The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-02-26

upon the basis Of political expedi-
ency and without regard to the
merits of the measure as a wise and
just piece of legislation.
Johann Most Stockwell, the red
headed labor agitator and reformer
from Hennepin county, has sue
ceeded in getting himself about as
badly disliked in the present legis-
lature as old Jeremiah Benson was
in the last. He appears on the
floor of the house as the opponent
of every proposition involving the
expenditure of money from the
purchase of q spittoon to the en-
ployment of a clerk. But this is
not all. He is also the special rep
resentative of every radical doc
trine advocated by the extremes of
modern socialism. The gentleman
was given the chairmanship of the
committee on labor and labor leo
islation in the distribution of the
spoils and has since made it his
special business to introduce bills
presenting every conceivable de-
mand made by the most radical
rings of organized labor. He has
become the patron and champion
of bills restricting child labor, in
creasing the age of consent to IS
years, requiring the weekly pay
ment of employees by corporations,
making eight hours the legal work.
ing day on all public Improvements.
He was also the special advocate
Of the proposed constitutional
amendment providing for the in
PRODUCTION of Henry Georges sin
gle or land tax theory in this State
which was killed in committee of
the whole last week. The same
gentleman will also appear as the
chief pusher and hacker of the en-
ployers' liability act, drafted by
John W. Arctander, the TRAMP
Minneapolis lawyer, who was de-
barred in one Of the western coun-
ties of this State for unprofessional
conduct, and who is at present d.
viding his time between attempt
ing to practice law and addressing
labor mass meetings with infamma-
tory speeches. Nearly all of Mr..
Stockwell's Bills, that have been
reported back to the house, have
been killed SO that now all that any
member has to do to secure the
defeat Of any measure which he is
opposed to, is to get Mr.. Stockwell
to make a speech in favor of it.
Mr.. Darelius, also of Hennepin, is
Mr.. Stockwell's first lieutenant in
support of the majority of these
measures, and among his intimate
friends is spoken of as that "fsh-
mouthed - of EIenne-
pin" -. .....
One of the happiest families in
the present legislature is the
delegation from St. Louis county.
Three of the delegation, including
Senator Dougherty, and Repre-
sentatives Kendall, Of Duluth, and
Kinney, of Ely, favor the annexa-
ton of West Duluth to Duluth,
while Representative Boyd, Of
West Duluth, wants his town incor-
porated separately. Both parties
to the controversy have introduced
their bills, one proposing annexa-
ton and the other separate incor-
poration. The bills went to the
committee on towns and counties,
which after an extended hearing of
both sides of the controversy, re-
ported Mr.. Boyd's bill back with a
favorable recommendation. Now
the whole matter will be held in
allegiance until it comes up in COM
mittee of the whole when the fur
is likely to fly. Mr.. Boyd claims
to be representing the vast ma
jority of the voters of West Du-
luth, while the other faction assert
with equal positiveness that they
represent all of the heavy tax paw
ers and property owners. They
also maintain that Mr.. Boyd is
interested in a land syndicate
which proposes by incorporating
West Duluth separately to make
the Duluth street car companies
pay heavy tolls for the right to ex-
tend their lines into West Duluth.
This promises to be a very bitter
and personal discussion when the
bill gets into committee of the
whole and there does not seem to
be much likelihood of a settlement
until the legislature is given a
Junket to Duluth and RECALLED with
wine supper at the expense of
Duluth citizens. After the wine
supper the same citizens will be
expected to get out their red wag-
ons and red paint and show the