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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-12
The House of Peers.

Wanted, British senate. This is
the proposition advanced by w. T.
Stead in a discussion of the strained re-
lations between the lords and commons
as result Of the trades dispute and
educational bills. Despite the unwrit-
ten tradition that when the, country
thru the commons declares for, a. policy
the lords must yield, the lords show no
disposition to yield on either" PROPOSE
ton. Nor does the radical element in
the commons show any disposition to
back water on the legislation under
taken by the liberal administration.
The battle will come, if it comes at all,
on the composition of the house Of
lords. It represents today nothing but
privilege, and privilege never was so
unpopular in the world as it is today.
The house of lords refuses to see. the
handwriting .en the wall. It maintains
that the present immense majority in
the house of commons was elected by
combination of causes, some of which
have ceased to operate. It claims, too,
that the commons had no mandate from
the people to make the changes in the
constitution which they have attempted
to make by creating non.suable cor
poration and taking religion out Of edu-
cation. ~ s,~,>,s ,. ss. u
They point also to the fact that in
1892 when Gladstone came into power
with a direct mandate$to do something
for Ireland and passed his home rule
bill and it was rejected by, the lords,
the people on appeal reversed their YER
dict. They said in effect. that Glad
stone had not made. the use. of their
mandate they expected. The lords say
now that the commons are. misusing
their mandate and that the lords, SO far
from stretching the constitution in op-
posing the education bill, are defend
ing it. S. a. Z ..,...:
On the other hand, if it. comes to a
pitched battle, bills and measures will
be lost sight of. twill be the people
against privilege and the people will
send back an even more radical house
Of commons than the present. This
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HORACE WALPoLE's MANNERS
From Miss Hawkins. aMemoirs

j., From Miss Hawkins ;aMernoirs.". -
His figure was not merely tall, but,
more properly, long and slender to ex-
cess; his complexion, and particularly his
hands, Of most unhealthy paleness. His
eyes were remarkably bright and pene-
trating, very dark and lively; his voice
was not strong, but his tones were ex-
tremely pleasant, and, if may say so,
highly gentlemanly. He always entered
a room in that style of affected delicacy
which fashion had then made almost nat
ural: .chapeau bras between his hands, as
If he wished to compress it, or under his
arm; knees bent, andp-feet on tiptoe, as
If afraid Of a wet floor. His dress in ;yis-
iting was usually, In summer, When !
most saw him. lavender suit, the waist
coat embroidered with a little silver OF
of white silk worsted worked in the tam
bour, partridge s;silk stockings and gold
buckles, ruffles and frill. generally lace
I remember, when a child, thinking him
very much undressed if at any time, ex-
cept when in mourning, he wore hemmed
cambria. In summer no powder, but his
wig combed straight and; showing his
very smooth, pale forehead, and queued
behind; in winter, POWDER. 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-12

E. A. Nelson of Hallock is making
an active canvass for secretary of the
state senate, and declares that Sam
Langum by no means has the situation
IN hand. He is located in st. Paul, and
IN a few days it is claimed that Sem
atop " Andy' Stephens of Crookston
wllI come down to take charge of his
interests Nelson s friends claim that
the thlrty-six pledges for Langum are
largely wind, and that Nelson has prom
lses from twenty-four of the republican
members-elect, which would give him a
majority of the forty-three republicans
IN the caucus. This claim is laughed
at by the Langnm supporters, who say
that Nelson is wasting his time irving
to break into the solid phalanx of the
senate machine. .--
One interesting feature of the situa-
ton is the opposition to Langum in
FILLMORE county. Senator R. E. Thomp-
son of Preston has always been Lam
! ton. He has retired from the legisla.
ture, and now is said to have Joined
his [II brother, Deputy Auditor A. W.
Thompson, in active opposition to Lam
gum s political ambitions. 1t seems
that Langum came several times to St.
Paul during the state campaign. but
never went to headquarters to call on
his friend Thompson; and the Thomp.
sons accuse him of lukewarmness to-
ward the state ticket, or worse.
There was nothing skinny about
those johnson majorities in the third
from complete, and the district gives
johnson 1898, not a very heavy gain
over the 2,791 of two years ago, COM
pared to some other sections of the
state, but the whole district was gem
erous. The majorities, unofficial, are:
Carver, 623; Dakota, 1899; Goodhue,
$50; lie Sueur, 1,343; Mcleod, 1,105;
Nicollet, 1851; Rice, 1904; Scott, 91S;
Sibley, 923 Charles B. Cheney,
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/, ADJUSTMENTS
MetropoItan-"Ros Brothers, In Ire.

