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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
Poor Old Sage.

Surely Russell Sage must realize
that he made a mistake in airing his
views on the vacation question, for he
has drawn upon himself fire of adj
verse criticism ranging. from the mild
Iy censorious to that almost vindictive.
Let us not suppose, however, that
criticism or even abuse will trouble
Uncle Russell, for he has probably
long since grown callous. Many times
has he been under fire and many times
have his views been pronounced the
essence Of selfishness, but this time
1t is Interesting to note that some Of
the most severe criticism comes from
/ men In his own walk in life, some Of
them members Of the same boards Of
companies Of which he is also a mem
Der. These other men do not believe
the vacation habit is wrong; that a
+ man should grub away year after year
with never a rest, and they are saying
so very freely.
A New York newspaper making a.
canvass has been unable to find sin
gle representative man In the mer-
camille trade who agrees with Mr..
Sage. His own associates are against
him; they do not believe in denying
their employees a short rest once a
year, nor in denying it to themselves
occasionally.
Nobody knows Just how rich Mr..
Sage is, but s7o,OO0,o0O is the sum
total generally. accepted as approx
mating his great fortune. Is it
enough? Not while there is breath in
t the body Only little more time and
it will be eighty millions, only few
more years and it will be hundred
millions. Almost ninety years old and
| working every day, he boasts that he
| has never had a vacation and gives it
out that the vacation as a general
proposition is wrong and that the man
who would achieve success must
buckle down as he has done and he
will be successful-as Sage has been.
How such a man must regret the
| Sunday intermissions and the time
necessary to eat and sleep, since it
| uses up precious moments that other
wise might be employed in building
the dollar pile higher! =
1t Is the IaSnlOn TO ABUSE RuSSeil
Sage, and surely a man whose every
4 thought has it's balance in a money
valuation, is not above denunciation.
! But to many men in humble walks of
life the feeling towards him is not one
Of hatred so much as one Of pity.
One might expect that man to
whom a short look ahead shows dod-
dering old age with the grave at best
not so very far away, would long
Hong since have given over the strug-
gle for more, and would find himself
in that condition Of mind where peace
and quiet would reign supreme, and
business struggles and bitter contro-
versies would be as gall to him. and
/ that with heart mellowed and spirit
chastened by the more contemplating
1 life, .ha would he found approaching
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
Rural School Constellation.

Superintendent Olsen presses upon
the attention of the people of Min
nesota, in a bulletin issued yester-
day, the Importance of raising the
quality and efficiency of our rural
schools. The public schools in the
cities, the normal schools the untver-
sity-all these divisions of the public
school system Of the state are pro-
crossing satisfactorily. The rural
school, however, Is not improving In
Minnesota as much as in other states,
and one reason, according to Mr.. Oh
sen, is the Discrimination Of the people
Of Minnesota to abandon the school
district system and adopt the plan Of
consolidated schools. n@
It Is generally conceded now by ex-
perts In the field Of public education
that the rural school needs that bet
ter organization and better equipment
which can come only thru enlarge
ment Of the school district and the
consolidation Of several small dis
tricts. This consolidation sometimes
takes the form Of a township school,
with results of a gratifying character.
Among these results Is the opportuni-
ty for grading pupils according to
their attachments and capacity, pro-
viding better equipment in all re-
spects, and commanding, the services
OF better teachers at higher salaries.
This consolidation, Of course, in
wolves in many instances the carrying
of the children to the schoolhouse
and home again, the distance some
times being too great for them to
walk and the exposure to the weather
too severe. This involves some ex-
pense when it Is done by contract,
and the consumption of time where
the transportation is provided by
neighborhood arrangement. and, Co
operation. But to what purpose can
money and time be better appropri-
ated than to providing the best pos
sible facilities for the education OF
the children? While the. consolida-
ton plan has incurred some opposi-
ton on this account, because it is a
new arrangement and may not at first
be fitted conveniently into the do.
mestic plan, that opposition seldom
continues for any considerable length
Of time after the greater benefits de-
rived from consolidation are under.
stood and realized. |%l
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LAKE GOSSIP,

