The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-08-06
MR.. EUSTIS' REMARKS.
The Ex-Mayor Of Minneapolis Deals
Out Few Truths.

Mr.. Eustis said:
Mr.. Chairman. ladies and gentlemen: I
have listened to the exercises and watched
est. I am a stranger to you but not to
Duluth: and tonight when I came in on
the e train and saw this magnificent harbor
loeatio for a magnificent city under a
magnificent form of government. Gaugh-
It takes all these great things to make
great city. Your city is peerless. but 1s You 4
want some help. You have thought so.
Tor f. Two or three years, haven't yon?.
not only of the universe, but. laws Of
government on your side if you build
setting o beneat 1ar gondsr hill Tonighf
looked out and saw the silver moon.
p And nc thought as Listened
(cheers) that if you couldn't have both the
sun and the moon. which would you take,
t s1ys is eone Us n TRa ere the o aR
Charlie Towne''). Yes, "Charlie Towne''
I have been watching you fellows all even
ing Ing The other eye e,Xening attended meet
guished fellow citizen of Duluth addressed
an audience..not so large as this-in which
that was for him, and there wasn't a.
single interruption during the whole even
,tng. !, ApplagS5ss and cries q Three cheers
The character of the Interruptions here
tonight is Characteristic of the party
(Cheers): And when saw that in Duluth
listened to your man, without Interruption
and caterwauling, thought that is char
acteristic of the whole party of Pops and
= wish Charlie success and happiness with
the fellows and comrades that he has
found.
Republicans try to be gentlemen under
and know something. 1cries Of "Good!''2
tlemen, that it is very hard for man to
this size and instead of trying to harass
your speakers you ought to give them
Now, I have but a few words to say
The hour is late. I realize the fact, and I
ask *, myself n! what It is you most need
good friends for a long tome and haven't
got an unkind thing to say of him, but Z
thought tieniight Of the way he RECEIVED
Mckinley spoke to you here a couple Of
years ago. He told a story Of the war
when ,;na the =, captain brought his boys upin.
battle, and he took the flag and handed
1t to the color-bearer and said, "My boy
ths ag snd e ef er it gh for T
render 1t to the enemy and the fellow ans
swered the captain, TN take that flag and
die for it, but Iii return that nag to you
In honor or answer to God the reason
why" So, imagine will Judge Morris
mission to you in honor or answer to God
the reason why. S2s5 5
Do you think 1t is a light thing we are
congressman from Duluth, am a citizen
of the state of Minnesota, and as a Re-
publican was Interested and worked for
in this age double standard Of honor.
There seems to be a golden standard and
q silver standard. Judge Morris, is the
golden standard, boys!
S Now, they give their reasons for de-
sorting the Republican party-we have a
few of them down in Minneapolis, several
81 tlemmthey have We gone oyer from the
they say they have reason, and they
say the reason is the crime Of '73 All,
boys, let us be honest with ourselves! We
or four years; we have had them down
In Minneapolis, too, and have seen
wretchedness, sorrow: Have seen men
office and ask for work and had no work
to give them, and as saw the sick con-
dttfon Of our municipalities and of our
state and OF your city and wondered what
was the trouble, IT never occurred to me.
to look back to '73; thought could find
1T In 81 You know we look for cause
when we see an effect and we try to get
some cause approximate and not remote
have thought the real cause was that
In 1892 we voted for free trade. Charlie
Dan a. and Frank say that Is was the crime
Stop. think about that Could ii be pos
Etble that there was a subtle poison run
ming through the laws Of our country for
back in II when Proctor Knott was tel
were you then? daughter.
was there here ia rs? SOMEBODY s tell me- me.
800? 5000? Some one over there says 500.
Well, that's good mistake. But 500 or
! 1000, whichever IT may have been, from