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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Home Rule, How to Get It,

The Pioneer Press, in opposing the
Smith bill to take away the constitu-
tional prohibition against special legis-
lation SO far as Minneapolis is con-
cerned, takes the ground that Mime
apolis should be hel ped but not in the
way the Smith bill suggests. It be-
lieves it would be safe to reduce the re-
quired vote on home rule charter to a
majority Of those voting on the ques-
tion. ~ --.. ...s.. .~t
This might make it easier to adopt a
home rule charter, but Minneapolis does
not ask it. It does ask that the legis-
lature shall make decent provision for
the submission Of charter upon sepa-
rate ballot or at special election and
believes that under this condition the
people Of this city will approve home
rule. At the last election, when the
charter had merely a line upon the city
ballot, it secured two for one Of the
votes that were cast upon the PROPOSE
ton. This undoubtedly means that
the people want home rule and if they
had a chance to vote upon it when the
charter was the dominant or only ques-
tion up it would have a large majority
Of all the votes cast.
The Smith bill is clumsy proposal
to throw this city back on to the legis-
lature and leave it in the hands of. rep
tresentatives from st. Paul and Roseau
and Lac aui Parle, who neither know
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Rusted Wheat for Seed.

TO the Editor Of The Journal.
There has been q great deal of discus
sion regarding the ACCESSIBILITY Of sowing
rusted wheat. The following may be OF
interest to your readers:
We have a farm in the Red River val
ley. Like others in that locality, it was
badly hit with rust Wheat graded re-
jected; kernels badly shrunken. FEARING
we could not secure better seed, We
saved 400 bushels. Dec. rs we planted in
box 100 kernels. In four days it was
coming up; in eight days it was an inch
high, and every kernel came. The wheat
Is now ten inches high-looking very
healthy. At the same time we planted
100 kernels Of nice, plump looking wheat
secured at the flour mill here, the wheat
being shipped in. It looked superior If
every way to the Red River valley wheat
Strange to say, about half of it came, and
that which is up is not as strong OF
healthy looking as the other. The boxes
in which these samples were planted were
placed In our greenhouse, side by side
They had an equal chance. We shall
SOW our rusted wheat
Not fully satisfied with the experiment
we sent samples to Professor Bolley Of
the experimental station at Fargo, N. D
Ills experiment conceded with our own
Every farmer should test his wheat. &c,
some good soil, put in pan or box, SOW
the wheat about one-half an inch be.
low the surface and keep it in a mod
crate and fairly. even temperature.
The Jewell Nursery Company,
Lake City, Jan. 26. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Toe-Marking Time.

7 Mr.. Williams of Mississippi, who, a
few days ago, was ready to resign,
seems to have recovered the use of his
army. He led them up to the skirmish
line yesterday and had them throw a
few barrels of shrapnel among the rail
road republicans. Discussing the rate
making problem, Mr.. Williams declared
that the democrats in the house were
ready to 'toe-mark the tracks of the
president on that question, and he
called upon the republicans to do the
same.
What the president asked congress
to do was to "confer upon the inter-
state commerce commission the power
to revise rates and regulations, the
revised rate to go into effect at once
and to stay in effect unless and until
the court of review reverses it,
This makes the presidents position
quite clear. He wants the shippers to
have the benefit of revised rate pend
ing an examination of it's reasonable
ness, and he counts upon the interstate
commerce commission being made up
of such body of experts that it will
in very few cases grant rate which
will not be upheld by the reviewing
court. In the few cases it seems to
him better policy to let the railroads
stand the loss than to allow the whole
shipping public to stand the loss in
the large majority of cases. This is
the kind Of toe-marking the president e
plan calls for. Is Mr. Hepburn s stride
equal to the effort?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
LABOR men BACK
TEXT BOOK BILL
HOUSE MEASURE MAKE FREE
TEXTBOOKS COMPULSORY.
Press of Work in, Attorney Generals
Office Urged as Reason for Employing
J. d. Shearer as Special Legal Adviser
to Draw Bills for the House Members.

