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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
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WHERE THE POLITICAL BOSS GETS OFF -
AND THE PLAIN CITIZEN GETS ON
Primary Before
National Civic Federation by w. D. Washbn, h and Incidental
Consideration of Other Live Issues. .@@@. :

The following address was delivered
by W. D. Washburn at the recent meet
ing Of the National Civic Federation
in New York.
It is a valuable discussion Of the pri-
mary and election laws, which subject
was under consideration by the fed
Grafton. Mr.. Washburn said:
The Minnesota primary law involves
the return to the first principles of
democratic government. ~ ~.
It's object is to permit the free citi-
zen to vote for whom he pleases with
out restraint. - ~ II
This he is permitted to do without
the interference of other fellow-citi-
zens who have hitherto dictated nom
inees amongst whom the average cltI-
zen could select one as a choice be-
tween evils.
The primary law gives a citizen the
substance of his electoral rights and
not the shadow. It gives him bread
and not a stone.
III It makes him real factor in the
actual government of his own country
and gives him an actual voice in the
management of the state for which he
puts up the expenses in the form OF
taxes. ~
The fact that he may actually vote
for the man that he really wants;
arouses his political interest that has
long remained dormant under the va.
rious forms Of misrepresentation that
have been saddled onto him by party
bosses and party: machines.
This makes him a better man
more patriotic citizen, a. more
alert and progressive unit in
the fabric of political, social and
commercial life. In short, it gives tc
the citizen his proper and fitting place
as component part of the democratic
structure.
The primary law spells Democracy
and not Oligarchy.
Under these conditions the primary
law requires neither excuse nor apollo
gy. The marvel is that argument should
he necessary to induce citizens to adopt
system that restores to them the rea
right to control their own governments
The Scope of the Law.
The existing law includes the follow
ing features:
First-It applies to all candidates fol
all elective, district, county and city OF
fees. and elective members Of schoo
boards, park boards and library boards
Second-The primary election is helt
seven weeks before the regular election
and includes the safeguard of the Aus
tralian ballot system under the genera
law.
Political parties must have had al
least 10 per cent of the vote cast in Thu
preceding election or such party ma,
appear on the ballot by fling a petition
with 10 per cent Of the actual vote
New parties may also go upon the bal
lot by a petition provided under th'
general election law.
Third-AH candidates must file thei
intention to run, with the county au
ditor at least twenty days before tn,
election The fee for fling is $40 il
one county and $40 for an Office cover
ing two counties.
Two weeks before election the count.
auditor must prepare separate ball0
FOR each party for public inspection
auch tickets must. be twice printed il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29

little he became vaguely troubled.
Alphonse used to slip away of after
Moons. He absented himself more and
more as time went on. :. He grew
moody. -s~E "2 So.
"Alphonse, something is eating you
like the canker in the bud! -. Gabriel
at last accused him. "tTell me, Al
phonse. can it be a woman9'
But Alphonse stood mute. He re-
fused to confde in, his twin brother.
In reality, Alphonse had cause to stand
mute He was in a truly painful posi-
tion, but not marker to the painful=
ness that might ensue should he con
| fess it to the twin : brother who re-
sembled him so perfectly. ". s.@l
Loved Two Girls. '..,
Alphonse loved. w orse, Alphonse
loved two girls. ; Or, worse still, he
could not tell which Of them he loved
A most extraordinary thing had hap
pened to him. One day, crossing the
Place de la Concorde, he saw delicious
young blonde with her mother standing
| spellbound in the crush of vehicles. He
saved them, led, them TO the sidewalk
and while they were still thanking him
he fell in love with the delicious
| blonde. -1t.,@ 3 ~
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BY Sterling Helllg.
,ecial Correspondence of The Journal.

