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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
The DIRTY Money" Problem.

In Nebraska they are still discuss
ing the problem of dirty money. More
than a year ago John d. Rockefeller
offered the University of Nebraska a
certain sum of money, provided that
the university would raise from other
sources enough to make a total of
100000.
So strongly We're the people Of Ne
braska opposed to taking the great
monopolist's money, that at one time
the effort to raise the. supplementary
sum was practically abandoned. Late
ly, however, T.. Benjamin Andrews,
the chancellor of the university, has
frankly declared in favor of accept
ing the oil mans money and a vigor-
Gus campaign has been made to raise
the fund necessary to get 1t.
Now Chancellor Andrews is threat
ened with the loss of his position and
the discussion Of the propriety of taxi
ing Standard Oil money RACES fercely.
Is 1t right for an educational insti-
tuition, particularly a state institution,
to accept money that has been accu-
mulated by foul or questionable
means?
Yes sometimes; No, sometimes.
AS a bequest without Objectionable
| conditions, no money is too dirty to
accept, provided that it's acceptance is
in no way made a means Of clarifying
some scoundrel who hopes to pur-
| chase repose for his memory even as
the knightly villains Of the middle ages
| bought a thousand years Of masses
for the reposes OF their sin-stained
| souls. Money stolen from one man
can sometimes be restored to its right
full owner. Money unjustly obtained
thru a great business can never be re-
stored to it's rightful owners. The best
| use that can be made Of it is some
public use; that is the nearest ap.
proach to restitution.
1t is impossible, however, to accept
dirty money while the donor is alive
influential and unregenerate, without
mourning a sense Of obligation, which
as Miss Tarbell says, soon leads tt
apology for him and his methods.
| The University of Nebraska belong!
| ~ IlIC pCOP1C III A>COI eiSfAca. IL lIlSN
believe that Rockefeller has accumu
lated his millions partly by means O.
despicable and dishonorable method
and they hold him in contempt, the,
should not for one second think o
| taking his money. If, on the othe
hand, they believe that Mr.. Rockefel
Ter is a much maligned and misrepre
sented man, that his, money was hon
orably earned and that he is a, gentle
man worthy of honor and respect
there is no reason why they shoul,
not gladly take his money.
But we are sure Minnesota woul
never permit it's great university t
take a, cent of the Rockefeller mill
; ions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
A Monstrous Injustice.

La Crosse Leader and Press.
DR.. A. A. Ames, the worst mayor Min
neapolis or any other city ever had, has
been adjudged by the supreme court of
Minneapolis a free man. 1t is not con-
tended he is an innocent man.; that he
did not commit the crime on which he
was indicted, and many other crimes on
which he has not been tried; that he
did not license houses of ill-fame and
gambling houses and share their profits;
that he was not in league with a band
of robbers, and that by, his connivance
the police were not working in conjunc
ton with hold-up men and .grafters'' Of
every type who might turn dollar to the
administration. All these offenses are
practically admitted. Ex-Mayor Ames is
simply another in the long list Of Grim
inals who have escaped justice in this
country. Eventually, as Justice Brewer
of the supreme court predicts, the public
will become aroused to the monstrous
injustice which allows the rights of one
convicted criminal to be considered great
er than the rights Of the whole public
and will insist upon a change. Justice
Brewer would destroy the privilege Of
appeal on technicalities. The prisoner
opportunity to go to a higher court would
remain, but the appeal would simply con-
sist in filing transcript iof the evidence
and making arguments thereon. There
would be no overruling of a jury's verdict
on the ground that the trial court had
permitted or had not permitted certain
question to be answered. It would be
the privilege Of the prisoner to show that
the evidence In the trial court was in
sufficient to establish his guilt beyond a
| reasonable doubt, thus all his legitimate
rights being preserved, but he could not
obtain his liberty on the hinsy grounds
usually advanced.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
Great Record for
January

The Minneapolis Journal has
again demonstrated right to it's
title of 1.-THE Great Daily of the
Great Northwest" having car
ried in 26 issues in January 1, 81
columns of PAID advertising,
while it's nearest competitor car
ried 1872 columns, or nearly so
per cent less.
By eliminating Objectionable
medical advertising, which The
Journal would not carry, from
the amount of it's nearest COM
petitor, The Journal carried as
much advertising in its 26 issues
as its competitor carried in it's
26 daily and five big Sunday
issues.
AS TO CIRCULATION.
During January The Journals
circulation showed the gratifying
daily average Of
81, 463 Copies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
must send their boys to private school

must send their boys to private schools
to At them properly for college.
OF course, the difference may be
In the boys rather than in the two
sets of schools. AS rule, the sons
of poor parents do not go to academies
and private schools and pay tuition,
when they can get free preparation
in the high schools. And, as rule.
the boy who is lacking in material
advantages makes the better student.
Not because he is brighter or more
capable, but because he realizes early
the necessity Of hustling, and that he
must stand on his own abilities and
achievements and not on his fathers
pile. Very likely the academy would
do better If it had the public school
material.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
Anent Splitting.
70 the Editor of The Journs

~ tAo 1.uAtOI VI Ae JOuIuals
This ordinance against splitting on the
sidewalk or on street cars is all right in a
way, but for one am more opposed to
the filthy back yards and alleys than to
splitting on the sidewalk, and think if the
health department is really trying to In
sure public health let it keep the back
yards and alleys clean rather than to
start sort Of child's play by prohibiting
splitting on the sidewalk. Probably the
health department is afraid to inspect
the same Now why not start in by
placing signs in alleys thus: 'Ten dollars
fine for pouring slops or garbage In
this alley or in back yards. Tenants
must provide an air-tight can with cover
in which said slop and garbage can be
put, which will be removed three times
a week free Of charge by the health de-
partment,' and signed by the head Of the
department. There should also be in
spectors employed to see that this rule
is enforced. III. C. M.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

idea Is making progress IN the Minnesota
delegation in congress. BY the way 4
telegraphio error made Mr. Stevenson say
yesterday that Canadian wheat brings 20
cents less per bushel in Canadian markets
than American wheat does in American
markets. 1t should have been five cents
instead Of 20 cents. AT this season it is
substantially true to say that Canadian
wheat is five cents cheaper than American.
Earlier in the crop year it brings fully as
much, If not a little more.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
Bede's Republicanisn.

The Philadelphia Record makes
that unfortunate mistake of trying to
talk about something about which it
lacks information. In an editorial at
tempting to show that the populists
are more than half republicans, and
that this is borne out by Mr.. Bede's
statement in his recent speech in con-
gress to the effect that the populists
were being taken into the republican
party, the Record speaks Of Bede as
q populist at heart, and says: when
in congress he broke with the demo-
cratic party because it was not pop
ulistic, and he Is now more of a re-
publican than a Democrat
Mr.. Bede never was in congress I'M
til this session. He was a democrat
at one time, but he was Cleveland
democrat. He held office under Mr..
Cleveland. From being a Cleveland
democrat he became a, republican,
giving as his reason at the time that
he did not propose, simply because
he held "a federal office, to sacrifice
his right to free speech on political
questions. There never was any
more sympathy between Bede and
populism than there is between Cleve-
land and Organism. The one thing
that can be said to be strictly true
| in the Records comment on Mr.. Bede
is that he is now more of republican
than democrat. He is 50 much of a
republican that he repudiated democ-
racy in 1895, when it went over tc
the doctrine of 16 to 1, and has been
a republican ever since.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

