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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

ration in political Speaking, and more
Or ;less bodilytexeEcises My voice was
tired and worn at the end; Of the cam
paign, but otherwise I; felt strong
enough to 20 on for some time
"What impressed you the most?'
"The earncstness of the people. I
saw at once that they were deeply in
terested. [ told them that if they
elected me governor / should have an
open nina, hear every side, obtain as
much information as possible, and then
decide for myself what ought to be
done. | said that no interest, political,
financial or social, but only the interest
of the people would influence my con-
duct so long as I remained in office I
was impressed with the marked approx
al with which this was received. 1t in
pie attach to independence and the
sense of official responsibility They
cared more for an assurance of this sort
than tor any recital of party achieve
ment.
't'Again I was impressed by the dis
covery that the people wanted to do the
right thing and that they were thought
full and reasonable. You see I was new
to the stump and looked for more parti-
Fan feeling and less regard for the in
tellectual and moral requirements of the
occasion. There were brass bands
enough and cheers, too, but the potential
influences of the campaign were those
of reason and conscience and not lung
power.''
"Do you see any dangers ahead of
the American people?'
"There will be no serious trouble in
this country if the men elected to office
actually represent the people. This, let
me say, is vitality important matter
The word people is frequently a very
cheap collective noun. Politicians often
employ it and describe themselves as
the friends of the people, But real
sympathy with democratic institutions
is not SO common. Now, I believe in
the people. Of course they are likely
to be misled and sometimes 60 wrong,
but if given period in which to think
and obtain information they are gener-
ally sound in their conclusions and rea.
sonable in their demands. It is a com
monplace to say that the people must
be foremost in the. minds Of those in
office. But are they? Sometimes they
are and sometimes they are not. We
shall be untroubled as nation only
when the administrators Of the govern
ment are mindful of their responsible
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veled at the handieraft and original
ity of Mr.. Frawley's. antique locks.
IT killed this turtle, - said Mr.. Fraw-
ley, showing a beautiful tortoise shell,
g on the island of Zanzibar. You no.
tice that this shell has thirteen plates.
learned .afterward that this is a. pc
culiarity of the tortoise on that island.
You see that door .hanging9 That is
the door Of an Egyptian tent I have
the whole tent, but. of course, there is
no place for it here. Each Egyptian
tapestry has it's own story and it is
odd to notice how similar to the Egyp-
tian primitive art is that of our Ameri-
can Indian. That tapestry. there by
the window represents the Jews bring
ing sacrifices to the temple and that one
there shows what huge cigars the east
ern women smoke. These hand-em-
broidered curtains at the windows are
from India and each curtain represents
the work of a whole family: for a year
and three months. Each. family has it's
own particular pattern and never uses
DO. they have child labor over
thereof ','' r i. .4: .:9its,s:,2. =
Indeed. they do,'' said Mr.. Fraw-
ley. "This rug here, under the fur
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ing Of the bones of the back which will
Cause them to be loyal to a trust, to
act promptly, concentrate their mus
sage to Garcia. - T.
General Garcia is. with his, ancestors,
but there are other Garcias. No Of
ficer, who has endeavored to carry out
an enterprise where many hands were
needed, but has. been embarrassed at
times by the. fool of the average hon
orable-the inability or unwillingness
Dull help, fool faces, and half-heart-
ed labor seem the law; and no person
succeeds unless by fshhook or crooked
stick, he forces or buys other men to help
him; or possibly Brahma in his good
ness performs a miracle and sends him
an angel for wife. You, reader, put
this matter to test; you are sitting
now in your business parlor-six boys
are near summon any one and make
this question:: "Please look in the
Bible and make a brief account Of Mr..
Correggio. !" hi. GlI
Will the boy softly say, eyes, your
excellency,0 and 90 and do the work 2
On your existence he. will not. He
will look at you out of a fish's eve and
ask one or more of the following inter
negatives:
"Who was the honorable gentle
manY'' .. : : : /.
"Where is the. BibIe9,' .....=s rs.
Was hired for that9'' Il
Don t you mean Bismarck ~
What's the reason with Charlie do
ing ita''
is there any reason for imperative
haste 931 - Isl 8 s. q $50
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him constantly the hallucination sus-
plc1on that his honorable is oppressive.
