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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
:. Not Dead Nor Sleeping.

Public rejoicing over the defeat of
Hearst is right. He deserved defeat.
But such rejoicing need not necessarily
lull the corporations to the belief that
the people have forgotten and forgiv-
en- the immense injuries which their
illegal acts have caused. The campaign
for the square deal continues and in
fact it is most active in the quarters
where Hearst and Hearstites were most
severely beaten. .st
The campaign in New York turned
upon the feeling that the cold FLOODED
defiance Of public rights by corpora
lions holding franchises from the pub
lie had made necessary a radical move
ment for the, restoration of popular
sovereignty. Hearst proposed himself
as the representative Of that movement
IN the state, but was soon found out.
He was rejected, but the people did not
necessarily say that they had no
wrongs to right. They merely said
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
Cleveland Streetcar Situation,

After examining the Cleveland stu
alton, George c.. Skies reports to the
Outlook that the streetcar question
there is just what it is in other cities
one whether the people or the corpo-
ration shall be the government. This
notwithstanding that President An
drews of the Cleveland Electric Rail-
way company has been held up before
the country as somewhat different
traction man, one who does not counte-
nance bribery nor the corruption Of
public officials in any way. Neverthe-
less. President Andrews has long rec
ord of opposition to the people of Cleve-
land, thru their council, using their
own streets. Injunction after injunc-
tion has interviewed between the people
and the building Of street railways on
streets not used by the present COM
pany. After FIVE years of warfare Mr..
Andrews injunction lawyers are out
OF breath and the Forest City Street
railway is in actual operation. Z
Mr.. Skies also discusses President
Andrews offer to the city of a plan
of sale in exchange for twenty-year
renewal franchise. This offer he de-
clares to be the most unfair ever pro-
posed. One clause in it,, the one fatal
to purchase, was that the plant must
be taken over as an operating railway.
This clause made 1t necessary to take
into consideration earning power. In
other words, the people, at the end of
twenty years, when the capitalists had
/ presumably taken down all they had
put in, should pay for the value which
4 they had created in addition to the
physical property which the company
had created.
1T was the same kind Of clause as
IS in the franchise of the Minneapolis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
An Assurance of Peace,

Secretary Root has suggested condi.
ton of things that will constitute the
surest safeguard against war when he
advocates the new diplomacy which,
as he says, "rests not on the judgments
of courts and sovereigns, but on the
judgment of great popular masses.''
1t controversies between nations in the
past could have been settled in the
manner that Secretary Root proposes
wars would have been very much less
frequent. When the people who have
to do the fighting, who have to stand
up and be shot at, are permitted to say
whether or not there shall be a war,
the chances for peace are very much
improved.
This is not to say that there would
never be any war under such circum-
stances. One Of the greatest wars Of all
history was our own civil war. It was
not precipitated by the Judgments of
courts and sovereigns,' but by the
fierce antagonism Of sections, and was
fought by volunteer soldiers. But not
many wars have been due to such
causes or are attended by such popular
uprlsings on both sides. The "iudg-
ment Of the great popular masses',: has
had little to do with the great ma.
Jority Of international conflicts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
The New Diplomacy.