George E. Perley of Moorhead offered
the first compulsory free textbook meas
ure in the house this morning. His
bill provides that common and independ-
ent school districts must inaugurate the
free. textbook system by Jan. /, 1906,
or lose their respective share Of the
state school fund. The measure is sup
ported by the state federation Of labor.
To Regulate Land Sales.
A bill providing that no public lands
be sold for less than Sc an acre was pre-
sented by Asher Murray of Wadena.
The land commissioner after appraise-
ment shall, hold frequent sales, giving
notice as long as possible in advance.
Land and timber may be sold separately
or the value OF the timber may be added
to the first payment on the land. Such
tracts as require drainage must be with
drawn from the market.
OWING to numerous complaints from
parents against the promiscuous distri-
button of patent medicine samples, a
bill restricting samples to adults is Of
fered by W. G. Fraser Of Rochester.
Attorney General Too Busy.
A breeze was created when A. L.
thor of the resolution appointing James
d. Shearer special attorney general to
assist members in preparing bills. He
had been requested by the attorney
general to present it and considered it
his duty to comply. The attorney gen
eral was so busy that the business OF
his office was already two weeks be-
hind.
w. P. Roberts and A. J. Rockne ex
planned that the clerks Of the Judiciary
and appropriations committee were at
torneys and fully competent to draw
bills: Mr.. Roberts was called to order
by W: A. Nolan for saying thinker =
DAM ~ The resolution was side
tracked by leaving it with the commit
tee on rules.
Not Enough Codes.
Another little gust arose over J. n
Dorsey's bill for 500 more copies of the
revised statutes. Several members hac
carried off copies by the armful, while
others failed to obtain any, and the
latter were angry. The bill was passed
on with. the understanding that care
be exercised in distribution.
A resolution urging Minnesota's rep
resentatives in congress to support The
request of the Upper Mississippi River
Improvement association now before
congress, was adopted on motion Of
w. Il. Putnam Of Red Wing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
The Insurance Department.

The Cole bill placing the state in
surance department on salary basis,
has several good points. In the first
place, the Importance Of this branch
of the state government has not been
properly appreciated in the past. Even
under the present law, with a large
share of the fees going into the COM
missioner pocket, it has turned into
the state treasury ten times the money
expended. At the same time, the in
surance companies doing business in
the state need the closest regulation.
The general public does not under
stand the ms and out Of the insurance
business, and must rely on the state s
expert to furnish protection against
fraudulent or shaky concerns. So a
salary Of $4,000 is none too large for
a competent commissioner. The Cole
bill creates an actuary at salary of
$4,000 year, and provides for turn.
ing all fees into the treasury. This
one provision will save the state from
$4,000 to $4,000 year, and will pro
tect insurance companies from unnec
essary examinations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
MORE oBJECToRs TO CODE.
Change Of Telephone Co.'s Tax Sug-
gested-Savings Banks Kick.

A semipublic hearing on the revision
of the tax laws was given in the st.
Paul Offices Of Representative James
R. Hickey yesterday afternoon. The
taxation of telephone companies on -
property valuation instead ttsao OF r gaoSds
The revision calls for 3 per cent gross
earnings tax.
E. 6. Rogers, clerk of the Ramsey
county district court, said the revision
repealed a special law which meant
that fees for entering judgments. for
delinquent taxes, were increased from
IL to Is cents.
Objection was made to the provision
recurring savings banks to deposit l
per cent of their surplus for additional
protection to depositors. It was ar
gued the savings banks could not do
this and continue to pay depositors the
present high rates Of interest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Is It On the Square?

