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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-01-05

Pian0 SOLO, W 9M8
Miss Moodey.
At ten O'Clock in the morning Miss
Lamson entertained the boys de-
partment after which refreshments
were served.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-01-05

The next entertainment under the
auspices OF Torbert post will be held
in the G. A. r. hall, on Tuesday even
ing, January 18th, 1909; the program
will be duly announced U. S. Grant
post, of Chatham, has been Invited to
be present on the occasion mentioned.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-01-05
G. A. Z. NOTES.

The officers elect of A. #. A. Tor
bert post, No. "a, G.. A. r., will be in
stalled TO night by Past Post Command
Fer Stephen Pierson. M. ID. Its hoped
the members will attend in full force.
On Wednesday evening" January
9Th. 1909. the offfcers.elect Of Hope
league will be installed. Torbert post
has received and accepted an invita-
tion to be present on the occasion. A
full attendance OF the comrades IS
earnestly requested.
Past Post Commander Hesssy and
Adjutant Hannas have been appoint
ed committee TO communicate with
State Senator Hillery, and the two as
semblymen from Morris county, re-
Questing them to support bill to be
introduced in the state legislature
making an appropriation toward the
expense Of entertaining the national
encampment Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic at Atlantic City in the
year 1910. provided the powers that be
conclude to convene at that place. An
earnest effort is now being made by
the comrades Of this state to bring
this to pass and it is hoped this state
may have the honor Of entertaining,
for the first time, the national en-
campment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

William Howard Taft has at last
been duly elected president of the
United States for the term of four
years commencing on March 4 next
that is, his election has been verified
by count of the electoral votes in the
presence of both houses of congress.
A mere formality to be sure, but a
procedure which is demanded by law.
Hence it took three elections before
Mr.. Taft was entitled to his office: The
popular vote of November 3, the vote
of the presidential electors in their re-
spective states on the second Monday
in January, and the count of ballots
in congress. Unless he dies in the
meantime Mr.. Taft is now absolutely
certain of being the next president.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Some people seem to labor under
the Impression that the publisher 81
the U MON can assist them in secur-
ing federal positions owing to his
"pull'' with members of our state
congressional delegation in Washing
ton. We have not, never had and
never claimed to have any influence
in that direction. To avoid misunder-
standings in future we will absolutely
refuse to sign petition addressed to
any member of our congressional
delegation, and we will not, under any
circumstances, write a letter or make
a personal appeal to any member of
our congressional delegation in behalf
of an applicant for Office.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
Charges of bribing and cOrruptil

Charges of bribing and corrupting
a sufficient number of the electors of
the state of Wisconsin to secure his
nomination for the Office of United
States senator at the primaries have
been preferred against Isaac Stephen
son, and an Investigating committee
has been appointed by the legislature
to probe the charges. Mr.. Stephen
sons expense account, recently fled,
shows that his campaign in the pri-
mary election cost him the sum of
Sill, 900. If "Uncle Ike'' is guilty of
bribery as charged he is of course
very unfit and improper person to re-
turn to the United States senate He
would he liable to contaminate that
honest body of men. g
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

An electric clock in the hall Of
representatives of the Oklahoma legis-
lature shamed the unpatriotic members
into adjourning out of respect to the
memory of the martyr president last
Friday. On Thursday the house had
voted to ignore the observance of Lin
coins one hundredth birthday ami
versary. On Friday at IL O'Clock, the
exact hour it is believed at which Lin
coin was born, the clock stopped. In
a pithy speech a patriotic member
called the attention Of his fellow-mem-
bers to the strange action of the clock
and moved to adjourn. The motion
was unanimously carried. The senate,
however, remained in session all day.
What pity that8one OF those cyclonic
winds indigenous to that God-for-
saken state had not been laying
around loose il close proximity to
that It. Oklahoma ',t senate chsmb er last
Friday. !, s n
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

The National Association of Millin-
ers, in convention assembled, have
decided that the Merry Widow hat
shall be supplanted by low-crowned
turban resembling an inverted flower
pot. And the edict must be respected,
for these are the people who regulate
the styles in feminine headgear.
Ministers of the gospel are among
those who will doubtless appreciate
the change in style, for thousands of
men who would otherwise have at
tended church resolved to stay at
home and read fish stories in pref
erence to gazing into the mountains of
flowers and falderals on the hats of
women who invariably sat in front of
them. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Although Hon. J. J. Opsahl's BILL,
which provides for an appropriation
of 500. 1000 to purchase dynamite to
aid the settlers of northern Minnesota
in clearing their lands of stumps, was
regarded as joke by many members
of the Legislature, Mr.. Opsahl is in
dead earnest, and there is merit in his
bill. The settlers are not over-bur-
dened with money and they are obliged
to pay high prices for explosives to
blast out the stumps. If they could
secure dynamite at wholesale, plus
the cost of distribution, it would mean
quite saving to them. The state, of
course, would be reimbursed, in the
same manner as seed wheat loans were
repaid by the Red River valley farm
ers on several occasions. The man
who first suggested the idea of a
dynamite loan from the state was
Charles S. Carter of Hines, Beltrami
county, former resident Of Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

