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THE JOURNAL
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No Comment Just Facts.
Joseph B. Cotton, attorney for the
steel trust, delegate to the national
republican convention and aspirant
for the honor of speaking for Minne
sota when the roll is called for nom
inating speeches.
Frank B. Kellogg, attorney for
Rockefeller interests, delegate to the
Chicago convention and aspirant for
the place of republican national com
mitteeman from Minnesota.
Robe rt C. Dunn, who has the
Great Northern president's "best
Wishes," candidate for governor and
subject of the public examiner's re
port on timber trespass.
Eight years of administration of the
auditor's office during which millions of
feet of lumber were cut from state pine
lands by wilful trespassers and not a sin
gle criminal prosecution. An agent for a
private business who failed to protect its
property better than that would have lost
his Job long ago.
What Public Service Corporations
Are Made For.
At the banquet of the Illinois Man
ufacturers' association in Chicago last
evening, Vice President Brown of the
New York Central railroad delivered
an address on the relation of the
railroad to national commercial and
industrial progress, in which he com
plains that the patriotic and disinter
ested activities of the railroads have
not been appreciated by the public
as they should be that their efforts
to better their service and foster
commerce by consolidations to bring
the great grain-producing and man
ufacturing states in close connecti on
with the growing, exporting cities of
the northwest, have be en misunder
stood and combated.
The re is no doubt that there has
be en engendered much unreasonab le
antagonism toward railways during
the last thirty-flve years by reason
of unjust discriminations and exces
sive charges, but that there was a
basis for regulative legislation must
be admitted. The interstate com
merce aw was the product of legiti
mate and honest indignation over
wrongs suffered by shippers from
many railway companies.
The aw of 1887 did not accomplish
what its originators intended, altho it
removed some conspicuo us forms of
injustice. But it has been recently
amended so as to give the commis
sion greater power in the exercise of
their function of regulating.
Mr. Brown is grieved over the su
preme court decision in the merger
case, as one which cripples the use
fulness of the railways, and he thinks
that, in the course of a few years,
the language of the federal supreme
court will "seem to reflect the clamor
of the public rather than the calm
judicial review of a great question
by the exalted tribunal," and he be
lieves that there will be legislative
amendment or a judicial determina
tion as to the question of reasonable
restraint of commerce, as against any
restraint whatever, in order to re
move the Sherman aw as an obstruc
tion to commercial and industrial
progress.
Mr. Brown is treading very close
to dangerous ground. The implied
assumption that the transportation
facilities of the country shall be or
ganized and reorganized until thef
have all been brought practically un
der the control of one man or one
small group of men, and yet left free
of all restraint and government con
trol, rests upon such a concepti on of
fidelity to public interest on the part
of the management and operation of
transportation lines as has never yet
be en realized in human affairs, and
is not likely to be. When consoli
dation reaches that point, the state
may stop short of public ownership,
but it will not stop short of such
measure of control of the transpor
tation facilities of the country as will
make them serve the highest interests
for which they have been created.
The persistence with which those en
gaged in the operation of these great
corporations, endowed with delegated
towe of an extraordinary kind, far
beyond that of a private citizen, neg
lect to recognize the fact that their
powers are conferred, not for private
benefit but for the public good, is the
chief sour ce of much of the misunder
standing and antagonism which pr e
vails between the public and the cor
porations created to serve it. The
organizers and the operators of the se
corporations, regarding^itheir ac
quired and'extraordinary rights as if
created for their personal benefit, de
part at once from the proper exercise
of their functions and presently find
STOJSDAY EVENING,
themselves in, trquble^Priyate capi
tal invested in these public utilities
is entitled and is expected to earn a
fair profit, but it is muoh more im
portant and much more consistent
with the theory upon which the cor
poration is created, and with the pur
pose for which it was called into be
ing, that it shall render a satisfac
tory public service. If these corpora
tions had be en conducted, upon that
theory rather than upon the opposite
and conflicting principle of extorting
from the public all that can be got
from it, there would be little occ a
sion to fear the legislatures or the
courts. Meanwhile, and until that
theory of operation of the public
service corporation is adopted, the
powers of congress and of the state
legislatures and of the courts Will be
called into exercise for purposes of
restraint as occasion may require.
Suppose "Bob" Dunn had followed up
his editorial denunciation in 1833 of the too
free use of discretionary power by state
auditors by Pattersonizlng a few timber
trespassers after he came into office, does
it seem likely that he would have had the
trouble he claims to have had in effecting
settlements for trespass?
Separation Inevitable.
It is of no great consequence as to
just what is- the prese nt trouble be
tween the French republic and the
Vatican. The incident that has re
sulted in the recall of the French am
bassador at the Vatican is merely one
of the episodes in the drama of the
separation of the church and state,
which is slowly unfolding itself in
France.