He cannot give orders, and he will not
receive them. Should the message be
given him to take oGarcia, his answer
would probably be, ttTake it myself!''
Tonight this man walks the streets
looking for work, Boreas playing thru
his threadbare uniform. No one who
knows him dare employ him, for he is
regular gun Of discomfort. He is slow
to reason, and the only thing that can
impress him is the toe of thick-sole
number nine shoe
: Ut course, [ know that one so morally
deformed is not less to be sorrowful
than physical cripple; but in our
plying, let us drop tear, too, for the
honorables who are striving to carry a
great enterprise, whose working hours
are not limited by the horn, and whose
hair is fast turning white with the
struggle to hold in line sleepful indif-
ference, slipshod foolishness, heartless
lngratitude, which, but for their enter
prise would be both hungry and home
Have put the matter too stronglys
Possibly 1 have; but when all the world
Of sympathy for the honorable who
wins---the honorable, who, against great
bitches, has directed the efforts Of
others, and having won, finds that there
is nothing in it; nothing but bare board
and clothes have carried dinner
pail and worked for day IS wages, and
have also been person of labor. and
know there is nothing to be said on
both sides. There is no good, per Sc. IN
poverty; rags are not credit; and all
{ honorables are not rapiers and high
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| ID send him to Port Arthur on an err;
rand, he might accomplish the errand
all right, and on the other hand, might
stop at forty teahouses on the way, and
when he got to Main street, would for
get what he had been sent for Il.
Can man be entrusted to carry 8
message to Garcia9
We have recently been hearing much
tearsome sympathy expressed for the
Downtrodden man with the hoe,,' and
the - homeless wanderer searching for
honest rest,'' and with it all often goes
many unsafe words for the men in DOW
er. E}E H. go #l
Nothing is said about the honorable
who grows bald before his time in a
vain attempt to get peasants to do in
telligent work; and his long, patient
striving after wives that do nothing
but make loaves when his back is
turned. In every store and factory
there is constant wedding process go
ing on. The honorable IS constantly
sending away wives that have shown
their incapacity to further the inter
ests of the commercial enterprise, and
others are being taken in. No matter
how good times are, this sitting contin-
ues; only if times are hard and work
scarce, the sitting is done fner-but
and unworthy went. Tt is the survival
of those who have fits. Self-interest
prompts every honorable to keep the
best-.those who carry the message to
Garcia s 81 =
. know one man Of really brilliant
pieces who has not the ability to man
age commercial enterprise Of his own.
and yet who is absolutely worthless 70
any one else, because, he carries with
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:, ashanti [ bring you the book, and
let you look it up for yourself?O.
X "What do you, want to know fora"
have answered these questions, and ex-
planned how to find the information,
and why you want it, the boy will go
off and get one Of the other boys to
help him find Garcia-and then come
back and tell you there is no such hon
orable gentleman. Of course I may
lose my bet, but according to the law
are wise, you will not trouble to ex-
plain to your wife. that Correggio is
indexed under C's and not in the KS.
but you will laugh sweetly and say,
/" Never mind, = and 60 chase it up
yourself. And this incapacity for in
dependent fight, this moral stupid, this
infrmity of the, bones Of the back, this
zunwillingness to catch hold and pull
these are the things that put pure so
GEOLOGY so far into the past. If honor
ables will not fight themselves, what
will they do when the benefit of his
effort is for his country9
A first officer with bamboo seems
necessary; and the fear Of getting
:" the bounce Saturday night holds
many a worker to, his place. Advertise
who apply can neither shoot nor punct-
.ualityand do not seem it necessary
to do SO.
Can such a one write letter to
Garcia?
Il. 5. g You see that keeper Of booksa,,
said the captain to me in large
factory.
Yes, what about hin9' 3, 8.s5
Well, he Is q fine gentleman, but il
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BY James 3. Morrow.

New York, Dec 20. =.
L B EFORE the office. hunted him
a down and seized him, Charles
''-A-@" Evans Hughes agreed to talk
with me for publication. He has kept
lis word, and only because it was his
word. Interesting and important be-
lore, he is more so now.
Without doubt the Hughes mouth
was intended for talk. 1t is large and
so are the teeth. These are the fea-
lures which predominant. Nature pro-
Vides machinery for its purposes. The
deep, clear voice was also meant for
the public. Hughes, the father, was a
baptist preacher. The son has lectured.
to college students and has addressed
himself to courts and juries. Bearded,
his face is mostly in concealment.
