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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
1.-THE Big Stick and Peace.

DROFEssOR GOODWIN SMITH, the eminent
- publicist of Canada, is not in favor of the
s'big stick. He does not believe that carrier Of
the 'bg stick'' is likely to walk softly if he
not equipped. He writes to the New York
Independent an article reviewing the circumstances
attending the outbreak Of recent wars maintaining
that the condition Of preparedness for tends to
cultivation Of the warlike spirit Indeed, he con-
cludes that we are being Extraordinarily by the
maintenance Of large armies and great navies.
He contends that the Crimean the result
not of long hostility against Russia, but Of the
Vaccinations Of Palmerston who had the means of
ready to back up his personal animosities and
ambitions The Boer war he attributes to the jngo-
lists Of England and the colonies England is so
strong the that conflict narrowly
averted when some Russian Sailors panc-sricken or
drunken fired on a British trawler, which they mis-
took for torpedo boat altho the relations Of Great
Britain and Russia had been such that nobody could
have imagined says Mr.. Smith, that the Russian
government could have intended such assault.
He also contends that there would have been
Spanish American war if the Maine had not been
blown up, and he is quite sure that that disaster
was due to internal causes. On the instant the
American people, who had equipped themselves with
a better navy than Spain possessed were afame and
the government was forced into
Citing these and other cases where preparation
for war existed Mr.. Smith concludes that the 'bg
stick' is a source Of real danger and instead of
being, is often maintained, protection against
hostties it is powerful influence toward bringing
them about. He argues that peace is to be secured
by the reduction Of ornaments and by reduction
ornaments alone. s~~.@~ -
While it may be conceded that the possession Of
means Of defense sometimes leads to the Of
those facilities unworthy, the cure for such misuse
lies not altogether in the destruction Of the faci
ties but rather in the cultivation Of larger and
more vital interest in international arbitration,
which has already achieved great victories Other
powerful agencies for peace not inconsistent with
the possessions Of strong of defense, or Of
.offense, if necessary, international commerce,
international financial cooperation and interna-
tona cooperation and mutually Of interest in art,
education, science and religion When men Of diff
ferent nationa]ities and races have common inter
ssts that touch their Senses their hearts and their
pocketbooks they are better safeguarded against
any remaining warlike tendencies than by merely
reducing their fighting machinery by mutual consent
n Such a reduction could only be relative anyway.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
Real Reform in Football.

IT HRU the amalgamation Of the old and new foot
"a ball rules committees will come the demanded
reform in the play. Football legislation has been
taken from the hands Of the old committee repre-
senting Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Pennsylvania,
Cornell, Annapolis and Chicago and placed in the
hands Of the newly organized body. This adds to
the rue-makers the representatives of Minnesota
Texas, Dartmouth, West Point, Haverford, Nebraska
and Oberlin. The new committee has fourteen men,
bers and all Of them pledged, in some way or
other, to bring about reform
The National intercollegiate Football conference
called by Chancellor McCracken, went on record as
favorlng open game, elimination Of rough and
brutal playing, an efficient enforcement of the rules
and general clarifying of all hazy points in the
playing CODE The old rules committee members
told just what the new members were pledged
to and they admitted with an understanding
that these changes were desirable.
The Minnesota representative on the rules
mittee, DR.. H. L. Williams, who is generally
knowledged to be master Of the game attended
the conference at New York to urge his ideas for
reform and received a respectful hearing. So
strongly did he plead for sane changes in the game
that, with the assistance of the West Point dele
gate the conference turned from anti-foot
ball movement to thoughtful move for reform. It
was clever performance on the part Of the Min
neapolis man and was rewarded by the convention
with appointment to the rules committee
and the craftsmanship Of that body Now that the
consolidation of the old and rules makers has
been brought about the Minnesotan will play no
small part in the future handling of the game.
Dr. Williams ideas of football reform were
given in The journal few weeks ago. He
believes in the appointment Of regular staff of
officials, the penalization Of brutal playing by the
immediate removal of the offender and the awarding
Of two points to the side offended against For
repetition of rough tactics, by the player, the
gopher coach would award the two points as before
and suspend the offender from participation in col
lege play for year from the date of the second
oense This remedy is not drastic to the teams but
it is very severe upon the Individual
Football will be reformed by the rule-makers,
but all Of its vrle points will be preserved West
ern football enthusiasts much to DIR. Williams
for his action in coming to the 'front.' in the height
Of the hysteria, and winning what looked to be an
unfriendly conference to his point Of view and
bringing about reform thru diplomatic action and
by friendly cooperation with the former governors
of the game.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
The Spirit of Graft.

