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THE PRINCETON UNION
BY R. O. DUNN. *_,,
Pblisl&4 Every Thurtdar
TSRM8-S1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
SI.25 I NOT PA IP I N ADVANCE.
OFFICE) FIRST ST., EAST OF COURT HOUSB.
Q. I. STAPLBS,
Business Manager.
THOS. H. PROWSE,
Editor.
Boosevelt says his party will
*'stick." Stick the republicans in
the back?
If the election were to be held over
again Wilson would carry Minnesota
by at least 20,000 plurality.
Governor Eberhart's plurality is
30,027. Those political pessimists
who dolefully predicted the gover
nor's defeat have another guess com
ing.
A fair exchange is no robbery.
Ringdal carried Governor Eberhart's
home county of Blue Earthy while
the governor carried Ringdal's home
county of Polk,
Woodrow Wilson needs exercise and
is riding a bicycle, says a Princeton,
N. J., dispatch. If he is in need of
real exercise we advise him to saddle
and mount the democratic donkey.
Between the nightly banquets of
the Limburger club in St. Paul and
the Lutefisk club in Minneapolis the
effluvia from the boiled Cabbage club
at Midway has been practically ob
lite rated.
J. A. A. Burnquist, lieutenant
governor elect, has a difficult task to
perform, and unless he uses every
discretion in the appointment of sen
ate committees he is liable to burn
his lingers.
It was predicted awhile ago that
cereals would continue to be im
ported from Europe despite the big
grain crop here. The prophet proba
bly had in mind the Spring-Eice that
is to be cast into our midst.
A Fort Peck Indian squaw and her
daughter have one of the finest agri
cultural exhibits at the Northwest
ern Products exposition. These
dusky daughters of the soil set forth
a splendid example for some of the
white farmers.
The lamest duck that has ever
dragged its lacerated body up Salt
creek is one peevy collins. The
voters certainly showed their repudi
ation of this egotist by driving their
stilettoes of disapproval deep into
his quivering flesh.
Some of Mr. Bryan's followers
would like to see him appointed to
a cabinet position. Mr. Bryan's
foolish actions have earned him a
place in cold storage and we suggest
that he be relegated thereto. He
has become a national nuisance.
So Governor Wilson has promised
to call an extraordinary session of
congress in April to rip the tariff
schedules to pieces. The result of
the dissection is a mere matter of
guesswork, but time will tell us
whether it proves beneficial or not.
Winston S. Churchill, first lord of
the admiralty, was hit and badly
disfigured by a heavy book hurled at
him by a political antagonist the
other evening in the British house
of commons. A turbulent session of
the Minnesota legislature is tame
compared with the scenes occasion
ally witnessed in the staid old mother
of parliaments.
One million dollars has been voted
by the directors of the International
Harvester trust to educate' the
American farmers. The harvester
company could save the American
farmers several millions of dollars
annually by disposing of the imple
ments it manufactures at reasonable
prices. That would be the kind of
education that the farmers would
appreciate.
Presumably working on the princi
ple of the old saw thai} "i takes a
rogue to catch a rogue," the St. Paul
police commission employed a num
ber of Burns detectives to shadow
the city detectives. As a result four
of St. Paul's sleuths have been sum
marily dismissed from the force.
This does not necessarily prove, of
course, that either the pursuers or
pursued are rogues.
5 -"*^*4i
Surely the people of Minnesota are
entitled to a short respite from poli
tics. But already the ambitious
politicians are planning and schem
ing for the next election. Why not
give the people a rest for a time at
least?
Constitutional amendments should
be adopted by a majority of all the
voters voting at an election. If
there is an urgent demand for a
change in the fundamental law of
the state the voters will see to it
that that change is effected.
Roosevelt's plurality over Wilson
in this state was only 19,394. Roose
velt's total vote was 125,856. Eight
years ago he had a plurality of 161,-
464 over Alton B. Parker, and a ma
jority of 140,442 over all the other
presidential candidates in this state.
"the
con-
Augustin Max, known as
blind banker of Paris," has
fessed to appropriating to his per
sonal use $2,000,000 of his depositors'
money. The banker seems to have
been recompensed for the loss of
sight by the acquirement of a very
fine sense of touch.
The short dairying course, now
being conducted at the state farm
school, offers a splendid opportunity
to young men to become more thor
oughly trained in the science of pro
ducing more and better butter and
cheese and encourages them toward a
better community usefulness.
In Princeton village 92.74 per cent
of the votes cast at the recent elec
tion were in favor of the good roads
amendment. That is a record un
surpassed by that of any voting pre
cinct in the state save Lake Fremont
in Sherburne county, and there the
vote was unanimous for the amend
ment.
