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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-14
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Nomination of Supreme JUDGES.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
l read with interest your editorial in
last nights j o u rn on a non political
judiciary. And assure you that I fully
coincide with the objects and purposes
of the article. It may be that as far as
the district bench is concerned, that no
substantial progress Scan be made until
our laws are modified. However, as to the
supreme bench, + believe immediate re-
suits can be obtained. assS
st. Paul and Duluth both want the state
republican convention. Why not have
two conventions, one to nominate all state
OFFICERS, except judges Of the supreme
bench? Let this convention be held first
Then, week later, have second state
convention to nominate judges for the
supreme bench. BY this method you will
eliminate all the elements Of trading in
the nomination Of the judges. Moreover
you will have a convention of men who
are especially interested in the supreme
court.
can see no objection to this method by
any one whose highest aim is to secure
bench of able men. Nor can I see how
any candidate can object to the plan, UNI
less he fears his qualifications will not
stand a critical examination.
This can be readily brought about by
the state central committee calling two
conventions as above outlined.
The foregoing is not written with the
purpose of casting any reflections on the
supreme bench as it now Is, but with the
desire that we may nominate the strong
est men possible, whether they be the
present judges or new men.
&C. L. Smith.
| April H. 1904
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THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER

Religious Crisis In France.--Count Al
bert de Nun, member Of the French
academy and member Of the chamber Of
deputies, In The National Review for
April tells Of the religious crisis in
France. He believes that the church will
triumph In its influence on the life OF the
nation. He says: "Banished from its
place in the laws and institutions Of our
country, the church is daily winning an
unexpected place in the life Of the nation
as the result Of the very fact that it has
been prosecuted and Of the natural spir-
itual needs OF mankind. Now more than
ever 1t appears in the light Of a moral
force, immense and indispensable, whose
influence no prudent government can pos
sibly misapprehend."
DR.. Emil Reich, in the same magazine,
gives his observations of American af-
fairs. He sees in the abandonment Of the
Monroe doctrine the only real hope of
Americas becoming a frst-class power.
Another very interesting and useful arti.
Gle is 1.-THE Open-Air Cure by a pa
tent.
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the destruction incident to warfare,
and -deplorabIe as war is in itself, it is,
nevertheless, fact that for every
army equipped and every battle fought,
there Is at best a temporary stimulus
to industry the world over.
The Boer war left the ground fought
over barren waste. The work Of
regeneration, Of the reupbuilding of
South Africa, gave employment to mill
lions Of capital and raised the hum Of
industry in places far removed.
Already there is the feeling that the
war is leading up to period of growth
and increased activity In the steel
shipbuilding line, in which America
will share. Not only will the Petro-
pavlovsk and the others gone before,
be replaced, but the war is expected
to bring into actual demonstration
much that has heretofore been theo-
retical. and many warships in the ma
vies Of the world may find their way
to the rear, to be replaced by others
more up to date.
Uncle Sam deplores war, and would
like to see the world at peace. Yet,
If nations must fight and will fight, he
is not the ore to refuse to sell them
the goods, and with a country so vast
and resourceful as ours, he is equal
to almost any demand, be it for ma
terial to infiict or balm to heal, for
a Red Cross outfit or a battleship, for
a Missouri mule for South Africa or
barrel of Minneapolis -four for
Japan.
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The public Is being treated to some
thing new in what might be called
heavy comedy. The scenes are set in
the room Of the United States court
in st. Paul. The actors enter in turn
upon the stage and do their stunts ac-
cording to the bill. 1t is the part Of
each actor advocate to assume for
himself and his side high and hon
orable disposition toward the law.
Compliance with the verdict Of the
court is the central theme around
which the plot is woven. It suits the
purpose Of the play that the actors
upon either side who appear as attor-
neys for the principals shall impute
to the opposition motives and methods
wholly reprehensible, while claiming
for themselves that they are actuated
solely by considerations of public in
terest and devout reverence for the
law. Each side comes bravely to the
front Of the stage, and with solemn
visage and impressive oratory makes
its play. ,-. .
1t is an expensive performance. The
stage setting Is costly and the talent
engaged Is that Of that class which
commands the highest salary. With
all this the public is supposed to be
deeply impressed. But it isn't, for it
knows that public interest Is the last
thing thought of by either side in this
controversy. 1t isn't sure that the
whole thing is not a bluff, and the
government itself apparently shares in
the suspicion that there may be collu-
sion between the principals for the
purpose of evading the verdict of the
court. At any rate everybody knows
that these gentlemen who are so free
~ accusing each other Of seeking to
thwart the orders of the court and the
provisions Of the law would get to-
gether on either side of the PROPOSE
ton in a holy minute if the personal
and private interests of both would be
served thereby. 1t is all very funny,
this solemn pretense Of deep concern
that the law be compiled with and the
public interest protected, and the
actors themselves must be sensible of
the humor Of the situation.
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Overplayed Their Hand.

