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THE JOURNAL
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Joseph A. Wljeelock.
Dying at the ripe age of 75 it might
be said that Joseph A. Wheelock's work
was finished, but for the fact that the
editor's life is coincident with the ac
tivities of the nation and those activi
ties are never finished as long as the
nation exists. He went thru the pio
i neer period oT Minnesota, and did his
share to lay the foundations here of a
great and prosperous commonwealth he
contributed by his pen to the outflam
(ing of loyalty to the union, which put
Minnesota in the front rank of northern
states at the beginning of the war he
fought valiantly all his editorial life for
a sane tariff policy he was at the
height of MB vigor when the great bat
tie for sound money came on. These
were great issues in whose solution his
pen was an efficient instrument, but
others are as great remain. The growth
of socialism, the problems of public
(Ownership, of monopolies the exercise
of the power of congress over interstate
commerceall are pressing for solution,
so that it may lie said truthfully that
the editor of a popular newspaper is
never thru, except in the sense that he
may lay a foundation upon which his
successors will build an appropriate su
perstructure.
That Mr. "Wheelock did lay such a
foundation is evidenced by the fact
there has been little 'or no change in
the attitude of the Pioneer Press in the
years since its first editor ceased active
ly to control it. It remains a conserv
ative force in the community as Mr.
"Wheelock would have had it.
9 The personality of Mr. Wheelock was
fBttle known for a man who wielded
such a paramount influence over the
nearly destinies of the state. It is to a
great extent incorporated in the char
acter of his newspaper and this was
probably satisfactory to him because,
While the Pioneer Press has contained
reams of eloquent biographical material
about other men, comparatively few
Ifacts have been recorded regarding Mr.
"Wheelock himself.
He believed thoroly in his profession.
He used his best judgment and his high
est sense of public duty in his com
men ts upon public affairs. He built
Bpon a solid foundation of experience
I lie withstood public clamors he en
sur ed obloquy and waited often for
I time to justify his course. He and his
[paper survived attacks because on the
[Whole they deserved to survive.
Mr. Wheelock was not personally of
the type we associate with pioneering.
He was neither rough, ready nor bois^
,terous. He was polished, reserved, re
I tiring. He cultivated neither the man
|ers of the frontier nor the popular
language pf the new country.
He lived almost unknown to the com
ixnunity he molded, but all of us who
Jive in Minnesota today are Jiving un-
4e* certain laws and adhering to certain
customs because in the very early days
if Minnesota he stirred public senti
ment powerfully in certain directions,
iln this sense, living and dead, Joseph
A. Wheelock is a large factor in present
and future of his adopted state.
i
Ye old guard of the Massachusetts re
iblicana are, calling: Insistently for the
lead of one MeCall, a congressman.
|They say he has nothing in common with
the party. MeCall is for tariff revision.,
should comet west where he ,will have
^'something in common, etc."v
John Mitchell.
John Mitchell, president of the
jTJnited Mine Workers of America, has
|shown himself a real leader of labor in
fcrieating the men from the threatened
jjstrike in the hard coal region. The men
|will return to work at the scale fixed
|by the strike commission in 1903. While
tthey gain nothing by ihe negotiations,
Ithey have avoided a probable heavy
'loss. The chances of a successful strike
JLwere not great. The operators had ac
eumulated a large surplus stock of coal,
estimated as high as 10,000,000 tons, It
gwas the strength of the union pocket
H$ook against these 'tons of coal, and
^^litchell, viewing the matter calmly, de
ll eided that the chances were against his
llorganization- si But things axe not always done in
#unions calmly. Many a labor leader
*,who has a clear vision of the possibili
^tias of a strike, has not the courage of
rohn Mitchell, He risked his popular
ity and his position by g'oing before a
[convention of the mineworkers and tell
|lng them what he believed to be their
Kjreal interest. It is by this courage and
candor he disassociates himself from
the of labor leaders who are tho
followers rather than the leaders of tho
men. Mitchell has been tested in action
and in counsel and he has proven him
self a strong man in both relations.
That man Luther Burbank of California
Is a grafter.
The Railroads Vindicate Garfield.
The fury with which the Standard Oil
company has replied to Commissioner
Garfield's strictures ou its business
methods is significant. It bursts thru
its cynical reserve Jo denounce his accu
sations with an anxiety of tone which
is ridiculous if the company is inno
cent, and pathetic if ,it is guilty. The
commissioner has been reminded that he
does not know it all, that what he does
know he learned from the Standard it
self and that he promised to keep the
report confidential. Where the facts
are incontestable it attributes them to
"natural advantages" and where they'
are controvertible it does not deny, but
vociferates that Garfield is duite young.
