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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THJNK
People who have things to say to the pub.
Tic that ought to be said, are invited to
use this column. But the space is lin.
tied, and all communications must be
"boIled down" as much as possible.
Three hundred words Is safe limit.
Climax of Political Corruption.

climax OF Political Corruption.
To the Editor of The Journal.
The women of Denver may explain and
protest as long as they please, but the
more the matter is discussed the. more
evident does it become that the climax
of political corruption has been discov-
cred in Colorado, and to Miss Elizabeth
McCracken and the Outlook belongs the
credit of discovering it.
Colorado, as we all know, is one of
those God-forsaken states where women
are not classed with Idiots, lunatics,
minors ana criminals" but have all the
rights of citizens. Naturally we should
expect such state to furnish some
browning instance of political corruption.
and Colorado has not disappointed us
A certain woman candidate, name not
given, has been found guilty of winning
votes by being kind. She was a kind
woman by nature, and when she became
a candidate for office she actually kept
on being kind, and her kindness won
votes for her!
The case calls for comment, but where
in the English language can words be
found that will accurately describe and
fttingly condemn such a degree Of poItt-
ical depravity?
We are familiar with the spectacle of
the man candidate who buys votes with
whisky and Doodle; SO familiar with it.
indeed, that it makes little impression on
us, and nobody seems to care whether
the offender is punished or not But
when 1t comes to a woman candidate
getting votes by being kind, the offense
is one that stirs the blood Of the most
apathetic citizen and rouses him to in
dignant protest.
Two, years ago the National American
Woman Suffrage association asked that
a congressional committee be appointed
to investigate the workings Of Woman's
suffrage. Let US have that committee
at once, and let Colorado be the first
state investigated. Meanwhile, is there
not in our present congress some pa
triotic man who will 1mmortalize himself
by introducing "a bill to prevent women
candidates in Colorado from being kind?"
Ida Calvert Obenchain.
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..Ofthe
mwuu.s-u-zuzzzu-
A Record for 1908
that Counts.

THE JOURNAL in 1908 carried
1887 inches of advertising or
81, 1854 inches more than in 1902,
an increase of about 20 per cent.
THE JOURNAL in 1903 carried
over 10000 inches more in it's
daily issues than any other Min
neapolis or ST. Paul paper carried
in it's daily or daily and Sunday
issues combined.
The Journals Circulation
for December averaged 6zy OO5
copies, which goes directly to the
homes.
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/ I. f 4 . + u.
Lillian Pettengill, college woman, la6
heard much about the golden opportunities
awaiting the girl, who instead Of seeking
fortune behind a department store counter
or beating a typewriter, would take upon
herself the duties Of a housemaid, live in
tne comfortable home of her employer
surrounded with the comforts Of home, and
draw liberal weekly stipend. She won
dered if all the beautiful prospects were
ever really realized She decided to find
out by being servant girl. She found
out a lot of things. and she has put them
In a book called TolIers of the Home.
Miss Pettcngil has found out for the
servant girl and those who have been
slured to the lffe that there, too. "all that
glistens is not gold" Her book is en-
PERTAINING purely as a narrative, it is in
teresting for the light it throws upon the
servant girl problem, it is valuable for its
conclusions, and It Is startling in the pic
ture of the home life Of many Americans,
for 1t Is evidence in support of the charge
that great numbers have not learned the
first principles Of the art of living.
To one who is not perplexed with the
servant girl problem this picture Of Amer
lean home life is the most interesting in
the book. Plainly some one knowing the
needs of the home life of the types of
Americans portrayed should start cru
SADIE or campaign of education, for there
IL.
Miss Pettengill began by hunting a place
in the usual way thru the bureaus. She
soon got a place. Tho she was bent on
Weighing conditions carefully, she found
That four weeks was enough at the Barrys'
home. She would never forget that type.
one interesting comment points to a prob
lem that all maids must consider with
more or less doubt on entering new
place-What will she get to eat? Miss Pet
tengill, or ELIZA" as she was known.
says she met every one Of her pet aver
sions at the Barrys' in the first week.
At the end of her service there, She
sought another place thru ''dispensary,"
for she was after all the experiences.
Some of the other experiences are indi-
Gated In the chapters on LAS It Is in the
Zoo" "Spinsters Three Degenerate
Israeli, and For Seven in a Suburb
In her chapter headed "Afterthought,"
she gives her conclusions, which to one
who has only looked upon the problems
involved at a distance, seem eminently
sensible. Some one with experience might
pick flaws in them. Very greatly con-
densed the rules she has laid down for
possible future use run thus:
will not under any consideration engage an
applicant who does not appear to be worthy.
Inc employe is as worthy consideration and
FAIRNESS as her employer ought to be.
All understandings and plans should he on q
business basis from the start.
DO not take kindly to the idea Of educating
any possible employees from the kindergarten up.
~ snail ask my employees what they would
like me to call them.
lety over my employees when 1 perceive in NV.
sell an inclination to fret and nag or explode
lt snail be clear sign that need to retire from
o [1 housekeeper, a term Of boarding, or
done away with altogether. e"nno' DC
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