CHICAGO has claimed to be practically free from
graft but unless Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Sutherland is mistaken, Chicago has been de-
ceived. That gentleman has reported to Mayor
Dunno that he has unearthed evidence to show that
the city has been defrauded to the extent Of 5O00
600 IN the last ten years contracts for the
struction Of water tunnels and sewers and the pur-
chase Of machinery. This is considerable sura
of money even in Chicago, and the disclosures Of
Mr.. Sutherland are interesting to the public.
The corporation lawyers charges summarized
that the contractors decreased the thickness Of
the walls Of the tunnels at the expense Of the city;
that the city pays for from three to five times as
many wood slabs for, tunnel construction as it re-
ceives that large quantities of machinery purchased
by the city have Disappeared that record Of the
machinery thus acquired exists, and that the in
spectors under the influence Of the contractors
This is the meat Of the graft business. The dis
honest contractor always needs friend on the
inside and he looks FOR an Inspector poorly paid
the creature Of political system, whose tenure of
office is uncertain and he shows where they can be
mutually useful and nobody but the great big eyeless
entity, the community, be the sufferer t1What is
the constitution between friends ~ asked Flanagan
of Texas. What is the public between grafters?
The people Of Chicago may have impure water
from graftmade tunnels with walls which will not
keep out sewage; children may die from typhoid !;
doctors may hurry in unavailing toll to save the
stricken, but what Of that7 Nobody saw the in.
specter do anything aIIe did not do anything but
turn his back and hold out his hand. II
The spirit Of graft dies
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
Editorial Sections
The Jury System

N 0EEIENNlALL4 the queSIlOnG comes up Wn6tner
there is not better way to establish justice
than by jury trials. So far criminal indictments
s4e concerned the public unquestionably cings to
the jury trial. but to civil suits involving intricate
questions Of law and requiring keen analysis of
conflicting testimony the question is fairly debatable
Those who would dispose of the jury system In those
cases claim that lay justice is no more to be COM
mended than lay medicine. We do not allow per-
sons without certificate of previous cultivation
to practice medicine others, but we do call upon
the ordinary citizen to leave his work and 60 to
the courthouse to settle offhand controversy
volvng perhaps years Of puzzling transactions be-
tween firms or individuals.
If not the jury system, what then? A bench Of
Judges passing on both law and the facts is sug-
gested as the alternative. It is contended that
Judges learned in the law and schooled in the
weighing Of testimony would be far more apt to
render just judgment than jury. There would
be fewer delays mistrias and the right Of appeal
would be less apt to be resorted to if the judges
spread upon their verdict complete analysis of the
evidence and competent exposition Of the law
applicable to the Juries it is contended,
"fxable." In the large cities there are organized
gangs of jury buyers Likewise there are
ganized gangs Of professional jurymen These prey
upon the necessities Of courts for urynen and the
extreme difficulty Of catching and holding business
men for this duty. -.... .
On the other side Of the controversy there is
denial that bench Of judges would prove more
satisfactory in the long than jury of laymen.
Judges do not always judge righteously accur-
ately When a. case is appealed it is nine times
out Of ten because of error Of the judge in
applying the law or ruling upon the admssibility
Of evidence. Comparatively few verdicts set
aside because the jury did not correctly interpret
the facts. This would seem to weigh against the
value Of bench of judges passing upon both facts
and law. But under the jury system it appears as
tho the judge must rule instanter upon any point
Of law raised by counsel whereas if the whole case
in the hands Of bench of judges they would
certainly give themselves plenty of time to review
the whole case before writing verdict and might
take occasion to correct their own errors on the
trial. ..: ..s.'~@> go -'> .s.>
But the whole the jury system seems the
safer 1t brings the administration Of justice closer
to the people and it is the whole people who after
all, are to be depended upon not only to promote
the general welfare but to establish justice. Judges
have the right to set aside absurd verdicts
courts have the right to send back for retral
The publication of the jury system rather than its
abolition would seem to be the public problem. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
Excluding Contagion From Schools.

THE warning sent by the state board OF health
- to school authorities should be given more
than passing attention. They are asked to excluoe
from the public schools all teachers and pupils found
to be suffering with tuberculosis. Under the Gil
cumstances no other action practical as the state
board has neither the money nor the machinery 10
enforce such an order It is made as request, ana
rests with local school boards to make regulations
accordingly.
Since medical science has proved that consump-
ton is contagious rather than hereditary, the inter-
ests Of humanity demand that the afflicted ones
should not be commingled at close quarters Win
children and young people susceptible to contaglon
No other course Of action is rational 1t has moth
ing of harshness either. The only chance Tor VIC
tins Of tuberculosis is plenty Of fresh air and sun
shine and confinement in rooms robbed OF oxygen
hastens the progress Of disease from the lncplent
to the incurable stage. j..
81 Cases often progress for months or years before
even the victim knows what is wrong. For the sake
of the afflicted person. to say nothing of the rest OF
society, the approach of the white plague cannot
be discovered too soon For this reason an examina
ton of every teacher and pupil In the schools II
desirable, and such an examination must be made
before anything worth while can be done toward
barring tuberculosis from the schools. r.sse
Either the school authorities or the local health
department may act, and either or both together
may provide for the examination The order shoulo
city schools. "a r.. - .. i z= .,.- ..-s>~ ii Ill.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
The Franklin Bicentenary.

