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32 The St. Paul Globe ,; A, THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS CrpriAT. <t^^^^^^^> _C!TT '» Fairer °T- °*"L Entered at Postomce at St. Paul. Minn., \ - --^^; as Second-Class,Matter. TELEPHONE . CALLS ' Northwestern— : • 1065 - Main. 3 Editorial" 78 Main. . • • Twin City—Business. 1065; Editorial. 78. Ay.i' CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS r ~;;\; ■"■ ■■■■ By Carrier— Rate Only.:----. > Daily ■ 0n1y.....:...... 40 cents, per month Daily and Sunday .... .50 cents. per month Sunday -;.:.;>1 i'.v.."..;20 cents per month v; i COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS • By Mall. | 1 mo. 16 mos. |12tnoa.. gaily, only .25 *r.50 - *3.00 ally and Sunday .35 2.00 -4.00 Sunday r.... ... . ; .20 1.10 2.00 EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE W. J. MORTON. ■• :,• '" '■•-."• ••>-■■■■ 160 Nassau St., New York City. ..,- •7 Washington St.. Chicago. THE ST.PAUL DAILY GLOBE*S ■ circulation Is now the larg est morning circulation in St. Paul. I^l ORE copies of the St. Paul '"■ Globe than t#f any other morning newspaper in St. Paul or Minneapolis are delivered by carriers to regular paid subscrib ers at their homes. THE St. Paul Sunday Globe Is ■ now acknowledged to be the best Sunday Paper in the North west and has the largest circu lation. ADVERTISERS get 100 per *^ cent more In results for the money they spend on advertising tn The Globe than from any other paper. THE Globe circulation Is ex* ■ elusive,, because ft Is the onrf Democratic Newspaper of gen eral circulation in the Northwest. A DVERTISERS In The Globe *■' reach this great and dally Increasing constituency, and tt cannot be reached in any other way. RESULTS COUNT— THE GLOBE GIVES THEM. SUNDAY, NOV. 20, 1904 REGULATE DANCE HALLS The request made to the city council for an ordinance permitting the chief of police to regulate public dance halls should be granted without a single dis senting vote. Such regulation when put into effect should be rigorous as it can be made. There is no need of in terfering with innocent amusements or of drawing too strict a line about the recreations,which the people choose for themselves. There is every reason why these privileges should not be abused, and why the public authori ties should not permit the ruin of the innocent and the young which is now compassed in so many instances through the agency of these resorts. It did not need the investigation which Rev. David Morgan and other clergymen have made of the dance halls of the city to tell the people what was the character of many of them. The Globe had originated the work and made the initial exposure. Its publication some weeks ago of an ac count of scenes to be witnessed in cer tain of these public places on any Sat urday night was followed by an out burst of public indignation. We are sure that if all our people could un derstand the exact situation they would bring to bear the force of irre sistible public opinion. Let us not defeat our own purpose by adopting strict notions and confusing amusements presumably innocent with those that are certain to lead to shame and crime. There is no sin in dan cing. Young people have always loved it and probably will lov e it while the world stands. For a large part of them in every great city the only opportu nity to indulge in this amusement is found in public places. All the great army of those who earn their own liv ing are as a rule obliged to get their entertainment in this way. In general the halls where public dances are held are perfectly reputable, and what goes on there is as free from reproach as the average dancing party in a private home. It goes without saying, however, that two rules should be applied inex orably to the management of these places. The first is that minors should n»t be permitted there, it may be a hardship to the girl under age not to have a place to dance innocently, but it is a greater injury to the class to which she belongs and to the whole community when she is allowed to fre quent public places without a guardian or attendant responsible for her acts. The name reasons that are behind the enforcement of the curfew law plead for the exclusion of minors from en tertainments in public places that bring the sexes into close association and do not end until the early morn ing. Public morality and purity of in dividual character demand the enforce ment of this rule. Still more imperative Is it that sucl halls shall not be allowed to operate in connection with or in close proximity to pla^es^where intoxicating liquors or stimulating beverages of any kind can be obtained; The thought of this is simply horriblej nni it is t!n".