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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-11
The Frigate Constitution.

The fire of indignation. is kindled in
Boston. People there are. so mad at
Secretary Bonaparte that they cannot
digest their Baked beans. His cold
blooded recommendation that. the old
J frigate Constitution be towed out OF
the harbor and sunk with a shot from
a modern n@%rankles in the Bostonian
bosom to the exclusion Of every other
sentiment. 4 petition to congress to
be presented by Senator Lodge is being
prepared The. Historical society will
meet next week, and. what it will do
to Mr.. Bonaparte is not yet revealed,
but it will undoubtedly be something
which will "feck the streets of Balti-
more 4 with red when it arrives.
The secretary's Recommendation and
the reception it has received serves to
recall that the Constitution yet floats
and what it. was at its best. The Con-
1 stitution is los years old. It is like
+ the boys jackknife, which had three
new blades and four new handles, but
was the same old knife. The Consti.
tuition has been practically rebuilt more
than once, but it is still the old Consti.
1 tuition in the affections of the people
4 And there is no reason why it should
Z not remain SO indefinitely unless We
4 have lost our poetic sense. The Vic
tory, Admiral Nelson $ flagship, is thir
z ty years older than the Constitution
and there is no suggestion of breaking
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ADJUSTMENTS
eijou-"The Funny Mr.. Doodle,

6iJou-"The Funny Mr.. Dooley."
After seeing the show, one Is moved
to bow in veneration before the master
clairvoyant mind that prepared the head
lines on the playbills for "The Funny Mr..
Dooley," which read as follows: 1.-THE
somewhat different comedian, Mr. Paul
Quinn, in the successful musical comedy
The Funny Mr.. Dooley' copyrighted -
Mr.. Quinn's fears that somebody would
pirate his production If he didn't put a
copyright fence around it seem quite
baseless. There is really no danger at
all from the pirates-for, like their
swashbuckling prototypes, they do not
bother with anything but valuables.
Even the most hardened pirate Of the
theaters would hesitate before grabbing
any Of Mr.. Quinn's ideas, even in the
dark. On Charles H. Smith and Frank
D. Byron rests the blame for the lyrics,
while Mr.. Byron wrote the music. Their
evident intention was to perpetrate a
number of song hits, but most Of them
are misses. Mr.. Quinn, weighted down
with the double responsibility Of author
ship and starship, staggers slightly under
the load. AS author he gave himself as
star, most Of the intended-to-be funny
lines. So no one but himself is to blame
for the almost total absence Of laughing
opportunities for the audience His
giraffe stunt with his Teutonic friends
Is an oasis in the desert. The costumes,
on the freakish+ order, are good and the
scenery IS worthy Of better things.
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'@NNvs.:s~TH

'tTHE TRUE STORY OF PAUL RE-
Ferris Gettemy, in a
book bearing that title, gives "a short,
concise and unbiased record Of the career
of one of the most interesting and pic.
He corrects many errors regarding the
man, some of them in Longfellows poem,
but the author is not to blame for that;
the fault is rather with the poet for hav-
ing allowed the errors to, get into his story
Of the hero's ride. The book is lucidly
written, and will be welcomed for the
light it sheds on the real character Of
Paul Revere, who was still a hero despite
corrected errors regarding him.
Little, Brown & Co., Boston. 81 so net
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What Russia Lost.

