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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22

constitutional status of the highway
commission. The law Of 1905 will stand
whether the constitution authorizes a
highway commission or not. It depends
entirely on the will of future legisla-
lures. If in 1907, in 1909, or at any flu
ture time, the lawmakers should be
overcome with hunger for the road and
bridge pie, they can abolish the high
way commission and parcel the funds
out themselves. That contingency is
to be faced whether the new amendment
passes or not.
The highway commission principle is
firmly believed in by good roads advo-
Gates. AS a practical system it has yet
to be tried, and it will have only one
year of trial with no tax levy to work
on, before the next legislature meets.
The fund to be parceled next year will
be barely $4,000, which is the annual
income from the internal improvement
land fund. With this short time and
trifing sum Of money, the commission
will have no real chance to prove it's
usefulness, and should not be judged
by such brief record. The time may
come, tho, when it will be assailed, and
the friends of good roads will have to
fight for its life. That fight will not
be ieopardized by the amendment that
is to be submitted next fall. In fact,
with an increased tax levy and a larger
fund the commission will have better
chance to prove it's usefulness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22
That Good Roads Amendment.

Unnecessary alarm has been aroused
over the good roads amendment to the
constitution, submitted to the people at
the last election. It comes chiefly from
a misunderstanding Of what the consti-
tuition really is.
The original good roads section was
submitted by the legislature Of 1897,
and adopted by the people in 1898. It
is section 16 Of article 9, and it author
ICES the legislature to levy tax on
one-twentieth of one mill for the road
and bridge fund. It also authorizes the,
creation by law of state highway com--
mission. The two subjects are in sep.
arate paragraphs, and not necessarily
connected At any time since 1898 the
legislature could have levied the tax,
with or without creating the highway
commission. AS for the highway COM
mission, the legislature had as much
right to create one before the amend
ment was adopted as it had afterward.
It doesn't need constitutional authority
to create a new office, and in fact the
great majority'of our appointive Offices
are not mentioned in the constitution
at all. Last winter the legislature
passed an act creating the tax levy
and also providing for the highway
commission. That act does not insure
the permanency Of either the fund or
the commission. The constitution is not
mandatory. It only gives the author
ity, which, as far as the commission
goes, is needless, and the next legisla.
ture could put an end to the tax levy
to the commission, or both.
The new section submitted to the
people merely authorizes the road and
bridge levy to be increased from one
twentieth to onefourth of mill. Il
leaves out mention Of the highway com
mission as superfuous. At the time the
submission bill was passed T he J o r
n al called attention to that feature
It seemed poor policy to strike the high
way commission out of the constitution
! just after creating it by law. Tit
amendment does not, however, make !
lparticle of difference in the legal o.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22

KINGS MUMMIES MAKE GOOD
PAlNT.-Jerome Hart has a great deal
to tell in A LevantIne Log-Book, and
tells it in a way that quickly takes firm
grip on the reader. There Is no over
loading Of heavy figures and dry facts
the figures and facts that one wants are
there, but they are so Illuminated and
arranged that one forgets that he is alb
sorbing information in his delight with
the way he is made to do it. Discussing
the dust Of the desert, for example, the
author says: -
The dust Of these dead-and- gone kings makes
extraordinarily fertile soil for vegetable gardens
when irrigated with the rich, thick water Of the
Nile. Their mummies also make excellent pig
ments for the brush. Rameses and Setos, Cleo
patra and Hatasu--all these great ones. dead
and turned to clay, are said, when properly
ground, to make a rich lumber paint highly pop
ular with artists
Mr.. Harris book Is comprehensive, and
Is carefully indexed, making it valuable
as a book of reference as we'll as a de-
light to him who must travel by the book
route.
Longmans, Green & Co., New York.
= 81 net.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22

"TALEs FROM DlckENs.", - Halle
Erminie Rives has done some condens-
ing that has made possible the publica-
ton of a book of Dickens tales that will
appeal to many kinds Of readers. It is
a good book to place in the hands Of a
boy or girl whom it is wished to interest
in Dickens to their lasting JOY and good;
it is good to place in the hands of older
folk for like reason and the confirmed
Dickens reader will find therein his
favorite tales not so condensed as to lose
their point and not so long as to take
more time than he has to spare while
waiting for the call to dinner, for exam
pie. For the confirmed Dickens man
reading these stories Of favorite charac-
ters will prove like meeting an old friend
for a moments chat Sas the world goes
by. The table of contents gives sixty
stories, but there are stories within
stories, SO that the number is really
much larger, and they are among the
best.
The Bobbs- Merrill company. Indianap-
Es5t oils. e ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22
South Dakota S University Trou'
h1e.

