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the rash and unnecessary policy of the
president will find the flaw in this logic
AS to the Panama policy, this faith
full but indiscreet friend of the presi
dent says, Il confess that l, for one, do
not like it, Then he limps lamely off
to the old theory that we must have
the canal and there was no other way;
regardless of the plain instruction OF
the Spooner act, which he himself re-
prints, that in case of failure to agree
with Colombia, the president should
proceed to negotiate with Nicaragua
and Costa Rica; a mandate which he
squarely refused to obey and which
would have solved every difficulty hap
PLY and honorably.
Finally, as to the unbaked character
of our president and his tendency to do
in hot blood what everybody regrets
and must pay for in cold, we are told,
HE will learn" He was not, it is said,
more insistent than Cleveland and OIL
ney were about Venezuela. He will
not make the same mistake twice."
which is left-handed compliment And
the apology closes with this compare
tive reference, which will prove about
as pleasant reading to all our people
as the remarks about Senator Hanna
will to his friends: I'VE must go
back to 1857 to find regime in the
White house which can compare with
that of the lady who now presides
there" Pleasant for those who remem-
Der the American alteration, given and
deserved, to those gracious and noble
women who, since then, have worn
worthily the title Of first lady of the
land"
President Roosevelt has been called,
like other men of hiy type, "his own
worst enemy" But he has reason now
to repeat the old petition, Lord defend
me from my friends" In this elaborate
defense and apology, put forth with
serious earnestness to conciliate and
persuade the many who look upon him
now with active disfavor or still more
serious distrust, it is a remarkable
work Of art. No attack from the other
side could be quite as damaging as this
limping defense, whose admissions
magnify the faults and facts which it
purposed to wipe away. The Demo-
cratic campaign committee is recon-
mended to study it as possibly avail
able and valuable document for the
campaign.
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The WOMAN VoTER.

Far be it from us to insinuate that
those ladies who worked SO earnestly
for the election of Mr.. Shafroth are
typical Of their sex-and we must dis
claim any intention of intimating that
they INDUCED masculine attributes
when they went to the polls in Colo-
RADIO on election day. The record in
the Shafroth case shows positively that
these enthusiastic supporters of the
man from Colorado voted with an
abandon that might afford bit of cor
roborative detail for the misogynist
who argues that women have no moral
sense.
1t appears that many of the women
whose names stand in the record not
only voted repeatedly themselves, but
they also voted the silent people in the
cemeteries, the aged and the infant.
They appeared to have permitted
themselves to go the distance. Some
of them voted twenty times-and they
admitted the fact when it was charged
against them. Indeed they did not ap-
pear to feel that they had done more
than their plain duty in going the en-
tire distance for the man of their
choice.
The Shafroth affair is not likely to
have any bearing at all on the progress
of the woman suffrage movement.
Nothing could stop that movement
anyway. But to what sort of end will
We come if, when suffrage becomes
universal women generally should be
guided in performing their duty at the
polls by the same inspiration that
moved the women of the Shafroth dis
trict?
Personal pulchritude would be de-
manded in the candidate and mad en-
thusiasm would take the place of calm
consideration of the merits of the can
didates. If the same conditions OBJ
tanned in this state as in Colorado
Judge Collins would defeat Dunn and
Eddy by so large a majority that 1t
would take years to count the ballots.
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alone in his change of attitude. A few
weeks ago there were some hundreds
of more or less distinguished Mime
sofa Republicans who confidently
hoped to be able to show Senator Han
ma that they were for him if he wanted
them. There is no doubt that they ex-
pected the Ohio senator would be a
candidate for the presidency. Nor is
there any doubt that the Roosevelt
managers were making ready for fight.
These Hanna men have no hope now
but to get in out of the wet. There are
no more Hannas in the Republican
party, and the attempt to make can
didate of Speaker Cannon will neces-
sarily fail.
Therefore the attitude of Col. Shev-
lin is that of a sensible man. If he
wants to remain in the national orr
ganization he will have to stand for
Roosevelt whether he likes it or no
at least until after the convention.
The knives"that were being sharpened
for Roosevelt have not been thrown
away. They have only been hidden
and may be brought forth in the cam
paign. For the nonce Col. Shevlin is
acting like a man Of discretion.
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What the Editors Say