The close union that now exists be
tween the nonreligious political gov
ernment of France and the church, is
not one that can be expected to con
tinue indefinitely. France is called a
Catholic country because the professed
religion of the great mass of its peo
ple is that of the Roman Catholic
church, but its government is deci d
ed ly secular. Whatever they may be
nominally, the larger number of
French public men are without the
church and are opposed to the close
union of the church and state which
has been so long maintained in
France.
The success M. Combes met with in
suppressing secular education in
France showed that the church was no
longer the power in politics it had
on ce been. This discovery, .no doubt,
is responsible for the bold manner
in which France has replied to the
Vatican's course regarding the visit of
President Loubet to Rome.
In a monarchy, where the monarch,
his ministers and most of the peop le
are of the same faith devoutly held,
a union of the church and state, even
when the head of the church resides
outside the nation, may be long con
tinued without friction, but it is a
cause of wonder that a liberal, and it
might almost be said nonreligious re
public, has be en able to get along so
well for so long a time with a church
so dogmatic and so uncompromising
as the Catholicism of France.
The Japs have reached the Valley of
Shutshu. That ought to be a' good place
for a big battle.
An "Issue" at Last.
Mr. Dunn seems to have found an
issue on which to base his candida cy
for governor. In his speech to
Third ward republicans last evening
he announced that the only issue of
the campaign was the question of
taxation. declared in favor of
equal taxation, and of a gross earn
ings tax on public service corpora
tions.
This declaration sounds a good deal
like gome party platforms. It is
broad enough to hold everybody.
Everybody wants "equal taxation" in
theory, and it is only when a definite
program is to be mapped out that the
disagreement begins.
Mr. Dunn has not been signally suc
cessful in working out practical plans.
It is a matter of rece nt history that he
agitated for the appointment of a tax
commission and an extra session of
the legislature, that when the commis
sion prepared a co de he approved it
and declared it should be adopted
without changing^ a line that before
a month had elapsed he was opposing
an extra session to which the gov
ernor, the legislature and the party
were pledged, and that when the legis
lature met he spoke and lobbied
against the code at every stage. Mr.
Dunn says the "tax dodgers" are
against him. That was the plea made
two years ago by James A. Peterson
Mr. Dunn's local manager, when he
ran for congress. Mr. Peterson sup
ported that tax code in the legislature,
and Mr. Dunn opposed It, joining
hands with the peop le Mr. Peterson
called "tax dodgers." Now they are
on the same platform, asking for the
support of the people becau se they are
fighting the "tax dodgers" on the
platform.
Excuse us while we smile,
The one point on which Mr. Dunn
becomes specific is the gross earnings
tax on public service corporations.
Opinion is divided as to the benefits
of such a system. It is simple and
ea sy of collection like the railroad
gross earnings tax, but street railways,
gas companies and the .li ke should
pay a higher rate than steam rail
way s, as their franchises are more
valuable. It will be just as hard to
fix a fair rate as it is now to fix a fair
asssessment. However, on this point
Mr. Dunn agrees with the represents
tives of the corporations, who are all
in favor of the gross earnings tax and
worked hard to get such a provision
Inserted in our state constitution.
will not have a very strenuous war
with the public service corporations on
this issue.
Neither will Mr. Dunn be able to get
an argument With is rival candidates
for govern or about "equal taxation"
they will have no quarrel with him on
that platform.
It will be noticed, of course, that
Mr. Dunn stands by his statements
that "he has no sympathy" with Gov
ernor Van Sant's efforts to enforce the
laws against' railroad consolidations,
arid that opponent of, Mr, Hill's.plans
are "demagogic politicians,*' while by
his own statement Mr. Hill hopes for
his success.
Mr. Dunn has also shown himse lf
out of sympathy with efforts to get the
legal settlements for trespass on state
lands.
But the se matters are not "issues,"
if Mr. Dunn is to be allowed
the Issues of the campaign.
to shape J?5f
One of the worst things about this war
is that so much fighting is done at places
that are not on the map.
Enforcing the Law. ^"t*
State Auditor Iverson has made a
record in collecting for timber tres
pass, which makes R. C. Dunn's ex
cuses for failing to enforce the aw
look silly.
In defense of Mr. Dunn it is claimed
that he collected $180,000 from tres
passers in eight years. Tho trespass
ing is supposed to be on the decrease,
Mf. Iverson has collected over $60,00ft
in less than sixteen months, a record
which speaks volumes for the new
policy of protection for. the state tim
ber lands.
A notable feature of this new
policy 'is ^'the first criminal
proceeding for trespass brought
under state laws, as far as
the records show. The indictment of
John C. Patterson in Aitkin county
a few days ago marked a new era, and
will have a greater moral effect for
keeping freebooters off state lands
than any number of peacef ul settle
ments.
Patterson's lesson was a severe one.
pleaded guilty to the criminal
charge and paid $100 fine and costs.
In addition to that he lost his entire
winter's work, for the state confiscated
all the logs he had banked, includ
ing 126,000 feet which he had bought
from private parties and logged him
self. They were mingled with the
state logs-, and the entire lot was
seized.
Thi3 may seem a harsh judgment,
considering the immunity trespassers
have enjoy ed until now, but the state
has been lenient far too long.
