The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-08

Not Very Certain Then,


Not Very Certain Then.
The political bees are buzzing in
state and legislative politics. The peo.
pie are not mixing in, however, and
they will have to be heard from before
anything can be very certain Cam.
bridge Independent.
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The Tax-Dodgers' Fear.
The New York legislature wants to
enact law for the taxation of tax.
dodgers. This will add another tax
to dodge. What the dodgers, fear is
enforcement Of law, not legislation
Chicago Record-Herald.
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Why Did He Do Itc it,.t
Will Senator Knute Nelson please
explain why he voted for that ship
subsidy steal? Of course John P.
Morgan wanted it, but if our senator
is Morgan's hired man the sooner
our people realize this fact the better
it will be.-Mankato Journal.
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Should Be Kicked Into Oblivion.
When Bill Grimshaw hobs ur
serenely at the next state republican
convention with his "We point with
pride' platform he should be squelch.
ed. A committee should be ready tC
"point with pride'' to the exit and see
that he passed through it.-Brecken.
ridge Telegram.
Imagination May Eventually NIaterialize
Surveyors, landseekers and iron
prospectors are so numerous in north.
ern Minnesota that there is scarcely
a land owner who does not imagine
he is going to have a railroad across
his ''forty' or that he is bound to be
in the center of vast mining opera
tions.-Brainerd Dispatch.
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His Feet Out of the Trough.
This Office has never been able to
understand just why the Paynesville
Press man has been so bitter towards
republicans and the republican party.
It is now plain. There are some men
in this world, including editors, who
are not worth keeping in line with a
pOstmastership.-St. Paul Review.
A Wheat Thief or a Pine Thief Preferred.
We notice that the Minneapolis
"Town Topics" has discovered, all
of a sudden, that more care should be
exercised in the selecting of a lieuten-
ant governor. From this we may i'm
ply that the paper at the falls fears
that Duluth may have the appointing
of senate committees for the next state
senate. Of course any old thing hav-
ing the Minneapolis brand would be
unobjectionable to the Clown Top.
les. "-Madison Independent Press.
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Mighty Easy to Ask Questions.
Is there any good, valid reason why
a man living twenty-eight miles from
the city of St. Paul should pay as
much for the transportation of his fuel
as man living lob miles from the
city of St. Paul?-Gov. Johnson.
Is there any valid reason why a
man living in st. Paul should pay
two cents for sending letter to Min.
neapolis when the same letter could be
sent to New York for the same price:
It is mighty easy to ask questions.
Minnesota Mascot.
A Sarcastic ."Perhaps.'' oe3
Equal Rights Democrat" is to be
the name of a new weekly paper which
will be launched in Minneapolis by
VIM. j. Gallagher in the near future.
If we are not mistaken this will be the
50Oth attempt to establish democra-
tic paper in that city of $1,000 demo.
cratic voters. The 499 are all dead,
owing to the fact that they were un.
able to subsist on hot air between
elections. Perhaps the Equal Rights
Democrat will live. Perhaps
Anoka Free Press.
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Duluth by All Means.
There will be considerable hustling
between the cities of Duluth, st. Paul
and Minneapolis as the placefor hold
ing the next republican state conven-
ton. There will be no objection il
the city at the head of the lakes is
selected by the powers that be, in fact
we believe it would be a. popular idea
for the convention to meet in new
5place. take on new ideas and start the
campaign of, 1906 in a manner thai
would mean success all along the line
The gentle zephrys off the unsalted