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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-17
THE CITY TREAsURERsHIP
William M. Regan's Opinion of thu
Campaign for This Office.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
My name was signed to communi-
cation printed in recent issue of T Q
our expressing regret that the
friends Of Mr.. Hubert, city treasurer,
should feel it necessary to resort to
misstatements and misrepresentation
respecting the duties of the city treas
urer. L objected because it was made
to appear that the collection of interest
on city funds by the city treasurer was
entirely voluntary, but / objected
more particularly because the fact that
our present city treasurer has collected
such interest and paid it into the city
treasury should be accounted virtue
on his part while much more consplcu-
Gus service to the state on the part Of
his competitor should only be made the
occasion for slurs and insinuations and
persistent attack by Mr.. Hubert S sup
porters. In spite of the several COM
munications which have since appeared
upon this subject, am still of the
opinion that the collection of interest
not Involuntary act, but something
plainly required by our law.
I want to say, as stated in the first
communication, however, that I am not
making any attack upon the character
of the present city treasurer whom I re-
spect, but I am indignant that his
friends Of the press and of the stump
should resort to misrepresentation and
abuse in order to injure his competitor,
a man who as a public officer not only
turned into the state of Minnesota all
that was due, but compelled others to
restore to the people hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars Of which they had been
robbed. Any officer can "drift with
the tide and draw his salary; it takes
man of courage and a high sense Of
public duty to do what S. T. johnson
did when he was on guard over the pub
lie funds of the state I believe he ia
entitled to square ,deaL-Wm. NJ. Re-
gan.-Adv.
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Two women Candidates.
Editor Of The Journal.

To the Editor Of The Journal.
When to any class Of citizens only
restricted suffrage is granted, 1t is diff
cult both to arouse the interest Of that
class in their own limited privileges,
and to call the attention Of those exer-
cising full suffrage, to the few candl,
dates put forward by the restricted
class. It is for this reason that ask
little space in your columns to call
the attention Of voters, especially wom-
en-, to the two women candidates to be
voted for at the precincts next Tues
day, Mrs. Louise c. Keyes, as candl-
date as school director, and Miss Lettle
Crafts on the library board. Both are
worthy, both as women and as Office
holders, Of every confidence and sup
port: We need only to point to Miss
Crafts record, both on the library
board and IN the university library.
Mrs: Keyes was urged to become
candidate by the executive board of the
Minneapolis Improvement league, and
this is place where the office seeks the
candidate, not the candidate the office.
She is endorsed by the. fifth district
federated clubs, including practically
all the women g clubs in the city She
is moreover supported by many promi-
nent citizens, whose names can easily
be given. She antagonizes no one in
seeking office. but hopes, If elected, to
further line of work not hitherto en-
tered upon; that Of bringing into close
relationship the schools and the homes.
For such duties as might fall upon her
in office, she has leisure and good
health.
Few people dispute the propriety Of
having one or more women on the
school board.
Here is a woman who by education,
experience, character and purpose is
worthy Of your support.
Register and vote for Mrs. Reyes and
Miss Crafts on Tuesday next.
FLORENCE C. Raier
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WHAT DO FARMERS READ?-The
farmer Of Wisconsin is not lover Of ma
ture books. The New York Evening
Post has been "digesting'' the statistics
Of the travelling libraries Of the badger
state and finds, according to quotations
in the Literary Digest for Sept. g.,
that nothing is more striking about the
bucol1c taste in letters than its complete
contemporaneity. The Post says in part:
This appears In the first class of books which
the farmers Of Wisconsin do read. Biography
has fallen below the expectations Of the literary
bureau, but for lives Of persons of current noto-
rtety there is q, considerable demand The only
solid reading that is really popular on the farms
is travels.
This speaks well for the judgment Of
the farmer. Tho the conclusions cannot
be taken to mean that there is a great
deal Of reading Of the kind mentioned.
In the same number of the Digest is
an interesting synopsis of an article
which appeared in the London Quarterly
Review on the religious philosophy of
William James, by Rev. Eric s. Water
house.
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=. - !ygEss.
AMUsEMENTS
Btiou-"At the Worlds Mercu