II Wo HUNDRED YEARS ago next Wednesday
H BENJAMIN Franklin was born in Boston his
bicentenary is being generally observed and tho no
holidays have been declared on his birthday it IS
worth remembering as much as that OF any other
American Of the revolution. The farther we recede
from the birth of the republic the brighter does
the name Of Franklin shine. Every incident OF his
career to sharpen appreciation OF the man
who after the lapse Of two centuries is more 1mly
intrenched in the position Of typical American =
which history has awarded him. - = Eta
Franklin covered fields Of thought and
adorned differing stations in life than any
man Of our nation He was philosopher, diplomat:
scientist tradesman. The honored companion OF
scholars and the advisor Of kings he never lost his
essential character Of the homey, wise citizen, the
sreliable man, Of his community. Such many
sided man is hard to treat in brief review, but to
sum up Franklin is not difficult. He was the EN-:
bodiment of and common industry.
He never lost sight Of the do-abe' in his missions
for his country and his successes attributable
to energy and adaptabity much as to b1illiancy.
F. In studying anew his life and times the Ameri
can people may get better view of the of the
American nation than they will from the lives Of
soldiers patriots. Franklin the master OF all
the facts and all the tendencies of his times. He
had been thru every phase Of experience. He knew
the inner sentiments of statesmen like Chatham and
of kings like George III. He knew how many diff
culties lay in the way Of the establishment Of a
republican America and how far the people might be
trusted to set up broad and enduring basis.
By going back to the life and writings of Franklin
= we get the best view Of the revolutionary period.
His bicentenary is good time to begin a
systematic study Of the beginnings Of our country
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

People who become impatient Of the laws delays
should take day off occasionally to consider their
beauties There is the Of Albert T. Patrick for
example, who convicted six years ago Of the
der Of William M. Rice. The state Of New York has
has been trying since to get him under the WIRE
but he has resisted by means Of appeals until his
lawyers have had time to prove that the old
died from natural If it had not been for the
facility of appeals Patrick would have long ago been
killed for crime which he did not commit and which
in all probability was not committed at all.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
ARGUMENTS OF AN IDEALIsT

When Shakspere sat a-making plays
He browsed in books of old romancy;
The same me-" as Kipling says,
He Gifted scenes which struck has fancy:
From tragedies of fading fame -..
He borrowed bits of conversation,
Yet gave no credit to the same,
This wasnt theft-'twas ''adaptation.
When Francis Drake upon the fHind'
Observed foreign treasure gallery,
He didn't spare his wealthy find
For sentimental shilly-shally.
He made the captain toe the plank,
And when the cargo's confscation
Was done, his crew remarked that Frank
Was rather good at adaptation
When William longed for England's isle,
Till night and day he pinned to hook it,
He launched his Norman hosts in style,
Landed on Albion-and took it.
And soon he set Norman snob
On every acre of the nation,
Till Piers the Plowman called the Job
clever case of adaptation
So, land of mine, why should feel
That our own times are out-of -jointedi
Should public frauds or trusts of steel
Render me soreIy disappointed
Nay, tho some senatorial pig
Sprawl fatty over all creation,
To call hard names were mira dig
All graft is merely Adaptation
Wallace Irwin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
Irish Love Songs.

