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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

The Scientific American, anent the
recent advice of James J. Hill to the
agricultural classes of the United
States that they should cultivate
scientific farming, and referring to a
bulletin of the government department
of agriculture upon the same subject,
in part says
Although this bulletin has highly
optimistic flavor, which it has indeed
every right to carry, there is nothing
in it to contradict the grave truths
outlined in the recent address Of Mr..
Hill at Han1line, in which he en-
phasized the necessity for scientific
farming as a,means of increasing the
output OF the farms and providing for
the e future enormous increase of the
population Of the United States. Al
though the bulletin admits that there
has been a gradual and steadfast i'm
provement il the.practice Of farming,
it is nowhere SO well understood as in
the department. iof agriculture that the
natural. productivity ofsthe soil is
only half developed, and that the land
Simply awaits more intelligent and
careful farming to double its output.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18
THEODORE ROosEvELT.

King Alfonso of Spain and bat
talon of troops whom he had invited
to accompany him went into La
Granja forest last week and in two
days shot 1900 deer. This seems
large killing to those unfamiliar with
Spanish game preserves, but the num-
Der slaughtered was but a bagatelle
in comparison with the thousands re-
naming. In Spain deer are protected
until they become so numerous that
their pasturage is insufficient to
feed them, when thousand or two are
killed to avert starvation. But game
protection in that country and in this
state widely differs, for while SPANS
protection protects, Minnesota's pro-
lection is a veritab BILE farce.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

A staunch republican friend of ours
residing in Winona writes: "The fact
that Mr.. Cole has selected Van SAINT
for one of his campaign speakers will
surely accrue to his (Mr. Cole's) dis.
advantage. Van SAINT both worked
and voted for Johnosn two years ago,
which is sufficient, it seems to me,
without reference to other question.
able tactics pursued by him. to sub.
stantiate my assertion. I believe Mr..
Cole is an honorable man, and an
sorry he made the irremediable
mistake of employing Van SAINT to &C
on the stump for him."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Mr.. P. H. Stolberg, a Chisago
county attorney, is opposed to Cole
because he defeated Jacobson for the
nomination, and he advises that "re-
publicans can unite in their support
of Gov. Johnson without losing their
party standing" If Mr.. Johnson is
reelected governor and a new judicial
district is formed out of the counties
of Chisago, Pine and Kanabec, Mr..
Stolberg would care precious little
for his "party standing" if he were
given the judgeship. There is moth
ing the matter with Mr.. P. H. Stolberg.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18
ROOSEVELT INDORsEs NELSON.

Senator Lafollette, in recent
harangue at Hutchinson, made vi
clous attack on Senator Knute Nelson
IN connection with railroad rate legis-
lation in the United States senate.
MIR. Nelson's enemies made a great
ado over Lafollette's accusations.
The railroad rate bill was the pet
measure OF the administration in the
last session of congress. Gen. James
81. Baker of Mankato wrote directly
to the president and asked him if the
course pursued by Senator Melon,
when the bill was under consideration
in the senate, was satisfactory to the
administration. The presidents reply,
which is given herewith, effectively
disposes of Lafollette's allegations
and should silence Mr.. Nelson's de-
tractors in this state.
Whlte House, washington, Oct. IL,
1905. .-..---.~
My Dear Mr.. Baker:
In answer to your question, it is a
matter of simple justice to say that
Senator Nelson was one of the most
potent forces in securing the passage
of the railroad rate law in the excel
lent shape in which it passed. was
in close touch with him at all stages
OF the contest, and he and I were in
entire harmony throughout. Sena-
tor Nelson was one of the men to
whom we owe most in connection with
the passage of the measure and who
acted throughout with transparent
good faith and courage.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Maxim Gorky and his ''lady friends
have decided to return to Russia.
The adulterous pair should either
have been chased out of this country
long ago or lodged in a penitentiary.
Should the Russian police authorities
arrest the immoral agitators and
consign them to the quicksilver mines
of Siberia it would be no more than
they deserve.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18
Do Not Practice What They Preach.