j. Pierpont Morgan may "get after
President Mellen Of the New Haven for
his interview taking the sane ground that
in this country the people will ultimately
rule in transportation questions that af-
feet their interests Mr.. Mellen is probab-
ly not worrying. He has never disguised
his views on such matters, and that is
understood to be one reason why his very
successful management Of the Northern
Pacific came to an end ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29
HOW "PETE" HEPBURN STARTED

Congressman "Pete" Hepburn's memory
spans full half century Of Iowa history
and runs back past the time when he
earned his first money planting sod corn
at rs cents day for farmer across the
Iowa river. With s1.75 in his pockets he
started for home one Saturday night. The
four coins in which he was paid clicked
in his clothing as he trudged along. He
removed his breaches to wade across that
waterway, and when about two miles from
home was taken up by Mr.. Harlan, after
ward United States senator, and a country
physician, who put him on a little seat
under which the doctor stored pill boxes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29
FEW RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN ENG.
LAND.

One hundred and ten passengers on rail-
road trains operating in the United States
were killed in railroad accidents during the
past year. and 1888 passengers were in
iured in those accidents The total OF
lives lost. including railroad employees in
this country, in the same time, amounts to
606 and s,110 people injured. We oper-
ate 1888 miles Of railroad. and we carry
6O7.27S.121 passengers; the English rail-
ways in the United Kingdom have not over
$4,000 miles Of road, but carry 1,1s5, 1000, 900
passengers. It would be natural to sun
pose that with so many passengers to such
a limited mileage there would be more ac-
cidents there than here, but that is not
the case; last year showed a. record of hit
Is killed and 1,05S injured, including pas
sengers and employees on English rail-
roads.
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ing material. The enactment OF these
two laws would soon Increase the
corn consumption of the United States
at least 100000 bushels. :
1t seems to us that the welfare Of
the country calls for the adoption Of
the proposed legislation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29
Service Pensions.

our washington correspondent re-
ports that Speaker Cannon predicts
the passage of the Sulloway bill, pro
Vlding pension for every soldier OF
the civil war who has passed the age
Of 62.
Some OF the old soldiers object to
the bill on the ground that it treats
them all as objects of charity. Still
only those who apply for pensions will
get them, and those whose pride keeps
them from applying should feel no
humiliation because the law makes it
possible for the needy comrade to get
at last some substantial recognition of
his services to his country,
With each year that passes the OBJ
jections to service pension law be-
come less, for as old age comes on
there will be a smaller proportion Of
the soldiers Of the war for the union
who are not dependent, and increas-
Ing probability, therefore, that the
money spent in such pensions will be
we'll spent.
But we mustn't wait until the grim
AoopoA Ale'o AloSI1y uOne MS WOrk with
the veterans, and only a handful re-
main.
TO pass law giving a pension to
old soldiers who are reduced to want
would involve humiliating confessions
and examinations. If pensions are to
be granted on the ground simply of
service in the civil war, let them be
granted to all survivors past a certain
age, and let each man decide for him
self whether he is morally entitled to
avail himself Of the provisions of the
law.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