It has been popular to camp upon the
trail of the Standard Oil company, and
so bitterly and extravagantly W its
practices been denounced that the very
fierceness of the accusations have bred
incredulity. This was exactly what
the president intimatyed 'in his
muckrake speech would be the
inevitable result of much boisterous
indictment with little proof, in the
magazines. N
The Garfield report, however, is
based, as the commissioner says, on
personal visits to nearly all the oil
fields. The department has been in
communication with many hundred pro
ducers and practically all the refiners
and transportation agencies engaged in
distribution of oil. A special
agent of the bureau was sent to Europe
to study at first hand conditions in for
eign producing fields and distributing
markets. In working up the transpor
tation feature of the report, which is its
most important end, thousands of
freight bills were examined.
All of this sounds like business and
that it was business is made evident by
the reception of the report. While the
Standard Oil company has fulminated
against its conclusions the railroads had
accepted them before they were pub
lished. Corroborative evidence of the
validity of Mr. Garfield's accusations
was furnished by the transportation
companies when they withdraw the dis
criminating rates, made the secret rates
public so that all alike might have the
advantage of them, abolished the dis
crimination in favor of tank cars, re
sumed prorated rates, which they had
arbitrarily refused in the interest of the
Standard.
It is in vain for the Standard Oil
company to exclaim that the commis
sioner's charges are not true when the
railroads are tumbling over themselves
to furnish evidence that they are true.
Reed Smoot naturally wants to know
what is being done with the case of Dr.
Depew.
*The Wood Alcohol Lobby.
|The presence of the wood alcohol
lobby in Washington is evidence, not
so much of the danger to the free alco
hol bill at the present time, as it is an
indication of the encouragement which
has always been granted to special in
terests to rush in for the protection of
their special privileges whenever legis
lation is under consideration which con
templates publie, rather than private
interests.
When you come to think of it, the
impudence of the wood alcohol crowd
ought ^0 be amazing enough to suggest
its true character to the lobbyists them
selves. They ought to be ashamed to
appear before congress with such propo
sitions as are outlined in our Washing
ton dispatches to?ay and they would
be, probably, if the historv of legisla
tion had not encouraged them to be
lieve that pets and favorites could ask
for favors at the expense of the public
and get them.
No measure presented to congress for
many a'day is so clearly in the interest,
of the many as against the privilege of
the few as this free alcohol bill, and the
fact that the Standard Oil trust and the
wood alcohol lobbyists are hopeful that
they can prevent this legislation is such
a reflection upon congress itself as ought
to make the hearings accorded to them
exceedingly brief.
If you are at all uncertain about the
thickness of your hide keep out of the
campaign this fall.
State Drainage Convention.
Newspapers in several cities of
southern Minnesota are urging the local
commercial organizations to send dele
gates to the Wadena convention of the
Minnesota Drainage league June 5., The
argument is made that since the state
is spending money in the drainage
cause, every section of the state ought
to be familiar with the subject.
There is no question about the sound
ness of that proposition. For several
years the state has expended $25,000 a
year on drainage ditches. A survey is
being completed for the purpose of
framing a comprehensive system, and
pushing drainage work on a(much larg
er scale hereafter. At the next session
of the legislature an effort will be made
to raise the appropriatipp to $100,000 a
year.
The funds put into drainage come out
of the state treasury, and the districts
not getting direct benefit ought to keep
in touch with the work. Opposition to
drainage appropriations has come in the
past from a lack of understanding. The
primary object of the ditches is to re
claim state swamp land and make it
salable for farm purposes. The history
Qf the work, young as it is, shows that
the investment has paid manyfold. To
be sure, the drainage appropriation
comes out of the general fund, and the
proceeds of land sales go into the school
fund, but that is only a detail of book
keeping. The public gets the benefit,
and drainage is a good investment.
There are 7,600,000 acres of unproduct
ive land awaiting drainage, it is esti
mated, and nearly' 3,000,000 acres of
this belongs to the state. It can be re
claimed at a cost of $1 to $1.50 an acre,
and instead of being worthless will be-
Wednesday Evening THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
come valuable as any in northern Min
nesota, either for agriculture or timber.
Many facts bearing on the question will
be presented at the Wadena convention^
and every county in the state should be
represented 'there.
The London Sketch gives an irftlrest
ing derivation of tUe word^ "CanadaV* *t
states that when the Portuguese, under
Gaspar Cortereal, in 1590, first ascended
the St. Lawrence, they believed it to be
the strait thru which a passage might be
discovered into the Indian sea. When,
however, they arrived at the point whence
they could clearly ascertain that this waa
no strait, but a river, they exclaimed re
peatedly in their disappointment, "Ca
nada" (Here nothing). These, words,
remembered by the. natives, were re
peated to the next European visitors, who
took them for the name of the land. The
Canadians have since proved that there
is something there.