The managers Of Mr.. Dunn's cam
paign were guilty of coarse work.
when they accused G. A. Smith of as
piring to defeat Senator C1app. 1t
was a blunder that resulted in the ex-
posture Of a political cabal that has
only been limited at before When
the matter first came to Mr.. Smiths
attention, he made a dignified denial,
but when the charge was repeated by
the Dunn campaign bureau Mr..
Smith 'spoke out in meeting." and
told story that throws some new
light on the situation.
This incident makes it very plain
that some Of Mr.. Dunn's friends are
trying to throw dust in the eyes of
republican voters. They have en-
gagged in some deep political schem-
ing, and to divert attention from their
work have accused the "other fell
lows of the same thing. Their cam
paign in the interests of Mr.. Dunn
seems to be tied up with plan to
elect Mr.. Heatwole to the United
States senate next winter. The inter-
ests behind them also want to retire
Senator Nelson when his turn comes
in 1907, and the attempt was made to
draw Mr.. Smith into the deal as a
candidate against the senior senator
Because he refused, and declared In
favor Of Judge Collins for governor
he has come under the ban Of their
displeasure. Their batteries of mis-.
| representation have been turned or
him, and regardless of his denials
they have charged him with the inten.
ton Of succeeding Senator Clapp
Purely in self defense, Mr.. Smith ha:
given them away.
We had similar occurrence a few
weeks ago, when Frank M. Eddy wa:
accused of combination with Judge
Collins. Mr.. Eddy replied that of.
fers of combination had been made tt
him, but they were not from Judge
| Collins or his friends.
If Mr.. Dunn's Jealous managers art
not careful, they will make themse1ve.
ridiculous. In both these cases, the.
have Enthusiastically been caught will
the goods Such methods canno
i win support, or the confidence Of vot
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CHARITY WORK
OF SIX MONTHS
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ASSO-
( GATED CHARITIES MANAGER.
Applicants for Aid for the Period
Were 1911, as Compared with 696
Year Ago - Report Is Manager
J. F. Jackson's Last in Minneapo-
lis

