The Princeton union., 1900-10-18
4 pound qua to $s9, 900. {


OF SOS, ,s96.14 on hand on July 81 81 s99.
and their exy,enses were $658, ,l90.61 for
the Year, as com pared wit ss31 6. .5S9.16
for the preYious year. The outstand-
Ing accounts of the farmers who
bought this expensive prison twine
amount to- 1875, ,s65. "a, and as most OF &
left over, ha Wing, been unable to use It Il
owing to short crops, IT is not probable
that the prison managers will find col
lections for twine very brisk.
More Misrepresentation.
& In spite Of these facts and figures,
which are absolutely true, being taken
from the books, In the state auditor
office and from tile monthly expense
list sent into that Office by the warden
OF the state prison, some OF our politi
cal opponents are trying to make the
people believe that The prison tWine
plant has, under Democratic adminis-
tration, been conducted in a business
like way, and that The fund will have a
surplus OF profits OF 80. .0GO at the end
OF | lie year; and that the managers OF
the plant have actually saved the state
some $40 600 on the years business.
Their statements are untrue, and they
are proven to- be untrue by the state
auditors books and by monthly ex
pense statements Of the prison man
ayers themselves
This is not matter over which Re-
publicans ex,llt. We do not rejoice s
over the death OF "a sinner, and we see
no cause for congrat tulation because
our political opponents have succeeded !.
in crippling the state institution SO
useful and SO valuable to the agri-
culturists OF Minnesota. The prison
tWirle plant in the past has been the
means of relieving our farmers from
an odious monopoly, and It is to be
sincerely deDlored that its usefulness
has been impaired and its popularity
$lessened by tie ignorant misrlanaga-
sment Of politicians oyereager 10 make
political capital at the expense of the
Ignorant Of the Art of Governs e1lt.
farmers and Of the state.
M 1t is a remarkable fact that the art
os government is incomprehensible to
the Democratic party. The Democrats
have never discovered the secret Of
successfully managing the affairs OF
the state or the nation. The principles
of good government are to them en-
known, and even the brightest minds
in the Democratic ranks fail to grasp
the fact that in the conduct of public
affairs honesty of word and purpose.
accuracy Of thought and Intelligence in
action are absolutely essential. The
present campaign has furnishedsan ex-
ample of that peculiar uEf fitness and
8harroWness Of perception soacharacter-
sistic of Democracy. refer to the
singular Elunder made by my political
sopponent in a speech delivered early
in the campaign in which the follow
Ing statement was made:
.ss. The only difficulty with our finances
at the present time is the large surplus
IN the treasury. At the end of the
+ fiscal year, Aug. 1. the state treasurer
had an his vaults and on deposit IN the
va riolss banks 81, ,169, ,337.52. This sum is
largely in excess Of the amount actu-
ally needed for the requirements OF
the state. And I cannot heI 7, but ex-
press my regret that the last legis1a-
ture= did not cut down the tax levy, as
j advised in my MESA ge.'
Any person possessing the faintest
conception OF the financial system and
condition of the state would have
avoided making such bIunder as is
made by the speaker when he states
that there was a large surplus in the
state treasury. AS matter of fact
there was
No Surplus Mt All. S.
On the contrary there was barely
enough to meet the current expenses
of state government FOR the remainder
Of the year. OF the $2,1es, SO referred
to by Gov. Lind, 81, 425, ,225.TS belonged
to permanent funds which cannot be
diverted from the purpose provided by
the constitution and 81 the statutes.
About 1,140,000 of this remnant formed
! part of school, university and state
institution funds, part of which be-
long to the permanent fund and the
/ remainder to be distributed to aid the
! educational and charitable institutions
Of the state as provided by law. 45i
Only $744,111.F4 belonged to- the gem
eral revenue fund and was raised by
taxation; two thirds OF the amount
was derived from the sale of school,
university, internal Improvement and
swamp lands and the interest on land
7 contracts, and in place of being ex-
Stracted from the pockets of the tax
/ payers, greatly aids in lessening their
! burde The amount in the general
revenue 1und is Tor the purpose OF
meeting the cost of state government,
and by thesend of this year 1t will be
i exhausted. AS to the
Reduction OF the Tax Levy.
\ IN his profound regret that the legfs-
lature failed to reduce the rate below
is mills the speaker overlooked the
/ Important fact that the state auditor.
] IN accordance with the power vested in
4 him by law, reduced the rate last year
a$one-tenth of a mill and this wear viii
reduce it another tenth, making the
/ rate Of the state tax levy only 1.3 mills.
which is nine -tenths Of a mill below
the rate levied by the fusion legislature
i OF 1891.
OF course we all know that many
4 wild statements are made during the
4 heat of a political campaign simply for
! ! the purpose OF producing political eff
4 feet. and the statement haze quoted
may have been Of that character We
i know that during The campaign Of tr,c
years ago Democratic candidates and
speakers made many statements when
we're not borne out ~ facts. and made