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred James and family at
West Point.
A. T. Abbott Of solbergs Point has returned
from trip east. raETea
Mr.. and Mrs. $: A. Harris opened their cot
tage at Meadville Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. x. schall have taken the
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Fiske are occupying the
Wingate cottage at Meadville Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darwin Robbins are occupying
the Sherburne cottage at Solbergs Point
Mr.. and Mrs. I. Kaufman have taken the
Elmer Brooks cottage at Meadville Park for the
MI. and Mrs Harry Merriman are occupying
the Sumner g. Couch cottage at Meadvilie Park
Mr.. and Mrs. Upton and Mr.: and Mrs, Robert
~! Mr.. and Mrs. 4. B. Emery have been out for
some time and are occupying the other half OF
the Wingate cottage.
has been rold to Mr.. and Mrs. Hodge, who viii
moy out as soon as sshoSl eloses park returned
Monday from visit at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Lum are spending the sum-
ner with NJ, and Mrs Bull Mal-,, vii, omen t,e,,
summer home at Towards Point permanently on
their return from Winnipeg, where they are
Mrs. Wells and Miss Margaret Wells of chi
cago and Miss Constance Wells Of Minneapolis
g que tie Wells is In minneapolis for week.
Miss Liln LIE Beau. who has been visiting
friends at the lake for Week. Will return 70
the city tonight and will spend week With
Miss Barney before going back to her home IN
Chicago
Miss Eula McClary was the guest OF, Mrs.,
Heck McC. Merriman at Meadyile Park over
Sunday Miss McClary has just returned from
school at the Western, Oxford, Ohio. for the
Nj. and Mrs G. F. Potter. Jr.. are at Elk
celsior for the summer in one Of the Sturgis cot-
tares Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Benedict of Tonka
Bay are with them until their new cottage at
the. bay is ready for occupancy;
spend several weeks with Mrs. s. P. Holdridge
at Blithepoint, MeadyiAe Park. They will BE-
at the lake while Miss Holdridge is at the ST
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the end in the spirit so beautifully
illustrated by Bryant: as 5x 5:s;
Like one who wraps the drapery OF his
couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant
dreams. r. IS.
But when the angel shall sound
the last call, a wrinkled old man will
cry out for yet little time. yet a
few more dollars. before giving up.
What man of moderate means, Of
healthy body and sane mind would
change places with him?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08

Conditions in Wall street are now in
striking contrast with those that prevailed
during the boom. In customers rooms,
that formerly were well filled, there Is
often nowadays but a solitary survivor.
Managers and members Of firms sit
around, waiting for the change that once
more will bring activity. Recent in
stances Of large houses going for several
days at a time without an order are COM
mon. The lean days. have struck the
exchange and the cigar men and other
small businesses that catered to "the
street" are having hard time But the
country is still quite prosperous.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
What Will the Convention sayl

MT. Dunn persists in his statement
that the merger is a dead ISSUE He
has not indicated what he wants in
the way Of a platform. but If his con-
tention is correct there Is no occasion
to mention the merger question, or
the enforcement Of state laws against
consolidation Of competing railroads
at the next state convention. @
Consistent with this position was
Mr. Dunns remark at the third ward
banquet in this city last evening.
Judge Collins had declared himself
positively on the live issue of law en-
forcement, and said that he would not
care to accept a nomination unless
the convention made declaration
indorsing the course of Governor Van
SAINT. Following Judge Collins, Mr..
Dunn said any platform the conven-
ton adopted was good enough for
him. and continued:
From the remarks of some Of the
gentlemen who have preceded me I
believe the platform should be
adopted before the candidate is Sc
|
a nominee and then have none.'
This remark indicates a belief in
Mr.. Dunn's mind that the convention
may not indorse the course of Gov
ernor Van SAINT. 1t is an evident fact
that there is no danger of such an
omission unless the interests back of
Mr.. Dunn control the convention.
This brings us right down to the
question: Where will the republican
party OF Minnesota stand in this cam
paign? Will 1t repudiate the princi-
pies on which the great victory of
1902 was won? Will it by silence on
the vital question Of law enforcement
against combinations Of capital con-
fess a surrender to trust and merger
| influence, ignore the splendid record
Of the last four years, and go before
| the people with an apology for the
success Of the merger litigation?
| We know what Mr.. Dunn thinks OF
Governor Van SAINTS action. He ex-
| pressed himself in his interview OF
IJan. g. 1902, which he still stands by
as, having no sympathy" with the
states cause. We know what the in.
terests behind Mr.. .Dunn's candidacy
want, and why they want control Of
the executive office and the machinery
of the republican party. The wal
against unlawful combinations ha:
just begun, The first battle has beer
won by the law, but the merger in
terests are just as strong, financial!
and politically, as they ever were.
Surely the convention on June 81
will 'stand pat' for law enforcement
! indorse the fight already made, ant
nominate "a candidate who is iii
sympathy" with that fight, and willing
to carry it on. s...s..... - - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08