Mr.. Jones, president of the council, says
that the people Of New York did not stand
by Mayor Low because he was too radical
and too strict in his enforcement of the
law That Is one Of the peculiarities of
American communicating viii make
laws for the regulation of themselves and
their own home affairs which they do not
expect and do not want to have enforced
vigorously. They set UP certain standards
which they do not expect to attain too
fully. The question is always pertinent
would it be better if such standards were
never erected but lower ones that could
be lived up tor There Is a difference of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29
EcLIPsED
Chicago News.

OIIICdSO. NEWS.
I'VE can excel you in everything,
boosted the American
don't think you can" responded the
Englishnan.
How about our get-rich-quick con-
Germs? Have you any to equal them?''
Sure! How about our noblemen that
marry American girls?''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29
Foyer Chat.

"Polly Primrose in which Adelaide
Thurston comes to the Metropolitan or
Sunday evening for a four days engage
ment, is clean, pretty play. fragrant OF
sweet girlhood, saucy in spots and alto
gether a lingering delight. This year Miss
Thurston brings an unusually large com
pany, all the scenery and all theh furni-
ture. including set of rare antique ma.
hogany. $500
Dan sully as the star of an original and
powerful play entitled .'The Chief JUS
t1ce, is the attraction at the Metropolitan
the last half of next week.
The Hagenbeck Trained Wild Animals
are the most interesting and entertaining
group of wild beasts ever seen in Mime
apol1s, and capacity audiences are the
rule at the Bijou Performances tonight.
Tomorrow afternoon and evening will con-
clude the engagement.
The Fatal Wedding which scored so
strongly IN this city last season. will re-
turn next week, for week at the Bijou.
There remain but three more perforrn-
ances of the Ferris production of ethel
ma tonight, tomorrow afternoon. and
to-morrow evening. Next week the COM
pany Will appear in the old English drama,
IaKen from Life" now to be presented
in this city for the first time.
One Of the most pleasing programs of the
season is given by the Imperials at the
Dewey theater this week. Burlettas nov
elites are presented which tend to bring
this company above the standard Of yaIl-
deville companies.
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FRIDAY EVENING,

opinion here and there is room for 1t. It
is short and easy solution Of all munich
pal problems to say enforce the laws"
but it doesn't always work owing largely,
no doubt, to the way the enforcing is
done.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

A Minneapolis man who has just re-
turned from Colombia says that the COM
mon people Of that republic did not much
care whether Colombia got a cent for the
canal privilege or not, since the Bogota
ring would have "cut it up in any. event.
The more the public learns about the
Panama affair the less sympathy it has for
official Colombia. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

Worlds. BY Frederick Rogers D. G. L. New
York: The Editor Publishing company
a STUDY OF GEORGE ELIoT'S RoMoLA BY
Roy Sherman Stowell, author Of '.The signifi-
canoe OF the Ring and the Book Boston: The
Poet Lore company Is s.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. For
Z Secondary Schools. BY ]. N. Larned, author
4 OF "A History Ut England for the Use of
Schools and Academies" etc. Boston: Houeb-
ton, Miffin & Co. Minnea polls: N. Mccarthy
Price 81 40 net
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BOOKS RECEIVED

TOILERs OF THE HOME The Record of a Col
lege Woman's Experience Us Domestic Ser
want. By Lillian Pettengill New York:
Doubleday, Page s Co. Minneapolis: N. Me-
Carthy. Price S.5O. 80. ST.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

DR.. Arthur Mcdonald, the GRIMM
oIogist in Washington, now says that
unless a person wants to become q
criminal he should never eat meat OF
potatoes. 8
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

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 a total capacity Of
I44, 900 eight-page Journals an hour, printed
folded and counted. The best time to call iS
from 3:15 TO AGO D. M Inquire at the business
office and be directed to the visitors gallery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

Eleven inches Of snow in Alabama! At
that rate the Alabamans will soon rival
the Canadians in expatiating on the adj
vantages Of cold climate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29
NOT SEEKING FOR POPULARITY
z Dakota Huronite.