The reason of Senator Clark's retire
ment la said to be that "he traded off his
seat to Heinze in their recent business
deal. A senatorial seat is a valuable
asset, as there are but few of them
quoted, Will the Montana legislature
sign the deed, or will they "rare up" and
send a man to Washington?
Speck von Sternberg disposes of the
German scare in South America by
showing that all Germans who were sup
posed to have deported themselves to
Brazil arrived at Gutenburg, Iowa.
When it came out that the democratic
national committee had over a million
dollars to distribute naturally the negrO
vote of Indianapolis rose up and asked
T. Taggart what became of it.
A Detroit judge has decided that a wife
has a right to half her husband's pay,
which is satisfactory if he will file a sup
plementary order decreeing the title to
the other half in him.
HI Henry Rogers denies the charges.
Tour Uncle John D. says nothing, but is
preparing to tell in the Thursday evening
meeting how the righteous are perse
cuted.
Chicago fears that its olty hall is fall
ing down. Now and then a stone drops
out of it and barely misses the innocent
bystander who has called to pay his
taxes.
The May magazines were printed about
the date of the earthquake on April 18,
and so missed it. The June numbers are
likely to inform us of the occurrence.
King Haakon and Queen Maud of
Norway have arranged to be crowned in
Christiania on June 22, in honor of the
visit %t Mr. and Mrs. Longworth.
The Chicago man who bet $25,000 that
he could be absolutely truthful for a
year has already concluded that money
Is not everything in this world.
Now arises the question: How wil|
Cummins indicate his gratitude to Elklns
for his part In the renomlnatlon of the
Iowa governor?
President Day ought to be able to get
the sons of all the special privilege advo
cates in his university. He has attacked
the square, deal.
Two people hava been killed by light
ning already this summer. They-were
probably candidates whose rods were
poorly grounded.
it n' i1-rtr.f,
The drydock Dewey got thrif*the Suez
canal without inflicting any other dam
age than knocking a couple^of flowerpots
off the rim.
As far as Standard Oil Is concerned the
president thinks a little application of the
muckrake would be helpful at this junc
ture.
Passengers in the Auto club's airships
in New York are charged $75 each. If
you fall out you are fined.
Governor Hoch is for the square deal.
He merely asked for the delivery of what
was coming to him.
A HORSE ON NEW ENGLAND
Nebraska State Journal.
The discovery that Imported wools pay
65 cents from Boston to western cities
against 27 cents from Baltimore and 28
cents from Philadelphia is a "horse" on
the Massachusetts senators who have
been arguing against the new rat bill
for fear It would bring distance rates and
shut New England out in the industrial
and commercial cold. It would be Impos
sible to make distance rates rnore^, dis
criminatory than the rates imposed by
the railroads without government restric
tion.
TOWNE'S VOICE EXPLAINED
After one of Congressman Towne's
speeches in the house Mr. Cushman se
cured the floor and said in tones of pro
found admiration: "That rich, rotund,
oratorical voice of his has often driven
me to envy and the brink of despair.
Many times I have wondered at its per
fection, but at last I have reached the so
lution. It comes from the broad practice
my friend has had In speaking for all
parties, on all questions and from every
side of each."
THE SECRETARY KNEW
A naval officer had been tried for
drunkenness apd the report of the court
martial was before Secretary Bonaparte.
Some friends of the officer, who is really
a good fellow and a fine office*, but too
popular for his own well being, went be
fore the secretary to save him. "You
see, Mr Secretary," said one of them,
"In my opinion this sentence is unjust.
Do you know what his -trouble Is?"
"Yes," said the secretary, "thirst."
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
MAY-9
'WMAN CATHOLIC SYSTEM OF
POLITICAL ECONOMY,"John A. Byan,
professor of ethics and economics in tho
St. Paul seminary, in a book bearing the
title A Living Wage, Its Ethical and Eco
nomic Aspects, gives what Professor
Richard T. Ely of Wisconsin university,
calls "a Roman Catholic system of politi
cal economy,,*' "a well-defined theory of
wages" based upon Professor Ryan's un
derstanding of the approved doctrines of
his ohurch. Professor Ely, In his Intro
duction, further and justly commends the
book "as an attempt on the part of a re
ligious teacher to get beyond vague and
glittering generalities to precise doctrine,
and to pass from appeals to sentiment to
reasoned arguments."
It will be seen from the above that Pro
fessor Ryan's book Is one to make a
strong appeal to everyone Interested in
the labor problem and in economics. The
problem is one that the church has viewed
too long from the glittering generality
point of view, failing to raallze that its
solution means the solution of many sub
sidiary problems in which the church is
vitally interested.