The Philadelphia Record asserts that
Bryan democrats in the east are getting
circulars printed in Lincoln, Neb., calling
for a populist national convention on July
4 next The inference is that If the
popul1sts do not like the results Of the
St Louis convention they will put up q
ticket Of their own. This should be
highly encouraging to all real democrats
for no party can survive half democrat
and half populist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08

form the state convention should see
fit to adopt would be the one he should
stand on. He had faith in the con-
vention adopting a better platform
than could be drafted in the brain of
any one man.
w. H. Eustis spoke briefly, assert
ing that he would be willing to serve
a few terms In congress when Loren
Fletcher was thru with the job. Con-
gressional aspirants, Messrs. Hall, Coe
and Fletcher, were then given the
floor in turn The speaking concluded
with an old-time republican Grafton
by Congressman Fred, G. Stevens Of
st. Paul, advocating sound money,
continued prosperity and Roosevelt
for president.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
AN APPRECIATION

In paper before the Minnesota
9tate Medical association Dr.. r. Q.
Beard of Minneapolis said:
The medical profession Of the state
should take heart Of hope from the
fact that higher sense OF public
duty Is growing UP in the profession
of journalism, and it should applaud
the announcement that, among the
more representative newspapers, The
Minneapolis Journal has purged it's
columns Of Objectionable medical
advertising.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
BOOKS RECEIVED

THE RAT TRAP. By. Dolfs Wyllarde. New
York: John Lane. 81 |; <. +
THE NEGRO CHURCH. Report OF a social
study made under the direction OF Atlanta uni.
Atlanta, Ga: The Atlanta Press a.
TOMFOOLERY. Text and illustrations By
James Montgomery Flagg New York: Life
Publishing company #
HIDALGo AND HOME LIFE AT WEST LAWN
By R. A. McCracken. A boys story ..Althc
the boy who actually wrote the story may
have passed many milestones, he is still 8
boy" Chicago: NJ. A. Donohue q Co.
THE BOOKLET OF THE GOLDEN LEAVES
By lie Roy G. Davis. New, York, Broadway
Publishing company. .
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much for the prosperity OF the repub-
lie OF Panama. 3s5

Mrs. Fiske says that she win never
attempt to uplift Michigan's educational
center again. Ann Arbor people did not
attend her performance Of Ibsen's "Hedda
Gabier'' in large numbers. Those that did
attend ate peanuts and threw the hulls
about. Cheerful revelersl
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08

The mother-in-law has been complete-
ly indicated by President Joseph r.
Smith of the Mormon church, who must
be conceded to be an expert on mothers
in-law. IT want to say right here" said
the prophet in an address in the taber-
nacle Sunday, that the best friends ]
ever had were my mothers-inslaw. ]
loved and honored them and shall ever
hold their memory sacred When man
with a bunch Of them speaks thus, the
mother-in-law joke should be called in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08

The boot and shoe workers union of
Chicago. now on, strike, has adopted a
resolution declaring that any member
guilty of violence during the strike shall
be expelled from membership. The reso-
luton is worthy Of note as an evidence
of the gradual progress of organized labor
up to that plane Of action. which it must
ultimately occupy If it is to survive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08

The pubiic examiner doesn't seem to
be getting as much criticism from the
Dunn papers for the last section Of his
for the one preceding Possibly it Is
beginning to dawn upon them that the
| republican party cannot afford to seem
to- approve misconduct in office when the
| facts are on record.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
PROTECTING the Innocent.