The new dip lomacy and what it
means was the inspiring theme of Sec
rotary Root eloquent address at Kan
sas City last night-the new diplomacy
which rests, not on the judgments Of
courts and sovereigns, but on the judy
ment Of the great popular masses. -
/ The old; diplomacy, with its intrigues,
it's dishonest methods and unworthy
motives, is passing. With the growth
of popular government, with the ex-
pansion of international investment and
enterprise, with the widening knowl-
edge and acquaintance the peoples of
the earth have with each other, the old
diplomacy becomes daily more impos-
sible.
Nations, as Mr.. Root 50 Justly points
out, have souls and consciences as truly
as individuals. What finer ideal for
our country can we desire than that he
defines, typifed by the life of the
"just and faithful and kindly man'9
It is impossible to conceive of a more
sublimated definition of the ethics Of
diplomacy than is contained in these
WORDS or MI. ROOC:
ttWe realize that what is wrong and
to be condemned in the conduct of man
to man, is wrong and to be condemned
in the conduct of public officers and in
the conduct Of politicians. In the re-
lations between nations, which the
great, body Of the people now control,
there should be a general, all-prevail-
ing sense that the same rules of con-
duct ought to be followed.''
American diplomacy, based as it is
on American democracy, has usually
been fearless. honest and just. Ameri-
can secretaries of state have seldom de-
scended to the repugnant practices Of
old world diplomats. But since by
the logic of events the United States
has come to play so large a part in
the world politics, we have had in the
state department two great exemplars
Of the new diplomacy. Secretaries
Hay and Root have been fortunate in
their opportunities, while we have been
fortunate in their transcendant abili-
ties. Mr.. Root truly says that, while
mediation and arbitration are useful in
solving international controversies, the
true preventive of war is the desire of
the peoples of the earth to be just and
kind to each other, and to adopt the
same rules Of conduct for their rela-
tions that obtain among good citizens.
This is view of world politics so sim
pie that it cannot be controverted and
SO sublime that it furnishes inspiration
unlimited to disciples of the new d.
plomacy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
PUSHES TELEGRAPH WORK
Milwaukee Will String Wires to Miles
City This Winter.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal.
.~,a .Ewart, Sd, Nov. 20.-John Light
Of Milwaukee, chief electrician of the
Milwaukee system, is authority for the
statement that if sufficient help can be
secured the railroad will string it's tele-
graph wires along the Pacific coast ex-
tension as far as Miles City, Mont,
during this winter. The plan is to have
one gang work eastward from Miles
City and another westward from Mo-
bridge, meeting at point about mid
way between the two places.
The reason for the haste in getting
the telegraph into working order is the
desire. Of The officials of the road to
keep in close touch with the construc-
ton work which is to begin early in
the spring. At present the company
has telephone line built thirty miles
west. from Mobridge, but when the tel
'egraph is, completed. this line will be
The only drawback to the plans Of
the company is the difficulty in secur-
ing the help necessary to do the work.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
LEOLA WILL SCREAM
Coming Of Chu- Chu Will Be Hailed
with Great Joy.
Special to The journal.

Special to The journal.
-Leola, $. D., Nov. 2O.-When the
Minneapolis & St. Louis extension
reaches this place, giving it it's first
railroad connection with the outside
world, a grand celebration will proba-
bly, be held. Plans are being laid
altho details Of the celebrations have
not yet been arranged. A mass meet
ing Of citizens has been called and at
this committees will be appointed to
carry out the plan in detail.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

1t may be recalled that San Fran
cisco for three months after the fire
was as peaceful and quiet as Excelsior,
MINI. Since the saloons have opened
it as rough and dangerous as a mining
camp. On the ground that the saloon
men were extremely anxious for the
additional time" the supervisors of
San Francisco have passed resolution
allowing liquor to be sold until am.
instead OF, midnight. No wonder earth
quakes sometimes take a shake out of
us! 81 , s.. =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
Consolidation and Competition.

OonSO1uaGlon ana competition.
The consolidation Of American rail-
roads into small. number Of great
systems proceeds apace. The Hartman
izing Of the illinois Central and the
impending absorption Of the Burlington
bodily into the Great Northern are the
most recent examples of this powerful
tendency. The announcement in T b e
journal one day last week that the
Burlington-a huge system in itself
was soon to lose its identity and become
part and parcel of the Great Northern,
is now partially confirmed by advices
from Omaha. The exact legal process
by which this is to be accomplished is
now being figured out by Mr.. Hill Is
attorneys. -~...-
1t is becoming more and more evi-
dent that competition in the old sense
cannot be relied on as an influence in
rate regulation. When the old device
OF pooling was made illegal, consolida-
ton became the order Of the day. Leg
lslat1on has proved powerless to check
this new tendency. It is true that the
courts forced the dissolution of the
Northern Securities company, on the
ground that tho Great Northern and
Northern Pacific were parallel and COM
peting lines. But the courts could not
prevent a common control based ON
common ownership. The entire policy
Of the two roads and Of the Burlington,
which they owned, has thus far been as
completely and as effectively dictated
by one man as if the Northern Secur-
tiles litigation had never been begun.
The Interstate commerce commission, it
is stated, intends to investigate the
Union Pacific Southern Pacific combina-
ton, with view to ventilating some Of
its undoubtedly illegal aspects. But it
is quite improbable that the commission
will be able to restore anything like
actual competition between the constit.
uent parts Of the Hartman system.
Not only has this process of consol-
ldation destroyed competition between
roads serving the same territory, but
it has proceeded so far as to prevent
competition in the broader sense be-
tween sections of the country and be-
tween the great systems themselves.
When Messrs. Hartman and Hill engage
IN a quarrel nowadays, they do not
slash rates. Rather do these gladiators
OF finance grapple on the floor of the
Stock exchange. Dividends are their
weapons. Mr.. Hill, smiling at his ene-
my, "cuts melon' for the rejection
Of his trusty followers. Mr.. Harri-
man, defantly and ruthlessly, cuts a
larger melon. Thereupon Mr.. Hill sells
his Minnesota ore lands to the steel
trust, and prepares to carve up whole
carload Of melons. MI. Hartman,
equally willing to combine present
profits with the proceeds Of a mort
gage on the future, prepares to smite
his enemy hip and thigh with unheard-
of dividends. This is edifying and
profitable for Wall street, but the pub
lie which pays the dividends probably
has some natural misgivings.
The one consideration that makes
modern railroad consolidation tolerable
is the fact that, even if competition is
dead, the regulation Of rates will be
simpler and easier, when the govern
ment has few great systems to deal
with, than when it had many small
warning corporations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Of course the recent election could
not be fully understood without few
"explunashionings'' from Joey Forak-
er and here they are: "The people
have gone as far in the direction of
radical populistic propositions as they
will 60. The next swing in the pen
dulum will, be in the other direction. &"
And Joey Bagstock Foraker is sitting
tight Gin the other direction.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
NOV. 20