Professor Ryan first discusses the eco
nomic and legal presumptions against
living WS. a"d
then weighs authoritiea
which favor an ethical standard of fixing
wages. He then passes to the basis, na
ture and content of the right to a living
wage, to the facts by which the right is
conditioned, and finally to the
obli
tions corresponding to the right. In this
closing chapter the author gives a sum
mary and conclusi6n, in which may toe
seen his line of argument, which runs in
part thus:
The laborer's right to a living wage Is tho
specific form of his generic right to obtain on
reasonable conditions sufficient of the eartnB
products to afford him a decent liv?Hbood. The
latter rigl is, like all other moial rights,
hased on his intrinsic worth as A person, ana
on the saoredness of those needs that are
essential to the reasonable development of per
sonality. Among the things to which these
needs point there is included a certain amount
of material goods. A man's right to this in
dispensable minimum of the bountv of nature
is as valid as his right 4o life, the difference
is merely In degree of importance. Now when
the man whose social ind economic function is
that of a wage earner has expended all his
working time and energy in the performance
of seme useful task, he has fulfilled the only
condition that in his caee.can be legarded as
a reasonable prerequisite to the "actual enjoy
ment of his right to a decent livelihood. The
obligation of providing him with the material
means of living decently rests in a general
way upon all his fellow men. That is to say,
they are all under moral restraint not to do
anything that would be *n unreasonable Inter
ference with his access to these means. How
ever, it is only those persons who are In control
of the goods and opportunities of living that
are practicably within his reach, who can
effectively hinder or promote his enjoyment of
the right in question When they prevent
him from peaceably getting possession of the
requisite amount of goods they are morally re
sponsible for his failure tp obtain a decent live
lihood. This specific obligation of the
class of persons that we are considering falls
primarily upon the employer, for his economic
position as direct beneficiary of the laborer's
exertion and as payer of wages, renders this
the only nranticable
outcome of any reasonable
division of the communitj's opportunities of liv
ing and of the corresponding responsibilities.
Nor can the employer escape his duty of pay
ing a living wage brv taking refuge behind the
terms of the so called free contract. The fact
is that the underpaid laborer does Jiot willingly
sell his labor for less i than the equivalent of
a decent livelihood, Any more than -the way
farer willingly gives up his purse to t^ie high
wayman It is the snperior
economictoforde
consists essentially in' tnev
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1502Columbus sailed from Cadiz In
search of a passage to the south sea.
1767-^Professor Casslnl discovered
the revolution of Venus.
1781The Spaniards captured Pen
sacola, Fla.
1800John Brown, antl -slavery
champion, born. Died Dec. 2, 1869.
1805Schiller, German poet. died.
Born Nov. 11, 1759.
1848General? Taylor defeated the
Mexicans at Resaca de la Palma.
1884Battle of Swift Creek. Va.
1864Sheridan's ride around Lee's
army begun.
1902Island of S Vincent, Brit
ish West Indies, overwhelmed by vol
canic eruptions.
1903Supreme court holds prpfil*
bltlon In North Dakota constitutional.
""tn#
(which
ability wait while
the laborer must go!*-to ^wbrk "o8ay- or starve)
possessed by the employei ^tbat-enables him to
hire labor for less tHAn a living, wajge. The
other economic classes in the community, the
landowner, the loan capitalist, the consumer,
and the man cf wealth, share the responSi-^
billty of providing the laborer with a decent
livelihood In a secondary degree^ and In ac
cordance with the nature ana possibilities of
their several economic positions, Finally the
state is morally bound to compel employers to
pay a living wage whenever and wherever it
can, with a moderate degree of success, put
into effect the appropriate legislation
The author recognizes the difficulties
of enforcing these principles in practice,
but he claims .that if they were put into
practice they would result In an enor
mous improvement in industrial and so
cial conditions.
The position of Professor Ryan is one
that will ba subject doubtless to consid
erable criticism. Nevertheless, It is a
great deal to have formulated a Christian
system of political eqonomy, and to have
formulated it so clearly as has been done
in this eases even tho It is not every
where convincing To have stated a prob
lem Is to have prepared the way for solu
tion, .and as a statement of the case
Professor Ryan's book Is worthy of care
ful studjff
u0^
The Macmillan company, New York.
$1.50 net.
MIEIAM MICHELSON,
Who Lost an Unfinished Novel in Ban
San Franbisoo Fire.
UNFINISHED NOVELS BURNED IN
SAN FRANCISCO.The authors of San
Francisco are mourning the. destruction
of reams upon reams of manuscript.
Miriam Michelson lost a novel which was
nearly completed. James Hopper was
also putting the last touches on a novel,
a novel of Philippine Hfe- This went up
in smoke* Gertrude Atherton was living
in Berkeley, so that her papers came
thru all right.
"SIR GALAHAD OF NEW FRANCE"
is the story of a Huguenot refugee who
came to the south to escape the perse
cutions In France, In the sixteenth cen
tury. He was mdrPoned by his compan
ions for resisting a mutinous attack on
the company's leader, and, left In the
wilderness, was cared for by a beautiful
daughter of the Natchez. In a time
when license was the rule, his conduct
with this child of a hospitable barbarian
race won for him the title Sir Galahad.'