Metropo Rogers Brothers, In Ire
land"
In their mirthful peregrinations about
the globe, the Rogers brothers have at
last reached Ireland. The result is a
riot Of green costumes, an avalanche Of
hrogue punctuated with dialect, a whirl
Of Irish jigs and Celtic songs, and an i'm
possible story about an option on the
Barney stone Ever and anon Ireland Is
pushed into the background while Max
and Gus bring the Germany "that never
was on sea or land into the limelight
Nose to nose they shout out their latest
farrago of nonsense, the very absurdity
OF which convulses the audience. Gus
usually tries to explain something he
does not understand to Max, who being
unable. to understand the ineligible,
naturally can't see, thru the unintelli-
gible. The result Is funny. Why 1t Is
funny, no one knows, but 1t Is, for the
Rogers brothers have mastered the art
of being humorously stupid. There are
other things they can do, too such as
fantastic dancing, and loud. but not I'M
pleasing comic singing. -. =. =. H.,
They, have some, pleasant and person
able people around them, and the pro-
duction is full Of pretty girls. lifting mel
odies and quaint conceits. John j. Nc
| invented a plot for the farce, but he is
entirely, alone In that belief. There Is no
plot, and the stars wouldn't know what
to do with it il they had one. George
V. Hobart however, has furnished some
singable lyrics and Max Hoffman has set
them out in popular music. Marion
Stanley makes an alluring colleen, with
a delicious brogue, succession of stun
ming costumes, pretty soprano voice
and bewitching way with her. Bessie
De Vote is another pretty creature, who
can't sing very much, but who dances
divinely and has the cutest little curl in
the middle of her forehead you ever saw.
These two form, with the brothers, the
usual singing and dancing quartet Of the
Rogers style Of entertainment.
Winfred Young, the tenor, sings as
beautifully and acts as arti1cially as any
tenor could. Josie Intropidt does an Irish
old maid with refreshing gaiety and a
dental smile that is irresistible. There
are Noras. and Maggies and Mollies and
Lizzies galore to fill out the picture. The
musical hit of the piece Is 'Alice
O'Grady." sung by Miss Stanley and Mr..
Young, while the cleverest stage effect
with a. song lis that introduced with
"Choo- Choo Cars in the second act.
Miss Stanley. achieves many recalls with
her $50 Different song. in which imi-
tations Of, tourists Of different national
tiles are introduced 4 s * r
1852 - y : w B. Chamberlain.
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Minnesota Politics
Vote Averaged About
one-Sixth Of the Vote Cast Two Years
Ago-Evens This Does Not Account
for Republican Losses A. Nelson
Contesting with Langum.S g

Nearly all the counties reporting
their total vote show a faflings off as
compared with two years ago, Just as
expected. In some of them the stayi
at-home vote was very heavy, and no
doubt it was a republican vote. In
twenty-nine counties that have reported
the total vote was 1858, and in the
same counties the vote two years agb
was 94,201.p The falling off was .abolft
one sixth on the average Hennepin,
Ramsey and st. Louis counties together
will hold up very close to the vote Of
two years ago, and if the rest of the
state falls off one-sixth. it will leave
a total vote of about $4,000, compared
with 322,692 in 1904. Many did not
vote on governor, and after counting
out the vote for the grohibitionist and
socialist candidates, Cole and Johnson
will be found dividing between them
not over 250,000 votes-just about the
estimate made in this column before
election. D ~
johnson is now 10000 ahead on the
returns, and so would have 100000
votes to 10000 for Cole on the final
figures, if they hold at the present rate.
In other words, he will have gained
about $4,000 votes over his vote Of
two years ago, while Cole lost about
30, OOC of the votes that went for Dunn.
Only 10000 of this can be attributed
to stay-at-home votes, and johnson
must have lost by the light vote as
well as Cole. Evidently no less than
80, 900 republicans who voted for Dunn
last time changed over and Voted for
Johnson Tor zone reason or another.
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!. A GUIDE TO NEW. BOOKS

