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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-28
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Roosevelt as Seen by Rils--How One Man
OF the Same Kind ooseyelt, the cltl-
I ZEN" Book to Increase Ones AdmIra.
tlon for Subject and Author.

For the many who have not the honor
or the pleasure Of knowing Theodore
Roosevelt personally, unusual advantages
have been offered for studying his char
acter. By no means the least important
of these is the latest-Theodore Roose-
Welt, the Citizen, by Jacob A. Riis. Mr.. Riis
rs very frankly Roosevelt enthusiast. He
does not deny it; he rather boasts OF the
fact, and, besides, shows 1t in every line Of
his book. And why not? Take the case
home to yourself. You have some friend
whom you have come to know intimately;
you have tested his character and know
1T to be pure gold; would you damn him
by faint praise? Mr.. Riis answers the
question In the negative on almost every
page. The very naivete of his admiration
and anecdotes is convincing. Here Is an
example: s.
'As T am writing this now, there comes
to my mind really the finest compliment
j ever heard paid him, and quite unin-
ftentionally. The lady who said It was
rather disappointed, it seemed. She was
looking for some great hero in whom to
embody all her high ideals, and, said she:
E always wanted to make Roosevelt. out
that; but, somewhow, every time he did
/ something that seemed really great 1t
turned out, upon looking at it closely, that
I it was only just the right thing to do
would not want a finer thing said of me
when my work is done. am glad
| thought Of it, for I know he would not
either. And it comes as near as anything
could to putting him just right"
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General Manager Of the United
States.

The Sank Center Herald, disclaim-
ing any disapprovaI Of the election Of
our own Minnesota senators as dele
gates to the national republican con-
vention, IN view of the fact that other
states are sending theirs and for the
further reason that we think as we'll
of ours as they do Of their senators,
nevertheless disapproves of federal Of
ficeholders in national conventions and
hopes the next convention will express
such disapproval. The Herald is right,
but it can hardly expect a convention
made up so largely of federal office
holders to take that view Of the mat
ter. The agitation will have to be
kept up among the rank and file. OF
the party till they see the unwisdom,
not to say the threatening danger, of
placing the control of the executive
so largely in the hands of the senate.
We are getting too close to a <condi-
ton OF government by the senate, with
executive and house subordinated.
This condition becomes peculiarly
obnoxious in view Of the government
Of the senate by few Of its members.
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island was
introduced at a banquet of the Young
Mems Republican club Of Rhode Is
land the other night as tthe General
Manager of the United States.' The
title was not undeserved. Senator AID
rich is the most influential man in the
senate. He pretty nearly dictates all
financial and commercial legislation
in that body, while his authority to
speak for the great financial and COM
mercial combinations of the east is
| not questioned in the senate or any
| where else. He is recognized as the
special agent OF special interests In q
body made up largely Of representa-
tives of special interests. That the
| domination Of the government by the
senate and Of the national party con.
ventions by members of the senate Is
a condition which contains elements Of
danger cannot be successfully con.
| troverted.
Rule by an oligarchy is hostile tt
the spirit of our institutions and re
pugnant to the sentiment of the people
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The merger people are trying hard to
save the pieces. A more prudent and far
sighted policy would. be to try to obey the
spirit as we'll as the letter Of the law. The
latter the general public does not care
much about; they may not be so patient
if thew find the spirit of the law is still
defied. The strange thing is that men OF
such large interests are not more solicitous
about the favor of the public when It Is
manifest that it Is so important to the Sc
ourity of property and preservation OF
vested rights. -. y-~~
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The south is providing a few Hearst
delegates, but is not taking kindly to the

The south is providing a few Hearst
delegates, but is not taking kindly to the
Hearst idea. The Thomasville. Ca,
Times Enterprise tells Of a stranger at
the hotel there who offered to bet that
he could pick out the various candidates
Of the democrats in the lobby by. the APP
pearance that the parties presented. His
offer was taken up by a bystander and the
stranger turned on him and said: Il
You yourself are for Cleveland" He
was right but the scoffer muttered IAN
accident. = You he said to another,
prefer Parker" He was right again.
and wonderful said the crowd. Turn
ing to q third he said. And you are for
Hearst
You are q liar. z was the unexpected
response. = have been sick; that is the
reason I look this way {.
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ChEAPES
Protesting Still.

