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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
Tuesday Evening,

wish to see it's interests placed foremost
by public officers must be equally
diligent and aggressive in opposition.
The ineffciency and general worthless
ness of the kind of campaign which the
people who want good government so
often put up produces its legitimate re-
suits when it comes in contact with
activity, aggressiveness, craft, and all
the resources of those special interests
which profit thru control Of official ac-
ton. The people who do not wish the Re-
tail Liquor Dealers association to be
able to defeat all legislation of which
it does not approve have no right to ex-
pect successful resistance if they leave
the candidates and the officeholder to
resist the pressure from such sources I'M.
aided by wholesome public sentiment
manifested in an effective way.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
AT THE THEATERS
MetropolItan-"W Brown"

If we laugh at farce because Of its de-
Walton from truth, then there is many a
laugh in who's Brown?' Indeed, there
is no ''if'' about it. who's Brown?' an
nounced as a Laughing comedy" is all
laugh, tho cit is hardly comedy. 1t is
just another gloritication of prevarication
which is, after all, the true essence of
farce. But it contains one pleasing sur
prise in that William Morris, who's
Brown, is an actor that applies repression
where most others utilize noise-and he
wins in so doing. One is even inclined to
wonder why he and Margaret Drew, who
plays the injured, suspicious wife with
good taste and excellent discrimination,
have strayed from higher fields to the
paths of farce. If they insist on doing so,
however, they are welcome in who S
Brown" wherein one Jack Tempest, hav-
ing been detained all night high in the
air in car of the Ferris wheel, because
Of an accident, finds it impossible to con-
vince his wife, and so irvokes an alleged
old friend one Brown, with whom he had
been passing the night. Mrs. Tempest
telegraphs Brown to verify the story
Frank Fuller, Tempest's old crony, i'm
personates the fictitious Brownies cold
ly, deliberately, with genius, and rises to
the occasion even when a real live Brown
and a real live Mrs. Brown appear to
complicate the tangle. But even the bo-
gus bTOWH s VSTdclOuS ullFGIdCILv JdllS
him when Mrs. Fuller enters the maze Of
innocent mendacity, and then Mr.. Morris
proves repression's value, for he is en-
abled to release his forces and intensity
his own confused downfall and the I'M
masking which leads up to the "happi-
ly-ever after" climax.
Mr.. Morris is winning Frank Fuller,
Harry Mills an acceptable Tempest. Miss
Margaret Drew is adequate and sympa-
thy enlisting; Hazel K. Chapple charming
as her sister; and Miss Carey Hastings
contributes a clever character bit as the
real Mrs. Brown. Arthur Garrels F. Owen
Baxter, Thomas Mcguire and Miss Edith
Lillian Thatcher complete a capable cast.
A curtain raiser, Dream Faces" in
tended to fill out the evenings bill and
serve as a foil to the farce, is talky and
forbidding. Mr.. Morris must look again
for an opener for the evening-this
Dream Faces" is hopeless, and no
amount Of rehearsal-the piece is new
will whip it into shape.
Harry b. Wakefield.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
ALTERED TYPE OF PUBLIC MEN
Providence Journal.

Senator Hoar's place will probably be
taken, not by a lawyer, but by success
full manufacturer who has ANA sed for
tune and thereby acquired leisure to de-
vote to public affairs, a leisure which so
far has produced efficient and public
spirited service. The senate is becoming
dominated by business men, men who
have gained their prominence in railroads,
manufactures and insurance companies.
Such a change excites regrets necessarily,
but need not stimulate pessimism. It Is
but natural that congress should show the
effects Of that commercialization which
is spreading all thru American life. Our
college graduates a generation ago turned
almost entirely to the professions, to law.
medicine and the ministry. Now a great
majority of them go into business. The
death of so simple and faithful a public
servant as Mr.. Hoar cannot be passed
over as of no consequence. His will be
difficult record to equal. But we need not
despair of republican institutions because
the type Of our public men Ia altered by
the kaleidoscope of time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
The Panamenian's Wants.