Educators generally will sympathlze
with the position of President Garrett
Droppers of the University OF South
Dakota. He has been bounded for sew
eral years by powerful enemies, men
living in the shadow of the university,
who had been used to debating its
management, and, who resented Drop
pers' independent attitude. Thru
these enemies political influence has
been raised which finally proved too
strong for him, and last year his resig-
nation was forced to take effect Jan! l,
1906. -... -
DR., Droppers successor was chosen,
but short time ago facts concerning
the newly elected president were laid
before the regents, who had no choice
but to dismiss him from the position he
had not yet filed. This left the presi-
dency open, and one of the professors
was asked to take charge after. Jan. ]
as acting president. He declined, and
was joined by the entire faculty and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22
Balfour's Little Plan.

In outlining his campaign the late
prime minister Of England remarked
that he was for free trade, but for
retaliation against "dumping." Dump
ing is the process whereby American
and German manufacturers are said to
throw their surplus stocks into England
at cut prices in order to keep their
home market from glut and their facto-
ries at work.
Mr.. Balfour favors a tariff in retalia-
ton against this low work. In other
words he would have foreign manufac-
turers, if they insist on selling to Eng
land, not sell so cheap.
The people who are marching thru
London and crying because they have
no money to buy anything at any price
must be wonderfully attracted by Mr.
Balfour's program.
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AIN AND OUT OF THE OLD MIS-
SIoNS OF CALIFORNIAN - George
Wharton James, the author Of the pres
ent work, has sought to give an analysis
of the details Of the mission style OF
architecture; the condition Of the Indi-
ans prior to, during and after the mis-
sion epoch; careful survey of the in
terror decorations of the missions; a pic
tortal account Of the furniture, pulpits,
doors and other" woodwork Of the mis-
sfons; pictorial account of the crosses
candlesticks and other silver and brass
work of the missions; and a pictorial &C.
count Of the various figures Of the saints
at the missions. A full and exhaustive
chapter has been prepared on the com.
Nplex and little understood 'subject of SEQ
ularization. The illustrat lions have beer
reproduced from photographs which were
made expressly for the book.
Little. Brown & Co., Boston. So net.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22

Clinton Scollard, Clinton Dangerfeld.
Cora Lapham Hazard, Frank Putnam,
Nixon Waterman and CAROLYN Wells
constitute galaxy of Christmas poets
that it would be hard to excel. Miss
Wells "Mermaid' IS Christmas is
quite as clever as anything she has
ever done in the nonsense line, for it
certainly is nonsensical to write about
a. mermaid IS Christmas. In fact, as
Miss Wells puts it, cit s really shock
ingi Why, mermaids never have 4
stocking.'' These writers will be rep
resented in The Journals Sunday
MAGAZINE next Sunday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22
Colonel Charles w. Johnson.

County Treasurer Johnson, whose
death is recorded today, was a man
whose talents showed in many differ
emit directions. In his youth he was a
soldier Of the rebellion, and on his re-
turn from the war became a printer
and graduated from the case to the
reporters run and the editors chair.
He was successful in all three capaci-
ties. He turned his attention to bust
ness and made a success of a large job.
printing establishment. He was a mu-
stefan of no mean order and an excel
lent choirmaster. To whatever he
turned his attention he appeared to
have the capacity to organize it. =
The recreation Of his life was poll
tics. He entered it not as an aspirant
for office, but he shone as the organizer
of the literary end Of the appeal to
the people. He was a pioneer in the
publicity department Of politics, and
had few superiors in the construction
of telling circulars and effective polit-
ical advertising. For many years he
was the chief or reading clerk, of the
United States senate, and won repu-
tation in that office for grasp of de-
tails which demanded his services in
the capacity Of secretary of a success
sion of republican national conventions.
His opportunities to observe the leaders
Of the republican party at short range
had been exceptional, and his popu-
larity with politicians of many grades
was in proportion to his efficiency.
Colonel Johnson was very earnest in
his politics. He had inherited a rever-
ence for his party from war times. But
his personal political work was not at
all bitter. He had the saving grace
of a playful humor, which served often
to break the shaft Of opposition. His
campaign for county treasurer was
personal triumph of which he was not
unreasonably proud. His conduct OF
the office during his short incumbency
was entirely satisfactory.
Colonel johnson had been a long time
identified with and loyal to Minneapo
lis. He wrote, spoke and fought fol
the city in the days when 1t needed
fighters. He should be long remem
bered as a man who loved his country
his state and city, and did loyal ant
brave work for them all.
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friday Evening,