Several exchanges edited in the In
terests Of a candidate for governor
are harping on the "unreliability" of
The Journal political news.
The trouble with h e J o u n a l is
that for two years it has been telling
the facts about an important political
combination, and letting more light
into it than was comfortable for the
parties Interested. Publicity has hurt
their plans. Altho they have made
persistent denials. the accuracy Of
The Jour IL 8 statements has
been proved by developments.
In T h Q J nal of Jan. ID, 1902,
an account was given Of an alliance
( formed between the third district
''machine' organization and the rail-
road element in the republican party
4 Of the state, with State Auditor Dunn's
personal following as an important
factor. That article was widely de-
nounced and denied by newspapers
friendly to the deal, but it was true,
Z and succeeding events have proved it.
" The plan of this same combination
to organize the last house was exposed
= In TIL our n a l.. The participants
denied it, Of course, but in thirty days
after the house was organized its
members realized how they had beer
( hoodwinked. They discredfted the
put up'' committees. and made the
organization ineffective for it's pur-
pose, but the power behind that or.
ganization was apparent to everyone
Last fall The Journal stated
that Mr.. Dunn's candidacy for gov.
err1or was supported by the influence
OF the merger" railroads. This wa:
strenuously denied, but it Is now {
matter Of common knowledge. The
influence back of Mr.. Dunn's can
4 didacy has showed its hand plainly
and the connection cannot be con
cea1ed-
These are a few illustrations anon.
many that might be cited. SO long a
time verifes The Journal
political views, charges Of misrepre
sentation from those whose scheme
are laid bare before the public viii
not disturb the discriminating reade
very much.
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say, are now trying to get in accord
with the requirements Of the present
day. but 1t is manifestly absurd for the
agent OF the trustees OF the Rhodes
scholarships, to hold up Oxford as the
place where Americans will get that
training which will fit them to stand
with the statesmen Of other great
countries Such q preliminary re-
mark is hardly calculated to swell the
number Of American applicants for
the Rhodes scholarships.
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Street Cars on Lake Street.