The wants of the Panamenians (that
constitution, altho Panamaians or Pan
amans would be more proper and more
musicaD in the way Of modifying the
canal treaty, are chiefly embodied in
questions as to postal and customs reg
ulations on the canal zone and as to the
limits of the terminal cities Of Pana-
ma and Colon.
There are some other questions, but
the minister at Washington, Senior
Obaldia. regards these as the REILLY i'm
portant ones, and he is satisfied that
Secretary Taft 8 special mission to the
isthmus, at the instance Of the presi-
dent, will result in convincing the Pan
amenians that the United States has
no idea of taking advantage of the
sovereignty accorded her over the canal
zone to set up an independent state on
the isthmus. ~
In the exuberance of their satisfac-
ton over the prospect Of the compile
ton of the canal under American aus
pices, the Panamenians, in response to
the American guarantee to maintain
the independence Of Panama, granted in
detail to the United States within the
canal zone all the rights, power and
authority which it would possess were
it sovereign Of the territory, to the ex-
clusion of the sovereign rights of the
Panama republic. Beyond doubt, under
this grant Of power our government
might take action which would tend
to injure the business welfare of Pan
anna and Colon, fear expressed by the
merchants of these cities last summer.
They also fear that the products Of
the republic may be excluded by heavy
tariff duties in the interest of the pro-
ducts Of the zone. The cities Of Pan
ANA and Colon are not included in the
canal zone, but the treaty gives our
government the duty Of maintaining
good sanitary conditions in both cities,
and the maintenance Of order. The
Panama government wishes the terms of
the treaty amended so that, in definite
terms, it shall be understood that the
natural growth of the cities, under the
new regime, NAV not be restricted by
the present territorial limits of either.
The presidents letter of instruction to
Secretary Taft is sufficiently explicit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
Elections Here and There.

Perhaps you are Of the opinion that
a political campaign is raging in the
United States. Well, it is a mere good
pared with the campaign that is now
raging in Canada The political con.
test in the Dominion that is to be set
tied Nov. 9 is stirring up even more
feeling than the Bryan campaign of
1896 in the United States. Any news
except political news is almost un-
known to the Canadian papers these
days.
The intensity of the Canadian cam
paign is due to the fact that it directly
involves the large business interests Of
various sections of the country. The
manufacturers look forward to con-
sentative victory as inaugurating a
reign Of high protective tariffs and some
such fattening on the home market as
the manufacturers Of the United States
have enjoyed under the towering tariff
wall that has so long bounded the re-
public. The farmers, as a rule, consider
that conservative victory would mean
higher prices for all they consume and
the disappearance of all hope of the
easier access as buyers to the markets
Of the United States.
The great issue of the Grand Trunk
Pacific, involving the expenditure Of
vast sums of public money and shap-
ing the railway policy Of Canada for
fifty years to come directly affects the
selfish interests of thousands of per-
sons and great many communities.
There are groups Of capitalists who
will be benefited by the construction of
the road who are for it. There are
other capitalistic groups-allied to the
Canadian Pacific party-that are op-
posed to the new road. The selfish in
terests Of the Canadian west call for
the immediate construction Of another
railway, which, while opening up to
settlement a whole empire, will pour
millions of money into the west dur
ing the period of construction. Every
man who is looking for a contract on
the new road, every man who hopes
to sell supplies of any kind thru it's
construction, every village and city
that wants new railway and wants
it quick, is for the new road.
On the other hand, there are thou
sands who, not having any particular
interest in sight, are opposed to the
new road because they believe in gov
eminent ownership.
Thus it has come about that the cam
paign in Canada is rather one between
| conflicting business interests and ideas
of railway management than between
parties, tho the political alignment is
made, as of old, under the flags of lib
eralism and conservatism.
Canada is just on the eve of a tire.
mendous development. The party that
now goes into power for five years will
have many a juicy pie to cut for the
delight and satisfaction of it's follow.
ers and some very large powers to
WELD. This is realized on all sides
and so the politicians are working only
as men work when there is substantial
and generous reward in sight for the
victors.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25