student body in a petition for Drop
pers' retention. TIE regents found
found themselves against a stone wall,
and temporizel by electing President
Droppers again, to serve the remainder
of the school yea:.
BY that time, it is understood, they
hope to locate another man for presi-
dent who has no past, end who may
show some promises Of a future. The
regents are determined TO end the con-
nection OF President Droppers with the
institution, but give some peculiar rea-
sons. They insist that the charges
against him are unfounded, and that
they have confidence in the man, but
that because Of the charges and the
trouble that has been aroused he will
have to 60. ~. -<'
1t is no wonder, in such case. that
the faculty and the student body stand
behind the president with such solidity.
If good men must 60 merely because
enemies bring unfounded charges
against them and stir up trouble, what
guarantee of independence does any ed
ucator haveq A college president, above
all men, should be free of local or po-
litical dictation. He should be backed
up by the governing board. as long as
he displays his fitness for the position.
Any other condition is intolerable, and
entails endless trouble for an institu-
ton. It is no wonder that the faculty
of the University Of South Dakota con.
slider the fight their own, and take a
united stand to protect themselves as
well as President Droppers. It is the
instinct of selfpreservation.
President Droppers will leave South
Dakota, doubtless, at the end of the
present university year. He will prob
ably be glad to 60. It will be SAD
day fer the institution, however, if he
is succeeded by a trucking characte,
who will take dictation rather thar
make enemies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22

WENT TO FIND REST AND FOUND
A LovER.-The destiny that shapes
our ends" takes most indirect methods
sometimes. For an example, see Lady
Robs, Her Brother and l, by Jean Cham
bin. 1t may be fiction, tho it reads like
fact, and certainly it is no stranger than
much fact. 1t is made up Of letters from
an American actress who has fled to the
Azores to recuperatel at the close of an
unsatisfactory season. 1t is a book of
travel and a romance combined, full Of
interesting information about the life Of
the Azorians, full of light-hearted humor
and full Of romance, the romance of low
ers united unexpectedly in a strange land
g. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22

The world can only make a guess as to
what the Russian army In Manchuria is
doing, but as the railroad is tied up by
the strike and no supplies are being for
warded for nearly a million men, it Is a
pretty safe guess that the army Is not
living very high and is quite angry. The
walking across Siberia is bad, too, for
the Russian government has neglected to
keep the sidewalks free from snow.
When the veil is finally lifted, we may
expect to see that the army in its anger
has broken something.
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ALLEGoRIES LIKE FAIRY TALES
Annie Fellows Johnston in The Three
Weavers and In the Desert of Waiting
has given two allegories Of much charm
and deep significance. 1.-THE Three
Weavers" emphasizes the need of care
on maidens part and on her parents
part in discovering the true Prince
Charming and the wisdom of accepting
no substitute. In the Desert Of Wait
ing teaches magic we sometimes for
get-an alchemy by which the common
est experiences, and often the bitterest,
of life may be transmitted into richest
blessings. Both are poetic in diction and
delightful merely as stories. They are
bound in dainty little volumes with paper
covers and decorated margins.
L. c. Page & Co.. Boston
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22
GOLD AMONG THE DRoss OF 8, Inn

GOLD AMONG THE DRosS -oF SLUM
LlFE.-A pathetic story is that told in
Saint Cecilia of the Court, by Isabella r.
Hess. "The court" in this case is not
that Of crowned heads; it Is a slum
square. Because there are no crowned
heads there, one need not conclude that
royalty does not dwell there, however, for
there is Cecilia Angelina Sweeney, the
saint" of the story, and Jim Belway,
and "Puddin" and others-an royalty,
entitled to crowns for mutual helpfulness
under circumstances that make helpful
ness difficult if not deadly to the helper,
yet all very human. The book possesses
not only such human interest but a
quaint and delightful humor, and the
merit of being convincingly told.
III Fleming Fl. Revell company, New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-22
TIE SUNDAY JOURNAL
BEST IN THE STATE
Winthrop (Minn.) News.
The Sunday Minneapolis Journal, like
the Daily, Is the best paper In the state.
New York Wants Reforms.

