The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
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lit as long as there is a court in the Z
United States where the companies
can gets hearing They will fight it 5
to the bitter. end, and the plans for the
Ifght3are already we'll outlined. They
will first attack il on the ground that / /
the bill was not legally passed because
Frank a. Day was acting ieutenant
Hgovernor W hen he voted on IL, and conf
lSsequently had no ri ght to a vote:
Then they will claim that the secre-
tary OF State did not comply with the
law regard to publishing the
amendment so that the peo-I
pie might fully understand what
they were voting on. Finally they will
attack it on the ground that it is d ou-
Ible taxationtha they are already
paying taxes under. the gross earnings
4 law, and that this exempts them from
\ the payment Of any other tax. Mean
while they will sell off their lands as
8 rapidly as possible, keep the matter in
court as long as possible and finally
compromise on the best terms possible
During the past year the companies
owning lands have redoubled their eff.
4 forts to get rid Of their lands, and the
q result is the addition of thousands
S LOT honest farmers to the
+ population of the State. The benefi-
S cent effects of the law are thus plainly
q felt, and if there is any real doubt as
Z to the status of Senator Day at the
t time the Anderson bill was passed BY
i his vote it is to be hoped that the fact
= will be established at4once, SO that his
n successor may be Immediately chosen
Fe and the bill re-enacted in time to ga
n before the people at the next general
a. election.
e There is good deal Of good, baG
IT and Indifferent speculation in the daily
at papers concerning the disposition q
1e, the patronage under the Mckinley ad
" ministration and the makeup Of til.
n next Republican State ticket. Their,
3. are one or two plain truths c,.ncerninl
a fthe: first proposition which mig 1T JUS
So as well be presented without fear O.
al favor now as later on. The men VIII,
ct were most prominent in bringing Nc
,st Kinley to the front in Minnesota. an,
Il. who subsequently took the greatest in
lis terest in carrying the State for him
fho
ON ronage of the State, and the men VIII
10 think they are fooling Mckinley ar
e: going to be the worst fooled men i
,ir America. The major is something {
on a politician, himself, and during tn
* earlier stages of the campaign had
ID. personal representative in Minnesot
* taking stock. He knows how all tn
i'd leaders stood, who were for him, VIII
CHI were against him and who were luke
it warm. Those who promptly surre1
it dered and mounted the band wagon i
good faith-and in time-will be r,
garded as originals, but those VIII
to bucked the organization may just ;
nd continue to buck it, for they are not
he it yet. Moreover there are two {
IN three we'll known s'sooners'' who q
I'VE aboard at the first station, but who's
lily we'll known propensity for vario,
ON kinds of jobbery will bar them fro
Sc. any great participation in the benefit
of They were pulling the pickets off tn
use garden fence at Canton all summe
zee but the major has seen enough Of pra
Ter tical politics to be ''onto'' them.
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mo AS to the constitution and persona
ro- of State ticket in 1898 the man WI
he processes to know anything about it
he simply willing and cheerful liza
ars The conditions that obtain during tt
to next year will have much to do wit
Ind it, and no one can now tell what tho;
all conditions will be. Those WI
oer imagine that Gov. Clough will exc
, is else no influence in the selection
its candidates in the next campaign wi
I'm. find themselves mistaken. He has
,m- strong hold on the common people
ave the State, and though he may reti
ese from leadership his counsel will sti
Of be sought. The next election will
bill in an off year, and the Populists w
Of strain every nerve to carry the Stat
the It will require a more united and ha
at monious Republican party than Il
the present one to win, and there a
5is- evidences on the part Of the factions
get together and harmonic. If tn
do not do it the next governor, al
AIDE possibly the next Legislature, will
4 Of Of the Populist faith.
the VuLTURE.
veil Il. III
Born.
10 To the wife Of I. A. Baker, Of BIZ
"A Hill, Dec. Is, son.
will To the wife Of Warren Baker,