The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-01-21
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brought against him by his republican
opponent, William Olson. Lobeck is
the prohibition member of the house
and there is a difference of twelve
votes between him and the party now
contesting his seat. There is no use
denying the fact that Mr.. Lobeck is
breathing an unfriendly atmosphere,
but this need not detract from the fact
that he is honest in his views and
firmly believes that be was souarely
elected. Lobeck unfortunately is of
that severe type. It is the straight
and narrow with him always and the
measures introduced by him, general
ly covering some infraction of the
moral law that he regards as an evil,
are drastic in the extreme as to
penalty. He never temporizes. It is
the electric chair or nothing. Natur-
ally the relations between him and the
balance of the house are strained.
W. 3. McEwen of Duluth is now in
stalled as state labor commissioner.
W. b. Williams of Minneapolis, late
incumbent, having given way to him.
Mack says he is going to run the de-
partment on business principles and
here is hoping he makes good. But
he has sure got an uphill job. He is
a hardy Individual indeed who puts
himself up against the democratic
powers that be.
A county option measure has not
made its appearance as yet in either
house, but the frequent appear ance of
Supt. Palmer of the anti-saloon league
in the lobbies is generally taken as
meaning that such bill will find it's
way into the hopper shortly. Accept
ing as lineup the vote on the rule to
compel committees to report bills
within fifteen days, which was lost, a
majority of the house is against county
option, but this need not be taken as
meaning that majority of the men,
bers are against any fair-minded tenn
perance legislation, nor that even those
favoring county option are the raess-
Gals that some would make them out.
There are some very fair-minded
county optionists in both houses. The
temperance legislation this session
will likely run to division of the
license money between county and
municipality and limit on the num-
Der of saloons. 1870 -. .
The modesty of the St. Louis coun-
ty delegation is again seen in a de-
termination to not mix in any scrap
for the Craftsmanship of what is known
as the tri-county delegation which in
cludes st. Louis, Ramsey and Henne-
pin counties. Representative Buck of
Duluth was proposed, but he refused.
John Lennon of Hennepin wants the
place, but his delegation is split on
his candidacy and the honor may go
to Thomas Brady of St. Paul. Brady
is democrat and hustler. 49,
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Speaking of Brady no one in the
house perhaps, and a democrat at
that, has a bigger following than the
st. Paul man. "Brady and his
squad" as the house calls him and
his followers, never fail to make a hit
with their center rush tactics. The St.
Paul democrat is not much in an
oratorical way and he always SHES at
a joint debate, but in scramble for
place he lands feet down. Brady
knows no country or city and an ap-
peal for help finds he and his cohorts
always ready to respond.
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Two dollars head for votes. That
is the price DR.. 81. n. Witherstine of
Rochester would pay or, rather as he
puts it, exact from those who fail to
participate either in primary or regu-
lar elections. In bill introduced by
him he makes So tax against every
voter who fails to take advantage of
his franchise, and he would debar him
from further participation in any cleo
ton until the amount was paid. The
senate, where the billwas introduced,
has taken the whole thing as joke,
but the Rochester physician says he /
is very much in earnest.
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= Ole Peterson of New Tim is not
much on: size, but what he lacks in
that respect is made up in pluck: Ole
stands as the only man in; the two
houses with nerve sufficient to back
up his contention that the primary
law is q farce and unworthy Of place
in the Minnesota statutes. He de-
mands its repeal and has introduced
a bill calling for such. Oddly enough
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