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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
Objections to Direct Primaries.

Illinois is in the throes Of the primary
discussion. One faction wants the di-
rect primary because it will overthrow
bossism. Another opposes it because
it will "make the newspapers supreme"
in politics. The Chicago Tribune ven
lures to predict that it will do neither
the one nor the other. This is very
likely correct. The political boss is a
man who gets forward in politics by
giving time and talent to the job. He
will probably make some progress under
any system. The newspapers will be
no more interested in politics under the
primary system than they are now and
will have no greater chance to run
things. + In fact, in Minnesota, the d.
rect primary with, it's large field Of can
| didates has made it impossible for the
newspapers, whether organs or other
| wise, to predict the nomination of any
one. ~ il. ..... ..,'.--r
The direct primary has contributed a
good deal toward independent voting
and has weakened the hold Of organiza-
! tion on the individual voter. A poor
candidate may be nominated under the
primary system just as he might under
the caucus system, but he can no longer
count with a certainty on election be-
cause Of the fact that party organiza-
ton is weaker than it was under the
old system. The millennium in politics
did not come with the direct primary.
| Neither is it any farther away. It is
| nearer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
Secretary Hays Latest Coup.

Secretary Hay apparently put the
Muscovite in very deep hole when he
accepted seriously Russia g complaints
of the violation Of Chinese neutrality.
On receipt of the Russian note he
complained Of were serious and sug-
gested a conference of the powers to
consider them. Copies Of this note were
sent to all the diplomats in Washington,
which was notice to them that negotia-
tions for guaranteeing the neutrality of
China were actually opened with the
car.
In this exchange Mr.. Hay distinctly
called a Russian bluff, for the last
thing Russia wanted was any more con-
ferences on the China business. She
wanted free hand there to get what
she could out of the war if it went
against her, and to take everything in
sight if she beat Japan She meant
nothing moro by her complaint than to
serve notice on. the powers that they
need not be- surprised if she took some
Chinese territory in retaliation for acts
of hostility on the part Of China. Mr..
Hay has put the shoe on the other foot
by Offering Russia the aid of all the
European powers to protect her against
the, terrible acts of aggression on the
part Of China.
The point Of the correspondence Is
that Russia cannot admit the duty of
China to remain neutral without admit
ting her power, to remain neutral,
thereby acknowledging her administers
tive control over all her extent. In
other words, the neutrality Of China
and her territorial Integrity are Co
extensive This certainly was Just the
thing that Russia did not, want OBJ
truded before the powers at the present
time. ~.,... ---.....
What. no doubt, Russia expected,
from the history Of such. ventures in
diplomacy, was that the powers would
remain dumb, that her complaint would
remain unanswered and that she would
IN due season proceed to enforce her
complaint herself by grab of Chinese
territory. But this did not happen
The European ambassadors said moth.
ing, but the American. representative
answered and answered in such a way
that Russia must either confess that
her complaint was not sincere or ac
cept the means offered for her protec-
tion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
TO PROMOTE HARMONY
Mayor Jones to Call Conference OF
Charity Workers.

Owing to the frequent overlapping
of interests and work of the several
charitable organizations of the city and
the board Of charities and corrections, a
joint meeting Of these societies and de-
partments will be called by Mayor
Jones to plan some means of more har-
mon1ous work and better general :un-
Outstanding. :
Back of most of the conflicting inter-
ests is the city hospital and its rules
1f,o,rbidding the receiving Of incurab4es.
This attitude, according to the MAYOR
and City Physician George E. Kicker,
is misinterpreted by the charitable or.
CARNATIONS. : The plans for the city
hospital for incurab1es are still incom-
Pletee and there is practically no place
for incurable patients.
Aside from bringing about harmony
between the organizations the best
means Of taking care of these persons
will be considered in hope Of relieving
the situation until the new institution
is constructed, '.,' '''-'< -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
La FoIlette's Mistake.

