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i'AFT MEN NOT
SUREOFVIGTORY
Roosevelt BackersMakingGains
in Minnesota.
AMMUNITION FOR OTHER SIDE
Committee's Rejection of Primary Re
quest Main Argument of
Colonel's Supporters.
(Special Correspondence.)
St. Paul, April 23.These are anx
ious days for a number of Republican
king makers in Minnesota. By the
time this letter is read and another is
on its way the North Star state will
have named its delegates to the na
tional convention at Chicago and the
question now is, "Who will be in con-
trol?" The whole thing has more
than one machine follower anxious to
be on the winning side guessing. Had
the primaries been held three weeks
ago, and mind you Minnesota is not
exactly an admirer of Taft, the Ohio
man would have prevailed beyond the
shadow of a doubt, but now it is differ
ent. Since then there has been a
marked change and if the Roosevelt
movement should prevail it will not
come as a shock to a number that I
know who are interested in the game
and to whom anybody but the "Big
Stick" is acceptable. When Ramsey
county, the most machine ridden dis
trict in the state, is wobbly then look
out. The insurgents in this particular
district, I am told, have increased 50
per cent and while they may not be
strong enough to outwit the stalwarts
they will make trouble. They show
vhich way the wind is blowing. Hen
nepin county looks bad. The Seventh
district is sure to go wrong and if the
other districts should not be strong
enough to overcome these breaks fsom
the machine order of things it will
mean trouble when the convention is
reached. The state game, too, is lia
ble to be involved. Sometimes I am
inclined to take I. A. Caswell, the head
of the Roosevelt movement in Minne
sota, seriously when he says, "I have
got them coming and going." It looks
pretty much as if he did not care
whether it was Taft, Roosevelt or La
Follette He has some scalps in mind
ind he is going to get them at any
cost.
Minnesota is no more machine rid
den than a score of other states of its
fcize and population throughout the
"Union. Ed Smith heads the one of
today and Frank A. Day spelled life
and death to those who worshipped
at the shrine of the late Governor
John A. Johnson. Day trailed in the
wake of a man who no one dared
speak ill of Ed Smith has had to
carry a burden as comparisons go.
Frank, lacking the popularity of his
chief, simply passed into the discard
and the Republican machine, with
every excuse for longevity, is on the
same road In the opinion of many
in this neck of the woods it sealed its
?oo with the refusal of the state
central committee, held several weeks
ago in St Paul, to stand for some sort
of a preferential primary in the selec
tion of presidential delegates Not that
any one particularly cared whether
delegates were named by word of
mouth or by ballot, in fact, under ordi
nary circumstances, the fact that the
toaimittee ever met and decided any
particular matter would have been for
gotten twenty-four hours after. The
Roosevelt end of the committee, how
ever, did not forget it and this one
thing has been their chief stock in
trade ever since They have talked
about it, written about it, mentioned
it in speech and argument and when
that failed repeated the dose until now
voters in every section of the state
have suddenly wakened to the belief
that they have been denied something
that was rightfully theirs. They want
it now and they are going to get a
preferential primary by hook or crook
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Tn a well written political story ap
pearing in a national publication of a
late date the author, speaking of a
punishment administered to him by
Iiis mother when a youngster whom
he characterizes as a decided progres
sive, says that when he was particu
larly prone to mischief his mother
would smear his hands with molasses
and give him a feather to play with.
That story has particular application
to the Republican organization in Min
nesota. Given what they demanded,
or at least a pretense of an answer,
it would have kept the few who want
ed preferential primary so busy that
they would be now transferring the
elusive feather from finger to finger.
It is said of I. A. Caswell and the
Roosevelt followers in the state that
they have put in twenty-four hours a
da trying to impress the voters of
the state with their rights and when
it failed to reach them in one way
they tried another. First it was the
tate organization, then the committee,
later the counties and now they are
"busy with the individual voters.
Chairman Ed Smith and his lieuten
ants are for President Taft, they are
utspoke on that point, and I believe
I am telling it straight when I say that
they have not gone outside the regu
lar methods in boosting his candidacy
They are being outshouted. howe\er.
nnd it looks pretty much as if they
would be outplayed and all because of
a failure to do the molasses stunt,
Not content with getting the official
scalp of Superintendent Whittier of
the Red Wing training school several
members of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs are hot on the trail of
the report that he is to be given an
other position by the board of control.
