The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-01-24

!, j AN u AIRY 2.
but am near enough to know that
throughout the East it is coming more
and more to be realized that by follow
ing the course laid down by the u s.,
and in no other way, can the vexatious
problems presented be solved with JUS
tice to all. The Chinese trust the u.
S. thoroughly, knowing as. they do that
this country has no land-grab bling de-
signs, and while they do not hope. to
escape the payment ofjust retribution,
they know that back of all our de-
mands there is a spirit. of justice and
fair play. The American policy will
triumph in the end, and the world is
coming to know that William McKin-
ley leads the nations in"the diplomacy
of the East. ''-Detdno Eagle :: ::
z-.* o. -. -. =.
TURN DEAF EAR. =: -
f.: Don't listen to the pessimists who
claim that the world is going to the
dogs and that the poor man is being
more and more oppressed by the rich.
As fact it is undeniable that the peo-
pie OF every country are better off to-
day than were those of 100 years ago.
The world has steadily improved in the
past and probably will steadily i'm
prove in the future in spite of the
croakers.-Faiuar Standard.
WILL CLIMB NO MORE.
Senator Towne in few days will lay
aside his senatorial dignity and return
to our sister city on the lakes. Towne
has been II congressman and senator,
while yet the silver sign of age has
scarcely marked his temples. 1t is
said he will abandon politics. He per-
haps has discovered the secret of great
ness-has seen with his own eyes. how
shallow are the pretenses of the So
called great. If he be the philosopher
that his friends say he is he will be
inclined to adopt the lines OF Omar
Kahayyam:
"And would you know the secret? So dbl
Low in the dust sought it, and on high
Sought IT. awful hiuhtc fro,,, IN e+o,
Up, up, where Parwins hoofs stamp heavens
floor,
My soul went knocking at each starry door;
Til on the Silly top of heavens stair
Clear-eyed looked and laughed-and climbed
~ no more.' st. Paul Globe.
i. j.. !.
A PRoD1GIOUS SPONGE.
The house OF representatives has
passed the river, and harbor bill to the
senate after rejecting applications for
some two or three hundred millions of
dollars to be used on absolutely useless
improvements which have nothing
s'national'' in their character. The
net result of. the houses pruning work
is bill carrying S68,000,000, but let
no one think that this means an outlay
of that large sum alone. There is a
system of continuing contracts in >oper-
alton and that means an appropriation
for, say $4,000, is only a 'starter" and
that many more $4,000 appropriations
to the same alleged Improvement will
be@forthcoming. The incipient ''im-
provements" now undertaken will cost
several hundred millions before they
are finished. Thus, when one reads
that S6S, 100000 has been appropriated
for river and harbor improvements,
the figures conceal expenditures in the
future agregating many times that
mount.-Minneapohs Journal
+ +. !.
CIR. PIONEER.
Some day, when the cause of good
roads is great deal further advance ed,
monument should be erected to Will
liam Woolsey, of Maryland, who left
his fortune to his sister twelve years
ago. with a proviso that at her death
it should go to the State for the i'm
provement of country roads. He was
a pioneer in a good cause and pioneer
of the most practical kind. Let his
memory be kept green,-Mi'eeeapohs
Times. .-.- =.
Last week the, Mississippi Valley
Laaabe1mass issued it's annual statistical
number. It was elegantly printed on
fine book paper and scattered through
its pages: were elegant reproductions
Of some Of. the worlds famous paint