes. Taken In It's
entirety the production IS a wonderful
synthesis in the making Of which many
artistic minds have had a share. The
groundwork furnished by Glen MacDon-
ough, is not merely clever, but a far more
substantial basis than is usually provided
for this top-heavy style Of dramatic en-
deavor. Taking the familiar characters
Of Mother Goose, he has connected them
in a story Of fairly sustained interest.
The visit to Toyland gives touch OF
originality to the whole as we'll as oppor-
tunity for some quaint conceits. Victor
Herbert's music has that singable quail
ity that marks his best work His tunes
are simple and even juvenile, as BELTS
the production, and they stick long in the
memory. Probably to Julian Mitchell,
under whose direction the piece Is staged,
is due much Of it's success, for the hand
Of an ingenious and artistic executive Is
evident everywhere. The stage pictures
are entrancingly beautiful and beWflder-
ing in their Kaleidoscope variety. The
members Of the company are kept busy
the long evening thru changing their cos
tunes, which are Of striking design and
effective color scheme. Indeed, the cos
tuners seem to have reached the limit
in brilliancy, variety and good taste.
Joyous youth is the dominant note Of
the production. It Is heard everywhere,
fresh, exultant, full-throated. World
WEAKNESS and cynicism, which too often
characterize the smart musical comedies
that come out of Gotham, have been ban
ished and the fun for the most part is
simple and child-like. Principals and
chorus romp thru the performance with
a relish that seems as real as If they
were children indeed. Ignacio Martin
ETH and Mabel Barrison are the two
"babes" and they turn back the hands
on the clock of time Nimble-footed and
tireless as any lad and lass could be,
full Of laughter and song and jest, they
are good for tired brains. Then there is
that laughing imp Of mischief, Nellie
O'Neil, whose every move as Jill evokes
laughter. She Is paired with Charles Guy
err, a graduate from pantomimic clown
dom of the funniest. Their whirlwind
dance in the toyshop is climax Of gro.
tesque audacity. Then there is the
piquant May de Souza, who as Contrary
Mary is as wilful and petulant as only a
| pretty girl has right to be- and who
sings fetchingly. Bessie Wynn as Tom
Tom is a stunning beauty given over tc
statuesqueness and song. Among the
other stellar lights should be mentioned
| Gus Pixley with his impossible voice and
facial grimaces, who is a detective ir
| toyland, and that grotesque pair OF
dancing laugh makers George A. Stone
and William D. CASTOR, as soft-heartec
ruffians. -a
Perhaps the one feature that has made
| Babes in. Toyland'' most talked about Is
| the parade of toys in the second act
This is carried out in the most realistic
manner, both in costume and action. The
participants are intelligent enough to be
properly ock-headed and are CARRIED Sc
as to look like toys made In Germany
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
Election Economics.

The campaign which closed yesterday
presents, in the retrospect, the sugges-
ton that the American nation could
effect real economy in the expenditure
of nerve force and maintain larger
supply of red corpuscles in their blood,
if they would choose to COMPRESS the
activities Of campaign into two or
three weeks, and order that congress-
men elected in November shall take
their seats in the new congress in the
December following, instead of moro
than year later, when the issues on
which they were chosen have largely
lost their vitality and public interest.
l. The presidential candidates of the
two leading parties made their nomina-
lions in June and the first week in July,
and the activities of the campaign.
supposed to follow the nominations
within two weeks, at the longest, did
not begin in earnest until the middle of
September. congressman were nomi-
mated as usual during the spring and
summer.
There have been many campaigns
ID.
TO speak, by the excessive excitement
Of prolonged political activity, and
business Is more or less affected by it.
This was not the case in the recent
campaign; the wheels of commerce moved
slowly along; the blare Of trumpets and
the crash of brass band music and the
enthusiasm of fambeau clubs were
y ~
campaign song writer's were less prolific
than usual, while the volunteer spell
binders found plenty Of air space for
the vibrations Of their tones.
There is no reason why there should
be given to any campaign four or five
months. In England the lord chancel-
lor issues writs authorizing elections
for members Of the house of commons.
The returning officers Zone in each con-
stituency) receive the writs, after
which members of parliament must be
elected within nine days in counties and
in four days in boroughs. Candidates
are nominated in writing, subscribed to
by two registered electors one of whom
proposes and the other seconds, eight
other registered electors asserting ia
the nomination in writing and poll is
ordered only when more than one can.
didate is nominated for a single va.
cancy. Under this system, members of
parliament are elected within eighteen
or twenty days, and the campaigning is
4 concluded in that brief period, tho ii
is very red hot while it lasts. Our can
dadates for congress could be nominated
and elected in the same period under
our own election methods, and the mem
bers-elect should take their seats, con
stituting new house dealing with live
issues, in the first week in December
If the presidential and vice presiden
tial nominations are not made unit
the last of August, there would b,
abundant time for the national commit
tees to scatter campaign literatur,
broadcast thru the country; for tn,
biographers to bring out. biographies O.
the men nominated; for the ex
ploitation of oratory and fireworks. TIL
really expensive work of campaign i
always done in the last few weeks, and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
Tuesday Evening,

with the great facilities for transmit
ting information speedily, campaign
managers know pretty well what their
party prospects are, before single bal
lot is cast on election day.
One of Bryan's managers told him
in the beginning of the 1896 campaign
that he would be defeated, according
to his figuring of the prospective vot'
ing. Harrity predicted the electoral
vote Of Cleveland in 1892 within two
electoral votes of the actual result, and
Mr.. Hanna g estimate Of Mckinley g
electoral vote in 1896 was only five less
than the actual result.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
NTH the Long Boz
-"Rye Mafure's Walks. Shoot Folly as II Plies"


We claim everything with confidence
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better way to keep typhoid germs out 81 the city water is line the
water pipes with sticky hy-paper H.. IT,.
November in Minnesota is IS always I afternoon 49,
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@ IF = today
wrote: is wicked fahoodn Can you make
The ynnte, COL, sings
tx dss ti 5s s:
and the ood a mng n make hat @ h and eoG s
Do% like the swish of the s ft 4ss; cuts the
his thumb with the Of
place quarter family has been borrowed by
n1 5: @ h right Mss is Ksss
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into his limb
The Rev. 1 Hicks weather prophet who has been attacked by the gov
pg ID s 5 % @ ?Vt sr sss sturdy
Almanac Words
educational, the millions doing
andv voluntarily with the
ing years. Every compulsion % his of
millions that the weather bureau often with
amounting almost mutiny Put these things to-
know lies all the deadly of the
Word Works discover what the weather be to-
Brother Hicks has slated reaiona
the 9Th and 9th decided fall Of the barometer
expected and touching the 9TH with change to warmer and more
turning at the wind will eastwdy over the
the 9Th and 9th These followed
of the barometer high gales from the northwest
and change to much COLDER
States Brother Hicks
for hole money is on Al.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
Unique-ContInuo Vaudeville.

An artistic and entertaining program Is
offered at the Unique this week, present.
ing nearly every branch of vaudeville
work.
Mile. Carrie in musical act, shows
herself a musician Of merit. Dell and
Fonda give a fanny club-swinging turn
that is well executed. 49,
Carlton Case, an old-time singer Of
illustrated songs, has an excellent voice
and shows good taste in his selections.
Eddie Leslie, a monolog artist, has many
good stories and Is beautiful imitator OF
persons in the public eye. His facial con-
tortions are marvellous. A high-class mu-
steal act is given by the Levy family. Ths
moving pictures close the show and by
request "The Great Train Robbery" is re
tanned this week.