Associated Charities work for the
past six months is summarized below
In the semi-annual report of the
manager, James F. Jackson, made to
the association this afternoon. The
report is the last Mr.. Jackson will
as he leaves soon to take up his work
in similar position in Cleveland.
His report In part follows:
In the six months there were 1911 APP
plcants, Of whom 472 were new, as COM
pared with CSC applicants one year ago,
of whom 213 were new. There were sos
days work or women as against
jobs for men as against 1876.
last year, a reduction of one-seventh
the amount of work as compared with last
year. This season the nurse made 946
calls on 1872 families. Last year she made
704 calls on 149 families. For the two and
ment made 1877 calls on twenty-three fam
lilies. The establishment Of this depart
ment has far-rea ching possibilities for
good to the unfortunate.
The Provident Funds first semiannual
statement is as follows: Total number Of
new depositors, 525; number CT withdraw
ais 60; total number of recurrent deposit
tors, SO; number at close of March SOB;
| amount of stamps sold $426.65; amount
withdrawn s59.40; deposits at close Of
March $367.25. Savings stamps are being
sold at Bethel settlement, Washburn home,
Hope chapel and Professor Painters Boys
| club, Unity settlement, Riverside mission,
/ Drummond hail. and Ruskin hall. The
agent. is soon to be allowed more time to
:. sell stamps in the homes.
!: In the seven months since school opened
we have made 121 Investigations requested
by school principals to enable them to de-
termine whether or not the earnings Of a,
child under Is years of age were neces-
sary to the family's support. OF the
thirty-three whom we recommended for
certificates thirteen were nearly 16 years
of age. There We're exceptional reasons
for each of the other twenty. We took
the position that 1t was better for So
ciety to provide aid rather than have a
child prematurely enter a. store or a fac
tory. But it was necessary to secure aid
in only eight of the eighty eight instances
where we declined to recommend a GER
tificate.
In the past six months a second confer
ence of friendly visitors has been formed
and parlor conferences have been revived
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A Naval Tragedy.

The navy Of the United States wears
the badge Of mourning to-day, be-
cause Of the disastrous explosion of
a 12-inch gun in the after turret of
the 12,500-ton battleship Missouri of
the squadron engaged in target prac-
tice Off the Pensacola station, where
our navy has beaten the worlds rec
ord of expert gunnery In target prac-
tice.
One of the most noted cases of
naval gun explosion is that Of the
bursting Of the INTERPRETATION gun on
the British warship Thunderer some
years ago. This disaster, after a long
investigation by some experts, was at
tributed to the probability that the
gun squad had, in their enthusiasm
and desire to make record, loaded
the big gun with two charges, which
was more than the gun was intended
to stand. In the case Of the Missouri
IDENTIFY, but there was too great pre-
cipitancy in loading before the gases
from the former discharge, Immediate
ly preceding, had escaped, and igni-
ton followed. f
The naval experts at washington
deplore the precipitancy which does
not leave enough time between the
charges, the breech being opened al
most as soon as the gun is fired.
We can, as nation, dispense with
beating the naval gunnery record Of
the world, if such triumph requires
such exposure to peril as wrought such
disaster 20 the brand new Missouri
yesterday off Pensacola. The costly
| battleship came very near being
wrecked. Had the magazine near by
exploded (and it's escape was mar.
row one), the warship would have
| been total wreck, and it is difficult
to see how a single man could have
escaped death. Such catastrophe wa:
prevented by the heroic activity O.
Captain Cowles and the survivors.
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koUROPATkiN