t s. b. g
1e4f-Sir WilfrId LaurIer, premier
Of the Dominion of Canada, born.
1863-Earl of Eigin, former gov
err,or general of Canada, died. Born
July 20, 1911.
1866-First national encampment
of the 6. A. r. assembled at Indian
apoiis.
ts89-centenniaI celebration of the
ratification OF the constitution of the
United States by North Carolina be-
gun at Fayetteville.
1se2-The Amaigamated associa-
tion declared the Homestead strike
at an end.
189a-commerciaI bodies in Spain
urged speedy conclusion Of peace
with United States.
1sse-German emperor arrived at
Windsor castle on visit to, England.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Hennepin 3 house delegation seems to
have it's usual quota Of members who
are looking out for their individual in
terests first, and the prestige and honor
of Hennepin afterward. Just so long
as Hennepin's representatives pursue
this policy Of every man for himself,
SO long will Hennepin be cipher po.
litically. The county has nothing po-
litically at the hands Of the state at
large, and so long as the present atti-
tude is maintained it will get nothing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
AGAIN THE BARRARIc BRACELET
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
The edict Of fashion has gone forth
and the women Of the land have once
more bowed submissively. The bracelet
is In vogue. Arms rounded and arms
scraWny are to- be circled by clasps of
gold or silver, chased and ornamented ac-
cording to the poeketbook Of the wearer.
1t ,is fairly surprising that the enlighten-
ment Of the day Is incapable Of rising SUI
pertor to this half savage love of per-
sohM characterization. But it is fitting
against windmill to decry even so ridic-
ulous q fashion as the loading Of fenin~
Inc arms with hardware. The laws Of
the Modes and the Persians were airy
persffage compared with the DEGREES Of
modern fashion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

The wrong Mr.. Wright should heed
the Missouri call or retire from the
fying-machine game,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

William Rockefeller recovered 18
cents for fish caught in his game
preserves. It ism It so much the worth
Of the fish as it is the idea of having
the common people fishing on your
earth that hurts, e.;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

In the Culebra cut the president sat
on the steam shovel right alongside the
engineer. If the ordinary American
tried to do that, he would be thrown
out. There are advantages in being
president, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Melrose, Mass, had a special inves-
tigation that decided that high school
fraternities E'are undemocratic, tend
to lead the pupils into defiance of the
rules of the school, and that their mem.
bership is based on good clothes, good
looks and parental wealth. Now
what will they do about it,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
Tuesday Evening,

gas company, which declares that the
value Of the franchise is among the
things to be arbitrated at the end Of
the grant.
The council Of Cleveland declined to
submit to the people such PROPOSE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