The production Of anthracite coal is said
to be in excess of the consumption, and
to remedy this the coal mining syndicate
VIII curtal the output. A more popular
way would be to increase the consumption
by decreasing the price.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

DR.. Charles Steggall, just retired
from the organ at Lincoln's Inn chapel
in London, is II years old, and has
made music in the chapel nearly half
century.
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TRAVELLERS ABROAD

VIII find The Journal on file as follows:
LCNDoN-U. S. Express Co.. 90 Strand; Amer1-
cal Express Co.. Waterloo Place.
DENMARK-U. S. Legation.
pARIS-Eagle Bureau, 70 rue Cambop. Resl-
dents visiting Paris cen have their mail or
kilograms sent care Of This Bureau and the
saIue will be forwarded to them or held ZOE
their arrival.
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Mrs. Roger A Pryor, author Of "Tht
Mother of Washington and Her Times,
has Incorporated into her narrative much
valuable, curious, and unusual testimony
from Mrs. Washington's contemporaries
as to the people, manners. customs ant
spirit of the age and locality in which
Mary Ball lived; SO that the book has de.
i c1ded historical value, as well as rea
charm Of style. The book is published by
Mcmillan G. CO.
Frederick Rogers has written what he
calls "a romance Of two worlds" along
very different lines from a well known
book of that title. He calls his book In
the End. It is not convincing.
Geoger Eiot's "Romola," as seen thru the
eyes Of a student reading the book for
the purpose Of preparing paper to be
read before seminary conducted at Cor
nell university, Is to be found in A Study
fof George EIiot's Romola; by Roy sher-
man Stowell.
Gelett Burgess has Joined the modern
school Of alliteratists, at least long enough
to show the school thing or two in the
following from Harper's Magazine for Jan
uary:
We walk In the wide. white wood and watch
For the whinnying wind to WOO.
In wisfrl vile, with the. whiskers wan,
OF the wee, wet, wisps Of dew;
And the wounded whimsical waves wa weave
Are woven in W. t
We wander and watch, and we wake to work,
The wall Of the wel1-to-do.
Who wonder well at the winning way
We wilt into whispers new;
And the woeful. weird and woody web
We find out Of w.
Oh, to weep and vile ia woman's wish.
And to wash in the water. foo
Yet she wants to write and she wishes to wear
The wings of a wizard, too.
Why will. she warble in wanton wise
The wonderful W?
Mr.. Larned's History Of the United
States, designated for secondary schools.
has been prepared after the suggestions Of
a committee Of the American Historical
association, appointed in 1896 to devise a
plan for such work: The leading points
of the plan are that the sequence and re-
lation Of events should be made clear,
training the judgment Of pupils and lead
ing them to see the relation between cause
and effect, as cause and effect appear in
human affairs The colonies are treated
usual, and the author has dealt chiefly
with the essential and larger facts of the
history. giving a connected narrative of
political events, the upbuilding of institu-
tons and the progress Of political ideals
and practices, rather than dwelling upon
the industrial and social phase Of prog
ress. The book is well equipped with
maps; has a good index, the text of the
federal constitution, a table Of presidential
elections and valuable chapter on
Epochs of Progress and Changes"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

Judge Taft is disposing Of his own boom
for the presidency with neatness and dis
patch
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

