The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
THE, OLIT..'ICAL, S I'E n
Things Seen in the Turbulent
Kettle by Our Minneapo
lis Correspondent
Theresa Flaw in the Chain the
ssAnti'' Organs Used to Tie
Clough to the Ring.
pecial Correspondence to the UNION.

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special Correspondence to the UNION.
Il MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 8, 1896. The
Evans Eustis machine of 1OOwith G..
S. Cairns, candidate for the Republi-
can League presidency, as chairman
and jim McMullen, candidate for oil
inspector, as secretary is still doing
yeoman service. ito do up the.
IN.
regret to state that there lis no
second edition of the Evans propa-
ganda for the UNION to review this
week. Mr.. Evans 'smass meeting
of 20 persons, which represented his
sfrst gun fired" in his own ward last
week, has not been followed with a
second similar volley. The announce.
ment Of Mr.. Evans that he was going
to hold a similar meeting in every
ward and precinct Of the city stands,
out in bold and unsupported relief.
The historian is left to record, simply,
that in the year 1896 one, r. G. Evans,
got up, in the Eighth ward of Minneap-
oils, his own home, an alleged ssanti-
Clough" mass meeting consisting of 20.
persons, including himself, where this
same Clough in 1891 walked off with a.
plurality Of 1880 votes over his leading
opponent; and that Mr.. Evans did not
repeat the experiment.
i. i. +
Jerry j., the s'North STAR political
man Of the Journal, gives to the public
an account Of the alleged split between
Col. John Goodnow, generalissimo of
the Mckinley forces in Minnesota, and
Col. Bill Merriam, who has gone South
for his health. Jerry introduces a
column article on this theme with the
following: William Mckinley, presi-s
dent; John Goodnow, political boss in
Minnesota and dispenser of federal
patronage. How is that fora combin-
ation?" Jerry then recites how Good
now laid out Merriam at the, National
Republican, League conventions, and
secured from Mckinley the recogni-
ton which Merriam sought, as head of
the Mckinley forcesin Minnesota; and
how Col. Merriam has finally skipped
South to recuperate. Col. Goodnow's
trip to Dubuque and his announcement
on his return that Allison is his second
choice, are likewise detailed by Jerry.
All the same, what is the matter with
Reed?
The Eustis mayoralty ''policy in re-
gard to gambling, Sunday saloons, and
cheap theaters Of the 'Jumbo" and
'Comique" type, is still in force under
the direction of Pratt, William Henry's
successor and gubernatorial supporter.
After the morning Eustis organ had
got through announcing that gambling
had been suppressed by the police, a
plain minister of the gospel went out
alone and had no difficulty in losing all
he wanted to at roulette, faro and the
other devices known to the industry.
The interesting fact is, that after Rev.
James McAllister published his dis
coveries in the Journal, the city ad-
ministration itself suddenly discovered
the gambling whose existence the
mayor and police had steadfastly
denied. Capt. Helm, who seems to
have charge of the gambling Industry
for the administration, then went on
the stand and testified that Tyler, the
gambler had been keeping his estab-
lishment open a year to his, Helms.
personal knowledge. The policy
must have a cog loose. Rev. James.
McAllister ought to be added to the
administration to brace up its spinal
column. When it takes the police a
year to own up what they have known
all along, the beauties Of the policy,
become quite apparent.
4 :.
While Franklin Fillmore Davis has
been swinging about the circle and
making eloquent deliveries on the
Venezuelan and John Bull question.
with special twists on the caudal ap-
pendage of his leonine majesty; Your
Uncle Loren has been industriously
saving wood and negotiating for gov
eminent sub-treasuries and govern
ment armories and such-like to be
located in Minneapolis. Before the
congressional contest between Franklin
Fillmore and Uncle Loren is com
pleted, We expect to have all Of the
government works worth mention
located here, and to have the British
lion tailless.
$is ~. -
The anti organs gleefully publish
the statement that Merriam and Mel
son have deserted Clongh and left him
to fight his own battles for the gov
ernorship. What means, then, this