A board of college professors hav-
ing decided that benzoate of soda is
non-poisonous, Mr.. Wiley, the dis
tinguished chemist of the government
agricultural department., declares he
will resign his job. And no one will
blame Mr.. Wiley except, perhaps,
President Roosevelt, who stuck his
proboscis into matters which Mr.. Wiley
is highly qualified to decide. Mr..
Roosevelt in this instance is an inter-
loper. He had no reason whatever for
doubling Mr.. Wiley's decision on the
poison question or appointing lot OF
college professors to test the accuracy
of the chief chemists experiments.
College professors! It would be safe
to wager that half those fellows don't
know the difference between benzoate
of soda and benzine. VS..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
Il MERITORIOUS MEASURE.

One of the most sensible and most
beneficial measures to farmers intro
dcued at the present session of the
legislature is the bill of Senator
Joseph M. Hackney of St. Paul to
provide for a correspondence course
in elementary farming. He proposes
to have the legislature make an appro-
priation of $50, 900 to be used by the
instructors at the state farm school in
carrying out the correspondence
method of instruction. It is proposed
to publish monthly magazine or
bulletin giving results of the work at
the experiment station and information
concerning the best methods of rails
ing the crops and live stock found on
Minnesota farms. The bulletin is to
be sent free to every man owning forty
acres or more, as reported by the
county treasurer, and others in the
state may get it on application.
Senator Hackney was raised on a
farm and is heartily in sympathy with
any and all measures that will tend to
promote the material and social inter-
ests of the farmers. The publication
and circulation broadcast of such a,
magazine as he proposes cannot help
but result in great good to the agricul-
tural interests of the state. The sue
cessful farmer today is the one who
farms with his head as we'll as his
hands. Senator Hackney's bill should
encounter no opposition in either
branch of the legislature. ...-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

For years the laboring men of Min
nesota, especially those who follow
occupations where the risk to life and
limb is great, have been clamoring for
the placing upon the statute books of
just and equitable liability law, but
now, when an honest effort is being
made by the legislature to enact such
a law, some of the leaders of organ
lied labor seem to favor delay-to
await the report of a commission to be
appointed now and report two years
hence to the legislature. There is no
reason why a liability law cannot be
enacted at this session. The bill in
PRODUCED by Senator Durment of St.
Paul is apparently fair to employer
and employe and IS susceptible to
amendment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

There are scores of men in the state
legislature who are more familiar with
state affairs and have better under
standing of the necessities of state in
situations than Governor Johnson.
Because the governor or one OF his
appointees recommends that certain
legislation should be enacted it does
not necessarily follow that the best in
terests of the state would be served if
the recommendations we're favorably
acted upon by the Legislature. The
governor and his appointees are ordi-
narly fallible mortals like the rest of
us. Some of the recommendation con-
tanned in the governors last and pre-
vious messages we're good, and some
had little merit. It is the duty of the
legislature to sift the wheat from the
chaff.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Inventor Maxim has demonstrated
that his so-called "gun silencer" will
do all that he claimed for it. The
device is a small cylinder which fits
snugly into the muzzle of any gun
and it has the effect of deadening the
report to such an extent that it is not
louder than a mild handicap. At the
same time the guns execution is not
in the least impaired. Guns with this
attachment would no doubt prove ad-
vantageous in warfare, but they would
also prove deadly weapons in the
hands of anarchists and, other
stealthy assassins. The absence of
sound would afford the murderers an
opportunity to commit their crimes
without So great a risk of detection.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
In consequence Of the interference 81

;, In consequence Of the interference of
President Roosevelt in the California
anti-Jap legislation, which sought to
prohibit the orientals from attending
the same schools as the whites, the
measure was reconsidered and de-
feated. With all due respect to the
president, this seems to be case where
his interference was entirely out of
order. The Californians are surely
the best judges of what is good for
their state. It is asserted upon reli-
able authority that the Japs- especial
~ those of mature age who attend the
public schools are decidedly immoral
and therefore entirely unfit for the
white pupils to associate with. In
such event the Californians are per-
fectly justified in passing laws to en-
force segregation of the races.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Quoting an item from the Little
Falls Transcript to the effect that
George r. Smith of Minneapolis will
represent Minnesota in the escort
which is to accompany the next presi-
dent to the inaugural ball, the Alex
andria Post-News asks, "Who is
Smith?" Hon. George r. Smith is
serving his second term as probate
judge of Hennepin county; he was one
of the representatives from the thirty
eighth district in the 1908 legislature;
he is a native of Stearns county,
Mimi; at all times and under all cir
cumstances he is a gentleman and is
one of the best fellows on earth.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
Ten thousand dollars has been