In order to save her pet horse Miss
Ida Eustis of Minneapolis rushed in
to a burning stable, fought her way
through smoke and flame, and suc
ceeded in leading the half-suffocated
animal to safety. Many heroic deeds
have been performed by women of
late, and this is one which is truly
worthy of commendation.
Hon. Charles N. Orr of St. Paul is
talked of as chairman of the Ramsey
county legislative delegation. Mr.
Orr was elected to the house from
the 37th district by a majority of
over 3,000. He was deservedly popu
lar in the last house and the Ramsey
delegation could not do better than
place him at the head of their del
egation.
A nation-wide movement of the
women's clubs is being planned to
bring about the appointment of a
female to an office in Woodrow Wil
son's cabinet. With one woman
holding a portfolio the male mem
bers mi^ht just as well sleep at the
cabinet meetings, for they would
have no opportunity to get in a word
edgewise.
The fact that Mr. O'Hair, a bald
headed democrat, defeated Uncle
Joe Cannon does not signify that he
is a better parliamentarian or pos
sesses more executive ability than
uncle. Mr. O'Hair was "born in a
log cabin and raised on a farm"
while Uncle Joe was born in a pre
tentious four-roomed house with a
shingled roof.
William J. Bryan would permit
former presidents, vice presidents
and speakers of the house of repre
sentatives to the two houses of con
gress the privilege of debate
but not of voting upon pending
measures. Hence it is evident that
"Wiliam the Dead" would turn con
gress into a. veritable mothers' meet
ing could he have his way.
Weddings in the white house dur
ing the Wilson administration are
already predicted. Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson have three marriageable
daughters, and we miss our guess
if the matron of the white house
does not find an opportunity to ob
tain a distinguished husband, or at
least a husband with an abundance
of ducats, for each of them. Mrs.
Wilson would be foolish to do other
wise, especially when the fact that
her daughters are far from attrac
tive, is taken into consideration.
THE PBINCETON tJftTIOS: THirBSDXY, KOTEMBEB 21,r
ir
Some of the members-elect to the
legislature are unduly exercised over
the election of a speaker of the
house of representatives. I matters
little who is chosen speaker or what
section of the state he hails from
provided he has some knowledge of
parliamentary practices and is fair.
At best the speaker's chair is not a
bed of roses.
That excellent Journal, the Irish
Standard, published by the O'Brien
Brothers of Minneapolis, has turned
its twenty-seventh milestone and is
firmly established financially and in
the affection of its readers. The
Standard is one of the cleanest and
best-edited newspapers in the North
westj and richly deserves the success
it has attained.
There is nothing the matter with
the land department of the state
government. That department of
the state is being conducted economi
cally and every one who wishes to
purchase state lands is afforded an
opportunity of doing so once a month
from eatly in the spring until the
first of December. There is no ne
cessity for a separate land depart
ment with several high-salaried offi
cials.
Hats off to St. Louis county.'
That county pays more that 21 per
cent of all the state taxes and conse
quently will pay 21 per cent of the
entire amount that the one-mill
state road tax will produce, and St.
Louis county gave a clear majority
of 3,151 for the good roads amend
ment. In the next legislature when
demagogues are inveighing against
St. Louis county it would be well to
remember these facts.
Speaking of the election of Wilson
Mr. Bryan remarked: 'This is the
day 1 long have sought, and mourned
because I found it not." And never
in the history of this country will
Mr. Bryan's name be enrolled as
president. This is taking a long
shot forecast, but Mr. Bryan has no
longer a sufficient number of sup
porters to bring him to the front as
a presidential candidate. His own
actions are responsible for the situa
tion.
We have a good deal of respect for
the new president and trust he will
have the strength of mind to leave
the country in as good shape as when
he takes hold of the administration
reins.- Elk River Star-News.
Here is a frank admission by a
worshiper at the shrine of the Bull
Moose. From the ravings of some
of the alleged progressives one would
be led to believe that the country
was on the high road to perdition
and had almost reached there.
Turkey may decide to rceall the
deposed sultan, Abdul Hamid, to
the throne. Abdul Hamid is one of
the greatest villains who ever lived
a blackguard who has caused hun
dreds of murders to be committed
and who has strangled many inno
cent women of the seraglio with his
own hands. He is an atrocious
monster who should have been hung
years ago. Henry VIII was a saint
in comparison with this iniquitous
beast.
Dr. G. R. Lincoln of Washington
says that loss of hair is a sign of
rapidly progressing civilization, that
within a century man will be born,
and woman, too, without a spear of
hirsute on their heads. If men and
women continue to dope their heads
with all sorts of so-called "restora
tives," which virtually kill the hair
follicles, this condition will doubt
less result, but as to baldness being
a sign of progressing civilization
that is all poppycock.
