The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-12
LETTER.
Senator Washburn is a Worker
and Ever Alive to the Interests
Of His Constituents.
The Cause Of the Mile Laos Set
tiers Demands the Immediate
Attention Of Maj. Baldwin.

Attention OF Maj. Baldwin.
Eastern Manufacturers Want
Free Raw Material Something
the West Does not Want.
Little Interest Manifested in the
Proposed Repeal of the Fed
eral ElectionsLaws. -
From the Unions Special Correspondent. f. -
WARRINGTON, Oct. g. 1898.
The desire to return to Repub-
lican rule was never so great as at
the present time. It is generally
conceded that could an election be
held now that the Republicans
would win an overwhelming vic
tory. There might have been
something to complain of during
the last administration, and when
Cleveland was president before
there was enough kicking, but the
second administration Of Cleve-
land will go down in history as
the worst since that of James
Buchanan. On all sides I hear
complaint Of the manner in which
the public business is done. The.
exclusiveness of Cleveland extends
to his subordinates, and there
never was a time in Washington
when a person seeking to do bust
ness at the departments of the
government was put to so much
Inconvenience and was obliged to
undergo so many petty annoyances
as now under the rule of a man
who was supposed to be Jefer-.
sonian simplicity personifed.. Mr..
Cleveland has become a million.
aire since he was president before.
He has also circulated quite extern
sively in the millionaire set in
New York since that time, and
that accounts to a certain extent
why he adopts in actions what
Vanderbilt put in words: ''The
public be DID," But the Demo-
cratic congress is much worse than
the Democratic president. For
this administration we have ar
rogance at one end of Pennsylva-
mia Avenue and ignorance at the
other. Independence amounting
to obstinacy in the White House
and demagogic imbecility in the
Capitol. It is no wonder that we
all sigh for another election.
The more I see of Senator
Washburn, the more I am con-
WINGED that the State of Mime
sofa made no mistake when she
sent him to the senate. Even if I
do not agree with him on all cues
tons | cannot help but admire his
pluck and persistency. He came
to Washington when the SPECIAL
session opened believing that the
immediate repeal of the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman law
would relieve the business pres
sure and that the country would
begin anew on sound basis. No
senator has been more persistent
in the effort to carry out what he
thought was the proper thing to
do. He has not made any
speeches. Senator Washbu1n
knows that is not the way to con-
vince men. He works around
among the members on the floor,
in the cloak rooms and wherever
he can find them. Senator Wash
burn has not talked on the silver
question and will probably not say
more than he has said on one or
two occasions when he has cor
rected erroneous n impressions
which some of the senators given
to spouting were spreading on the
records. The few remarks he has
made by way Of inquiry or cor
rection have not, occupied five
minutes of the time Of the senate,
but presumably have done as
much good as any long-winded
speech that has been delivered.
The methods Of Senator Wash
burn on the silver bill are only an
instance of his way of taking care
of legislation. He is a worker
with a tenacity of purpose which
always wins when man Of brains
adopts such methods. In num-
Der Of minor matters regarding
the State he has pursued much the
same course with success.