All the writer's who have the appear
ance Of really knowing something about
General Kouropatkin are agreed on the
one point. Skobeleff's ways. are not Kou-
ropatkin's ways, they tell us. Skobeleff
was Russian Phil Sheridan, with a dash
of Custer in him; Kouropatkin is COM
pound Of Mcclellan and Pop Thomas
He has a rooted objection to fighting be-
fore he has completed his preparations
and has everything just to his mind. He
thinks it much better to be safe than to
be sorry. He's quite capable of falling
back before the Japanese advance again
and again. But when he once gets ready
to fight, things will imme diately become
very interesting for the Japanese general
in command.
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In his memorial tribute to Senator Han
ma occurs the following definition Of con-
servatism as conceived by Senator Bev-
eridge: r-.z'
Much that is accepted as conservatism
is spurious, mere make believe. Conser-
vatism does not mean doubt or indie
cision. 1t does not mean wise looks
masking vacuity, nor pompous phrase, as
meaningless as it Is solemn. Conserva-
tism means clear common sense, which
equally rejects the fanaticism of precedent
and the fanaticism Of change. 1t would
not have midnight last just because II
exists, and yet it knows that dawn comes
not in a flash, but gradually-comes with
a grand and beautiful moderation. Sc
the conservative is the real statesman
He brings things to pass in way that
lasts and does good. Senator Hanna was
a conservative.
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Since the recent reverses of republicans
in Faribault and Northfed, which are
traced directly to opposition on the part
Of republicans to Joel P. Heatwole and his
organization in Rice county, the anti
Heatwole men have been accused of party
disloyalty and alliance with democrats.
The Mortified Independent makes hot
rejoinder, saying:
II Rice county republicans are supposed to shy
at the idea of little interest on the part of
democratic newspapers In the politics of the
state, what will they do when they behold the
spectacle of their quondam leader cheek by jowl
with the boss democrat of the state Jim Hill?
Not a political move has been made by this self
appointed guide in some time past but the
shadow of Jim Hill has shown upon the curtain
back of it,
When the merger being planned did he
not HE himself from New York for Washington
and there hold secret discourse with Mr.. Hill?
DAnd has he not ever since fought Governor Van
SAINT with and vindictiveness wholly
unexplainable upon any ordinary grounds?
If Rice county republicans are likely to be
frightened at the thought Of democrat show
ing interest in the politics of the state they must
have been scared clean out of their boots long
ago by this political mesalliance in high places.
Both the judges of the Fourteenth jul
dicial district come up for reelection this
year. Judge William Watts Of Crookston
closes his six-year term, and Judge An
rev Grindeland Of Warren, who was ap-
pointed last year when the district was
given an additional judge, only holds office
until his successor can be elected and
qualified. Sentiment in the district seems
pra ctically unanimous in favor of the re-
election of both judges.
George E. Perley of Moorhead, a prom
inent member of the last house, has an
nounced himself a candidate for re-elec-
ton. His constituency is confined to Clay
county. Charles B. Cheney.
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A ]. T Err
Minneapolis, Feb. 10, 1904.
Mr.. Lucian Swift,


Manager THE Journal
Dear Sir-It is a pleasure to find
that the newspapers Of Minneapolis
compare favorably with the daily
papers Of other cities, which I have
had occasion to notice in my travels
turnout the country. There Is,
however, one point in which an
Improvement Ia greatly to be de-
sired-that Is the elimination of
Objectionable medical advertising.
I have been Of the opinion that,
notwithstanding the heavy imme-
date loss Of revenue, any Mime
apolis newspaper that had the
courage to make a careful selec-
ton Of their advertising, would
have great advantage with a
large number of readers who
strongly object to this feature, and
1t is a great pleasure to me to no.
tice that The Minneapolis Journal
has taken this step.
AS a. newspaper which Is so
popular In the homes of Minne-
apolis, T feel certain that when the
change Is generally understood by
your readers, the loss which you
temporarily sustain will be more
than made up in the greater ap-
probation of your excellent paper.
therefore heartily congratulate
you on your new policy and trust
that both your circulation and ad
Vertising department reports will
soon show the appreciation Of the
minneapolis public.
Very truly.
JOHN LESLIE,
|President John Leslie Paper Com
pany.
asPresident Commercial Club, Min
neapolis.
To appreciate what this means,
kcompare The Journals advertising
columns with those Of the other
Minneapolis daily papers.
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ers, and the public will learn to dis
count every statement from such a
discredited source. Moreover, the
voters will not be apt to think highly
Of cause that has to be bolstered up
in that way.
"The steffenized towns" is, the way the
st. Louis Globe Democrat describes the
cities whose various phases Of municipal
|rottenness have been the subject OF dis
cussion by Lincoln Steffens in Mcclure 8
Magazine. st. Louis and Minneapolis are
ION his little list"
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CLASS PRESIDENT OUT
Professor ozas OF South High School
~, Gusts Junior Officer

