The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-11-03
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Subject Handled in q Masterful Man.
ner by the Talented Speaker
at the Opera House.
Holds His Audience in Rapt Attention
While He Elucidates the Fea.
lures of His Discourse.

While He Elucidates the Fea.
lures Of His Discourse.
Hon. Frank M. Eddy delivered a
rattling good political speech at
Brands opera house on Monday
night. His discourse was eloquent
and bristled with witticisms. Figur-
atively speaking, he brought down the
house. Mr.. Eddy commanded rapt
attention from the beginning to the
end of his speech.
AS preface to the evenings pro-
ceedings quartet consisting of Mrs.
Claire Galley, Mrs. L. S. Briggs, Guy
Ewing and Arthur Roos kindly
favored the audience with two patri-
otto vocal selections. They were &C
companied by Mrs. Guy Ewing on the
piano.
r. c. Dunn, prior to introducing
Mr.. Eddy, took occasion tosScall atten-
ton to the constitutional amendments
to be voted upon November s. he
explained these amendments and said
that the only ones which would benefit
the pepole we're the first two. These
he advised the people to vote for.
Mr.. Eddy, after paying a compliment
to the chairman for saying that the
first time he met him he was a hard
looking citizen, said that there can
never be but one question before the
republic so long as it is in it's present
form and that was the question of
party. Every president of the United
States, with the exception of George
Washington, belonged to some politi-
cal party. Every governor who ever
ran for Office was pledged to some
political party with the exception of
six. All laws on the United States
statute books except the English COM
mon law and the Code Napoleon, were
first incorporated into political plat
forms before they became law.
After the next election we will have
either republican or democratic ad-
ministration-the story that party
lines were virtually eliminated was
mere nonsense. Here the speaker
cited the case of man who in 1896
ran independent for the lower house
of congress-Morse of Rising Sun
stove polish fame-and was elected.
He went down to Washington and OF
course did not 60 into either the re-
publican or democratic caucuses be-
cause he was an independent-he did
not belong to either of these parties.
When it came to passing out the COM
mitteeships he was left in the cold.
He protested to the majority side and
minority side alike, and at last he be-
came such nuisance that to get rid
of him he was placed on the revolu-
tionary war committee. All this man
did during his two years in congress
was to deliver eulogies upon the death
of representatives. No man can be
Observation-Disclosures must be co-opera-
ton. If the democratic or republican
party were to pass away new party
would take it's place-there will
always be parties. The question is,
which party does the most good for
the greatest number.
There will always be two classes OF
citizens, the disinterested and the in
terested. The disinterested are
willing to divide the benefits they re-
ceive with all citizens, while the in
terested want more than their share,
and among these are the Office seekers.
There are fewer Office seekers, how
ever, in the United States than in any
country in the world in proportion to
population-there are but 2 per cent
who expect something more than the
great majority. The 2 per cent con-
stitutes the dominating power of the
country.
There is nothing of so much i'm
portance to the people of the country
as the officials they elect. Upon the
character OF legislation depends the
condition of the country. Russia,
Italy, Spain, Portugal and other
countries are suffering for the iniqui-
ty of their rulers and yet are blessed
with all sorts of natural resources.
America is progressive because it is
blessed with good rulers.