Do Not Practice What They Preach.
'We protest against government by
injunction, and demand of congress
laws regulating the issuance of in
functions to the end that citizens may
not be deprived of their constitutional
rights by court orders.''
/ This is a verbatim quotation of the
present democratic state platform. It
was put in to catch labor votes for
Governor johnson.
It's sincerity was illustrated by the
democratic committee at it's very first
opportunity, when it rushed to the
courts and got an Injunction to pre-
vent the name, of John W. johnson
being placed on the ticket.
Practically every supporter of John
w. Johnson was a laboring man. He
was labor's candidate, and these men,
through the Injunction secured by the
democratic committee, were "deprived
Of their constitutional right by an
order of the COURT
The democrats have proved their
insincerity. They ate their own words
and swallowed them. But even this
they could not do in dignifed way;
they had to add insult to injury by
issuing circular charging the labor
party with fraud. Democratic pro-
LESSONS are naturally at a discount
with the laborites. News
Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Sam Jones is dead, and by his de-
mise the world loses not only a undue
and remarkable character but man
who expounded the gospel in accord
with his personal Interpretation. He
catered to no particular denomination
neither did he address his audiences
as dearly beloved brethren" People
liked to listen to Sam Jones because
he told the truth-because he raked
them fore and aft and cared not whom
he pleased or offended.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

There will be only one Johnson on
the official state ballot. The petition
OF, John w. Johnson, the socialist
labor candidate for governor, was
discovered to be faulty and the SUI
preme court ordered his name stricken
off the ballot. John A. is the only
Johnson in the state who has the right
to become a candidate for governor.
All the minor Johnsons must stand
aside and give the great I AM clear
field. Common laboring Johnsons
must not touch the hem of Prince
Johns garments.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

An embarrassing proposition con-
fronts Governor John in Hennepin
county. "Reformer" Jones expects
the johnson machine to support him
for mayor of Minneapolis and
Haynes, who is running against
Jones, demands that the Johnson gang
support him. To an impartial OBJ.
server this } looks like a sbarbed-wire
ENHANCEMENT from which extricatiou
without disaster is Impossible. =.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18
An Appreciation.

I desire to express my gratitude to
the citizens of Princeton for their
kindness to myself and family during
our residence among them. would
especially acknowledge the hospitality
rendered us by asgreat number of the
people during the packing up'' and
moving" period, also the kind as
sistance of W. II. Townsend 8 and the
very careful manner in which my fur
nlture and household goods were
handled by L. N. Grow who moved the
goods to the car. I shall remember
the people of Princeton with the kind
est regards. E. M. Cathcart.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

WHOM THE CORPORATIONS FAVOR.
A couple of weeks ago-to be exact
on Sept. 27-Gov. John A. Johnson
was booked for a speech at Preston,
Fillmore county. It would have in
convenienced the governor somewhat
to have filled his engagement had not
the officials of the Milwaukee road
come to his rescue and placed a spe-
cial train at his disposal, thus en-
abling him to deliver his 'souI-inspir-
ing address," to the Prestonites at
the appointed hour. Very kind of the
great railroad corporation, was it not,
to SO generously accommodate Mime
sota's chief executive? John is op-
posed to free passes, so he: says, but
he has no objection to free trains for
himself and friends. ..
In his recent tour of the iron ranges
the governors special had the right of
way. Crowded passenger trains were
sidetracked for hours in order that his
excellency's magnificently-equipped
train might have clear track and
thunder along at a y-mile-an-hour
gait.
Every courtesy was shown our
democratic governor by the resident
officials of the gigantic steel trust.
At many of the mines work was sus-
pended that the workers might have
an opportunity to listen to Johns
burning eloquence at the expense of
the trust. 1t is very evident that John
is on speaking terms with the steel
trust.
Surely our eloquent governor, who
loves to pirate of Jeffersonian simpli-
city, is a favored mortal. Special
trains over the railroads of northern
and southern Minnesota; Tom Low
RVS MISUNDERSTANDING private
street car at his beck and nod in St..
Paul and Minneapolis; lumber bar
ons, wholesale tax-dodgers and pub
lic-service corporations all contribut-
ing generously to his campaign fund;
railroad attorneys stumping in his be-
half, and every railroad corporation
in the state in favor of his reelection:
Yet he poses as the especial champion
of the people and the relentless foe OF
corporate greed and selfshness!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