Es BY Sterling HeIlig.
Special Correspondence of The Journal.
wN ARTS, April 1.-two of the pref,
- test brides of Paris cannot tel
Il their husbands apart-except by
Two of the keenest newly married
men of Paris, artists by profession can
not tell their young wives apart-ex-
cept by a ribbon.
To makexit more complicated, the two
brides are sisters, the two bridegrooms
are brothers, they all four live IN the
same Paris fiat and eat at the same
table. AS they are young folks IN good
society, the complications OF thelr new e,
estate have interested and delighted the
entire Paris population. It Is possible
that their case-with all its unique de-
tails-is the first Of it's kind in the
history of the world
II was extraordinary enough already
the case of the twin brothers Chan
teau. born together at Nantes in 1874
and reared side by side in a well-to-do
shipping agency family. =.
AS in all French bourgeois famllles,
the babes had each a plenteous and
decorative nurse; but the father, old
Jules Chanteau, well-known on the
Place of Nantes az a warm trader and
admired by all the countryside for his
ORIGINALITY and wilfulness, already had
the twin idea. He sought two twin
nurses thru all Brittany; and finally ne
found them.
- Nurses Mixed, too. III. IT,
To say that these two nurses had
extraordinary difficulty not to mix the
babies up would be putting 1t too
mildly. The babies themselves, when
they began to take notice, mixed the
twin nurses up!
You see, the twin nurses resembled
each other very possibly-to the delight
of old Jules Chanteau; and bis wife
being a delicate, weak willed lady, he
worked his wish on their costumes
They dressed absolutely alike down
to the broad ribbon streamers, floating
from their lace caps almost to thei1
heels. Little Gabriel Struggled up tt
Annette Just as willingly as to Marie.
and little Alphonse contentedly mum
bled what was left. ~ ~ 20.
But was it -Alphonse7~-O was i
Gabrie1e One of the two, i was soor
noticed, had inherited something OF hi
father IS initiative. 1t was he who al
ways snuggled first. But--was it Al
phonse or Gabriel ?-Perhaps it wa
both; perhaps one infant had as muc]
initiative as the other-in which cas-
they were displaying it alternately, o
even irregularly. ..r
It was the same when they wer
weaned. One took to spoonfood cour
ageously, one chung to the fount. Wa
1t Gabriel or Al honse- Or both, alter
natively9 The nurses quilted them
confessing a strange double pain; see
ing which, an old crone in the kitchen
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29