Mr. Iverson seems disposed to en
force the provisions of the law and
put a stop to the wasting of state
property. If he adheres to this policy
trespass will become insignificant.
Public opinion will back the auditor
up, if he finds it necessary to push
some of the operators with "long ax
handles" to the limit of the law.
After the political tinge given to the
meeting of the State Editorial association
last winter, the following comment from
Wheelock's Weekly of Fergus Falls, will
not be deemed out of place in this column:
The annual report of the Minnesota Edi
torial association is at hand. It includes
the proceedings of the thirty-eighth an
nual meeting at Minneapolis last Febru
ary, and an appendix gives a detailed re
port of the expenditures made in behalf
of the association by the executive com
mittee for the 1903 excursion to Washing
ton, D. C. Vouchers for all of those ex
peditures are on file in the secretary's
office. One item of the statement is
worthy of note by editors. It reads as
follows: "Deficit paid by the committee,
$92." Those small fry newspaper writers
who were last winter hinting at improper
expenditures on the part of the committee
should read this report' over twice, and
then take off their-: hats and..sit down and
write a. manly letter of apology to the
committee. If they'do not feel quite man-.
ly enough for that course, they should at
least publish a correction of their unfair
attacks on the most public-spirited and
zealous executive committee the editorial
association has ever had.
Congressman Davis of the third district
says that every man on the Minnesota
delegation in congress is for tariff revision
with the possible exception of Mr. Mc
Cleary. If Mr. McCleary has been slan
dered he can speak for himself, tho in
view of his attitude in his last campaign
he is generally thought of as a "stand
patter." Mr. Davis says that there will
be some tariff revision at the next session
or. there will be trouble, if he has to start
the riot himself. If the delegation is cor
rectly represented by Mr. Davis it is
more nearly in line with the sentiment of
the state than the platform of the last
state convention. It is fortunate that the
national convention will make it unneces
sary for the republicans of the state to gb
thru the campaign on its last official de
liverance.
Bourke Cockran seems to be running
the democratic party just now. Bourke
made a couple of speeches in congress
calculated to harass the republicans, and
he did make it exceedingly uncomfortable
for Mr. Dalzell, but there was so much
rank free trade talk in those speeches
that they pretty nearly spoiled all that
Mr. Williams had done to put the demo
cratic party on a moderate tariff plat
form. Now Cockran has printed these
speeches under the title of "The Issue
of 1904," and is sending them broadcast
under his congressional frank. Nobody
was consulted, and Cockran has started
into make the issue all by himself. Well,
Parker won't say a word, and with a
man like Bourke standing' around with
gab to give away it isn't reasonable to
expect that he will hold in forever.
A man has been found who has de
clined an office with, a good salary at
tached. A life job, too! The one who
achieved fame in this way is a college
president, who declined to become a
Methodist bishop because he thought he
could do more good where he is. Presi
dent Day of Syracuse university is re
ceiving more honors just now than if
he had accepted the office tendered him,
and he is entitled to them, It takes a
bigger man to do his duty, sometimes,
than it does to be a bishop/ ^S^f^j
About the time some careless driver
is compelled to pay about $7,000 for dam
ages done by a runaway team there will
be noticed a marked decrease in the num
ber. Every time a team runs away un
attended by a driver the owner, should
pay a heavy fine. The menace to life and
property from runaways is" serious.
all means give the school children
a half holiday if permission can be ob
tained to carry the. old liberty bell thru
the streets. If such provision cannot be
obtained, and the bell must remain on the
car in the railroad yards, it was hardly
worth while to bring it here, ililllllji
It can be said with reasonable certainty
that electricity and magnetism are states
of disturbance in the universal ether, al
tho the exact kind of disturbance can
not yet be defined, partly, because^ the
mechanism of the ether itself must- be
suiffclently known in order to diff erentjate
its disturbed conditions from its normal
conditions.
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
TH E BU
Vesta la Vlestra, Coamolofllst, Goes to
Neptune, Meets Her Soul Mate and Tells
All About It to an Interested Audience
How the Neptunian* Have Patented a
"Poet's Beverage." $ Tg, $u' Vfe" V-
The cosmologies! oenW is' much stirred
in New York by a lady named "Vesta la
Viestra, oosmologlst," who has just re
turned from the planet Neptune with the
receipt for making a poet. She explained
to a delighted audience Sunday how she
had made the trip to Neptune in 100 hours
in the form of a shooting star. Only one
of the audience seemed to doubt any of
her statements. asked that she pro
duce the two Neptunites that she said re
turned wijh her to study earth dwellers.
Unfortunately ,for, the doubting one they
had been called back to Neptune yester
day afternoon. -v
The poet's beverage in Neptune, Vesta
explained, is made up of little pellets of
universal spiritualized substance made of
the essence of being,, which the manipula
tors dexterously handle with a sort of
tweezers. They touch-ft against an elec
tric bar and instantly fumes arise like unto
steam.