The story is one of %flne/
ideals and vigor
ous action. It Is based in the main on
the conflict between the French and the
Spanish on our southeastern coast. The
characters are not very distinctly drawn,
but are vtvid enough to hold the reader's
Interest. The author is Wullam Henry
iTfrTufTwro wh bti ^M'^fff- sum ttMs, TfTmfl-
Defective Page
skill as a raconteur in the work put Into
the story In. hand.
Qerhert B. Turner & Co., Boston.
LIFE OF JOHN WITHERSPOON.
David Walker Woods, Jr., has written a
life Of his great grandfather, John With-'
erspoon, whom Horace Walpole heto re
sponsible tor the American revolution. It
Is said to be the first comprehensive life
of the man, and Is divided into four parts
covering four distinct parts of Wither
spoon's careerthe struggle for popular
rights in the church of Scotland, the
presidency of Princeton, the organization
of the Presbyterian church in America,
his activity In the conduct of the revo
lution. In spite of the fact that the au
thor Is personally interested, thru de
scent, in his subject, he shows an im*
partial spirit, and writes as tho his chief
end wag to give the truth as to his- dis-
tinguished ancestor, and no more than
that." His style is clear and fluent. Alto
gether the book Is an exceptional piece of
biography. Its study cannot fail to- stir
one's patriotism and reawaken hjs ad
miration for the heroic men _, who set
America free.
Fleming H. Reyell company, New york,
$1.60 net.
THE MAGAZINES
New Historical Magazine.Volume I,
number 2, of the American Historical
Magazine has just been received. It is
dated March, and contains a historical
sketch of Fort Snelling, also a paper
headed "Iowans In John Brown's Raid."
The magazine is from the Publishing So
oiety of New York, 41 Lafayette place,
and appears the fifteenth day each of
January, March, May, July, September
and November.
What's In the Magazines for May Is
larger than the preceding numbers. In
addition to more Information about more
magazines, it contains a department of
interesting magazine news notes.
Mr. Perrlton Maxwell, who for six years
past has held an editorial position on the
Metropolitan Magazine, has severed his
connection with that publication, and will
in the, course of a few weeks take charge
of a new monthly magazine, which will
have its first issue in the coming autumn.
His desk on the Metropolitan has been
filled by Homer Saint-Oaudens, spn of the
well-known sculptor, who has left the
Critic Magazine to accept the situation.
title of an article in the May number of
The Four Track News. This is a beau
tifully written and artistically illustrated
description of the ever-changing vision
and majesty of the Rockies.
The Municipal Journal and Engineer
for May is given up almost wholly to a
discussion of sewerage problems.
AMUSEMENTS
Foyer Chat.
Channlng Pollock's charming love story
of Washington life, "The Little Gray
LadyN" will have its last performance In
this city at the Metropolitan tonight. The
play is perfectly presented by a capable
company of artists.
William Norris, Knox Wilson, Luella
Drew, Ursula March, the Madcap ballet
and four score others will appear at the
Metropolitan for the half week commenc
ing tomorrow evening, in F. C. Whitney's
spectacular production of the latest mu
sical fantasy, "Land of Nod."
There Is a number on the program of
Lew Dockstadar's Minstrels, coming to
the Metropolitan the first half of next
week, that will easily appeal to all lovers
of music. The great singing contingent*
has the stage to itself in giving the old
time, sweet songs. There is a simplicity
of melody and sentiment In the songs
sung in the old days that Is not to be
found In the coon song and hothouse
ballads of the present day. This touch
of sentiment in the veritable hurricane
of fun supplied by. Doekstader's min
strels appeals most potently to everyone
who has any reverence for the traditions
of older days.
The summer seasorr-of brilliant comedies
at the Lyceum theater, which has been
so successfully Inaugurated by Ralph
Stuart and his excellent company, has
won great favor with the public. Enthu
siastic audiences are showing the high
est appreciation of "The Brixton Burg-
lary," a screaming farce, this week. Next
week Mr. Stuart will offer the delightful
American comedy, "Pink Dominoes."
The York-Herbert trio of acrobats and
singers, the fine singing of the Buckeye
State quartet and the brilliant one-act
play of the Ann Hamilton company, are
hlgh-cjass features at the Unique, this
week. The great Westin in Impersona
tions of famous men, Is an "artistic study.
George Austin Moore, for several sea
sons prime favorite with the devotees of
musical comedy, is proving a decidedly
pleasant ndvelty to patrons of the Or
pheum theater during this, the last week
of that theater's present season- Mr.