Mrs. Higbee of St. Paul, former presi
dent of the Federation, wrote the
board a letter protesting against Mr.
Whittier's employment in any capacity.
It is said that the Red Wing superin
tendent has been offered the job of
chief parole agent. Still another re
port has it that he is to succeed M. C.
Cutter, purchasing agent for the board,
who has resigned to take up a news
paper property at Thief River Falls.
August Koerner of Litchfield, treas
urer of the state from 1895 to 1901,
died last week at the Mounds Park
sanitarium in St. Paul. He was there
for several weeks .following a serious
operation. Gus Koerner, as he was
generally known, was one of the fore
most German Republicans in the state
and was a power in his day. Of late
years he had been connected with the
state, auditor's department as a mine
inspector. There was talk at one
time of Mr. Koerner for governor.
His son, H. C. Koerner, tried to suc
ceed Julius Block as state treasurer,
but failed.
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With W. E. Lee and H. C. Spooner
hard at it trying to convince the vot
ers through the medium of keynote
speeches why they should be selected
as the Republican standard bearer, S.
Y. Gordon of Browns Valley, the first
candidate to throw his hat in the ring,
has been pretty much lost sight of,
btlt for the benefit of those who do^
not know he is pretty much in the
game. The lieutenant governor still
occupies rooms in the Merchants ho
tel in St. Paul and a sack full of mail
arrives and departs daily from his
headquarters. He is sure the -'gum
shoe" boy. Mr. Spooner is indus
triously telling what he did for the
good people while a member of the
legislature and Mr. Lee is showing up
some of the extravagant features of
the present administration. If they
think, however, that they are going
to prod Governor Eberhart into an
swering they are very much mistaken.
As I get it his excellency will not
make any talks that can oe construed
as campaign speeches until after the
convention.
In answer to a proclamation issued
by President Taft, Governor Eberhart
has sent out a call for aid for the suf
ferers from the floods in the Lower
Mississippi river valley, but the re
sponses to date have not been very
gratifying. The whole thing is under
the auspices of the Red Cross society.
Several months ago aid was asked for
the famine sufferers in China and the
responses hardly reached $600
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Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith
returned from Washington last week,
where he argued the state railroad
rate cases, and he has been sick ever
since. He is reported to be suffering
from an ailment that may require an
operation.
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They were discussing at the state
capitol the other day how quickly men
in the public eye drop from sight.
Less than four months ago George T.
Simpson, then attorney general, had
the spotlight all to himself. He was
frequently spoken of for governor.
During the session of the legislature a
year ago any number had exclusive
mention in their home papers and the
Twin City publications mentioned
them frequently. Jacobson of Lac
Qui Parle is seldom heard of these
days former Governor Van Sant has
dropped completely from sight Jim
Gray, the last Democratic candidate
for governor, is never heard of Frank
Day, king in his day, occasionally
breaks into the public prints, but in no
marked way. And so it goes. The po
litical wrecks and forgotten ones are
many.
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This is a day of publicity and the.
moulder of public opinion has only
top of column space next to pure read
ing matter for those who aid him in
his work. It is the boy who does
things who breaks into the public
prints and the hint is given cost free
to those who make the state capitol
their home and their meal ticket.
Governor Johnson and Frank Day ex
isted on publicity, former Attorney
General George T. Stimpson realized
it and the prince of them all was R.
C. Dunn, former state auditor. He
kept the scribes busy telling of his
doings. It is different now. If the
average reporter finishes the state
capitol in a day with anything read
able he congratulates himself. A col
umn of matter would stagger him.
They are not making history at the
capitol these days and no one knows
it better than the reporters.
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Chisago county Republicans at a
recent meeting directed that voters at
the coming presidential caucus be pro
vided with ballots indicating their
preference.
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State Auditor Iverson sold over 8,000
acres of school land in Roseau county
last week. The majority of the pur
chasers were from outside the etate.
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN.
Many a girl who starts out with the
intention of making a name for her
self winds np by turning tn* job over
to some man.
CHRISTIAN^ SCIENCE
A Facetious Paragraph in the Union
Calls Forth Vigorous Response
from Henry Deutsch.
He Explains and Defends the Beliefs
and the Principles Advocated
by Christian Scientists.