« connec tion \\h;,h '..is rise to all the evils attributed to the public dance halls and to all the hateful things which the clergymen of the city have reported from their own observation. It. is an abomination when places to which girls and young women are in vited for an evening's pleasure, and to which they may come with innocent anticipation, welcome them with the proffer of intoxicants; and accustom and inure them to the degrading sight of men and women dancing together with either or both parties more or less under the influence of liquor. It is such associations as this that blacken innocence and people hell with lo^t souls. There can be no excuse for permitting public dance halls and liquor selling to be conjoined; no an swer to the demand that this should be suppressed. In the name of public morality and of ordinary decency The Globe seconds that demand with all its heart. The council should aot promptly and plainly. It should pass an ordi nance giving the police department su pervision over every hall where public dances are held. That supervision should be not perfunctory, but real. It should see that minors, unless properly accompanied, be excluded. The ordi nance should further direct that no public dances may be held in such places unless they are removed by a considerable distance, too great to be covered comfortably by any of the pleasure seekers, from any place where liquor may be obtained. These condi tions are not stringent, but dictated by mere ordinary everyday morality. We can see no reason why the council should hesitated or delay. IN SELF DEFENSE Should any one believe that the or ganization of labor is due solely to a desire to take the aggressive, and that there is little or no need of it as a means of obtaining justice, let him glance at the action taken by nearly 100 teachers in the public schools of Minneapolis. These represent em ployes of the highest grade of intelli gence and of great devotion to their work. For some years now an effort has been made to organize the teach ers of the public schools in many cities and states into unions. They have re sisted everywhere. They do not de sire to place themselves even thus far in an attitude of formal antagonism to the public, and we are not advised that there is any such organization in Min neapolis. Nevertheless the teachers there are acting in concert, and are compelled to do just what the unions are doing because of their total failure to secure justice or even fair consid eration. The situation is the same everywhere. The teachers in our public schools constitute the worst paid class of labor in the entire community. The vast ma jority of them not being voters, no fear of political results is felt when their wages are cut or their work increased. Their Is of a peculiarly exhaust ing kind. It tells upon brain and nerve centers, and as a rule the teach er can work a far smaller numt>er of years than one engaged in other em ployments. The preparation required is onerous and expensive. In order to become fitted for the work, years of ptudy and the expenditure of many hundred dollars must be given. When all this is done, the teacher receives in wages perhaps from one-quarter to one third as much as a laborer in any of the trades. The situation is palpably absurd. No appeals to public opinion will suffice to remedy this injustice. When ever expenses are to be cut down, whenever a budget is to be reduced, whenever finances cannot be .made to balance, the inevitable resort is to the item of school expense. That is cut first and last. It is about at the mini mum to begin with; and whenever there is a deficit anywhere else, some body has another whack at it. We have in our city made recently an economy by increasing the number of pupils in each room in the lower grades. This is a wrong to the pupil and it is also an injustice to the teach er. It increases the strain and diffi culty of the work immensely. No ad ditional compensation is given. The policy is the same all along the line. Additions are made to the course of study requiring special preparation. Teachers' meetings are called, occupy ing a large share of the time outside of school hours supposed to be free for rest and recreation. Written recita tions and examinations keep many teachers busy day and night for weeks at a time examining papers, and the burden grows steadily heavier. At the same time there is nowhere any sug gestion of increase in pay. It is inevitable that teachers in the public schools everywhere should even iually organize and act in their own hehalf in self defense if there is no change in this policy. They have done their work cheerfully and refused to combine until after all other kinds of labor have adopted the co-operative idea. They are still reluctant to organ ize. They