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Must Show Folk.

st. Louis is having a taste of law en-
forcement which may or may not be to
it's taste. Governor Folk, having the
appointing Of police commissioners in
ST. Louis and Kansas City, is giving
those two cities sample Of what he
understands by law enforcement. In
st. Louis, the Sunday saloon has beer
shaves, shines, newspapers and baths on
Saturday night. &..~..4..
Governor Folk thus brings on the IT.
repressible conflict between those who
believe laws are made to be enforced,
and those who think their enforcement
should be left to the discretion of GER
tain executive officers. The alterna-
tives are exceedingly difficult. To en-
force the Sunday laws is to run counter
to respectable body Of public opinion,
which lis in favor Of the largest personal
liberty ON the first day Of the week.
But to let go of the Sunday laws entire
", means urban anarchy. Governor
Felix takes the ground that it is not for
him OF the. executive officers Of his APP
| pointing to say what laws shall be en-
forced and which shall not. They are
to treat all laws, as they would treat
all citizens, alike. If the people do not
like Sunday laws they must get rid Of
them or modify them. ,s
Thus far in American politics, only
one man has arisen who has had the
telnerity to recommend the legalizing Of
sales Of whisky on Sunday. That man
! is District Attorney Jerome of New
| York, who is advocating a bill to permit
the opening Of saloons during certain
hours on the Sabbath. Thus far he
/. stands practically alone on the ques-
ton. The rural and city portions Of a
state usually disagree upon this problem
and because they must have the same
law on the question the superior virtue
Of the country prevails in the legisla.
ture Of every state, and we have Sun.
day laws. New York has thought that
she would some day get away from the
Legislative domination; but every year
she falls more deeply under the rule Of
Albany. s'-
There seems to be no solution Of the
Sunday question that will please every.
body. Certainly the brazen disregard
. of the day by dives is not satisfactory
Probably the law which prevents a mar
from getting a meal OF having hi
shoes shined on Sunday is not satisfac
tory either. Nevertheless the goyernol
Of Missouri is going to- show the people
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19
LOIS PAUL.

sic contests than their competitors.
They deserve great credit, however, for
winning place in the finals. To fight
their way up from the bottom to the top
is Is an aehle vena Of NV whlen they may
posed Of D. w. Hayes, Margaret Lam
pert and Henry Swanson. ..,-
Albert Lea defeated Blooming Prai-
RE, Winona, Blue Earth and East Side
High of Minneapolis. Indirectly it
vanquished Sleepy Eye and Fairmont,
and the schools Of the twin cities. It
won the championship of the first dis
trict and defeated the champions of the
second, fourth and fifth districts.
Breckenridge first won the champion
ship of it's home district, the ninth, and
then routed it's opponents in the third,
sixth and seventh districts.
The question for debate thru all the
series and for the contest on Friday
night reads as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19
THE UNEASY CHAIR