To the Editor Of The Journal e. 4 )
I have been greatly pleased at the atti-
tude Of T h e ] o u r n a in its Zine upon
line" for good, wholesome government
and clean politics, and believe it's con-
slant crusade on the subject will result in
great good in time. But it seems to me
that h e J o ur n a ! does not come up
to its. usual standard inc, the editorial,
Governor vs. Senator La Follette,i q in
it's issue JAM 81. While Governor La
Toilette Is to be admired for his strong
personality In his fight for the interests
Of the people, yet I think he has not
kept up his former standard when he
seeks or accepts the senatorship. Gov
ernor La Toilette was elected governor of
the state Of Wisconsin, by the people, for
a definite term, but in accepting the sem
atorship he has betrayed his trust; altho
elected to the office by the representa-
ttves Of the people, the legislature It
would seem 'good politics. for the people
to require their servants to complete their
terms Of office for which they have been
elected, and to give their whole time and
attention to the duties Of such office, This
may seem Utopian, and am not sure but
that it is, in the light of actual expert
ence. 20. f.
st. Paul, JAN %.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
SEES
MIDDIES GRADUATE
Roosevelt and Morton, with Other
Officials, Go to Annap-
oils.

Washington, Jan. 3O.-President
Roosevelt and party left at $3.50 o clock
today for Annapolis to attend and par
ticipate in the exercises incident to the
graduation of the class of 1905 from
The naval academy. The trip was made
in special train on the Pennsylvania
railroad, scheduled to arrive at Annap-
oils at 10:45 o o'clock. :.
! ACCOMMODATING the president were
Secretary Morton, Mrs. Morton, Miss
Morton, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark. Morton,
Secretary Taft, Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Charles
2: Taft, Secretary Loeb, DR.. P. n.
Rixey, Commander Cameron MGR. Win
slow, the president 8 naval aide, M. A.
Latta, the president IS stenographer, tive
secret service officers and several mes
sengers. 80
At 8 O'Clock the. president: and his
immediate party will leave Annapolis
for Philadelphia, where the president
will address the Union Laugue club at
ana aaa ReEr ppT @
Washington from Annapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
THE MAGAZINES

Japan's Great Dream.-The astounding
ambition Of Japan has been first disclosed
by Baron Kaneko in the February World 8
Work, in an authoritative article on "The
Far East After the War It Is. no less
than the total Reorganization Of China un-
der the direction of the island empire.
Baron Kaneko writes: ss7 z.
Recognizing the difficulties that stand in the
way OF reformation, China must begin not with
the moral regeneration, but with the physical
transformation Of the land; the first step must
be the aphtcaI reconstruction of China. Nat
ural barriers now prevent trade and intercourse:
they must be cut thru and broken down; modern
engineering skill must perform its gigantic tasks
in the Empire of Gray Ages, and every district
must be given quick and easy communication
with every other. This accomplished, China must
be led to the establ fshmentSof a compulsory sys-
States. This gradual reconstruction must be ex-
tended to the government. At the central capt.
tai Picking, there should be constituted coun-
ell Of state, in which should sit the cabinet min
listers and the viceroys of the eighteen PROV
inces. The council should pass upon all impor-
tant questions Of national concern subject only to
the veto OF the emperor. There would then exist
q body competent to determine public policy, and
means of quick communication between the CEN
trail government and the provinces; the Yiceroys,
therefore could be held strictly accountable
tional mandates within their jurisdiction and
central government would become effective. In
recognising the commerce of the empire, China
must first Ct az devise uniform monetary
United States. Only in these reforms lies the
hope Of preserving China ANA thru that OF maxi
ing possible in this vast territory and among
this innumerable People the spread OF western
Water Gardens: small outdoor wa
ter-garden is Just the thing to make ones
Mace different from thu General run Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
NORTH FROM WILTON Z.
New Road Being Built to Get Logs
for Crookston.
Special to The Journal

Special to The Journal
Crookston, MIMI Jan. :30.-Ever
since the construction Of the big saw
mills at Bemidji, st. Hilaire,. Thief
River Falls and other places in the
northern part Of the. state nearer to
the supply Of logs than. the sawmin
operated here by the Crookston Lum
Der company, there has been serious
apprehension that the mill at this point
might be closed. All cause for appre-
hension has been removed for many
years to come. New piing has been
driven and new stills laid, making the
entire foundation new and new posts
have been installed wherever necessary,
so that the mill has been practically
rebuilt and is, good for fifteen years
Of service. .. a. r.
From semi official source it is
learned that the Crookstons mill will
probably saw logs twelve months in
the year in future: The -+Grookston
Lumber company is now building a
branch railroad track of it's own straight
north from Wilton, the first station
west of Bemidu on the Great Northern
line, to Mud Lake, distance of fifteen
miles, tapping an immense amount of
pine owned by them. This will be rallied
into Crookston and sawed during the
winter, or at least the major portion
of it. r..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
Wisconsin's Example.

Down in Wisconsin members Of the
legislature pay their railroad fare: un-
asaess they want to enter into secret rela
salons with the railroad companies as
bribetakers. II h 9. journal IS repre-
sentative. who gives the result of
his Investigations today, finds that the
violations are small in number, and that
the vast maiority% of PUBLIC servants.
have no desire to return to the free pass
flesh pots. - :: 4#
Some have sneeered at the Wisconsin
law, because the railroads find it so
easy to violate. That is not good
point against the law. It is not fail.
ure because it is sometimes violated.
By that measure most laws on our stat
ute books are failures: The test does:
not lie in absolute enforcement of the
Il law, but in relative results. Wisconsin
81 people find that the antipass law has set
Ga high standard for the public service,
&and that with few exceptions members
81 OF the legislature are free from railroad
aSsinfuehce. r.
IL Such results are certainly worth the
flight that was made for them, bitter as
&G ~ We'o' ooAilp@ItAS ing plOSItSS OI TILL
Eroad regulation in Wisconsin and Min
@1esota, it is interesting to note that the
taform movements in the two states
masssfarted from opposite ends. In Wis
ssconsin they began with the antipass
s8ght, and have just now come to Crap
Ne with rate regulation. The railroad
Nemmission there has only power to
Recommend, not to- order change in
Fates. In Minnesota the state granted
fhe power of rate regulation long ago,
Gbut the railroad commission has seldom
Exercised it. a: Now the legislature, i'm
spatient Of getting relief thru the COM
mission, has taken up the rate problem
Independently.
Perhaps if Minnesota had adopted an
eAntipass law ten years ago, the rate
Rroblem would have beer: nearer set
Element. The La Foil ette movement in
Wisconsin has hadaa harder opposition
4han reform leaders ever faced in Min
;kesota, but the antipass law there has
shaped sentiment, and the reform forces
IRE organized and triumphant. Now
That they have tackled the rate problem,
they are likely to accomplish more in
4Wo years than Minnesota has in ten.
Logically speaking, the first thing to do
n = to make the legislature and the Off
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
The Westphal Ordinance.

Chicago, too, has attacked the public
dance problem. Her aldermen are dis
cussing whether to issue special per-
mits for the sale of liquor or to pro-
hibit the sale Of liquor entirely. The
chief Of police Of Chicago estimates
the. number Of dances on Saturday
nights at from 800 to $50, and it takes
1875 Of Chicago's uniformed police to
watch them. An institution that makes
such drain upon the police resources
of the city certainly is deserving of at
tention.
The Westphal ordinance in Minneap-
oils is calculated to reduce the evils
Of public dances by closing them at l
O'Clock sharp and by prohibiting the
sale of liquor in the room where the
dance is held. Doorways to saloons
are also to be kept closed and locked.
Of course, the prohibitions in this or
dinance will not altogether stop drink
ing at public dances, but it will prob
ably curtail it among the girls and
young women. They will be- less likely
to go down upon the street and thru
the public entrance of saloon than
they would be-. to drink in the dance
hall =. .. \
The difficulty with such. ordinances
ls that they appear to place an embargo
on the individuals liberty. It is an
embargo upon personal liberty that par.
ents have right and duty to place.
and if they will not do it, the city must
attempt 1t indirectly. The city has no
right to say that a child shall not have
scarlet fever, but it has the right to
say that one which has scarlet fever
shall not go among other children until
the disease has left it. The public
dance is sort of moral scarlet fever
and if parents will not say that their
children shall not go to them, the city
may step in and say that the infection
shall be held down as much as possible
/ Some of the newspapers report that
the aldermen thought lightly of the
Westphal ordinance, but they have
passed 1t and it seems to be up to the
police department. to do something
with it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
Women and Crime.

49, Now that Mrs. Cassie Chadwick is
sure to face her trial, and, under bonds,
will enjoy once more the privacy Of
her Euclid avenue mansion in Cleve-
land, and Mrs. Alice Webb-Duke, the
accomplished promoter, has been reflect
ing, upon her varied experiences in a
cell in the Tombs, it may be observed
that it: is hardly fair for the newspaper
press to.have tried and condemned these
women before they have been brought
to trial in court. ~ s2He.4. ii
= The recital Of their alleged crimes
has somewhat unjustly included obser-
yations as to the criminal propensities
of the female sex Of an exaggerated
kind. The. stories of Mrs. Chadwick s
tendency to acquire jewels, rich and
rare, read like one of Scheherazade' s
ronances told to the sultan, night af-
ter night, to beguile him from his sup
posed purpose mad prevent him from
ordering his headsman to cut off her
head. The lady had a seductive way
Of portraying heaps Of diamonds, pearls
and rubies, and in the Chadwick tales
we have the same feature jewels in
steel boxes. jewels to be measured by
the peck or bushel, and Mrs. Chad
wick's ring-wearing hand has even been
photographed and exhibited thru the
country, each finger loaded with two
or three rings. Her various alleged
criminal Accomplishments have been
enlarged, so that one might ina
CINE she is as guilty as that extraordi-
nary Roman woman, sSaffia, whose deeds
Cicero set forth with such vehemence
and reprobation in his argument de-
Tending Saffa 8 son, Cluentius, from
her vile charges.
Both Mrs. Chadwick and Mrs. Duke
have the not unusual feminine facility
Of weeping copiously on special occa-
sions, but Mrs. Duke has usually re-
yealed an intensely humorous dispo-
sition, which is absent in Mrs. Chad
wick, a better business woman.
If the charges against both these
women are proven, the result will prove,
not that women are more criminally in
clined than men, but suggest only that
women are generally inclined, in Sc
|lecting criminal operating fields, to
choose those adapted to their physical
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
Observation-Disclosures Of Fortune"

Dick Ferris made the hit Of his life last
night. Somebody else pulled the string
and the bottle at which he was aiming
broke, altho the gun failed to go Off, The
applause, shouts and screams Of the au-
dience were the most sincere heard at
the Lyceum since the Ferris Stock COM
pany located on Hennepin, and finally it
was necessary to ring down the curtain.
It was rare piece Of Workmanship to
break a bottle at twenty PAGES with
merely a snap Of the trigger, and the
audience was SO appreciative that the rest
of the first act was not needed to COM
plete the enjoyment. Unfortunately,
Dicks target practice could not continue
Indefinitely, and the other three acts were
so tame in comparison that the only dem
| onstration left in the audience was hiss
for the villain in the third act, when in
nocent blood was shed ad lib.
SOLDIERS of Fortune went little lame
ly last night, but will be quickly whipped
into shape and make q good strong melo-
drama, The stage settings are natural
! and very suggestive of the tropics. The
7 huge mass of palms that fills the back
! ground in the first act raises the tempera-
ture several degrees, especially one huge
sunburst Of green leaves with a violent
pink center that Immediately conquered
the audience. This particular tree was
shifted thru the four acts until every one
was familiar with it's foliage. 3D. g,
The plot of Richard Harding Davis tale
is simple. Mr.. Langham Of New York
and his daughters, Hope and Alice, decide
tt" spend Quiet winter in South Amer
lean republic, where Mr.. Langham will
have leisure to examine his iron mines
which are under the charge. of q young
American, Robert Clay, who is sort of q
Japanese Buddha, having seen all thought
everything worth thinking, and expert
ehced everything to be experimentation
cept genuine love for girl too young to
go to parties. Hiss desire for the hand
| of Hope. Langhan would probably have
been III vain, had it not been for q time
! ly revolution, which gave the truly brave
a chance to show their mettle-and thei,
! batfleship appears in time to save the
situation, and it is to be presumed that
every one lives happily ever afterwards.
| Will Murdoch, as General Mendoza, was
sufficiently a villain but was scarcely
polished enough for a Spaniard. Pete
Raymond, as Captain Burke, had little
to do, but did it,. Leslie, Morosco, as
Teddy Langham, fairly dubbed with en-
thusiasm and gave the impression that
he considered revolutions as much fun as
strawberry soda water. Charles Burn
ham, as the wealthy New York capitalist
Mr. Langham,, used the accent that pre-
walls in rural melodramas. Florence Stone
was pretty, but was not the Hope Lang
ham Of Mr.. Davis story. -
! -Lucian Kirkland.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
AT THE THEATRES
eIJou-"Heart of Maryland. !"


