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-, i? GOOD MEN IN POLITICS The Minnesota Primary Law Increases their Number People Name the Candidates When they Register, "The Minnesota primary-election system mnrks a new era In politics, and is a revolution not even second to the Australian ballot." Thus said Senator Washburn of Min nesota, nftcr he had watched the re sults of tho now direct, concurrent primary-election law, used for tho first time In Hennepin county, Minnesota, on Sept. 18 last. Ever slnco the public has been oper ating under a convention system It has always been urged that If tho peo ple would only take an Interest In tho primaries and the caucuses there would not bo so many mistakes In the selection of candidates. If this Is true, then the most successful primary re form Is one that will bring out tho to tal vote. By tho plan of holding a con current primary on registration day, Hennepin county brought out more votes at the primary election than It did at the previous general election, tho percentage being 110 in favor of the primary law. Therefore, from that standpoint alone, It was a success. After the law wan enacted by the Minnesota legislature and before Its actual test the principle found such favor that It was mudu part of WIs- consin's Republican platform, entered Into tho party operation of Oregon, 'Is being officially inquired Into In In- PRIMARY ELECTION , DEMOCRATIC PARTY LUt of Candidates for Nomination to be Voted for in, 12th District, 3d Ward, City of.Mlnncapolls, Hennepin County ( J CeeMy Auditor. (Sectors can vote but ONE oi theie Tkkcu. but rmitt return thtm . folded together, to Iht Jtidt at the Doltot Dot. . T...!.. . ix r. 4 .... . ..-..,,, lUkwoluniKlHlllM'nxlt "I I" ' IIH MM to mtm, M ,Wf'Hi'mtiiirM miuh jl Miyw yon lor om JAMF.SC IIAVNTS I ! UtANK C HcUILLAN I GLOKGr R. KOOI.MSQN j JAMES CRAY JOHN W AKCTANDCR 2 JOSEPH S. McllENRY 'A. B CIIQATE i CHy Troiurrr Vote tor Oat UHrIClrm.KOlilrta VtttbrOM l JULIUS J. HEINIUCH ) WILLIAM U VANDERBURGH Jl Cty Coaipuomr VoutBrOw ROBERT R.QDCLL j JQHH Q. DAVIS S A. STOCKWELL ' " I Ja4ielMwliiplCourt v. faultily Auditor Voto for One , DAVID W. PARSONS WILLIAM H.WILLIAMS T ) "" U,v " U'W C' "l'0, DEMOCRATIC SPECIMEN BALLOT. dlana and enlisted the services of earn est men who are even now working for its adoption In New York. The Minneapolis object lesson proved the practical nature of the plan and its friends from ono end of the country to the other aro detormlned that Its full efficacy Bhall be brought to bear upon the business of government. Attraction fc Voter. Tho secret of tho high merit of tho law is that it draws those men who havo hitherto held aloof from primar ies, conventions and tho polls, from disgust at tho time dishonored meth ods there obtaining, to take part In the business of government. Under tho law nominations aro not made by conventions, but by tho people them selves, direct. It destroys tho power of political machines and selfish em ployers to Influence their depondonts through open threat or secret terror. In tho voting booth at tho direct pri mary every voter can vote with secur ity. How he has voted can never bo known unless he should himself choose to reveal it. Both parties hold their primaries on tho same day, In the same place and concurrently, where the citizens voto at regular elections. Tho regular reg istration officers aro behind their ta bles and men Irrespective of party reg ister. This double opportunity Is ono of the magnets that draws. It Is a time-saver. To hold primaries and registration nt one tlmo has been found In other stntes an excellent wy of Increasing tho vote at primaries. Having registered, the citizen Repub lican or Democrat gets two tickets, ono containing Republican and tho other Democratic nominees who had been placod on tho tickets through pe titions of not less than 5 per cent of tho voters casting ballots for tho ofllco In question at tho last previous elec tion. There may bo a dozen candi dates on tho same party ticket for ono office. Tho name of each aspirant for tho placo appears at tho top under dcs. Thn old. old loke about tho wink at tho sodu walor fountain has received A new lease of life from tho stern nnd tinjocular dopartment of Internal rev enue. A few weeks ago ono I'. O. Holnzo, In