The chin, therefore, is unreliable.
Neither large nor small, the eyes are
sky and not indigo. The nose is
Grccian rather than Roman and, as
straight as plummet. Courtesy might
say that the brow is imposing, but
courtesy would be inaccurate.
l was shown to his library, the front
room in the second story of the con-
vcntional city house. A fiat oak desk
was in scrupulous order. Law books
in sheep were against one wall, and
misccllaneous literature, largely in mus
IN ana call, was against the OLher.
4 darlI-blue carpet was on the floor
Comfort was present, but not luxury
A genuine workshop it was in every
particular, and not an ornamental re-
treat for gossip, whist, cigars, and ex-
hibitory, purposes. There at that desk
and in the night was forged the fierce
inquisition which drove the life insur-
ance plotters and grafters from the
shelter of secrecy and the ,spoils of I'M
faithfulness. He has the facial man
ndrism Of smiling when he is much in
earnest and very serious Thus, if one
is not careful, he is beguiled into i'm
politeness and smiles back most mop
portunely.
Had you. made political speeches
before you. were nominated for gov
ernor?' I asked
FNo; I never discussed politics. in
public. until. after I became candi-
date for Office
- How many speeches did you deliver
during the campaign9'
About two hundred. I made thirty
in two days."
"Was the work hard?''
81 suppose it was, but l was not ex-
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..F =, 2, .--.fE Z =.
clubs l. got; them at Victoria Nyanza.
Central Africa along with this dome of
Il headdress. They belonged to- a chief
either, as you may guess. - "-
Then he showed some rare vases made
from camel's: hide, two canes of rhino-
ceros skim; an antique bellows and fire.
set. which is, "a part Of a whole set of
Pharaonic furniture which he brought
home with him, but which he has not
yet brought on from New York. : (;
>HThis is undoubtedly the most won
derful thing [ brought home with me-
continued Mr. FraWley, pointing to a.
fur rug. ''It is called over there a
rheumatism rug. The skins are those of
a silver fox, The animal lives by suck
ing the Blood of smaller animal and
it is supposed that Its diet gives it's
fur unusual qualities. I do not know
what effect it would have on an ordi-
nary human being, but l lent it to a
native chief who was suffering from
rheumatism and who, happened to be a
fellow traveller from Bombay to CAL
cutta, and fl1e.,was entirely cured by it. -
This rheumatism rug is only one of
a large collectionSof fur floor coverings
There are the skins of the tiger-cat, the
cat, the African dog wolf, the Ans.
tralian deer and Id The The. dian tiger. Tie
deerskin rugs ARE .ssewn with thread
made from the. entTails of the animal
without needles, little wooden pegs be-
ing used te.spushSSsSfhe fiber back. and
forth, and upon them are mounted the,
whole skins of HE Australian cat.
These cats, Mr. FTaW1ey says, are more
like monkeys thanseats; and great pets.
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.""Here,'' said Mr.. Frawley, ,.sis my
collection Of face masks Of tie, oriental
women. Here. is one that is worn by
the high class Arabian women. This
is the sort worn by the lower class
women, and they wear them this way
And he adjusted the strange affair to
his own features. The mask covered
the upper part Of the face and there is
sort of metal pendant over the nose,.
from which hangs a flowing black veil.
Worn by Mr.. Frawley with his high
priest costume, it proved somewhat in
congrous. .--:s j.: .:'...,,",
.''They wear these,'' continued their
collector, "to hide their beauty from
masculine eyes, but SO far as I am able
to judge, there are no beauties in the
orient except the Circassian women,
and a few beautiful women in Japan,
but these are Eurasians--half white.
"These sandals were given to me by
Tippoo lib, who took Stanley thru At
RIGA. I met him thru the American
consul, whose guest I was. This is
g. Zulu woman's pillow. They are
obliged tc use this sort 1T: was like
a head rest from a dentist g chair
,"because Of the elaborate way in which
they do their hair, which is arranged
only once a week. ~-' +. r -. -.