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice will
succeed Jim Bryce as ambassador
from the United Kingdom to the
United States. A the end of his
name he carries, the titular appen
dage of K. C. M. G., K. C. B. We
do not enjoy the honor of being per
sonally acquainted with Sir Cecil
Arthur Spring-Rice, K. C. M. G.,
K. C. B., neither are we acquainted
with Jim Bryce, but we'll wager a
guinea that the gentleman of super
fluous titles will not command the
respect and love of the American
peopl as did the resigning
sa
ip*i TTNREL.IAJBZE WITNESSES.
ambas-1]rapidly
An informer's evidence should not
carry much weight. He is generally
a liar as well as a coward. This from
the editorial column of the conserva
tive Minneapolis Tribune is timely
and appropriate:
"We will all do well to keep our
heads about the trial in Indianapolis.
The unsupported testimony of the
McNamaras and McManigal is not
enough to convict anybody. They
are, by their evidence, of the crim
inal type.
"To believe that they acted for
the body of American workmen en
listed in the ranks of union labor is
to believe that a representative and
powerful branch of American man
hood is tainted. To believe that the
officers of these workmen were per
mitted to conspire with these wit
nesses for a long progress of dyna
miting outrages is to believe either
that the rolls of American labor are
rolls of criminals or rolls of men dis
astrously misled.''
A cablegram from Shanghai con
veys the information that there is a
serious possibility of a declaration of
war by China against Russia. I
appears that once upon a time
Russia, by unscrupulous methods,
grabbed outer Mongolia, a territory
one-third the size of Europe, and
now China proposes to grab it back
again. China was weak when Russia
stole the territory, and could offer
but little resistance, but now she
believes she is sufficiently strong to
recover it. Our sympathy is with
the pig-tails and, should they at
tempt to drive Russia from outer
Mongolia, we hope they will be as
successful as were the rusty little
Japs in their fight against the tal
low eaters.
The grain market has virtually
gone towell, at any rate, it has
gone to pieces, and calamity howlers
tell us that this has been brought
about by the election of Wilson and
that, furthermore, the soup-house
days of the Cleveland administration
are bound to return. The slump in
grain prices has no more been
brought about by the election of
Wilson than was the California
earthquake by the machinations of
the devil. The rise and fall of prices
are due to supply and demand and,
occasionally, to the cornering of the
market by speculators. This hard
times talk is disgusting.
President George E. Vincent has
gone east to deliver lectures and at
tend football games. When he re
turns he will probably be able to
give the gopher tousleheads a few
new pointers on the forward pass.
The president of a university who
takes so much interest as does Mr.
Vincent in football, baseball, basket
ball, croquet, tiddlewinks and paper
chases is a valuable man. And then,
again, his lectures are brilliant
flights of oratory, fairly bristling
with dead and down linquistic
thrusts which hold his learned audi
ences spellbound!
Tom Noswal in the Northfield
News: The increasing cost of our
government, doubling as it has in a
decade, is becoming a matter of seri
ous concern to thinking men. The
need of economy is, they say, imper
ative. Instead of devising methods
of increasing taxes to which so-called
tax experts have in recent years
turned their attention, it is now
proposed to see if some method can
not be found of balking the raids
made on the treasury at every legis
lative session.
At the ripe old age of 82, Hon.
Henry C. Waite, the last survivor of
the men who drafted the constitu
tion of our state, passed trom earth
at his home near St. Cloud last
Thursday evening. Mr/* Waite had
been a resident of St. Cloud for 60
years and figured largely in the busi
ness and political activities of that
city and the state. True to his po
litical convictions and always loyal to
his friends he commanded the respect
and esteem of men of all political
parties.
Larz Anderson, whoever he may stlveas
be, has been appointed ambassador
to Japan to succeed Charles Jfage
Bryan. Mr. Anderson's name has
the right ring to it for the job. At
least he should have no difficulty in
acquiring proficiency in the
Jap language
1912.
A ROUSING MAJORITY
ft Cn.!
Aitkin
Ano&a Becker
Beltrami.. Benton Big atone
Blue Earth
Brown
Oarlton
Carver Cass
Chippewa. Unisjgo
Clay Clearwater. Cook
Cotton wood...
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge Douglas
Faribault Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue Grant Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca Jaokson Kanabec
Kandiyohi... Kittson Koochiching... Lac qui Parle
Lake
LeSueur Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod Mahnomen Marshall Martin Meekei Mille Lacs
Morrison Mower Murray
Nicollet... Nobles
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Total Vote of State^o^SIn Favor
of the (food Roads Amendment
95,74Majority 20,885.
Amendment Failed to Carry in Benton,
Cottonwood, Hennepin, Norman,
Red Lake and Wilkin.
349,678 to adopt a constitutional,
amendment a majority of all the
ways, and yet had it not been for
the large centers of wealth and popu
lation the amendment would have
been deleated. Under the circum
stances the apathy of the voters of
the rural countiesthe real bene
ficiaries of the measureis surpris
ing.
In Mille Lacs county only 69.57
per cent of the voters favored the
amendment, while in Princeton,
where almost one-fifth of the total
vote of the county was cast, the per
centage in favor of it was 92.74.
The Union has been to considera
ble t^uble^ancfexpense In p^rocui^ng
the figures fo the* table, and it
hV
COUNTIES
a
01 O
W"
2310 '2413 8157
3019
2107
1695 5481 3351 2686
2923 2261 2745 2696 3156 1152
856
2073 3436 4627 2081
3028 3666 4613 4064
5964 1596
52599
2697
1749
3285 2806
3877 1381
3408
1491
1664 2615
1334 3795 1647 2577
3122
704
2873 3440 8413
2097 3858 423? 2340
2545
3027
2333 4132 6052 1953
3184
1734
5890
2371
Norman ....y...
Olmsted Otter Tail.,
Pennington
Pine .Sj...
Pipestone Polk: Pope Ramsey Red Lake
Redwood?.
Renvillo Rice Rock
Kosean
St. Louis
Scott Sherburne
Siblev.
Stearns
Steele Swltt.. Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena Waseca Wastaiagton
Watonwan
Wilkin Winona
Wright Yellow Medicine.
I OPINIONS OF EDITORS
Annexed hereto is a tabulated
statement of the vote on the good
roads amendment by counties. The
first column shows the total vote cast
in each county, the second column
the vote in favor of the amend-!
ment. the third column the vote]
against the amendment, and the
fourth column the percentage of
voters in each county who favored the
amendment. To Koochiching coun
ty belongs the honor of having the
highest percentage in favor of the and go west ought to have a guardian
amendment, 91.40. i appointed to look after him. If a
The total vote of the state was'
lnin
ana
1438
1521 2015 2.224 1043
1054
3312 1770 1849
1532 1586 1721 1650
269 245
415 352
407
228
546
290 586 235 343
306 385 '223
32
385 624 557 273 486 771 626 059
35 65
60.25 60.03 58.42
72.59 53.32 56.91 56 42
65.26 91 40
t)0 05
56.89
2303 848
1284 410
4 4781
1603 1166
2385 3756 1260
871 924
3057
1477
21272
461
2170 2225
292 460
448 78
1178
239 468 364
1291
245
3922
161
470 791
964
3370 4113
4934 1844
2033
2722
670
1012
1348
318 235
21558
2434 1608
2690
6657 3400 1875
26G9 3934
1318 3677 1361
2904
4491
2146
1847
6335 4492
2461
13946
1409
1004 156*.
3846
1814!
1010 1726
2071
808
2066
751
1914 2732 1273
820
3S65 2365 1575
'297 0
353
1 20 3
474
132 8
593
216 342 907 198 61.30
Made the Most Nrt 1
Possibly the loudest noise made at
this rceent election was by the silent
voter who was scattered thickly
throughout this entire land.Still
water Gazette.
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Consistent Republicanism?
Martin county is the banner re
publican county of the state. I
gave a majority for Roosevelt. I
gave the railroad commissioners a
black eye and a majority against
Eberhart. Consistent republican
ism.Martin County Independent.
4*
Sound Advice.
The big land show is on at Minne
apolis but any farmer of Minnesota
who gets nutty on anything there
calculated to inducet him to sell out
i
ma
S
votes cast (174,840) was necessary.disP*aying
to
com
There were 195,724 votes recorded Independent Press,
in favor of the good roads amend
ment, a majority of 20,885. There It Will.
were 51,137 votes against the amend- And the same "people" who elected
ment. Mr. Taft four years ago and have
That the good roads revival is now lent their assistance to the elec-
state-wide is evidenced by the re-jtionof Mr. Wilson will be equallj
turns. With the exception of Cot-' prompt in turning from their new
tonwood every southern Minnesota favorite if circumstances seem to
county goes on record in favor of the justify a change of allegiance. The
amendment. In justice to Henne- great democratic party is on trial for
pin county it should be said that the the next four years. Mr. Wilson is
congestion at the polling booths in on trial. The whole doctrine of the
Minneapolis, on account of lack of a
sufficient number of voting machines, party commit the blunder of again
is responsible for the small vote in fumbling a great opportunity?