The press agents of Mr.. Dunn have
figured 1t out that during his adn;n;s+ro-
ton as state auditor the state school fund
increased from 100000 to SIG, ooo, 900.
Eight years Of state land and timber sales
would naturally swell the fund by some
such figure. Now, if Mr.. Dunn's eulogtsts
will figure out from the reports of the
public examiner, and tell US how mich
more would have been added to the school
tund by rigid treatment of trespassers and
enforcement of timber permits we will
approach the election properly enlight-
ened.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
No War In It.

The firing on the British TRAVELLING
feet by the Russian battleships would
have made less commotion and aroused
less resentment in England if it had
not been preceded by unwarranted
seizures of British ships at sea, for
which Russia has already been obliged
to apologize.
are evidently very nervous. They have
heard rumors of attempts by the Jap
anese to destroy the fleet on it's cruise
from the Baltic to the orient, and they
are looking for japanese torpedoboat
behind every point Of land. The at
tack on the Hull trawlers, however,
has raised the question as to whether it
is safe to allow the Russian ships to
sail thru peaceful waters, and whether
thew ought not be compelled to re-
turn to the Baltic as a menace to the
commerce of the world.
This is a hllmiliating and even in
sultiDg comment on the capacity of the
Russian naval officer, but the British
are not very particular just now about
selecting terms of respect or courtesy
for men who were not able to distin-
guish between fleet of fshboats COW
cred by their searchlights and warships,
and even after they had fired upon
them and killed several fishermen, had
not the decency to proffer any assistance
or try to make amends in any form.
The incident will doubtless be closed
without involving Europe in war, but it
will not be closed without the imposi-
ton of very humiliating terms upon the
Russian government. John Bull s
blood is up and he is entitled to almost
any apology which he may see fit to de-
mand, coupled with as full reparation as
can be made to the families of the men
killed. That is about where the thing
will come to in the end, but it ought to
teach Russia a lesson and inf1ict a keen
sense of humiliation on account of the
conspicuous incapacity of her seamen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25

Inc Pioneer Press owes the Stevens
county farmers an apology for suggesting
that they are opposed to- Johnson for
governor because they fear that he would
remove the tariff on Canadian wheat.
Such a proposition could be suggested only
on one theory, viz: that the farmers Of
stevens county are all too ignorant not
TO know that the governor of Minnesota
mas no more to do with making or I'm.
making the tariff than he hasrwith &c
taol1shlng the law of gravitation. But the
attempt to throw scare into the farm
ers OF Stevens county is fair sample of
the means resorted to by the Dunn man
agement to divert attention and keep the
goVernorship question from being decided
lntell1gently and on its merits.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
THE CANDIDATES THE THING
Commercial West.

n = n NJUILlII6ICldI WEST. n = -1--
Seldom are all the candidates on all
the tickets undeserving of support Out
of all of them can be chosen-if the peo-
pie will it-good officials. There is q
chance for reform coming in many of the
cities of the country next month. In Min
neapolis especially, where there has been
of late lowering in official standards
following the revulsion from the scandal
of the Ames administration, should every
man who prizes integrity, cleanness Of
life and the good name of the city, rally
to the support, regardless of party, Of
those candidates who stand for these
things.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
The Difference Between Knowing
and Guessing.