will not do so If they can obtain even scant justice in any other way. But that justice must be done. The situation in Minneapolis shows authorities everywhere into Just what difficulties they would be plunged, and warns the parents of our children what practical destruction would come upon our entire educational system if the tctfcfeara, despairing of relief, should decide to discontinue their unprofitable and unrewarded labor. The object les son should tf^enough to prevent any THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 20/ 1904 such crisis. But unless there la a keener interest and larger sense of duty toward the teachers in the public schools, that is bound to come. A MUSICAL OFFERING Whoever is instrumental in bringing to a city a musician of note may very properly be considered a public bene factor, for the recital given by such an artist is a liberal education- The an- nouncement, therefore, that the Young Men's Christian association will re sume the office of local impresario will increase the estimation in which the association is held by the public. There are notable names announced for its proposed concert court. Sure ly if that pet phrase of the press agent's, "a glittering galaxy of stars,' were ever permissible, it is when the names of Mme. Gadski. Mine. Piper, Bispham and De Pachmann are asso ciated in one entertainment course. It is an unfortunate fact that the way of the impresario, like the way of the trangressor, is frequently hard. Certainly the individual or the asso ciation that undertakes to bring to a city a musician whose genius com mands a high price risks something. Here in St. Paul, however, there is much to encourage such an individual or such an association. The city en joys a reputation for. sound musical judgment and appreciation that is de served. And invariably it has dealt fairly by those who have shown them selves desirous of advancing locally the cause of music. Undoubtedly, the Young Men's Christian association will receive the patronage of the public in its venture this winter. And undoubtedly it will be encouraged by its success to make this winter course a permanent feature of its educational work. For many seasons now the city has depended on two musical organizations, chiefly, for its supply of worthy out of town mu sical attractions. These have deserved and are receiving the heartiest sup port, but there is room for another permanent course, and it is to be hoped that the Y. M. C. A. will be so en couraged in its present venture that it will decide to establish such a course. Its undertaking this year, at any rate, will make the musical season unusually brilliant. NO NEARER THE STARS Those who fondly believed that the inducements in the way of advertising and a monetary prize offered by the Louisiana Purchase exposition would produce an airship that would stay up in the air and that would be govern able while up there seem doomed to disappointment. The Baldwin exposi tion appears to be the most successful. At least it stayed up, though the aero naut by no means demonstrated that it was under his complete control. More over, it is shrewdly suspected that If this or any other airship were found t» be entirely satisfactory on the. trial trip, it would not be permitted to re pose in the aerodrome. So far as the foreign aeronauts at the fair are concerned, they seem to be playing in hard luck. Santos Dn mont, because of accident or knavery, was forced to fold up his airship and take it back to Europe. There was some talk of his getting it mended and of his returning with it to this coun try, but nothing is said of that return now. And Prance, apparently, has fared no better than Belgium. The Francois airship was going beautifully Tuesday, or so it is reported, when an exposition attache who did not under stand the French language pulled the wrong rope in response to an order and the airship was hastily returned to the aerodrome. If the fault was with the attache altogether, of course the French machine will try again, but its just possible that the invention also was at fault. The exposition will not close for a month yet, and it may be that some modest and ingenious inventor has a perfectly satisfactory airship up his sleeve, figuratively speaking, of course. He may produce it. as Ah Sin did the trump card, at the last moment. If this should happen it would be a great triumph for the exposition, for its close would mark the beginning of a new epoch. But though possible. It is not probable that this will happen. Perhaps som c future world's fair will be so glorified. At any rate, the expo sition that will soon close has gather ed together the best that inventors have to offer in the way of ship* that will fly or that are intended to fly. It has revealed achievement if not un qualified success. PHILOSOPHY AND FOOTBALL Prof. George H. Howison, of the Uni versity of California, says that foot ball is a relic of barbarism. The California profesgpr is not ex actly original in his discovery or his manner of describing it. Even with the thunder of the "zip-boom-ah" still waking the echoes, we are minded to admit that upon a time we made the same discovery and the same remark. But why should we not be permitted to forget? In the strenuous period of the game it is not fair to remind the man who is howling his head off be cause of the joyous exhilaration he feels when a member of the rival team is carried off the field with one of his eyes reposing on his nosepiece, that he—the spectator—is in the tennis sea son a mild mannered party with a distinct horror of football. Football is of course an abonlnation in the closed season when assault and battery is permitted only in the matter of disci plining the umpire. Who shall voice the dread we feel when the dead ball makes the player reel, when the base man with ferocious zeal spikeß the player who a base would steal? And more of the like. Prof. Howison preaches and teaches philosophy. As a philosopher he should know that there is a time for all things. Localized philosophy is a matter of time and place. But as he is a professional philosopher we cannot expect him to enter with much zest into the feelings that stir the blood of the unphilosophic mob. He has excel lent precedent for his attitude as a philosopher. i n those good old times to which he likens the days of football, philosophers were in the habit of gathering outside the amphitheater and rejoicing when there were no early Christians for the poor lions. In yet earlier classic times Socrates was wont to hang around the grand stand gate of the stadium and knock th<s passersby, yet it was by the voice of the people that the hemlock cocktail was ordered for him. There is not a philosopher in the list from Socrates to Eugene V. Debs who could toss a cestus or pick a winner in a short field. Hence we have no patience with Philosopher Howison. If he will come around two weeks after Thanksgiving he may get a hearing, but for the pres- ent we only desire that he get out of our range at vision when Right Half is running around Left End. A CHANCE FOR THE WEALTHY It has frequently been observed that St. Paul has more beautiful sites fcr statues and fewer statues than any city of its size in the world. The com pletion of the new capitol and"- its grounds will add very largely to th* supply of sites, and we have not heard that anybody is clamoring to take ad vantage of the opportunity presented to provide the statues. This is not as it should be. As a municipality we have been overbusy in keeping pace with the march of prog ress in improvements necessary to city life under the best conditions. The civic corporation has accomplished wonders in the matter of providing parks and parkways. Few cities in the country are so well oft as St. Paul in this latter particular. But the province of the city has been limited to the development of natural beauties in its park system. It has not gone into the business of providing fame for the many eminent citizens It has housed and whose lives honored their city and state. No enduring marble preserves the memory of the deeds and virtues of our heroes and statesmen, living and dead. Ana it is not likely that the city will soon be rich enough to take up the work of providing sculptured evidences of its gratitude to its great men. And, indeed, this might properly be held to be a part of the-duty ef the in dividual. There are many people In this community who are quite able, and who might b e made think that they are willing, to defray the expense of providing fountains and statues for the new capitol grounds particularly and the parkways of the city in gen eral. Generosity of this sort would be its own reward in a measure—though there can be no doubt that the. gener ous citizen who provided the fountain for Como park has been compensated a thousandfold by contemplating the pleasure his gift has afforded the peo ple. A score or so of statues could be used to great advantage Just now. A half dozen will be needed for the capl tol grounds alone. Let us urge upon the men and women who are so happy as to have the means to contribute to the pleasure of their fellarws by donat ing statues and fountains for the adornment of public places, that the time is ripe for the carrying out of any pians they are considering. RADIUM AND GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK The twentieth cejitury novelist and the twentieth century criminologlst cannot fail to be interested In an in vention that a London