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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
The Poor Man in Politics.

President Hadley of Yale started a
wide debate when he recently advised
young men to keep out, Of politics un-
til they had secured independent
means of support. His protagonists
and antagonists are about equally d.
vided.
The former, thinking of the numer-
Gus men they know who have been
ruined by politics, mentally, morally
and financially, assert that no advice
could be sager than that for young
men to become financially independent
before entering politics. They agree
that nothing could be more certain
than that the man who depends on
politics for a living will be confronted
with circumstances when he must
yield to improper considerations or
ment for the dependent man being
almost impossible, a job lot of lofty
purposes and high ideals must go over
board at such a time. .
The antagonists of President Hadley
point out, however, that to follow his
ouFASS 40 W 4SoSA ~ POAAeASo Iva NAAS
wealthy, whether by inheritance OR
requirement. Only a very small por-
ton Of the electorate ever becomes
wealthy enough to be Independent Of
the salaries of offices, and then not
early in life. <"
Thus, political leadership would be
left for the most part to rich young
men, made SO by fortune, or, to older
men, rich either by inheritance or ac-
cumulation. There would be no place
for young men Of ability and ambition
who, If they have it in them to make
fortunes, will not succeed for many
years. and may be very worthy and
useful members of the community
without possessing the faculty of ac-
quisitiveness.
Neither would there be any place
for able men of this kind later in life.
| 1t is notorious that men having the
parts of statesmen are often utterly
lacking in the qualities that gain and
| hold fortunes: &
| If we omit from a list Of Ameri-
can political leaders since the found
ing of the republic the names Of men
who had to depend on their salaries
for a living, we shall omit much the
larger and worthier part of the list.
| President Hadley has probably beer
largely misunderstood, however. We
do not believe that he meant that {
young man should first provide ar
independent income before entering
politics. What he, meant was that the
young man should first master some
profession or calling, so that If thu
time should come when he mus
choose between evil and temporary re
tirement, he would be prepared tt
take the latter, confident that h
might be sure of an honorable living
Too many Of our young lawyers be
come politicians before they are NOR
than lawyers in name, and too man.
men without standing or training il
any calling enter politics with no re
sources Of any kind to fall back on il
an emergency. '' 80 ',.. r,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

the caucus nominating method. The
national convention was introduced In
1882 and in 1910 both parties adopted
the method which has prevailed since.
1t has been commended that national
conventions are usually controlled by
cliques or combinations and that they
have failed as often as the caucus
nominating system to- meet the party
voters views. Yet very powerful in
fuences. have not infrequently failed
to actualize their programs. This was
the case with both parties in 1880,
when Garfield, comparatively obscure,
distanced Grant and the "Plumed
Knight" each of whom thought he
had a sure thing, and Sam Tilden was
displaced by Hancock in the demo-
cratic convention. The displacement
Of Seward by Lincoln, at the Chicago
convention OF 1850, was a dispensation
OF Providence, while illustrative of the
uncertainties of national conventions.
And vet there is in the national con-
vention, generally, larger reflection
of party. sentiment than in the mar
rover area Of the congress caucus,
which for twenty-four years. begin
ming 100 years ago, bound party
voters.
The former congress party caucus
was certainly subject to stronger pres
sure Of undue environage influence
than a great national convention
could be. A national convention is
sometimes swayed by impulse as when
Blaine was nominated in 1884 and
Colonel Bryan in 1896.
The national conventions Of the two
great parties this year present an in
teresting topic for surmise. The dem
ocrats are trying to get on new base
Of offensive operations and have ap-
parently dropped the dead weight OF
leading facts which defeated them In
1896 and 1900. They are feeling for a
candidate upon whom they may har-
monize. The republicans who do the
voting which tells in the election re-
suits, gre ready to nominate President
Roosevelt. They have spoken spon-
taneously and evidently will not per
nit dictation adverse to their sympa-
thies. Any element in the party seek
ing to thwart the will of the republi-
can masses will fail. No hostile eau
Gus will have a. ghost Of a chance IN
the national convention, unless a mira.
Gle of political hypnotism can be
wrought.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
Happiest of Valleys.