votes cast at the primary than at the
real election.
With 100 candidates on the ticket at
the presidential election, few voters
escaped the polls. Some one of these
candidates was bound to find each voter
in the city, and once at the polls the
voters made a careful choice of candi-
dates.
Stripped Of the machinery Of the
caucus and the convention, each candi-
date now has to get before the, voter
and show reasonable cause why he
should be elected to office.
It is no longer possible to. nominate
VIGOROUSLY bad men and then, force
them into. office under the whip of
party discipline.
Men may be taken to polls and in
structed how to vote. No one,
however, may come within fifty
feet of the polling place and no
one knows how the voter marks his bal
lot after he has disappeared behind the
curtain.
Under these conditions, neither cash
nor coercion lead to their former re-
suits in controlling, the vote:
Dishonest and irresponsible voters
may still be influenced by graft or the
promise 9of political spoils. This is a
fault, however, of the voter and not of
the system The large majority of the
voters, once given the right to free
vote, will generally vote in support OF
good government. When they do not,
| it is because they are ignorant and i'll
Informed upon the issues.
/ A stream cannot rise above its source,
and public servants are not liable to
! be superior to the people who elect
4 them.
If the people who are to bene-
fit by good legislation neglect their
public duties, if they refuse to vote
properly when they have the chance,
neither law nor argument can compel
4 good government.
a primary law may only give the
citizen his opportunity It cannot
compel good morals or force good citi-
4 zcnship.
! Objections to the Primary Law.
i Objections to the primary law should
4 be carefully considered-not alone to
4 meet arguments that will be advanced
i where the primary law is not yet in
4 force, but also to improve the law
4 where it is possible.
i There are two classes of citizens OPP
1 posed to the Minnesota law:
i First, party men, who are naturally
opposed to the destruction OF the OLD
4 system.
i Second, citizens of high character
who really think the primary law IN
4 desirable.
Party men, accustomed to the old
! order, complain that the primary sys
q tenn destroys party discipline. g
This does not mean that it prevents
desirable legislation by the use Of
party machinery, but that it prevents
their controlling the offices for them
selves and their friends.
They also complain that men are liza
8 Bile to remain long time in Office, and
that there is not fair division of off
i. ces among the workers. They do not
claim that the office holders under tbs
Client, but they claim that this is moi
Il a fair di..aias Of ssss aboils-
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The girls mother saw he was a
! French gentleman. She did not dis
courage him when he strolled beside
them chatting. He asked and obtained
permission to call.
| Alphonse called on his blonde three
times. Mutual love had begun shining
in their eyes. And then the terrible
thing happened. After his fourth
visit, Alphonse spoke to the mother
/ alone:
80 Madame he said, IT love your
-sttWhiehs:O, she asked him simply.
s' - Why He was Tricked.
! Then, as she confessed the prodigy
! Alphonse felt as if the world were
sinking under him. Inmanent justice
had overtaken the thousand farces OF
his childhood, youth and early man
hood. Was it imaginable that, while
he and his brother were promenadine
their silly resemblance from Nantes tc
the Latin quarter and from Paris tc
St.'Louis, there existed quietly, daintily
right here in Paris, two other beings
i who. g.t.. E5sr r. ~
The mother told: ss.
/ 81 have twin daughters, Genevieve
and Suzanne, SO alike that no one--not
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tation in place UPON the ballot IS also
provided, so that each candidate ap-
pears first upon the ticket an equal
number Of times. s.s...,. - -
| The city clerk must also give public
notice of the time and place of election,
and must post the names Of all candi-
dates at each precinct voting place.
Judges and clerks are appointed I'M
der the general election law and each
judge appoints two clerks.
Fourth-On the day of election all
saloons must be closed from 5 o'clock
| # the mayor fails to close the same, he
is fined $1,000. - ...= = .r.aI ~,
l. No election may be held in: any sa-
loon or barroom, but must be held
in front room on the ground floor,
facing a highway forty feet wide. y
Fifth-Booths for the use of voters
are provided, with a curtain to conceal
the occupant; these must be at least six
feet from the ballot boxes and sep
arated from the same by a rail; each
! judge may appoint a special constable
to preserve order, and to prevent any
person from approaching within six
persons may be. at once arrested with
out warrant and no policeman may re-
main in a polling booth without the
order of the judge. - 80
Ballot boxes are provided fol
each party, and one box for such WON
en- as wish to vote for the school board
i Polls remain open from to 9, and
reasonable time thereafter to allow
4 all voters to vote who are then standing
in line.
Sixth-No voter may receive ballot
I, -, il I,
1 quired to cast ballot Of his owr
party, which must be the party fol
{ which he voted at the last election
I This machinery thus provides thai
the voter be permitted to cast his vote
entirely without any restraint. While
it may possess certain defects, these
are inherent rather in the character d
the voter, and not in the system which
he provided for the free registration Q:
| his vote. rs Is s.> ~
Results Of the Primary Law.
There can be no question as to tn,
distinctly beneficial results Of the pr
mary law in Minnesota. While many
strong party men regard it as nui
Z sance, and would be glad to see it abol
, ished, the people stand SO strongly il
its favor that a man could hardly b.
elected in Minneapolis who favored tn,
i abolition of the law.
While there are still some defects Ii
J, the law, it's enforcement has led to &:
distinct regeneration of political NOR
also It has increased the interest il
good government on the part of tn
: citizens; it has led to the election O
a higher average of officeholders.
Formerly few citizens attended th
:. old-time caucus. Nominations Wer
4 made largely by political machinery, an,
, the citizen did not vote at all, or h
/ voted for the party ticket that wa
4 presented to him upon election day
With the present system, he CAREFUL
& scratches the ticket in5his effort to pic
] out men whom he knows to be fit fo
each office. With the opportunity t
i vote as he pleases, there are often nor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
Extraordinary Situation Of the Famous
French Twins" and the Twins
They Married.