J, Judge Alton B. Parker guessed that
the Philippines were in terrible state.
The country was overrun with ladrones,
agriculture was in deplorable condi-
ton, the public service was Inefficient
and corrupt, free speech and free press
were unknown and the islands were
ruled by the iron hand of despotism.
Altogether, according to Judge Parker,
1t was to weep for the sad fate that
had overtaken our little brown brothers
in their change from the dominion of
Spain to that of thu American republic.
After Judge Parker got thru guess
ing; entertaining guessing, too, we ad-
NIT; Governor Wright of the Philip
pines began to calculate facts. Gov
ernor Wright knew that agriculture was
prosperous; that there was an abund-
ance OF employment for labor; that the
government had overcome the rinder-
pest which entered the islands without
the assistance Of the American con-
quest; that tn government service was
efficient and as free from corruption as
the state and federal governments at
home; that freedom Of speech and press
prevailed and that the laws restricting
the libeler, the slanderer and the in
surrectlonist were modelled on those that
have prevailed in states and United
States for hundred years; that the
ladrones are unknown except on about
the same scale that we have highway
men and road agents in this country:
and peace generally prevails except on
the frontiers where, as at home for
many generations, we have had warfare
with the turbulent Indians.
All OF which goes to show that a
guess by itself may do quite as well
as fact, but when the guess is fol-
lowed by the fact it begins to have
the appearance of small and battered
coin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25

Speaking Of border lines and tariffs and
official red tape connected herewith the
Vienna newspapers are telling a story of
a hre which broke out at Hermansreuth,
an Austrian village near the lBavarian
frontier. A Bavarian fire brigade which
was stationed not more than three miles
away fastened to the rescue, but the
Austrian customshouse authorities re-
fused to allow the fire engines to pass
the frontier before the usual tax on i'm
ported machinery was paid. The ~Bavarian
l'remen naturally turned back, and half
the village was burned down before the
nearest Austrian brigade was on the
scene. Seems it, there was moral in
this that would apply to the Canadian
wheat situation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25

A few days ago the Dunn organs oero
Voluply defending their candidates action
IN regard to the Duluth & Iron Range
grant. Not so since the publication Of the
court record, showing that the list of
lands Mr.. Dunn was so ignorant of had
come from his own office, and had come
under his own eye nine different times.
The garrulous explanations have sub-
sided, and given way to thick chunks of
silence. Why drop the subject just When
it begins to get interesting?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
RUN OF THE MANIFEST

short "Toot-toot from the engine flute,
=. And High BALI from the rear.
The switch is set by old time vet,
And the block for the main line clear.
There's a birdlike tril from the triples bin
AS the shoes from the tread drop free;
creak, cank from the drawbar shank
In the crunch Of the coil to the key.
short quick bark, fash in the DARK.
From the mouth 'twixt scoop and tray;
trembling slip-a sand-bound grip,
And the High Balls under way.
Thru the bustling yard, where the earth n
Jared .-f.
By the dip of the giants careen,
And the switchlights wink to the clinkety-clink
AS they flash from red to green
From the pop-valve twined, in the cutting wind,
Fly streamers of kissing white.
Like ribbons of pearl in the swish and swirl,
Or ghost in frolic of night.
A mile ahead there's twinkling red,
And the distant echoes mock
The long, clear note from the whistles throat,
AS it calls for the interlock.
Then presto-click, like a magic trick,
And the crimson flashes white,
In the wizards power from the signal tower
AS 1t snaps the de-rail tight.
There's swish and sway thru the right o.
way,
And the jar of the wheel trucks leap,
AS the red caboose tears the gravel loose
In the draught of its swing and sweep.
While the grass bends low in the undertow,
And it's tendrils twist and strain
To join the crowd of the atomic cloud
In pursuit of the speeding train. s
A crash and roar-in the tunnels bore
The speed of cannonball
While the cinders hail thru the sitting gale
That recoils from the rocky wall.
Then out from the mouth and away to the
ssEs south
Where the Mississippi flows,
And queenly craft. with her wheel abaft,
The softest signal blows
Coo-oo- Coo-oo, as If to Woo
Swift Mercury from his route,
But his winged heels mock her appeals
With the roar of scornful fout.
A click -clack-clack, click-clack- clack,
On, on to the busy mart,
A roll and pitch DER frog and SWITCH
Up close to the throbbing heart.
Then grinding sound where the wheels turn
round
And the brakes tightly pressed,
While the BELLS loud chime rings in on time
The run of the Manifest.
Ellis B. Harris, in Progress
isis Hopkins. = made famous by the
character work of Rose Melville, will be
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
A VERY BRIGHT IDEA
Kansas CITY Star.