Az the WORLDS Mercy
Owen Davis has been responsible for
lot Of things in the way Of melodra-
ma but cat the World 8 Mercy is
the worst Of all, viewed as melodra-
ma: 1t starts nowhere and ends there.
The audience, tho, has pile Of fun.
The Intelligent spectator has ample
sport and pleasure ripping the produc-
tlon to pieces as it progresses. And,
on the other hand, the devotee Of dra-
matte exaggeration or burlesque, cut
ters such a. deal Of noisome breath' in
e dsenmo on its appreciation Of the
high-hair'' situations, that the build
ing is threatened with destruction.
Nothing is too overdrawn for the eater
OF melodrama dope, and the f1ends get
a fine frenzy from cat the World g
Mercy" ~
AS for the people in the cast whom
tickle fortune has placed at the world g
mercy, it would be unfair to judge
sibilities that are offered. To their heir
credit be it said, they do the best they
can: The thankless parts, as a rule,
are better handled than the parts Of the
hero and heroine
To dissipate the heavy gloom of cuss-
edness that hangs over the plot, if there
be such a thing in the piece, several
clever vaudeville stunts are run in and
duOiu SoIHe Iel1el. Joe ana IN ellle DOner,
| with a rather risque stunt that is, on
the whole, rather clever, do some anus
ing work that pleases the audience.
The two are clever and versatile and
could put on a good turn. Two chill
| dren, Helen and Willie Sheedy, are IA
vorites with the house and have a num-
Der Of little opportunities which they
handle we'll.
The piece is fairly well staged. It
contains climaxes and >spearheads to
burn and would be improved with a
| little bootjack and juicy-fruit. AS an
absurdity it is success. It will run
the week, with usual matinees.
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3 O q X S
BY w. 2. x.

ONE OF cUPID's PRANks.-Cupid
would doubtless get tired of his job-if
one may reduce his business to labor
rank and call 1t by such a name-were
he compelled to make his matches all ac-
cording to the same rule. That he is not
confined to one rule Is quite apparent
from the variety of love affairs set down
by two of his recorders now much be-
fore the public-Robert Barr and Robert
w. Chambers These two seem to have
been assigned the duty Of recording those
affairs in which Cupid plays FRANKS. One
Of the latest Of these Is told Of in Robert
Bars The Watermead Affair, which in
brief Is the story of a British earl who
spent his money recklessly, especially on
motor cars, forgot to pay his debts, ran
into bankruptcy, fell under the neces-
.sity Of living on 9100 a month. until
the income of his estate could have time
to wipe out his debts, and in this state
Of poverty while acting In the capacity
Of a chauffeur for a physician for the
sake of little diversion, met "the one
woman The story is bright, amusing
and not longer than such a story ought
to be.
Henry Altemus company, Philadelphia.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-17
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE IN VERSE

In Genesis nests, the world was made by Gods Gre
In Exodus the Hebrews marched to gain the
Promised Land;
Leviticus contains the Law, holy, just and
good;
Numbers records the tribes enrolled-all sons of
Abraham's blood;
Noses, in Deuteronomy, records Gods mipb+v
deeds
Brave Joshua into Canaan's land the host Of
Israel leads;
In Judges their rebellion oft provokes the Lord
But Ruth records the faith of one pleasing in
his sight.
In First and Second Samuel of Jesse's sons we
read; ~ -
Ten tribes in First and Second Kings revolted
from his seed.
The First and Second Chronicles see Judah can
tive made;
But Ezra S leads 's a remnant back by prlncely
The city walls Of Zion Nehemiah builds again;
While Esther saves her people from the plots
of wicked men. :
In Job We read how faith will live beneath
Affections rod,
And David's Psalms are precious songs to every
And Proverbs like goodly string Of choicest
pearls appear;
Ecclesastes teaches men how vain are all THINGS
here; s... 81 ~ re ..a.. - - .
The Song Of Solomon exalts sweet Sharon
Rose, .s .. =
Wnlle CnrlsC the savior ana the king, the rapt
Isaiah shows Is -
The warning Jeremiah apostate Israel scorns;
His plaintive Lamentations their awful downfall
mourns. ~ 49,.
Ezekiel tells in wondrous words of dazzling mys-
teries; ".9 =
While kings and empires yet to come Daniel in
vision sees. ....s
OF judgment and of mercy Hosea loves to tell
Joel describes the blessed days when God with
men shall dwell.
Among Lekoa's herdsmen Amos received his call
While Obadiah prophesies of Edom's final fall
Jonah enshrines wondrous type of Christ oui
risen Lord;
Micah pronounces judah lost-lost, but again
restored.
Nahum declares on Nineveh just Judgment shall
be poured;
A view from Chaldeas coming doom Habakkuk's
visions give.
Next zephaniah warns the Jews to turn, repent
and live.
Haggai wrote to those who saw the temple
built again,
And zachariah prophesied of Christ's triumphant
reign.
Malachi was the last that touched the higt
prophetic chord;
Its notes sublime1y show the coming of til,
Lord. 57#
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-17
Abuse of the Patent Laws.