Chief Conroy cites good many things
which have been accomplished by the po-
lice department during the past year. The
department has been efficient In suppress
sing '*candy stores" recovering stolen
property, closing fake auctions, arresting
sidewalk and street car spitters, and in
other ways. But when the chief says
there has been no open nor sanctioned
public gambling" he makes a statement
which requires some definitions. What
does he mean by "open gambling or
Sanctioned gambling?" Isn't gambling
| "open" when public gambling houses are
running in eight or ten places in the city;
and if 1t is not "sanctioned,' why isn't II
stopped? The chief would have been
wiser If he had ignored the public
gambling business altogether His state
ment only attracts attention to the fact
that the department has failed either thru
| weakness or intention in this regard
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

The stars in their courses seem to fight
for Joseph Chamberlain in his campaign
for new fiscal scheme for the British en-
pire. The spectacle of father and son in
the house Of commons together-the son
defending the fathers plans-is one that
is bound to make a deep impression on the
British electorate. The British may be
stolid. but after all they are sentimental
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
A Step Towards Reciprocity.

Representative Stevens, of st. Paul,
yesterday introduced into congress a
bill that may be called a step toward
reciprocity with Canada. It is a bill
to assist the millers Of the northwest
to hold their export trade by making
It easier for them to use Canadian
wheat in bond. ...,...
Some millers, notably the Wash
burn-Crosby company Of Minneapolis,
have ground much Canadian wheat in
bond, but have not had the success
desired because of the difficulty Of dis
posing of the by-products profitably.
AS the law stands they cannot be sold
in this country, and the cost of trans
portation makes it impossible to sell
them abroad at a profit. At the same
time, to ship them out Of the country
Is to deprive it Of just so much good
stock feed for which there is here a
large demand.
- The Stevens bill provides that bran
and other by-products Of tlour-making
from bonded wheat may be sold in this
country upon payment Of duty upon
them, as it would be paid if they had
been imported from Canada in that
firm instead Of being made here from
wheat In bond. Thus, the tariff is not
altered in the slightest degree as re-
iates to it's rate, but it's form and man.
1ler Of collection are changed. It is
simply an arrangement by which, If
desirable, bonded wheat, or portion
of 1t, may be released, upon the pay
ment of the duty.
~ Such an arrangement can not con-
ceivably injure anyone, and will be
good for everybody. 1t will be good
for the millers, who need Canadian
wheat for their export trade, because
Of a shortage of northwestern wheat
1T will be good for the railroads be-
cause it will greatly increase their
traffic, since it will tend to increase
flour exports and wheat imports.
It will be good for the farmers be-
cause it. will increase the supply OF
feed.
1t will be good for northwestern
business generally because it will es-
tablish a direct connection between
I the wheat fields Of Canada and ou1
come power for reciprocity.
Tt will be good for the Canadian
farmers because it will give them g
competitive outlet for their wheat
something that they sorely need.
n When the Stevens measure was frs
proposed there was some hesitation
among the advocates Of reciprocity
with Canada about indorsing it, be-
cause they feared that it was purely
class legislation that would help the
millers to some of the advantages O.
reciprocity without getting it. Upo1
reflection, however they decided tina
any legislation, no matter how re
stricted, that tended to promote com
merce between Canada and the United
States was good and promotive Of ul
Innate reciprocity.
e 1t is pleasant to observe that will
two exceptions the whole Minnesot,
republican delegation in congress will
support this bill.
Ii congress will not pass such
measure, then, indeed, has standpat
ism degenerated from. folly int
lunacy.
Representative STEVENSON Of the mint
Minnesota congressional district admit
that we must make concessions to the Ca
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
Warlike.

Again to-day the news from the far
east has a warlike tinge. The with
drawal of the entire squadron of heavy
warships from the inner harbor of
Port Arthur seems to indicate that Ad-
miral Alexieff thinks war is at hand.
He may have been warned that the
forthcoming Russian reply to the last
Japanese note will not satisfy Japan.
He, therefore, takes the precaution of
taking step that it might be too late
to take if he were to wait for war
actually to begin. It is true that the
measure may be purely precautionary,
but it is one of those precautions
which look like preparation for a
certain eventuality. This move Of the
Russians, taken with the reported
seizure by the Japanese Of the Seoul
Fusan railway, makes the situation
look black. But the anxious public
has too long been "war-scared" to
worry much about rumors of war from
the east. Only war, real and grim,
will now arouse it's interest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
Expensive Luxurles.
To the Editor Of The Journal.