The Mississippi valley finds itself this
year in a state of prosperity and content
ment greater. at least, than that of any
other extensive region on the globe.-Re-
view Of Reviews.
Think Of that, you fortunate dwell
ers in the great valley. There have
been financial storms on the eastern
horizon, there have been strikes and
lockouts in the great cities, and there
has been some cutting Of wages and
reduction Of working forces, but as a
general proposition, the fact remains
that prosperity is still at food. ALL
prophecies of evil times have come to
naught. .,
The first month Of the new year has
come and gone bringing a full measure
of business and profitable activity.
Everywhere in the great valley, from
Itasca to the gulf, and from noun
| tains to mountains the people are busy,
happy, contented, hopeful. "
At last they stand on their own
| foundations, and those foundations are
Of imperial extent and as enduring as
! the earth itself. In this day Of init
mate relations turnout the world no
community is absolutely independent
of another, but allowing for this fact,
| it may be truly said that there is no
other part Of the world to-day which
| is so dependent on itself for veal or
for woe as the Mississippi valley. The
| demand for it's products is tolerably
certain and is likely to remain SO for
years. whether the wheat Of the north
the corn Of the mid-region Or the cot
/ ton of the south.
The agency Of prosperity or Of stag
nation in this great valley is the
weather. So greatly is this true that II
we were a, pagan people we WOULD
raise up a, great god to worship, anC
his name would be The Weather.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
Great Record for
January

The Minneapolis Journal has
again demonstrated right to it's
title of "The Great Daily of the
Great Northwest, " having car
ried in rs issues in January 1911
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 it's 26 issues
as it's competitor carried in it's
rs daily and five big Sunday
issues.
AS TO CIRCULATION.
During January The Journals
circulation showed the gratifying
daily average of
61,463 Copies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
Caucus and Convention.

It is just one hundred years since
the first regularly organized caucus of
members of congress was held for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
the presidency and vice presidency of
the United States. In 1896, and in
1900, caucuses were held informally
and without the special purpose Of
making nominations, but, In 1904,
there were regularly called caucuses
Of the two great parties, -federalists
and republicans, as the democratic
party was then called. The regular
nominating machinery thereafter was
embodied in the caucus until 1924, but
meantime, there were strong protests
to the effect that the nomination Of a
candidate for the presidency OF the
United States by an association Of
members of congress convened at the
seat of government, us hostile to the
spirit Of the federal constitutions; dam
gerous to the rights Of the people and
to the freedom of elections" Jeffer-
son was nominated under this system,
so dangerous to the rights of the peo-
pie and to the freedom Of elections"
and thought it was all right.
In 1916, the republican caucus
which finally nominated Monroe to
the presidency, the nomination at that
time being equivalent to election, came
so near to nominating Crawford, who
was not favored by the people, that
the anti-caucus movement made great
progress, such an important paper as
the National Intelligencer, Of Washing
ton, declaring that the people were
not truly represented at such meetings
and confidence in the expediency OF
| such mode Of collecting the general
sentiment was shaken, If not de.
stroyed: But, before 1924, Jackson
Adams, Clay and Crawford were nom.
mated by state legislatures, acting II
official capacity or by state Legislative
/ caucuses.
In February, 1924, the feeling
Gagainst Z, caucus nominations hat
strengthened SO that only d handful
Of republicans attended a caucu.
called by the friends Of W. H. Craw
ford, who was nominated to the presi
|dency, and repudiated by the voters
at the polls, Adams being elected b,
the house, no candidate having a ma
1ority Of the electoral vote at the reg
lular election. This practically ended
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sition,'. by W.. c. Jameson Reid, and
TWO Views of the Negro Woman Prob
Iem.-They are to be found in The Out
look for Jan. 80. One by Eleanor Tay-
leur makes this appeal: 1.-The mission
Of the white woman of this country is to
the black woman. If eyer there was
God-given and appointed task set to the
womanhood of any people, it, is to the
women Of America to take these lowly
sisters by the hand and lift them out OF
the pit into which they have fallen" The
other, by Mrs. Booker T. Washington,
among other things says this: "It re-
mains with the greater mass of our
women to make the veal or woe come
quickly or linger But the signs Of the
times are bright The educative forces
are at work. The greater mass is being
leavened, and we thank God that there
will be no retrograde. There has been
none and thereawill be no1le.''f &"2
L a Problem In Mechah1cs.-It is this:
Where are the mechanics of the future to
come from and how are they to be trained?
The problem Is no easy one to answer.
E. P. Watson; in The Engineering Maga-
Zine for February, undertakes to answer
it, however. He gives a clear notion of
his solution in this: IF 1 had life to
live over I should devote five years to
learning a trade first. 4 = After such
an experience I would go to a scientific
school and absorb knowledge as a sponge
does water" In the same magazine are
discussed mechanical and commercial as
poets of the alcohol, motor and other in
teresting subjects.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
MEATY THINGS FROM MAGAZINES

After Ida TarbelI with Sharp Stick
Her history Of the Standard Oil company
is not regarded as history by Gunton's
Magazine. The February number of that
periodical, speaking of the promised paper
on the. price Of oil, says. IF 1T is no
fairer than most of what has hitherto
appeared, 1T will be worse than worth
less, because it will be contribution to
economic Misrepresentation and an addi-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