tho well-known nnd bust ling metropolis of Mnnkato, Mlun., Itisked tho collector If he would havo to pay the special tax as a retail liquor dealer If ho "put a st alt" occasionally I "Stick" in Soda Water Pays Tax.... tgnatlon of ofllco, In a proportional number of ballots, tho theory being that no name should have the advan tage of appearing at the top on all the ballots. Should other parties enter tho contest the number of tickets would bo Increased, one ticket for each party go ing to ovory voter. No "Cnt-nntl-Hrlril" Sjntfin. Each voter marks one ballot only, returning both ballots pinned togeth er as ho received them to the Judge, who places them In tho box. Later the crosses on the marked ballot aro credited to the respective candidates and the unmarked ballot Is returned to the city clork. If a voter blunder ingly marks both ballots, only the one containing the greater number of marks Is counted. As a result of tho first primaries hold In Minneapolis un der tho law, a much higher class of men became tho duly nominated can didates than ever before. Men who had refused steadily to be drawn Into tho "leg-pulling" quagmire of old stylo primaries and conventions now came to tho front and accepted ean dldacy. A most slgnlflccnt develop ment was the fact that every profes sional olllcc-seekor whose unmo ap peared on the ballot was rejected a consummation that never could have been achieved under "machine" rulo. In forty-eight hours everybody knows who Is nominated for ev:ry of fice In the county. AfTonW llrtter Noinlnrrv Perhaps tho most significant corn- BALLOT PRIMARY CUtUr (in vote foltfeel c t It. .' 01 Ikf I IfM IK Ml 9i Ml pfM fer fcM ,t elf. U t.l. fjf 1. 1(1 411 J.eliMI Sltlrlil VoulwOat JOHN II STrtLC -.HARLES B ELLIOIT CHa'RLES C. LAVBQUKN Miatff ol btl'tll, lit Dill.. I lf l.r Un LOREN FLETCHER Count A&lor Vote lor Out OJTOS LAHGUM nucii n. scorr LANNES A. COND1T WILLIAM S JENKINS ment on the Minneapolis experiment Is the general opinion among all classes that the finest nldermanlc ticket on both sides that ever faced the votors on election day was noml maled. Author or the Law Tnlki. Oscar F. G. Day, uuthor of the con current prlmnry law, Is a newspaper man by profession, bolng editor of the Minneapolis Tribune. In an article. In that papor Uie day after the prima ries, Sept. 19, ho said: "Every man who haa been even remotely Identified with professional politics in the past was defeated. Three of the beat alder iruuitc candidates nominated avowed that thoy never would have encoun tered tho cumbersome processes and dovious strategy of a cosvention, but would go before tho people under tho now primary law. "It has brought out a class of men for candidates that wouHl nevor run before, and the success of theso men will bring out a larger numbor of their kind nt tho noxt primary. "Thoro were polled on this one pri mary election 37,320 votes, and without any friction, some district voting al most tho limit of 400 votes allowed by law to a precinct. "Out In tho country, whero thoy had never turned out to caucuses, tho farm ers hitched up tholr teams and drove to town and nearly the entire country voto was polled. "By combining registration .and pri mary the oxponso to the people Is not greatly increased and tho 10 which each candidate pays the county audit or helps to moot tho bills." "Two state senators have laws framed to present to tho next legisla ture which they claim aro 'modifica tions and improvements' upon the Minnesota direct primary law. They are copies of other laws, all of them 'fako' in their nature, which wero passed In different states to delude luto Clio sod water which ho dispenses from bis fountain. Tho department thought for two weeks and then an nounced that, If the brandy, gin or rum amounted to 2 per cent of the soda water, the special tax must bo paid. But It won't havo to bo paid If tho rum Is so small In quantity that It merely gives a "flavor" to tho water. people Into the belief that they woro 'direct' primaries. "Ouo of these senators has a pro posed act ready providing that each party committee can order 'direct' pri maries on any day, to be operated un der its personal supervision. That Is tho way thoy will pretend to do away with tho 'evil' of the present law, which permits any man to vote cither