The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
"Hoot Mon Z

Think Of 10000 tongues wagging at once and all
sounding the praises Of for governor. This
is the unique condition in novel campaign started
for Senator T. Brackett for governor of New York.
Mr.. Bracket was member of the last senate and
looking about to reduce the number Of state commits
sions which he believed to be out Of proportion
wealth. population, school enrolment and directory
figures he hit upon the thought of repeating the law
creating the state barber commission His attack
successful and Senator Bracket today finds himself
the hero Of 10000 BARRIERS who had grown weary of
checking up the number Of towels they used day.
the average per operations the comparative weight Of
the same towels before and after washing and of
have their previous condition Of serviude established
by the photographic photographic pathological aenistic
qualitative qualitative and antiimperalist tests.
In their gratitude they have turned to Bracket
and insist upon making him governor of the state
The influence Of 10000 BARRIERS is not to be sneezed
at and may yet make Mr.. Bracket the ruler of New
York.
The interesting Of special factions of the popuacs
1t has been worked in nearly every state In Texas
q man was defeated for the senate because he
confessed that while important vote being
taken on the floor he in bath tub and could not
get there in time. Texas refused accept his ex-
plantation He might have left the bath and gone in
as he to represent the broad Texas or he
might better still have avoided baths They were not
recognized in Texas as necessary aduncts Of political
activity.
In 1904 in the state Of Minnesota candidate for
high office incurred the enmity Of the travelling
men They began to talk against him trains, in
depots in stores hotels, warehouses; wagons in the
cities, on the prairies in crowds and by themselves
They many citizens to their way thinking
and they stood by their convictions by coming home
to vote Generally travelling men do not rush in from
profitable trip to cast their ballots They take it for
granted that Mr.. Adrch will do the right thing and
60 about their business. But in 1904 they came home
They streamed in from the mountains the valleys the
lakes They came by train, special and regular, by
boat, on horseback, on foot-and they voted. There
is every evidence that they voted.
In 1898 in the city of Minneapolis the republican
candidate for angered the bcycliss of the city
by crude attempts, member of the city eoun-
Gill; to regulate their comings and gongs, their speed
and the angle at which they should hold their necks
in riding. The bicycsts took it i'll and organized
against him There were at that time 10000 bicycle
riders in the city. Before the campaign closed it
seemed as tho there 100000. Eschewing the
ordinary methods of politics they organized house
to 60 from place to place they had tendency to ar
rive. They did arrive and the republican candidate
for mayor did not
Educational experts In the east considering the
advisability Of throwing down the system of final
aminations AS test of the fitness of pupils for pro-
motion it has long been subject the objection that
it favored the "crammers" while imposing unfair
burden on the modest pupil who is subject to the
customed atmosphere of the class do good work
from day to day failing miserably in examinations
thru anticipation Of the ordeal while glib young
ster with phenomenal sef-command carries off the
honors of the struggle. I remember boy in the
university who never looked his Latin before en-
tering the class and who when called up would
reel off some lingo until stopped by the infuriated
professor. Then he would calmly address the chair
with the remark Let s if that is what it means
Then by series of skilful questions he would lead
the professor the ground and learn the lesson
from him the spot. Such nerve is rare. This boy
afterwards became promoter and is today worth
several hundred thousand than his former pre-.
ceptor.
The beginning Of the music season at Lake Harriet
has been suspicious. Last year the season suffered
= from arctic weather. but the clerk this year having
> recollection Of his work in 1905 has begun
handing out brand which drives people to the cool
upper reaches of the pavilion Providentiay park
commission has made rule regarding the auto horn.
which meets with almost unanimous approval. The
. hoarse honk Of pneumatic enthusiasm is longer
recognized as the real thing in applause It is al
excellent idea to have Wagner separated from the
auto horn, tho people prefer the horn for
! music.
The venerable walker, Weston, who recently broke
Philadelphia to New York condemns the growing dis
inclination of people exercise by walking singu
lar thing in connection with the decline of walking
is the fact that it has been largely brought about il
the big cities by the trolley transfer law Formerly
and women too, having paid one fare would wall
considerable distance rather than pay another Nova
days people all the city with little o
no walking and the only thing they complain abou
is that the lines do not call for at his ofc
and deposit him his doorstep. Minneapolis has no
achieved such distinction There is still occasiona
hiatus in the service which gives considerable lat
Is tude for getting home in the good old way.