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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
Wisconsin's First Trial.

{ Wisconsin has just made it's first ex-
pertinent with the direct primary. Gen
orally speaking, the law appears to
] have worked successfully. There was
good vote polled, and the results are a
fair expression of the popular will. In
the nomination Of Governor Davidson,
the republican voters gave Senator La
Toilette a setback. which means that
they will not follow his leadership
blindly, no matter how much they be.
heve in his political integrity. The re-
suit has been called a victory of the
Hstalwarts. - It is true that they gen.
orally supported Davidson, but the
stalwart faction has been far in the mi.
nority, and Davidson was nominated by
the votes of progressive republicans
who believed in the integrity and politi-
cal independence Of La Toilette g sue.
cessor. They knew he was as old a
fighter as La Toilette in the progressive
cause, and had been good enough Ia
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

Toilette man to go on the ticket with
him three times. So they resented La
Toilette 8 attempt to dictate the nominal
ton OF Lenroot, and gave Davidson q
big majority.
In applying the direct primary to
state offices, however, Wisconsin men
ind 1t q, cumbersome proposition, with
tendency to make, minority nomina-
lions. There was straight issue on
the governorship between two candi-
dates, whom the people knew about, but
their voting on the minor offices went
largely by, guess and accident, because
they did not know the men.
Two years from now, granted the law
is not changed, the opponents Of Sena-
tor Spooner will face this proposition.
If they unite they may beat him, but
Spooner is good politician, and will
try to divide the field against him. W.
d. Conner, the nominee for lieutenant
governor, a former La Toilette man
who fought for Davidson, is quite like.
~ to run, and no doubt Senator La Fol.
lette will have a candidate Of his own.
In this case Spooner would be very apt
to win a minority nomination. The i'm
minence of this danger may cause the
opposition to change the law this win
ter. ~ = S5a.s ~
The direct primary principle is deep.
ly rooted in Minnesota, and it may be
extended to state officers here. It has
already been demonstrated. however,
that the direct primary works best
where the candidates are personally
known to every voter. Where the con.
stituency is larger, the result may be
anything but a fair expression of pop
ular thought and will
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
SLEEP AND THE TEMPER
Pail Mall Gazette

The popular science of Doctors Ac.
land and Bevan Lewis, who tell us to
sleep as long as we can, makes more
talk than anything else read before the
British association, and deserves to do
SO. There Is a great deal about it in
the papers, too. cordially written by
weary journalists. The Daily Tele-
graph mentions well-known judge who
is over 80 and looks young as conse-
quence Of always taking a nap ttwhen
so disposed; and gallant officer Of
70 who is taken for SIS, not. - in the
dusk with the light behind him. but
on the fierce parade ground There is
also the case Of Woodworking lit
erary man" the adjective is redundant
whose wife says that whenever he
grows sulky or depressed or dyspeptic
she ''lets him lie an hour or two longer
in bed. 1t never fails to cure him. -
This is suggestive, going beyond what
was said by the doctors. Let us sleep
and cultivate good temper.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

were held up for subscriptions to the
Commoner when it was launched. Ii
has been a moderate success from q
financial standpoint, but as q newspa.
per 1T amounts to nothing. Mr.. Bry-
ans editing amounts to no more than
contributing his speeches and his let
ters OF travel. It is personal organ
supported by the democratic party.
His third venture was as a lecturer,
and here Mr.. Bryan struck his true
vocation at last. While lectures
are not vastly sought after in this
day, Mr.. Bryan gets good prices and
delivers a good lecture to large au-
diences. His lectures are probably the
foundation of his fortune, and his lee
lures would never have been success
if he had not previously been can.
didate for the presidency. &.
The only serious effort Mr.. Bryan has
made to practice his profession Of the
law was in the Bennett will case, where
he was thrown out Of court. .
If one were forced to classify Mr..
Bryan industrially, he would be obliged
to put him down as an entertainer,
something higher than a vaudeville
artist and below serious teacher of
morals and manners. His lectures are
string of platitudes beautifully
woven together and delivered in voice
which has few equals and no superior.
When he was entertained by the
newspaper men in New York, Mr.. BrY-
an hectored them severely about part
ing with their ideals, and boosted that
he had made all the money he needed
and there was not taint on any dol
lar of it. Yet he was talking to men
who every day are putting in more
hours of sincere, earnest labor than
Mr.. Bryan ever did, but whose rewards
are merely those Of ordinary men be-
cause they happen never to have, been
defeated for the presidency.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
Hartman the Mystery.