Judge Collins is evidently a good
zeal ashamed of the character of the
campaign Gov. Van SAINTS henchmen
are putting up in his interest In his
speech before the Editorial association
ne TOOK occasion to refer to two or
three living men to whom the state
was under great obliga tions. The first
name he mentioned of man who was
deserving of public gratitude and rec
oSnltfOn Tor services performed in de-
veioping Mnnesota's resources was
James ]. Hill. The tribute he paid was
py no means grudging one. If Mr..
Dunn had made Mr. Hill so prominent
IN IN ms remarks the whole merger burst
ing press would have denounced him
as the paid tool of monopoly. When
Mr.. collins said it, however. no obiec-
lon was raised. 1t was always .true
that what in the captain is but choI-
eric word is in the sailors mouth fiat
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Since the cold snap began there
seems to have been a lulI in noliticaI
ACTIVITY, Eddy'S gum shoes" are MAX
ING tracks, but not among the farmers.
where he seems to have the greatest
strength and following. Collins and
Dunn FORCES are shooting at long range
at each other, but no hits are made and
the artillery never gets hot or unman-
ageable. With the caIends of March
we may expect a respite OF cold and
then-Well then the real action will
begin and he who is best prepared for
action will score victory-Cass Lake
Times.
If the Democrats decide to follow the
suggestion of John Sharp Williams, in
abandoning their contention for radi-
cal free trade and in adopting the pol
icy or reciprocity, and still further by
advocating policy of internal improve
ments, with special reference to road
building, they will have taken long
steps toward getting the approval Of
the whole cOuntry.-MOrriS Times.
Regardless of the fact that St Paul
and Minneapolis also desire reciprocity
with Canada, the people of the Sew
enth congressional district will never
be satisfied until freer trade relation
ship with Canada is established by
reciprocity or other means.-CoweH
Chronicle.
Bob Dunn has declared himself on
the merger question as unequivocally
as is possible for the English language
TO state. Now let us hear from COL
Inns, who has thus far been hiding in
the hrush.-Windom Reporter.
If all the claims of all the managers
of the Republican gubernatorial can
didates are to be realized, there will
be about 5000 delegates in the Repub-
lican state cOnvention-Little Falls
Herald.
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BASKETBALL sLUGGINc.

Most people who do not keep closely
in touch with the development of
sports have associated basketball with
bean-bag in their minds. Because the
game is affected by young women, out
siders have assumed that it is a lady
like sort of pastime to be INDUCED by
girls and young men who use flesh food
to put on muscle. Let this delusion be
put away. Basketball may have been
substitute for bean-bag once on
time, but it takes hero to stand up
to the game now.
Thursday night the University of Min
nesota team played a game with the
North. Dakota agricultural college
team. BY the time the play was well
under way smuggling started. Before
the play was over number Of the con-
testants were virtually out of the game
and they all bore witness to the siren
uosity of the sport. Football tactics
were INDUCED and some of the rushing
was tremendous. The audience, Injured
to rough play by the familiar sights Of
the football field, cheered the sluggers
on and the close Of the game was very
like a fight.
1t was. perhaps, more a desire to
elicit the applause of the onlookers
than because they really wanted to
hurt each other that these young fell
lows fought savagely in the play. The
public is even more responsible than
the players themselves for the brutal
ity of the football field. And this has
ever been so. 1t was not the individ-
ual brutality Of the gladiator of old
that made the horrible spectacles pop
ular The fighting men simply fur
nished the sport the people wanted.
And this latter-day demand for the
sight of blood in massed games is the
survival of the old spirit. A few years
ago people Were satisfied to see a cou-
pie of men get into a roped arena and
punch each other with gloved hands.
This sort of fighting becoming monop-
olized by the disreputabIe element who
made a profession of the sport, society
suppressed it. But society did not
change its instincts and it patronized
the bloody football field because the
men who batter each other up are sup
posed to be amateurs supposition
that is open in some cases to grave
suspicion.
Now that basketball is to be put into
the football class as a bloody specta-
Gle, those of us who do not love the
smell of gore will have to satisfy our
longings for games by patronizing
bean bag tournaments.
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picture is not criticism. There are
certain canons in every art, and with
these the critic must be familiar; but
he must also be wise enough and broad
minded enough to know that the break
ing of all these canons is not in itself
proof of mediocrity
The first Momus was hurled from
Olympus not because he was a critic
but because he was fault finder. And
it is not because they are critics that
his successors today are falling from
their high estate, but rather because
they are not. AS we have already stat
ed, the egetism of the public has some
thing to do with the present peril of
Momus, but he himself deserves the
most blame. The man who today pre-
sents to the public a fair and honest
opinion of new book or a new pic
ture or a new play is listened to with
respect even if it happens to be an
opinion with which few agree. 1t is
only when he offends with ignorance
or fault-finding or the jargon of tech
nique that the public will have none of
him. If the critics themselves and
those who employ critics are made to
realize this, the profession will be-
come a useful one and an honorable
one. for the world stands more in need
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"PUT 1T DOWN A WE, NY LORD"

