The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-07-14
A WELC0 Me HO ME-
Princeton Welcomes r. G. Dunn to
His Old Home in a Warm
Hearted Manner.
A Reception at Jesmer's Opera House
and Banquet at the Com
merCial Hotel.

and ovation by the citizens OF Prince
ton and surrounding country last
Monday night. It was Mr.. Dunn s
first visit to his home town for several
months, and happy over the victory
of their fellow townsman Princeton
people exhibited spontaneous out
burst of loyalty and appreciation. 1t
ali came from the heart. There was no
fuss and Formally about it. It re-
minded one of a family, reunion to
make merry over very happy results.
A delegation of citizens headed by
Mayor Cooney met Mr. Dunn and his
party Of friends at the train. The
Princeton band was present and
started up lively air as the train
pulled in, while the platform was
crowded with people to welcome home
not Princeton's candidate, but the
States candidate for governor.
Among those who accompanied Mr..
Dunn were Hon. Joel P. HeatwOle of
Mortified, Hon. D. F. Reese, Hon. Eli
S. Warner and Geo. A. Finn of St.
Paul; Hon. James A. Peterson, Hon.
Sherman Smith, Hon. J. II. Sweet,
Hon. T. II. .Girling, Judge j. H.
Steele, Andrew Rain. of Minneapolis,
W. J. Annon and Alfred Molander of
Anoka, E. M. Pratt, r. W. Walker
j. and Harry Ghostly of Champlin, Hon.
II. E. Craig of Orrock, and others.
The visitors were taken in charge by
local committees and entertained un-
til the hour arrived for the reception
at the opera house, where the people
began gathering early in the evening.
The opera house was very prettily
decorated with flags and banners and
wild flowers. On the wall in the rear
evergreen, "Welcome to II. G. Dunn,
Our Next Governor. About the
footlights were boquets of the beautiful
Indian moccasin, the State flower. and
there were large boquets of wild flow
erS
By $50 the opera house was packed,
and many could not get in. Mr.. Dunn
and his guests occupied seats On the
stage.
E. L. Mcmillan acted as chairman,
which position he filed throughout
the evening in a most satisfactory
manner, always preluding his intro
duction of speakers with some apt
remark.
Mr.. Mcmillan made a few remarks
in opening the meeting in which he
referred to the campaign for the NOM
inatiOn for governor and the interest
the people of Princeton and Mile
Laos county took in the same. Mr..
Dunn's fight was personal fight
with the people of Princeton, and as
Mr.. Mcmillan said His fight was our
fight"
Mrs. H. G. Cooney and Miss Lizzie
Nachbar sang ''Under the Southern
Skies' and as an encore came back
with song very appropriate for the
occasion, the following words being
written for the music of the topical
song. The Man Behind:''
Oh. the G. O. P. a ticket has to sweep the State
next fall
And R. G. Dunn, Our Bob" you know, he
surely has the call;
He won because they couldn't stop man from
Princeton, Mimi,
And that is just the reason next November he
will win.
Bob Dunn will win, Bob Dunn will win:
hot campaign for him will soon begin:
He will trot in Teddys class
And the State from Rock to Cass
On him will victry's go lden banner pin.
He's the man whom all the people like because
he's frank and true
And Princeton thinks the world of him, and
Minnesota too;
And when elected governor he'll be the same to
all.
So that is just the reason well help him out
next fall.
Chorus
Rev. w. E. J. Gratz delivered a short
but very witty address of welcome,
and when he had finished he had
pledged the visitors all kinds of sup
, port should they come to Princeton
where governors are raised" and
let their political ambitions have free
rein. He referred to the sand on
which is raised the famous Princeton
spuds and which enters into the man
ufacture of our famous Cream brick, -
but Mr.. Gratz reminded the strangers
within our gates that we did not use
all this sand in growing potatoes and
making brick, as much of it was used
in the people of Princeton, who are
known for their sand and grit. 1--WE
refer to Canton as the home of Will
liam Mckinley, and to Springfield as
the home Of Lincoln, while we pride