THE RESURRECTION OF WONDER,
As SEENslN FIcTIoN.--A writer in
Harper's Weekly for April Is calls atten-
ton to- the drift Of thought away from
the materialistic view off things to the
idealistic. toward life that is more than
clay. He says in part:
When our times are handed over TO the his
torian and only the gross effect is labeled doubt
less the nineteenth century will be called the
cradle of the physical sciences. 1t was not so
mucn the really great men of the mtd-past
century--Darwfn, Spencer and Cltford--who at
tempted to explainsth phenomenon Of life In
terms OF matter, as 1T was the swarm of little
men who hover about great men and translate
their thought for the populace. These, indeed,
dreamed az Of belittling life to At formula. But
auired, and the new century ushered in the
resurrection of wonder
The poets, to be sure, ever kept in the right
path: But II is the particular stamp Of true
poetry that 1T persistently emphasizes the higher
truth, unheeding he%clamor Of the world. Thru
the most perilous inroads of science, the season
OF the pufed-up spirit of mater1alism, when
Clifford was saying, ITO sum up: 1t is wrong
always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe
anything upon insufficient evidence Words
worth was writing o.
THAT blessed mood +,
In which the burden of the mystery, g.
In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all
this unintelligible world ~.
Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood
Until the breath of the corporeal frame
And even the motion Of our human blood
Almost suspended, we are laid asleep ~. 49,.
In body, and become living soul. i.-
While with an eye made quiet by the power
OF harmony, and the deep power of Joy,
We see into the life of things
When Buchner was saying: "In a word, the
world never could have been created" Brown
ing was saying: 49,. h.
"The very God! Think, iAbib; dost thou think Z
So the All-great were the All-loving, too. 4
| So thru the thunder comes a human, voice &
| Saying: o. heart I made heart beats here!
! Face my hands fashioned, see it in myself.
| Thou hast no power, nor mayest conceive of
rnine ..* T. ~. -
But love I gave thee With myself to love,
| And thou must love me- who have died for
| ' thee" t.S ~ = 7, 49,. .s@s &.
|
! The conventional and ephemeral are passing
| In the past the novel of dangerous adventure
made way for the novel of manners, the novel
of manners for the navel, of motives and now
| the novel OF motives us passing out, and we
| are usher1ng in new species-the novel o,
/ wonder. II.
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it was clearly demonstrated that the
question had two sides, and was well
balanced.
Leagues Fourth Year.
This is the fourth year of the league
and it has proved very lively and
wideawake organization. Some teams
have dropped out, but others have taken
their places. The membership this
year includes the high schools of AL
bert Lea, Blooming Prairie and Winona
in the first district; Sleepy Eye, Fair
mont and Blue Earth in the second;
Pennington and Faribault in the third;
st. Paul Central, Humboldt and Cleve-
land in the fourth; Minneapolis Cen
trail, East, North and South in the
fifth; Long Prairie in the sixth; Madi-
son, Granite Falls, Appleton, Monte
video, Redwood Falls, Benson and Will
mar in the seventh, and Fergus Falls,
Breckenridge and GAINESVILLE in the
ninth.
LIE Sueur won the finals in 1902, the
leagues first year, over Glenwood--
country school being pitted against
country school. In 1903 a new star APP
peared in the western acknowledges
Falls-which won the cup in the cul-
minating debate with st. Paul Central.
Tt was the country against the city,
and the former proved its strength.
Again in 1904 the same schools were the
principals in the final struggle. but ST.
Paul Central secured the honors. This
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19
;t{S
International Railway Congress

The seventh meeting of the interna-
tional railway congress, which will open
in Washington on May g., will be a
gathering of practical railroad men who,
since the first meeting at Brussels in
1855, have discovered that they all
have something to learn from each other
and that there is nothing like attrition
of ideas and comparing notes to dispel
Ignorance. .... 49, . 49,. =. 10 &c.,. g.
Americans are boastful Of the rail-
way progress Of their country, but, in
spite Of the nearly three hundred thou
sand miles Of rails, second tracks and
sidings, luxurious day coaches and sleep
ers, gigantic freight cars and loco
motives, it must be confessed thatwe are
yet far from abating in an appreciable
way the slaughter and manning Incl
dent to railway accidents. We have
beaten the world in the invention and
production of safety appliances, but the
casualties continue increasingly, while
in Europe they seem to have continually
beaten us in prudent train running.
We have, however, succeeded in attain
ing traffic rates which are, by compari-
Son, the lowest in the world, but which
yet yield dividends permitting big ex-
penditures from current earnings, for
betterments. And yet such railroad
men as J. j. Hill have declared that
the lowest average rate per ton per mile
rails, heavy equipment, permit the
4 movement of freight at the lowest point
\ Of profit The American freight train,
beside the English freight with it's
eight-ton cars, each loaded from ton
Ind quarter to two tons, presents an
interesting spectacle. We have beaten
the world in business competition be-
cause of the low transportation rates by
rail. And yet from the bowels of the
shipping interest in this country has
come a prolonged and agonizing COM
plant Of grossly unjust rates, crooked
dealing on the part of the railways and
demands for regulation which shall
prevent unjust discrimination. The
seemingly contradictory conditions are
perfectly possible.
The trouble with the shippers and the
railways has been that both are
bothered with the insidious and para
sitical enemy known as temporary and
Secret rates. Railway companies have
made traffic contracts and so-called gen
tlemen s agreements to fight off The
secret-rate harpies, and shippers who
have lost thru unjust discrimination in
favor of the big shippers have fought
4 for their rights in the courts, which
have decided that even traffic agree.
ments to maintain rates are violations
Of the antitrust law and forced the big
"a railway corporations to gigantic con
solicitations such as we see today reach
ing across the continent. The country
Has consequently reached the poiAt
where the sentiment favoring legal re
strictions and regulations of railway
\ traffic is focusing upon q federal law
adequate to secure stability of freight
rates, both export and domestic, ane
uniform classification Of merchandise
a for stransportation.
Our English friends who viii attend
the congress at Washing on may b
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