Esteemed contemporaries along the
line are shaking the big stick at the
Hepburn bill. The Boston Transcript,
all things, views it as compromise. -
The New York Press, with a gift for
explosive language, entities it "Hep-
burns bill to perpetuate railroad ex-
tortion.' It declares that the bill is
loaded with opportunities for hair-split-
ting, and alludes to "the satanic cum
ming which plans to wear down the
complaining shipper by delays until he
In driven out Of business or dies Of
old age.' This is, of course, hyperbole,
for the shipper, without any law at
oil, has done neither the one nor the
other.
The Journal has heretofore said
that the section which abolishes the
: interstate commission and Immediately
establishes it, has a queer look, and
that the absence of any provision for
the control of privatecar lines was a
mistake, unless it was intended to cover
Che subject by the Stevens bill or in
/ some other way.
I 1t is difficult to believe that Mr.
. Hepburn, after numerous White-House
conferences, has brought in plan
which purposely breaks the word of
promise to the president hopes. The
! bill probably is a compromise, but not
/ necessarily sell-out, as the Press in
! fers. Its course in the house will GER
! tainly develop it's true character. II
s it does not meet the real demands OF
/ the country it will most likely be
] dropped and the president will present
+ the subject to new congress, better
educated on the needs Of business
i Rather a years delay than a compro
mise on law that does not clearly
and unequivocally declare the govern
ment IS right and determination to make
!; reasonable rates where the common car
[ rier will not.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
LOCAL MAN NAMED
FOR ST. PAUL JOB
RAMSEY co. SENATOR HOLDS UP
EDMUNDs' CONFIRMATION.
He Charges that the New State Boiler
Inspector for Ramsey Is a Resident
of Minneapolis Edmunds Was APP
pointed on Recommendation of the
Entire Ramsey County Committee.

St. Paul engineers object to having
a Minneapolis man appointed boiler in
spector for Ramsey county.
When the senate was asked in a
communication from Governor j. A.
johnson this morning to confirm GER
tain appointments, the name Of F. A..
Edmunds as boiler inspector for Ram
sey county, was excepted on request Of
Senator McNamee Of st. Paul, DEM
ocrat. .--,~
IT made the exception on request of
the st. Paul engineers organization, -
the senator explained. "On hearing Of
Edmunds' appointment they began to
look him up, as he was stranger to
all Of them. They found that altho
he had the Endorsement of all the dem
ocratic county committeeman, as res
ident of the eleventh ward, yet his
residence could not be found nor is his
name in the st. Paul directory. The
Minneapolis directory shows his name
and gives his residence as 2218 Fifth
avenue s. Naturally, the st. Paul men
object to a Minneapolis man holding a
Ramsey county job. -
Frank A. Day, private secretary to
Governor johnson, says the appoint
ment was made on the recommendation
Of the entire county committee, which
was relied on to name an acceptable
man for the place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Lawson Becoming Tedious.

Interest in the Lawson disclosures is
no longer so intense, as is shown by
the fact that the magazine in which
the ''Frenzied Finance articles ap-
pear has suffered a loss in circulation,
compared with the former high mark.
] in and about the financial district of
New York, the newsdealers ordered
returned only S95 copies unsold. Of
the February number 1885 copies were
ordered and 2,34O were unsold to Mon
day of this week. Possibly the fnan-
. cial district is not the best place to go
for evidence of interest, yet outside
/ reports have been somewhat less favor
able to high circulation as. well, and it
/ is clear that the publishers will find it
hard to maintain the totals at anywhere
near the figure for January, when about
100000 copies were printed.
The reason for waning interest is
! that Lawson has strung out his story
h at too great length. Some of his arti.
cles have been intensely interesting,
! and no one. whether he agrees entirely
i with Lawson or not, can deny him
/ original style, great strength, and abil-
I ity to hold the reader. But long sus-
1 pense results in time in fattened in
9terest. Lawson has made some start
ling disclosures, but always, at the end,
Sthere was the promise of the big, thing
yet to come. Everything that was said
mo 70 ho
Y for what was to be said, and all the
world was told to wait for the big
aehow. The world bought the December
/ number and found the show billed for
sJanuary, and the January number had
lit dated for February, and the Feb.
ruary number, Introducing the fore.
:. part, fails to make the tremendous hit
expected, for the reason that the great
Il performance has been billed to death
All this is entirely aside from the
good that Lawson may have done by
his articles, and is consideration only
sof the dramatic makeup Of the man
4 and its expression in his stories. II
II Lawson made any mistake, it was that
he planned to cover too great time
space with his disclosures. He must
sbe a great writer indeed, who can hold
1.-THE public for long time, to one
sstrain, in these days, Time was wher
.ss'the villain still pursued her, and
tito be continued in our next was the
bottom line of. the great serial stories
To-day the public is tickle and tires
seasily, and it is a little dangerous to
TRY to make it follow, against the feel
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
CREEPs INTO CITIES
New Code Extends Operations of Street
Railways in Condemning Property.

