The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-16
The Work in Hand.

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The Work in Hand.
The legislatures which will
meet this coming winter have i'm
portant duties to perform; and it
is certainly to be hoped that no
one will be elected a member Of
any one Of them who is so stupid
as not to know what those duties
are. We have not much patience,
as the reader very well knows,
with the blind devotion to party
interests which distinguish the
course Of the great majority of our
law makers. But if partisan zeal
is greater in any legislators breast
than is the zeal to serve the inter
ests Of the people, we wish to say
to him .confdentially, that a de-
votion to the public interests on
the part Of our legislators, is the
only thing that will prevent a gen
eral smash-up among present polit-
ical parties. The anti-monopoly
sentiment is taking strong root
in this country, and, mark our
words, it will result in thor
oughly organized, fully equipped
and political party, unless sthe old
parties do their duties by the peo-
pie. AS for ourselves we are in
different as to the means which
shall be used to secure to the peo-
pie their rights. We ask for the
repeal Of all class Legislation and
for pledge that no more shall be
.enaoted for effective legal inter
Vention between grasping, and
greedy monopolies and corpor-
ations and the people; forlaws that
will prevent us from being robbed
by food adulterators, bogus patents
or even genuine patents, and
through a monstrously unequal
system of taxation. This is what
we want, and we have not the
slightest objection to taking it
from either one party or the other,
from one section Of the country or
another, or from an entirely new
political party. We have no time
or disposition to engage in the non
sense Of shouting, ''hurrah for our
party while 'sour'' party is doing
no more for us than an old gate
post. If Ssour'' party cannot keep
up with the demands of the hour,
we are not going to lag behind
with it, but are going to leave it
and keep abreast with the times;
and there is a host Of people in this
country who will do just as we in
tend to do. When the farmer gets
Justice at the hands of the mono
poles that are now crushing him;
when he stands before the law as
the equal Of any other man and Of
every other man; when labor is
recognized by legal enactment for
what it is worth, and our farms
exert greater influence than Wall
street does, we have not the slight
est objection to the partisan
screaming the party name, and
clarifying the past record Of his
political organization, from morn
ing until night, and from one
years end to another. In fact we
shall be delighted that he has some
trifing, harmless thing to amuse
himself with. Having grown too
large for child's rattle, and too
boisterous for any ordinary amuse-
ment, by all means let him give
vent to his childishness by shout
ing the name Of his party, if there
is nothing else to do. But while
monopolies are getting richer and
the people poorer, we have no
time to indulge in senseless parti-
san clamor, and do not mean that
the legislator shall indulge in it
Longer than we can get rid OF him.
Western Ra1'al.
An omnibus was starting from
the Bank buildings Git was raining
badly at the time) when a comical-
looking fellow got on the steps.
81 say, conductor, . he said, Sis
the Noah's ark quite fullgo
ssAll but the donkey. Step in.
side, sir, " said the conductor. =
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