Street Cars on Lake Street.
To the Editor of The journal. Il
With reference to the, new interurbani
crosstown line via, Lake street or Thirty;
first street to st. Paul, can say for 1ny-f
self and a large number Of eighth ward
people as well as people all over the city,
that they do not want the street car COM
pany to tear up Lake street for a double
track. It would destroy the only cross.
street that the city has that is at all times
in good shape for driving. All streets and
avenues from the center of the city lead
to it and most Of the driving. to the lake
is done partly. over this street. Tracks
are already laid on Thirty first street
from Calhoun to Fourth avenue S.
But what are the people of the eighth
ward going to do? Let the street railroad
people cut Lake street up and spoil it for
future use by the people? I should say
not. Not If the people OF Minneapolis are
awake. Where does the cross-toWn line
benefit the people Of the city when they go
clear out to Lake street to put it down?
II a cross town line is wanted, it certainly
is. not wanted. so far. out as Lake or
Thirty-first street, .lS.,e
have noticed that a street or avenue
that is used for street car tracks is, not
used again for riding or driving. for two
reasons. One, and the most important, is
that the road surface is never fit to drive
ION, and second, the cars are too noisy for
(jpeopie to take any pleasure driving
z As an instance Of a street or avenue
being made unfit for driving after the
street railroad people have put down their
tracks, I will name Minnehaha avenue
From one Of the finest drives and roads
leading out OF the city. This street is nov
fpractically useless.
I Take Lake street after the ST. Louis
Park line was laid from Lake Calhoun out
Ito where 1t leaves the street for St. Louis
Park. While this liness fl. q separate sys:
tenn, 1t shows how quick a good stree,
lcan be spoiled for pleasure riding.
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K Il q II
Publicity and not secrecy will win here's
after, and laws will be construed by their
intent and not by their letter. Otherwise
public utilities Will be owned and operated
BY the people who created them, even tho
the service be less efficient and results be
less satisfactory from financial stand-
point.
This is not the utterance Of a trust bus
ter or a denagogue. It's sentiment
from a recent speech by Mr.. Mellen,
formerly president Of the Northern Pacific
railroad. He left his place as the manager
sot that railroad because he was not in
sympathy with the. policy Of its owners.
ZIG Us worth good deal to have such a
man recognize and declare so clearly the
accounta bility of great corporations to the
people who create them.
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sumo that the war will be Of long dura- |
ton. General Sickles says Japan has
shown no desire for expansion that is not
entirely legitimate. The probability is
that the war will not, be q long one. The
difficulties Russia Is obliged to encounter
are likely to prove insnrmountable, while
Japan would be glad to make peace II she
can drive Russia out Of Manchuria and
Korea" General Wheeler sums up the
situation as follows: The chances OF
the final victory are certainly with RUS
STA sfsl
II The April Worlds Work is a special
war number. giving a world wide view of
fusely illustrated with highest grade half
tones II 4.
The Radium Puzxe.-Professo r. A.
Millikin Of Chicago university discusses
Recent Discoveries in Radiation and
Their Significance In The Popular Sci
ence Monthly for, April. He asks whether
or not there is any natural process which
does among the atoms what the life pro-
cess does among the molecules, ]. e.,
which takes the simpler forms and
builds them up into the more complex
| ones. He says it would be rash to at
tempt to give any positive answer to
such a query, yet the fact that radium
now exists on the EARTH, taken in con-
| nectlon with the fact. that the life of
radiunn is short in comparison with the
/ ages in which the earth has been In ex-
istence, certainly seems to point to an
affirmative answer. The only other al
tentative is to assume that radium itself
Is g product Of disintegration Of some
heavier element which has been under
going this process Of decay since the
world began.
Other subjects in the number in part
are Evolution Of the Human Form
Z tThe Arequipa Station Of the Harvard
!. Observatory and 1.-THE Conservation O.
Energy in Those Of Advancing Years.
An Array Of FlctIon.-With a brand
new story by Max Pemberton and four
+ teen other fiction features, the PopuIa
Magazine for April appears on the news.
stands.
BOOKS RECEIVED
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AN INVITATION is extended to All to visit
the Press Room which is the finest IN the West.
deck Goss Presses with a total capacity OF
ia, 900 eight-page Journals an hour. printed .
folded and counted. The best time to can IS is0n
BIB to 80 D. m. Inquire at the business ofnce
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BIDS ONLY. see. so FOR PATTI

The Scranton, Pa, engagement of Ade-
lima Patti was Cancelled because the music
loving people there had only bought $3.50
worth Of advance seats. This isSregarded
as queer, especially as only three weeks
tfons OF the cantata, ELI jah, z and early in
the season Nordica had over q $4,000
hnaaA. Is
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Eoyer Chat.