AL Cut uuAuC1dl WOilu Is COudyrS Cdlh-
ing about E. H. Hartman, the new
wizard Of Wall street. It finds him a
good deal Of mystery. Perhaps Mr..
Hartman has reasons Of his own for
desiring to remain a mystery. He has
never had his photograph taken, has
never been interviewed and few have
seen him actually face to face, for when
he walks on the street he pulls a too
large derby hat well over his brows: -,
Hartman is the son of poverty
stricken Jersey minister, who had no
means with which to educate his boy or
carve out career for him. He drifted
to New York, became broker and
made his career himself. E. H. Harri-
man is SO wears old and while he has
been connected in one way ..or another
with the railroad business for twenty
years, it is only in the last six that he
has been an Independent figure in the
street. His advent into real power
came in 1900, when he managed for the
syndicate interests which then seonTy
trolled the Union Pacific The purchase
Of the Southern Pacific on terms which
not only gave the Union Pacific an out
let to the Pacific coast, but also the
control Of line Of steamships direct
from New Orleans to New York. Since
that time he kept going up Until today
he rivals Hill and Morgan, the Goulds
and the Vanderbilts in the railroad
world. His often declared and as often
denied acquisition of the Milwaukee
system, if it came about, would make
him the magnate of more miles Of rail
road than are controlled by any other
two men in the world.
Still Hartman is a mystery. He is
short, mean in appearance, shabbily
dressed and commonplace in outline.
The people who met him when he went
to San Francisco after the earthquake
| were concerned very much with the
question, "What is the. source, of his
power?' and none Of them solved it,
"We heard of it first about 8 o'clock,
and by II all divisions were under or
| ders to rush assistance without regard
to COST. 1t sounds, says one writer
like an emperor ordering a great bat
tie. It was E. H. Hartman, an emperor
of transportation putting 10000 miles
of railroad tapping one-third Of the
acreage of the union at the service of
the stricken city. It showed that Harri-
man not only cares fof his railroads
financially, but manages their opera
ton. "Hill," another writer says,
"attends to. the details of his railroads
only when they offend him, Hartman
does it all the time. - The presidents
and general managers Of his lines are
only chief clerks, E. II. Hartman is
the president, the operating depart
ment,t the executive committee, the
traffic organization. :45.zz
Morgan has created many men only
second to himself, but Hartman has
created none tho he has suppressed a
few who threatened to become great.
The genius Of man who makes few
friends and many enemies is the genius
Of Hartman. He stands on narrow
eminence. IF he should s4stotter the
hands held out to him would be to COM
plete his downfall not to hold him up.
France finally tired Of Napoleon. The
| United States could easily tire Of a
| Hartman. z.s4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
. The Public Schools. :.

/ The Minneapolis public schools have
started off again with an influx of new
scholars which embarrasses the board
in its operations, One or two new
buildings which it'was expected to, have
opened with the beginning Of the year
have. been delayed by the dilatoriness
of contractors or the difficulty. Of OBJ
tanning Skilled abor. These delays.
with the unfortur ate burning of the
old sRosedale school 81 the eve of the
new school year, has made. half SEES
sions necessary in some DISTRICTS and
shut out beginners entirely. in, others.
These incidents, while annoying to par
5ents, were outside the responsibility
of the board, which has done all in it's
power toEprovide sufficient seating ca
pacity forsthe entire attendance. Doubt
less before the winter holidays a better
showing will have been made.
Incidentally it may not be amiss to
say that the, schools of Minneapolis
are we'll organized. This fact, which is
often spoken of by outside educators
and school officials, is taken rather for
granted at home. For reasons which
need not be rehearsed the adult mem
bers of the community never visit the
public schools. They affect an igno-
rance of their operations, which if it
were real would be more deplorable
than the actual situation. Let the
schools run down at any point and the
public would soon know it. And the
public would not be slow to protest.
That the neglect of the public schools
by the citizens does not have dire re-
suits is owing entirely to the fact that
there are those who devote themselves
to the problem of their improvement
whether there is any applause goes with
their work or not.
The school board is body Of men
who, as whole, have deserved well of
their fellow citizens They have de-
voted an immense, amount of time to
their unpaid labors. They have so far
excluded partizan politics from their
deliberations that the question is
scarcely raised. They have in particu-
lar given the city an able .administra-
tor in DR.. c. M. Jordan, under whose
wise leading the teaching corps has beer
brought to high state of efficiency
and harmony. ~ - ';
Now that the new school year is open
ing, whoy would it not be good reso-
luton to determine to give day during
the year to visiting the school nearest
you? Such visits are welcomed, solici-
ted. There is not a taxpayer who can
not learn something valuable from such
visit. There is not citizen who is
not doing himself an injustice by not
making it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
The National Issue Is Roosevelt