In the CJ i of April 4 there ap
peared the following editorial para
graph:
'Christian Science does not recog
nize disease,' declared Willis Vernon
Cole, who was recently fined $100 in
New York for practicing medicine
without a license. Prom this it is
reasonable to imply that Christian
Science 'doctors' merely play upon
the patient's imagination and his
pocketbook."
No offense was intended in the
above paragraph. The writer has as
much respect for Christian Scientists
as he has for the members of any
other sect or orthodox denomination.
Hence we gladly give space to the fol
lowing able exposition of Christian
Science.
Minneapolis, Minn., April 16, 1912.
Editor Union: I would like to call
your attention to the fact that Chris
tian Science is not a matter of "play"
either upon imagination or pocket
book, as you rather facetiously re
mark in a recent issue of your paper.
Of course the public must be amused
and it may be considered legitimate *--~ii mj. oiuv,
to perform that function by using for
that purpose a religious faith, which
in the short period of forty years has
called into its ranks thousands upon
thousands of the most earnest seekers
for truth who have come from all the
ranks of society and intellect and who
testify to the fact that Christian
Science has made for them Christiani
ty and religion a reality.
Christian Scientists are not sensi
tive on the question of humorous
thrusts made at their religious prin
ciples, but it is only fair to your
readers that they be not misled into
believing that the so-called humorous
interpretations of Christian Science
really constitute it.
We have no doctors in Christian
Science in the sense that the world is
accustomed to interpret that word.
The principles of Christian Science
are applied by its students, where
they are able orwhere they need the
help or it is sought for by those who
have not yet become students thereof
by recognized practitioners who,
from the study of its principles as
enunciated in the text-book, "Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures," by Mary Baker Eddy, and the
bible, and the acquisition of its spirit,
have reached that position of spiritu
al discernment by which they are able
to demonstrate the allness of God,
and man as His reflection and like
ness, and thus heal disease.
Christian Science is both religious
and scientific. It is religious because
it is based upon the teachings of the
scriptures and requires the practice of
the commandments thereof, especially
the decalogue and the sermon "on the
mount. Its principle is God.
It is a science because it affords
and teaches a clear, definite rule by
which the relation between God and
man is clearly enunciated and made
possible of practical demonstration.
Being a science it is not strange
that it is expressed in scientific terms
and in ultimate principle, and, there
fore, is many times misinterpreted
and misrepresented.
As a science Christian Science does
not recognize disease as an ultimate
statement and a little reflection will
demonstrate that this is correct. The
ultimate of Christian Science is spir
ituality, and in Jbhat everyone will
concede there is no disease. How
ever, Christian Scientists do not
claim to have attained to that final
state of spirituality in which they can
absolutely for all persons and condi
tions demonstrate that there is no
disease and do not expect to do that
in this generation or the next, but
they do prove by recognition and
realization of the principle enunciated
that disease has been destroyed in
thousands upon thousands of cases,
and thus we have the hope and the
promise of the gradual but ultimate
attainment to that condition which is
described in Bevelations 21:
"And I saw a new heaven and a
new earth for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away and
there was no more sea.
"And I heard a great voice out of
heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with men, and -he will dwell
with them, and they shall be his
people, and God himself shall be
with them, and be their God.
"And God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes and there shall
be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain for the former things are
passed away."
So far as human thought is con
cerned at the present time, and par
ticularly the consciousness of the in
dividual suffering with disease, Mrs.
Eddy clearly recognizes^ its existence
as indicated in the following extract
from "Science and Health," page 460:
"Sickness is neither imaginary nor
unreal,that is, to the frightened,
false sense of the patient. Sickness
is more than fancy it is solid con
viction. It is therefore to be dealt
with through right apprehension of
the truth of being." The Christian
Scientist recognizes disease as a
seeming reality, but as in fact
"neither person, thing nor power,"
and we prove that fact by its destruc
tion through the realization of the
right conception of God and man.
In this process Christian Scientists
are nob oonoerned with their patient's,
imaginationexcept to destroy it by
truthor his pcoketbook, except as is
the universal belief, supported by
scripture, that the laborer is worthy
of his hire. The Christian Science
practitioner bestows loving labor,
and care, and time upon his patients
and inasmuch as the finanoial returns
are largely the result of the voluntary
expression of gratitude on the part of
the patient for results actually ob
tained, and in most cases a very in
significant part of the money previ
ously expended by him in the unsuc
cessful search for health and happi
ness, it would seem as if those not
directly involved have little occasion
to make complaint or indulge in witti
cisms.