Mriore, altho known in the vernacular of
the old vaudeville days as a "dress-suit
guy," is already exceedingly popular
with all three floors of the Orpheum be
cause of his unusual ability to sing songs
of all classes and in all dialects, at no
time, failing to display the fine qualities,
of his voice. There is plenty of comedy
on the last week's bill, as those who have
seen Foy and Clark in "The Modern
Jonah," Thomas J. Keogh and company
In "The Way H Won Her," and Mitchell
and Cain, and marvelous Frank and Lit
tle Bob are testifying.
"When the World Sleeps," the current
attraction at the Bijou, is playing to good
sized audiences The piece Is a melo
drama which contains all the, sensational
qualities necessary for success. The
story is one of considerable heart Inter
est, and the thrilling scenes and climaxes
come well under the ban of things rea
sonable, while an elaborate scenic mount
ing has been provided.
"The, Burglar's Daughter," a new melo
drama'by Owen Davis, will be seen at the
Bijou next week. The principal effect In
this play is a race across a trestle bridge*
Another novel feature Is a moving pano
rama of New York harbor, showing a
correct picture of the shore line of New
York. With all the large buildings bril
liantly Illuminated. The play t*Us a
story of a poor girl's rise from the mis
erable surroundings of her birth to a po
sition of refinement.
CLEAR ISSUE IN IOWA
Nebraska State Journal,
By refusing to indorse a'favorite son
for governor the home county of Lieu
tenant Governor Herriott of Iowa has
Insured that the contest between Gov
ernor Cummlngs and Mr. Perkins shall
not be complicated by the entrance of a
third element. It Is to be a square fight
for the nomination for governor with the
railroad and other standpat forces sup
porting Mr. Perkins and the element fa
voring political control by the rank and
file supporting Governor Cummlngs. No
matter what the result, there will be the
satisfaction of knowing that there was
no great befogging of the Issue. r*
IT MAKES THEM SIT UPr
Nebraska State Journal.
The" promptness of the answer filed by
the Standard Oil company to the presi
dent's massage and the Garfield report
is vastly significant. There was a time
when this company answered orTtioiaTO
by putting its thumbs into the armholea
of tg vest, sticking out its big stomach
sod, Hfyfyy &. the gnhfto
May 9, 1906.
In Political Circles
The Garfield Bepublican club held an
interesting meeting in Morgan post hali
last night. A class of candidates was
initiated and questions bearing/ on the
coming count) and state campaigns dis
cussed. The club, thru its weli-organ
ized and distributed membership, will
take an active part in the coming cam
paign. ,g 4
After an attack of suspended anima
tion lasting several years, the old Hen
nepin Bepublican association is to be
revived. and regalvanized. for....the ap-
A. W. Skog, for the past six years
chief fieputy county register of deeds,
has filed his affidavit of candidacy for
the republican nomination to succeed
Begister of Deeds Merrill, who will not
again be a candidate. Mr. Skog has
been a resident of Minneapolis since
1870 and is' well known both in busi
ness and republican political circles, in
which he has been active for the past
decade.
Hennepin county democrats are quiet
ly talking among themselves to find a
candidate as running mate for Gover
nor Johnson, who is conceded the nomi
nation for the head of the ticket. So
far the man most prominently men
tioned is C. M. Pond, former judge of
the district court of Hennepin county.
"The Grandeur of the Summits" is thel He is well known in the county and
thruout the state and is believed by
many of the leaders to be a strong
man to put up for lieutenant governor.
F. G. Winston would be a favorite, but
so far has refused to entertain political
talk of any sort.
EJ
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
San Francisco Business Methods.
To the Editor of The Journal.
To say, as has been said in some of the
dispatches recently, that the retail mer
chants of San Francisco have for fifty
years practiced a policy of extravagance
in business management, which has at
the end of each year left them with
"small balances on the right side of the
ledger," and to intimate that the profits
have been wasted in extravagant salaries
to employees, will be to both of these
classes of citizens of the coast city a com
plete surprise, and doubtless to the latter
a revelation of "lavishneBs" which they
have until this time never realized.
An acquaintance of over thirty years
with both wholesale and retail houses of
San Francisco, justifies the statement
that as a whole, the methods of such
houses have not differed substantially
from those of business houses in other
cities of the country. The fact that the
great retail houses of San Francisco at
tained the prominence and did the vol
ume of business which is to their credit,
is sufficient refutation of the accusation
that this business was done in any but
an organized and business-like way, while
reference to "Macy of New York" as a
criterion of a house marked for "adher
ence to prices" Is to one who knows the
methods of that house, a reason for belief
that the writer of the San Francisco ar
ticle is unfortunate in his comparisons.
Whatever the "spirit of '49" may have
been, the spirit of '06 among San Fran
cisco merchants Is much the same as
with merchants of other cities The man
ufacturers and jobbers of San Francisco
have never been removed from the same
competition which has to be met by other
markets. New York, Chicago, Boston,
Philadelphia, St. Louis and Milwaukee
wholesalers have sent their travelers Into
San Francisco territory, and the mer
chants of that city have found the same
necessity for close buying and economical
management as has been recognized and
practiced In all business communities.