A Strange Flaw. ByHenry S. Wilcox, au.
thor of "Foibles of the Bench,' etc. Chicago:
Thompson & Thomas. e
+ r. The design of the author in this story
is" to uncover the machinery so FREE
quently and effectively employed by
skillful. schemers for despoiling the mass
es Of their countrymen, and to show the
methods by which governmental agen-
cies intended to promote and protect the
people have been perverted to their In
jury" Fl 49, ...:,.g... q. 3,...- i.
Sunlight and Shadow. BY Gabrielle e, Jack.
son, author of Little Miss Sunshine" etc, New
York: D. Appleton & Co. -,
The story of a girls life in boarding
school, her experiences and friendships,
her troubles and joys. ,.,. !;
Captain Lattarblair, a comedy in three acts,
written for b. H. Sothern, by Marguerite Mer.
Ing, arranged from the prompt book used in the
original Lyceum production. Illustrated with pho
tographs of the play. indianapolis: The Bobbs.
Merrill company .-.~.,~| - = -
AM author of Lucky Ned,'' etc. Illustrated
Boston: Dana, Estes & Co., Boston. :, s
:. a boys story, in which automobiles
play an important and diverting part. Il ,
Old cronnak. By Joseph Haldane. New
York: The Decker Publishing company. 10 Fifth
avenue; 81. So. :: Held for further notice ET
Motor Car Peter, or Pretty Stories and Funny
Pictures. By Archibald Williams. Illustrated
by a, Wallis Mills Philadelphia: George w.
Jacobs & Co.. ~ at;s.- . = -
A book Of laughable motor car adven-
lures that never happened, told in
rhymes and colored pictures.
Lazy John. the Boy Who Would Not Work
BY Charles and Amy steedman, after Heinrich
Meise. Drawings by Gertrude Caspari. Phila
delphta: George w. Jacobs & Co. 81
Cigarettes in Fact and Fancy. By John Balm
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Z The Wishbone Boat. By Alice g. D. Riley
Illustrated by L. ]. Bridgman: Boston: H.. NJ
Caldwell company. ' .y. ri:
This is an attractively gotten up book
Of fairy tales, belonging to the '.Pleasan,
Street Series
Eating to Live. With some advice to TIKI
equity, the rheumatic and the diabetic. A bool
for everybody. BY John Janvier Black. MD.
member Of the College Of Physicians, Philadel
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pany. @t%
This is a popular treatise on foods and
diet by one who has studied the sub
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tion that is abundantly worth studying
A little study of this book would dc
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-12
THE DISCONTINUED MAN

He wooed and won a pretty girl
With hair of shiny gold;
She loved him with loyalty - a,
Quite touching to behold. -...z
But other peoples wives he used
Approvingly to scan,
And growl and grumble at his own
The disconnected man.
His business prospered every day,
Another store he leased;
He bought house and motor car,
& His bank account increased.
But still he wore gloomy face -. ~.
while Jones is in the van .--r
My trade is going back" exclaimed
The discontinued man. ~. --.,.
His children in and out of school z
Were we'll behaved and bright;
They reached the head Of every class
And studied day and night 49,
1T didn't take me half so long
To learn when I began
I wasn't such Ounce complained
The Discontinued man. 49,,
He went abroad, and viewed gunmoved
Il The Rhiness majestic flow, - 81 *
The snowy splendor of the Alps
The matchless lakes below. ~S
II wantsto get a steamer home
{ AS quickly as 7 cam
There's nothing here worth seeing" cried
6 The discontented man.
At last he.left his earthly cares
To mount the starry skies
And knock upon the pearly gates
rs That lead to Paradise;
And tho to fling the portals wide
fss st, Peter nimbly ran,
& you're long enough about it," said
=. The discontinued man. a.,. e =.
- rssGs-Leslie's Weekly =
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
NOW ~

1eos-san. Diego i bay, caIifornIa,
discovered and named by Sebastian
Vtzcafno.
1850. n. p. Belmont born.
I1871-BIock and a;shalf. Of build,
lngss In Chattanooga destroyed by In
cefadfarygf fire. SO
s1SSo-ExpedltIon went TO relief of
Captain sRoycott, NEAR BaiIinrobe,
ireland. Is
41895avedding OF Miss Pauline
Whitney and AImerIc Hugh Paset In
New Work. -
1s9s--Eari j of Mintn took oath & Of,
office as governor general of Canada.
18ss-Puerto cabeffo, Venezuela,
surrendered to General Castro.
feoo-Rarls exposition, closed; 5o,-.
600, 900 admissions. 80;
1so3-street railway strike In CHI
cage.
1eo4-klng and queen Of Portugal
visited England.
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The Brown Peril 4,

