The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-02-01

John, it is politics, and John is yet
looking for an opening. He is not SO
smart and shrewd as his predecessor
John, which is likely due to the train
ing Of the legal profession. But John
and the report of his Public Hound
kerst reminds us very much of the
epltaph upon the tombstone of the
frontier rough who had killed his full
quota OF his fellows, become a past
master in the art of outlawry, but like
all men, who have gone before, died.
There was trouble to hit the right
epltaph, but the choice was left to the
minister who conducted the funeral
services. And years afterwards his
relatives read upon the stone locating
his grave, she Done His Damdest. y
st. Paul Review.
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Getting on to Northrup's Game.
The Fairmont Independent says
President Northrup of the state uni
versity has but one object in life and
that is to increase the appropriations
for the Minneapolis end of the U, and
the Dawson Sentinel remarks that
there is no reason why the president
OF an educational institution sup
ported by the state should try to run
the state. All of which tends to show
that the state press is getting on to
the game.-Anoka Free Press.
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Not Complimentary But True.
Bob Dunn says the Democrats are
to blame for: the West hotel FIRE in
Minneapolis. It's easy for Bob to
plane the Democrats. Thew kept
him out of the governors chair
Lincoln County Advertiser.
You know better than that Bro.
Seagrave. The Democrats did not
keep Dunn out of the governors
chair. 1t was lot of Republicans,
led like a calf with rope around his
neck, by clique of soreheads. This
IS not very complimentary we know,
but you can't change it.-Minneota
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Odorous and Odious.
Former Gov Van SAINT has been
down in Kansas talking agin the rail
road merger: That may. be good
stuff down in Kansas, but up here in
Minnesota it is beginning to SMELL
Blk River Star.NewS
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Provincial Minneapolis,
One OF the current enigmas in state
politics is that the city of Minneapolis,
the largest in the state, has so little
influence in state affairs. For many
years the Flour City has been quite
ignored. No governor has been
chosen from among it's citizens since
1876, with the exception of David M.
Clough: and he was named in spite of
his home city. Minneapolis has had
a United States senator for only six
years, since 1887, and it's weight in
the political affairs of the state is less
than that Of many a county seat of
1000 people. There are more rea-
sons than one for this condition, but
the most prominent, perhaps, aside
from its lack of cohesion, is the short
sighted selfshness that Minneapolis
as whole has always displayed. It's
strongest political opponents are its
counties, and now all
over northern Minnesota feeling
grows that Minneapolis is opposed to
its interests and would, if it could.
prevent the development of this part
OF the state.-Duluth News-Tribune.
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The Act of a Traitorous Migrate
Governor Van SAINT frankly used
the power of his Office to discredit and
defeat the man preferred to him and
his friends by the Republican conven-
ton as candidate for governor. He
destroyed his political enemy, but he
destroyed utterly at the same time
himself and the instrument who pros
tituted an Office Of public trust to
political revenges. Minneapolis Trib-
une. :-<; -'-5- =. =; .'t.,-.- ..E..gsy-5-
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Will Do Effective Work.
We have reasons to believe that
President Bernard will do effective
work in Washington to such an extent
that those who now ridicule his pur-
pose will have reasons to smite them
selves for. putting obstacles in the
way OF northern Minnesota progress
Pilot.
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Should Be No Discrimination.
1t is high time that the people of
Minnesota ignore the matter of nation
atty in considering the availability