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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03
Primary Legislation.

: The legislature seems to be- coming.
around toward a practical application
Of the primary law to state nominations.
The Dale bill has some excellent fea-
lures, and the Rider bill, as it's author
proposes: to amend it, may prove better
yet. Both bills carry the principle Of
electing delegates to the state conven-
ton by direct vote.
The direct vote for state officers,
without convention, seems too radical
a step to take at this time. With only
two or three candidates for, governor,
well-known men standing for well-de-
fined issues, the direct vote would be
a fair test. With the field split up by
locality candidates, the nominee would
likely be minority choice, and he
might be actually repugnant to ma
jority of, the party voters.
Then, as to-: the remainder Of the
state ticket, it would be mainly a ques-
tion Of advertising. The average voter
does not care who is secretary of state
or clerk of the supreme court; he will
vote for the man he has heard about.
Usually that will be the man holding
the office, who would have a life lease.
An illustration is found in the re-elec-
tion Of Kempf, Wisconsin g state treas
urer. After his denomination Kempf
was removed from office, but he could
not be removed from the ticket, and
was reelected by large majority. The
people elected him, literally, without
thinking. 49,. 49,. - ....... T
1t seems more practical to hold a
convention, with .delerates selected by
direct vote at the general primary
| There are some serious difficulties in
this PLAN A county with only ten dele
gates might have from twenty to forty
candidates to 90 on the ballot. When
those names had been rotated the voters
would be. apt to choose blindly, and
without reference to the candidates
they stood for. There should be some
way to take an expression from the
voters direct as to their choice fol
governor, auditor and so forth. This
would add greatly to the length of thu
ballot, and probably call for separate
ballot, to contain the names Of state
candidates and delegates. However, i
would be an excellent thing to get a.
j che sentiment of the voters, and if {
candidate proved a majority choice h,
would be the natural choice Of the con
|vention.
1 There is agitation for change Ii
i the primary date, to bring it in tn,
latter part Of June, just previous t,
haying and harvest. Possibly thi
would bring out a heavier vote from
4 the farming districts, but the date i
5ltoo early or.the patience and convent
ence Of every one. e would start TIL
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Portland, Ore, Feb. 3.-Thomas Ca
der Powell is to be marshal of Nome
because he is an "outdoor' man, and
because this means more to President
Roosevelt than mere political backing,
President Roosevelt wants the new
marshal to start in over the ice. When
the president decided to appoint Powell
he sent for Senator Fulton and said
to him:
els Powell an outdoor mans"
"You bet he ISL replied the seaa
tor.
W he g to his post mmgdiate'
! EHe well 90 in with the very first
mailcarrier, assured the senator.
81 like that,' said the president
That seemed to settle it.
Mr.. Powell was born in Multnomat
county, Oregon, on a farm, and is AZ
years of age: He was graduated al
the Oregon State university in 1880
He served as deputy sheriff and county
clerk here for several terms. .
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st. Paul and the Street Railway

st. Paul is in an interesting debate
with the street railway company. A
while back the city ordered some ex-
tensions and the company refused to put
them in on the ground that it would
thus be thrust under the gross earnings
provisions of the city charter. The
city attorney brought suit, and Judge
Lochren held for the company that it
was not liable under the provisions of
the city charter for a gross earnings
tax. The city has threatened to appeal
to the supreme court Of the United
States and the company is "offering
CONCESSIONS to prevent such action.
Why the company should avoid a final
decision on a point so important to it,
1t does not say in it's "offers.' The
suspicion is abroad, however, that the
supreme court might get a chance to say
whether the company had any franchise
at all, and that is really the reason
why a compromise is sought.
The situation is very much as it was
when this city won the Harvey transfer
case in the district court. The street
railway company's under officers blust.
cred about an appeal, and the head man
came home opportunity and accepted
the ordinance without further ado
Lawyers then said that the street rail
way company did not want the high
court to guess as to whether it had any
rights in the streets.
The Pioneer Press has been counsel
Ing st. Paul to stand pat and refuse the
so-called concessions, which do not
amount to anything. We hope st. Pau
will take this advice. It would be in
tteresting to learn just what are the
rights Of these two cities in relation tt
the street railway company. This il
the first time either city has had thu
power Of appeal to a final court. Thes,
rights have heretofore happened to b.
on the side Of the company, and it ha
uniformly declined to exercise them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03
BRIST0W 0USTED
BECAUSE OF ZEAL
His Desire to Root Out Wicked.
ness Had Led to Abuses
Hence a. Shift.