man is now working upon. It is a radium clock, which, if a success, will run two thou sand years without stopping. To the man who cannot remember to wind up the clock before retiring the invention, of course, will prove a boon; but to the man who has been In the habit hereto fore of presenting to his wife, when he arrives home at a late hour, the time honored explanation that the domestic clock is very fast, indeed, It may prove disconcerting. For the radium clock will make no slips, it will neither gain nor lose, but steadily and sedately will pursue the even tenor of Its way through the centuries. It is the novelist and the crlminolo gist, however, who will be most upset if the radium clock is a success. In the past when the writer has wished to make a death unusually pathetic he has let the family clock run down. "The faithful hand that never missed winding it up every night for forty years was still and cold," the novelist writes sadly, "and the hands of the clock, too, had run their course and for once in their busy lives were motion less." This would be impossible, nat urally, if the clock was a radium clock. The new invention, lacking the liner feelings, would continue to tick without Interruption. With the expe rience of a thousand years behind it, what would a death more or less mat ter to it? A two thousand year clock means a two thousand year watch, and this would mean the baffling of the crimi nologist -His watch stopped at five minutes of two, therefore that was the hour of the murder," the detective is able to say positively today. Nobody, we believe, has ever ventured to sug gest to him that the victim might have forgotten to wind it up and that it run down of its own accord. But the radium clock will tick on centuries after its murdered owner has crumbled to dust and an important clew to crime will have been lost. The more one considers the new inven tion, the less will he be inclined, prob ably, to hope for its success. "Forever —never, never—forever,» the old clock ticked on the stairs, but there was al ways the comforting thought that some day it would run down, A radium clock would offer no such comfort. It would tick on 'forever" so far as the existing generation was concerned. Radium, indeed, has suggested many disquieting possibilities, but none more disquieting than a tw o thousand year clock. HOCH DER SAENGERFEST The plans the German citizens of St. Paul are making to bring to the city the German-Americans' national sing ing festival deserve the encouragement of civic bodies and of individuals also. If the history of the development of the art of music in this country were writ ten today, it would be found to be a history chiefly of German-American music leaders. For these from tho earliest times have clung to old world musical traditions, have refused to countenance the trivial and the spuri ous, and have, by ■ their faithfulness and enthusiasm, created a genuine mu sical atmosphere in a country that has not, heretofore. Shown itself very well disposed toward the fine arts. And the saengerbunds deserve a large share of the credit for what has been accomplished in this work of promoting a love for good music. In every city in this country where there is a German-American colony, there is. too, one or more singing societies under the leadership of a competent director. The social life of the German-Amer icans center largely in these and it is not surprising that their influent should spread and should affect those who cannot boast the Germans' mu sk al inneritance. A festical, therefore, that will brins to the city representatives of all those sinking societies cannot fail to be in spiring. The fact, too, that it will mean a gathering of 2.500 people, at least, and that these will represent many states in the Union, insures an adequate return for whatever may be expended in the way of entertainment, etc. The St. Paul Germans have them selves made arrangements for securing a hall large enough for such a gather ing. All that is necessary to securf the saengerfest for 1906 is the co-oper ation of all citizens irrespective of na tionality. This the German-Americans have a right to demand and a right to expect. PHILADELPHIA AND THE SUB WAY A little of the glory of the Gotham subway has touched William Perm's town. Or. perhaps, It would be more truthful to say that a display of Phila delphia manners has glorified the sub way. The first passenger on the com pleted underground road to rise and offer a woman a seat was a Philadel phian. That his courteous action cre ated something of a sensation may be gathered from the fact that his name and his address were instantly se cured. Had the enterprising New York dailies expected that anything of the sort would occur, he would, in