The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-23
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Did anyone say primaryf NOT
Well, it was because he was too tired
to express himself on the subject. The
and much of the capital of the city,
and now that it is over folks want to
forget it. Not that it was such bad
primary. On the contrary, it was
pretty good. The democrats exer-
clsed more than usual care in making
their own nominations and when they
came to select candidates for the re-
Publcans they did splendid work.
P bne primary as primary was all right.
b!t the system as exemplifed in this
primary has received black eye. One
man says it is only a scheme to keep
the ms IN and the outs out. Another
declares that it was intended to nom
mate men with short familiar names.
IKE Smith, Brown, Jones. Scott and
Nelson: He believes that if we keen
on with this system in ten years the
Smiths and Browns will be SO numer-
Gus In public places that they will have
90 TAKE numbers and there won't be a
Blgelow,, Curtis, Breckenridge or
any OF the offspring of those golf fam
lilies in office in the country. Another
citizen says it is a put up Job to al
low the minority party to nominate the
ticket on both sides, while the ma
chine politician looks upon it as an
assault with intent to kill on all party
organization. Lastly, nobody seems
to know why we hold our election twice.
II everybody votes for mayor in Sep
parties are thrown to the winds, why
20 we have to do it again in November
Inc question seems to be, Is the prim-
airy a closed or an open shopg The
late primary appeared to be somewhat
open.
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New features develop every year in
politics. This year it was the issuing
| OF cards of thanks to supporters by de.
teated candidates. The successful man
doesn It seem to have as much gratitude
as the fellow who got left. He prob
ably goes home and tells his wife
"Well, little girl, I trimmed them, IN
on his vest before he can wear it
again. But the defeated man sends
card to the newspapers saying what a
| fine run he made and how he put up
campaign of which nobody need be
ashamed and would have gotten there
if it had not been for the corporations
This is another result of our blessed
primary. Every one Of those fellows
was running for himself and carrying
the woes Of the country on his individ-
ual shoulders. Parties, platforms and
assumed entire responsibility for the
government, excepting that part which
Roosevelt takes care of.
I met on the street the other day an
old friend who was looking rather
seedy, and knowing him to be in fair
circumstances inquired the whereof
ness of his looking like a freight car
automobiling9 No. Was it politics.
No. 1t was just plain railroad wreck.
He ha>- gotten into train in good
faith and the engine had ST. cd off
in the same way. After r! ing a
few miles on the track something about
the Minnesota atmosphere made the
old thing giddy and it jumped the
track, taking off across the prairie like
an Anoka wolf avoiding R. R.. Odell.
The car in which my friend was located
kept pace with the engine until it col:
fell out of the procession, rolled over,
stood on end and punched the passen'
gers like the small apples in the bottom
:, 1 expressed. the hope that the rail-
road company would settle promptly
and in good figures. :
it. he s said DO "PE Tsa agon
that when we crawled out of the win
DOW Of that car. covered with blood
and dust, there stood our noble con
ductor armed with a release for us tt
sign. What do you think Of that fol
nerve7"
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The railroad business has plenty Of
room for sympathy and arnica in case
of a wreck, but there are other ele
, ments entering into the problem: 81
| long as the train keeps the track the
, relations between passenger and man
, agement are fairly amlcable, exeePt
! and the eating along the route never
, pleases the fnicky passenger. But lei
! a wreck occur and all is changed. Every
passenger then looms up big as prob
, able damage suit. While his wound!
; are being dressed by the company sur
geon, the company's inspector stand!
at the bedside and argues long ane
dies the railroad knows just how mucl
it has to pay, but if he lives he be
comes a problem. The livelier he il
l the more of problem does he become
r The passenger who apparently escape:
r unscathed is the greatest problem OF
l all. The value of a leg may be gagged
The loss of an eye and ear or couple
of arms may be appraised. But wht
can put money value upon anguish
Who can size up in dollars and cents {
nervous shock7 It is these thing
which scare the railroad man. "Men
tai anguish is his bette noire am
Unervous shock makes him trembl
a la aspen leaf He would rather fgh
lions or go up against bears than fac
either. This is why railroad men ar
trained and instructed to get at. tn
feelings Of passengers who have BEEF
discharged from a car thru the roof
| to get the evidence from the compan.
viewpoint, and, above all, to get tn
dislocated passenger to sign release
There is danger in delay because tn
passenger always feels worse the NOR
he thinks of it. The first day he i
slightly off, the second he is nerv
GUS wreck and the third he is hysteri
! cally claiming that the company az
| ranged the wreck because it had 1t Il
for him. ....-
Fifteen Or twenty years from now
when Sir Arthur Warnock is names
as our minister to ST. James or Pekin!
there will be some sorehead around in
curing why the president appointe,
that bald head. But it will not b
because he is bald that the presiden
will name him. but because by tina
time he will be known all over tn
world as the man who wrote lectur
about Minneapolis and St. Paul whic