The negro says Professor Smith, is in
ferior to the white, and the 5inferiority is
not one Of culture; it cannot:be removed
by education, despite the promise in a
few remarkable exceptions Improvement
must come, he says, from within as the
development of the#spirit there, not by
superimposing something from without.
The book is certainly one Of cogent and
forceful statement. Many will not agree
with the professors conclusions, but no
one can deny that they are worthy Of
careful consideration, especially as they
are based upon what the author has at
tempted at least to make a purely scien-
tific discussion, an chronological inquiry.
4 = Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New York.
81 30 net.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19
THE MAGAZINES

Thomas A. Edlson's Marrow Escape
Thomas A. Edison Is q devoted reader Of
the North American Review. II have
been constant reader for forty years, but
the North American Review nearly caused
my death once,'' he remarked the other
day. to an acquaintance. lit was years
ago, when was telegraph operator in
one Of the smaller western cities was
great reader every spare moment had,
and as my salary was small, used to buy
many books at auction. One day I found
a%veritable bargain whole stack of
old North American Reviews for 81, That
night the goodnight, call came at
am, and I shouldered my package and
went up the dark street at pretty lively
pace, for Twas anxious to open and read
the magazines. I heard pistol-shot be-
hind me, and something whizzed past my
ear, nearly grazing it. in fact. AS turned.
a breathless policeman came up, and or
dered me in tones did not fail to hear
that time to drop my bundle. Evidently.
hurrying along the dark allevway with q
large bundle, did look a suspicious char
acter. I stopped and opened my package,
The policeman locked Disguised. Huh
he; said, why didn't you stop when I told
you to? If I'd been d good shot, you might
a got killed Z . Us So 50
The Grand Canyon In Tints.-The Grand
Canyon of the Colorado has been photos
graphed in its aspects OF grandeur and
picturesqueness,b by Dwight T. Elmendorf.
From his remarkable series Of pictures an
article in, the May scribner's will be illus
trated with eight full pages, printed in
tint Benjamin Brooks writes a short i'm.
pressionistic article about the canyon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

MRS. HUMPHREY Wards "HERo-
INES" LACK AvolRDUPols.-The Har-
perss have received the following letter
from q ladySi in the6West: Il .5@ s.
Gentlemen, have read with the greatest in
terest Mrs. Wards different serials in your
magazine but there is one point about which
I want to write her, Mrs. Ward always makes
her heroines entirely too thin Eleanor, Julie
LIE Breton. and now Lady Kitty, are painfully
thin 1t seems as if she thought no stout
people could be interesting. Will. you send
me her address ?; And do you suppose she would
mind my suggesting this to her? :.
Arthur Christopher Benson,s life of Edward
Fitzgerald will be published next month in the
English Men of Letters series Mr.. Benson
will be remembered as the author Of the life
of Rossetti in the same series. Early in May
the series will be enriched by the issue of DR..
Harry Thurston Peck's life of Prescott, the
historian. ,iE ~ 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

Is THE. NEGRO RACE NoRTHtsAND
SOUTH DEGENERATING? A SOUTH
ERNER SAYS IT IS.-William Benjamin
Smith Of Tulane. university, in his book,
The Color Line, a Brief In Behalf of the
Unborn, expresses the belief that the col
ored race Is doomed to die out, while the
stronger white race, if kept pure in blood,
will survive and progress. For that rea-
son he affirms that the south Is entirely
right In keeping open at all times, at all
hazards and by all sacrifices, an i'm
passable social chasm between black and
whiten J., &. III .49... ~ a.
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Our prohibitionist friends will learn with
regret that. the excellent preservation Of
the remains Of John Paul Jones is due
to the fact that they were stepped in al
cohol. However, it is not necessary to
begin the sleeping process fifty eight
years before death r. 's--f +
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19
LOOKS THAT WAY.

ashall we chlorcformt the old folks Of
the next generation?' asked the sage Of
Plunkville. Es
IF ctgarets an tight lacin' keep their
present holts on the respective sexes, :"
retorted the >Pohick philosopher, there
amt goin, to be no old folks in the next
pen era ton. :" rs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19
THE LAST GUESS

Justice Mcfarland Of the California SUI:
preme court was chatting with a distin-
guished eastern lawyer who. not feeling
quite sure Of his ground, asked II the
superior court Of California was the
highest legal tribunal in that state. s Yes, 4
replied the Justice: sit is the court OF
ultimate conjecture" gl
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AS COMPARED.
notr0it Tribune

ga mans disposition remarked the
student Of human nature, reminds me OF
cider
whats the answer" CURED the
party Of the dense part
.sS..It gets sharp and sour after he has
been worked" answered the other.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