That stirring old war drama, 1.-THE
Heart of Maryland is making it's sew
enth appearance in Minneapolis this week
at the Bijou theater and seems to hava
lost none Of its drawing qualities. The
present production Is quite up to the
standard set by It's former appearances
TN Minneapolis. In fact, three Of the pres
emit cast were with the company on its
first visit here seven years ago. They
are b. J.. Murphy, as General Hugh Ken
drick; John M. Stevens, as Provost Ser
geant Blout, and Florence Foster, as Mrs.
Claibourne Gordon The other members
Of the company are equally strong In their
work.
Miss Eulalia Bennett, as Maryland Cal
vert, the heroine, is an actress of ability,
and is especially effective in the intensely
emotional passages She is ably supported
by William F. Walcott, the leading man,
as Colonel Alan Kendrick. Arthur e.
Sprague, as Colonel Fulton Thorpe, the
villain Of the piece, Is an actor Of force
and discretion. H. G. Davis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
A FIREMAN'S FUNERAL
Services for the Late James Lowe1y
: Are Largely Attended.

Funeral services for Captain James
H. Lowery, for twenty years member
Of hook and ladder company No. 6, en-
CINE house No. 10, were held at the
Prospect Park Methodist Episcopal
church yesterday, at 2 pm: Two fire.
and representativ from st. Anthony
Lodge, ]. o. o. F., and Nieollet lodge
No. Is, A. o. u. W., attended. together
with a large concourse of other friends.
The floral offerings were most elabor-.
ate, the casket being buried under q
profusion Of wreaths. Rev. William
pail bearers were from engine house No.
10. They were a. W. Parsch. =. q.
Johnston, Ralph Moore, G. R. Steele, j..
Sionnesen and E. W. Clayton. Inter
ment was at Lakewood.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
GROWTH OF THE STATE"
Large Appropriations Are Asked il
Wisconsin This Year.

! Madison, Wis, Jan. 3O.-Large APP
preparation bills will make their APP
pearance in the legislature this week.
The state board Of control will ask
$1,O55,OO0 for current expenses of the
nine charitable, penal and corrective in
stitutions, and $3.50, 200 for new build
ings.
The state board of health and the
tuberculosis commission will ASK $780,
900 for the establishment Of state
hospital fer the care of eonsumptives
University appropriations will be
asked for new buildings and for. a large
permanent increase in the university
income. ].
The State Historical society will ask
money to start the building Of another
wing of the ST. ,OoO, 900 library building.
Practically every board and depart
ment under the state government will
ask additional appropriate the gem
eral. reason being 6 growth Of the
state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-30
CLOSED MINGo's SALOON
Anoka County Does Away with Scene
49, .s.s2 of Recent TRAGEDY. =, 81 -.

Fred Mingo's saloon at Columbia
Heights, where little Freddie King was
shot down by armed robbers on Nov.
20, and where numerous other robberies
have been committed, was closed Sat,
urday night by the commissioners Of
Anoka county. - :
For several years this has been tho
only saloon in that district. The resi-
dents of the Heights felt that its pres
|sence lowered the value of property and
a few weeks ago petition was circu-
lated asking that the license be re.
Evoked. ~ ~ :. 49, =.
/ Real estate men will endeavor to
make Columbia Heights one of the
choice residence suburbs of Minneapo-
lis. On account of its elevation, it is
considered an excellent building site.
With the saloon out of the way, the
property owners feel that the district
will improve rapidly. ~