Professor Ozias Of the South high school
yesterday constituted himself board Of
review Of high school elections He ruled
that there was a vacancy in the office of
president Of the junior class, and refused
to allow former president Swift to adj
dress the class SO that he could not pre-
sent his resignation. Raymond Mcdonald,
Leslie Slower, Irving Condit, Reuben Har-
Ian and Thomas Swift, the committee in
charge of the entertainment, were also
discharged. The principal rules that I'M
der no circumstances can the play be
given as a junior class affair. A meet
ing Of the Junior class has been announced
for to-day.
Z Che Of the committee said yesterday
that all rehearsals had been held outside
the school; that an outside hall had been
engaged, and that the tickets and pla-
cards read that the play is given by mem
bers of the junior class. -
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How to Il ak Journal
SOME POINTERS no ST. LOUIS
W0RLD,s FAIR CONTESTANTS

:. Ask your friends if they ever stop
to consider the fact that T h e
u r n a l contains
More Minnesota news than any
other Minnesota paper.
More North Dakota news than
any North Dakota or any other
northwestern paper.
More South Dakota news than
any South Dakota or any other
northwestern paper.
More news from Iowa, Wiscon-
sin and northern Michigan than
any other northwestern paper.
8 It Is fact well worth renem-
. bering that T he Journal en-
p1oys more and better correspond
ents i'm all the. territory turnout
the states Of Wisconsin, Iowa, Mon
tana and Washington, as well as
Minnesota, South Dakota and North
Dakota than any other newspaper.
Another fact is that TIL
Journal can always be depend
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ed upon to furnish the news at no
matter what expense when there is
any news and also that its news
can be depended upon as being re-
liable news.
Some more facts with which res
idents Of the northwest are famil-
lar are that its market reports, spe-
cial Washington service, special
eastern and European service, ex-.
elusive and very interesting special
features are very superior, and that
no other northwestern paper can
be compared with it as great
family newspaper.
Another most important fact is
that The Journa is the clean
daily Of Minneapolis, refusing all
Objectionable medical advertising
which is taken by other papers.
This makes The Journal par
ticular1y acceptable to every men,
Der Of the home, and T h e j u T.
nal reaches the most homes of
Minneapolis and the northwest.
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FIRST DRIVE STARTS
Rooms Here Being Prepared to Receive
the New Lods.

The first log drive Of the season Of the
Mississippi and Rum River Boom company
was started from the storage boom at Rol-
ling Island yesterday. The work Of hang
ing the booms at the local works has been
under way for several days. The ice is
now out Of the river as far north as Brain
erd, but it will be several weeks before
logs of the past winters cutting begin to
come down. The storage booms at Little
Falls and Brainerd will be emptied Of logs
before the mills can handle the new lot.
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DIR. ALIENS SUDDEN DEATH
WeII-known Physician Expires - Heart
Disease the Cause.

DR.. L. r. Allen, well-known in Minneap-
oils medical circles. died suddenly Of
heart disease, at his home early yester-
day morning He had attended to his
regular practice altho he had been ailing
for nearly a year. He retired Tuesday
evening, feeling as well as usual but arose
at o'clock in the morning to take some
medicine. Before he could return to bed
he died of heart failure.
Dr. Allen was rs years old and had been
practicing medicine since 1855. He came
to Minneapolis about twenty years ago.
He is survived by his. wife, one son, w. E.
Allen of Chicago, ard two daughters,
Mrs. D. E.. Russell of Chicago, and Mrs.
George Carnegie, Portage, Wis. SIS
+ The body will be cremated and the pre-
ceding services will be held at the resi-
dence, 2645 Garfield avenue, Friday at 1920
n m wy
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james Whltcornb Riley Repents Having
Written "Leonalnie," at Least Under
the Circumstances Under Which He
Was Led to Send It; Forth Into the
World-A Detective Story That Keeps
One Guessing--Life Of William Green-
leaf Eliot With Introduction by DR..
James X. Hosmer.
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Playing to the galleries in politics is
bad politics In the long run and doesn't
pay. Minneapolis has an alderman who
has done so much of that that now when
he fathers a good thing its chances for
success are very much impaired by his
relation to it,