The class of '82 Harvard is talking
of giving the city a Boylston street
bridge for its twenty.ffth anniversary
offering at commencement. Would that
some university class would offer us
a new union depot.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Congressman Tawney reports that
the delegates to the deep waterways
convention apparently had never heard
Of the upper Mississippi where the
water comes from. -',.- IS, 49, i. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Notwithstanding his hair and beard
San Francisco's mayor must be held
innocent until proven guilty. - .5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Andover seminary has practically de-
cided not to come west. The eight
students objected to the wilderness be-
You'd the Alleghenies. f%-t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Emperor William thru his press
agent declares himself an optimist. A
pessimistic emperor is one to whom
the dear people has attached can.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
GOALS FROM THE FIELD

One Of those funny sociologists has
peen studying the. reading habit for DR..
humans magazine and finds that there
are three states out west, California,
Colorado and Montana, in which the
reading habit is far more general than
IN nelghboring states. Close examination
10Y the said sociologist@ reveals but one
common feature in their population: the
three states were settled mainly by peo-
PIE: VINO were dissatisfied with farming
people whose imagination had been fired
with stories Of gold discoveries, Is, there
any connection between a vivid fmagina-
ton and the reading habit?
very likely there is. And then again
there may be in California and rColora do
connection between the reading habit
ana the presence there of large num-
per OF "lungers" who have nothing else
10 90 but amuse themselves while the
climate works on their health. Such a
simple little explanation, however, is far
couldn't see it,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

! Do Mr.. Hugo and Mr.. Rockne and
the other candidates for speaker realize
that they are running against man by
the name Of Johnson2 2.s55 -al:s... j.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

A Boston clergyman refers to Mrs.
Eddy as an uncultivated woman. This
is pretty severe--for Boston.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

One Of the leading fashion maya
zines announces that green is the smart
fall color for men. Green is becoming
to most Of US whether we are in sthe
smart set or not. s-. IT,. r..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Thirty years ago this week election
dispatches, still coming in, seemed to
favor Tlden.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
A BETTER HALF
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.
There appears to have been something
sympathetic and large hearted about the
late Russell Sage, after all. We refer, Of
course. to Mrs. Sage. s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Duluth folks are moving for lid
upon the saloons. Haven't those folks
heard about Minneapolis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Mr.. Hearst admits that he spent
,$256,370.22 in the election. Wonder
who drew that 20 centsq
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

Now the state of New York would
like deed of separation from Senator
Thomas C. Platt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20

A new and altogether unique expert
ment in municipal ownership is to be
tried by Charlottenburg, an aristo-
cratic suburb Of Berlin. The hard
ships Of a meat famine have persuaded
the German millionaires who live there
to approve the venture. The municipal
council proposes to buy herd of fine
swine, fatten them on household garb-
age, and eventually kill them off for
the benefit Of the burghers. Thus the
garbage will be disposed Of and the
meat famine conquered. One foresees,
however, unending controversy when
the council seeks convenient location
for its porcine garbage crematory.
M. o. pork chops will be toothsome,
m. o. pork tenderloin will be juicy,
m. o. sausage will be ptomaineless and
true. But who wants the m. O. hog
roofing and squealing and disposing of
the, towns garbage within hearing or
smelling distance Of his habitations
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-20
Gala Lily Farm.

What is probably the largest Gala
lily farm In the world is located in
California. There is one fifty-acre field
in Ventura county devoted exclusively
to the cultivation of these flowers They
are planted in long, narrow rows and
are cultivated by means of plows and
hoes, just like corn or potatoes. The
lilies attain very large size and are.
perhaps. the most beautiful specimens
of their kind to he found in the world.
You are probably aware that gol-
den grain belt beer is the ideal home
beverage. 1t is sanitarily and scien-
tifcally brewed and should go into the
home as a Matchmaker. Order a case
today for home use.
This Proposition Worth Considering.
Contract with us now for your lot ON
regular monthly payments. Should
death Of purchaser occur before full
payment is made, we cancel contract
and issue deed. Crystal Lake Cemetery
company, Thirty-eighth avenue N and
Humboldt. Both phones.
Four Through Tourist Cars 60 Ca,ifornia
The Chicago Great Western Railway
offers choice of four through tonrist
sleeping cars to California everv week
via different routes One car goes via
Kansas City and Santa Fe route: ons
via Kansas City and Rock Island III
Paso route; one via Omaha and Rock
Island-Scenic route and one via ST. Jo-
seph ard Santa Fe. No other line Of.
fers such choice Of routes. For full
information apply to r. 81. Heard, gen.
eral agent, corner Nicollet avenue ana
Fifth street. Minneapolis.