+ What Russia lost in the way Of prog
ress toward the open sea was not all
expressed in the surrender of Port
Arthur. A grand strategic opportunity
in another direction was sacrificed by
Russia and she has now by her defeat
by Japan been thrown back not only
from the Pacific but from the Indian
ocean as well.
Six years ago when Great Britain
was held for downs by the Beers, Russia
might. have gone forward thru east
Turkestan past Herat and to the sea
without England being able to say her
nay Railroads had been constructed
from Krasnovodsk son the Caspian to
Tashkend and southwark to Merv on
the road to Herat. Lines had been par
TALLY completed from Orenburg south
to connect these east and west lines
with the Trans-Siberian railway and
save the slow shipment across the Cas-
plan. But when the Boer war came on
Russia, instead of pushing for the
Indian ocean,, continued her progress
toward the Pacific, having made the
mistake of undertaking the resistance
of Japan to her encroachments upon
Manchuria and Korea. But for this
grand mistake of the bureaucracy Rus
STA might have been established on the
Indian ocean today. 49,. =
The Japanese-British treaty seems
now to have shut Russia out from any
effective move toward Herat, but of
this military experts are not so certain.
They point out that if Russia should
be at war with England she would have
only to maintain a large army on the
borders of Korea to prevent Japan from
| rendering any effective assistance to
her ally in India. Japan has no surplus
troops to ship to India, while Russia
| has surplus troops in every direction
The next effort Of Russia to reach the
sea will probably be by striking for an
Indian port. It may not be this gen
Grafton nor the next, but the ambition
of Russia to reach the ocean has beer
stopped twice but not once quenched.
With constitutional government te
fight for the Russians would very likely
giveIa better account of themselves il
the next war. Indeed, Frederick
Palmer, the war correspondent, is in
clined to give the Russian private {
great deal more credit for splendii
conduct in the late war than he has ye
received, He declares that the Japan
ese1 consistently exaggerated Russia,
losses and minimized their own for tn,
purpose Of affecting the money marke
!! in their favor. He believes that tn
Russians needed but two things in th
I last war, an honest and efficient, trans
J, port and@a government worth fghtin,
) for. Perhaps in the next conflict Rus
: STA may have both. ~ ~ IN !. .,ssrz#
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CLEVER TALE OF A CLEVER FOX.

CLEVER TALE OF A CLEVER FOX.
--One takes quite as much interest in
Red Fox, the hero Of a book by the same
name, written by Charles G. D. Roberts
as he would in a human hero. The
readers interest is thoroly awakened by
the heroic self-sacrificexof the father of
Red Fox In vain effort to save his fam
lily. From this he goes to the education
of the sprightly little animal by his
mother, and then to his successful efforts
to make his own way in the animal
world. It is all very human, and appeals
to the reader strongly. But just because
it is SO human >one may expect to hear
the instinct school find fault with it.
Professor Roberts -sseAsyto tor forestall such
criticism, however, ny "a sprefatory mote
in which he says u Mere iss noSinstance of
intelligence, adaptability, or foresight
given here. that is not abundantly at
tested by2 the observations Of persons
who know how to observe accurately
We are willing to accept Professor Rob
erts' statement for it's face value; the
story is too thoroly enjoyable to Skip
because some natural historian may
find fault with the hero for having too
much Intelligence. The book is admirably
Illustrated. 3t :s-. -. =. 81 +E
a Il C. Page g. Co Roston -
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orpheum--Modern Vaudeville.

Chorus girls, magic. monolog, trained
pups and slapsticks add to the gaiety
Of nations at the Orpheum this week
It is bill Of widely varying novelty
and merit but furnishes an evening of
good entertainment.
The Twelve Broomstfck Witches con-
stitute the most pretentious offering and
the act goes well. The girls are pretty,
the costumes novel and becoming and the
young women dance in a pleasing manner.
There is a. suggestion Of the revel on the
Broken with the ghostly features re-
placed by the very much alive and hand
some girls.
Emma Francis is a whirlwind dancer,
assisted by two Arabs, tumblers and
contortionists, whose stunts are neck
breaking in Appearance and done with
lightning rapidity. Herbert's trained dogs
are well trained and not once during the
| performance does the trainer use the
whip or touch one of the dogs to make
| him perform his stunts. The fox terrier
| looping the loop and the bull terrier slid
ing from the gallery to the stage on a
! tight wire, in a strong jaw exhibition, are
hits that send the juveniles into ecstacies
and interest the older heads.
! Grant Gardner and Marie Stoddard
have hurly- burly sketch in which Gard
ner introduces his ability as a cornet
player and Miss Stoddard gives the
| Summertime Susie" turn, an act which
puts the gallery into spasms Of joy.
Powell, the sleight- hand performer.
brings nothing new, altho his work is
even. Joseph Newman, billed as a side
| splitting humorist. aroused only mild
storm Of applause. Matthews and Man
ming introduce an act, t"The Barnstorm-
lers'' which lives up to the promise of
the title. The reports Of the slapstick
were beautifully resonant and the only
criticism of this portion of the offering
+ is that the stick is not sufficiently heavy.
The kinodrome closes the show amid the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-11