Mr.. Lowry has sent an ultimatum to
ST. Paul refusing to release his hold on
his Manchurian railway rights in that
city. The st. Paul squadron of thirty
eight ships Of the line, conveying ninety
six transports, Is about to sail from the
pavilion harbor on the inland sea Of Como.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

Charlie Mitchell says he will not manage
the Dunn campaign. Does the Dunn cam
paign need manager? From the talk
Of Mr.. Dunn's supporters, we inferred
that his campaign had about as, much need
of manager as an sayala nche has of a
locomotive, $50 ~ g. &t#
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

1t seems that the Minneapolis anti
splitting ordinance is enforced without dis
erection. An ex-alderman made the de-
tense yesterday that he had spat to a
the steps of a car instead of between the
seats. Nevertheless he paid IS. Now if
the gambling ordinance is only enforced
in spots, why is not a poor and humble
aldermanic splitter entitled to some con-
sideration? 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
The old style Of political speech in whic

The old style of political speech in which
the speaker used to abuse the other side
as il they were all horse thieves is out
OF date. The modern form is more like that
employed by Adam Bede who usually
closes republican speech by inviting the
democrats to follow his own illustrious ex-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

The Faribault board Of education has
adopted the National Educational associa-
tion's program Of limited spelling reform
and now spells the list Of twelve words
just as r h E ourna does. The Farl-
bault Journal has fallen into line and an
nounces that hereafter the modern SPELL
ing will prevail in it's columns. 1t is only
a question Of time until they'll be spelling
thru without any superfluous letters.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
What Impressed the Court.
lxby. in Nebraska, State Journal.

Bixby, in Nebraska State Journal
In the systemat tic and energetic work
of reform carried On by Mayor Ames,
some care seems to have been taken not
to make private financial transactions en-
tirely public, and the court seems to have
taken this matter severely into account.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
Justice EIuded.
INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Indianapolis Journal
The notorious Mayor Ames Of Mime
apolis escapes all spunlshm for his mis-
deeds, having found the technicality loop
hole thru which clever lawyers are push
ing so many of the :'big" criminals.
Doc Ames is not s:vindicated; he has
simply succeeded in seluding< justice.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

Now that that interstate lawsuit has
governor Of South Dakota should not
make to the governor Of North Carolina,
the sage remark the governor Of the lat
ter once made to the governor Of South
Carolina.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
rhe democrats are wondering who the

The democrats are wondering who they
shall get to head their state ticket. It
tanning In this state If some arrange
ment could be made by which the demo-
Gratis could be allowed about 80 per cent
Of the registered vote.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
TWO FINE COUNTIES
Vermillion IS. d. Republican.

vermillion Is. d. Republican.
In a. late number Of the Minneapolis
Journal we noticed a fine-picture Of Day
countys Is. d. new and magnificent
courthouse, built al cost of $4,000. Day
county has about the same population as
our own county, tho 1t is not as wealthy as
old CLAW :ssE q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

Professor McVey complains because his
copy was blue penciled. The professor
can find several companions in misery on
Newspaper row.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD


ton to the morbid prejudice against the
natural tendency Of industrial develop
ment..''s Other art icles in the snumber are
1.-THE Latin Race in the Arbitration Move
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
EDITOR ALIENS COOP THING
proo1r;ngs &c ny Press.

- BrOOKl1lES 10. I.JE. - 10
The Mobile Register has discovered a
New York smoker who furnishes his own
matches, and wants to exhibit him at the
world s fair. lies nc. great curiosity; we
know one who furnishes his own matches
and ours, too.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

A scotchman with money in his pocket,
a. ticket to Winnipeg and Instructions
from his father to buy Manitoba farm.
alarmed at the magnificent proportions Of
America bought return ticket as soon
as he saw New York. The land men will
feel faint. It would have been an easy
matter to abduct the tirnid scotchman
and make him buy before getting away.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

Then the audience arose as one man and
hollered like a. 6-year-old baby with b
pounded thumb. 1t is these little side in
cidents that make up the joy Of life.
~ = '"-. t A. J. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
EVERYONE FOR ROOSEVELT

Vernillion Is. D., Republican.
We are prepared to substantiate the
statement that tileresis not an anti-Roese-
welt republican residing in Clay county.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

Now the Ama1gamated Is on top in the
Montana courts AS to justice In this dis
pute we know nothing more now than be-
fore '.-''- .Es%
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
5 Many Trials Yet to Come.
Boston Globe.