Ten thousand dollars has been an
propriated by the California legis-
lature to defray the expenses of tax
ing a census which shall show the
number of Japanese in the state and
the pursuits in which they are en-
gagged. These statistics will be used
in consideration of future legislation
possibly involving a request by Cali
fornia for an Asiatic exclusion law.
II the Japanese, Hindus, Syrians
and other Asiatic races are, as con-
tended by the people of the coast,
equal in undesirability to the Chinese,
then, with the latter, they should be
excluded. Discrimination between
races which are tarred with the same
stick has the appearance of being
unjust and unfair.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Weyerhauser, the lumber king, and
his bunch Of barons, have planned an
attack upon the retail dealers of the
country upon the ground that they are
controlling the prices that they vir-
tually constitute the lumber trust.
This is a shrewd scheme of the big
bugs to throw the odium upon the
little fellows who are in their grasp
and who would have to go out of BUSH
ness did they not abide by the dictates
of their rulers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
PROHIBITION IN MINE.

In the good old state of Maine the
prohibition question is still a live
issue. A recent number of the Water
Vile Morning Sentinel contains a racy
account of a caucus of the republican
members of the legislature in which
several of the participants advocated
resubmission of the prohibition
question. It seems that in many places
in the state the local officers made no
attempt to enforce the prohibitory law,
and statute was enacted which en-
powered the governor to appoint
special deputies and send them into
any county to enforce the drastic
sumptuary provisions of what is
known as the Sturgis law. The result
was that the counties where the
deputies were specially active went
democratic and there was no decrease
in the number of "blind pigs.''
Commenting on the lack of results
obtained the Bangor News, the lead
n g republican paper of eastern Maine,
remarks: "Not contented with trying
his machine for manufacturing demo
cratic voters upon Cumberland, An
droscoggin and Kennebec counties.
Governor Cobb sent his vote-makers
to Penobscot county more than year
ago and for over a year past the
Sturgis deputies have been active
in Bangor and vicinity trying to shut
up the bars. The net result has been
that the number of open bars in Pen
obscot county has been multiplied by
two or more, the quality of liquor sold
has been made unspeakably vile, the
number of arrests for drunkenness
has been doubled, and nothing that
was morally uplifting has been accom-.
plished. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Apparently the Everett (Washing.
tony Tribune holds grudge against
those whom it characterizes as 'sjury',
lawyers. At any rate it attacks them
in this ferocious manner:
"The average Jury lawyer is man
without much regard for truth. He
gesticulates like demented windmill.
appeals to high heaven in raucous
oratory, sheds counterfeit tears,
strives to rouse sympathy and pref
udice by every trick he can devise,
and deports himself generally in a
way to make angels weep and devils
snicker.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

1.-The polecat stinks and is secure, -
wrote the poet Burns. But that is not
always true.-Floodwood Broadaxe.
You are right, Doc. There is the
human polecat, for instance, who not
only smelleth unto heaven himself but
goeth about stirring up stencil where
soever he findeth an opportunity. He
is certainly far from secure his activ-
ity is liable to be cut short at any time
by the people among whom he is per-
mitted to reside.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
recently appeared before the house
committee on claims at Washington
and entered plea for $3.50, 900 in pay
ment for the crown lands con6scated
when she. was deposed. If Lii re-
sembles to any extent her portraits
published in the papers it is safe to
say that she made but little impression
upon the bald-headed gentlemen of
the claims committee. s.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

A deputy public examiner, the one
who had examined the books of several
of the city and county officials of St..
Paul, slept in a cell in the Ramsey
county jail one evening last week-he
had been arrested on the charge of
drunkenness. It is no wonder that
Mayor Lawler objects to the city pay
ing for an examination made by such
an official.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
JOEL rs TOO ExAcTING.

Hon. Joel p. Heatwole has addressed
an open letter to Hon. W. A. Nolan
with reference to legislation which, in
Mr.. Heatwole's Judgment, if enacted,
will enable the republican party to
elect its candidate for governor in
1910; providing the republican state
convention is not controlled by the
brewers, steel trust and railro Dads.
Most of the measures recommended by
Mr.. Heatwole are all right, but advice
is cheap and can be given by almost
any one. Mr.. Heatwole was a mem
Der OF legislative body for number
OF years and no one knows better than
he how easy it is to recommend but
how difficult it is to secure desirable
legislation. But even if the sugges-
lions made by Mr.. Heatwole we're car
rled out to the letter by the legislature,
then that proviso would stand in the
way OF republican success in 1910, for
it is barely possible that Mr.. Heatwole
and his followers may not be per-
mltted to control the next republican
state convention, and in that event he
and they would immediately conclude
that it was controlled by the steel trust,
brewers and railroads. From Mr..
Heatwole's standpoint there is not
much hope for republican success in
this state next year unless he can name
the candidates and write the platform,
and in the meantime determine what
legislation shall be enacted.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

