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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
Monday Evening,

veto privilege, the most important Of
which enables the imperial government
to undo as far possible the evils it
engendered by admitting Chinese labor
for the mines. 1t is now seen that a
tremendous mistake, moral and eco
nomic, was made when the coolies were
brought in, and the imperial govern
ment will take steps to see that no
more are brought in.
Altogether, the new constitution
looks like wise and statesmanlike So
luton of the troubles that have fol
lowed the Boer war
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
Compulsory Voting.

When the Canadian parliament reas-
sembles after the holidays it will have
up for consideration a bill for the re-
form OF the elections act. Among other
things which the government will in
ject into the law will be a provision to
punish neglect Of the franchise. The
voter who refrains or refuses without
good excuse to exercise his franchise
rights will be deprived Of them for six
years and will be punished otherwise if
he tries to vote while under suspension.
Whether there is sentiment in favor
of such law in this country or not
there is justice in it. Election day in
many states has been declared a hol-
day. In all states the employee is guar
anteed by law time to 20 to the polls
and back without loss Of pay. These
stoppages of industry indicate that the
state puts the duty Of voting above the
duty of carrying forward the business
of the country for that day at least.
Nevertheless there is always a hiatus
between the registered and the actual
~ cast vote and there is probably a
hiatus between the registered vote and
the number of persons eligible to exer-
else the franchise.
That any appreciable number of per-
sons should be permitted to disdain
their duty to the state on election day
is inconsistent with the precautions
taken to guarantee those electoral
rights on which we lay SO much
stress. We take considerable pains to
investigate the standing of the man
who offers himself for registration. He
must be citizen, he must be resi-
dent OF the state and Of the district in
which he offers to vote. He must meet
other requirements. But we take no
account of his neighbor equally quail
he'd who uses his own pleasure whether
he will exercise the franchise or not.
The state might at least, with proprie-
ty, inquire whether such man, had a
valid excuse. If he did not there would
certainly be good reason to enforce
against him the Canadian idea of tenn
porary suspension of his privilege.
The safety of republican institutions
depends to a great degree upon the
willingness of the citizens, at stated
periods, to neglect their own affairs to
take part in the affairs Of the public.
The greater the body of citizens who
vote the greater the safety of the gov
eminent. Every man who, without good
excuse, deserts the polls, puts himself
in position analogous to the man who,
without good excuse, deserts the de-
tense of his country in time Of war.
Punishment Of the one offense is rec
ognized as of prime Importance. Pun
| ishment of the other has never been
made a matter Of statute in this coun-
try. That it will be at some time seems
reasonable from the fact that neigh
boring country, with institutions SINH
lar to ours, is facing the necessity. ,.,-
If the time shall come in America
when a man is punished for not voting,
it is greatly to be feared that it will
be the "good citizens" who will suf-
fer. They are the ones who are most
apt to talk pessimistically thru a cam
palgn and bury themselves in their Of
fees or homes on election day, leaving
the voting to those they have de-
nounced as unfit to carry on the gov
eminent
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
Limiting Railroad Stocks.

