The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-04
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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Vote for honest money and
continued prosperity. +
J. K. -Wightman. fusion candi-
date for county auditor, was q
Virginia visitor over Sunday. ::
The registration throughout
the county is exceedingly light,
and every man and woman regis,
tered should get out next Tues.
day and vote.
This week all parties and all
candidates are clamoring over
the certaintles and possibilities
of the elections. Next week one
half of them will be wondering
how it happened.
The Duluth Herald says Nor
ris majority on the ranges will
not exceed 500. The Herald is
a bright political prognostica:or,
and ought to know. But we
predict that 1900 will be nearer
the mark.
The shipments from Mime
sofa ranges will not be so large
as the estimates made in the
early part of the season, but
they show material and fatter.
ing increase over the ore ship
ments of ~.
The total registration in Du-
luth, despite the effort made by
party managers to get out aeon
plete registration, is 6,657,
against 1912 in 1896. The voters
are probably TOO busy to register
in these prosperous campaign
days.
All is not peace between the
peace Commissioners" and
Spain may yet recall her COIN
missioners and attempt Ianothel
round. The next time peace is
declared, it should be after Spain
is naught but an historical ma
tion.. ..
Shoa'd Hon. Page Morris be
defeated his campaign .managers
should lay it to his latest litho-
graphs, which look as much like
Page as they DO like Billy
Bryan. Like B. N. Wheeler
however, the litho is St. Louis
county product, and leriency
should be extended.
Both France and England arc
getting ready for war. If eithe>
calls the others bluff, the MINI
esota farmers will again be sell
ing wheat at a dollar bushel
whether Joe Letter controls .the
market or Page Morris or Chas
A. Towne occupy seat in en-
gress. /
w. W. Butchart looked aftel
his political fences in Virgini;
Friday and Saturday. MIR
Butchart is we'll known to thu
people of the ranges, and will
receive at least his full party
vote, and his friends claim hi.
election to be more than a posi-
bility.
The Evening Herald swear!
Towne will carry every ward. i,
Duluth and the News ribun,
alleges Morris will have ma
jorlty of the votes in the Zenith
City. Tuesday next we will b.
able to dicide to whom to attrib
ute the palpable error in judg
ment. !:
While in Duluth on SATURDAY.
The Enterprise editor securet
for the Virginia printers al
order for 10000 sample ballot
from the republican COMMITTEES
for the 10th and 51st Legislative
districts. The voter is entitled
to take one of these sample bal
lots into the booth with hin
when he votes if he so desires.
J. B. Middlecoff returned tt
Duluth Friday. after a tour O.
the range. Mr.. Middlecoff state.
that he feels we'll satisfied with
the outlook, and feels confiden
of election. He does rot think
Judge Aver will cut any mater
ial figure in the contest for the
Probate Judgship, the fight Fay
ing between Mr.. Westcott an6
himself.
A dishonorable discharge from
the army is the most terrible
penalty imaginable, says an ex.
change. The soldier forfeits his
citizenship-becomes a man
without a country-can never re.
enter the army, has no chance tc
wipe out his disgrace, and. has
an ineffaceable blot placed on his