"When' one "breathes this effervescence
one's entire being i tensioned up until
every, fiber is taut and the whole body
quivers with expectancy. This greatly ex
cites the medulla oblongata and stimulates
the sub-lingual glands." "'"r
Can this be beer?
Then Vesta explained how, while sit
ting on ,Neptune, she*had met her "soul
mate." Did you ever.-notice how these
people who travel .to Neptune and back
always have "soul mates"? It is strange
and peculiar, but true,.'that when we meet
a person who has a "soul mate" our inner
being shies violently, trembles in every
limb, snorts and paws the roadway.
Vesta then went oh at length to ex
plain how her soul mate had kissed her
without being pulled by the Neptunian
police for sparking in the parksand all
that kind of stuff.
Soul mates!!. Huh!
Did you know that Jessie has sixty
yards of lace on her graduating dress?
W predict a fierce rush for the Glencoe
public library. It has recently secured
"Temperance Sermons," by Beecher
"History of Ancient Persia," by Norris
Spofford's "Library, of Historic Charac
ters" in steen volumes and "Alice of Old
Vincennes." Whoop!
Scientific people are digging up relics
of ancient races on the Broken Kettle and
Sioux rivers in South Dakota. The an
cient races who- dumped about a barrel of
tin cans on a lot close to our posie garden
ought to be dug upand fined.
Will Chamberlin in'1
the Vermillion, S.
I. Republican hopes to have "the old
home paper" follow him into the other
world. He says: ^t
When life's las' curtain* flutters
Down on this stage for me,
/I'd like the stick-tag altered
To read "Eternity"
So in that Land of Shadow
I'd have something to cheer,
An' prove to good. St. Peter
How well they liked' me here.
It would give an old homey flavor to the
place to see St. Paul standing on the
postoffice steps reading The Tarsus Daily
News or to hear St. John reading to a
friend excerpts from the Ephesus Weekly
Herald or to see David running over the
poet's corner in the Jerusalem Lyre to sec
if the boys were keeping up the standard.
As Mr. Chamberlain says:
Somehow the ol* home paper
Is jes' like cider made
In the cosy mill thet's standin'
In the orchard's autumn shade
It's sweet an' pure an* honest,
An' tells of them we love
Of darlln' babies given
An' neighbors called above.
Mr. Kate Upson Cjaf^s again out tell
ing how we geniuses* are such irrespon
sible folk. Kate says
Genius is insanity. In order to be genius It
lives most of the time iii a world of deep emo
tion. It is hard for people of artistic tempera
ment'to conform to ordinary rules. Thus di
vorces/ suicides, drunkenness and impulsive .vices
are found among people of genius. The irre
sponsible temperament seems to be absolutely
necessary to art.
Come on, boys, let's all go out and have
a cigarette.
There is something about rhubarb pie
that always gives one the idea that rhu-,
barb ought to make a great pie. We lay
emphasis on that little word "ought."
There is a certain tang to the plant as
tho nature had said:
"Here, at length, is the real pie ma
terial. Now it's up to you to do the rest."
But from the time nature tossed off the
rhubarb plant, nobody has yet been able
to get exactly the right combine with the
pie crust, so that it does not become
waterlogged or pasty, or something equal
ly as fatal to the perfect pie.
We have sat down with high hopes be
fore rhubarb pie, probably an hundred,
yes, five hundred, times, and have risen
up with sorrow. Yet, we have always re
tained our childish faith that the mate
rial was there and that somewhere, some
how, the perfect pie made of rhubarb
would blossom out into full orbed glory,
and that humanity would rise up and cry,
"behold the pie."
To those people who have sat down to
watery rhubarb pie and risen up to mourn
we say, "do not despair. Wait. Some
where in the loom of the future waits tho
perfect pie, to bless mankind and to shed
the light of its flaky, fragrant glory on a
rejoicing and rejuvenated race."
Nice showers we have been having late
ly, don't you think? A J. R,
AT THE THEATERS
^Metropolitan"O Kiku San."
6 Kiku San," an idyl of Japan with a
distinctly American setting, is the choice
bit of comedy now on at the Metropolitan.
It would be difficult to conceive of a more
charming vehicle for, an evening's enter
tainment or one more suited to display
the versatility and ability of Miss Percy
Haswell in the title role.
The story is a simple one, the plot being
laid in Washington, D. C. The daughter
Of the Japanese minister, while at Wash*
ington, commits the unpardonable sin of
falling in love with a young. American
naval officer. This is a great offense In
the eyes of the minister, who had be
trothed her in childhood to Marquis Shi
moda. A brother of the marquis, and
assistant secretary in the Japanese lega
tion, to save the minister as well as hjs
brother from the dishonor of a broken
obligation, contrives to betray a state se
cret and so arrange it that th"e blame will
be thrown upon the young American. An
elopement and clandestine marriage com
plicate matters and the tangle is finally
solved by the diplomacy of O Kiku San,
who behaves in such a dellciously out
rageous American fashion that Marquis
Shimoda voluntarily asks to be released
from .the betrothal and all ends well.
