The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-12-26
NEED COUCH DROPS
Your Uncle Jason Thinks the
Davis Boomers Should
Clear Their Til r0ats.
Eustis, and His Policy, and Pratt,
and Brewery Pull, United
for Better, for Worse.

Special Correspondence to the UNION.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. %, 1896. The
withdrawal of r. G.. Evans from the
gubernatorial contest leaves only VIM.
Henry to contest the Hennepin dele
cation with Governor Clough. fear
William Henry will scarcely make it
interesting. ~.
Inasmuch as the Northwestern con-
gressmen received from Speaker Reed
all the mitteeships they asked for,
the solid Northwestern course-is for
Reed for president. It is recognized
thing, you know, that the presidential
nomination is a matter of committee
ship plums. I'D ss.a.@..= h. p.
Your Uncle Loren-himself a very
good Reed man, by the way-tells me
there is nothing at all in that widely
spread report of a Quay-Platt-C larkson
combine to advance Reeds ambitions
the harvest of Pennsylvania, New
York and Iowa committeeship plums
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
| mot a bit of it, you.know,'' says Your
Uncle Loren, with that expansive and
guileless smile.
$50
Rev. Geo. r. Merrill, pastor of Gov.
Pillsbury's and President Northrop's
church, does not seem to be pleased
with the Sunday saloon and gambling
! policy which Mayor Pratt received
as an heirloom from ex-Mayor Eustis.
Says the First Congo preacher: 1.-THE
government of this city to-day is ruled
by 9 policy It is ruled by a policy
that was created by a former admins
| tration. It is dead man that does
/ the ruling.' How unkind of the
eminent University ward pastor to in
Esinuate that his honor the mayor is
q stpol-pi geon, and that the Honorable
/ William Henry Eustis is a ''dead
nha;,' 81.
! : re T.. - = % -
!. My humorous friends on the Morn
5 ing Times intimate in a big cartoon,
that the shades of Washington, Jeffer-
son, Madison, Adams and Monroe were
the inspiring geniuses behind Grover
Cleveland when he wrote that Venzue-
Ian message. But in a two-column
news article alongside, the Times en-
ters into a lengthy explanation of how
one, u. A. Bowman, president of the
Monoa Company of Venezuela, repre-
sentative of the Austin Corbin Bank
ing Company, of New York, and a
well-known fnancier in Eastern cir
cles." is not only the inspiring genius
of the Venezuelan trouble, but the
author of the Monroe doctrine stuff
which has been filling the ''metropol-
itan press'' during the past few
months. The article intinates that
the interests of these big corporations
in the disputed territory are the prime
consideration of the government, and
that Grover has named Bowman to
head the ''arbitration' commission.
Will the Times please explain again.
The inspiration idea needs further ex-
position.
:: j. !.
And how about that presidential
boom of the attorney of Rockefeller
and the Great Northern Railway?
Won't Messrs. Washburn and Mer-
RAM, Nelson and. McGill, Evans and
Hay, please whoop-er-up a. little more.
Cushie's boomlet must not be allowed
to anguish, nor the boomers to grow
cold. Take a little cough medicine,
gentlemen, and then, whoopie for
Cushie, Rocky and Jimmy Hill.
+ ~ I.
The Washburn-Eustis organs say
that Messrs. Nelson and Merriam are
bowling, ''Davis for PRESIDENT - just
for the politics in it in 1899. The Mel
son-Merriam organs say that Wash
burn, Eustis and their kind are max
ing of Cushman K. convenient masked
battery from which to emerge in 1896.
Is it possible that all of these organs
are telling the truth-just once for a
change? =. .....sE
| z,r i. !: ....
| When Robert Pratt wrested the may
orally from the hands of Mayor Eustis
in 1891, no love was lost between these
statesmen. But, presto! Eustis wants
to be governor, and Pratt wants a sec
ond term as mayor; and both are in
dire need of supporters. What then?
Eustis has a good secondhand policy"
which he will sell cheap, warranted to
be in good working order, with side
back door attachments intact. Pratt
has a good secondhand brewery pull,
enforced by the $500 campaign sub
scription. Lets swap even," quoth
both statesmen, with hearts that beat
as one. And SO it's done, ''the great