1t has been demonstrated over and
over again that the man who patents
an invention seldom realizes anything
from his idea tho the patent laws were
instituted to give him chance to
profit by the workings Of his brain.
By the time the patent becomes of any
commercial use it has passed into the
hands Of others who, not having brains
to invent, had capital to control.
More recently 1t is becoming evident
that the public itself does not get the
use and benefit Of all the devices cal
culated to save labor and reduce the
cost Of manufactured articles. Instead
of being used when they pass into the
hands of great corporations they are
stored away. It is commonly believed
that the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany controls dozens Of patents which,
applied to telegraphy, would simplify
its processes and quicken the means of
communication by wire. These patents
are not used because 1t is not necessary.
So long as the company controls them
and prevents their use by others they
serve the purposes Of monopoly per-
fectly.
A recent case before Judge Seaman
in the United States court at Milwau-
kee throws considerable light on this
special abuse of the patent laws. A cor
poration owning some 200 patents on
the "windstacker, with which all up
to-date grain threshers are equipped
has been exacting royalties from all
| manufacturers using the device. A Ra-
cine maker recently refused to be bled
court set up that the monopoly was not
the legal monopoly of the patent laws
but monopoly gained by the combina'
| ton Of patents and that it was in re.
straint Of trade. Judge Seaman sus'
tanned the point raised against the trust
! In patents.
| Nothing could be more true than
! that combination to prevent the use
Of a patent is private monopoly boil
stored by public law and ought tc
be dissolved. Whether this decision
will be sustained in a higher court is
of course, not known, but appeal Of
the case will surely bring it within the
purview of congress which has the pow
er to change the patent laws so that
they will no longer shelter monopoly
but will act as they were intended, tx
! foster the spirit Of inquiry into new
processes for the benefit Of the whole
people.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-17

THE DIARY OF A GENTLEMAN
FARMER.-Being farmer would be
lot of "fun," If one did not have to do
the work, If he could just oversee it. 1t
was that kind Of farming that the hero"
Of Sydney H. Prestons On Common
Ground took to. For few weeks at the
most he was tremendously interested in
his fields and f1ocks. He even went so
far one day as to do two burrows with the
plow. By that time he was ready to
yield the plowhandles to the ''hired man.
BY the end of the few weeks" alluded
to, and they were very few, his chief in
terest was young lady who lived on an
adjoining farm and drew music-the real
thing" too-from g. piano instead Of milk
from cows. He knew about as much
about love- making as he did about farm
ing. The result as told by the author,
is a pleasing little comedy, which ends
happily, tho 1t might have ended just as
happily much sooner. 49, 49,:
Henry Holt & Co., New York. $3.50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-17
The Orpheuna-Vaudeville.