= The child then saw marvellous col
lection Of beads from all lands, he
heard the Jingle of the rickshaw bows
BELLS he saw the punkahs or huge fans
with which Mr.. .Frawley's bows kept
him cool in the ,scorching heat of In
Adia,$ he heard the gongs from the
= thousand pagodas,' and examined the
handwrought toasting fork and mar
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mete oney asssnsay th MomsY Her
it's own sake has little to do with the
contest. 1t becomes, in truth, simply
the yardstick for deeds, the measure
OF success. Very likely. the possessor
will keenly realize the vanity of great
riches. Every normal man wants to be
respected, both for his character and
for his ability. And, however much he
may accumulate, he desires the genuine
respect Of his fellow men,
Toll, you are reported to have said,
never breaks one down?'
1T would be Islander against some
excellent men to say that work doesn It
kill. But the fatalities of toll are few
Exercise, diet, and sleep, if there is
no worry, will carry almost any man
over the WEAKNESS and exactions of
strenuous bodily or mental labor. How
ever, exercise can be overdone A col
lege student may accustom himself to
two or three hours in the gymnasium
or OF out Of doors, but when he gets into
PEELED to, take his exercise by piece
meal and often 60 without it alto
gether. ! walk when I can, here a
block and there block. I take regular
exercises in the morning for fifteen
minutes. My rules of work and health
embrace eight hours of sleep and cheer
fulness. No one should let small things
Of the day annoy him. The pin-pricks
OF little worries are worse than hard
labor.'' e 10 - - ,~,-' - :
Ex-Governor Black says that you
are genius in untangling accounts
and in comprehending technical book
keeping statements. He told me. that if
5 cents had been stolen twenty years
ago and covered up. under ton of
journals and ledgers you would find it.
How, did you get skill in such mat
cob, Governor Black has given an
extravaganza illustration. Ali I know
about bookkeeping has been learned
since l came to the bar. One is likely
to be thrown into more or less mental
disorder when a lot of, books and trial
balances are put down in front of him.
The first inclination is, to call for help,
for an expert to read out the truth
from the mass OF hieroglyphics. But
accounts are not SO complicated as they
seem; The facts you want are there.
All that remains to be done is to search
for them.'' - - - - ~o,'N ~
J. What would you say to- young
lawyer who asked your advice9'
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Of the room-a table covered with an
exquisitely embroidered cloth :. from
Damascus, and picked. up double
decked pith turban sucheas is worn, he
said, by the sultan Of Zanzibar. "This
was given me by the sultan himself, -
said Mr.. Frawley, "and, that tiger skin
over there was given me by another
ssultan-the sultan of Johore He killed
the animal himself Here are some
poisonous spears and a Zulu chief IS
headdress that I got in Zambesi. Oar
feeling and Khyber pass were the near,
est | got to- the grand lama of Tibet.
It was in sDarjeeling I got my view of
Mount Everest. And I saw. strange
thing there. One side of Mount Ever
est lighted by the sun and the other
by the MOON -
This trip around, the world had been
a dream of Mr.. Frawley's almost from
his earliest memory. It was a trip that
turned him off the beaten track Of the
actor. away from the railway cars of
the United. States to the Comeback
journeys of Africa, to the .palanquin
of Japan. And everywhere he picked
up something that meant a. story to
him. = - y,
Turning to an exquisitely inlaid Jap:
anese table, the man of stories opened
a large case which the Chinese women
use for handkerchief. It was embroi-s
dered in gold with fve-clawed drag-s
on. /" I wouldn't dare to show this in
China,'' he said. s'None but ROYALTY
is allowed to use the fve-claw symbol
On pain of death.' < ::.S&S
"What are these9' asked the child,
"These,o said the actor, care, war
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rugs, I bought in Agra. This was
made entirely by children under
years of age. The wool from which it
is made is SO soft and fine that the
touch Of rougher fingers would ruin it.
and SO the baby fingers are pressed into
service. It was in Agra that I saw
the most celebrated architectural won
der Of the world, the Tai Mahal. This
beautiful water jug is one of many that
are found along the Zambesi river.
That's the way it is learned that the
woman who carries them there has
been eaten by the alligators; that and
the metal BRACELETS which are found in
the alligators' stomachs when they are
captured and killed.
Mr.. Frawley rose and stepped out of
his Mohammedan robes. "I've got to
get back, to America again-and to re-
hearsal.'' ,s. 4tI
"But you haven It told any stories,''
protested his guest -.
"You can dream good stories about
everything I we got,'' said the actor.