ProtectIng the Innocent.
To the Editor of The journal.
When reading in the daily press the re-
ports of criminal assaults upon girls and
women, have greatly deplored the fact
that the names of such innocent victims
should be published, thus adding publicity
to their other sufferings And I was glad
to note that in reporting at least two re-
cent crimes Of the kind the names Of the
victims We're withheld by The j u r
nal. Let US hope that the press generally
will follow 7 b ] ou r n a rs lead in this
matter, and protect innocent sufferers
from such crimes from the shame of pub
lefty r. IS. III
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
WHAT 0THER PEOPLE THINK.
Leads Again.

To the Editor Of The journal.
All right-minded people will most hearth
~ approve of your course in, Withholding
the names OF the victims Of criminal as
saults upon women in the published re-
ports. have always wondered that such
widespread publicity was given the names
Of such innocent sufferers, and have often
felt moved to write a protest for publica-
ton. T. he Journal leads again in a
greatly needed reform.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
Precincts
Totals
A Hearst Statement.


At noon to-day the Hearst man
ayers gave out the following jubilee
statement:
To the Democrats of Hennepin County
We have won a great victory. Out Of
45S delegates to the county convention, we
have elected at least 800. You have re-
sponded nobly to our appeal.
/ There Is now an opportunity to secure
harmony by which we can present an UNI
divided front to the enemy and carry this
the state-with. Every
indication points to victory in November.
We believe we can secure 1t by the nomi-
nation Of William Randolph eHarst, who
will havesan instructed delegation from
Minneso ta.s Let us join hands for haf-
mony and we will win. Had we been
defeated we would have accepted the re-
suit and pledged ourselves to support the
nominee of the national convention. Will
the opposition now do likewise? We hope
so, and we will from this hour bend every
effort to secure that result. We have no
feeling against the opposition. We COM
cede the right Of every man to go to the
polls and vote his convictions. Let us all
accept the result in good faith and march
forward to victory.
/ Thanking our faithful workers for their
frmness in helping us to win this victory,
we ask them all now to unite for har-
monious action. Let us have peace. Z
w. H. Williams,
Chairman Hearst Club
w. w. Williams,
/ Secretary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08

The present Duchess Of Manchester,
who was Miss Helen zimmerman Of Gin
cinnati. was a. cousin of the novelist,
George Eliot The mother of the duchess
was a daughter of Abraham Evans, first
cousin Of the father Of Marian Evans,
|or George Eliot. =
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ALI AFTER I1ND,s SCALP
RepubIica to Try, and Unite on I
!. ss Man to Defeat Him. z -

H. b
E There are to be "doings'. among
the republican. Organizations of the
city this evening. - At the courthouse
will be held a meeting of the officers
Of various ,repupnean .orga an of
sional situation. A. meeting, for like
purpose Is scheduled of prominent
business men, members Of the Retail
Merchants association, at the Nicollet
hotel this evening.
Both gatherings are with the idea
in view that republicans must unite
on one congressional candidate if they
wish to eventually defeat. John Lind
at the election. Fletcher Is believed
to be the man who is likely to win out
at these two gatherings.
There will also be a meeting of the
Fifth Ward Republican, club this even
Ing in the municipal court room.
Messrs. W. T. Coe and Loren Fletcher,
congressional candidates, are to speak.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
WHiskYs BURDEN
Seattle Times.

Experts say 1t costs from II to 13 cents
to make a gallon Of whisky. Then comes
the revenue tax. the barkeeper's tax, the
landlords per cent and the ward boss.
side graft Whisky, when you come to
think Of it, is overloaded with RESPONSE
bility.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
HOPE FOR PETTIeREw
Brookfngs rs DsY Press

Brookings Is. Do Press.
There is one promising sign Of improve
ment IN Mr.. PettigreW, for he has gone
out OF the predicting business, and refuses
to name the next democratic nominee or
the size Of his majority in November He
may yet become a conservative democrat
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08
LOCAL POLITICS
|HENNEPlN DEM
ARE FOR HEARST
LAST NIGHTS RESULTS SEEM so
TO INDICATE.
Hearst Men Claim Between $50 and
500 Delegates, but the Ants Pro-
fess to Believe that Hearst Has
Been Downed-Bitter Fight Due
Saturday - .a.t5E