The "eminent domain section of the
revised code, found in chapter 60, sec
ton 4, defines public service corpora
tions, including railroads, street rail
roads, telegraph and telephone lines,
and they are limited in use of public
highways, but in section the revised
statutes say:
Every such corporation may acquire by
right Of eminent domain, such private
property as may be necessary or conven-
lent for the transaction of the public
business for which 1t was formed.
This has the effect of permitting a
street railway company to condemn pri-
vate property, which it is not now al
lowed to do. The 1899 law gave them
the right outside of cities, which is
necessary in securing right of way, but
it remained for the new code to make
the privilege general. ~
The savings bank officials have found
two important changes in the new law
which give them considerable concern.
The provision regarding assets requires
that when mortgages are held the prop
erty must be worth "three times the
amounts loaned thereon The present
law only requires double value. An
other new clause requires the banks to
set aside one per cent Of their deposits
each year toward the surplus fund until
Is per cent is accumulated.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
REVISION WORK
GIVEN TO ALL
SENATE COMMITTEES WILL WORK
ON RESPECTIVE SECTIONS.
Judiciary Committee Still Retains d.
rection of the Work, and Will Receive
Reports from the Other Committees
A Bill introduced for the Municipal
Ownership Of Telephones.

The entire senate is to take part in
the consideration of the statutes revi-
sion report.
Senator Stephens this morning intro.
duced a resolution providing that the
chairman of the judiciary committee
apportion to the regularly constituted
committees, the various chapters of the
revision according to the appropriate
subjects and character of the work. The
bill is officially still to remain in the
hands Of the judiciary committee. The
respective committees are to report IN
writing to the judiciary committee from
time to time, suggesting changes.
On recommendation of the legislative
expense committee, Miss Helen NJ, Tai:
as general stenographers at s. day
The senate aided in relieving the
trouble caused by the shortage in stat
ute revision reports. by passing the
house emergency. bill, calling for, an
other edition of 500. These will be
ready for distribution by next Monday.
of Nicollet county asking for increased
appropria ton for county fairs.
Municipal Phone Bill.
Some interest is felt in a bill intro
duced by Senator Peterson, which in
brief terms enables any municipality to
construct or acquire its own telephone
system, by majority vote of the eless.
OrS.
Senator E. B. Wood of Long Prairie
introduced bill to abolish the time.
honored office of senate fireman, which
is now prescribed by statute and elected
the same as the secretary and sergeant
alarms. The original fireman had to
keep the fire going in the stoves that
warmed the senate chamber, but with
steam heating plants his usefulness has
departed. Senator Wood thinks the SEN
ate will have no difficulty in keeping
warm without the traditional function
ary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Governor VS.. Senator La Toilette.

Governor La Toilette Of Wisconsin is
being severely criticized for taking the
senatorship and DESERVING his post as
governor Of Wisconsin, and at first
glance it would seem as tho he had made
blunder. AS governor of Wisconsin
he stood in line for the presidency. At
least he was a presidential possibility
and a favorite son of a very important
state. AS a senator he rather side
tracks himself. AS governor he was SUI
preme. AS a senator he is one Of nine
ty and member Of body that does
not recognize talent until it has been
reinforced by experience.
Perhaps Governor La Toilette yielded
to that very natural desire of public
men to maintain themselves in position
where their influence may be felt. He
could not expect to be governor of Wis
consin again, and at the end of two
years he would find himself a private
citizen with all the disadvantages that
privacy confer upon the man ambitious
to be power for good in the communi.
ty. AS a senator his personal import
ance is assured for six years. b., r,r'
At the same time, one cannot help a
note of regret that the governorship of
great state was not considered as
high a position as a senatorship. Per.
haps the two-year term works against
the value of governorship. If La
Toilette had been reelected for -four
years we believe he would have found
less difficulty in deciding against Wash
ington and in favor of his work al
Madison
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
nor should be expected to know what Is
good for Minneapolis.