ticket." Thero Is no doubt, as Mr. Day indi cates, that many of tho politicians aro quietly lighting tho present law, but bo woll did tho law tnko with tho massed, that whllo tho politicians havo striven to secure an organization to repeal It, tho prospective legislators aro afraid of tho public protest that would fol low, and Instend of a repeal, tho law will In all probability bo extended over tho entire state. In regard to tho chnrgo of cumber somoncHB made against the law by nm chluo politicians, Its author says: "At Urst ll was urged that tho law was cumbersome and Its machinery Impos sible of application. It would require n ticket twelve feet long, not over twenty votes could be polled in an hour; the vuto could not lc counted in n week, and he law was unconstitu tional. All theso assertions havo boon tehted by actual trial and havo bean shown to bo totally without founda tion. "Tho ticket was eighteen Inches long, tho voters voted nioro rapidly than at general elections and tho count was accomplished In a few hours. Cer tain alleged Improvements havo been suggested. "It has been suggested that a voter bo forced to mako affidavit as to his party and recolvo but one ballot. That makes u public ballot and would keep ELECTION BALLOT EEPIBLJCAN PARTY Lut of Candidates for Nomination to bo Voted for In 12th District, 3d Ward, City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County ?uoA Llwe-i f J CeuMy A4Mor. tut ONI! ol these Tlcktu, but mutt ritum theita ell tocether. to the Judje el the Billot Bet T u far h'im VM.ftoMfXt. t. ptUM tf wliwii , iHlfi to , n,or - OM JOHN A iCHLENbtt ALBEI'.T A AMrS HMES BLWIN LNy TrttJurcr C 3 HULnr.RT Ctly CompirolUr joshua kogi:rs J jJ ol f.iuniclpol Court J COLFAX GRANT ANDI1KW HOLT REPUBLICAN SPECIMEN BALLOT. away from tho polls hundreds of men who, whllo not absolutely afraid that their employers would discharge them for being of opposito politics, would rather remnln away from tho polls nnd not run any risks. "It has been suggested that ono reg istration day be for democratic voters, another day for republican. "The same objection applies to that. Soth theso plans would cut down tho voto and glvo the party bosses oppor tunity to get a list of tho party votors and whip employera Into line." JOHN TALMAN. CtirUtluultjr tin In I BR. At tho recent church congress In England the bishop of Rlpon congrat ulated his audience that, during tho century now ending, tho adherents of Christianity had Increased from- 200, 000,000 to COO.000,000, and that Chris tian nations now wield sovereign In fluence over 800,000,000 out of 1,100,000, 000 of tho earth's population, but, says the Eplbcopal Recorder, those who be lieve in the nccoBHlty of tho now birth of individual souls and their personal union with Christ will find but little ground for encouragement In the state ment, nB they ask how many of that vast multitude of adherents are truo members of Christ. Initiortcl llnMIni Am High. Imported raisins will be high this ChrlsUnas, owing to a considoi'ablo shortngo In the Malaga crop. A great Btorm on September 15 swept over tho famous Mulaga raisin district doing great damage not only to the grapos still on tho vines, but to tlioso that had been cut nnd dried. This hoavy storm was followed by a succession of cloudy and rainy days, which made Is im possible for tho grapes to dry properly, and besides rendered worthless a largo quantity of grapes that wero still on the vines. It is now estimated that the ralson crop Is short fully 30 per cent. Washington letter Brooklyn Eagle. Titling Oxford UntToreltx. For many yours tho municipal author ities of Oxford, England, have thought tho valuation put on their university buildings for taxation purposes too low. A new valuation bos Just bcon made, by which tho collego properties will be assessod on values ralsod by no IcsB a sum than 21,524 ($104,745). Tho university will, of courso, resist this attempt to draw from tholr cof fers, nnd long and expensive litigation may bo oxpected. Josoph H, Warner, in Chicago Record. METHODS OF BURIAL A writer In tho Quarterly Rovlnw makes a powerful attack on "the eth ics of cremation." Ho regards It aa nn lmpropor corrective to the mis chievous pmctleo of Interment In vaults iuhI colllns. He sayr.: "Llttlo or no difficulty appears