A bill has been introduced in the
North Dakota legislature providing
for the repeal of the primary election
law upon the grounds that cit has
not accomplished the purpose for
which it was enacted, and that much
dissatisfaction and ambiguity has
arisen in carrying out it's provisions. y
The passage of this bill would doubt
less prove benefit to the state of
North Dakota, where the primary law
has evidently proven as great a farce
as it has in Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

There is talk of the Legislature
finishing up it's business and adjourn
ing sine die the first week in April,
but it will end in talk, we fear. The
probabilities are that the clock will be
stopped at II midnight on the last day
that the legislature can sit legally.
Nevertheless an honest effort should
be made to shorten the term by several
weeks.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Joseph G.. Cannon is serving his
seventeenth term in congress thirty
four years-and has thereby estab.
lished a record for the longest service
ever performed by a congressman
since the two houses first assembled in
l789. And yet, with all his expert
ence, there are people who contend
that Uncle Joe is untitled for the office
of speaker.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
He Wanted to Show Her.

A man who had overestimated his
capacity for the amber fluid was ar
rested on the street for improper con-
duct. In the police court the next
morning the usual charge of intoxica-
ton was filed against him, and he was
fined five dollars, which he promptly
paid, This done, he went out with a
very worried expression on his coun-
tenance, only to return few minutes
later and cautiously approach the
clerk.
"Please, SIR" he said, "would you
just give me receipt for that five
dollars [ paid you? I want to show
my wife that I didn't spend all my
money for drink. ''-Success.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Forty-eight sailors died during the
tour of the great battleship fleet
around the world. The crews and
officers of the feet numbered $4,000
men when they left Hampton roads in
December, 1907. Thus the ratio of
deaths is shown to be lower than
among persons in the ordinary walks
Of life
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

The Congressional Record is really
not what people suppose il to be an al
accurate transcript of the proceedings
Of congress: Portions Of speeches
which would not look good in print
are ofttimes expunged and speeches
which are never delivered appear in
its columns. At least this is the dec
laration Of men in position to know.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Yard uperintendents of railroads
and those having charge of street car
track cleaning in Minneapolis are ex-
asperated because they are unable to
find men who will shovel snow for
fourteen cents per hour Fourteen
cents per hour! This would hardly
pay for the shoe leather man would
wear out on such work.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

DR.: Fulliam has introduced a bill
in the Iowa legislature providing
for the payment of one dollar to
mothers at the birth of each child.
that is, if notice of the child's birth.
accompanied by a physicians GER
ti6cate," be presented to the county
clerk. Some physicians have a re-
markably keen eye for business.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
A. G. McFarland's Child Dies.

A. G. Mcfarland arrived here last
evening from Minneapolis with the
body of his infant son, which was in
TERED in Oak Knoll cemetery, Rev. J.
w. Heard offering prayer at the
grave. The boy was one of twin
children, the other-a girl-having
died few weeks ago. She was also
brought to Princeton and buried at
Oak Knoll.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
SWEDISH LUTHERAN.

On account of the Swedish Evangel-
zeal Lutheran conference, which will
be held in Minneapolis this week, ex-
tending over next Sunday, there will
be no service in the Livonia church.
Zimmerman, next Sunday as it is
necessary for the pastor to attend the
above meeting.
The Ladies' Aid society of Livonia
church, Zimmerman, will hold it's
regular monthly meeting at the home
of Mrs. Andrew Berg, Thursday, Feb
ruary rs, at 2 p. N. Both men and
women are cordially invited to attend.
Aug. Lundquist, Pastor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
PRINCETON UNIoN THURSDAY 7FEBRU Any ls slsoe

4 Look under the thumb Of b any
married woman and you will find q
man. Chicago News. u
This is intended to convey the inn
preston that every married man is
henpecked. We arise to the occasion,
deny the allegation and defy the ale
gator to prove it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18
Valentine PARTY.

The seniors and sophomores of the
high school gave a valentine party at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S
Briggs on Saturday evening and the
young people had merry time. The
amusements consisted of games OF
various kinds and the decorations
we're hearts. Refreshments we're
served at IL O'Clock and it was al
most midnight when the boys and girls
departed for home.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

There are instances on record where
it takes more than money to elect a
man to the United States senate. One
ease is that of Isaac Stephenson of
Wisconsin, who spent fortune in his
primary election campaign.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-02-18

Frank Day to Joel Heatwole: Make
haste slowly, Joel. Don't be too
coarse. You may flush the game.
Then the boys will catch on and your
usefulness to US will be at an end.