Some interesting legal questions come
up in connection with the Great North
ern's $6O,O00,000 stock issue, and At
torney General Young's threatened suit
to prevent the plan. Under the law
this stock cannot be issued without
consent of the railroad commission, and
the Great Northern 8 territorial charter
gives it no immunity in this respect
So. if the stock is issued without con-
sent of the state, it would violate the
law and make the road liable to for.
felt it's charter.
At first thought it seems that such
ought to be the remedy of the state.
But what good would it do to revoke
the charter, when New Jersey affords
such a safe and convenient haven for
all distressed corporation craft? The
Great Northern would speedily incor-
porate in New Jersey and remove itself
from the jurisdiction Of Minnesota. 1t
is to the advantage of the state to
have the road remain Minnesota cor
poratlon.
. The attorney general purposes to ask
for an injunction against the sale of
the stock unless the law is complied
with. The thought arises that an in
junction might also be avoided by the
New Jersey dodge. But so long as the
Great Northern railway of Minnesota
exists, the state has remedy, in pre-
venting the local corporation from trans
ferring its property or rights. It is not
likely that all the acumen Of Mr.. Hill 3
lawyers could find a way to dodge an
injunction issued by the Minnesota
courts.
The situation, however, serves to give
added force to arguments for close fed
eral control and supervision of all cor
pOrations doing interstate business.
State lines are such vexatious barriers
that state control is always hampered
or nullifed, as it was in the Northern
Securities case. With railroad systems
reaching from ocean to ocean, it is alb
surd that the general government should
have SO little power to regulate them.
D One Of the first federal laws on the
subject should be on this very ques-
tion Of capitalization. Massachusetts
has a statute on the subject worth
copying. 1t provides that when new
stock is issued, the purchasers must
pay into the treasury OF the corpora
ton, not the par value, but the market
value Of the stock. Such a rule would
give the Great Northern in this instance
1926, 100000 to spend on betterments or
new lines, with only $eo,ooo,ooo added
to its book capital. 1t would end that
form of melon-cutting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
WOMAN POET LAUREATE
France Bestows Rare Honor Of Yea
On Young Mile. Corthis. \
pecial Gable to The Journa

Special Gable to The Journal.
Paris, Dec. A.-Judged by a jury of
her peers (women of literary attainment
and discernment) Mile. Andre Corthis
has been chosen poet laureate Of the
year 1906 in France.
This literary honor is conferred an
Of the year. Nile. Corthis won by nine
votes against seven for Charles Genioux
and one for Dewalfee. The volume. en-
titled e'Gemmes ct Notes. containes
the poems which won for her the honor.
Virile, and still deliciously feminine.
her lines are full of imagery. Mile
Corthis is young, practically in the
springtime Of her career.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

tie q per cent Of the population that
is colored, industrial schools for the
blacks be established Nor would the
benefits Of such a plan accrue entirely
to the Immediate benefciaries, for
there could be no more profitable in
vestment for the ruling classes than
some educational scheme which would
industrialize the negro, lift him out
of the rut of laziness and idleness and
make him strong factor in the devel.
opment Of the new south. Every les
son the negro learns in the blessings Of
productive labor removes him by that
much from the tendency toward shift.
lessness and lawlessness.
The religious element is doing it's
whole duty by striving to bring about
better and more helpful understanding
between the races. Out Of frequent
conferences between religious leaders,
both white and black, has grown an
organization whose object it is to pro-
mote'< the highest type of citizenship,
promote peace and good will between
the races and propose from time to
time such legislation as conditions may
require This legion Of honor it is
proposed to extend thruout the whole
south.
These movements, for the particulars
of which we are indebted to the Inde-
pendent, are full of promise. They
show an awakening on the part of the
very men who must solve the race prob
lem if it is ever to be solved and who
must supersede the Tillmans and the
Vardamans in speaking for the south.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
The Latest Thing in Constitutions,

The very latest word in constitution
making has been said in the instrument
recently granted to the Transvaal by
the British government. The English
liberals have departed from the home
model in several notable particulars.
Those old radical ideals-manhood suf-
frage and payment Of the lawmakers
are features Of the self government
granted to the conquered country: The
evils that follow from the British par
liamentary custom of serving without
pay are thus to be avoided. None but
a weH-to-do man can stand for pa;rlia-
ment in the mother country, unless, in
deed, he is supported by some organiza.
ton like the labor party, which taxes
itself to support it's own members, or
like the Irish party organization, which
has to find $4,000 annually among the
friends Of Ireland to pay salaries to
its members of parliament.
An interesting feature of the SALARY
plan provides that in addition to the
$3.50 paid to each member for the ses-
sion, there is a per diem Of $40 contin..
gent on the actual attendance of the
member. This secures full attendance.
The maximum amount that can be paid
to each member is $1,000. There are to
be two chambers, but the upper one is,
after the first appointments by the gov
ernor, to be as truly elective as the
+ lower.
The Beers are given equal voice and
citizenship with those OF, English birth,
and either the Dutch or English Ian
guage may be used in the Legislature,
in the courts and in the laws. Thus
the political liberties of the compatriots
of Dom Paul are preserved and they
are reconciled to British rule. +
There are some Important reserva-
tons Of power to the crown thru the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Very Low Fares from Chicago
To Florida and Havana, Cuba and re-
turn, via the Baltimore & Ohio Rail.
road and Washington, d. c.; also
diverse routes. Stop-over privileges.
Descriptive booklet on application. Ad.
dress r. G. Hasse, NV. T. p. a., St.
Paul, MINI, or B. N. Austin. G.. p. A.,
Chicago. 80 -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
DEC. Al.