Miss Percy Haswell, as the little Jap
anese maid, is delightfully naive. When
she explains to the smitten iteutehairt that
she indulged in a flirtation with him "as
a matter of education," just as:
studied music or went to school, her drol
lery is witching. The Japanese song and
dance in the last act, wherein O Kiku San
exercises her diplomacy and secures her
release from the ogre twice her age, are
executed with exquisite grace and co
quetry. Miss Haswell has in this charac
terization achieved a pronounced success.
Regan Hughston,,| as the lieutenant,
makes a lovable and gallant altho some
what effeminate officer. Edwyn Evans,
as Shimoda Gentaro', who dares artything,
even the hari-kari, to prevent dishorfor
'to his brother, or his minister, was very
effective.w i^itfe Jennings, as Count
Tanaka, \the Japanese minister, did ex,-
cellent work. Miss Evelyn Vaughn^made a
she
the emancipated fiancee of the lieutenant,
evening's pleasure. The other parts were
all well taken.
The stage settings were unique and
charming and contributed measurably to
the uooesB of the play.
~""1$?4% Howard Boardman.
BIJou Ben Hendricks In
Sweden." $,)
The supporting characters are not
strong and some are incongruous. George
Miller as the New York waif does some
good comedy work. Charles Rowan as
the villain is weak, and the same might
well be said of his fellow schemer, Miss
Belle Francis. James L. Carhart, the
steward, plays well the part of a man
with a troubling conscience, while little
Evelyn Wright, as Little Elinor, "more
than 7," desperately in love with Jim,
calls for a large share of the applause.
H. G. Davis.
Lyceum"A Contented Woman."
That delightful Hoyt comedy, "A Con
tented "Woman," is the material for an
evening's entertainment offered at th&
Lyceum this week. Miss Alison Skipworth,
who is to fill the place of leading lady in
the Ferris stock company during the ab
sonee of Grace Hayward, plays the
Woman as we all know heras glorious
and as uncertain as a spring morning.
Miss Skipworth however, is perfectly con
sistent in her portrayal, alternating the
sweet sunshine of a smiling facethe true
index of a contented heartwith the
clouds and shadows of alarm, suspicion
and distrust, inspired by the- Insinuations
of the clever leader of the women's rights
agitator, Aunt Jim, a part in which Miss
Laurette A'len appears to advantage. By
ron Beastey has the trying part of the
ambitious husband, which he carries in
his usual breezy maimer, while W. H.
Murdoch leads the male reformers with a.
tiue-to-the-life impersonation of the
gambling saloonkeeper, being ably sec
onded by Charl33 Burnham and Ernefct
tsher as the other members of the
"working" committee. Joseph TJotten, as
the bachelor brother-in-law, pervades the
entire performance in the manner that
always pleases the Lyceum audiences.
Maisie Cecil has an opportunity to inter
polate one of her dainty song and. dance
specialties as the chief of the Woman's
friends on the domestic side and is unable
to escape without an encore. Mrs. Mur
doch's appearance in "pants" is one of
the "hits" of the evening, and Miss Les
lie Bingham makes a charming adven
turess. It really, is an entertainment to
make one laugh.
,beautim| ^na faScmaj infi Belinda? Blood, ."No, sir!" thundered Stewart. "I do,not.
and: contributed her full- shares to the^those^^progositi
Charles Woodman.
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Friends of William H. Eustls Decide
Against His Entry In the Governorship
Fight at This TimeDunn Men Begin
ning to Figure, Claiming Many Debat
able Counties as "Cinched"Opposition
to Hearst Opens Headquarters Herd.
"Third candidate" talk has subsided
again. At a meeting of several friends
Of William H. Eustis the other evening it
was decided that it was not practicable
at this time for the local man to enter
as a candidate. He will continue to await
developments.
The lines are tightening between Col
lins and Dunn, with a considerable Eddy
sentiment in western and northern coun
ties, and it looks as tho the contest would
be fought out on present lines. Hennepin
county is regarded as a great battle
ground, and the Dunn workers express
strong hopes of carrying it, but the friends
of Judge Collins have canvassed the city
and county pretty thoroly, and say that
it is only a question of getting the voters
out to the primaries. Their sentiment is
strongly for Collins as against Dunn.
A Dunn newspaper has figured out 514
votes now assured for the Princeton can
didate, with 589 necessary to a choice. It
gives Collins 173 and Eddy 67, with 426
still debatable, in which Hennepin is in
cluded. In the Dunn list are thirty-eight
counties, of which eighteen are claimed
by Collins, and several of them must be
conceded to him even now. The Collins
managers are not giving out any figures
now, .but are keeping checked up, and
say that' they have no doubt about the
outcome. They do not expect the result
to be close, but a decisive victory for
Collins.
The republicans of Dodge and Fillmore
counties will be greatly surprised to And
that they are already sewed up in the
pocket of the Dunn managers, but such
is the case according to the figures, and
figures never lie.