THE revival Of Irish literature has called atten-s
~ ton to an alleged lack Of the personal and
love song in the Irish literature, whether ex-
pressed in the Gaelic or English, The Scotchman
is constantly addressing lovesiok remarks to his mis-
tress praise Of her person. her character her sta
tion He grovels at her feet rises by a super
human effort of will to declare that he will be worthy
Of her whether or no. The Irishman, on the other
hand, appears to have an impersonal mistress, to
whom he addresses stately and gallant sentiments
which do not move. Often his mistress is Ireland
disguised under a name Of affection. His song then
becomes voice Of patriotism. 30. r~<@<
While there may be some reason to think that
the essentially personal and adorng love song does
not prevail in the literature of Ireland it is not en-
tire1y absent. It has been written by Parne by
Lover by Allingham. Samuel Lover wrote "Peggy
in Her Low-Backed Carr describing the peasant
girl going to Market who wins the heart Of her
swain, who thus describes his feelings: .~-. = g.:
I'd rather have that car, sir, o..
With Peggy by my sde S.: J. :.s Il
Than coach and four and gold galore -
And lady for my bride ~
For the lady would sit forninst me g II
On cushion made with taste,
While Peggy sits beside
. With my about her waist.
This is surely more comfortable and was proper
warning to Irish SWANS not to marry ladies who
did not understand where mans ought to be.
Some of the Irish poets, however, not quite
SO familiar. William Allingham wrote FLovely Mary
Donnelly," a love song in which the lover appears
to have gotten beyond the point of signing like
furnace. In his final verse he practically dismisses
her as impossible in these words: :
o, lovely Mary Donney, your beauty's my distress;
It's far too beauteous to be mine, but ii wish
The proudest place would ft your face, and poor
es%xs. and low,
But blessings be about you DEAR wherever you may CO.
If lovely Mary Donnelly the girl she should
have been to fit her beauteous face, she could not
have resisted fidelity like this. These songs how
ever fall far short Of the wooing Burns has put into
his songs and which it is to be presumed in the
Scotch nature, for it must be borne in mind that
many Of Burns songs are but improvements old
songs sung by the people before him. Is it possible
that we must revise our estimate Of the Irshman
invincble in love and war, and give first place as
wooer to the canny Scot?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

A plucky with shotgun defending the right
Of struggling to the benefits Of fair
tract for crude oil to operate independent refinery
at Niotaze, out Of which the Standard Oil monopoly
sought to defraud her. is the Incredible spectacle
which challenges the attention Of people who boast
that they live in the land Of the free and the home
Of the brave
o shamel Where is thy blush7
S.Ssss4 Kansas City Star.
Shame is too mad to blush and it doesn't know
what else to do quite yet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

81 never assume too much, y says H. H. Rogers
However, If the supreme court opens Mr.. Rogers
firmly set jaws with legal pry may appear that he
assumed much in declining to give the courts any
information about the trust business
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

Senator McLaurin of Mississippi calls Governor
Vardaman |vile sanderer and despicabe creature
When the senator goes home this variety Of talk,
tho true, is likely to invite pistol music. ".
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

Poultney Bigelow in Panama but twenty
eight hours including day and night, but where a
man Is after certain thing, he find 1t much
quicker than he can ascertain the exact facts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

A correspondent has dug up the fact that Emperor
William has never taken the trouble to be crowned.
Probably he does not want that uneasy feeling.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

DR.. Parkhurst voices his grief at the fact that
the new police commissioner of New York swears.
When he gets to thinking Of the police department
DR.. Parkhurst says HOh pshaw' "fudge'' himself.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
FHE NECESSITY FOR ACTION
Kansas City Journal.

The revolution in the Isle of Pines to have
created little excitement in Cuba in the United
States. The Havana government didn't take the
trouble to spank the noise-makers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14
BAD PLANET FOR THE oHU-cHU
Detroit News.

Further discoveries to the elaborate system of
canals Mars lead us to believe that the transcon
tinental railroads have little influence there.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

The Hon Cato Sells of Iowa, discussing ''tri-
umphant democracy at the Jackson banquet drew
people than trapeze performance in the streets
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

A few cadets who have not been arrested for haz-
ing are being boycotted by the majority. You get it
whichever way you turn at Annapolis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

All the Missourians wanted from H. H. Rogers
was few kind words.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

Suppose President Roosevelt loses in his fight with
the senate for government supervision of railroad
rateshe probably will not, but suppose that he does
will the public blame himf Let the republican
senate put that il, its pipe and smoke it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

The earthquake that agitated Lincoln, Neb., was
obliged to become. seismic disturbance before it
shook Doc Bxby,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

4 The goldman feels this weather.
healthyl'' a<s@~...l
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

. Under no circumstances viii Thomas W. Lawson
pffer himself doormat. Persons wishing to wipe
their feet Mr.. Lawson will please stand their
heads.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

Reports from Paris indicate that Lebaudy 9 flying
machine has turned the trick and is navigating the
atmosphere. The Debats states that the minister
of war made ascent recently Unfortunately there
lis still some hydrogen gas used by Lebaudy The
Wright brothers in Ohio flying without gas. We
claim for the United States the first real airship.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

I'd rather have that car, sir, r.
With Peggy by my side, 49, .:
Than coach and four and gold galore
And a lady for my bride; -
For the lady would sit forninst me
On cushion made with taste,
While Peggy sits beside me
With my arm about her waist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

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