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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
SKINNER is OFFICER
OF WESTERN WRITERS
Winona Lake Assembiage Is
Great Success-Discussions
Ranged Broad Fields

WINONA LAKE, Ind, July 1.-Dr.
Hubert NJ. Skinner, of Chicago, has
been elected vice president for Illinois
of the Western Association of Writers.
His address at this session was re-
ceived with great favor.
There was nothing lacking at Wi
mona Lake, Ind, to. make the nine
teenth meeting of the Western Asso-
citation of Writers great success. 1t
will be- remembered as one of the
greatest meetings in the history of the
organization. The range of thought
and discussion was of the broadcast,
and the usual forms of literature, with
some that were new, were represented.
This organization does not meet to fix
space rates, hours of scriptorial labor,
or conditions of recognition by an elect
circle of literary exclusives. AS the
president, c.. E. Banks, of Chicago. re-
marked in his opening address, on
Tuesday, the w. A. w. is not selfish.
1t exists for the unselffsil enjoyment of
it's members. 1t has not sought even
to give direction to literary thought
and work. At the same time, as Miss
Minetta Taylor, the retiring president,
observed. in the discussion OF Mr..
called enlightened" selfishness, which
chooses always the best; and it has
strongly influenced the trend of current
literature in the past two decades,
notably in its diSapproval Of the ex
treme realistic idea.
Philosophy was there in force. A
central figure from first to last was
the Swami Abayananda, the exponent
of o-Buddhism-Which rejects Mir
vana" and absorption" and other ex-
crescences of the pure faith of Vfshnu.
Tall, strong featured, crowned with a
pompadour of gray hair, and robed as
a Swami should be, in brown silk and
girdie, with a cable of beads and with
a petticoat of bright orange much in
evidence, the Swami seemed to have
been conjured up by some Djinn of the
Orient. One would scarcely have been
surprised to see her climb ladder into
middle air and draw the ladder up
after her. The Swami is not a West
ern writer. of course; but who said
anything about Western writer's 1t is
the Western Association of Writers.
With the Swami was the scarcely less
unique DIR. Hubert NJ. Skinner. of Chi
cage, author of the Centennial Ode"
sent to all nations in the worlds fair
bulletin, and contributor from week to
week to the metropolitan Sunday pa
pers. In a thousand newspapers and
various magazines within the past year
his portrait has appeared, indicating
his popularity as writer and critic.
He read, ON request, critical review
and analysis of .'The Spanish Hamlet"
1t was taken. from his newest book, an
American edition of the greatest play
of Calderon. the Shakespeare of
SPAIN The drama is called Life is a
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Dream" 1t was the beginning in Eu
rope of modern subjective idealism,
which denies the existence of matter;
for as Bishop Berkeley stands back Of
the Christian scientist, so does Cal
deron stand back of Berkeley. The
great drama, never before really edited,
even in Spain, is shown to state the
basic problem of existence. Moreover,
it seeks to reconcile the freedom of the
human will with the sovereignty of
God. Still further, it contains senti-
ments relative to the rights of man
which are worthy of Jefferson or of
Patrick Henry. Last of all, it presents
a weird and striking picture of life in
old Poland.
DR.. Skinner and the Caballero Don
Fernando Staud Ximenez have done
much to advance the study of classic
Spanish within recent years, generally
working together. The Winona Assem-
bly, Review calls the doctors paper
"one of the finest things heard on Wi
nona's PLATFORM
Opie Read and Mr.. Banks divided
between them the first night of the
session. Humor and pathos. tears OF
mirth and of sympathy, alternated.
Reads delineation of the Kentucky
feud, and Banks Little Brown Man
in Old Japan were especially happy
Mrs. Margaret Springer, the Chicago
beauty, known as the regent LOT
of the Daughters of the Revolution,
gave new conception of sociology
from the standpoint of ethics. Young
Venable, of Cincinnati, demonstrated
that he was crowding his father in the
literary field. Stephen M. Reynolds,
lawyer and politician of Terra Haute,
read a story with Socialistic moral.
r. L. Hecker, the indianapolis journal
list, read paragraphs of original hu-
mn ra11hliC and aXhihItRd his
velous muscular power in the cloak
rooms. Miss Glaspell, of Iowa, a new
magazine light of high power. read
short story which happened not to be
short. but very good.
other members, new and old, kept
the hours well filed throughout the
sessions.
Miss Elizabeth Sawyer, a prodigy
from Vienna, pupil of Paderewski's
master, gave new meaning to piano
music. And so the days skipped by at
Winona Lake, and the writers read and
spoke to one another for mutual en-
tertainment. No one thought of gate
receipts or of association expenses. 1t
is not an experiment., this association.
There Is nothing to fear. There are
no axes to grind. There are no heart
bufningS of disappointed ambition.
Where is there another such organiza-
tion?
Minnesota and the Dakotas were not
represented Gas they should have been)
except that DIR. Skinner, who is vice
president for Illinois. is almost a Min
nesota man. and makes himself at
home in South Dakota for at least q
short period every year. Hr
Winona Lake is now a rival Of the
great Chautauqua gathering place in
New York. and it's influence is grow
ing rapidly Ambitious new educa-
tional schemes are under way for the
coming year; and the w. A. W.. which
is but one of it's many summer at
fractions, will soon include delegations
of writer's from ali the states between
the Alleghanies and the Rockies. The
session closed On Friday evening, July
g. having lasted four days.
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TODAY'S WEATHER

WASHINGTON. July 11.-Ferecast:
MinneSota-Fair and warmer Tuesday.
Wednesday fair; variable winds.
Upper Michigan - Showers and cooler
west winds
Wisconsin-Fair in west. showers in east
portion Tuesday. Wednesday fair; fresh
west winds.
North Dakota and Montana-Fairs
day and Wednesday,
Iowa and South Dakota-Fair, warmer
Tuesday and Wednesday.
ST. Paul = Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer. fer
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tenapera-
ture, IS; lowest Temperature 81: average
temperature, u; daily range, Ia: baron
eter. 30 IS; humidity. so: precipitation.
wind northwest: weather, clear.
Yesterdays TemperatureS-.s
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VERY VERY YELLOW

The extent to which yellow Journalism
has infected the once self-respecting
newspapers Of the country is amazing.
Those which used to regard news as
sacred and find the best support to
party to consist in telling the truth are
now perfectly shameless in their par
tisan misrepresentation
For instance we note contemporary
that has been dilating throughout the
ante convention campaign on the weak
ness of Judge Parker. Every news
heading and the introduction to every
news article dealing with Democratic
contingencies has upbraided him, for
his fearfulness, his silence, his utter
absence of conviction, his cewardly
willingness to bow to any dictate of
Democracy. And sins, we are told
would be venial beside that
Saturday night passes, with it's SPLEEN
did display of courage by Judge Par
ker, and the organ is in no way abashed
but appears on Sunday morning with
the line Parker Is Democratic Die
tator," strung across its first page, and
news articles adjusted to the unex-
pected conditions by telling how low
Democracy has fallen when one strong
man can shake it with his cry. Nor is
there the least apparent realization of
the discredit that falls on every line in
the news columns of paper that fabri-
Gates and faces about to suit the occa-
sion after this fashion.
fuddled by Judge Parker's splendid act,
unwilling to give him even the grudg-
ing compliment that wiser opponents
do not withhold, reaches the following
sapient editorial conclusion: But it is
impossible under all the circumstances
to suppress the suspicion that this dec
laration was extorted quite as much by
obvious political expedience as by con-
scientiousness and courage. =
That it was political shrewdness rather
than high courage which actuated
Judge Parker seems more likely from
his previous silence"
We are sorry, for the sake of this
hard pressed contemporary, that it did
not hear in time of the story invented
by one of the Republican ward heelers
of st. Paul. This wiseacre is not to be
fooled, and he tells everybody that it
was all put-up job. 1t was thor
oughly understood between Judge Par
ker and the convention that things
should fall cut just as they did, so that
he might have an opportunity to make
a grand stand play. We are sure that
our contemporary would have adopted
this theory if it had heard of it, and 1t
may not yet be altogether too late.
This is all very yellow Journalism |;
and We cannot be persuaded that there
is anything in it that the most hide
bound partisan will approve. For men
do not like, after all. to be treated by
the newspaper they read as if they
were either fools or children. As a
marked contrast we present this morn
ing the leading editorial from the Chi
cage Tribune of last Sunday morning.
Here is a paper not afraid to say what
it thinks about Judge Parker, and not
afraid to think the truth. 1t will be
found elsewhere on this page. and
makes good reading for Republicans
and Democrats both.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
HOW 1T STRIKES THEM

HOW 1T STRIKES THEM
We need, perhaps, to go outside our
own community to get an impartial
view of the natural effect of Judge
Parkers magnificent act in sending to
the st. Louis convention the message
that startled the. world. 1t is perhaps.
from the effect upon his judgment of
the thrill of intense enthusiasm that
fills him as he considers the glorious
courage of his party's candidate. 1t is
almost certainly impossible for Re-
publican, except very much out of the.
usual order, to give just and ungrudging
credit for a heroic act to the leader of
the opposition. BUT we may get per-
fectly just and Intelligent judgment al
together outside the range of national
sympathy and national, prepossession.
To pass upon the act of Judge Parker
local conditions on the part of the for
eign critic. He is as well prepared as
another to apply the test of manhood,
and he is outside the circle of national
and party prepossessions.
We think that there WILDE no dis
sent in any but igneble minds from the
conclusions of the great newspapers of
England. Il, However we may differ
from them over there, they do know
something about courage. honor and
those manly qualities that have car
ried the English flag around the world
How does Judge Parker's action look to
them? The London Standard says.
!. Judge Parker's message to, sheehan
is deed which will give Parker a
place in history. Conceiyably it may
send him to, the White, house, but it will
certainly make him a force to be reck-.
oned with in American politics for.
some time to come" The London
Times, the great mouthpiece and rep
resentative of the nation, says: "By a
single act Of that courage which is so
often the result of political wisdom,
Parker has placed himself among the
most striking eindividualities in public
life in the United States"
This judgment is interesting, because
it is sure to be that which the great
masses of the people will repeat. The
sterling qualities that make a man do
not vary greatly with skies or national
boundaries. Courage, fidelity to ideals,
absolute honesty and solieitude that the
right prevail, no matter what wreck it
brings to present fortunes, are always
and everywhere admirable. These are
the gifts that strike the spark Of en-
thusiasm from the hardest heart. These
are the qualities which. when men see
them lifted UP on high, draw together
crowds of admiring devotees. These
are the elements that appeal to all that
is highest and best and most steadfast
in the American people. This consti-
tutes their ideal of leadership.
There is not generous heart or an
unbiased mind in the world that was
not fired with instant admiration by
the stroke of simple honesty, which
was also a stroke of the. highest po-
iticai genius. In one moment Judge
Parker became the most dangerous
candidate for the opposition, the Demo-
crat whom above all others it is posi-
Bile to elect. With few words he has
won a worldwide fame and under
that same sign he will conquer in the
battle that is yet to come
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
TUESDAY, JULY IL, 1904.
A HISTORIC CONVENTION

As the high lights that played upon
the Democratic convention at St. Louis
last week fade, we are able to obtain a
larger and clearer view of that body
and it's work The sober second thought
approves the enthusiastic judgment of
the first. This was a historic conven-
ton. In the quality of the men who
composed it, in the high plane upon
which it acted, in the magnificent
bursts of eloquence and oratory that
distinguished it until the very hour of
adjournment, in it's singleness of pur-
pose and in it's utter devotion through
out TO the future of the republic, the
convention of 1904 will be remembered
as one of the great historic gatherings
of America.
We have more than once drawn the
striking contrast that the people are
drawing every day between the st.
Louis convention and that which pre-
ceded it at Chicago. The latter ex-
hibited no touch of spontaneity. It's
conclusions were arranged for it in ad-
vance. It's oratory was studied and
mechanically adjusted to an unchange-
able situation. 1t had the air of spec
tacular performance; arranged upon a
generous scale indeed and with care
fuiness of detail, but still determined
by prearranged programme and I'M
folded part after part as per announced
schedule. There was no originality.
there was no possibility of surprise;
and, While the enthusiasm in the con-
vention was for the time being real. 1t
awoke no echoes in the country at
large.
The men who gathered at ST. Louis
were inspired with the truest patriot
ism and the largest sense of national
duty. In spite of the onset of clam
orous mob which stormed the entrances
and filled every available inch in the
vast building, it was deliberatiye body.
1t had care for the party's interest.
1t determined from the outset that har-
mony should prevail, and men of un-
alterable conviction were ready for
every honorable compromise. We can
not praise too highly that adjustment
of differences which found expression
in platform as wide as American ma
uonality and as high and as earnest as
the genius of true Democracy.
The very hall mark of this conven-
ton was that so conspicuousIy absent
at Chicago-namely, the element of
spontaneity. There was no predicting
what might happen at ST. Louis from
hour to hour. Some of the most mag
nificent outbursts of impassioned
earnestness We're unforeseen and I'M
expected. Two of these. the address of
Mr.. Bryan on Friday night and the
magnificent speech of John Sharp Will
Hams on Saturday night, are worthy
of prominent place in the annals of
oratery. The convention never for a
moment lost sight of its great national
aim. The fortunes of any one man
were as nothing to ii. The individual
had to stand aside and give place To
the nation and the party by which the
nation must be saved
No man who attended this assem-
blage failed to be struck with the in
tense conscientiousness of the dele
gates with their firm faith in the
righteousness of their cause, with their
ardent belief. that the work that they
did was destined to wear the crown Of
success. Not for twelve years has there
been Democratic convention in the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
AT St. anl TI,eaters


Hail Gaines play. The Christian. :.
rs receiving worthy presentation at
the Grand opera house the current
Week The. drama is well staged. Miss
HasWeH has the strongest role that
she has assumed this summer. The
play IS on for all week, with the usual
matinees.
There will be a double bill at the
Grand next week. On Sunday, Monday,
s3desday, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings and at the Wednesday mat
lnee Augnstin Days clever farce. "a
Night On. will hold the boards. For
the balance of the week, commencing
Friday night, Camille" will be pre-
The. Twenty first Infantry band. un-
der the leadership of Charles w.
Graves, will play the following concert
programme. beginning at O'Clock this
evening.
a March Union Forever ....... .Sceuton
Waltz--Circe- .ActeI:,r,sn,i
ctien-+C avaIleria Rusticana'-
$500 Mascagni
-. SO Cerpefals Wesley and Stern.
Selee ton King Dodo Luders
Mediey-F The Grand Stand" . .Maekie
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
What the Editors Say

La Toilette and his followers from
| wisconsin were bumped to a finish by
the national Republican convention,
the stalWarts being given the seats.
The wisconsin governor will soon
| learn that high-handed proceedings in
| the state convention is not always the
best way to handle the party.-Red-
wood Gazette
And the party will soon learn that
hsgh-handed proceedings in the state
convention is never the best way to
handle La FoIiette.-Appleton Tribune.
The opinion seems to be quite gen
eraa that early in January next, the
new state capitol, Spick and span and
clean, will still be subject to quite a
T thorough house cleaning" in which
Sam johnson, Sam Fullerton and Ell
mer Dearth. who Topped once too often,
and Supt j. w. Olson, the political
school master, the political FOUNDERS
OF the board of control and the capitol
grafters generally. will all have to go.
t'-Ortenville Herald Star.
The manner in which the Fourth
of July was celebrated by the children
OF the city Of St. Paul, under the di-
Ieefion of the Commercial club and Dr.
Ohase, of the board of health, is wor-
thy Of consideration and imitation by
every large city in the country, for
the results We're revelation. The ac-
cIdents were very few, and the children
mad better time than ever before
Morris Sum-
President Schurman, of Cornell uni
versfty is in trouble. He said that if
the Cubans were prepared for self
government in twenty-four months,
and the Panama republic in twenty
lDa,
ing the Filipinos Indefinitely waiting.
And for this he has been called cop
perhead-Little Falls Herald.
The Ramsey county people are not
sore, where the Collins crowd were
seated. Why should the Hennepin
county people fly the track because the
the convention? Cool off. Minneapolis,
cool off.-F'aribault Journal.
If eating political crow means the
lining up for candidates whom one did
not support before the convention,
then there will be a good sized crowd
at the crow mess table in Minnesota
this year from both political parties
Interiake Tribune.
Speaker Cannon declares that the
tariff is worth IS cents a day, cash, to
every American working man. There
are 100000 out of employment just
now who would like to cash Inst.
Cloud Times.
The Journal still bowls about the
unseating OF the Hennepin delegation.
What difference would it have made
with Dunn's 622? You are making the
whole country tired.-Morton Enter
prise.
The farmers seem to be pretty gen.
orally on the right side of every prop
osition and If they act on their own
judgment it can be banked on every
time.-Nerthfield News.
The mayor of Faribault has revoked
the order to muzzle dogs in that city,
because he says they are not half so
savage as the politicians are.-Eagle
Lake News.
Just as the Republican state conven-
ton was closing last week, Gov. Van
SAINT was heard to nlutter something
about Observation-Disclosures Herald
c. A. Nye, of Meorhead. appears to
be the Benedict Arnold of the Mime
sofa delegation.-St Cloud Times,
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Those young men who write the
heads for the newspapers will be for
Parker and Davis to a man. A. party
that is SO ineonsiderate that it names a
ticket like Roosevelt and Fairbanks
twenty-one letters-wiil get no aid
from the copy desk of the United
States.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12

James K. Jones declaration that it
viii be impossible to elect Parker is not
going to alarm anybody. During two
campaigns Jameskay retained the
championship of the punk prophets. !,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
CLERK Leaves Victor

VICTOR. Col. July 11.-Frank P Man
nix, clerk and recorder of Teller county.
has left Victor having been accorded n
military guard as far as Canyon City
The guard was commanded by Adjt. Gen.
Bell. Mannix had been before the citi-
ZenS' committee several times and his
resignation was demanded.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
Among the Merrymakers
Not Necessarily the Coll

sBunker's the worst golf fiend I've
struck yet
why do you say that?''
81 saw him on the links at supper time
the other evening. and he, told me he
would rather play golf than eat
That's not surprising. He's living at
boarding house this summer while his
family's away. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
He Has Tier, All Beaten

The London Globe, says that sKure-s
patk1n holds the record for making
plans that fail" Sorry, but we are
committed on that proposition to "a
dlstInguished resident of Lincoln, Neb.,s
u. .. A Washington Post =
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
A Blanket Order

Those paternal commissioners Of the
District Of Columbia propose to prohibit
the use by Washington BARRIERS of any inn
plement of the trade that hasn't been
disinfected.
This, of course. should include the young
onions 1.-THE barber ate for luncheon
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
Money. Never eothers Hin,

Raisuli, the Morocco bandit, is to be
married. He has demonstrated his
ability to provide for his family
Washington Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
He Will Lose Kentucky

Col. Wattersen complains that SEN
ator Fairbanks parts his hair too low
down On the side of his head. Thus,
In trying to please Texas, the senator
has offended Kentucky. = Chicago
Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
But Where Was the Hired Mar?

Judge Parker,s eelebratso witt, "a
pitchferk was finely appropriate to. the
day. 1t was first the enbattled and
then the indonaitable haynaker :who
supported the Declaration in Its crucial
yeaTs.-New York World.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
Even So

Daughter-Papa. do yeu believe that all
the world loves lover?
Papa-An the business world does, my
dear.
Daughter-Why the business world?
Papa-Because it knows he will blow
Chicago News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
Elephants Are Costly THINGS

4 Andrew Carnegie may decide. after
all, when Chairman Cortelyaa calls
upon him for his campaign contribution.
that there are ether ways Of dying poer
than by endewing Hbraries.-Atia
Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
Can't ! Understand II

3 Even Republicans are unable to in
terpret their. partyss platform. It's an
easy predictions as to what the voters
will do tot the planks with numerous
Fhammefs.-St. Louis Republic go
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Now for More Anecdotes;

When MI Fairbanks entered college
he had only one pair of trousers. But
that was not SO wonderful. When
Judge Parker was born he had none
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
Knows of q HANDY Auuer

Although Senator Fairbanks barrel
has reputation for hauteur and aIoof-
ness. the suase Mfr. Cortelyeu: is con-
fident of his ability to form it's inti-
mate northumberland Stand
ard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-12
And Then He Found Out

And Mr. Bryan would have sworn,
when he became sinvolved with Col.
Guffey, that he knew which shell the
little black bean was under.-zKansas
City Star.