The objection Ut California toa the
Japanese Invasion is likely to become
more deeply rooted as the ssbrown per-
liz looms more imminent. Tt is a per-
fectly natural objection, not based on
the bad qualities Of these most capable
Of orientals, but rather on their good
qualities. 1t is the industry, adapta-
bility, endurance and cleverness Of the
Japanese that make him the most dan
gerous competitor of the white man.
When there is added to this placid
contentment with low standards of liv-
ing, the brown man 8 coming may well
be dreaded by the laboring men Of Cal
ifornia. s-.=.: ~ i
There is q very similar state of af-
fairs in Australia, which may give the
British government as much embarrass-
ment as the action of San Francisco q
school board has given ours. But the
movement for a"White Australia has
gone much further than California has
been able to go under existing laws.
The legislation permitted by the Brit
ish government under Joseph Chamber
lain's far-seeing policy was to be di-
,rected, not at any nationality, but at
the undesirable immigrants of all ma
tionalities. Accordingly, the Austral-
ians made the test Of admission the
power 'to write out at dictation a pas
sage of fifty words in length in any
European language selected by the Of
ficer.' This remarkable test-which
bears a family resemblance to the
grandfather clause'' Of the southern
states-is used: in practice to shut out
all orientals. The customs officers have
orders to make the test easy for
Frenchmen or Germans, but impossible
for the Asiatic. And thus the power
full labor party of the austral continent
is able to prevent competition for it's
members from workmen with differ
ent and lower standard Of life. is 4
Racial hatred is one Of the most Deep
seated and unreasoning of all human
emotions. A wise statesmanship will
prevent the clash Of white and brown
on: the Pacific coast by putting limits
to the peaceful Japanese invasion. -,
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THE MAGAZINES

i Z =
Spare the Rirds.-Spare the birds!
When your bag holds a. dozen plump
partridge (quail so-called). take the
shells out Of. your gun and go home says
Caspar Whitney H. Outing for Novem-.
ber.9 Be a sportsman; And bear in mind
that a. sportsman is no occult genius but
just q man who plays fair. Killing more
game than you, personally, can use is not
PLAYING fair to either the game or to your
fellow countrymen who are doing their
utmost ito preserve the remaining wild
life;of America. 81 sfss
The National Geographic Magazine for
October has for its leading feature an ex-
tended article on Cuba, with numerous
Illuminating ha1ftones.
Young Love and Old Hate" Is the
title Of Lewis B. Ely's novel in the Mo-
vember Lippincott's. Appropriate to the
month when everybody is looking for a
square deal" this story Of Mr.. Eiys
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-12
RARE MALADY KILLS 10
Panic in Texas Town Over Spread o,
Mysterious Disease.

Ell Paso, Nov. 12.-Twelves deaths
from a mysterious cause have occurred
in Maria and vicinity, in Preside coun-
ty, within the last few days, and the
community is panic-strieken. Local
physicians have been unable to dag
nose or cope with the disease and ap-
pealed to the state health department,
which detailed an expert, Dr. p. J.
Shaver, the state health officer at
Paso, to Investigate. Dr.. Shaver il
now at Maria. @
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GOALS FROM THE FIELD