OF 1uo JUuru3I ---------- 5000
It cost Adam Luckner to land in the
poorhouse at Dubuque. well at the age of
100 years, the vast sum Of $685. At so
cents per day, for his pipe and whisky,
and per cent compound interest, one can
easily make the calculation. My compu-
tation was made somewhat roughly and
while not accurate is substantially correct,
I am persuaded.
Mo Tobacco and Without whisky.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

The more the public studies that de-
cision In the Ames case the more it doesn't
like it. The contrast between the action
of the court in that case and it's deliver
ances on delays and technicalities in the
Nelson brothers case "excites our special
wondern
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
judicial Procedure Brought into Contempt.
Kansas CITY Times.

------|' hdIlSdS CITY Times. =
In releasing DR.. Ames, ex-mayor of
Minneapolis, the Minnesota supreme court
has again demonstrated the fundamental
weakness of American judicial procedure.
1t appears that because the contributors
of blackmail failed to form a joint stock
company and to elect treasurer, the ex-
mayor is to go free. 1t must be perfectly
apparent that such decisions tend to ex-
asperate the community and to bring the
judicial procedure Of the United States
into contempt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

Judge Grosscup thinks Hearst has the
lead for the democratic nomination.
Hearst's nomination would mean a worse
split in the democratic party than that
which occurred in '96; that is, it would be
q more even split.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
THE AMEs "vINDlcATIoN"
To Protect the Criminals.
ClaVe1and Plain Daalar

Three justices of the Minnesota supreme
court have united in a decision that will
make the reformers weep and provoke the
cynic to inquire whether the law and the
courts are intended to protect the Grim
inals or the public. Ex-Mayor Ames'
guilt was established even to the satisfac-
ton of the court that has just released
him. But it seems that a prosecutor
Numbered and that the king Of the graft
ers is to go free.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
the Press Room, which 10 the finest In the west
The battery of presses consists of three four
deck Goss Presses, with total capacity OF
La, 900 eight-page Journals an hour, printed,
from 8:15 to $50 D. m. Inquire at the business
office and be directed to the visitors gallery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
BOOKS RECEIVED

THE soHEMERs. A TALE OF MODERN LIFE.
BY Edward +. Harkins. author OF Little Pill
grimages Among the Men Who Have Written
Famous Books Frontispiece by Fosbery.
I}oston: l.. G. Page & Co. Minneapolis: N.
Mccarthy. Price $780,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

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dents visiting Paris ccn have their mail or
kilograms sent care of this Bureau and the
same will be forwarded to them or held 1oE
81 their arrival.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
Mismanaeement.
Chicago Post

Z
What is the lesson Of the release of ex-
Mayor Ames by order Of the supreme
court Of Minnesota? That there is as
much bungling and inefficiency in the
law departments Of states, counties and
cities as there is in other departments.
The defendant could easily have been con-
victed under an indictment alleging solic-
itation of brides from several distinct per-
sons. The people know that there is no
doubt as to the guilt of the ex-mayor,
He was blackmailer and bribe-t aker.
He was the ally of vicious, law breaking
and criminal characters. Yet he will GO
unpublished because the publics case
against him was mismanaged!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
CONGREGATIONAL COUGHING
Will Chamberlain, in Vermillion Is. D

>
Republican,
Ever notice how folks will pass cough
around in church? Some one way up
near the mercy seat will be taken by a
fit of coughing. and another little fur
Their back will take up the cue and pass
it along until it makes the, entire circuit
Of the assembly. To be sure. there is a
physiological explanation to the habit, but
it is a trif1e amusing when note is made
Of it. The school Is another place where
this sympathetic uproar can also be FREE
quently observed in the winter time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