Washington, Feb. 8.-The resigna-
ton Of Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow was the result Of an
excess of zeal. No one questions the
good work and honest purpose Of the
lean sleuth from Kansas. He would
than to draw a large salary or enjoy
fat political ennoluments. But he fell
a victim to a complaint which often
besets men of this sort, and came to
view the world, including the official
world under him, thru green spectacles.
The natural consequence was that
everything and everybody seemed vel
low. Some grave injustices have been
worked in this postoffce shake-up, and
the spurgative effect of Bristow had
ceased to be- a beneficial medicine and
had become a sickness Of its own.
Grosvenor Caught.
I General Charles s. Grosvenor of Ohio
has admitted that it is futile and wick.
ed to lie to the newspapers. Being an
old man, he has decided to say moth.
ing at all in future. To this determi
nation he confessed as he was leav.
ing the White House last Monday. II
all came about in this way:
A petition against tariff revision had
been got up with great secrecy in the
house of representatives, and many
members Of that body were committed
to it in black and white. But all were
sworn to say nothing to the newspa
pers, for fear there might not be
enough names to insure the success OF
the project. Of course the correspond
ents found out about it, and General
Grosvenor was asked half dozen times
during the day about the petition; to
which he replied with the bald lie that
he knew Of no such petition.
Finally, just as he was doing off that
night, the telephone rang and a re-
porter's voice again propounded that
query. The general was in the act OF
repeating the familiar fiction when he
was interrupted by hearing the voice
read the petition, together with the
names Of all the signers, including his
| own. .--..-. ,.~-,. ..<. ...-.... -
Burke's Joke on Architects.
Representative Burke Of South Da
kota has a joke on the supervising ar
chitect 8 Office. When it came time tt
occupy the new public buildingat Aber
deem, the discovery was made that ne
provision had been made in the jplaI
for ventilating the courtroom. Mr.
Burke took the matter up at the treas
ury department., and after an acknowl
edgment that the joke was on them
arrangements were made to use por
tion Of the unexpended balance Of
$4,000 for the installation of ventilat
ing apparatus. esq.,.
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Fads in Schools and Out.

s + A number of Well-meaning citizens,
who have mental asthma every time
school. fads are mentioned, are overlook
ing the fact that children live in the
present as we'll as adults The bust.
ness or professional man who accepts
all the new notions in his line almost
without comment is just the one who
learns with indignation that the three
r IS Of his childhood are not now the
whole thing in the schools.
The typewriter is demonstrably q
Fad because correspondence can still be
done by hand, but it is justified by the
time and money it saves. Teaching
children to read without the interven-
ton of the alphabet is the same kind
of a fad. It saves time in the school
course just as the typewriter saves it
In the office.
There is, another fad for teaching
children calisthenics. Some people
think this is done wantonly to waste
the taxpayers money, but it happens
to be a fact that educators in the large
cities have to straighten up the bodies
of children before they can reach their
minds. individuals without lungs or
muscles are just as apt to have weak
i minds IN school as in the pulpit or at
the bar. But calisthenics is not an
R-hence the protest.
The theory of modern school work
seems to be to reduce the drudgery
and heighten the interest. Pickle man
ufacturers do the same thing in the
school of business by giving their en-
ployees gymnasiums, baths and reading
rooms. This is purely fad. Why
should a picklemaker hire elocutionists
to read HThe Lady Of the Lake'.'s to
slicers Of cucumbersq Are there not
stockholders to- be considered9 Why,
that is just why he does it. He saws
he gets more and better pickles for the
same expense by frightening the bust
ness and reducing it's drudgery. The
school is after greater and better re.
D suits just as is the pickle man. But
& the pickle man had only to convince
the ledger that it was good scheme
while the school man has to convince
s. oSeIy udn VINO ever went to school,
and afterwards rose to the awful dig;
nifty Of taxpayer
The modern educator has an idea that
he can make principles Of taste, art and
manners rs well ,as learning attractive
& and comprehensive to children and save
the time that was formerly given tc
making children memorize what they
did not understand. His main diff
Guilty at the present time is to get as
sistants who will put his ideas into prac
tice. An esteemed contemporary I
while ago had sneer at s Teaching til.
teachers to teach the children to make
the Hottentot mats. & at was within
steal explosion, but II stated the edu
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

primary fight before the frost is out Of
the ground, and the farmer would be
worried by candidates just when he is
busiest putting in his crops. Farmers
with work to do would be unable to
run for office. It would also mean q
four months campaign after the nom
nations. The citizen would get heart
lily sick Of politics. The last state cam
paign, which did not open until after
the primaries on Sept. 20, was long
enough for every one. A midsummer
primary would be almost certain to
Droye unpopular.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

Tally one for the new Clark ordinance.
The saloonkeeper who lost his license to-
day for making young girl drunk in his
salooon last night didn't get his money
back. That little transaction cost him
he ever gets another license, to observe
the law against selling to minors. And
! what he has learned is not likely to be
lost on other saloonkeepers who may have
entertained the same mistaken notions
about that ordinance and the new admin
| istration.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

Representative Rider wants to put It in
the primary law that delegates to the
state convention must be apportioned on
the vote for governor, so as to teach re-
publicans to vote for the head of the
ticket. If the next republican state con-
vention Is apportioned on the vote for
governor, it will amount to declaring by
law that the republican party is in: the
minority in Minnesota. No one believes
that there are only 14o,13o republicans in
Minnesota, when Roosevelt received 49,
GEL votes. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

cutlery because Governor Hoch of Kan
sas gave Booker T. Washington cordial
reception. In reply to this criticism the
governor says:
II treated Booker T. Washington as one
gentleman should another. A man that
is doing the great good Mr.. Washington
is doing is entitled to gentlemanly treat
ment. It would take microscope to find
the brains Of a man who criticized me fol
what did, and it would take more pow.
erful microscope to find his heart
This should be pasted up in the Wichits
hotels
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CABBAGE SNAKE"
AHARMLESS WORM
Department; of Agriculture Off,
cials Busy Exploding Sensa-
tional Stories, ..ut
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Feb. 3.-Recently there
was published in T h Journ i a spe-
cial dispatch from Des Moines, telling
how stories which have got into print
worm, have made unstable large per-
ton Of last season 3 cabbage crop. In
Des Moines, it was stated, the dealers
would suffer loss of $4,000, while in
the country at large the loss would quite
reach $5,000,OOO.
The Journal correspondent in
Washington has taken this question up
department of agriculture, with the re-
suit that good deal of light is shed
upon it. DR.. L. o. Howard, the chief Of
the bureau, in letter to the Journal
bureau, says that he knows positively
that the Hcabbage snake' is not poison
Gus, but he adds: "It has, however.
caused considerable trouble during the
pressed the opinion that this was due
to exaggerated newspaper accounts OF
persons being killed by eating cabbage
infested with this or a similar animal.
''Snake' Is Harmless.
The department, during the past year,
has received almost countless number
west as to the "cabbage snake" The
interest in it is SO great, and the pecun-
larry side of the case so important. that
some care has been taken in looking up
the situation. The "snake" is not in
furious to human life in any degree, al
tho its presence in cabbage has natural
ly resulted in a heavy decrease in the
demand for that vegetable. The So
called "snakeo is nothing more than a
hair worm, usually white. and not look
ing unlike piece of basting thread
about three inches long.
All the stories about its being a rep
tile, vicious in habits, developing in
stagnant water, ETC., are utterly without
foundation. Nor is it true that anybody
has been made sick by eating one of
them. One physician reported, accord
ing to published accounts, that the
worm, if eaten, would produce almost
instant death. In another instance, a
state chemist is reported as saying that
the worm contained enough poison to
kill eight persons. All of this is alb
surd, says the agricultural department
experts.
Thousands Of Letters.
Thousands of letters have been writ
ten by the department during the fall
and winter, in answer to complaints
and inquiries about the "eabbage
snake" and finally the situation has
become SO serious that bulletin has
been issued discussing the "snake''
from a scientific viewpoint, and pointing
out that it is harmless and that the SEN
sational statements which have been
| made about it are untrue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03
PATIENTS THRONG
KOCH'S OFFICES
Curious Flock from the Country
side to Patronize the Den
tist Defendant.
Special to The Journal.
Na- H. Nj

Special to The Journal.
New Ulm, MINI, Feb. 3.-The dental
office Of DR.. George R. Koch is thronged
at all hours of the day with patients,
and dates are made for days in ad.
parts of this county and from cities dis
tant from this place. Some come out
Of curiosity, and others because they
say they have heard he was a good
workman, and still others because they
say they never did believe he was
guilty and they want to show him that
he still has friends.
All this has brought new hope to the
young dentist and he says:
"They told me would have to leave
the city and 90 where was not known
to do business, but did not think so.
always believed that most Of the peo-
pie thought l had no connection with
that horrible crime, and now I am con-
WINGED Of it. While had an excellent
practice before I was arrested it is
riosity.'
Works and Smiles.
DR.. Koch went to work the day fol-
lowing his release and has kept per-
sistant in his office, which is still in
the same suite of rooms occupied by DR..
Stricken, whose stolen poison the state
attempted to connect with the dentist
at the trial.
The young man works away each day
with a smile for all who come to see
him, and when asked about the new
evidence said to have been secured by
the state, laughingly replies that the
stories told were simply rehash Of
evidence the state had and was unable
to Introduce.
"That man Ulin," says Dr.. Koch.
sis the most unreliable man in the
county. Ho is known as a fellow who
always wants people to believe he
knows more than he does. His story
is manufactured
| Silverson's Attitude.
Mayor Silverson of the citizens com.
mittee says the friends of DR.. Gerhard
ought to be ashamed of themselves not
to resent the favors shown the defen.
dant. He is surprised that the defense
should seek to establish motive for
the crime when the state has failed to
produce one, and since this has ten
dency to involve a woman in the case
he characterizes it as scandalous.
Robert @. Gerhard has qualified az
administrator Of the estate Of DR.. L.
A. Gebhard. Its value is placed at
$4,000, all accumulated in the six years
of his practice. The estate consists
Of farm In Kittson county, cranberry
marshes in Wisconsin and $4,000 life
insurance.
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Burke's Joke on Architects.
CONTRACTOR ON GROUND
Dam at International Falls, Mimi, Will
49,. Be Started in Month.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. VI !
International Falls, Mimi, Feb. g.
Charles B. Mcclure of the contracting
firm Of Penniman & Mcclure Of Provi-
dence, R. l., which has the contract
for the construction OF the dam, says
in about three weeks, and that by
March work will be started in earnest.
A small sawmill will be installed to
cut timbers for the Golfer dams. Large
warehouses will be built Immediately
in Fort Frances, Ont, in which to store
the cement, 10000 barrels of which will
be used in the construction, and also
the immense amount Of machinery to
be shipped Immediately.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

The town Of Excelsior might profit by
the experience Of some bigger towns and
decline to give an exclusive street car
franchise to any company, but allow all
who want to come in to have the neces-
sary accommodations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03
FIRE IN BURRELL's CHURCH
Marble Church in New York Is Dam
aged by Flames.
Special to Tho Journal.

Special to Tho Journal.
New York, Feb. 3.-The Marble Col.
House, was damaged $4,000 by fire last
night. The Sunday. school room was
Quilted, but the fire did not reach the
main auditorium. During the fire a
$4,000 stained glass memorial window
was broken. David James Burrell.
formerly pastor Of Westminster church
i'm Minneapolis, is pastor Of Marble
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

The February thaw promised by the
government for today is not so much in
evidence as it might be. Still. the wind
has gone down and it doesn't even do that
in Chicago. ~'o'''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

The retiring county Judge of Mercer
county, Pennsylvania. states that he pre-
fers hell to Pennsylvania politics. This
shows fine discriminative intelligence.
Most people cannot see any difference.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

Mr.. Metcalfe, the editor Of Life, has
been barred from forty-seven New York
theaters controlled by the trust because
he beat them in a lawsuit. The incident
small the theatrical trust IS. ~ ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

The power companies are making strong
efforts with the New York legislature tc
get full control Of Niagara. Well, legis-
latures are sometimes amenable to "argu-
ment."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

The legislative Investigation has brought
out the fact that the railroad and ware
house commission was not at all injured
by arbitrary "raises" in freight rates.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

Attorney Geist says the Sunday saloon
law is unconstitutional. Pshaw, the may
ors Of Minneapolis have known that for
years. .... ... 5s.s n, &. b
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Senator Stewart Of Nevada appeared in
the senate recently in evening dress The
wheels Of all railroad legislation were i'm
mediately blocked ~>.+-. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03
TRAIN LEAVES THE TRACK
Spreading Rails Ditch g. & N. w.
Freight at Medary, Wis.

Special to The Journal.
La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 3.-A freight
train on the North Western road was
wrecked this morning at MedaryI juno
tion, few miles east of here. Eleven
cars were derailed and thrown into
the ditch as the result of spreading
rails.
No one was killed but several were
injured. Passenger trains are delayed
until the wreck. can be cleared away.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

PRESIDENT Roosevelt is looking for
man who will dig for 100000 a year.
Many a reporter is digging for less than
half Of that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

New York IS going to extremes. It moi
only demands cheaper gas, but has taken
half Nelson on the meter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-03

Our brethren Of the southwest seem to
be neglecting the winter killing of the
wheat this season. g
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FORESTS
Brooklyn Eagle,

Little France keeps an army OF 5000
men to maintain Its forests we employ
a bigger army to destroy ours. we shall
begin to pay for our greed and reckless,
ness IN Il few years. and we shall nav
heavily.
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Assistant Chemist, Minnesota Agricultural
Experiment Station.

"a man won smoking contest in Paris
by keeping a cigar alight for two hours
and twenty whine min utes.
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New York Times.

It is conceivable, tho not IN the least
probable, that the neutral trading nations
may yet have occasion to maintain the
principle Of the open door in China
against Japan, as they have already
maintained 1t against Russia.
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Miss Helen Gould recently entertained
at luncheon at her residence number of
little girls from a charitable, institution.
At the end Of the luncheon Miss Gould
showed to the children some of the beau
tiful contents Of her house.
She showed: thern@boolxs, carved Italian
furniture, tapestries and marbles.
Here, she said,."fs a beautiful statue
"a statue of Minerva"
Was she married?" asked little girl.
''No, my child, +" said Miss Gould, srnil-
ing, ..she was the goddess Of wisdom
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Foyer Chat,

"Girls Will Be Girls which plays all
next week at the Metropolitan, is up-to-
date in every particular. The book has the
virtue of capital story, and ludicrous
situations interpreted with bright lines.
AL Leech has added a legion to his ad-
mirers by his capital impersonation OF
Professor Dodge. Tile. Three .Rosebuds,
comely even thru their absurd makeup,
ably assist Mr.. Leeeh, who has the a3-
vantage Of an excellent; supporting COM
pany numbering some forty persons.