The compensation to trayelers represent
ing Sap Francisco concerns has been, and
always will be, based on the ability of
the menno more and no less.
Pray, where do those "traveling sales
men of long experience, who *are given
carte blanche," travel? Traveling from
San Francisco is much the same as trav
eling from a city further east, excepting
that freight rates in most lines prohibit
San Francisco representatives coming
east of the mountains. To compare the
probable expense of San Francisco* trav
elers with the expenses of the represen
tatives of eastern concerns visiting Cali
fornia cities would be a revelation to
ypur critics of San Francisco business
methods. If the San Francisco "traveler
of long experience" has had "carte
blanche," what has the New York trav
eler visiting the coast enjoyed? An
evening spent at the cafes, theaters or
hotels of San Francisco would have dem
onstrated where much of the money
comes from which has been spent
in "butterfly life" in that city. The fact
that much has been spent in extrava-
ganc and "hig life, need not be charged
to lax or extravagant methods of San
Francisco merchants. -Great business es
tablishments such as have existed for
years in that city are not the product of
"butterfly" or "lavish" commercial ef
fort.
It is too early now to predicate the fu
ture business life of San Francisco, but
there are no new lessons to be learned
by those people. There have been no bet
ter managers, shrewder buyers, nor more
far-seeing merchants than those of the
golden gate city. The business of the
new city will be built on the same foun
dation of progressive and broad-minded
commercialism as was the old San Fran
cisco, that glorious monument to the pio
neers df early days.
G. B. W. Parker.
Minneapolis, April 30, 1906.
THE FOOTPATH OF PSAOE
Professor Henry Van Dyke of Princeton.
To be glad of life, because It gives you
the ehance to love and to work 'and to
play and to look up athe stars, to be
satisfied with your possessions, but not
contented with yourself until you have
made the best of them tp despise nothing
in the world except falsehood, and mean
ness, and to fear nothing except cow
ardice to be governed by your admira
tions rather than by your disgusts to
covet nothing that Is your neighbor's ex
cept his kindness of heart and gentleness
of manners to think seldom of your ene
mies, often of your friendsthese are
little guide-posts on the footpath to
peace. THE QUALITY OF PJJBLXC_0^lfIQ*
R. Lowell.
AH free governments, whatevw their
names, are hi reality governments by
public opinion and it SS on the quality
of this public opinion that their pros
perity depends.
TOUNG PRIMA DONNA
gISMOTEDTODOLLL
"Much singing hath made thee fat"
is a paraphrase which might aptly b
applied to Bessie French, the child pri
ma donna who is singing at the Or
pheum theater during this, the* last
week of the season.
Three years ago Bessie was a spin
dly, lean-armed slip of a child, makina
the best of existence in Chicago. Liki
her mother before her, she had a good
natural voice and a in
fo.r
poaching campaign. State politics will of othersbut it was not until she
be considered, but the greatest atten
tion will be lavished on the local situa
tion.
A reorganization meeting was held
last night in Dillin's hall, Washington
and First avenue S. Plans for com
pleting and perfecting the organization
were discussed and another' meeting
will be held Monday night. Thomas
Salmon presided last night and there
was an active participation in the dis
cussion. A feature of the next meet
ing will be a discussion of the primary
election system for nominations. The
system will be defended by George E.
Smith and A. C. Finney and attacked
by John Steele and George Armstrong.
The old H. B. A. was once a leading
republican organization in the county,
but has been down and out for four
or five years. Much of the former mem
bership is still active, however, and it
is believed by the promoters of the re
organization that it will be possible to
organize an effective campaign machine
about the former prestige.
her own pleasuredelight and the pleasuritgusin
appeared as a pickaninny at a private
vaudeville entertainment in a Soutl
Side home that her voice was discov
ered to be a remarkable gift. The at*
tention of a Mr. Stevenson, well knows
among Chicago teachers of vocal cul
ture, was attracted to her, and he
promptly invested his experience in he
future.
Now she is a plump, sturdy and de
cidedly pretty bit of a girl, thorolj
healthy in mind and body and with a
repertory of arias from French, Eng
lish and Italian operas that would be
to the credit of the most mature Binger.
This talented child, now in her ninth
year, has a charming stage presence,
for she is quite unconscious of every
thing except the music she is inter
preting. She also has plenty of tem
perament and her singing is devoid of
any forced quality suggestive of auto
matic tone production. The voice is
true and well placed and the phrasing
of her songs is always that of a vet
eran.
"Mr. Stevenson has been the mak
ing of Bessie in more ways than one,"
says Mrs. French, who travels with
Bessie. He taught her how to breathe
as well as how to make the most of her
voice. The result is that we have the
healthiest, happiest little girl any fond
parents could wish."