Mr.. Harkins' The Schemers; Tale OF
Modern Life, is romance of pretty shop
girls and their lovers and pretended low
ers, with some glimpses of Boston "sas-
siety" thrown in. The scene is chiefly
laid in a big Boston dry goods store, and
the daily life is detailed sufficiently to
suggest that a large percentage of the
salesWOmen who have a fair amount of
beauty of face and form are somewhat
addicted to schening for release from
drudgery of a very monotonous kind by
| marrying presentable men of some means;
perchance clubmen who can be electrified
by a pretty face and figure and tasteful
dressing. Lillian Fox, the heroine, pre-
sents one type of these charms, and Nellie
Parke another, while Fred Pinkney is a
type of the despicable tri1ers. The story,
devoted as it is to delineation of life in
that field, presents rather interesting
study Of work-a-day young women, con-
fined within narrow bounds, and yet am
bilious for better things-a larger life
The title Of the book is a good one, for
the subtle scheming which went on be-
| hind the counters Of the Boston store was
something astonishing.
Noticeable in the catalog of Harvard uni
versity is the portion devoted to athletic snorts
The grounds and buildings for these purposes
have beea greatly enlarged by donations and a
committee on the regulation of athletic sports has
been established, consisting Of three members of
the faculties, three graduates Of the college and
| three undergraduates, to be chosen by the stu
dents. The courses Of instruction in English Ian
guage and literature and composition are ampli.
fed and there is course of special study in
English for graduates, with lectures on the met.
| rical romances.
! The will of the late Hugh Stowell Scott, bet
ter known as Henry Seaton Merriman, the nov.
| elist, shows that he left an estate Of $3.50, 900
says Times dispatch from London.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
AT THE THEATERS
Eoyer Chat.

Paul Wilstach's charming comedy, "Pol-
ly Primrose will be given its last per-
formance in this city at the Metropolitan
tonight by Adelaide Thurston and her
company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

1.-THE Cavalier" lramatized from George
w. Cables remarkable novel by Paul Kes-
ter and George Middleton, is the vehicle
in which Charlotte Tittell will make her
local bow as a star at the Metropolitan
for the half week beginning next SUNDAY
evening.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

The senate yesterday voted to lend
s4,6OO,000 to the st. Louis exposition. They
may call it a loan. but never again will the
vaults of the treasury department see it
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
LIST OF noTABLEs GROWING
Des Moines Register

OGS NIOlutS 9ItS6ISICI.
John Mitchell has declared that he
would never tell a lie. And young Dowie
was never kissed. How the list OF nota-
bles does grow nowadays.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

Daniel Sully will appear at the Metro
politan the last half Of this week, com
mencing Tomorrow evening, in a new pla,
by Fitzgerald Murphy entitled 1.-THE Chic
Justice .#..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
w. c. Whitney, the father Of the new

w. c. Whitney, the father of the new
navy, is no more. He has left a splendid
and enduring monument behind him.
Wherever in the seven seas the stars and
there will be cause for daily thought Of Mr..
Whitney. Nineteen years ago he laid the
foundations Of the new navy, now become
third or fourth in the world and destined
to surpass all except the British, and pos
sibly even that.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

The musical novelty of the season at the
Bijou will be Foxy Grandpa which is
coming next week, with matinees on
Wednesday, Friday Uincoln's birthday
and Saturday. Joseph Hart and Miss Car
RE De Mar have the leading roles
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
WASHINGTON BUREAU.

w. w. Jermane, Chief of Washington
Bureau, 90l-902 Colorado Building. North
western visitors to Washington invited TO
make use of reception room, library, sta
tionery, telephone and telegraph facilities.
Central location, Fourteenth and G streets
NV.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

A large audience saw Theodore Kre-
mer's play, 'The Fatal Wedding at the
Bijou last night and heartily applauded
its many stirring scenes.