!. !.
The first week of Henry W. savages
Grand English Opera company in this city
will begin at the Metropolitan next Mon
day evening, with the production Of Wag-
ner's famous tone drama, "Lohengrin.' =
This opera will be- repeated on Friday
evening and for the matinee Wednesday,.
On Tuesday night viii take place the first
production in English in this city of Ver-
da's brilliant masterptece, "Othello,' :
and tn is opera will be heard
again on aa Thursday (, evening e and
at tn matinee Saturday. Balfe's bali
lad opera; Bohemian GIRL will be the
offering for Wednesday and Saturday
nights. The seat sale wal1 begin Fhlrsday
morning.
The !, first presentation ttl1 this city Of
tswedded and, Parted. is announced for
the Bi5ou next week. -. Like .s.For Her
Children's Sake the current attraction at
the Bijou, tlafs new play is also from the
pen Of Theodore kre1ner, the prolific plays
wright. 4 .,% t .SsHa !
The Ferris Stock company, with Dick
Ferris in the stellar role, opened at the
Lyceum yesterday in IA Soldier Of the
Empire = stirring romantic drama. The
production will be reviewed in this COLI
umn tomorrow.
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Walter wellman writes Of Roosevelt as
'.onto his job His rise to the RESPONSE
bilities OF his great office has disappointed
the fears Of his dearest enemies. who
thought he would be too sudden.
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WITH THE INVISIBLE.
To. ~ s,1~441 tTN;17~o d. H..
MAGAZINE MEANDERiNGs

Enemies of the Observation-Disclosures stef-
fens is driving home more lessons from st.
Louis boodledom in MccIure's Magazine
for April. Here is his conclusion:
Some greater power than Folk, great
er than that Of the people Of Missouri,
Industry the truth: That business, i'm
portant as. it is, is not, sacred; that not
everything that pays is right; that, If bril-
berry is treason, If the corrupt politician
is traitor, then the corrupting business
man is an enemy Of the republic. No mat
ter how many bonds he may float in war,
or how much he may give for charity and
education, II he corrupt the sources OF
the law and of Justice, his business is not
success but-treason and a peoples fall
ure.''3 ,z .{.s;= 81 s.st s ;5s 81 r
!. Ida M. Tarbell in the same number. of
McClure's writes Of The Breaking Up
OF the Standard Oil Trust
Russia's View OF. the War.-Melville E..
Stone. general manager Of the Associated
Press was In st. Petersburg in the last
days Of the negotiations preceding the
outbreak Of the war and tells in Harper's
Weekly for March rs, how the break
struck the czar's people. He describes the
situation Feb. 4, four days before hostili-
ties began, thus: hE5
Finally, on the night Of the. 18th Of February,
after months Of negotiations, Russia sent her
answer to the last demand OF Japan, forwarding
tito Alexief to go from him to Baron de Rosen.
the Russian minister at Toxic, to be delivered
by him to the japanese government saw
Minister de Plehve that night at a social gather
ing and had some talk with him. also saw
M Kurino, the Japanese minister at st. Peters
burg, and may say that nobody in St. Peters.
burg had the faintest idea that the situation was
critical, and nobody dreamed that they were
living over volcano.
Suddenly, on Friday. Feb 5. NJ Kurino, much
to his surprise, received a cable message to ask
| for his passports, and on Saturday at he had
presented this demand, which was Immediately
followed by a counter demand by Russia for the
passports OF Baron de Rosen, the Russian min
lister at Toxic. !. Even then nobody in official
circles: and nobody in Russia thought i meant
immediate war. Next day they began
to discuss the meaning Of this sudden breaking on
OF diplomatic rela tions. = On Monday
they continued to discuss what It meant They
went to bed arguing as to what should be done
and on the following morning they awoke to thu
announcement that three battleships had beer
/ torpedoed in the harbor at Port Arthur. They
/ are providing for long struggle, and everybod,
| in Russia now thinks that the war viii last a
i least two years.
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MONDAY EVENING,

satile politician to and that he Is the
leader Of the yellow Peril" in a state
which once honored him with a seat In the
United States senate. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-28

A stunning production in burlesque is
given at the Dewey theater this week by
the Bohemian Burlesquers, who opened
Demon Westler," is an extra attraction
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-28