When you read in an alleged re-
publican newspaper eve supported
Johnson in 1904 because Dunn was
unfairly nominated" set it down that
that particular "we" was bought and
paid to support Johnson, and the
only reason "we" is not supporting
Johnson this year is because Frank
Day does not think "we" is worth
buying. ~. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18
THE TIRGINI-4 BONDS 4G4IN,

Last spring when State Treasurer
Block advanced the theory that the
states money should be invested in
side the state for the benefit of the
schools and villages of the state,
Governor johnson, fearing that Mr..
Block might some day be candidate
for governor, opposed the idea
strenuously and defeated it. At that
time many school districts were clam
oring for money. The governor said
there would be plenty of money later
on to meet all demands. Taking the
governor at his word, many districts
and villages put in applications for
loans. Now there is half million in
demands and practically no money to
meet the demand. Treasurer Block
again advances his proposition to sell
Virginia bonds and loan the money to
the people of the state. Will the gov
ernor still oppose: Probably he will
remain very quiet until after election.
He took the position that people of
another state could better be trusted
with the states money than the people
of Minnesota could.-St. Paul Cor.
Duluth News-Tribune.
The above is misleading. Gov.
johnson was as mum as an oyster on
the proposition until r.. G. Dunn en-
tered vigorous protest in the Mime
apolis Tribune against the sale of the
Virginia bonds at a discount of four
or five per cent below their par value.
If Mr.. Blocks recommendation had
been carried out the permanent school
fund of the state would have suffered
loss of about 100000, and some
New York broker would have profted
in that amount. If more money is
needed for home investment there
could be no objection to disposing of
enough of the securities of other states
at PAR to meet the applications for
loans from our own school districts,
towns, villages and counties. What
r. c. Dunn objected to was the sell
ing of the Virginia bonds at, less than
their face value-for the Virginia
bonds are as good as gold and will be
paid at their face value on or before
maturity. Unwittingly !, the CORE
spondent gives Gov. Johnson more
credit than is rightly due him. Mr..
Block was the only member of the in
vestment board who favored the sale
of the Virginia bonds.s Chief Justice
Start, Auditor Iverson and Hon. J..
T. Wyman, president OF the board of
regents of the state university, the
other members of the board, were un-
alterably opposed to disposing of the
Virginia bonds at less than their par
value. Under a recent decision of the
supreme court of the United States it
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

The editor of an independent ex-
change says that Mr.. O'Day is most
generous man. We assume that such
conclusion is derived from the results
of conference held between the Sin.
dependent" editor and Mr.. O'Day, for
upon such occasions it is customary
for the master of finance to turn the
faucet which brings forth from the
corporation barrel stream of gold
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

A ruling has been handed down by
the supreme court that the socialist
John johnson is not entitled to have
his name placed on the ticket, some OF
the signatures to his petition having
been duplicated. It is estimated that
the action of the O'Day in contesting
the socialist Johnson's eligibility will
throw from FIVE to six thousand so.
cialist-labor votes into the Cole
column. :.a..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Mr.. Rockefeller declares that gov
eminent regulation of mergers, trusts
or combines would prove disastrous
to the country. The oil kings con-
clusion is probably drawn from the
outcome of one Vansant's pretended
attempt to dissolve the Northern
Securities company, which cost the
state of Minnesota thousands of dol
lars and no benefit resulted therefrom.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Apparently what this country needs
is a set of bank examiners who car
detect irregularities in accounts as
soon as they occur. These post NOR.
tenn examinations are uniformly dis.
astrous to the Observation-Disclosures.
ridge Gazette.
In other words, it would be we'll tc
employ bank examiners who are &C.
countants instead of those who are
mere politicians.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Mr.. Frank T. White of Elk River,
one of the republican candidates for
the legislature in the 10Th district
writes the Anoka Herald: "Have
been working for Cole ever since the
state convention. + am no bolter.'
Two years ago Mr.. White was a
bolter. We are glad to know that he
has reformed and is in line for the re-
publican nominee for governor this
year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18
TRAITCROUS M4RPLOTS B4FFIED.