to havo at tended the renily and clllclont disposal of the dead till townrds tho clone of Charles the Second's reign. Not only was the strong coffin thn fous ot orlgo mnll till then unknown, but the jilalnor sort of men woro content to bo carried to their graven In the opon uhests or coffers which weio kopt In every parish church for tho occasion and only employed to convoy tho body from the house of death to that other "houso which hath been appointed for (ill living," after which tho chests woro returned to their accustomed placo, which was usually a niche In tho church wall. Arrival at tho gravo tho body, enveloped at ono tlmo in course linen kept together by bone pins, and afterwards In woollen, was removed from Its temporary case nnd burled." Resolution of tho body by the agency of the enith to which wo commit It, is alllrmcd by the writer to be the nat ural and InnncuoiiH method. "Etirth Is tho most potent disinfectant known." Tho common impression that graveyards pollute tho air Is emphatically contiadlcted. "Nothing worse than carbonic acid (carbon dlox Ido) and water aro over given olT from the surface of burial grounds, nnd these only In quantities so small as to bo oven less than nre naturally present in tho supcrlncumbont atmos phere; and, further, that oven this llt tlo Is nt once taken up by vegetation nnd returned to tho air, not as a source of peril to tho health, but as a neces sary Incremont of atmospheric ro nowal." The two hundred disused burial grounds In Ixmdon now used as recreation groundB nnd health resorts aro cited as proof. "Tho air of tho Fviture of Expositions In the following nrtlcle the Now Vork Evening Post suggests that great expositions hnvo run tholr courso: Though International exhibitions date only from 1851, the earlier half of tho century led up to them with a series of national expositions, which wero held In nearly every country of Europo, as well us tho United States. Thoy bo gnn in Franco nnd woro born of tho freedom from the old restrictions upon commorce nnd Industry, and of the ef fort of Improvement that marked the beginning of a new life. They wero essontlally different from tho modloval fair, like that still held annually ut NIJnl-Novgorod, for example, In that they do not exist for tho salo of goods brought In bulk by traders trom re mote Innds, but for tho encouragement of Invention nnd enturpilsc by tho dis play and comparison of results, nld b competition for tho prizes offered. They wero not places of exchange, but industrial exhibitions. They marked tho end of tho system of trade guilds and carefully guarded secrets, and il lustrate the openness to Ideas, the search for new methods, and the In troduction of Improvements, both In agriculture and in processes of minu fucture, which mark the dawn of the nlnotconth century. At the same tlmo thoy were conceived In a spirit of na tional pride and glorification, which was Intensely hostile to outsldo pow ers. At tho first Kronen exhibition of 1798 a gold medal was offered tho man who should duil tho heaviest blow to English trade, and In 1849 tho minister of foreign affairs ascribed to tho ene mies of Kronch Industry a firoposal to admit foreign exhibitors. The Crys tal Palace exhibition of 1851 in Lon- Plt'turoi of Tunnel Work. Wherever excavations aro being mado for tho underground rapid tran sit road a lot of spectators may b6 found watching tho workmen as In tently as If thoy expected to sec an en glno come out of the hole. Tho photo graphors who aro busy around each of these excavations are tho targets for all sorts of questions. Tho photo graphsers who arc busy around each of theso oxcavatlons aro tho targets for all sorts of questions. Tho photographs aro to play an Important part in the records of the underground. When tho set is completed thoy will glvo practically u blogrnph history of the construction of tho road. Each sec tion of tho street and the adjoining buildings aro photogrnphed boforo tho work la begun. When the excavations have been mado frequent photographs are taken showing tho progress of tho work. Theso will provo valuable rec ords for the contractors If any damage suits should be brought against thorn. It has been suggested that when tho rapid transit road Is completed copies of this big set of photographs bo