Like Brother Hamlet, Chairman Odell
s.unpacked his heart with words and
fell a cursing like very drab' when
he learned that the president had butted
in in New York politics.
We do not know how far the president
may have interfered in reshaping the
party organization in New York state:
but he probably did something. 1t would
be unlike him to stand supinely by
while the party was being pillowed like
the princes in the tower.
Plattism and Odellism have had their
way in New York politics. Both have
become stencil in the nostrils Of decent
people and if the president has taken
any stand in the matter he has done 1t
in the interest of decent and clean party
methods. What the republican party in
New York needs is square deal and a
new deal. It needs to be relieved Of
the pressure of Plattism, Odellism and
generally speaking, Of ring rule.
Platt and Depew represent the rail-
roads and the express companies; Odell
represents the insurance trust; every
leader in New York represents some
bodvO or 'something.'' Everybody
has g. representative except the people.
Some influence is moving nightly IN
the direction Of getting for the republl-
can voters in New York representation
in their own party. They have been for
some time without it and naturally the
ringsters who have absorbed the entire
functions of the government Will be
loath to let go. The first steps taken
would naturally be the reduction OF the
outer Notifications Of the ring. These
are the county and state committees
and the speakership Of the assembly. A
start has been made by the election OF
Congressman Parsons, reform polltl
clan, to the Craftsmanship Of the New
York county committee. The next wa'
the selection of clean candidate To-
sneaker of the next assembly. Such
man has been found in J. w. Wads
worth, Jr., who appears to have secured
tbe Endorsement of both the preslden
and the governor Of New York. Th
next and a harder task will be to dis
lodge Odell from the state chalrmanshlF
Foreseeing this step, Odell has broker
with the president, the governor an
everybody else in angry protest aga1ns
a reorganization which does not lnclud
him. Whether the reform movemen
can be made to reach Platt and, Depe'
and hit them hard enough to 1nduc
them both to resign from the senate IL
mains yet to be seen. The houseclea1
ing will be very incomplete unless tn
is accomplished.
f.. When these outer works have bee
taken the people Of New York will b
in a fair position to make success
full assault upon the real citadel OF stat
corruption, the insurance gang anu IN
Wall street men, Hartman, Ryan, Mo
gan, ct al, who control politics withot
personally appearing. The struggle
New York is between the people and tt
dollars. The dollars are all right
their PLACE, but they cannot be suost
tuted for the people.
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OFF TO CALIFORNIA
Sunshine Route Popular-Tourist Cars
from the Twin Cities to Los Angeles,
California

Sunshine Route Popular-Tourist Cars
from the Twin Cities to Los Angeles,
California.
To accommodate the large and in
creasing tourist travel to California,
through tourist sleepingcar line has
been established between st. Paul and
Minneapolis and Los Angeles via the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe railways,
the Sunshine Route.
Leaving Minneapolis at $500 am.
every Tuesday, st. Paul $3.50 am, the
tourist has daylight ride through one
of the most populous and richest agri-
cultural sections of Minnesota and Iowa.
Kansas City is reached at $500 am.
the next day. The car attached to the
Santa Fe train leaves Kansas City at
II am Wednesday,. 49,.
During the afternoon the train passes
through some of the most thriving
towns in Kansas-Lawrence, Topeka
(where a stop of twenty-five minutes is
made for dinner), Usage City, Empo-
ria, Florence, Newton, Hutchinson, Sec
mic Colorado being entered during the
night.
The next morning at an early hour
La Junta, in southeastern Colorado. is
reached and at this point the first view
is had Of the Rocky Mountains. the
train skirting the eastern foothills and
entering New Mexico near Ration. Will
Jams. is reached at noon on Friday.
This is the junction with the line to
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and
stopover may be had here if a visit
to the. Grand Canyon is provided for
in the itinerary of the tourist.
From San Bernardino until arrival at
Los Angeles, at s:25 am. Saturday, the
train runs through the garden spot Of
southern California.
Reasons Why
Briefly stated, the advantages offered
| by The Sunshine Route from the north
west consists of the shortest line to
| southern California; direct route to
San Francisco and vicinity; great scenic
| attractions, including the Grand Can
| Won of the Colorado river in Arizona;
a route less affected by snow than those
! through the more northerly Rocky
! Mountain passes; an easy grade, consid-
ering that the continental ranges must
be surmounted; equipment complete in
all appointments, and delightful eli
mate.
| For each double berth Gone berth
| sons) the price is 1878 from st. Paul or
Minneapolis to either Los Angeles or
| San Francisco.
Tickets and Berth Reservations.
! For the Sunshine Route your tickets
should read via the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway to Kansas City,
thence via the Atchison, Topeka & San
| ia Fe Railway and connections to Ari-
| IONA, New Mexico and California des-
/ tinations.
For ticket, berth reservations in
| first class or tourist sleeping cars, adj
dress w. B. Dixon, Northwestern Pas
senger Agent, 365 Robert street, st.
Paul, or c. r. Lewis, G. p. & T. A., 1928
> Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis.