The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-02
THE TINES ! / ]. SQU[EALS.
The Erstwhile Organ Of the 100
Sees the. Situation in a New
Light and Weeps.
ssUncle JASON DevOtes His En-
tire Attenti ton to This IN
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special Correspondence to the UNION.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 81, 1896.
The action of the Times, the special
organ OF the 100, in its lengthy editor
lal OF this morning, condemning that
eminent anti Clough body, and ridicul-
ing its pretensions as well as calling in
question the honesty Of its purposes, is
OF such peculiar interest, that I will
drop the usual grist of comment on
current events and present to your
readers the latest editorial wisdom
from the fount of the zoos sanctum
sanctorum. The striking significance
OF the Times recantation, the confess
ed hopelessness of the whole s'anti"
movement of which the Times has been
the mouthpiece, the merciless arraign-
ment with which it hays the body on
which the s'antisO have relied for polit-
ical success constitute such an enter
tanning chapter in Minnesota's present
political situation, that I think your
readers will pardon me in presenting
inlieu Of the usual gossip chapter of
select quotations from the late es-
teemed organ of the 100.
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Ii readers will bear in mind that the
I5nes has been the active and loud
toned organ of the committee of 100
since january J, if they will remember
that the Times has employed during
that time special political reporters to
work up anti-Clough sentiment and has
given from one to three OR more col
ums daily to the ''anti'' cause, they
will the more keenly appreciate the
significance of the Times editorial con-
fession and condemnation of this morn
ing.
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Point number one-What does the
Isnaes, after all its support of and ex-
perience with the famous 100, think
that the 'santi''' movement of the 100
amounts to? Let the Times answer:
Unless there is some radical change
in The spirit and methods, and we may
also add, the purposes ofsthe committee
OF 100 which has had charge Of the anti
Clough movement, Mr.. Clough will not
only carry Hennepin county, but will
be nominated by the State convention,
and nominated easy"
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Point number two-What does the
Times, after three months of compan-
ionship with the committee of 100,
think of the character and purposes of
that institution? Editor Blanchard
answers: 1.-The Committee of 100 ap-
pears to be a pretentious hum bug. It
is without method, or harmony, or hon
est purpose. AS it stands to-day, it is
simply a clumsy and ineffective ma
chine, started for the sole purpose of
smashing the Clough machine"
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Point number three-DOes the Times
find that the committee of 100 is legiti-
mately engaged in the cause to nom
mate a good governor, or is the COM
mittee engaged in the work of fixing
up some senatorial or other machine
for ambitious politicians? The Times
asks and then answers it's own ques-
ton: SIS it true, as the current talk
goes, that petty jealousy and selfish
ness in the committee would rather see
Clough nominated than some other
Minneapolis man, who, having the e]e
ments of growing popularity and use
fulness, might interfere with the
political ambitions of some Of it's mem,
bers?" =. NJ. II
That appears to be the whole matter
in nutshell. It is the most rational
explanation of the failure of the Com
mittee to formulate a definite line Of
action and a positive purpose
i. i:
Is the committee of one hundred en-
gagged in securing a Minneapolis man
for governor, or is it engaged in steer
ing the governorship away from Min
neapolis because certain Minneapolis
politicians want to be senator? What
do Hennepin county voters think about
that proposition? How does the Times
take to it? It breaks out thus: Are
the people of Hennepin county going.
to consent to the. selection of any other
than a Minneapolis man for candidate
for Governor? The senatorship has
gone to the country, and now the
question is, shall the governorship go
there also, because the politicians,
who control the Committee of 100, cam
not agree upon a Minneapolis candi-
date? Does the Committee propose to
force upon Hennepin county the alter
Enativeiof accepting Clough or losing
the governorship?'
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ftel, three months Of Communicating