-
James J. Hill is said to have recently
offered $4,000 in prizes, to be divided
among the farmers writing the best es-
says on how to coax a farm into mort
gageable shape, one of the conditions
of the competition being that each
contestant must own and superin-
tend the menu of at least twenty
head of cattle and a e. like number
OF sheep or swine. Leaving out of ac-
count the improbability of Mr.. Hill hay
Ing ever offered such prizes, he at least
showed good sense in naming the condi-
tons. The man who has forty COWS and
pigs to curry, feed and dress for dinner
is not apt to write essays about it. I'm
less stenographer could follow him
about and take his remarks on a cold
morning it would be useless to try to
inveigle him into such a competition,
& - -,
Recently Judge rAmidon held term of
the United States court not a thousand
miles from Minneapolis, and held it IN a.
small courtroom where resounding :elo-
quence would have hardly room to sus-
tain it's reputation. Nevertheless one Of
the attorneys having with him a voice
which would scurry around the north
pole for a gain of 10000, 900 yards, went at
the debate as tho he had all out Of doors
for his theater. He roared and thumped
and swung on the terrified atmosphere
until things grew warm. The judge
wiped his brow several times, but the
calorfc continued to come. Finally, in
despair, he leaned. over to the lawyer and
remarked In a low voice: 'Mr. Blank
II you would give us a little more light
and a little less heat we should get
on faster.'' -" ~ ~
The temperature fell into the bulb and
broke hole thru the bottom
Reports from New York unite in the
cheering statement that Herkimer never
disposed of it's vote at a higher spot
cash figure than this year. The free and
Independent Herkimerites rejoiced in an
early sale to the Hearst league (inc.) and
later gave due ear to the advances of the
excellent Mr.. Woodruff, whose agents
came among them distributing crisp bills
and good advice The day was consid-
cred great success, marred only by a
runor that some over-ambitiois citi-
Zens had sold their rights the third time,
and unfortunately had made dickers with
Finkerton detectives. This untoward
circumstance had a tendency to depre.ss
the general rejoicing. But at a meeting
OF the Voters league in the evening, res
olutions were adopted denouncing the
Pinkertons and, the spirits of the yeo-
many Of Herkimer rose again.
II Robert Burns had received for all his
writings as much as Morgan paid for
one little volume the poet might have
smoked amuch better cigar.
k'atIs s5= = ft sdE
Francis i Wilson, the comedian, has
been nursing the thought that he owned
a genuine Mauve. "A genuine Mauve is
something not quite as good as Box
hara, nor as bad as Chippendale. It is
picture painted by a man whose name
Is next door to blue. But it seems that
Mr.. Mauve did not paint the picture that
Francis Wilson bought It was painted
by the hired man while Colonel Mauve
was out for the day. Mr.. Wilson is now
suing the picture dealer for working of
a mauvais Mauve. II
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Complications have arisen /. in New
Hampshire that may lead to considerable
bitterness and may even give the sena-
torship to Winston Churchill. Charles
M. Floyd, republican candidate for gov
ernor,r is said to. be ten votes short Of the
majority. required for the election, Of a
governor, according to the unofficial re-
turns, altho he. has 5000 plurality. The
way is open for the election Of winston
Churchill as United States senator to
succeed Henry 81 Durham, republican,
whose term expires. A rumor is about
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possesses a strong political interest run
ming along beside that profounder one
of the tender sion-which, OF course,
dominates the whole plot.
The Ga National Review Tor October.
among other interesting articles, con-
tains a discussion OF Modern English
Spelling" which throws some new light
on the subject Of spelling reforms and
gives interesting reasons for unfolding
the reform movement. III
The November number Of Farming
discusses two of the Invest subjects be-
fore the farmer today-.'The Control Of
Bovine tuberculosis and What De-
natured Alcohol VIII Really Do for the
Farmer
The keynote Of the November Garden
Magazine is preparation for the winter
months that, are fast approaching. sts
The Iron Trail for November is a
woman's number. sE't:5s5
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NEGROES, DIsARMED, WEEP
Colored Soldiers Hate to Give Up Guns
s,,.- After Long Service.

- Reno, Okla, Nov. l2.-The mem
bers Of Companies B, G and D. the col
ored troops, recently ordered dismissed
by President Roosevelt for disturb
ances at Brownsville, Texas, in August,
were formally disarmed yesterday.
Many of the members had been in serv-
ice for more than twenty years and
shed tears when they gave up their
guns.
Today; the disarmed troops will have
battalion drill without arms and they
will be discharged Immediately upon
receipt of the official order from Wash
ineton. -
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Just why the car and the Russian
bureaucracy were SO anxious to have
General Stoessel and all his force killed
at Port Arthur it is difficult to see. But
they did. The enperor's displeasure is
still being visited on Stoessel and he has
been obliged to ask a charitable institu-
tion for assistance
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brings Mr.. Stead back to the point that
what the British constitution needs is
a second chamber which will be repre-
sentative. This is impossible with $40
hereditary peers who represent nothing
but privilege. 1.