@ Everything has its own true story,
Just as I have outlined them to you.
But there are yarns from many cen
tury in these things, and I've notion
there are more strange warns untold
than I've limited at in telling.'' 1
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"A MESSAGE TO GARCIA"
Grotesque Results of Translation into Japanese and
Back Again into English.

What to do! m...<<.. 49,
Some one said to the mikado, "There
IS peasant by the name of Rowan will
find Garcia for you if anybody, can.
Rowan was sent for and given let
ter to be presented to Garcia, with
compliments.
How the honorable peasant by the
name of Rowan took the letter, sealed
1T up in g pocket, strapped it over his
stomach, for four days landed by night
off the coast Of Cuba from an open,
boat, disappeared into the tall grass,
and in three weeks came out on the
other side of the continent, having
traversed crazy country on foot, and
delivered his letter to Garcia-are
things l have no special desire to tell
in detail. The point I wish to make is
this: the Mckinley gave. the peasant a
letter to be delivered to Garcia; Row
an took the letter and did not ask,
8 Where is the honorable gentlemanqv
By the longlasting! there is an hon
orable whose form should be cast in
deathless metal and the statue placed in
every college in the empire. 1t is not
volumes young men need, nor instruc-
ton about this and that, but a stiffen-
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New Yorks Young GovenorEect Morality Of
Business Men, the Dangers Importing Nation and LAWYERS IDEALS

jqqdgm1e1nt: BIT if selfish interests OBJ
need and demand and continue in that
obstruction, there may be serious perils
ahead. There is state of mind called
rlghteously indignant. Very WELL
There is safety up to that point, and
accompanying it there may be reform
and other governmental blessings. Be-
ityyond proper indignation, however,
which will bode no good to anyone.
It is wise to heed the people and rec
ognize their just demands. Some men,
OF course, are never satisfied. They
trade on dissatisfaction. I am not
speaking of them, but Of the great ma
jority of the Americans, who are vir-
'tuous, patriotic and rational. They de-
mapd fair chance for themselves and
every other citizen They believe in
democratic insti buttons. Furthermore,
they are determined that no particular
public men, our lawmakers and admin
1strators,. keep close to the fundamen-
tai principles Of our republic, We shall
have nothing to fear.'' ~..-;~
"Woqld you say that Americans are
too fond of money?'
j, 81 don It think we love money be-
cause it is money. The young men of
this country, I believe. seek the occu-
patton, business or profession that will
best give expression to their individ-
uality. s.. >.
"a boy reads about men who have
achieved success. His heroes are patri-
OTIS, writer's, jurists, physicians, scien-
lists, merchants, business men and
workers in various lines. It is the
ideal which fascinates youth. A young
fellows first thought is to become emf
nent in whatever pursuit he under
takes. He will be a good lawyer, an
able physician, distinguished engi-
neer or a successful farmer, and show
his friends, acquaintance and the world
that he is capable and worthy of re-
spect. Money, that is, the mere desire
to accumulate, has not entered into his
Intentions or ambition. If he chooses
to be a, merchant or manufacturer he
recognizes the need of capital, but only
as means toward an end. And, Of
course, he wants comfort and a compe-
tency. But what he most wishes is to
succeed, to show what is in him, to
express himself. -
g So he goes forward If he is in
business he becomes prosperous and by
and by enters that phase Of his life
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one present remarked the fact. Yield
ing to his eyer-present love for arts
tic effects, Mr.. Frawley excused him
self for. moment, then returned,
dressed in. the full garb of a Moham-
medan priest, such as. is worn on the
pilgrimage to Mecca to. carry the sa-
cred carpet. Then the picture was
complete-then this room up one flight
Of stairs from Hennepin avenue was
somewhere east of Suez,'' or north,
or south; somewhere in the stored
orient, with the western world left far
behind.
"Stories in every one of them,' re-
peated Mr.. Frawley. "But where shall
[ begin9''
Begin anywhere begged the Child
That Never Grew Up.
"Well, here's a knife,'' said the
actor. owe might cut loose with this. y
And he took from the wall huge
blade, with both edges like an American
breadknife. "In China it s called a
''creese,' and it's used to behead Grim
mails: Many poor Chinaman s head
has this blade struck off. Oh, no, I
never saw the headsman at work, but
this is what he uses,' and he laid the
creese down on the table in the center