The author opens nice little field for
controversy with this:
President Roosevelt speaks as he
writes. That tells the story. He makes
no pretense at being an orator. Critics
sometimes say that his books are not
literature by which they apparently
mean words strung together to sound
well. They are not. But what he writes
no one can misunderstood, and the style
seems to the reader unimportant, tho it
is notably direct, terse and vigorous.
The chapter on Theodore Roosevelt's
boyhood, tho in some respects unsatis-
factory containing too few Of those anec-
dotes which reflect a boYss character, is
still one to hold the attention. Theodore
Roosevelt as a child was not strong, from
earliest infancy being subject to asthmatic
attacks t'that Slapped his vitality and kept
back his growth But. this his active
outdoor life early overcame. How thor
oily he loved and still loves the life Of
action may be gathered again from his
asked by Mr.. Ri1s, somewhat hesitatingly,
whether he liked them, Mr.. Roosevelt re-
piled:
''Like them! Like them! Why, man,
there is nothing like them. I could pass
an examination on the whole of them to-
day. I have bunked with them
and eaten with them, and know their
strength and weakness"
And so the book runs, and the chair is
very frank to confess that 1t finishes a
reading Of the book liking both the presi-
dent and Mr. Riis the better:
Appended are a Roosevelt chronology,
a list Of books by Mr.. Roosevelt and a
useful index for reference. AS piece of
bookmaking the work is quite as salts
factory as in other respects.
The Uneasy Chair.
s Is ! rs.
WITH THE INVISIBLE.
BY Charlotte Fiske Bates.
When just for one the daily board is
spread, ;-
The world is wont to say, He lives
forlorn.'' SIS SIS.
But they who meet the living in the
dead, @
Nobly companioned are, night, noon and
morn.
The Century Magazine for April.
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r. r. Pettigrew for vice president. That
IS a part ofsthe: Hearst program in South
Dakota. Ex-republican, ex-silver repub-
Iican, ex -populist, 1t will surprise no one
Tho has followed the fortunes Of this YER
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Dowie says King Edward VII. hasn't
any religion to spare: He certainly
couldn't borrow much from Dowie.
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE Trunk

People who have thInns5to say to the publ
: lie that ought to be said are Invited to-
use this column. But the space Is lim-,,
tied, and all communications must be
'boIIed down" as much as possible.
Three hundreds words Is safe limit.
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Our war Pictures.

The Journal prints on another
page to-day a number Of the wonder
fully fine war photographs secured for
Golfers Weekly at Chemulpho, Korea,
by r. L. Dunn, one Of the specials"
sent to the far east by that enterpris-
ing illustrated weekly. Mr.. Dunn was
dispatched to the scene long before
the war broke out and fortunately was
con the spot" when the first naval en-
gagement Of the war was fought in
Chemulpho harbor. Moreover, he was
absolutely the only newspaper man on
hand, and his views. which have just
arrived, Of the events Of Feb. 9, are
therefore unique and exclusive. No
doubt there was an element of luck
In Mr.. Dunn's achievement, but after
all it was luck that had its origin in
enterprise Of the most intelligent
kind.
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General Miles wisely advised the pro-
hibitionists to defer holding their national
convention until after nominations had
been made by the republicans and demo-
Gratis. OF course there is a chance that
the democrats by some sudden stroke Of
good sense may nominate a man like
Miles. In that case prohibition support
might be worth something.
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BOOKS RECEIVED

THEODORE ROOSEVELT the Citizen. By Jacob
"A. Riis. Illustrated. New York: The Out.
look company. Price 81 net.
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MINNESOTA POLITICS

Collins Supporters In Hennepin Hear of
a Scheme to SmuggIe Dunn Delegates
Into the County Convention Under False
retenses-candidates Trying Hard to
Preserve NeutraiIty-state Committee
viii Meet Soon.
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'tOur greatest glory is not in never fall
ing" No, 1t is in getting up so quick
that it makes the sidewalk smoke, while
bystanders are uncertain whether you
have stumbled or were merely picking up
SO bill that some one had dropped. g
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Once in a while you run across a man
who says he is taking his whisky to cure
him Of the coffee habit.