The Orpheum bill Of this week needs
little praise. It speaks for itself. It
is the best rounded, most meritorious
offering Of the Seventh street playhouse
in many day.
The bill opens with Ziska and King,
in comedy magic. The tricks are mus
ty with age, but the comedy side Of the
acts makes a big howl out of what
would otherwise be a very mediocre
supper turn. Clever presentation of
old work makes the act hit. Lee
White creates mild appreciation by
her singing. She is fair to look upon,
has selected her songs with discrimina-
ton as to the taste Of vaudeville au-
dlence and wins her fair share Of ap-
plause. '....
Burton and Brookes have a cleverly
arranged. excoriation Of the gold-seek-
ing English lord. The element of sug-
gestion is the only marring feature Of
the act. The dialogue is clever and
bright and the pair are singers Of pleas
ing, II not professional, ability. The
amusement in about fifteen numbers of
lofty tumbling and falls from the hori-
zontal bars. The makeup features are
screech and the low comedy is of the
kind to bring laughter from every por-
ton of the house.
Beatrice Mckenzie starts as sing.
er, demurely gowned, but as the act
progresses she grows on the audience.
Leaving off few trifes here and there
she finally blossoms forth as trouba.
dour,I and as far as can be seen-and
quite way at that-there is no reason
why she should not have been a premier
troubadour even in the days Of old
when competition, 80 far as costume is
concerned, was kener. She is handsome
presents stunning picture in ''them'
and was one of the hits of the show.
Coram g ventriloqism was the best
seen on local boards since the visit OF
Arthur Prince, another Englishman, by
the way. Coram 8 enunciation is su per
Tor to that of Prince, and he has the
good taste to eliminate the coster line
OF humor used by his predecessor. Few
ventrlloquists can touch Moran TO:
humor and finish.
The military octet in their presenta
ton is the biggest thing in vaudeville
and meritorious from the musical anC
scenic standpoint. It is under the di
rectlon of Mabel Keith, the girl with
the baton,' and is miles ahead 81
Rolfe s original offering "the Colonia
septet.' In turn the musicians appear
as Russian, English and American sol
diers, with a complete change Of seem,
etfects and costumes for each act. +
is stupendous effect for the limita
lions Of vaudeville and is carried ou
successfully. The kinodrome close
the bill. j. H. r.
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Choosing Aldermen.

While the mayoralty contest has oc-
cupied the lion 8 share Of public atten-
ton it should be borne in mind that
there are other local offices to be filed
at the primary tomorrow. It is true
that they will be filed at that time, for
in many Of the wards and legislative
districts there will be practically no
contest against the republican candi-
dates afterwards. This being true a
double responsibility rests upon the
voters at the republican primary.
Especial care should be taken in the
selection of men to go to the legisla-
ture and the council for the reason that
the financial interests Of this city are
largely in the hands of the council and
the Hennepin delegation. While few
Of the candidates have offered them
selves on definite platforms, yet it is
possible to make general and wise dis
examinations. No man should be sent
back to the legislature whose votes and
acts in the past have been distinctly
against the people and for the corpora
lions. No man should be sent to the
council whose associations in the past
make him doubtful quantity in the
future. It should be remembered that
the men who are elected to the council
in November will have four-year term
and that it will lap over the period
when the gas franchise will expire, and
when the city will have to take up this
business itself or make a new deal with
the company. Bearing this fact in mind
and bearing in mind also that the al
dermen elected this fall will be one-half
Of the counsel for the city in that
transaction, men should be nominated
by both parties who will be impervious
to improper influence and who can be
depended upon to represent the city
alone.
It is not possible at this time to
pledge men on this particular issue, ex.
cept as they may consider themselves
bound by the platforms adopted, but it
is possible to nominate dependable men
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-17
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
SEPT. II

1665-PhllIp ~ Of Spain died. Born
April 8, 1908. ,
175a-FIrst playhouse opened In
New York city, located In Nassau
street. -.--as -.
1O1-TobIas smolIett, English writ
err, died. HILL
1so4-Aaron Burr and his second
arrived at St. Slmonds, Ca, on Visit
to Senator Butler.
1a14-successfuI sortle made from
Fort Erie. General Drummond re-
tired to Fort George.
1s29-Gold fever. which had struck
the Carolnas, extended to Georgia.
1e62-BattIe of AntIetam, Md.
1875-Perry's flagship Lawrence
raised In Erie harbor and removed to
Philadelphia for exhibition at the
centennial.
1ss8-ParneII commission first met.
1ae4-Japanese defeated Chinese at
battle Ct YsIu river.
19o1--MckIniey state funeral at
Washington.
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noticeable. Cain, q street gamin, brings
on little Pearl Boomhower
Phyllis Lee, the wronged sweetheart
Of Dick Van Buren,, is role full Of pos
sibilities. Tho Miss Dorothy Turner
does well in this character she does not
bring out all there is in it. She is to
be commended for her restraint. Ann
Cruger, the woman who is willing to
sacrifice her happiness for that Of the
man she loves and to shield the charac-
ter Of the woman he loves, is another
role not acted to it's fullest Miss Ray
Beveridge speaks her lines well enough
which would make the role one of the
strongest in this strong play. The mi
nor parts are all well taken.
ss ''9. f...'. ~ r. n
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THE MAGAZINES