On Tuesday evening, in the univer-
sity chapel, the annual freshman sopho-
more debate for the Peavey-Dunwoody
prizes, the most interesting underclA6s
event Of the year, will take place, and
during the last two months the mem
bers of the two teams have been busy
preparing to uphold the honor of their
classes on the rostrum
!. So far as experience in the debating
line is concerned, the members Of the
sophomore team seem to have the ad-
vantage of their freshmen rivals, but
the first-year men have been chosen
after strenuous competition and the de-
pate bids fair to be one Of the most
evenly. matched contests in university
forensic history. The question will be:
Resolved, That the southern whites
are justified in taking all peaceable
measures to maintain their supremacy
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in the south. '
The three men on the sophomore team
are: Michael j. Doherty, Harold
Deering and Albert G.. Evans, while
Zenas Potter, A. N. Gilbertson and j.
p. Degnan will represent the freshman
class.
Harold G. Deering is the only Min
neapolis man on either of the teams.
He is a graduate Of East high and was
member Of the East high debating
team in 1904. He was contestant in
the Peavey Dunwoody oratorical con-
test last year and has been prominent
in college debating circles ever since
he matriculated. He is member of
the Forum Literary society. Michael
J. Doherty was graduated from the LIE
Sueur high school and was a member
of the team that won the first state
championship and the Journal prize
cup. He is an orator Of prominence
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-11

& SNAPSHOTS OF WILD ANIMALS
AND 1BIRDs.-silas A. Lottridge, a CAM
era hunter Of wide and long experience,
has put some of the results Of his labor
in forest and field into a book that can
not fail both to entertain and to instruct.
The results are in the form Of pen
sketches and half tones from photographs
taken by the author in the field. The
reader will find among sketches and pic
lures animals and birds he has met and
animals and birds whose acquaintance he
has yet to make. With ALL there is the
lure Of the open and a sympathy for the
wild life portrayed.
Henry Holt & Co., New York. s1.75.
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ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THOSE
WHO SEEK A COUNTRY HOME.-Many
there are who would like to have coun-
try home, but the expense is in the way
a Self Supporting Home, by Kate ".
Saint Maur,i tells how the author, inspired
with the thought that ts'instead of wait
ing for the acquisition Of fortune to real
tze the desire, the desire might be made
to help acquire some of the fortune -
Acting upon the inspiration, she sue
ceeded-she got the home with contribu-
reading about especially as the writer
has a clear way Of telling things that
are worth telling and cannot fail to be
helpful to those similarly inclined. The
text is reinforced by numerous pictures
made from photographs.
The Macmillan company, New York.
&. $1.75 net
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and member of the Shakopean Lit:
erary society. Albert G. Evans was
graduated from the Duluth high school
and was on the Duluth team in the.
state league in 1903. He was a MEM
Der of the freshman team that, defeated
the sophomore last year in the Peavey
Dunwoody contest and is the president
Of the sophomore class.
Zenas Potter of the freshman team
is a graduate Of st. Paul Central and
was a member on his high-school team.
A.. N. Gilbertson came to the univer-.
sity from Willmar, where he was en-
gagged in newspaper work after being
graduated from the high school. He
is considered one of the strongest of
the freshmen debaters. J. P. Degnan,
the third man on the freshman team,
was graduated from the Winona high
school, where he was prominent in de.
bate and oratory.
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BY w. p. kIrkwood.