According to returns in at noon to-
day, it looks as tho the Hearst men
had won out in last evenings Henne-
pin county democratic caucuses.
The ,anti-Hearst element, however,
is far from admitting this and
convention is called to order at II
o'clock Saturday morning, there will
be an easy working majority against
the yellow journalist.
In the fourth precinct Of the
eighth ward, and the fourth, fifth and
sixth precincts Of the fifth ward, there
were - trump" caucuses held Of dis
contents and two sets. of delegates
duly elected from each Of these pre-
Scincts.
Secretary bakersfield Of the county
democratic committee had received
returns from but eighteen precincts at
noon to-day. 1.-THE returns are be-
ing made very slowly to me-" he said,
"and I cannot tell what delegates
elected are Hearst men and who are
anti Hearst. It will also make a con-
egates3 are held the legal ones in the
precincts where two caucuses were
held. Most Of the returns have come
In so far without any minutes Of the
meetings. The minutes are Of vital
Importance In case Of contests
What Hearst Men Claim.
( The Hearst managers are free with
claims for their man. They assert
that with twenty-seven precincts yet
ito hear from, Hearst has 237 dele
gates to but ninety elected for the
anti element. The Hearst men OF
course claim delegates elected at their
rump caucuses as legal. They an
nounce the following tabulation OF
returns received at Hearst headquar-
ters:
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SOAAACOO0y WALLIS tH0 TO celebrate
the Fourth by planting trees. 8 Get your
boys opinion of this!s
!. n. Smith came up from Minneapolis Satur-
Gay afternoon annd left that night with party
from here for their annual fishing trip. In the
party were Eugene Daniels, A.. J. Sovereign D.
r. Tull. Henry Barrett, R.fssArundel, Will Alden,
p. J.. Hackenberg, e. F.. GUNNER and August
Bet Retz They went to ottertail lake and took
Fish or drinks?
The Salem, Nd, Special has found the
fellow who would 'kick( if he was to be
hung" 1t was, after That gainy spell OF
a week or two as6s ard b: esshnFs had come
out bright and hot, says the Special. eve
were congratulating a farmer DION the
splendid weather. Yes he said. .but
am afraid there won't be enough wind to-
day to pump water for my stock -
Mr.. Dunn, the New York weather man
looks for hot, dry summer. So does
Hicks We are thinking Of running 8
| dock out Into our meadow land.
There has been q very interesting SO.
! c1ety event at Gold Hill, Wash. which
has been chronicled by the Gold Hill News
IN the following happy way:
| Last Sunday morning broke dark ant
gloomy, but early in the day the sombe]
clouds parted, and suddenly there ap.
peared most beautiful and radiant beins
that would rival the Star Of Bethlehem IL
splendor; and as itgneared the earth it.
voice could be heard saying, T come or
the wings Of love to bring little gifts tt
those who doeth the bidding. which say.
eth, Be fruitful and replenish the earth
Thereupon 1t plucked a tiny feather from
It's wing, which gently descended unit
it was Graded in the, arms Of Mrs. Err.
nest Woman. It proved to be A yer,
beautiful but imperious lady, who viii
make Ernest get up in the middle of the
night, and, perchance, step on the poin
Of a great big tack asthe sings lullaby
Home, Sweet Home.'''
After send-off IKE this, Ernest will
tap at the local drug store.
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AT THE THEATERS
Foyer Chat.

Foyer Chat.
Miss Percy Haswell and the George
Fawcett company close their engagement
at the Metropolitan tonight with per-
Torrance Of "Othello.'
In .'The Rogers Brothers in London, .
the 'ofrerlng at the Metropolitan for three
nights and matinee, starting tomorrow
night, a most artistic speciality is present.
ed at the close Of the second act It is
called THE Coster's ,'Oliday,'' and pre-
sents tho entire company
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08

Fnere are some young ladies at the
yl9rld's fair who are having the times of
their lives. The fair advertised for eight
girls OF exceptional figures and faces to
pose as models in the Palats du Costume.
It Is their, duty to walk, about, the stage
displaying the most ravishing costumes
the world can produce. Girls, wouldn't
that be just glorious? And everybody
looking at us!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-08

Among the most popular song hits Of
the Four Cohans' production Of run
ming for Office at the Metropolitan the
first part Of next week, are Sweet Popu-
larity, Root for Riley and 1.-THE Reu-
bens on Parade"