The Tragedy Of coIor.-About tho
most interesting Of the papers H. g.
Wells has thus far given to Harper's
Weekly among his American impressions
is that of last week on the race question.
Mr.. Wells shows a deep sympathy for
the colored man, which he puts into
words in the following: ~ z,
No, can't help idealizing the dark submissive
figure of the negro in this spectacle of America
He, too, seems to me to: sit waiting-and wait
Ing with marvellous and supplemented pa
| tience-for finer understandings and a nobler
time.
Industrial Supremacy In Danger.-The
Engineering Magazine for September Is
| of unusual size, carrying a very large
| number Of fine illustrations and begin
ming several series of papers which prom
Use to sustain the highest interest for
many months to come. The opening ar
ticle, by DR.. Louis Bell, it is safe to say
will startle American manufa cturers and
engineers into lively interest and active
reply. 1t is a wholly friendly but also
utterly frank criticism of the American
policy Of Standardization and specializa-
ton In manufacture. Excellent within
bounds, he believes it now tends to
"standardize mediocrity' and the paraly-
sis of improvement, and unless met by
counter influence will inevitably lead to
the final passing of American industrial
supremacy. @E
| Mr.. Howells on Phonetic speIIne.-1t
| Is held creditable to spell in the fashion
Of the photographers, but it is really dis
creditable, If to defy law and order is in
fanny, says w. D. Howels in Harpers
| Magazine for September. A child is pun
ished if it obeys an instinct and spells
phonetically, but 1t ought to be rewarded,
and it's instructive photography reverently
studied in the hope of some hint for the
amelioration Of the abuse under which we
all suffer. The actual English spelling
does not spell anything, really; it is a
kind of picture writing, in which certain
groups of letters symbolic certain sounds
without representing them. The differ
ence between our spelling and our speech
is such that the lexicogra pher finds his
burden divided between photography and
orthoepy,. and yet doubled in the failure
to show how the printed word shall be
spoken. For the literary artist, who
wishes to indicate dialect variations. the
| system Is worse than useless; he must
| frame a convention and trust the read
er's intelligence for its acceptance before
he can hope to suggest the accents he has
in mind. Nothing worse could be said
of our spelling than that it does not
| spell; that Is quite enough to condemn It.
If it fulfilled it's office, one might not re-
pine at it's manifold difficulties; but II
breaks down at the first step and at
every step. 1t is a failure which nothing
but the immense powers Of the race
| which suffers it could repair. ' .s.- 2
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED
From the publishers:

Soils. Their Formation. Properties Compost
ton and Relation to Climate and Plant Growth
in the Humid and Arid Regions. BY E. W.
Hilgard, PhD.. LID, professor of agriculture
In the University of California New York:
The Macmillan company. 81 net
Hearts and the Cross. BY Harold Morton
Kramer. Illustrated Boston: Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard. .....
Blind Alleys. A Novel Of Nowadays. By
George Cary Eggleston, author of "a Daughter
of the South etc. Illustrated. Boston: 10th
rop, Lee & Shepard company. ---
Blindfolded, By Earle Ashley Walcott. Illus
trated. Indianapolis Bohbs Merrill company.
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LITTLE TOT OF SOMEWHERE

Dear little eyes, SO heavy,
Dear little arms that Irvine;
Dear little lips that poutingly come
And tenderly cling to mine.
Dear little feet so weary,
That patter about all day
Dear little head on this rugged breast
When the twilight's falling gray.
Dear little tot, so noisy,
With world Of trouble and care,
Come and We'll rock to the far-ofr land
Where dreams will be ever fair
Dear little tot of Somewhere,
With heart that is purest gold,
Come, for my arms are empty
Come-for the world is old,
Will Griffin in Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-17

Former Governor Herrick of Ohio is
convinced that the tariff is not fin
ished work of art. He may have no.
ticed that the most finished works of
are those which are unfinished, like the
Venus girl.
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S34.eO-Californ,a-S34e an.

tickets to Los Angeles, San Diego and
San Francisco daily until Oct 81. for
$34.9O. Through tourist sleeping cars
will leave Minneapolis every. Tuesday
FOR Los Angeles and San Francisco.
For tickets and tourist car folder apply
to A. L. Steece, city passenger agent.
or Fl. G.. Cobb, excursion agent, 322
Nicollet avenue. Minneapolis, MINI.