mounted in ono largo album and pre sorted as part of tho city records. It will bo tho most complete pictorial his tory of a big work over mado. Now York Sun. Tonuelotn of 1,1 fo. Two, instances showing how tenac ious of Ufa lobsters and cod aro nro related in a bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. In tho fall of 1869 about twenty lobsters wero loft in a car in tho "basin" at a fish com- BOTH FURNACE AND COFFIN CONDEMNED open comotery Is absolutely Inodor ous." Sir Seymour linden reports from exporlmonts carried on for U years In tlm burial of animals that bodliw burled four feet deep rcqulro more than four years for tholr com pleto dissolution; throe feet doep, threo years; two foot deep, two yearn; ono foot, ono year; while bodies not lmrlod, but simply coveted with a foot of earth disappeared, all nave tholr bones, In letw than n year; but In nil caeca with out Injuring tho purity of earth or air. The Prussian government hnn also mado a notable contribution to our knowledge on this Important part of the subject. In IS72-73 a secret commission wn IshihmI by It to aacor talu the condition of tho dead In tho battlefields of thn Vosgca. Two years, or thereabouts, having elapsed Hlnco those battles were fought, It was fear ed, n many dead Imdlei were known to have been only superficially burled, that epidemic dlseaae might result. What tho commissioners found, how over, entirely dissipated any such fears. In cases In which as many aa eight hundred bodies, in the hurry In cident to rapid military movcinentH, had been thrust Into one shnllow exca vation, theso IkxIIch, it was found, had already disappeared, their bones nnd nccoutermcutH alono being left. But to this disappearance thero was n re markable exception; tho bodies of of ficers, having been buried In mackin toshes (tho action of which resomblod that of colllns) had not so disappear ed." Against the testimony of Sir Henry Thompson, tho wrltor quotes the authority of Koch and Klein to show Unit the bacilli of anthrax tnilng aerobic, or dependent on air, nro.whun burled four and u half feet, lucapablo of reproduction. The rest of tho pa per Is occupied with tho argument that cremation, by mnltlng exhumation Im posslble.provents tho detection of mur ders. A NEW YORK PAPEK THINKS THEY HAVE RUN THEIR COURSE don wnB the triumph of material civil ization over national prejudices. It marked tho fact that Europe was des tined to be, If It had not already bo como an Industrial unit. Tho network of rallwaya, which In tho next fow yearB wero to spread over the conti nent, helpod to bring this about, and by tho Increased facilities for transpor tation nnd travel which they offered, contributed another clement to tho success of tho International exhibition. But nbovo ell tho Crystal Paluco stood for tho beginning of tho ago of ma chinery. It was tho point of depart ure for the revolution which has changed the faco of modern life, and which forms tho most conspicuous characteristic of the half century Just finished. Tho involution Is now ac complished; whnt Is to follow it? Is the rnte of progress of the pnBt to con tinue? And, If so, can it furnish the material for future expositions? Tho question hinges on tho individual ex hibitor. Rivalry among the different concerns to mako nn effective showing is no great that tho preparing of an exhibit usually Involves a heavy out lay. Many well known houses havo al ready decided that exhibiting does not pay. They cannot now, to any such extent as formerly, show some Improv ed mothod or new product, or find cus tomers otherwise boyond their reach. Novelty must bo obtained mainly in tho form or display; and it is hard to see how, generally speaking, tho necesmiry outlay cun yield any propor tlonato return. Under these circum stances it seoms as though tho ma terial for making great expositions like those of tho post were bound to run short. eVe mission wharf. Near the end of March, 1900, when the car was opened, all seemed to bo In a perfectly healthy condition. On tho conclusion of tho fishing for brood cod In the fall of 1899 font teen cod weighing from four to six pounds, taken with hand-lines off Nomans Land or Nnntucket, were Inadvertently left In the well of tho Grampus nnd not discovered until April, 1900. These fish were placed In