Secretary Bonaparte put the mat-
ter tersely but truly when he. said,
am ready to accept the ap-
proval or disapproval of the president
as the issue of the autumn campaign"
It is the issue. While the campaign
managers may illuminate against this
trust and that abuse, the fact re-
mains that the man in the White House
is the only man who has ever staked
his whole future in a practical battle
to reduce the trust corporations to their
proper place as law-abiding servants Of
the public.
8 The president has depended upon con-
gress to give him laws with which to
wage his battle. It cannot be said that
the democratic minority in congress has
not given him aid. BUT the situation Of
a democratic minority in the house Civ
ing it's adhesion to good measures is
different from that of democratic ma
jority in the house attempting to make
political thunder for a presidential
campaign. The house and senate
would at once. lock horns and all but
routine business would come to a stand
still. ~
That the presidentswoul be strength
ened by the removal of some Of the
present republican smembers is quite
true, but that he's would be strength
ened by the remoYalgof the republican
M q iorit r IN bns Iox.,n,. b,,,oo 20 ,,,+ruo
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

Each of our nine Minnesota congress
men is elected by his own. constituency
but each one is congressman from
Minnesota, and the identity Of the dis
trict is lost when our delegation gets
to Washington. For that reason the
whole population Of the, state has q sle-
climate interest in the result of IA pri-
mary fight like that in the sixth dis
triet. The republican voters of the
sixth will settle the contest between
Congressman Buchanan and Mr. Lind
bergh, and The Journal believes
they have sufficient intelligence to set.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
The Choice of a CONGRESSMAN

/ "A hrst'rate congressman would at
very nicely into the requirements Of the
sltuatlon just now, when Minneapolis
/ is forging to the front SO handsomely in
all commercial and industrial respects
we have been adding enormously to our
industrial Importance this year. AS a
commercial center our boundaries have
j peen Wldened and our foundations have
J been strengthened. The settlement
j OF contrlbutary country sufficiently
( explains the unprecedented pros
perity of the city. Few who do
not travel thru the northwest have any
conception of the changes which have
taken place in the last ten years in the
! territory of which Minneapolis is the
natural commercial center This is true
! not only on our own side Of the Cana
dian line but on the other side. where
the development has been greatly to
. our advantage Notwithstanding the
geographical line and the obstacle of
: Canadian tariff
While we are improving our oppor-
tunltles so diligently in developing the
/ commercial and financial strength of
the city, while on every hand there
are evidences of growth, thrift and
prosperity, it is worth our while to paw
some attention to the kind of represen-
; tat1on which this city is to have in
: future in the halls of congress. As our
; interests grow the desira bility of send
= Ing to congress man who knows what
{ Will contribute to the growth and pros
perlty in this city in the way of gov
1 ernmental policies and federal leeisla-
s tloni and who knows how to promote
: our interests in the national councils is
the man whom we want for congress.
! The choice is not one to be made
: lightly or upon grounds Of personal
! preference or good fellowship, but upon
! considerations Of fitness, capacity, char
3 acter and industry Among the several
gentlemen who have offered themselves
Tor this place The urnal is not
{ trying to pick candidate. It is simply
& calling attention to the fact that the
: choice is one Of real Importance to this
city and one to be made only after
+ some study Of the qualifications of
? VAN Se'hNeAoaU0o Ill WIG leu. LII Is one OIL
I the mlsfortunes of our primary system
that where number of candidates Of
Ter themselves, several at least of whom
have respectable qualifications, a
! newspaper may not with perfect pro-
priety undertake to decide for the pub
lie between them. That is the situation
In this district today. The most that
can be done is to direct attention to
the Importance Of the office itself, to
the fact that public interest has great
deal at stake in the filing Of that office
and that under present conditions and
at the present time Minneapolis needs
congressman who will measure up
creditably and satisfactorily with the
representatives of other districts and
who, when he has had the experience
and has formed the acquaintance which
can only be acquired by reasonable
length Of service, will exert such an
influence in the halls of congress as to
make Minneapolis factor in the shap-
ing of national policies.
That is also the kind of man who
can best serve his district when it's
own particular interests are involved,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