all prob ability, have been photographed in the act. But while the Philadelphian certainly deserves credit for his gallantry, it -s more than likely that his action will merely be accepted as further evidence of the slowness of his native town. For the average New Yorker points with pride to the fact that he no longer has time to be polite on public conveyances. And citizens of other towns have not been slow to follow the example of tho Gothamite. That Philadelphia clings to the old fashioned courtesy should be regarded as a proof of her superior breeding, but so constituted is the world, alas, that it is much more likely to be viewed as further evidence of her somnolence- * So the Philadelphian's courtesy will not revolutionize, will not evea affect, perhaps, the manners of the traveling public. A solitary individual here and there may, to be sure, strive to emulate for awhile his chivalric bearing toward the other sex. But no man likes to make himself conspicuous in a public conveyance, and therefore when his enthusiasm has subsided, the solitary individual *will undoubtedly keep his seat Nevertheless, old fashioned peo ple will be apt in the future to asso ciate the subway with Philadelphia. And even if Philadelphia manners are never again displayed there, something of the glory of them will hover about the underground. They may represent to New York an impossible ideal, but even if she will not try to measure up to it, at least it will keep her from falling lower. The Philadelphian will uot have traveled on the subway in vain. I Contemporary Comment The Folk Issue Just honesty. That's all. A perfect ly simple proposition. A child could see it. But it took a big man to work Just honesty. Thou shalt not steal. W hen Moses said it. it was already old. when Folk said it, it was still new. It runs through autocracy, aristocracy, democracy and all other forms of gov ernment, and if it doesn't vivify them they are dead. The election in Mis souri went to the roots of life. Just honesty. Why should a man who believes in it be reviled as a revo lutionist? Because the business men who were advancing their interests in Missouri by bribery regarded any change as a revolution. They wanted no change. They were conservatives. *olk wanted a big change. He was a radical. There was no telling how far ne might go. If he objected to having business interests control the legisla ture by bribery he might object to hav ing them control it by discrimination L n«I r«f J rates- He m'Bht get flightier and flightier till he was as insane as J-»a I'ollette. Meanwhile he gives no indications of having anything in mind except hon esty Honesty has elected him Demo cratic governor of Missouri.—Chicago l ribune. Thirty-Two Years Ago "In 1872. right after the disastrous defeat of the Democratic party, some friends met in the office of that great old Roman. Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, to talk over the prospects of the party," said Mr. S. B. Lyle. of Cincinnati, at the Ebbitt house. "Most of those pres ent took a very gloomy view of the sit uation, which, indeed, seemed hopeless. Some ventured to say that the Democ racy might as well disband, as there seemed to be no reason for its continu ing a nominal existence.. After listen ing to these pessimistic "utterances, Mr. Thurman, with a smile and a hearty ring in his voice, rose to his full height and remarked: " Gentlemen, I have listened to all you have said, and I want to tell you that this is too small a room in which to kill and bury the Democratic par ty.* "His hearers seemed to be ashamed of their utterances, and there was an end of the dpleful talk. The next year "Rise-up* William Allen was chosen as the Democratic governor of Ohio.'"— Washington Post. White House Democracy Such a gathering as met Mr. John Morley, at his own request, in Presi dent. Roosevelt's diningroom on Friday evening could" not have been brought together under similar conditions at the table of any European thief of state. Labor leaders, capitalists and students of social problems found themselves equally at home as they compared their widely diverging views of industrial questions under the stim ulating leadership of the president and the keen and open-minded interest of the chief guest. The fact that our chief magistrate can put himself in this ultimate touch with the various ele ments of our citizenship is one of the great advantages he enjoys over those foreign potentates who, hedged in by impenetrable etiquette, must depend for their information about popular feeling upon third and fourth hand re ports filtered through relays of officials interested in concealing the truth. — New York World. Without a Parallel "In a state whose total vote is prob ably not more than 325.000 Johnson ran something like 140,000 ahead of the presidential candidate of his party. The unexpected election of Douglas in Massachusetts was brought about by less than 15 per cent of the voters splitting their tickets; In Minnesota the incomplete returns indicate that nearly ?3 per cent marked their bal lots for Roosevelt and Johnson, nn ex hibition of Independent voting proba bly without a parallel."