'Next to admiration for those who
appear on the bill with her, the almost
infant prima donna, who sings from
double above the staff to several
steps below it, loves her dolls.
CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Superintendent Hardy of the Washing
ton filtration plant, which has been hi
operation six months, said in a recent
lecture that it post J2 per million gallons
to Alter water, considering all incidental
expenses. Bacteriological tests had been
satisfactory. Tables were presented show
ing the percentage of deaths in two
cities which obtained water from moun
tain streams to be 4 per cent in ten
cities having filtered water, 8 3 per cent
in eight cities supplied by rivers, having
surplus stored in reservoirs, 14.7 pei
cent In eight cities with supplies from
rivers unimproved, 23.1 per cent, in seven
cities supplied by small lakes and streams,
28.5 in eleven cities, including "Wash
ington, supplied from polluted streamy
60.8. A great improvement in the death
rate had been noted in many cities where
nitration had been undertaken, several
cities showing a decrease in the deaths
from typhoid from eighty-six 100,-
000 to twenty in 100,000 of population.
St. Louis has twenty-four local clvle
associations, all of which, according
to a local critic, are. actively en
gaged in nothing else but watching an*
suspecting each other "The city is af
flicted with chronic obstruction In the
acute stage." It seems to be a clear case
of the muckraker militant.
A combination of the gas companies
in closest community of interests with
the electric light companies has kept the
price of gas at SI in New York. Before
the consolidation 'the price was 70 cents
and the plants were making money. Now
the legislature has stepped in to the relief
of the people with an 80-cent gas MIL
The passage of this bill had a curious
effect. The stock of the gas company
rose from 137 to 141. This is the ex
planation. Threats of city rivalry had
battered it down from 214 to 175 and the
report of the state gas commission sent
it to 187. The rally is taken as evidence
that it is believed the danger of city own
ership is past.
ANTIOCH'S EARTHQUAKE RECORD
Antioch in Its day was the third city in
importance in the world. Situated in
northern Syria upoij the river Orontes, it
enjoyed a salubrious climate and reached
a. high state of civilization. The records
are, therefore, quite complete. It was,
however, situated in a region that suffered
severely from earthquakes, and Its name
has become inseparably associated with
some of the most famous shocks. No
volcano is within 500 miles, and as the
city is back from the coast, no sea wave
ever affected it. The first recorded
shock took place in 148 B. C. Others in
A. D. 37, 115-117. 841, 447, 458, 615, 626,
528. 679, 587, 712, 1092, and even In other
years, are matters of historic record. As
late as 1822 old-time experiences were re
peated for the inhabitants. The mojrt
destructive and therefore famous earth
quakes took place in 115-117, 341. 526 and
628. During the first of these Trajan
and his army were in the city, three
fourths of which was destroyed. Rivers
changed their courses, terrible storms
broke out, and the emperor himself was
In danger of his life. In 341 the shakings
lasted a year and extended all over the
orient. In 526 six days of severe shocks
were experienced, which destroyed,
among other edifices, a famous Christian
temple. There happened to be a great
assemblage of Christians, estimated at
250,000, in the city at the time, and the
loss of life was very severe. The city
.was rebuilt, however, and for two and a
hal
year
5-
remained
November, 528, cameunshaken. a shock ofThen seven!ni
hours' duration, accompanied by out
breaks of water The newly built houales
fell in on their inhabitants, and 5,000
people perished. FVfty years later the
city was again wrecked, and before ten
years had passed came another shoo's
with great loss of life.
Antioch presents a striking case of con
tinued and violent shocks in an Inland
city, and while we have not detailed
scientific records, its history places be
fore us a significant story of the relations
of mankind with one of the destructive
phenomena of nature.
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THE FRISCO SITS
Nebraska State Journal.
It Is a matter of record that the
pie who settled In San Francisco 4ur-
lng the boom that followed the discovery
of gold in 1848 agreed that the city was
located on the most unsalubrious spot In
the whole bay region. After a fire hid
licked the site of the town clean in tie
early fifties this feeling found expresslfn
In a town meeting. It was declared at
this gathering that a great city would
arise on the bay, but that it had been
started In the wrong place. A resolution
was passed unanimously agreeing to leave
the sandy peninsula and locate the city
at Benlcla, where the harbor Is better,
where the climate ts balmy, and where
railroads from the Interior could come
without a long detour.
.Then the meeting adjourned an4 the
men who had voted fnr removal with a
whoop went on rebuilding their framS
shanties at San Francisco. Net a man
jack started for Benicia. which Is to this
day only a straggling village a super*
location for a metropolis. If ft was Im
possible to move the town whan it had
only a handful of Inhabitants who war*
unanimous believing that it ought f
be moved, talk of a change, at this that
AM nonsense.
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