Not the least of the problems that
confront US today is the spelling
problem, and one Baker. of Chicago, is
apparently bent on complicating it.
Some make spelling a matter Of taste,
others abide by the dictionary, a few
are guided in the matter by the Min
neapolis Journal, but Mr.. Baker de-
ponds altogether upon his conscience.
Mr.. Baker is a clerk in the office of the
quartermaster, department of the
lakes. The other day he had occasion
to use the word "routeing." and his
chief ordered him to spell it with an
"e." But Mr.. Baker regarded this ad-
vice as purely Veteran and wrote the
word without the Sc" The chief in
sisted, but Mr.. Baker stood firm. "Ele
could not" he said, "conscientiously
spell it with an e." Thereupon his
resignation was demanded and now it
does not matter at all to the depart
ment of the lakes whether Mr.. Baker
spells ''routeing" with an sc" or with
out it.
But it continues to matter very
much to Mr.. Baker, who desires to re-
tain his job and also that peace of
mind which an easy conscience be-
stoweth upon a man. Therefore he
will appeal to President Roosevelt.
Just what action the latter will take
In the matter it is, of course, difficult
to say. One thing is certain, however;
whatever his decision, he will get him
self disliked for 1t. For it is becoming
more and more the disposition to take
photography seriously. When the in
genuous Sam Weller said to the Judge.
Il spells it with "" a happy nom
chalance characterized his remark. but
we who spell it with ''V' today de-
mand that our fancy shall be accented
as conviction, though all of us NAV
not be willing to sacrifice our positions
on the altar of that conviction.
So it will not be remarkable if Mr..
Bakers conscientious scrupIes precfpi
tate an photographed war. Already
the department of the lakes is con-
vulsed, and lieutenant colonel and a
brigadier general have announced that
they are willing to abide by the conse-
quence of the act which makes it fash
fonable to spell routeing with an &c"
In the department. Whether this de-
partment will have the whole army ar
rayed on it's side remains to be seen.
1t seems extremely probable, however,
that even in this conservative body
enough "phonetics" will be found to
offer respectable resistance to the
"antis." In case of the outbreak of ac-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-28
T. SHEVLIN EXPLAINS.

Col. Thomas Shevlin, member Of the
Republican national committee from
Minnesota, has hit the trail of the
band wagon and he expects to over
take that elusive vehicle presently.
The colonel disavows any intent of
hostility to President Roosevelt in con-
f1ding his proxy to the meeting of the
national committee to Senator Hanna
and insists that he was much chagrin-
ed to find that his action lays him
open to suspicion.
Col Shevlin has experienced a
change OF heart in the past few weeks.
1.-THE king is dead, long live the king"
Among politicians there is small re-
gard for the dead lion, and Senator
Hanna has gone forever. The Mime
sofa national committeeman is not
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THE PRICE OF TALENT.