The losses in life in the Japanese navy
since the war began are surprisingly
small considering the results achieved
According to the recent Investigations OF
the navy's medical department, the total
number Of killed or wounded up to the
end OF September amounted to 1921 per-
sons Six hundred and fifty five of these
were slightly wounded, 556 severely
wounded, 1,022 killed and IS missing
Some of the missing have since been
found in Port Arthur.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
SUPT. OLSEN'S KICK PAID
His Department May Have Apartments
on First Floor Of Capitol.

It is probable that John w. Olsen,
superintendent of public instruction,
will have offices on the first floor Of
the capitol as a result Of his strenuous
objection to his third floor apartments.
In company with Architect Cass Gill
bert and f. E. Corliss, capitol com
missioner, the rounds of the new CAPT
tol were made at afteino emo oset
cupied by the adjutant general and
military storekeeper, and to transfer
the adiutant general to the apartments
on the third floor originally set aside
for Mr.. Olsen, and the military store
keeper to an office on the ground floor.
This arrangement gives Mr.. Olsen three
excellent apartments.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
BOWLING MAKES GOOD
No Minneapolis Man Need Apply for
Expert Accountant Work.

Chairman P. E. Bowling announced
two days ago that no Minneapolis man
would be named as expert accountant
for the committee on public accounts
and expenditures. He has been able
to make good his assertion as the COM
mittee yesterday left the appointment
with the chairman, who will announce it
later on. Two Minneapolis men were
after the place-John Barry, who
achieved some fame in connection with
the examination of the books of the
state auditor by the public examiner,
and w. G. Hayden. s. p. Spates, who
is given in the st. Paul directory as a
dealer in building material. and Mr..
Howe, are also seeking the position,
which will pay $40 a day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
NOT READY TO REPORT
Code Will Not Be Sent Back to House
for Several Days.

According to the resolution adopted
last week, the subcommittees of the
house judiciary committee were called
on to report as to the sections of the re-
vised code assigned them, at meeting
of the full committee this afternoon
Most of the subcommittee had been I'M
able to complete their work, SO it will
be impossible to report back the code
with the amendments the first Of next
week.
The senate subcommittee will prose
cute their work entirely independen mt Of
the house lawyers, who have quite a
start. The plan is for the senate and
house to do the preliminary work
separately. and then compare notes. In
fective check will be placed on the
accuracy Of the code.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
THE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS
TODAY
! 8 NJ =

SENATE.
Bill introduced permitting Munich
paIIties to own telephone systems.
PeddIers' license bill introduced.
Bill introduced to abolish office Of
senate fireman.
Code is referred to the regular COM
mlttees Of the senate.
Two stenographers added to the
force Of the senate.
Adjourned to Tuesday, II am.
HOUSE
Bill introduced reforming method
of selling state land.
Compulsory free text book bill In
troduced. ..-.--.
Resolution providing for special as
slstant attorney general Is side
tracked.
Adjourned to Monday, 2 pm.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Seed Wheat.
To the Editor Of The Journal.

To the Editor Of The journal. VI
l have noticed quite q little of late in
the papers about getting seed wheat from
CANADA. AS am buying wheat at Han
nah, N. D., and know something of the
situation on both sides Of the line, would
like to say that think we have enough
of good seed wheat right here in the
state to answer all purposes. Our wheat
is fully as good as the wheat in Canada
or Manitoba. The wheat here was not
damaged from rust but very little Frost
did the most damage to the wheat cror
here. 1t is all good plump seed, but
slightly bran frosted. i positively know
that the wheat in Canada is no better
than our own. So why not use our own
wheat? 20. e Countryman.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-27
Who Was the e, z, Mark?

To the Editor of The Journal
~ wish to thank you for the editorial
and other treatment you gave the IL, T.
Eischman interview" l. would have sug-
gested to the Tribune that they name
him "E. Z. Mark instead. I suspect vol
are right as to the place of his birth and
so he might easily have been christened
as above. -
We feel grateful for the chance; thai
decency has by your sane, sensible treat.
ment of such matters. LIT.