IRAlICROUS lM4RPLOTS B4FFIED.
estate Solid for Nelson. Poll of
the Legislature. He Will be Elected
Without Opposition. Such Unanimity
Has no Political Parallel. Members
of the Next Legislature on Record in
Cordial Support of the Senator a"
Such is the scare head that appeared
over leading news article in the St.
Paul Dispatch of the 18th inst. in
which almost every republican candi-
date for the legislature pledged him
self to vote for Knute Nelson to sue
coed himself in the United States SEN
ate. For time the tone of the Dis
patch was decidedly anti-Nelson. But
that paper is quick to perceive the
trend of public sentiments, hence it is
now in line for the senior senator.
The little gang of traitorous and mer-
cenary would-be political dictators
who, for a financial consideration,
undertook to supplant Nelson with a
shoddy Minneapolis pine baron whose
only claim to distinction is the mil
lions he has accumulated by pilfering
from the lands of the state and nation,
are also loud in their protestations of
undying friendship for the "little Nor
wegian.' Had it not been for an
overwhelming and irresistible public
sentiment in his favor determined ef-
fort would have been made to prevent
the return of Mr.. Nelson to the senate.
AS it is he will have practically no
opposition. The triumphant re-elec-
tion of Knute Nelson to the senate by
the legislature next January will
eliminate the Collins-Van SAINT mar
plots from the politics of Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

William r. Hearst's campaign is
fully on in New York and he has
adopted the novel plan of printing
daily 100000 copies of his newspa.
pers, which are distributed in every
county of the state. Hearst's conten.
ton is that this method will bring
forth far better results than that OF
circulating campaign literature in the
form OF circulars, brochures, etc.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

In Duluth, according to the Herald
of that city, there are between two and
three hundred habitual buns. Many
people will think that this is re.
markedly large number. But it is
not. Where the Herald made it's mis-
take was in making public the "bum'
census of Duluth without at the same
time contra sting it with that of Mime
anOlis.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Bertha Krupp, daughter of the late
Herr Krupp, the great German gun
maker, is married. She is said; to be
the richest woman in the world, and
yet withal she selected a poor lieuten.
~
ant in the diplomatic service for a
husband. Dukes and counts by, the
score had wooed Bertha, but being a
Sensible girl, she passed them up,
For titles attached to monocled dudes
she cared not, neither did she seek a
moneyed husband because she has
plenty of money of her own; She
merely wanted an honest man ever
though he be worth not a pfennig
Let us hope that she has found him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

There is at least one noticeable
difference in the manner which the re-
publican and democratic campaigns
are being conducted at headquarters.
The republican central committee is
mailing circulars and the democratic
central committee checks.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

If the Long Prairie Leader reports
him rightly, in his recent speech at
that place Gov. johnson claimed that
if he had been defeated the timber
trespass cases would not have been
pushed. Evidently the governor does
not place much reliance on his attor-
ney general.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

The Aitkin Republican is still fight
ing the defunct, defenseless St. Paul
Globe. Boiler plate left over from
previous campaign is of course re-
sponsible for this amusing incident.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Rev. DR.. James M. Farrar, d
Brooklyn pastor, preached a record
sermon last week. It consisted of
forty -four words. Just the sort of a
sermon that most people prefer. *
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18
Frank O'DaY. in Gnvernor .Io]