Joe Corbett, Smiling joe" will
draw $4,000 for pitching baseball next
season. That eminent member Of the
Corbett family who first brought his
house out OF obscurity and into affiuent
prominence may we'll gnash his teeth
as he mixes drinks and observes the
progress of his brother to fame and
fortune. Moreover. it may be given to
others of us to remark with envy that
it is necessary to be a specialist in
order to get the money.
Joe Corbett may possibly pitch a
couple of hundred games during the
coming season-he certainly will not
pitch any more. He is therefore to be
paid at the rate of 500 an hour,
which is not bad for a young fellow
who has nothing but a good eye and
an arm that is capable of delivering a
ball along the line of sight.
But the trouble with receiving that
sort of salary for that sort of work is
that it gives SO much time to the re-
cipient for loafing. There have been
men who could deliver ball and who
fell from their high estate and are now
manipulating spittoons because they
could not separate the ball business
from the highball business. 1t takes
more nerve to decline to lift the high
ball than to deliver the low ball
Therefore may we become reconciled
to the payment of this inordinately
extrayagant salary to young Corbett.
Having but eighty hours of work to do
in year, he is likely to find time hang
heavy on his hands-and the devil ever
finds employment for idle hands. Even
hoping for the best, we are bound to
remember the experience Of the only
really famous member Of the Corbett
family, he who had bestowed upon him
the title of gentleman" He was fire.
quently paid as much for one hour Of
real work as Brother Joe is to be paid
for the season. Therefore he had
nothing to do for many hours but at
tempt to reduce the visible supply of
beverages. He made no impression at
all upon the booze supply, and he is
not now particularly in demand-off
the stage.
Let US who plod take heart. It is not
given to all of us to be faciIe on the
slab or to be able to put steam into
the knockout blow. Better a living
with hopes of future than a prince
Iy salary and a date with the devil of
temptation.
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No shrewder Observer

Mr.. Cleveland's opinion as a practi-
cdl poIltlclan that the Democracy can
win this year if no mistakes are made
Is perhaps the least remarked but as
suredly not the least remarkable fea-
ture Of his diagnosis of the situation.
For there happens to be living in the
land no shrewder observer of political
drift and no more intuitively accurate
and impartial appraiser of campaign
probabilities than Grover Cleveland
New York Sun.
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San Domingo and Hayti.

But annexation, in any sense easily
understood, very few persons in the
United States can desire at this time
Ii would almost certainly lead to the
inclusion of Hayti also, a scarcely more
desirable addition. and one which, as
being less disorganized, would be still
more difficult to deal with A military
occupation of San Domingo, purely as
an exercise of international police
power, is the measure suggested by
present conditions. That might be
carried on without prejudice, leaving a
more permanent settlement to be de-
termned by events. = Philadelphia
Ledger.
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Contemporary Comment
In the Near East.

The sultan is playing out his game
to the bitter, end. The best that can
be said for the Austro- Russian scheme
OF reform is that at last certain details
OF 1T have awakened Abdul Hamid's
hostility. He insists that the Euro
pean assessors shall be Swallowed ev-
eryWhere they go. a process which
would stultify all their efforts at amel-
loratfng the actual condition Of the
people. An outbreak between Bulgaria
and Turkey becomes more certain ev-
cry day, and unless some effort be
made to remove the root caused by
llberating Macedonia we shall have
little but war for the rest of the year.
London Daily News.
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Among the Merrymakers
No Place Like Home.

Oh. the map Is i'm a turmoil
Through these diplomatic games
And the geographic outlook
Is a seething mass OF names
And we don't know what to do
With the talk about Chifu
And other points concerned in this dis
course of Russian claims.
We talk about Chemulpo
In a spirit of dSmay-
Ping Yang and Tatuug- KaO,
But our thoughts are far away.
There are Yalu and Wi-ju
And the Straits of Tsugaru,
And I'm mighty glad I'm living In tbs
peaceful l.. S. A.
Washington Star.
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THE JEWS AND NEUTRALITY.

