The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-16
MINNIE'S THINKS, !:

ST. PAUL, MIMI. July II, 1903
The only 'big event. of the past
week has been the formal advancement
of the Van SAINT third term movement
in Ramsey county under the leadership
OF Oscar Hallam and Oil Inspector War
ner. Governor Van SAINT presumably
does not know about it as he has warned
his appointees to keep away from poll
tics. Judge Jamison however is not
entirely in the dark concerning War
ner's activity.
Bob Jamison is very waxy at the sug-
gestion that he cannot deliver Henne-
pin county to whomsoever he pleases.
Still he may have hard time proving
it,
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The St. Paul Globe is trying hard to
make out case against Charley Whit
ney as candidate for secretary of
State. It's vain delusion. You will
find the captain doing the biggest
shouting for Peter E.? Hanson. Mr..
Whitney will be found in the front rank
always and is destined to serve the
State for years to come.
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Sam johnson has been in the east for
a week telling other bank examiners
how he does it in Minnesota. He bet
ter tell them not to get caught in any
such scrape as he did in the Ralph
business.
They are putting boys in jail in Min
neapolis for going in swimming in the
clothes God gave them. A city that
will do that is capable of any cussed-
ness.
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The supreme court threw Fred Ames
down hard, and maybe he deserved it
at the same time there is an element of
danger in establishing a precedent
whereby any honest man may be put
at the mercy of a gang Of crooks. The
testimony of self-confessed criminals
should not swear away a mans liberty
except in cases where no doubt of guilt
exists.
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St. Paul is in the midst of another
carnival Ovement-ostensibly for a
public charity-but in reality to give
prominence to few self-touted men of
genius whe manage such affairs with
pompous assininity.
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DR.. Bracken says the people of St.
Paul buy milk not fit to throw into a
sewer. That's probably true But that
is only in line with other ills to which
q big city is heir. A man who will
live in big city as a matter of free
choice is lost to all hope of redemption.
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Judge John L. Macdonald. formerly
congressman from the Third Minnesota
district. died suddenly on Monday in
Kansas City where he has lived the
past four years. He was for years one
of the best known lawyers in Mime
sofa.
1t is almost a crime to bring up a
child in a big city. If every child
could live in the country the first fifteen
years of his life we would have higher
type Of American citizenship.
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Some of the governors good friends
get mad if you say he is not looking for
a third term. But he himself has said
it. Now who does the governor the
greater injustice-those who say he
spoke the truth-or those who intimate
that he did not mean what he said?
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According to the new city directory
St. Paul now has population of 231,-
900. According to the Judgment of
conservative men 100000 is nearer the
correct figure.
The next governor will have to be
close to Tom Lowry says NJ. D. Mum.
Well now the people of Minnesota may
have as much to say about that as the
city railway company.
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The government crop report will be
knocked sky-high by Minnesota crops
unless all signs fail. There is no logic
in the claim Of only half crop. There
is every indication Of a very large gen.
eral crop.
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St. Paul spent $3.50, 900 on July Fourth.
And yet we send missionaries to the
heather.
MINNIE.
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