Frank O'Day, in Governor John s
*;
"bar'l" organ, the Fairmont Sentinel.
says that ''there are some mighty
strange things in politics these
days." Mr.. O'Day, who is somewhat
OF a wit, presumably means by strange
things the independent" newspapers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Among the most despicable beings
on earth is the person who abandons
one religion for another in order to
attract customers to his place of bust
ness. But such apostates abide in al
most every community.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

One medical scientist tells US that
dieting to reduce weight will render US
susceptible to heart disease and
another that an excess of fat in the
cardiac region will produce similar
effect. So fat people can either chose
the devil or the deep blue sea.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

DR.. Frazier of Berkeley, CAL, has
devised a new language into which no
words significant of anger, ill-will or
other unpleasant emotions enter. The
language is doomed to die a'bornin',
for no newspaper man exists who will
use if
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18
An Interestinr Character.

Mrs. Highmus-You ought to have
heard the sermon at our. church last
Sunday. It was on Beelzebub.
Mrs. Suddyn-Klymer-Ah, yes, he's
Fan interesting character. By the way
for I seem to have forgotten for the
moment-what does the B. L. stand
for?- Chicago Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

John W. Johnson, the humble
Minneapolis lather, should he thank
full that he is alive. If his name had
not been gotten off the official state
ballot by Injunction Frank O'Day
would probably have had him shot
before breakfast.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18


posed of at less than their par value.
JOHNSONS RECKLESS ASSERTIONS.
In his keynote speech" at Red
Wing Gov. johnson was, for him,
quite conservative. He was somewhat
guarded in his remarks, for he knew
that speech would be printed in full
and circulated throughout the state,
and if his statements were not at least
partially true he was liable to get
called down by some one who had
knowledge of the facts. But in his
speeches, delivered at every other
point he has visited, if he is correctly
reported in the local papers, his as
sertions are totally devoid of truth.
AT Long Prairie, for instance, he
talked for an hour and half and the
Argus says: ''He devoted most of his
time to the matter of the prosecution
of pine timber trespassers and claims
to have covered into the state treas
ury S45, 900 from parties who had SET
tied with the former auditor.n To
put it mildly that statement is untrue.
If the editor of the Argus or any other
resident Of Todd county will take the
trouble to consult the records in the
state auditors Office, or write the
present state auditor, the falsity of
the governors assertion can be easily
established. Too many of Gov. John
sons bombastlc assertions have been
permitted to 60 unchallenged. Before
the close of the campaign the pub
Usher of the Union proposes
to answer some of Gov. Johnson's
allegations, and answer them in a
manner, that will convince every fair
minded man in the state that the gov
ernor is either w9oefully ignorant OF
the subjects whereof he speaks, or he
deliberately attempts, to deceive and
mislead the voters, Furthermore, if
we cannot prove that Gov. johnson
has violatede the law governing the
sale OF pine timber, the law that he
prides himself on enforcing to the
letter, and violated it in such a
manner as to cost the state hundreds
of thousands of dollars, we hope he
will be reelected governor by. $4,000
maiOritv
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Too bad, but fact nevertheless:
Candidate Cole goeth forth and max
eth converts; Pharisee Warrant i'm
mediately followeth and utterly IN
doeth that which hath been accom-
Dlished.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

The Ohio authorities have dis
covered that the Standard Oil CON-
pany is a trust. Remarkable dis
covery, forsooth!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Kansas is after another trust and is
now making an attempt to dissolve the
International Harvester company
Just as easy of accomplishment as the
dissolution of the oil, beef or paper
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

Joseph H. G1idden, inventor of the
barbed-wire fence, is dead. He should
have died before he conceived the idea
which has resulted in the laceration
and death of so much live stock.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-10-18

\ talk by Gov. johnson on "What
I Know of Doodle and BoOdlers in
the Minnesota State Senate of 1899, -
would prove both instructive and in
teresting.