prophesied: Unhappy woman who
sHV4 N.Y. eoT 0" old jules
chuckling.
Their mother prided herself on tell
ing them apart; but as the, boys grew
up they played tricks on her like the
rest.
Gabriel would find her alone and beg
cake. He would 60 out eating it and
in a moment return lamenting: Little
mother, you gave Gabriel a cake. Give
me one quicklyl'
"Dear Alphonse, surely she would
answer, handing down the bun--and
Gabriel would swallow it rapidly as
the. true Alphonse entered, truly com
planning this time: Little motheI,
you have given Gabriel cake!"
'sTwo cakes Gabriel would grin;
and Alphonse would get his second
also. ~ y s...s ~. -. -.
AS to Whippings. ~
raphy lesson and the other the arith-
metic; and each would recite for the
other. When they got caught, one
would get away while the other was
being punished When his turn came,
,, he would then claim to have been al
ready whipped. "All right, tell your
brother to appear with you before me
| tomorrow the schoolmaster would re-
ply. When the fatal hour. arrived, they
had their course of action ready: rs
Which Of you was whipped9' the
schoolmaster would ask. -. III =: ~
: The twins would stand mute; and
the schoolmaster himself would feel I'M
easy in demanding that one save him
self by giving away the other. -
shall punish you both!e'' he would
exclaim at last But in his heart he
hesitated to punish one Of the twins
twice for the same ofense. ~. :
The Twins Grow Up. " = !.
In course Of time the twins grew up
and had to choose professions. =.
HNow. they will differentiated" their
friends said, grown tired Of so much
mixup. But the twin idea was part and
parcel Of them-had they not been .nour.
ished by twin wet nurses9 They came
up. to Paris. Alphonse discovered ar
artistic vocation.---,Or Was it Gabriel9-
Together they entered the ne nj
settled down to study painting in thu
atelier Of Luc-O Olivier Merson-who wa!
astonished at their equal aptitudes
They sketched and painted exactly
alike. No one could tell the work Of
one from the work of the other
But their reputation in the Lati1
quarter spread from other causes.
From the beginning they took care
never to be seen together Newcomer
to the studio were their particular vic
Tins. Alphonse would be chatting will
one such. Another student would come
and say: Let's have a drink a
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-07-19
Skowhegan Grange.

There was small attendance al the
oko" hogan Grange, Wednesday evening,
July Il. Two candidates were elected
to membership and two applications re-
eeiVed. c. f. Smith gave q talk upon
the topic, "WheE should grass be cut,
sid how cured to yield the most vslu-
able hay crop" ard the question, What
Inventions aud discoveries of the nine
tenth century have most benef ed man
kind provoked some discussion. Miss
Lillian White favored Us with reeita-
ton.
The Gauge voted 70 adjourn the mex;
meeting Until Thursday evening. Aug.
IL Visitors were present from somer.
set Grange. Sorrdgewock, also I.and
Falls, No. 2t9. The question OF the best
place TO hold Field day was discussed at
some length, tut no decision made.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-07-19
LOCAL MENTION.