Ex-Mayor Ames may be freed by de-
cision of the Minnesota supreme court,
but his trials are not over yet, you bet!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

booth Harrington, who if he had done
nothing more than create that delight
ful and entertaining bundle of inordinate
self-esteem. Mr.. Sudgeberry in Cherry"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
RECEIVED.

A YOUNG MANS QUESTIONS. BY Robert g.
speer, author: of missionary Principles and
Practice Man Christ Jesus Chicago:
Fleming II. Revell company. Minneapolis: N.
Mccarthy: Price so cents net
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
WASHINGTON BUREAU.

w. W, Jermane, Chief of Washington
Bureau 901-s02 Colorado Building. North
western visitors to Washington invited to
mako 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, 1904-02-02

Trade in January may have been large
but so was the hole in3&the coal bin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

knows how easy 1t is for a Cleveland
democrat to become republican in these
days OF "our peerless leader"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

would have deserved
to rank among the
truly literary hoos-
lers.' is having SEN
satiOns thick and
fast. just a few days
ago we read some
where that he was in
Europe some. place
and had earned the
title Of the "Ameri-
can Duke or the
Trans Atlantic
Lord" or some other
such title, all because
he. never questions
the price of anything.
He simply puts down
me cash, :, paying
whatever ~. anyone
choose to ask him for
anything he wishes
to buy, not knowing
that 1t is, a part Of
the game Of going to
Europe to-, "dicker'
over the prices Of
things or else not
| caring to play. the
game that way. Per-
haps he preferred to
try for the time. the
sensation Of being a
duke with an unlim-
tied rent roll, or, per-
haps, he has the rent
(royalty) roll and
doesn't object to
b e i n g. dubbed
duke" just for the
fun of it. 8 At any
rate, Mr.. Harrington
is having the sensa :
tons, and with all this
fame mustt expect
among other sensa-
tions to have that of
being caricatured.
And that he has been
in the February
Bookman, along with
General Lew Wallace
and Charles Major,
by George Brehm,
who has been putting
down Impressions OF
some literary hoos-
iers"' with his clever
pencil: Mr.. Brehm's
caricature is repro
duced herewith.
Altho Mr.. Tark-
ington is chasing
sensations and seeing
sights in Italy and
Africa, while Mime
sotans are expert.
encing sensations
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
THE AMES CASE

is Your TechnIcaIity on Straight7
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Ex-Mayor Ames Of Minneapolis also gets
off. The indictment is quashed But, fell
low citizens you mustn't lose your respect
for ''law;" no, indeed. - s.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
the Press Room. which is the finest in the vest
The battery of presses consists Of three four
deck Goss Presses, with total capacity OF
$4,000 eight-pase Journals an hour printed.
folded and counted. The best time to call IL
from 3:15 to 4:3O p. m. Inquire at the business
Office and be directed to the visitors gallery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Comparison Of the Voting Strength Of
Dunn and Collins is Invited, and the
Figures Of 1894--Unfounded Accusations
s Against the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Not a
Collins Candldate--Dunn Headquarters
Opened, ~; r.. FL. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

Ralph--Your mother thinks YOU
would make a. better appearance if
you would pull down your pants.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
Foyer Chat.

Daniel Sully. in a new play, "The Chief
Justice" will be the Metropolitan's offer
ing for the last half of this week
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

The. Merchant of Venice will be the
bill at the opening performance of Henry
Irving's engagement at the metropolitan,
Feb: IL. The same bill will be repeated
for the matinee on Saturday. waterloo
and The Bells will he given Friday
night, and Louis Eleventh Saturday
evening.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
TUESDAY EVENING,

dependently of the other, and without
knowledge of the others operations, it
is no wonder that money is wasted,
pauperism bred, and crime en-
couraged.
There is remedy and it ought to be
employed. The remedy is co-opera-
ton thru central agency, and that
central agency is the Associated Char
tiles. There Is no occasion for any
one making a response to any kind OF
charitable appeal in this city without
knowing it's exact merits. Reference
of the applicant to the Associated
Charities will produce the facts every
time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

Former Congressman Heatwole is build
ing a railroad in British Columbia. He has
been hobnobbing with j. ]. Hill lately, po-
litically at least, and railroad building Is
Catching among magnates.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

Dunn headquarters have now been
opened In the Merchants hotel, St. Paul.
and the trusted henchmen of the Prince
ton candidate will be in attendance at all
times to extend the glad hand to incon-
ing politicians. ..>,, 49,. .,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02

The political editor Of the Mortified
News was away last week, having taken
a few days off to build a railroad in Can
ada, so the agricultural editor again had
full swing. Joel would make q fine rail-
road magnate. but we should miss his
serial romances on state politics. a..
r::.s Charles B. Cheney.