DEC. 81.
1775-Montgomery killed at battle
of Quebec.
1880 Samuel Dexter OF Massachu-
sstts became secretary OF treasury.
Z r. 1s3s-EniIe Ioubet, x-Presldent
of France, born.
a1s5i-Austrlan emperor revoked
constitution OF March 4, 1s4s. 81
1S62-5attIe OF Murfreesboro, or
4 Stone River. s. y.
seS 1863 General Sheridan. captured
the indian chiefs, santanta and
Lone sNVoif. ss a Il. 5ls 81
f882-Leon Gambetta, ex-dictator
of france, died. Born 1888.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
ADJUSTMENTS
,Metropolitan-''Way Down Ea

L Metropolitan-''Way Down East"
Squire Anaasa- Bartlett and his inter-
esting family from way down east are
making their annual visit IN Minneapolis.
Their family troubles are, as usual, arous-
ing much sympathy for the new servant,
who is really well-born girl In trouble,
and for the manly: young son who takes
her part against the stern puritanism Of
the squire. The old man cannot brook
any fracture of the ten commandments,
more especially the seventh one, and he
uncompromistngly turns the girl out into
snowstorm that looked as bliZZardy
last night as the real one raging out
side. .1r"l - . IF
While the rest Of the family are pro-
vided with the fur caps; warm mittens
and voiuminous comforters of New Eng
land, the girl only has a light spring
wrap and low shoes. She carelessly drops
the wrap near the lake, where there are
suicidal holes in the ice. Manly young
son finds her; presently, however, and
pneumonia is warded off by the arrival
of the village doctor without his medi-
cine CASE Squire Bartlett finds, too.
that he has been a little hasty-as even
Puritans sometimes are-and has turned
the wrong person out Of his house., the
man in the case being the more worthy.
of expulsion. So he is able to consent to
the wedding without compromising a
felony. On this melodramatic string are
hung many gems of bucolic comedy The
types of rural character are diverse and
interesting, even If at times exaggerated.
4 Despite its age, s.Ways Down East" has
not been allowed to deteriorate. On the
contrary, it is played by an excellent
company and all the effects and bust
ness are so well arranged that the air
of spontaneity. SO essential If illusion is
Davis plays the .wronged girl Just as
wronged girls have been played since
melodrama began, but with a reservation
Of strength that makes her climaxes very
effective Uric B. Collins plays the man
" young son without the least affectation
or exaggeration and yet with power. Rob-
ert A. Fischer Is the stern. but lovable
old squire to the life, and Mary Daven-
port invests his wife with sweet and UNI
affected rnOther1ineSS. Then there is the
frrepressible Hi Holler Of John e. Bren-
nan. as provocative Of laughter as ever;
there Is Frank Curriers' capital work as
the absent minded professor; there is the
sharp-tongued old maid Of Ella Hugh
Wood and her rheumatic adnirer. played
effectively by James T. Galloway; there
is the highly exaggera ted but very anus
ing town constable Of Frank Bell: there
is the saucy little mink OF niece,
charmingly played by Mabel Strickland;
there are the other minor characters and
welcome features !, IF the favorite old
play. w. 3. Cham nj 1al n. \
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
Change Of Time
Via Northwestern Line.