s & 4 ] = 4 ! + s
A TALE FULL OF RARE HuMoR.
One of the best books of the season, in
deed. book of high quality for any sea-
son, is Tho Mayor: OF Troy, by A. T. Quill
ser-Couch. It Is picture of the life Of the
Cornwall peasantry, and the small nobil-
ity. But he who has even a little humor
in his makeup will enjoy it to the full.
Major Mayor Solomon Hymers is a fine
piece of work. He is not a Falstaff nor
yet a zagloba; but he is as perfect in
his way as either And in the outcome
he is better than either. He is the hero
of the story. He is the big man of Troy.
He is caught by the press gang, is cap
tured by the French, and, after ten years
Imprisonment, returns to find the girl he
wanted to marry married to another, to
find himself reported dead, his will pro-
bated, his monument a hospital erected
by the outlay Of money left for that
purpose, by his will. Nobody knows him
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-11
WILLIAMS PLACE
NOW THREATENED
Democratic Leader in House
Warning with Hearst, May
Be Deposed.
journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
Washington, Dec. 11.-John Sharp
Williams, the democratic leader in the
house Of representatives, is in grave
danger Of being deposed as party lead
er as the result Of a serious row, which
has been brewing in the party during
the last few days.
William Randolph Hearst and his fol
lowers, as well as the adherens of Rep
resentatives Lamar Of Florida and
Shackleford Of Missouri, will be ar
rayed against the Williams forces.
E The row grows out Of the intention
Of Mr.. Williams to discipline Repre-
sentatives Lamar and Shackleford Tor
boiling the democratic caucus Of last
year on the railroad-rate question and
for their action in reporting to the
house the Hearst railroad-rate bill.
Lamar and Shackleford are to be re-
state and foreign commerce as a pun
ishment for lack of party fealty, it is
said.
Continuation Of Row.
The row is really continuation of
the one in the democratic party dur
ing the last session, when it was an
nounced that Mr.. Williams would re-
sign the party leadership because his
party associates would not support him.
Mr.. Williams favored an amendment to
the army appropriation bill providing
that General Nelson A. Miles should
receive. full pay as an army officer
setts militia. The amendment was
adopted by the house, but. when the
bill reached the senate it was stricken
out. When the measure was returned
to the house several democrats, led by
Representative Hay of Virginia, OPP
posed the proposition and it was beaten.
Mr.. Williams was very angry because
! his followers refused to stand by him,
and issued call for caucus, at which
it was announced he would resign the
| leadership. The caucus was held, but
the Williams resignation was not men
toned. Instead, the caucus considered
j the railroad-rate question and decided
| to support the Davey bill. On the
! vote in the house several democratic
members bolted the caucus and sup
! ported Hearst IS bill.
| Williams was indignant, and is said
| to have written several letters bitterly
assailing Hearst as "a rich demagog."
1 Champ Clark as Leader.
/ No definite steps have been taken to
select a leader to succeed Mr.. Williams,
but Champ Clark Of Missouri is re
| garded as the man who is most likely
/ to be chosen. 1t is declared that Mr..
/ Williams is now losing control of the
minority, and after the row that is
promised, many more of his followers
will desert him.
Another grievance against Mr.. Will
liams is that he has decided to appoint
Representative Sullivan Of Massachu-
sets as member of the ways and
means committee. It is unusual for
a member who has served but one term
to be placed on this important COM
! liams declare it is but another scheme
to promote the enemies Of Mr.. Hearst.
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smoke Of burning ferryboats4 and the
sword thrusts and general deviltry Of
Monsieur Beaucaire."
Foyer Chat.

49,. Foyer Chat.
THE Tenderfoot,"" the perennially fun
ny musical comedy, began a brief en-
gagement at the Metropolitan last night.
It will be reviewed in this column tomor-
row. "
''The Rollicking Girl which will be
seen at the Metropolitan the latter halt
of the week, and In which Sam Bernard
stars, made a sensational success in New
York city, where it ran for nearly seven
months. The production comes here di-
rect from the Herald Square theater, New
York, and with the original cast and
scenery. It is one of the most elaborate
productions ever sent out from the me-
tropolis.
+ The 1lyceum presents an entirely new
bill this week, in which the Sappho
Ladies' Quartet, one of the foremost
musical organizations of the city, will
have the place of honor. Another head
liner is Mile. Caprice, ''the peach grip OF
the eastern circuit, in songs and dances
Margaret Severance, the young woman
who has tempered with Shakspere's
Seven Ages and dares to play them all
will present her act at the Unique this
week. Will Hart and May Dillon, the
Morrells the Royal Troupe of Marion
cites; Elsie, the Spanish dancer, and a
thoroly up-to date vaudeville program
will be presented.
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Orr Ballot Law a. Model.

