The Princeton union., 1900-10-18


8 Ny Friends: If the question were
asked me: What Is the the most yal-i
liable and desirable quality for q, man
inapublic life to possess ?'' would an
swer; Honestly. And by that l
mean not only that the politician and
statesman shall avoid ~ violating the 4
penal CODE, hut that he should be
scrnnulously honest In his convictions.
in his Intentions. In his speech and In
his acts. The commandment. Thou
shalt not steal is directed as much
against the larceny of the thoughts
and IDEAS OF another. as against the
larceny OF a horse. Literary larceny
8 Is termed plagiarism or piracy, ac~
scordlng to Its degree. one being petty
and the other grand larceny. "a mans
Ideas and thoughts are as much his
sproperty9as his horses and cattle.
The literary thief, when discovery
8overtakes him, Is not sent to 3ail be-
cause the penal code does not extend
TO his offense;; but he finds that he is
held in public odium and has ruined
his career. So when q politician or
statesman steals the thoughts or Ideas
OF another and, without giving credit
to the original owner, converting
them to his own use, his offense Is not
one which makes him amenable to the
law, but the penlty is as sure and se-
we're as that of the literary pirate, EIis
offense is against public, morals ana
public opinion inflicts the punis nishment.
Must Keep His Promises.
When candidate for public office
makes promises to the people, he must
keep them. II he gives his pledge that
certain reforms shall be made Il the
people elect him, three things are res
quisite. The candidate must honestly.
believe that reforms are needed, there.
must be something to reform, and, II
elected, he must fulfill his pledge and
effect the reforms. sS5 Il
And when a candidate for public of
Ace comes before the people he must
appear In no borrowed garments. His
plumage must be all his own, for il
not. just as soon as the people detect
his disguise his experience will be8sim-
liar to the ass that paraded in the
lions skin. The men of to-day are
very keen-sighted. and there never
was period in the history OF the
world when shame and false pretenses
had such a hard time. Il think, in fact,
I know. that the people of Minnesota
have weighed the claims and merits sot
the different political pa1ss.es and their
respective candidates presented at this
election. They see. on the one hand.
the Republican party, tried by forty
years in the management of the affairs
Of the state, and it's candidates sup-
ported by the splendid record Of their
| party and pledged to carry out its
great and lofty aims, to protect and
! advance the interests Of the common
wealth, and to uphold the PRINCIPLES
which have lent luster to twenty -tWo
I Republican administrations. COnserv-
ative where the. peoples interests are
concerned; progressive In aiding the
states development; aiming at the
highest and greatest good, the Repub-
lican party has been a safe and wise
counselor in whom the people have
learned that implicit confidence may
be placed. 5ss 8sk zsA3
/ s-Democratyss sofIed Garments.
On the other hand, they see the DEM
ocratic party and Its candidates, with
4 no record except a few inconsiderable
/ soi1ed garments which Democracy
would gladly hide beneath Its oWE
tattered rainent with no principles
4 except an Imitation set constructed OF
negations Of everything Republican.
And to-day Minnesota Democracy and
I its candidates stand before the voters
arrayed 8 in plumage surreptiti tiously
j borrowed from Republicans. h oping
that the people are not sufficiently
keen-sighted to detect the disguise.
4 swaggering around in attire "a world
4 too wide for their shrunken shanks. : If
The plain fact Is, my friends, that
our political opponents have made q
4 desperate attempt to steal our thun-
der. and are trying to persuade the
i people that the ideas and plans they
advance for the carrying on and inn
Il proving our state government are their
4 own. while, as a matter OF fact, every
4 substantial thing they possess or pre-
Il sent they have purloined from the Re
publican aboard. Consider the Dem.
i ocratic state plat form. Tt points with
d lpride'' to our system Of
a Grain Inspection, u
(which the Republicans gave to the
grain growers and shippers of the
& state fifteen years ago. 1t points witt
q more pride to the state laws for The
\ control of railroads and railroad rates
& and to work the present state railroad
y and warehouse commission Is doing
They imagine the people are credulol:
. enough to believe that they have
j, placed the railroads Of Minnesota }un,
II der state control But the people
know that the state laws for the su
7 pervision and control of railroads We're
I the work Of Republican legislatures
that or March g. 1871. a Republican
!. legislature passed an act entitled ], ~ All
, act to regulate the carrying Of freigh
!. and passengers in this state, :" where
: Iby the state asserted its power to ex
ercise control of railroads in the in
terests OF the people. that act pre-
scribed a maximum rate for freigh
and passengers, and provisions sufn
cient to prevent prohibitory rates ant
- ldiscriminations, and the man who wa
; mainly instrumental In winning th
, fight for the right Of the state to as
.,,,.% 81, ~, coutr0l wa q fhat nraxaf MAJ