There is so much of good sense, so
much of sanity in that sermon deliv-
cred by Rabbi Silverman, Of New
York, before his Jewish congregation
last Saturday that not the foreign born
Jews alone but all foreign born Amer
leans might profit by perusaI of it,
I'VE follow the policy of the American
government" said DR.. Silverman, "and
If that policy is defined we Jewish
Americans viii side with our govern
ment to defend Russia or Japan as the
case may be-" The speaker indig-
nantly refuted the charge that the
Jews of the United States were raising
fund to purchase warship for ia
pan and the statement we have quoted
followed the denial. 1t bespeaks pa
triotism of a high order, for in view of
recent events many might consider it
altogether excusable if the Jews of
America took the opportunity to give
outward expression to their anti-Rus-
sian sentiment by Offering assistance
to Japan. Yet the Jews Of America
are Americans, and DIR. Silverman in
defining their attitude toward Russia
and Japan merely defined an attitude
that their duty to their adopted coun-
try imposes upon them.
But DR.. Silverman's sermon is valu-
able not so much for the assurance it
gives as for the example it sets. This
country has never had any reason to
doubt the patriotism of it's Jewish
American citizens. Even after the
kishenev massacre they were, temper
ate in their utterance and in the mat
ter Of forwarding the petition of pro-
test to the Russian government acted
through and in thorough accordance
with the government at Washington.
There has been some hint expressed
that their attitude in the present crisis
might seriously embarrass this govern
ment, but there has never been any
real fear. In defining so clearly the
duty of all foreign born Americans DIR.
Silverman has done such citizens and
the government itself a service. Here
In this country we see much of the
process of citizenship In the making.
Many influences conspire to hasten
the process, a few to retard it. Such in
1uence as the words of DIR. Silverman
must have cannot be overestimated.
He draws no vague or indefinite ideal
for the foreign born citizen.
Among other things the rabbi said
In his sermon: Were not living i'll
any political sense as Jews in this
country" Any leader among any class
of foreign-born citizens might say that
with equal truth to his people, and, in
deed, 1T would be very good thing if
he said 1t over and over again. For
there is no class of people in America.
or there should be no class, living in
any political sense as foreigners. They
are all Americans, to be guided by the
policy of the country and to aid in car
rying out that policy without regard to
past affiliations. Not until they are able
to place loyalty to their adopted coun-
try above personal prejudices can they
write themselves as patriots.
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Wilkinson Left.

The University of Chicago will
seem dull without the genial presence
OF Or. Oscar Lowell Triggs, who ranks
Rockefeller and Pullman with Shake
speare, but there still remains DR.. Will
nam CleaVer Wilkinson, who has show
ed us how Keats might have written
some real nice poetry if he had en-
Joyed the advantages of Chicago. Prof.
WILKINSON has been under an eclipse
OF late, with the departure of DIR.
Triggs his effulgent light may once more
shine forth.-Springfield Republican.
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Allison "LYin, LOW

Senator Allison will not be one of
the representatives of Iowa in the Re-
publican national convention this voar
There is to be fight over the selection
OF delegates in consequence of the fac
tionaI differences stirred up by Gov
Cummins' iowa idea," and the senator,
following his inveterate custom. win
lie low till it is over. No public man
in the country Is more adept than he
IS az that sort of playing for safety
Providence Journal
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Strenuous.

Where have you been all morning?2
demanded the teacher.
"Everywhere!" replied the bright boy.
Didn't | tell you wanted to be president
some day?'
Well if you want to be president you
should study"
Not on your life. I've been punching
bag riding goat for horse and play
ing that stray dogs were bears. Chicago
News.
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Handicapped.

Scholar-PrOfessor. your mnemOnio
system is wonderful. and l am sure that
any one, after mastering the rules. can
learn TO remember anything. But | am
handicapped by one difficulty.
PrOfessor-What is it?
Scholar can't remember the rules
Town and Country
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It Would Be Cruel.

France is asking the United States
government to reduce the tariff on
champagne. Not much! If champagne
were as cheap as California port. who
would want to drink it? Some method
must be left us by which we can dis
play our rosperity.-Indianapo
Journal.
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Both Are Remarkable Events.

The spectacle of a congressman vol
unfairly resigning his seat has caused
almost as much establishment in the
District of Columbia as the winning of
a game by the Washington baseball
team.-Denver Republican.