P. L. Ewart/- the new assistant attorney
general, has retired from the ownership
and control of the Pipestone Review and
hence from the newspaper fraterrtity. W
may now expect to see -the dove of peace
hovering over Pipestone,
The anti-Hearst democrats of Henne
pin have formed an organization and
opened headquarters at 505 Century build
ing, in charge of Ed A. Stevens. This
organization is not declared to be In the
interests of Parker, but of an uninstructed
delegation from Minnesota to the St.
Louis convention. F. G. Winston and
Elijah Barton are the choice for local
delegates, with John Lind for delegate
at-large from this district.
Charles B. Cheney.
EDISON'S STAYING POWERS
Thomas A. Edison offers this explana
tion of his ability to do the enormous
amount of work he performs: "I eat just
about a pound of food per daythree
meals, but just enough to nourish the
body. My diet consists of meat, veget
ables, eggs or anything else that I want,
Wut in small quantities. People eat and
drink far too much. Indeed, I know of
men and women who are food drunk all
the time. I hardly ever take any out
door recreation, but I live abstemiously,
as my father did before me. If people
would diet themselves and drop drugs
many common ailments would disappear."
WAS COMMITTEE* TO SHERMAN
Apropos of the retirement of Senator
Stewart of Nevada at the close of his
present term in March, 1905 the storytell
ers at the capitol say this is the best an
ecdote about him: Years ago a colleague
exasperated by some action of the late
Senator Plumb of Kansas, came to Stew
art and said: "Don't you think Plumb
Is the meanest, most contemptible, most
ornery, most useless and altogether
.cussedest man in the senate?"
I am .committed to John Sherman,oh all
MAY 24, 1904.*
"Erik of
If Ben Hendricks, the Swedish dTalect
comedian and Northland singer, is a star,
he fails to shine as Erik of Sweden in
Sidney R. Ellis' comedy drama of that
name at the Bijou this week. While the
character and the impersonation leave
much to be desired, Mr. Hendricks re
trieves part of the failure by his sweet
voice, which is well adapted to the little-,
Northland ditties the piece introduces.
That Mr. Hendricks has talent there is
no doubt, but the author has failed to
give him opportunity to display it. He
has a goOd voice, as his rendition of the
"Northland Lullaby" and "Strawberries,"
two pretty little songs, proves.
The piece begins in the time of Charles
XV., king of Sweden, and has to do with
the steward of a Swedish nobleman, who,
after the death of his master, embezzles
the whole estate, and, leaving the widow,
and son in poverty, comes to the United
States and invests the proceeds of his
peculations in land on Lake Superior.'
Erik, the son of the nobleman, comes to
New York and finds the steward. Erik,
not knowing of his duplicity, becomes his
overseer. Of course there is the villain
and the young heiress whom the villain
is trying to marry for her money, and in
the end Erik marries the heiress. The
steward then confesses his crime and
makes restitution. The pieces close with
Erik gleefully singing "Fair Land of
Sweden."
SONNY BUNNY RABBIT AND THE
CRUEL FOX.
Sonny Bunny Rabbit was going in long,
smooth jumps across the meadows with
the bundle of greens for Grandma Cotton
tall swung from a little cord around his
neck.
"Good morning," called a tall, red fox,
and Sonny Bunny stopped to look at him,
and admire him, and be thankful to him
for taking notice, of a little gray rabbit.
Now, if Sonny Bunny had ever read the
story of Red Riding Hood, or had it told
to him he would have known
was coming. But he hadn't so he sat up'
on his hind less and wrinkled his little
pink nose, and twinkled'his long ears
back and forth and said very politely,
"Good morning, Mr. Fox it's a fine day."
"It is," said the fox. "Where are you
going?"
"'Right over the hill, to Grandma Cot
ton-tail's, to take her these nice greens."
"Is Grandma Cotton-tail old?" asked
the fox. "Is she very thin? Is she very
tough?"
NEWS OF THE BOOS WORLD
DAILY ANIMAL STORY FOR, CHILDREN
what
us
Is Our Classic Literature to Be Christian
Only?Theodore T. Munger Says It Is
Book of "Essays for the Day."
"The time seems nearly to have come
in which a Christian nation will accept
and adopt as classic only the literature
which is Christian. This is simply logi
cal it must embody those truths and facts
which it has adopted as the grounds of
its life and conduct. Its literature must
represent, what it believes in, what it
cares for, and must enshrine the hopes
which inspire its daily life, and, above
all, its literature must feed the ideals
Which it has caught from Its faith."
This is from Theodore T. Munger's
essay on "Christianity and Literature" in
his book, Essays for the Day, just pub
lished. This essay, with others in the
book, might almost be called thought cre
ating. It is tremendously stimulating to
the reader, at the least, and 3tarts the
mind in new channels of thought. For
example, there is added light for the lit
erary aspirant in the suggestion that "the
great masterpieces of literature da not
spring primarily from the literary sense or
purpose, but from human depths of feel
ing and duty." If that be true, then much
more is it true that masterpieces do not
spring from the commercial motive.