The. recent elections have called at
! Sention to the fact that the so-called
!; Australian ballot laws of most OF the
states are long way from the pure sys-
!, tenn as exemplifed in Minnesota and
Massachusetts. At the time when bal
lot reform swept theScountry, from 1889
to 1893, the bosses in, New York, Penn
sylv ania Missouri and other boss-rid-
den states east and west were able to
manipulate the bills presented SO as still
. to put a premium on straight ticket
voting. Minnesota is an exception to
4 the general rule in it's law requiring a
separate mark for every place. on the
ticket.
The, straight, ticket, laws are vicious
in more than one respect. They put
premium on ignorance by their kinder
garten symbols which stand with the
illiterate voters instead of a party name,
and they put a. handicap on ;indepened-
ence by making it, easier to vote
straight than to split a ticket. They
also destroy the main object Of The Aus
tralian ballot, which is to preserve its
secrecy. Party watchers can tell from
the time. "a voter takes, in the booth
whether he has made one cross at the
head for a straight ticket, or whether
he has taken time to mark split ticket,
Public sentiment is going to demand
change to the Minnesota or the Massa
chusetts form of ballot in many Of the
back number states. r.. : :
About the only difference between the
ballot laws 2Df this state and Massa
chusetts is in the rule for precedence
on the ballot. =, In Minnesota the frs
name sprinted:jfef each office must b.
/ that of the candidate of the majority
| party; which is interpreted to mea1
the. party which at the last general cleo
ton polled the largest average vote. Un
der this provision the republican part,
is still the majority party and has pre-
| cedence on the state ballot In Massa
chusetts the names under each oficia
head take 4. precedence alphabetically
This has an element of fairness, but !
apt to be. confusing to the voters be
cause of. changing the party order s
many times =, It. has also operated, nat
uraaly, in favor of nominating men VIII
/ stand high alphabetically, and we Sc
such names as Adams and Bates fire
quently ION their state tickets. On tn
sIlwhole, Minnesota's system is SO nearl
perfect that we can well feel proud o
J it and recommend it as a model to othe
i states seeking for improvement.
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Educating the Indian

We have for Indian commissioner now
a man who has made a study of the
Indian problem for good many years
in connection with his work as a journal
ist. Francis F.. Leupp, for a long time
Washington correspondent of the New
York Post, now commissioner Of In
dian affairs, in his current annual report
says some interesting things about the
Indian problem. He makes keen dis
elimination, in the first place, between
the Indian, the Caucasian and the
negro. He attributes Il to the Indian a
distinct individuality and declares that
he must never be Judged by the same
standards we would apply either to the
white Or to the negro.
Mr.. Leupp is vigorous opponent Of
the perpetnation of our system of paup-
erizing the Indians and cultivating their
Incidence by aid from the treasury. He
would have them made self -supporting
and independent and is surprised that,
as result of the pauperizing policy,
conditions are not worse than they are.
Mr.. Leupp does not show much consid-
Grafton for some pet theories about edu-
eating the Indian when he says that the
sensible as we'll as the humane thing is
to nourish the love Of father and mother
and home in the breast Of the young In
dian rather than to snap the ties Of af-
lection by separating the children en-
tirely from the parents during their
period of education and bringing them
up so as to despise the aged and non
progressive members of their families.
He thinks that much more is to be
gained by teaching the Indian boy to
read, to pillow, to mend harness, to fix
a wagon or how to care properly, for. do
nestle animals than by instructing him
in literature, the higher mathematics
and science, especially when the latte1
involves years Of separation from his
home people, followed by: an inevitable
return to the same conditions out OF
/ which he was taken with no practical
knowledge Of the means which he must
employ to make a living. Experience
has taught that the highly educated In
dian returned to the tribe as rule lapses
into condition that is as bad and otter
worse than that Of young Indians whe
have never had the superior educationa
advantages. ~ s,
We expect good results from Mr.
Leupp's administration Of the India1
department. and are altogether in sym
pathy with his idea Of bringing educa
ton in practical form to the Indian boy
and girl without removing them entirel,
from their family relations. It seem
reasonable to expect from such method
more practical results than are now oh
tanned thru institutions Of higher learn
ing established thousands Of miles from
the reservations. ~ I. ! - -. = :.
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One Of the bright spots in the Corey
incident is that there are two Coreys,
father and son. The elder Corey, a man
Of rs. who has never hadSa dollar to
spare in his life, but has apparently been
educated in the sterner virtues of an
other time. declares that if the. stories
about his son are true their relations are
at an end. With his millions and his
actress, how poor and feeble does the
son appear beside such a. father. ~