The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-23

Bob Evans Is. All Ready to Serve
the People as a Compro-
mise Candidate.
special Correspondence to the UNION.
MINNEAPOLIS, april 81, 1896. ---Y our
Uncle Loren, arrived home from
Washington to-day, has entered vigor
ously into the work Of repairing his
rail fences. He says, though, that he
is thinking of using barbed wire this
year TO keep young Frank Davis from
crawling through.
In his interviews in the evening pa
pers he is long on dams and postofices
and reservoirs, but mighty short on the
currency, the sectarian school ques-
ton, the Pacific funding bill and the
like. On the coinage question, the
congressman of the Fifth is mum as a
Mississippi clam. He is neither gold
nor silver, greenback nor bond, appar-
emily IN ever heard of those things.
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By the way, one of the improve
ments which Fletcher is going to have
is to Transform Mile Laos lake into
reserFoir. He thinks that it would be
moresuseful in that way than now. He
has got an appropriation into the river
and harbor bill for a survey of the lake,
for reservoir purposes. +. ass.
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Meantime, f. F. Davis has been cir
culating vigorously. He has kept up
a perfect free coinage circulation
through the wards and precincts for
several months past although he will
not take stand on the free coinage
question. He is mum on the coinage
question also, and his mulnness is
Your Uncle Loren's strength. Frank
is working hard among the young Re
publicans, the bicycle army Of which
he is q member, and the various secret
and other organizations to which he
belongs. The opposition to Fletcher
from various sources is being corralled
by Davis, although it is. believed that
at this writing he. is short of votes
enough a tosnake Your Uncle Loren's
callingainsecure 49,
The Times has been raking the com
mittee of 100 as usual this past week
and is making things hot for the 100
and their candidate, Van SAINT. Van
has been given numerous invitations
to go home, and Eustis gets up on dry
goods boxes and crows over the dis
comfture of Van. VIM. sHennery says,
as it were, "There, mother told you to
go home. There"
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The 100, however, are not bothered
much apparently by the attitude of the
Times and VIM. Henry. In fact, they
have been inspired somewhat For
the first time in month or more they
are beginning to show signs of life.
Since Bob Evans mass meeting of 20,
which was reported by the UNION a
month or so ago, there has not been
one of those wonderful nightly meet
ings of the people" until last Saturday
night. Evans and Cairns went out and
held another meeting in the Eighth
ward, but I am informed that they did
not talk anti-Clough this time, but
simply anti-silver, anti-Democracy, and
the like. Their anti-Clough enthu-
siasm seems to have completely waned.
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They confidently predict that Eustis
sis not in it in Hennepin county,"
They do not as rule think that Van
SAINT has anything like a plurality in
the city, or even majority of the
anti Clough wing. They claim simply
that Van has more supporters than
Eustis. Captain Downs, prominent
member OF the 100, member of the
last legislature, and an active G. A. r.
is quoted as saying in an evening pa
per:
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II do not see how Eustis can expect
the support of Minneapolis. He has
not The following. I believe Van SAINT
is stronger among the anti-Clough fol-
lowing in Hennepin county than Eus-
tbs. I believe he will get majority
of that element at the primaries. Ger
tainly Mr.. Eustis could not. We are
willing to make the contest"
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Eustis has issued a proposition that
the anti-Clough forces shall vote at
the primaries upon himself and Van
SAINT, and that the one receiving the
more votes shall receive the solid Hen
nepin delegation provided, OF course,
the combination prevails over Clough.
in the county convention. The 100
have submitted a counter proposition,
and that is, that a ticket shall be