Sonny Bunny Robbit was a young rab
bit, but he knew enough to know that a
gentleman of the style of Mr. Fox had no how tough she Is," he shouted, starting
interest in whether or no a rabbit was off again in long jumps,,
tough, unless he was looking to get his The fox ran after him as hard as he
teeth into one. Suddenly Sonny Bunny could pelt. Of course .Sonny Bunny knew'
remembered the fox trap which the just where the fox trap was, and jumped
farmer's boys had been setting down by high over it. My, but didn't he laugh/
the fence.
"Oh, she's not so very old, and she's the fox howling with his foot caught fast
fat as butter, and you'll have to find out in the trap!
"Working spirit-like," he says again,
"its (Christianity's) method has been that
of searching out those gifted ones whose
mental note responded to some note in
itself, and set them singing or speaking
in that key.
"Take, for example, the plays of Shaks
pere there is hardly anything in them
that is obviously Christian Still,
they are Christian, because they are so
thoroly on the side of humanity. How
full of freedom what a sense of man as a
responsible agent what conscience and
truth and honor what charity and mercy
and justice what reverence for man, and
how well clothed is he In the human vir
tues what a strong and hopeful spirit,
despite the agnostic note heard now and
then, but amply redeemed and counter
acted by the general tenor."
Then, near the close, comes the quota
tion with which this notice was intro
duced.
The essayist goes far also in his belief
in the wholesome effect of litera
ture upon religious belief, exercising
a correcting and modifying influence. He
shows very clearly his friendly attitude
toward what is called "higher criticism."
Still, as he himself says, the reader him
self must be a critic also, and the reader
of his essays may exercise that function,
if he so desires, when he comes to pas
sages' showing higher critical views.
THANATOS ATHANATOS.
(Deathless Death.)
At eve when the brief wintry day is sped,
I muse beside my fire's faint-flickering glare
Conscious wrinkling face and whitening
r^hair-i-:of.
-v':
Of those who dying young, inherited
The immortal youthfulness of the early dead.
I think of Raphael's grand-selgneurlal air
Of Shelley and Keats, with laurels fresh and
.fair
Shining unwithered on each sacred head
And soldier boys who snatched death's starry
prize.
With sweet life radiant in their fearless eyes,
The dreams of love upon their beardless lips,
Bartering dull age for immortality
Their memories hold in death's unyielding
fee
The youth that thrilled them to the finger
tips.
John Hay in the June Century.
The Uneasy Chair.
THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER
A Curious Minnesota Romance.One of
the true stories that read like a tale of
romantic fiction is that of August Boyn
von Lazar, the small farmer in Minne
sota Who is believed by the late Servian
minister to England to have been the heir
to the Servian throne. In the June Cen
tury this 'furious Minnesota Romance"
is told" by Archer Butler Hulbert, author
of ^"Historic Highways in America." Some
account of the claims of the family was
published in The Minneapolis Journal not
long ago. *v% ^'h y'^'.':'
Altho The Centuiryfor Julie' is set.^west-
ern number, five presidents of the United
States figure in it Washington, in Dr.
Mitchell's "autobiographical" narrative:
Jefferson, in a portrait by Kosciuszko. and
an autograph letter, now first published,
giving a forecast of the value of the
Louisiana purchase Lincoln, in an arti
cle on his first lawsuit, with autograph
documents Mr. Cleveland, in a short con
tribution by himself, "A Word for For
estry," and Mr. Roosevelt, in an article
by Glfford Pinchot, "The New Hope of
the West," in which Incidentally the pres
ident's record on forestry and irrigation
Is set forth. For the rest, with two or
three exceptions, the contributions are ail
from this side Of the Alleghanies.
Will Japan Japanize Christianity?Har
old Bolce In the June Booklovers' Maga
zine says:''
^Our ^ojnniri^a! saUecU aIL #re-. seas that
Mm:villiyimmm.M.v
and he scuttled thru the fence and heard
have flowed into it," said a Japanese university
professor to me. 'The west cannot hope to
Christianize Japan when our ambition is ta'
Japanize Christianity, and to carry the new doc
trines, the gospel of-rational ethics, to the mil
lions of Asia, and, in time, to all the world.
We shall go to Chinain fact, we are already
therewith a harmonious blending of the best
precepts in Buddhism, Confucianism, Busbido.
Brahminism, Herbert Spencer, Christianity and
other systems of thought, and we shaU, I think,
have little trouble in awakening the natllrally,
agnostic mind of the Chinese to the enllighten
ment of modern free thought. What the far
east needs Is a religion as modern as machinery.
We have had more gods than were good for us.**
Mr. Bolce also points out a strong re
actionary movement in the islands.
Among other strong features in the num
ber are striking "War Pictures from the
Forbidden Zone," "A Group of American
College Presidents," "A Question of Stay
ing Power: The Comparative Resources
Of Russia and Japan," "President PorfiriO
Diaz: The Benevolent Despot of Mexico."
