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5- 1 & ju-*- i k. MqwflTOfrfrg lipppp PRINCETON UNION. _____ PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. ~'El^OivdlS, _L.S I?er Tear. A. A CASWELL, EDITOR. G. I STAPLES, BD8INES8 MANAGER Office: First St.. East of Court House. PRINCETON, MINN., MAR. 5, 1896. CLEVELAND presided at a meeting of the Presbyterian Home Missions society last Tuesday. PETTIGREW, the South Dakota sena tor, is making a lively fight for re election with varying success. SPAIN wants to fight Uncle Sam. By the time our uncle gets his coat oil the Dons will sing a peaceful tune. HE Minneapolis Journal wants the UNION to say to which party the afore said Journal belongs. Ask us some thing easy. N EW YORK will complete the Grant monument next year. Let's see, how many times has the announcement been made? HE date for the Democratic State convention will be set to-day at a meet ing of the committee. It will simply be time wasted. HE Atlanta Constitution sums up the Washington situation correctly in the following terse manner: "Ducks, debts and Democrats." ONE year from now the country will be free from Clevelandism and the obese mugwump-goldocrat will be free to hunt and fish on his own time. NAPOLEON MCKINLEY is at present the most popular candidate for the Re publican nomination for president, if one is to judge by the reports of con ventions held in the different States. IT may be as reported that Spain wants Uncle Sam to make a display so that the crumbling monarchy may have a palpable excuse to drop Cuba without acknowledging its defeat by the islanders. MINNESOTA was the first State in which the new anti-prize fighting law was bioken. Bring those interested in the Carlton mill before the bar. They will then wish their exhibition had occuri ed somewhere else. IT is stated on seemingly good au thority that the president will not officially recognize the resolutions which were passed recently by both bianchos of congress, as he belie\es the time has not yet come for Cubai recognition. OUR Salvation Army has seceded from the English body. If all accounts are tiue the members have as good groufids for declaring their indepen dence as our forefathers, had in '76, but the -ft l&dom of tho action is neverthe less severely questioned. JUDGES ENSIGN and Moi ris, of Du luth have decided the law empowering the county surveyor to subdivide all the undivided sections he may be called upon to subdivide is unconstitutional St, Louis has any number of undivided sections and the county surveyor's bills were rea hing such enormous figures that the Taxpayers' league carried the matter into the courts with the above stated I esult. ,COL. EASTMAN, of the St. Cloud Jouinal-Pi ess, says that if the law re quires the publication of the notices for primary elections, the political par ties in whose interests they 'are pub lished should pay for them. He fur ther says, and truthfully, too, that peo ple would be brought to a better ap preciation of the work done by news papei for which they receive no pay, and that not only the politicians but the editor'b creditors as well would have more respect for the "thought-mould er" if the payment was exacted. FON DU LAC, WIS., held an Anti Tramp convention last week to devise ways and means to rid the city of the tramp nuisance. The convention ex pressed the opinion that while some of the tramps might be workingmen if the opportunity oflered, a majority would not be, and roam about the country imbued with the idea that ''the world owes every man a living" whether he works or not. Compulsory labor was recommended as the best punishment and cities were urged to provide rock piles for the entertainment of these guests. This will not put an end to the tramp nuisance, but tramps will not be as numerous in such sections. Minne sota might well follow the example of Wisconsin in this matter and hold a convention. l}^wm^^^ SILVER ON THE DELEGATION. Republicans who attend the coming caucuses and conventions should see to it that the cause of silver is repre sented on the Minnesota delegation which goes to St. Louis. A large por tion, if not a majority, of the Republi can voters of the State favor the free coinage of silver on equal terms with gold, and surely that fact must not be ignored in making up the delegation. There is no manner of doubt that if the question of free coinage were put to a vote it would carry at least in the Second. Sixth and Seventh congres sional districts, and would have a strong following in every district. Even Minneapolis has such eminent exponents, of free silver, as Senator John Day Smith, Senator Morgan, County Attorney Nye, and Judge Van derburgh while Duluth sends a free coinage representative^ to congress. The labor and farmer element of Min nesota is largely free silver, and the cause has support among" hundredsuof careful and thinking business men. Moreover, it is growing. It cannot be safel/ignored by any party which ex pects the support of the people. The single gold standard and gold bond policy of Grover Cleveland is not the platform of the Republican party. The Republican party is pledged to bimet allism, the daily organs to the con trary notwithstanding, and the delega tion which goes to St. Louis should represent bimetallism and not the gold standard idea. The Minneapolis platform of 1892 said in explicit language this truth: "The