Bishop McCabe makes The excuse that
he could not attend the meetings Of the
insurance committee because the Meth
odist conferences kept him So busy.
The bishop has about twelve weeks
work a year with conferences, probably
not enough to prevent his doing some
public work if he happened to be in
terested. The food Of conference does
not appear to have been such as to pre-
vent his making $50 thoro an inves-
tigation' of the two tickets as to be
able to announce that the administra-
ton 8 was by far the best.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
THE FRINGE BLOWN OFF

Charlestown News and Courier.
The Washington Post is tickled be-
cause "Antone Observation-Disclosures
polis,'' a Chicago Greek, has had his
name shortened to s'Tony POST We
recall how once a cyclone blew away
mile of fencing and left single post
standing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
PROSPERITY ENOUGH FOR EVERY
BODY
Springfield Republican.

It is pretty nearly universal turnout
the countryside complaint Of scarcity
of labor. It comes from the western
farms and the eastern cotton mills,
from the southern manufacturers as
well as the southern planters. and from
various other industries in all sections.
From Pittsburg it is stated that rail
trains. Our prosperity is beginning to
overflow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

Chairman Taggart has concluded to
accept without comment the resigna-
tion Of Mr.. Walsh from the democratic
national committee. His own would be
received in the same spirit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
WHY, OF COURSE

washington FOSC.
Among the thousands Of men who
view baseball game from the bleach
ers on a hot afternoon are quite num-
Der who found it too warm to go to
church on Sunday morning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

J. Ogden Armour has begun the cree
ton Of a million dollar residence near
Lake Forest, ILL.,, but st. Paul still in
sists he will raise his sweet peas on a
thousand acres Of land in Hennepin
and Ramsey counties.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
NOT HOMEOPATHIC
A raarioan Snontafnr

- AMERICAN Spectator. al
"That s mighty funny treatment
Pr. Pillsbury is giving young Tomp-
kins. -
81 understand Tompkins broke. his
arm -
' Yes; and the doctor is pulling his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

: If there is man or woman in the
northwest who did not attend the Min
nesota state fair this year, he or she is
80 much poorer in practical education.
Don t miss it next year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

+ The extradition laws Of Morocco are
leonpa ratively simple. The sultan says
$50 and you S tiitt.. IT,, s5.s S y....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

There is not candidate for any Of
fee who will today admit that his
chances are not the best. Hope and
confidence are the springs of politics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

The Pioneer Press will be liable to
prove from the Friday turnstile record
that Minneapolis population has shrunk
to $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

tie y right, without outside interfer-
ence. 1t is significant fact, however,
that nearly every expression heard out
side the district Isl hope that Buck
man OF Minnesota Z 1. will be retired this
time. Ii the people inside the dis
trict lines feel the same way about 1t,
the result is already assured.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
HIs IDEA OF COOKING

I'D Yonkers Statesman.
Bacon-What part did your wife take
in the amateur theatricalsf 3.5
Egbert-She was the cook.
Bacon-Indeed. I didn s know it
was tragedy. Rs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

The vested interests cover multi
satude Of good dinners.
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y There is a waterfall in South Amer
lea which is said to rival Niagara, but
its waters, are not ID such demand y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

IA Perhaps the: Veauss of Milo wore Of
her arms, putting up her back hair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
TAKE THE HOME CURE

n. G. Wells, the English writer, says:
Poker is not SO much a game as bad
habit, !"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

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PALACE VS.. HOME
Success,

Success.
A man may build palace, but he
can never make of it home. The spir-
ituality and love Of a woman alone can
accomplish this.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09

Five Central American revolutions
in bunch is a good deal like three ball
games for one price of admission.
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Senator Spooner is inclined to admit
that he may have been mistaken in his
opposition to the direct primary.
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ORIGINALITY
REWARDED

Foremer Senator Guy says he
thought he had been touched" by
all sorts OF beggars, but a man he
met In Fifth avenue the other day
sprang a new dodge on him. says the
New York Press.
Beg pardon, boss. but won't you
please help sick MANI" said the
|mendicant.
What ails you?" kindly INQUIRED
the former Senator.
Well, you see it's this way: I'VE
got a prescription that a doctor gave
me and"
"Oh, | understand, you want mon
ey enough TO have 1t flled?"
NO, indeed sir! I'VE got the medI-
cine all right but 1t says on the bottle
that ! must take the dose after eat
Ing. Now all / need is the price OF
a meal"
Mr.. Guy gave dime TO the man
He thinks anyone who can invent
such a story is entitled to the mon
ey.