—New York Evening Post. Russell Isn't in Politics (Grandpa Davis is quoted as saying he is not discouraged. The good, old soul should not allow himself to be absolutely certain that the Democratic party has formed the habit of nominat ing him for vice president. It mny make overtures to Uncle Russell Sage next time.—Chicago Tribune. Except What Experience Gives Henry James Is in this country to obtain knowledge of American institu tions by studying them. He should waste no time in studying American politics. Many people have been studying American polities for years without obtaining any knowledge.—At lanta Journal. The Next Nominee It would seem that to be successful at the polls the Democratic party must d* part from the paths of conservatism. The vote cast for Eugene V. Debs at this election is likely to have a de cided bearing on the nominee of the party in 1908. —Chicago Journal. A Ticket for 1908 Here is a Democratic ticket for 1908: For President—"William L. Douglas, of Massachusetts. For Vice-Presldent—Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri. Platform -See figures for the 1904 election.—New York Sun. Wait Till the Fourth Class Starts Ten* thousand telegrams have been Bent congratulating Mr. Roosevelt upon his election. There ought to be more postofflce aspirants than that, but, of course, the returns are not all in.—Milwaukee News. Wouldn't That Be Great What a providential dispensation it ■will be if, as a result of the political landslide, the grand old party shall have found a master and the people of the United States a servant. —Philadel- phia Record. He Deserves a Piece of Coin Having assisted in the election of Roosevelt, Tom Watson has turned his back on the South and gone to New York to enjoy the unearned increment. —Memphis Commercial Appeal. And Throw Away the Quotient Dowle promised Deneen 1,200 votes from Zion City, but only a little over 400 votes were cast there. Must we divide all of Dowie's claims by three? —Chicago Journal. The Commonwealth, Thar She Stands Out of the wreck of matter and the crash of worlds Henry Watterson is glad that he can at least point with pride to Kentucky.—Chicago News. Dinner Time Coming Around The men who contributed to Presi dent Roosevelt's majority will now be gin to demand that pie be placed on the free list. —Washington Post. Deserves Credit for That President Roosevelt may be thrown occasionally by a horse, but ■he evi dently knows how to ride the elephant, all right.—Washington Post. Nothing Like Being Generous ' Don't say Parker couldn't carry his own state. Say he couldn't carry hi? opponent's. Be nice! —Philadelphia North American. What the Editors Say ■. The returns received at -Pierre mdi- ->,; cate that all the ; proposed constitu- • tional amendments submitted :at last ' wooks election - were i defeated t along Tilth the capital removal amendment • lwo other propostions '■': were made to . amend the constitution,.one authoriz ing an increase in the salary of the ■ attorney general and the other provid- * mer for the loan of schoor and public '• land money, both being meritorious '. ' measures- -The explanation ,is > that ■ i many ;of the voters were unable to -'^ separate the capital removal amend- - £?£* °m the others on th* ballot and voted against them all so as to be cer- .' SvJ^V hey had expressed them- i Pres? 'Or °f Pierre-—Sioux Falls • nJv!i c * bif, .me season was well ' S £"'■ J*? Principal purpose seems to . wv. \ ! *hmnin out of population. ■ What to do to put an end to this horri ble sacrifice of human life is a problem Laws have been .passed providing for the punishment .of the offending party even where it is clearly shown that the shooting i s accidental and entirely un intentional. But where shall we find a jury that will convict that Cass county father of the murder of his son? The father is today more fit for the asylum for the insane than for the penitentiary. —Bemidji Pioneer. : W. L. Douglas, the man whose pic- ' ture and advertisement everybody has . seen in the newspapers,: was elected Democratic governor of Massachusetts by a plurality of over 35,000. This is •: an illustration of the fact that persis- " tent, legitimate advertising brings - re- ! sults. Mr. Douglas- popularity, gained -. through his everlasting advertising of > himself, his business and his home ' town is what elected him.