the woll not later thnn Novorabor 18, posslnly some dayb before. During this time they had not been fed nnd had only such food as came through the holes In tho well. When released In Gloucester harbor on April 10 they wero found to be lively and strong, although somewhat emaciated, and It waa noticed that their backs and Bides wero much darker than normal, whllo tho belly was unusually light colored. Alrluff HlplnK Ittliime. Too llttlo attention Is given to the proper airing of sleeping rooms and to tho ventilating qualities of bed cov ers. Comfortables that aro almost air-tight should never bo used, and at tho Tjcst thoso cotton stuffed eovors aro a monaco to health. Proporly, noth ing should bo usod about a bod whlcA cannot bo washed. Bedclothes should bo spread upon chairs, singly, In tho light and air for at least two hours ovory morning, nnd n draught should meanwhllo bo allowed to swoop through the room. Pillows should re colvo a good kneading, and bo loft di rectly boforo tho opon window in tho sun and air. Hatvaif-t TDtUjjate. Robert W. Wilcox, Hawaii's delogats to congress, has been promlnont in th politics of tho Islands since 1880. His father, who Is still a resident of Maul, tho Island upon which Mr. Wilcox was born, usod to bo a sen captain of Now port, it I. His mother, who Is dead, waa n H'ltlvo Hawaiian named Kalua. As a young man tho delegate-elect was Mint to Italy by tho Into King Kala kaua to attend tho schools of that country. Ho beenmo a student in a ROBERT W. WILCOX, military academy at Turin, and whllo tli crc met nnd married tho l'rlncwo Victoria Colonun dl Stlgllnnn. Ho ro malued In Europo nnd America until 1889, whon ho returned to Honolulu. Mr. Wilcox was one of tho leaders In tho revolution of 1889. In 1893 ho took tho part of tho royalists, and In 1895 ho wns also a leader of the attompt to reinstate tho queen. Ho .was Impris oned, but wns liberated by President Dole. Enffluh Utauty Coming". Mrs, Uoorgu Koppel, tho noted Eng lish beauty, who Is coming to America with her husbnnd, Is the daughter of Sir William Edmoustoue and tho wit of a younger brother of the Earl ot Albemnrle. Mrs. Koppel first attracted widespread attention In 1899 when the Prlnco of Wales showed his espe cial admiration for hor beauty whllo tho KeppclB wero visiting tho Rivie ra. Tho Countess of Warwick was relegated to rear in the Prlnco'a favor, and the now social star was shining brllllantlyMre.Georgo Keppel whon a snub from tho Duke of Richmond somewhat dimmed her light Tho duko positive ly refused to allow her to be a guest at his house. Tho Prince at onco put Richmond on his blacklist and refused to mako his time-honored annual visit to tho duke's home. Mr. Keppel, tha husband of tho beauty, Is a wluo mer chant with a limited Income. Onc-Lefftfcd "Brigade Among tho usual spectacles witness ed on tho transport Shorman when that vessel recently landed In San Francisco wns tho maroh of tho "ono lcgged brlgade,"as It was called aboard ship. Tho "brigade" consisted of fjivo soldiers, each of whom had lost a leg. They mossed together and slept to gether, and when tho troops landed thoy marched down the gangplank to gether. Held in "Tapaj Wife.'' "Pnpu's Wlfo," with Anna Hold as tho star, is touring tho western cities. Tho medium of Miss Hold's appenr anco Is a combination of two French vaudevilles skilfully welded by Harry B. Smith with music by Reginald De Koven. Miss Held Is credited with possessing not only the charm ot beauty, but has attained no little praise as an actress of real power. Her costumes are described as wonders in ANNA HELD, their way and her choral contingent is said to bo the most attractive bevy ot girls on tho road thU season. Ube ,"Red Man's "Prosperity Whothor or not the prosperity lssua had anything to do with it, a Wlnno bago brave, meekly followed by hla fawn-eyed squaw, stalked Into a large' dry goods storo yesterday aftornoon,. and said; "Heap good times; want to buy; havo muoh money." Tho first purchase was eight yards of rod sijk and tho second n sot of Sovrea china. i Sioux City Journal. .' r y w, -' B" v v 1 ,y SS.VJ :$ggggea3tf fmaaifatieMxmt' "iM'i'ywaMfMWMMtfaeKiexraisw l"1"1"' i "TTitmrmtnni.flmiUT IS i . "V -wr- ..t.fJJAWrf -'!.. . .w 'v .,k Ml. 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