favor* of the amendment in that! Cleveland Plaindealer.
county. Those who voted on the
proposition in Hennepin county were I Neff Would Reform 'Em.
largely in favor of the amendment,! Now, then, let us again start the
but the trouble was that the major- men's religious movement. I has
ity failed to vote the pink ballot for been sidetracked during the political
the reason above stated. campaign. There were too many hot
Ramsey county covered itself with contests between the different fac-
glory. The vote of that county was tions to pay but little attention to
a big factor. St. Louis county did the saving of the souls of the human
nobly. That county will pay 21 per family. I was dollarsn some fat
cent of the entire one-mill tax and' office the candidate was looking af-
cannot possibly receive more than 3 ter. Some of you people who have
per cent, yet St. Louis gave a good, been treating the Lord shabbily will
majority for the amendment. have to do some great stunts towards
The one-mill tax amendment will making atonement for the tall lying
redound to the advantage of the you have been doing in the past
smaller counties of the state, as three months.Lake Crystal Union
every dollar that the tax will pro
duce will be expended on rural high-
"i_
some-
see
sat
otne
an
induce him to sell out and
Minnesotawell, he will be
good judgment.Madison
new democracy is on trial. Wijl the
Part of the snow.
'Ow's yore little boy gettin' on, Mrs.
Black?"
"Very well indeed. 'E's entered the
theatrical profession now."
"Oh! Wot part's'etakin'?"
"Well, 'e ain't exactly talon* a part,
bat 'e fetches the scene shifters beer."
London Answers.
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the first newspaper in the state to IgniterYes. sir, an' with everything
give a full and detailed statement of could lay 'is 'ands on.London
the vote on the amendment.
Sketch. defunctsfipfnTtPt?
Grocery Bulletin.
Raisins, 13c per lb. or 2 lbs. for 25c
Currantscrfcron per lblemon 10 13c
62*25'
i
and
orangand
63.'oa! peel, per lb 30e
63 82'
73
g| Toko grapes, per lb 10c
49 50 Walnut meats, per lb 50c
58160 Popcorn, 4c per lb. or 3 lbs. for... 10c
j|^ Mincemeat, small pail, splendid
52.41 I
roi9
flavor .25e
62 64 No. 1 cream cheese, per lb 22c
5985
ran
076
237 951
2036
2716 1254 1702
1787
2719 2392
3327
843
1875b
16.25
1053
1335
2037 1534
786
1923
974
1521 1583
759
2267
919
1859
1674
412
1696 2284 1888
1459
219 8
1032
293
5871
484
283
280 238 453 233
603 182 126 443
161 628 265
444 532
84
418 385 566 297 763
ges, per doz 40 and 55c
58.C8 Sweet pickles, per doz 10c
45.87 Fine dill pickles, per doz 10c
j?j fj5 Apples, per basket 70c
oo 26 Winesap apples, per peck 35e
so. Jonathan apples, per peck 50c
jg-fj Fine apples, per barrel $3.25
55 |s Walnuts, per lb
southern part
1
a
58.21
1281
984 352
..25c
O. B. Newten, HI
Headquarters for Groceries.
LONG SIDING.
Rachael Uglem has been taken sick
again. We hope she will recover.
Carl Thuneman's sale was well
59i74 attended and things sold at good
SS, Prices.
^l Mr. and Mrs. Henry Uglem and
JJ8-97 children and Eertha Thoreson spent
5533 Sunday at Taylor's.
69 57
5897- Herman
Keweitschofreturned
54.86
1
11
thepy statefromo- life
jjg-98 Monday eveningthoughta with wife. Herl-
5o."oo man hansdalnl(thestime been one of the
62.06
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of. W al
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5913
wis
ti'90 A grand masquerade baJl% at Long
62.29 Siding hall on Thursday evening,
J8,
November 28. one will be per-
64.39 mitted to dance before 12 o'clock at
55.17 night without being masked.
jj| |j Stromwall's orchestra of three pieces
64!re will furnish the music. Tickets 75
62i43 cents, free barn room.
53.35 Bids Wanted.
gj Persons desirous of furnishing bids
52i64 for 40 cords of greensame maple stove-!\ofd
517 56.18
woondd
640
for school house No. 1, district'
3
5
if fis'lq
4
cords of the kin
a
65 89
553
262 240
60.83 wood ior school house No. 2, dis
44.39 trict4, are requested to send in their
jj| bids on or before Monday, December'
0
Totals 349678 195724 51137
2 to Andrew Larson,
55.97 48-2tc West Branch Creamery.

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