Mrs. Nation has again been fined at
Wichita. Whom Carrie drew the Ratchet
On is not mentioned by the dispatches.
Possibly she was fined on general prin-
ciples > a-&gp - =.
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l. The London Leader has made q compu-
pecially of the established church, live
longer than bartenders. But: OH how
much slower. 49,. .s-. e. =
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France probably wishes that her great
ally had sailed around the other side Of
Borneo. Your true Frenchman is not look
ing for a fight with Japan and England.
He is carrying a billy for the exclusive
flooring Of the German emperor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

We do not see how Mayor Dunno Of
Chicago is going TO run. a whole streetcar
system, when he cannot run. a eone-horse
wagon up to Montgomery, Ward & Co.'S
door. @T& AZ ... s......s
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Bishop Fallows says the world Is grow
ing better. Bishop Fallows has been work
ing upon the world for quite while; it
would be just like him to give himself a
slight Endorsement at this time
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Albert Lea will support the affirma-
tive; Breckenridge, the negative. The
Albert Lea debaters have spoken on
both sides, and have all the arguments
well conned and digested. Brecken-
ridge has debated the affirmative only.
Early in the 1904-05 debates the affirma-
tive invariably won, but in later cor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

Some Of the graft reporters have found
of reflection when a reporter would
rather surrender his position than forego
$3.50 graft money! i ...... E~stt !
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

| Mayor Jones promises a cleanup at
Minnehaha. Minnehaha has waited about
six years since she had the last touch of
the broom. *AE<@ ~ g. ~ @seT
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

They have been hunting so hard for
John Paul Jones that one would almost
think they needed his vote somewhere.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

There seems to be some mistake about
the projected visit of the Scotch railway
expert to Chicago. FIe says he expects
to learn something in Chicago. so
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

President Baer says that sentiment is
out Of place in the coal business. This
would have gone without saying.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

societies is marked. Some societies
even follow the example of the Greek
letter fraternities, and bid strong men
while they are still in the high
school,
Credit for this satisfactory state Of
affairs and the success of the league is
given by the Daily where it largely be-
longs-to Professor McDermott.
influence Outside the Schools.
Business and professional men in the
various towns where the high school
debates have been held have been much
interested in the arguments presented
on both sides. Busy men, who are new
ertheless interested in the practical
questions which the league aims to dis
cuss. have found it instructive to lis
ten to the facts marshaled by the
young debaters. Incidentally, they
have learned to think better of the
work of the high schools. The thoughts
and ambitions of entire communities
have been quickened and stimulated by
this well-organized system of debates,
which has commonwealth for its field.
The success of the league has adver-
tised the schools and the state in re-
mote sections of the union, and other
states have formed similar organiza-
tions or are in fair way to do so.
All in all, the league has more than
justified its organization. Started as
an experiment, it may now be said to
have become permanent institution
The debates for 190506 are already
well outlined, and many high-sehool
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

Why not start a movement for the
members Of the next legislature to con-
tribute the paltry few hundred dollars
for their favorites? Some one might pass
a paper and get pledges. In this way
every one might give what he saw fit and
the state would not be robbed in this
peewee way aa ID
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for Chicago, but it seems to be a case Of
Gates ajar to receive it. tr
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| Rider Haggard says that America is "a
land Of loud noises" Mr.. Haggard must
have detected the Chicago packing house
| district. r@<.s% -. +"T- -. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-19

" It has been made very plain that the
Minnesota house would take Rockefeller 8
$l0O 900 without sample. =
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The democrats show signs of wishing
to gobble up the country's municipal
ownership issue. ..r
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Fairbanks, Alaska. ran out Of United
States postage stamps and the last one
sold for 81. Yet it is safe, to say that
a large section Of the population would
try to borrow that one It's q habit. a..
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Resolved, That the policy of re-
ducing further immigration to the
United States to a minimum is
practicable and should be adopted.
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RAH, RAHl vASsAR!

= ii Arcadia (Mo.9 Enterprise.
Oyama' wife was educated at Vassar.s
a any other explanat ion necessary
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AL ROYAL WEDDINGS.

~ 81 Galveston News. e
n "Why are you all the time complaining
about American women marrying foreign
r,oblemen? Don't you realize that every
wedding is a royal affair?
How do you figure that out, because
love is king?"
mo, but every woman considers her.
self an uncrowned queen, and OF course,
always marries her Prince Charming.