—Anoka Free Press. "N ith the retirement of Judge Francis Cadwell. the bench of Minnesota loses one of its leading lights. His retire ment under the circumstances is nat urally to be regretted by his friends, but he carries with him the respect and honor of all and the satisfaction of knowing that his career as judge has been one of general satisfaction.— Belle Plaine Herald. With Missouri giving its electoral vote to Roosevelt, and such Republican strongholds as Massachusetts and Min nesota electing Democratic governors, is would appear as though the indepen dent voter has become a factor that will have to be reckoned with in the future.—Neche Chronotype There is no question about it. Sen ator Clapp will have a good sized fight on hand, but the News hopes a Min neapolis man will not win. We have no use for the kind of Republican diet used by sawdust city voters.—Le Sueur News (Rep.. The election of John A. Johnson and Ray Jones is one of the "grotesque" things of the campaign. How a Repub lic an could vote for Johnson for the reasons they did and not vote for Winston is remarkable politics.—Win dom Reporter. There is one feature in the election that pleases the Union. Both guber natorial counties where the candidates resided, gave a magnificent vote to their fellow citizen. That's right and proper.—Anoka Union. In 1840 and also in 1572 the Demo cratic defeat was worse than this y<>ar. And at the next elections they swept the country. "Wait till the clouds roll by."—St. Cloud Times. The Australian lmllot has made the v.h.m a very independent man. He goes hither and thither, helter skelter all over his ticket. —Fergus Falls Daily Journal. Only one regret and that is over the failure of good, honest, sensible Mr. Winston to make his distance.—Jordan Independent. The soreheads are on the Repub lican side and the swelled ones is the Democratic pew.—Norwood Times. I Among the Merrymakers T Such a Nuisance "I'm glad to have your father come and visit us. niv dear. Hut, really, he's the biggest smoke nuisance I ever met." ■Why, George! What do you mean by that?" "I mean that your dad takes all the cigars I Rive him and hides them away, ami then smokes an abominable old pipe that hasn't been cleaned since Walter Raleigh visited Virginia." —Cleveland I'laiii-Dealer. An Idea of Heaven "It was ridiculous of the minister to say those things were 'as widely removed as heaven and hell,'" remarked the modern Pharisee. "But the things in question were very widely removed. "Oh! that's nil right, but how could heaven be heaven it it were so widely re moved from the other place that you couldn't see your em mles there?"— Cat holic Standard. How They Looked at It "It's a glorious day!'" exclaimed the minister, walking home, with the colonel after meeting. "You can almost bear the rustle of angel wings in the silvery sun light!" "You're right," said the colonel. "I can almost fancy myself seated in a Kar den green with mint—sipping a fine julep, with a "nigger' 00 each side o" me, fan ning the gnats off!" — Atlanta Constitu tion. Let Her Have It "Leonidas!" exclaimed Mr. Meekton's wife, on his return from a journey; "I am at a loss to understand your conduct when we parted. I said good-bye to you." "Yes. Henrietta." "Why didn't you say 'gootf-by' in re sponse?" "I was just about to do so, Henrietta but I checked myself. I was afraid you i would accuse me of trying to have the last i word again."—"London Tit-Bits. Hurt Mrs. Pilkington—Oh. I'm so glad to see you're home. I heard you were in that dreadful accident. Were you hurt any? Mrs. Bilkinton —Yes; I was considerably hurt. Charlie saved his English bulldog first and then came back after me!— Louisville Courier-Journal. Evolution of a Luminary She sunned herself in Fortune's smiles The while her pa had wealth in piles; But when her dad got "down and out." She cried, and sulked, and moaned about They got her then (I know not how) Upon the stage. She's starring now. — Louisville Courier-Journal. Painful Misunderstanding Sandy Pikes—Yes. mr> an' Gritty George has been partners three years an' now Are are thinkin' about splittin". Kind Lady—Very well, my poor man, here is the hatchet and there is the wood pile.—Chicago News. Terribly Worse "But. auntie. I think there are worse things than being kissed by a young maa." 'What, for instance?" "Why—er—not being kissed by a young man."'- Houston Post. A Successful Candidate Tfce Lover—You see. ma and pa Hie op posed to me. hut the girl isn't. Fiiei'l Yai»ie ali right. Your- going il by an overwhelmhi;: mlnor -9B .: t Set. '.-Jones fat the bank)— Must I. be identi fied. * •-•- •'-■*,:«•■-:- ;.-;•;■ ■-> " -" '" -- - • Teller -Not unless you wi->, the check is ho^goiHlJ-^Town'.Topics. .-.,' ■-. ■■