The following changes take effect
December both:
Day Express to Chicago Leave Min
neapolis 1885 am. instead Of 1850 am,
st. Paul $500 am. instead of-8:3O am.
Duluth Leave Minneapolis 1850 am.
instead Of 1926 am, St. Paul $3.50 am.
instead Of $40 am.
No changes in departure OF other
trains via North Western Line to Chi
cago, Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, Ash
land, Duluth, Huron, Redfeld, Sioux
Falls, Mitchell, Des Moines, Sioux City,
Omaha or Kansas City. IS,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
Souvenir Playing Cards Issued by
Great Northern Railway.

The Great Northern halfway and
Great Northern Steamship companies
have issued q new edition of playing
cards. They are printed on exception
ally fine stock, and are better cards for
the price asked than can be had else
where. The advertising, consisting Of
the trademark. is worked into an ORR
the back of the card. The steam
shin card is the more elaborate Of the
two, and is finished with gilt edges.
Great Northern Railway cards fifteen
cents per pack. Steamship cards twen-
ty-fve cents per pack. Mailed to any
address on receipt of price,
A. T.. Craig,
Passenger Traffic Manager. st. Paul.
Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
Hllou--"The Boy Iee1Ind the Gun. j,

Once more noisy melodrama abb
surd as only the Blaney brethren can
make and act 1t, holds the boards at
the Bijou. The bloodthirsty gallery
wallows in smoke and fire, imagines it
is seeing the real thing, and encourages
the company, but particularly one Harry
Clay Blaney. to still greater horseplay.
There is Just one thing about the entire
production that would lead a sane per-
son to believe that the show is not a
New Year frolic In a 'dippy house, all
the dippies participating. While the
show would be much better and would
perhaps assist in the elevation Of the
stage IL The Boy Behind the Gun.
would only get in front OF it while in
action, said boy exhibits almost human
intelligence in holding his position be-
hind. .,.8
Il cannot be said that the piece falls
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Senator ;Foraker's idea Of an army is
that it should be little better organized
than a palm garden, say about as law
abiding as Cincinnati caucus.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

AID Hinky Dink threatens to make
Chicago so decent that the present pop
ulation cannot live there. This Is due
to threats to make the alderman s
''place" observe even the little law that
exists. A taste of the lid will do no
harm in Chicago. ~ s4',. .s...,4 d
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
MRS. S. B. MILTON DEAD
Wife of Former South Dakota Editor
Buried in the South.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 31.-Mrs. Irma-
garde Eldridge Milton, wife of Samuel
Burleigh Milton, for many years editor
of the Redfeld, S. D., Journal Observer,
but now of the editorial staff Of the
Washington, D. G., Evening Star, died
in this city. She was 33 years of age
and was highly educated in music and
was a woman of many Accomplishments.
Her remains were buried by the side
Of her mother in the beautiful Gene
terry overlooking Junction City, near
Fort Riley, Kan Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
were residents of Minneapolis few
years ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
STORM AT HONOLULU
Fierce Electrical Disturbance Wrecks
a Schooner and Canoes.

Honolulu, Dec. 31.-Honolulu and vi
clnity yesterday experienced the severest
electrical storm in many years. The
schooner, iLavtnia and hundreds OF canoes
were wrecked. So far as known no lives
were lost. .* 4
A suspected case of plague was dis
covered on the Pacific Mail liner Coptic
upon her arrival yesterday from the
orient.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
A POSER
Chicago Record Hers

Chicago Record Herald.
E. H. Hartman is reported to have said
that he is willing to spend $40 900, 900 in
having Ex-Governor Odel Of New York
rehabflttated How would you like to be
so far down that it would take as much
as that to rehabilitate you? 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

When it comes to fighting with Japan
we shall be able to match dollars for a
whole evening after Japan is broke. A
| respectable navy and full treasury are
| joint guarantors of peace.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
TOWN IS AFTER DIVORCE
South Chippewa Dissatisfied with 1t
Union with Chippewa Falls.