Theodore Roosevelt's Smile.In The
Reader Mazagine for June, which shows
the rapid progress the publishers are
making in meeting the demands for a
strictly high-grade western literary maga
zine, will be found an interesting article
relating to. the human side of President
Roosevelt. It is by George Horton, and
contains this:
My own impression of Mr. Roosevelt, from
personal observation, is that he is one of the
most natural and unaffected men I have ever
met. He assumes no airs of superiority he
makes no effort to impress you with his great
ness. He is genial, cordial, hearty. When he
seizes you firmly by the hand and assures you
with a sfmile that he is "dee-lighted"and
never was more terrible smile since the wolf
looked 'out from the bedclothes at Little Red
Ilinding-Hoodyou feel that he means it. You
go away convinced that he meant it.
The June Pearson's.Pearson's Maga
zine for June is an inviting number, con
taining clever short stories, interesting
special articles, illustrated interviews
with popular actors and the articles of
the Home Notes department.
BOOKS RECEIVED
ESSAYS FOfi THE DAY. By Theodore T.
Munger. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
Minneapolis: N. McCarthy. Price $1 net.
MAY MAGAZINES
The story of the Army Relief society,
which was formed to provide aid for de
pendent widows and, orphans ajid en
listed men of the United States regular
army, is told in the June Harper's Ba
zar. The society aids in securing em
ployment, in creating scholarships, loans
money and in every way endeavors to
make the path of the widow and orphan
easier. Ada Sterling makes a plea for
intelligent purchasing and deplores the
money wasted on inappropriate materials.
Katherine Cecil Thurston's serial. "The
Masqueraders," nears a climax, and there
are other stories with a generous amount
of pretty fashions, culinary hints, fancy
work, and an article on handcraft ^for
the children.
The work of Edward L. Bradley in Al
lendale, near Chicago, where sixty boys
from the Chicago slums are taught to be
good citizens, is described in the Juno
Good Housekeeping. The boys go to Mr.
Bradley when they are 14 or younger, and
at 18 or 19 they return to the city to
work after learning the manifold* duties
of a citizen thru the medium of a regu
lar, well-ordered life, a law court and a
financial system of their own. Lillie Ham
ilton French makes a plea for schools
where the womanly graces and the finer
observances are cultivated as well as the
brain. Bishop Doane. President Faunce of
Brown university. David Starr Jordan,
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, G. Stanley Hall,
Bishop Fallows and others discuss the in
fluence of the kindergarten in the home,
and they do not all agree. The magazine
has the usual valuable household sugges
tions, with a number of vacation plansa
timely matter at present.
WHIPPING INTO THE RAW:
The city of London is the "cabblest"
place in the world. More than 20,0)0
horses'are hauling cabs and omnibuses
there, and they are among the mast pit
eous creatures in existence. The chief
dependence of their merciless owners for
locomotion .__ is' whipping into the
raw." The "raw" is a sore place
on a horse, an opening in the hido
which leaces the flesh and nerves ex
posed as a mark for the heavy, sweat
reeking whip of'the driver. It did not re-i
quire London hackmen to introduce into =v
New "York, or other American cities, the:!
inhuman practice of "whipping into the
raw," for it is a distressing fact that
wherever men have to do with horses as
a means to a livelihood cruelty is a seconds
nature. We have ''whipping into the raw"
not only among cabmen, but among driv- fv
ers of street cars and among owners, Vf
trainers and jockeys on race tracks.
WRITERS' SUPERSTITIONS
Writers have their little sanctities and*?
superstitions. There is one very clever
short-story manufacturer who had the^y
usual amount of hard work in breaking
Into the magazines. He hammered awayu'v*
at his typewriter night" and day, sndf42fr
spent his savings in two-way postage.?
Everything came back. There was rot an^llj
editor of any sort of periodical t^ offer'5:1!
him the slightest encouragement:. One^f
day he read an article on the harjwonlous '|f%
relation of colors. His horoscjpe had '^A
said twelve yars previously ti-^t his col-4|
ors were green and white. He had writ-fsfi
ten all his stories on manila paper infl*
black ink. All had failed to score. He re-g|*t
solved to use white paper and green ink.|pK
No sooner resolved than executed. He||i
dashed off an article of 3,000 words h\M&
about three hours, sent it to the
magazine and lo! behold! it was ac-^.^,.&r
cepted! From that day to this he has used KM*
only green ink and white paper. The^**
magazines 'pay himjj cents a wor|| .for,.
he can turn out.
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SjwSffSSCOSTLY SNUFF BOXES SllS
It is now some years since J. P. Mor
gan startled a naturally thrifty people by
paying $10,000 for a Louis XV. gold snuffy,
box. Since then collecting snuff boxes has^s
been one of the favorite "get poor"*
schemes of millionaires with so much
money they don't know what to do. Now:
comes the news that $30,000 was recently?
paid in London for another Louis XV. i
snuff box, and that a patriotic Americani
immediately offered $40,000 in order that|
this treasure might come ..to America, 1