The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-23


the Democracy, and which controls its
faction comes from the south, and that
section has no interest whatever n
business, trade or commerce, and ig-
nores the appeals made by that active
part of the union.
Dave Hill has a great deal more
sense than most people give him credit
for. He told me the other day that if
he had his way, he would limit all ses-
sions of congress to three months.
The rules of both house and senate
should be SO far changed toward the
business methods Of Reeds system, as
to enable congress to do all that was
necessary in that time. Having
watched the progress of the tariff bill
from the first Of September last year,
when the committee on ways and
means began work upon it, until the
present time have come to the con-
clusion that Hill is right.
The river and harbor bill as it passed
the house contained all the increases
which Senator Washb burn secured in it
for the the State. Many thousands of
dollars will be expended on public i'm
provements in Minnesota during the
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work.
Some man fired memorial into the
house the other day which gives our
friend Hall a little unpleasant notori-
ETY.. It enumerates a number of patent
bills that have been introduced in the
house during the past session in the
interests of the Bell Telephone
monopoly, and two are credited to Mr..
Hall. He has been devoting a great
deal of his time to the patent laws and
his interest in them has been won
dered at. I will have to acknowledge.
however, that have always found Mr..
Hall straight.
It does not make much difference
here whether the Minnesota Democ-
racy is divided between German and
Cleveland or which faction is on TOP.
The presumption is that Minnesota
Democracy will not be in it this year.
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No other State is any better equip
ped than Minnesota in the senate. A
combination of brains and ability. bust
ness and energy, popularity and in
fuence which will maintain the State
at the head in the highest legislative
body in the world.
I Some one sent Grover crow Just
after the Wilson bill had been accepted
by the house; not the Wilson bill, how
ever, but the Gorman-Brice bill. It is
not very often that Cleveland has to
eat crow, but this seemed to be a place
where he could do nothing else. BY
the way the man who said that the Re-
publicans could not say anything
meaner of the new tariff bill than the
Democrats themselves said of it ut
tered campaign truth which ought to
be heard everywhere this year.
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Please remember that this is the
Sugar Trust bill. The best estimates
are that it is worth about $40, 1000, 900 to
the trust, though some make the
figures higher. The fact that this
great organization can manipulate the
the market to fit anything it wants UNI
der the advalorem rate, gives the trust
hidden protection which no one can
foretell. Wilson told me that it might
mean Is cents on a hundred pounds or
it might mean 40 cents. That was
when he was making the free coal and
iron fight for Cleveland.
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1 Please remember another thing that
whenever an attempt has been made to
fight the sugar trust it has been met
by the administration and thwarted,
Carlisle's letter saying the duty was
necessary is an illustration.
The protection to the wooden manu-
facturers in making wool, which the
farmers of this country produce, free,
is greater than in the Mckinley law
and German has secured some out
rageous high rates in the cotton sched-
ules which protects southern interests
and his own cotton manufacturers in
Maryland.
The Minnesota Republicans can en-
| ter the camnaipn with nond .ooona.