The Princeton union., 1900-10-18
II. 4 TRU.ELSE,]N'S E SPIEL [I|,,.jI,'
The Democratic Candidate for Con-
gress Visited Princeton Thursday,
Speaking In The Evening.
With "Hon.s D. P: Jones He Got AZ
ter the Government and Tore
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the Atmosphere to Tatters.

/ The Democratic campaign has been
opened 'esl[.11 IN Princeton and d*incidentally
the eyes of the. people have been
opened, too: Henry Truelsen the Dem
ocratic candidate for congress in this
district spoke at the Jesmer opera
house Thursday evening and with him
was ID. r. Jones, of Rock county, tone
of our best speakers Mr.. Jones has
a good voice and a good appearance
while speaking, but he lacked a good
|subject: He attempted to talk on i'm
lperialism, but aside from ''tearing our
boys from the bosoms of their mothers
and sweethearts'' he accomplished
nothing. 60 ~. - 80 .,:.::.s
The principal speaker of the evening
was Mr.. Truelsen, the ''friend of the
peepul. ''~ His henchmen had heralded
him as an eloquent speaker and if a
flow of language is eloquence, they did
not misrepresent him: But the audi
ence was disappointed and it was com
monty remarked that he would have
been votes ahead if he had never come.
He, too, took imperialism for his topic
and predicted dire results to the re-
public if Mckinley were reelected.
He solved the Philippine question in
several different ways during his dis
course and then fell to berating the
trusts. The Standard Oil company
was his particular meat and though he
doubtless told the truth about how
Rockefeller squeezed his donations for
colleges, libraries, etc., out OF the peo-
pie, he failed to follow, out his truthful
vein and tell his audience that coal oil
is on the, free list and the trust was not
the outgrowth Of the :'robber tariff
Then he took up trust legislation
and blamed the Republicans in con-
gress and the president for. not passing
laws to control them "They have
been in power three years. he cried,
''and still have done nothing. What
can you expect to gain by re-electing
these men5s' y Again he failed to tell
his audience that the Republicans
lacked the necessary two-thirds ma
jority in congress. required to pass the
constitutional amendment, and the
Democrats defeated it by every man of
them voting against it and going on
record as in favor of trusts. He also
neglected to mention tie ice trust and
the cotton bale trust.
There was also another omission.
He talked loudly Of government with
out the consent Of the governed in the
Philippines and Porto Rico, but neg
lectedsto howl about the government
without the consento of the governed in
North Carolina aud her neigh boring
States. ~, -. * -,
He concluded his speech by telling
how he had served as alderman in
Duluth for years.. had been elected
mayor three times but the last time
was counted out by the supreme court
and gave his audience his word that he
had been friend OF the people all the
time. He was still their friend and
would remain their friend if elected to
congress.
While there were between 200 and
800 present, the audience, judging from
the applause, was largely Republican
and was not in sympathy with the
speaker, attending merely out of curl
osity.
When you look over the county bal
lot you will see at the bottom the space
left for you to record your vote for
or against the bonds. When you come
to this on election day remember that
the county is now spending for roads
and repairs $4,000 to $500 annually