A little over forty years ago there
was no Christian Science. At that
period the revelation of its principle
came to one who had exhausted all
means of recovery from incurable
disease and was healed through the
power of God. For three years, Mrs.
Eddy tells us, she "searched the
scriptures and read little else, kept
aloof from society, and devoted time
and energies to discovering a posi
tive rule. The search was sweet,
calm, and buoyant with hope, not
selfish nor depressing. I knew the
principle of all harmonious mind
action to be God, and that cures were
produced in primitive christian heal
ing by holy, uplifting faith but I
must know the science of this healing,
and I won my way to absolute con
clusions through divine revelation,
reason, and demonstration." (Sci
ence and Health, page 109.)
Scorned, ridiculed, scoffed at and
persecuted, even as was the Master
and his disciples, she and her
students taught and demonstrated the
principle and rules of the science
which she had discovered, and today
the Christian Science movement
stands as a monument not to a iad or
fancy, not to a philosophical or meta
physical speculation or theory, but as
the product of a principle capable of
being proven and demonstrated by
the test of its application to the prac
tical needs of humanity as a healing
and saving gospel, and as a living
examplo the realization of the
Master's promise "Verily verilv I
yof
u be
unt
aTU'
thatbelievet.--
am' sa
fcne
and "I my name shall they cast out
devils they shall speak with new
tongues they shall take up serpents
and if they drink any deadly thing, ifc
shall not hurt them they shall lay
hands on the sick, and they shall re
cover."
A survey and careful investigation
of what Christian Science has done
and is doing makes it "reasonable to
imply" only that it is the Master's
religion, restored in its primitive and
original virility as healer of the sick
and savior of the sinner, making true
again in this age that beautiful and
sustaining promise, "Come unto me,
all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
and 1 will give you rest."
Cordially yours,
Henry Deutsch,
Christian Science Committee on
Publication. NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL
AND SANITARIUM.
(ESTABLISHED 1900)
A private institution which combines all the
advantages of a perfectly equipped hospital
with the quiet and comfort of a refined and
elegant home. Modern in every respect No
insane, contagious or other objectionable cases
received. Sates are as low as the most effi
cient treatment and the best trained nursing
will permit.
H. C. COONEY, M. D.,
nedical Director,
NELLIE JOHNSON, Superintendent.
(April 18-2)
Tax Judgment Sale.
Pursuant to a real estate tax judg
ment of the district court, in the
county of Mille Lacs, state of Minne
sota, entered the seventh day of
March, 1912, in proceedings for en
forcing payment of taxes and penal
ties upon real estate in the county of
Mille Lacs, remaining delinquent on
the first Monday in January, 1912,
and of the statutes in such cases made
and provided, I shall on the 13th day
of May (being the second Monday)
A. D. 1912, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon at my office in the court
house in the village of Princeton and
county of Mille Lacs, sell the lands
which are charged with taxes, penal
ties and costs in said judgment, and
on which taxes shall not have been
previously paid.
(Seal) W. C. DOANE,
Auditor of Mille Lacs County,
Minn.
Dated at Princeton, Minnesota,
this 16th day of April, A. D. 1912.
(First Pub. Apr. 18)
Citation for Hearing on Petition to
Sell, Mortgage or Lease Land.
ESTATE OP SAMUEL MATTSON.
State of Minnesota, County of Mille Lacs.
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Samuel Matt
son, decedent
The state of Minnesota to the next of kin
and all persons interested in the sale of certain
lands belonging to said decedent
The petition of J. C. King, as representative
of the above named decedent, being duly filed
in this court, representing that it is necessary
and for the best interests of said estate and of
all interested therein that certain lands of said
decedent described therein be sold and praying
that a license be to him granted to sell the
same-
Now therefore, you, and each of you, are
hereby cited and required to show cause, if any
you have, before this court, at the probate
court rooms in the court house, in the village
of Princeton, county of Mille Lacs, state of
Minnesota, on the 13th day of May, 1912, at 2
o'clock p. why the prayer of said petition
should not be granted
"Witness the judge of said court, and the seal
of said court, this 17th day of April. 1912
WM. V. SAOTOBD,
(Court Seal) Judge of Probate Court.
J. C. KING,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Mora, Minn.
For Service.
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