Kansas City Star.
The latest achievement Of the jocular
friend of the newly married couple was
to slip pair Of handouts on the
groonl's wrists at the beginning of the
wedding journey. Sometime a complete
triumph is going to be achieved by clev-
erly poisoning both bride and groom at
the wedding supper.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
LARGEST FLOWER THAT GROWS.

The raffesia of Sumatra is said to be
the largest and most magnificent flower
in the world. It is composed OF Ave round
ish petals, each a foot across and Of a
red color, covered with numerous irregu-
lar yelloWish white sWellings. The petals
surround cup nearly foot wide, the
margin Of which BEARS the stamens.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
MEDICATION OF The PEOPLE
Nebraska State Journal.

Nebraska State Journal.
Elk Mayor Ames Of Minneapolis has Sc
cured vindication, but it is vindica-
ton Of the people, not of ex-Mayor Ames.
Ames sought a congressional nomination,
claiming that the nomination and election
would vindicate him. Not only was he
never in the running, but the people were
SO incensed at his audacity that they
have compelled the district attorney to
take cognizance Of the remaining indict-
ments against him. The ex-mayor made
the huge mistake Of not letting well
enough alone.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25

William K. Vanderbilt at Idle Hour is
making preparations for winter lawn ten
mis- under glass. A good many of us
are making preparations for winter fur
mace tennis or knocking the coal over the
furnaces net. Il VIVA s...e ID.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25

Senator Clapp is making desperate ef-
fort to save Dunn. He ought to; Dunn
ought to get something in return FOR the
record he made in throwing down Heat
wole and other friends who had made his
nomination possible. F.. "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25

as to the governments intentions to
exercise no greater governmental func-
tions that are necessary for the con-.
venient construction, maintenance and
operation Of the canal, under the rights
accorded by the republic of Panama,
and with view to conserve the honor
and interests of the people of Panama.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-25
With the Long Boz
Eye NATURES Walks. Shoot Folly as Files

year nearing
who have not had ta climb IL - fence : ' =
. The usual number citizens settling the election beforehand
D"eed'y irregular Of the Baltic f e dGe y 20" know"
The shakpes Tribune tells how Boyd and Beuah Bovd
long appeal
my This either the Tribune its proofeader calls the ehef
lit almost tragic the signs orr the final on
early f western New York state and knew Of the canal boat
Of waterway bridges
siS
board his boat the girl
na ss s and all ant % w av @ her
good and her former knew where had Some
hsatsr They quite
gering The nudged his
h nst SATISFY p e dn e h HE ed
out warning Glow bridget! the squatd It
S.E Who tell what baby thinks7
BY "Se a ti h man tnS e his 1 ry
~. Out from the shores Of the great unknown
So sings 1th the poet And while 6s may not feel on safe ground
guess cd Of his He
@ may 1g M T5 @ @ m the @ a
sn Left an o5 The no s of
b aSs 1d s ~n H % a R At g she sT0 an %
n1 She @ hastily and sudden vgon
all His tightly
drum, but his face the of a
babe? Are that
the nocturnal trouble insufficient nuitonq 1t difficult
the infant the light of tank, let face this possibility
womanfuly
q q
the his
blond While coorng
ing mash slightly delayed With the
Of Nelson she flowing pail of milk day. Mr.
proud sometimes for and change
stopped Nelson leading the
the procession, asked cheerfuly:
Pleading that George?''
But Mr. Nelson smiled knowingly and passed When he arrived at
of the
he establishment.
along shady lanes acustrne
leading merely
vay and emptiness? Brethren let dream the idle
A..