American people, from tradition and interest, favor bimetallism, and the Republican party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money." The platform used the term, 'standard money." This does not mean the single gold standard, with silver as a subsidiary coin. It means that silver is to have equal station with gold. The so-called "sound money" coterie of New York, which sends out broadcast its tracts in behalf of the gold standard, is fair and honest enough to say in so many words, that there can be no double standard, with out free coinage of gold and silver on equal terms. We regret that our daily organs are not so frank and ex plicit. The silver standard was recognized in the last Republican campaign text book, that was prepared by the Na tional Republican congressional com mittee for the campaign of 1894. On page 62 of that text-book of Republi canism, we find the silver standard ecognized from the earliest time down to the present The committee says: "The original mint act provided for 'dollars Or units:each to be of the value of a Spanish milled dollar as the same is now current, and to contain 37H grains of pure silver.' Half dol lars, quarters, and dimes were also provided for, of proportionate weight and value and also gold coins, eagles, and half or quarter eagles, of defined value and weight. By subsequent acts of congress the amount of pure metal in each of these coins has been changed, except the unit, a standard silver dollar- that has always re mained the same." This is the interpretation placed upon our monetary standard by the National Republican congressional committee in only the last campaign. It is Republican doctrine, the claim of every daily organ in the country to the contrary. It is the sentiment of the rank and file of Republican voters, moreover, and it must not be over looked when Minnesota sends her dele gation to St. Louis. Every Republi can primary should see to it that the coinage que&tion is not buried, that it is voiced in the person of the delegates selected, and is not left to a few self appointed city bosses tofixup to suit themselves and their banker friends. And yet of all the numerous candi dates which have been slated for St. Louis, it is difficult to recall the name of a single free silver man who has been put forward. St. Paul and Min neapolis have four or five candidates each, and all are gold standard men. The noted free silver men of the State are unmentioned. This may be simply accidental, and we hope it is, but the matter must not be left to that kind of accident any longer. It will be a big mistake if Minnesota sends to St. Louis a solid gold-bug delegation. We do not believe that it can or will be done. The silver forces, however, should rally and hustle. The gold standard side never sleeps, and the silver cause must be as active. ST. PA UL Dispatch: The resolution to amend the Iowa constitution so as to allow women to voW at all elections has been defeated in the house by a vote of 49 to 44. That is the narrowest escape the measure has ever had in that State. & "SCISSORINGS.?5j PLENTY STRONG ENOUGH, LESLIE. The country delegates were pf the opinion a month ago that Dave cflough was a distanced horse in the governor ship race, but his Hennepin county enemies have helped him out wonder fully within the past few weeks. To a certain extent, Dave is "loved for the enemies he has made."' Whether this feeling is strong enough to secure for him the nomination is yet an unsolved problem.Benson Monitor. *~t NO CRIME. SOMETHING NEW. State Treasurer Koerner believes in serving railroads j'ust as citizens are served. Unless they pay their taxes at such a time ten per cent penalty will be added. This is a new departure. Anoka Union. afe THAT LETTER. Mr. Nelson is not the kind of a man to quit fighting because somebody does not like it, and the publication of this letter will have but one result, and that is to stimulate him to do all in his power for Clough. No man has a greater personal following in ihe State, and those who have considered Gov. Clough out of the race, may change their opinion before the cam paign is over.St. Cloud Journal-Press. A GIGANTIC TASK. It would be well for the delegates to the Democratic National convention in June to lay in a good stock of rays. The task of finding a Derrlocrat with brains enough to fill the presidential chair will be a gigantic one.The Vir ginian. _, SEES NO INCONSISTENCY^ We can see no inconsistency in the attitude of any member of the party who declares in favor of free silver, and we declare most emphatically that one who believes in the re-enactment of the laws which were in force prior to 1873 is a Republican in every sense of the word. We believe that a ma jority of the Republicans of the Sixth district are Republicans of this class, and until the party in National con vention declares itself opposed to sil ver they have more grounds for ques tioning the Republicanism of the ob stinate supporters of the single gold standard than the latter have of criti cising those who, like Mr. Towne, are fearlessly championing the cause of the white metal.Anoka Hei aid. DJDN'T BOTHER US. If Mr. Murphy and Mr. Patterson wanted to go up into Carlton county and punch each other for so much, and a lot of people wanted to stand round in the cold and pay their money to see them do it, we see no objection. It certainly did not bother