James A. Martin has opened an office i'm
the Manhattan building. st. Paul, sharing
1t with Representative Walter T. Lemon,
and he will use it as his headquarters in
conducting the Collins campaign.
Charles B. Cheney.
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WASHINGTON BUREAU

| WASHINGTON BUREAU.
w. w. Jsrmane, Chief of Washington
| Bureau, 90l-s02 Colorado Building. North
| western visitors to Washington invited to
make use of reception room, library, sta
| tionery telephone and telegraph facilities.
Central location, Fourteenth and streets
NV ...
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The Spring Valley Sun observes:
''Tams Bixby has Joined with Tom Shev-
lin, Joe Cotton, M. D. Grover and j. p
Heatwole in support Of r. c.. Dunn 70,
governor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD

a College Woman Studies the Servant
sGirl Problem by Being Domestic
Sets Light on the Problem and on the
Art OF Living Little Understood by
Many Americans If Their Home Life Is
Any Criterion.
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MINNESOTA POLITICS
Mayor Hugo Throws out Pregnant Hint
About the GovernorshIp, While Denying
= Ambition to Succeed Bede-Dlscussion
Pro and Con on Sending the Senators
to the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Opens a New
Office.

Is Trevanion w. Hugo mayor Of Du-
luth, getting ready to enter the race for
governor?
If the chief executive of the zenith city
is not In earnest in his remarks Tuesday
night, then he Is testing on a serious sub
Ject He Is making campaign for a third
term, and the election is next Tuesday.
The democrats have accused him of run
ming for mayor to secure prestige enough
to make the race for congress against J..
Adam Bede: Mayor Hugo answered this
at a meeting Tuesday night, when he said:
Il have been accused by some Of my
democratic friends of seeking the mayor
atty for third term in order to roll up
enough political prestige to secure place
in congress. This is silly in the extreme
Duluth is good enough for me and prefer
to remain here. Any time you see me run
mind that there is screw loose some
where in my noddle If my democratic
friends referred to the governorship. then
might talk to you"
The audience cheered this remark vo-
ciferously, indicating that the mayors fell
low republicans We're pleased with the idea
Of his going after state office. The Du-
luth dailies, which are committed to Dunn,
did not take the utterance very seriously,
but it certainly indicates that there was
something in the Hugo talk which circu-
lated last fall. The mayor is busy just
now fighting "still hunt democratic
candidate, and is not likely to consider the
governorship proposition much until after
Tuesday. If he gets the expected indorse-
mnt, he may then be heard from further.
The Minnesota congressman seem to be
unnecessarily worried about those district
conventions. It is generally agreed that
the conventions should be held in the dis
tricts, and should be called by the con-
gressional campaign committees. The
state central committee will meet at an
early date, and in accordance with the call,
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a prevalent opinion in the following:
There seems to be belief among the
Collins and Dunn supporters that the pa
pers of. the state are about evenly divided
between the two men, with number Of
publications yet to hear from. The power
of the press will not be felt in the cam
pafgn this year more than in the past few
years unless the editors pay more atten-
ton to facts and accept less editorial
matter from campaign headquarters. The
people are inclined to believe what they
read in the papers-until they lose conf
dence in the editor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

THE Fatal Wedding which scored so
strongly IN this city last season, will re-
turn next week, for week at the Riion
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-29

The old line democrat feels convinced
that at st. Louis this time Bryan will
stand about as much chance as a snow.
drift in-the Philippines,
The evening world., 1904-07-11
KILLS HIS BEST FRIEND.
Joseph M~reurio stnbs Dominiaue
Reggino.

Dominique Reggino. Of No. l52 Lincoln
avenue, was found dying from q stab
wound In the stomach on the willis
Avenue Bridge by policemen last mid
night. He was sent to the Lebanon
Hospital, where he died an hour later.
after telling the police that Joseph Msr-
curio, OF One Hundred and Th!rty-slxth
street and Lincoln avenue, his rival for
the hand OF a woman. had stabbed him.
The two men were bosom friends,
md went TO the celebration Of the
Feast OF Our Lady OF Mount Carmel, In
Little Italy, last night There Mercu-
rior found that his lady love loved his
best friend, They separated. and Reg
sino vas crossing the bridge when the
enraged Mercurio followed and caught
him.
Before Reggino could make an cutlery
he had been fatally stabbed. Mercurio
escaped, and the police arc looking for
him.