Miss Linda Graves was called to Bos-
ton on business trip, this week.
{. A. Drake returned home, Saturday
night, from business trip up river.
The rehearsals Of the Skowhegan Che.
raj Society have been postponed until
Sept. 6, at which time every member is
requested to be present.
Mrs. V. G. Miller and Mrs. f. A. Ey
erett, both Of Providence. K. t. arrived
Wednesday, and will pass the remainder
OF the summer al Hayden Lake.
Mrs. Edith S. Shepherd went to Booth
bay by the early train this morning to
pass Sunday as the guest of Mrs. NJ. T.
Pooler and daughter Miss Florence, at
their summer home.
Mr.. E. F. Mason of Somervile, Mass,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Melzir Folsom Of
Msrkessn, Wis, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen G. Mayo. MI Folsom
s the president Of the State Bank at
Markesan.
The Hsrcourt Comedy Company,
which has been playing this week un
der canvas on the North street plains, are
giving pleasing entertainment aud in
troduce some very good specialties, to
gether with illustrated songs and NOV
ing pictures. The company will remain
here throughout the week, playing each
night with an entire change OF bill.
Miss Theodate B. Colby died Tuesday
night st the home of her nephew, d. W.
Colby, on Pleasant street. Her age was
almost So years. Miss Colby was 8
native OF Scion, but the greater part Of
her long life was passed In Skowhegsn.
For many years she was in company
with her brother. the late John A. Colby,
conducting a millinery store on Madison
avenue. She had wide circle OF
friends. The funeral was held from her
late home this Thursday forenoon and
WAS conducted by Rev, Fred A. Leiteh.
o. next Tuesday evening Company E
will hold the regular drill which was
postponed q week on account Of the cir
Gus on last Tuesday. The company has
been putting In some conscientious work
drilling the past two weeks in sntielps-
ton OF the annual muster which is to be
held this year st Augusta the week Of
Aug. l3 h, Several are still needed to
make up the full quota OF the Company,
and it is hoped that they will enlist at
the next drill. Company E has made
AID envisble position for ITSELF at uuster
in years past, aud there is no reason
why il should rot continue.
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Representative Candidate

Lekoy Z Po.s1m, Esq Of Souidpe-
wock has been dominated by the Repub-
licans Of Nofridgeuock AZ a candidate
for Representative 10 the Legislature to
represent the towns Of Norridgewock
New Portland, Arson aud starks Nj
Folsom was born in Gorinna, Maiue. and
Is thitty-six years Of age He 8as
educated at the Corinna Union Academy
and the L University Of Maine, graduating
from the latter institution il 1895 Nj
Folsom was admitted to the Penobscot
County Bar in 1895 After two years
service as Principal Of the NorIidgewock
High school be opened law Office IL
Norridgewock and has practsed law
there since that time In connection
with his law practice Nj Folsom has
been Supt. of schools in Norrldgewock
for the past seven years
Mr.. Folsom is An ardent Republican
and admirer Of Governor Cobb and an
earnest advocate of the strict enforce
ment of the prohibitory law BE ia at
the present time chairman of the Re-
publican County Committee.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-07-19
PnIilic Library.

A meeting of the board of trustees of
the Free Public Library was held at the
Office of Lawrence and Gould, last Sat
urday afternoon. Owing to the expense
of the new heating plant which was In
stalled last year, and more particularly
on account of the lack of funds occasion
ed by the resembling of the annual ap
preparation of $500 which it has been
the habit of the town to give towards
the support of the Library for several
years past, it was found necessary to re-.
duce the running expenses of the Lib
rary. This has resulted in doing away
with the Office of assistant librarian,
now occupied by Miss Ella Hight, leav.
ing all of the work to the librarian
Miss Ann Morrison, and in closing the
Library during the hours from to p.
m. week days and all of the time that it
was formerly open on Sunday afternoon.
Further than this, there is no money on
hand to purchase any new books or
even TO rebind the old ones and keep
them III proper condition for circulation.
1t seems to us not only great mis-
take but disgrace to town of Show
hegan's size and standing that it's citi
zens should wilfully cripple an institution
wholly philanthropic in character, and
of the greatest public benefit. which
was founded and is largely supported
under the provisions of the will of the
late Governor Coburn, We sincerely
hope that our citizens will in the near
future take some action in the matter
worthy of their dignity.
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Death of Willie Eaton.

o. Monday last, after lingering ILL.,
ness covering a period of nearly two
years, from consumption, Will Eaton
passed away at the family home in South
Solon, on the farm where he was born
and had resided his entire life OF IS
years.
Deceased was the youngest son Of
Moses and LOUISA Eaton, and is sur
vived by one sister Mary of Boston, who
was with him and tenderly cared for him
during the last weeks OF his suf-ring !,
also by three brothers, Charles of Boston,
Herbert of Scion and Alfred who resid-
ed with his brother Oh the farm.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
a. ID. and the interment was In the fam.
lily lot in the cemetery at Solon village