people who stayed at home. Diduth Commonwealth. SHOWS A JEALOUS SPIRIT. For more than a year D. M. Clough has been governor of Minnesota, and no man can say, wherein, during this time, he has been false to the peo ple's trust.Bed Wing Republican. This is true. There is a class of in dividuals in the State who about every so often and at certain times set up a hue and and cry about the chief execu tive, simply because they are figuring for something themselves. The ground of their opposition is not well taken, but possesses a spirit of jeal ousy and unfairness that often does great injury to the peace and dignity of the State. David Clough has made a good governor, and it is but fair that he should have a second term. The third term business we are through with in any position.Lake Crystal Union. *v A CURIOUS IDEA. That is a curious idea broached in the cable dispatchesa Franco-Spanish alliance against the United States as regards Cuba. France being a repub lic, and quite a thorough-going repub lic at that, how can she consistently countenance a movement which con- and A 1 templates a stab at the cause of liberty comfortable self-government?TPioneerT- The Princeton Lumber Company 1* The candidacy of W. E. Lee and Moses Clapp for the gubernatorial nomination has created considerable comment more or less favorable. Both gentlemen have received high honors at the hands of the Republican party and command the respect of all men irrespective of politics. So far, how ever, we have seen no substantial rea son why Governor Clough should not succeed himself. The only reason given is that he beat Washburn out of the senatorship. Happily this is no crime.Wright Co. Times. Press. Are Prepared to Furnish 7UUittUUUUUUiUlUiWUiU& Of Any Amount and of all Kinds at Prices that are Right. Cedar and Pine Shingles. Carry a Complete Stock. This Yard has Come to Stay, and Hope by Square Dealing to Merit Your Patronage. Princeton Lumber Go., First Street Princeton. SLEDS AND CUTTERS Manufactured and Repaired BY Peterson & Nelson. Satisfaction Guaranteed in Wood working as well as in Blacksmithing. Horse Shoeing a Specialty. Give Us a Call. FRANK KIBUU, 1 1 ISUOI, Shop Opposite Saaley'e Flour Mill Princeton, Minn One Price Store! Groceries, Flour, Boots, SHOES, NOTIONS, Dry Goods, Crockery, Glassware Carpets by Sample. PRICES THE LOWEST! R. D. BYERS Mam Street. Princeton SOLOMON LONG'S Boot and Shoe STORE, North Main St., Princeton. AN" IMMENSE STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES DIRECT FROM THE FACTORY. No Middle Men to Pay! I want the Public to understand that I can sell Men and Youth's Boots and Shoes, Ladies' and Children's Footwear at Figures that Cannot be iscounted in Princeton JC^3" Boots and Shoes Made to Order as Heretofore, and I Always aim to Please My Customers. All kinds of Repairing Neatly and Promptly Executed. SOLOMON LONG, North Mam Street, Princeton, Minn Commercial Hotel, Princeton, Minn., iWi&ffJ lite rnitfil H. NEWBERT, Prop. 'Bus To and From All Trains. SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS For Traveling Salesmen and Transient Guests. THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL Is Fust-Class All Its Appointments, and the Aim of the Management is to Make the Guests iO. When Yon Visit Princeton Stop at THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL THE"^BIGr a J%oL $1.75 to $3.50. Men's caps 25c, woith 50c. *g A Box of 3 Bars Still goes on at JESMER'S Department Store There area great many bargains left in the baijkrupt stock of Burg & Tetelbaum We can do nothing better than quote you a few of our prices and leave you to judge as to the quality and cheapness of the goods. Uur greatest bargains are in the Shoe Department: to$2 2 Tes Men's graini shoes at 75c to $1.00. Regular retail price from $1.00 to a*1.50. Men's felt shoes at 75c to $1.25. Regular retail price from $1.25 to t2.50 Ladies' fine satinette shoes, (only a few sizes) at $2.00. Re-ular re- tail price $3.50. Ladies' fine and coarse shoes (all grades) at 50c to $1.50. Regular retail price $1.00 to $2.75. Our boys' and misses' shoes (all sizes) are sold at prices comparing with the above bargains. These shoes are rapidly disappearing and if you want a slice of the bargains you must avail yourself of the opportunity at once. We have still a few suits of our 38. underwear. Men's cotton shirts each 35c. Worth 60c. Men's woolen shirts 75c and 85c. Regular retail price $1.00 to $2.00. REMEMBER THE PLACE Jesmer's Department Store, |mmmmmmmmmmmmmf!?mmmmf!m?mmmm^ goods would regularly retail for Men's Shoes in call sati5n- calf,h dongola, Austrian calf and kangaroo S^ CUNDY & BIDDINGS, 1 5^ j Dealers in 2 I GEN'L MERCHANDISE.! I I Dry Goods, Hardware, Lumber- 1 men's Goods, and a complete line 1 of Men's, Women's, Misses' and 1 Children's Shoes and Rubbers. I & i 1 Also a Large Stock of Men's 1 1 Driving Shoes. I MILLE LACS LAKE. mmmmmmi^MmmmmWUllM h- rt Pi 8 'A HARRY NEWTON' Has the Agency for the Celebrated Samaritan Rye Whiskey, Which is Recommended by all Lead ing Physicians for its PURITY AND AGE, Being entirely free of Fusel Oil or any other impure sub&tance. Ti recommenda tion is fully merited. No Family Should he Without It. A SNAP. "Butterl* Soap" v: for only 10c. All other Toilet Soaps at very fow prices. GOODS DELIVERED at SOHEEN' S ^Il^Q HliJRDV'' Grocer ^?1^^0.|lSlO !#!j'jijKj 9 S all times. *$