Union with Chippewa Falls. ~.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, Dec 3l-South
Chippewa, which was annexed to Chip
pewa Fails in 1885. threatens to secede.
The secessionists say that the South Side
pays more in taxes than it receives in
improvements. and that they wifi appeal
to the next legislature to give them a
bill of divorce @ i
The majority of the citizens Of Chip
pewa Falls proper are willing to let South
Chippewa return to it's own.
Already several residents on the South
Side have made known their intention
of moving to Chippewa Falls if seces-
sion is successful. Governor Thad G..
Pound, one Of the South Siders, is not
In sympathy with the movement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Jerum K. Jerum says that the books
which are read in this country are mainly
third-rate novels. How can that be-?
Don't read most OF those that sell
the most? -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

The Tribune suggests that the union
depot be located in Loring park. Why
certainly, or on top of the court house,
where it would be ready for the trains
Of airships when they come into USE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Who was it that first thought Of ask
ing the government to stock the new
Princeton lake with fish? Nobody but
Grover Cleveland.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Excursions to South and Southeast
On sale first and third Tuesdays each
month to and including April, 1907,
via Wisconsin Central Railway, at very
low rates. For full particulars address
or call upon Frank u. Towne, City
Ticket Agent, 230 Nicollet avenue,
Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Jeffries is willing to lick fellow man
for $4,000, but he is not the KIND Of man
who hops up and down and demands a
chance to fight for marbles or chalk.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

The following resolutions were adopt
ed: - ,s
Whereas, We view with exceeding
regret and indignation the action by
which the Catholic church in France is
to be deprived of about twenty-six
thousand Of it's churches, episcopal and
parochial residences, clerical seminaries
and other church property; and.
" Whereas, This feeling is accentu-
ated by the fact that Catholic France
in the beginning Of our history and at
all times since has been the stanch
friend Of the American republic; .and,
Whereas, we learn from the most
authentic sources that for many years
the Catholic church has been prosecuted
by the French government and is being
slowly but surely deprived of its prop
erty, and the rights which belong to a
free people; and 49,.
Whereas, The public utterances of
several of the leading statesmen Of
France indicate desire to strike at the
very root of Christianity and are thus
a serious menace to Christian civiliza-
ton; therefore be it -. :
"Resolved, That we, citizens of
Washington of various religious demon
nations, vehementlY condemn the &C
tion of the French government in the
unjust confscation Of the entire prop
erty of the Catholic church in France,
and, as liberty-loving people, we de-
nounce such conduct as hostile to the
freedom of Christian Worship
The resolutions call upon all lovers
Of religious liberty turnout the civ
ilized world, and especially in the
United States, to record publicly their
protest against the act Of France.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

| "A: scientist says the days of blonde
men are numbered. The days Of thu
blonde who raises dropping side whiskers
ought to be - . =. = --tEn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Every bit Of information from Belgrade
indicates that King Peter would do we'll
to keep the doors locked ana sleep with
one eye open. '.s>'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
Boston Catholics Protest.

Boston, Dec. 3l.-At mass meeting
of Boston Catholics in Faneuil hall last
night set Of resolutions were adopted,
copy of which was sent to Pope Plus
x, protesting against the action of the
French government toward the church
in that country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Strawberries in Boston are selling at
s cents EACH but no one has" yet broken
a leg in the rush to get them. - ess"3'o}'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Mr.. Brice may: find among us m more
wealth but; less commonwealth. It, is
punched too much - - .5's.N )" =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
LET HIM WRITE a BOOK

Al Philadelphia Press.
Let us sympathtze with the poor kaiser.
He cannot send even one message q. day
to his congress.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Carefully compounded and packed by
machinery. Always good and always
uniform. Hunt s Perfect Baking Pow.
er--made in Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

1t Is about time for the astrologers to
announce that the year 1907 will be one
of great calamities. n,,5 ........
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
Foyer Chat,

Mildred Holland will be seen at the
metropolitan for four nights and matinee
beginning next Sunday evening, in two
ne" romantic plays. Her bill for sun
gay and Monday evenings will be "The
Lily and the Prince" and on Tuesday
ana Wednesday nights and at the
Wednesday matinee she will appear in
MattneW Barry's "A Paradise of Lies -
served Thursday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31

Former wives of James G.. Blaine, Jr,
are not thinking of holding a convention.