The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-11

single county in the district. We
spent upwards Of $40 in telegraph
ing for returns during the week
ending Nov. 18th, and did not get
returns from Todd county until the
evening Of the 18th Of Nov, nor
from Grow Wing until the evening
of the 18th of Nov, although we
had repeatedly telegraphed Messrs.
Howe, Fleming and Tache of the
latter county for information. We
can prove our assertions. Can the
contemplate insinuating Stivers
prove his? All this talk on the
part of Stivers about attempted
fraud in Mile Laos county is the
merest bosh. It is made for effect.
There is not a scintilla of truth in
his assertions. The auditor of Mile
Laos county is a square-toed honest
man. There is more honor and
manhood in his old cast-off boots
than there is in Stivers' entire car
cass.
MIR. Stvers has very little to say
about the Pine River precinct,
which, owing to a misunderstood
ing, was excluded from the Crow
Wing county returns. He does
not state that Is out of the IS votes
at that precinct were for Dunn.
Stivers claims this precinct was
illegal, because neither he nor any
OF his colleagues save Mr.. Price
needed the votes of that precinct
Price had only 5 votes at Pine
River, so we are informed. If you
had your way, Mr.. S., you would
throw out every precinct in the
district that returned a majority
for Dunn.
In the language of the caption of
this article EeWhat Ais Stivers?"
Here is w bat ails him. He knows
MIR. Price is not legally entitled to
a certificate of election. He knows
that if the Grow Wing precinct had
been counted we would have had a
majority Of nine votes over Mr..
Price. He is afraid the courts will
award us a certificate of election.
That means one vote less for Mr..
Stivers to- trade upon in his make
believe fight for the speakership,
for he stands about as much chance
Of being elected speaker as he does
of accidentally laundering into tell
ing the truth. More than that, he
and his associates are afraid of a
contest. They do not.wish to have
the rottenness in Morrison county
investigated. With all his brazen-
faced efrontery he knows he will
not be able to convince an impartial
body of men that it is the proper
thing for Judges of election to
spend two nights and a day in
counting a few hundred votes.
It is notorious fact that this was
done at Little Falls, and men Of
both parties in that village have
repeatedly informed us that we
were swindled out of at least 40
votes to further the interests of a
local candidate. That is only one
instance. We have been told by
Democrats that it was useless for
us to fight for certificate, because
the Democrats and Alliance men
would have majority in the house
and would unseat us without in
quiring into the merits Of the case.
MIR. Stivers is also banking on such
a combination. The course Mr..
Stivers has pursued in this matter
already is the best argument in the
world why he should not be elected
speaker. Does any sane man sup
pose that we would have ghost of
a chance of obtaining fair play if
H. G: Stivers was in the speakers
chair? Would any attorney wish
to try a case before a Judge who
had announced his decision in adj
vance? However, we have no fear
Of the result even if the Alliance
men and Democrats are in the
majority. There are Republicans,
Democrats and Alliance men who
think more of right and justice
than they do of party. To such
men we are not afraid to trust our