The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-07
past has been quite factor IN srae
politics.

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brewing conc erns in st. Paul is said
to date back to the st. Paul city cleo
| ton last spling, when Otto Bremen,
the head of tile Schmidt company, was
the Democratic candidate for mayor.
Bremen lost out and the charge made
! by his friends was that the Hamm
! Brewing company was responsible. In
retaliation, it is said, Mr.. Bremen per-
! sonally espoused the cause of P. M.
Ringdal, the Democratic candidate for
governor, and to have financed several
| speakers and workers in an effort to
| bring the German vote of the state
back into the fold. Bremen and
Hamm never hitched, though both
stood back to back in the brewery
fight against the Anti-Saloon league
CT two and four years ago, which re-
suited in its practical arnihilation
Bremen always contended that the as.
ISOLATION was hurting the brewery
business and while contributing to the
common fund seldom participated in
its councils.
Many bills calculated to relieve the
present statewide primary law of it's
obnoxious features are due to be Of
fered at the coming session of the leg
1slature. One member, I am told, is
preparing to offer bill repeating the
entire act and returning to the con-
vention system. That any of them
will prevail, however, is hardly likely.
When the first primary law was passed
1t was condemned all over the state
and numerous amendments were pro-
posed but few of them became laws.
The repeal of the second choice provi-
sion is sure to be attempted, but how
FAR it will get remains to be seen.
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The Prohibitionists of the state cast
q vote Tuesday that compels attention.
The figures was hardly large enough
to put the party candidates across but
it was sufficient to make decided cut
In the vote of the two great parties.
The gubernatorial candidate of the
Proh1bltion1st party was E. e. Lobeck
OF Douglas county and it is said that
he made campaign the like of which
was never seen in Minnesota. A zealot
II there ever as one and with speech
making abilities above the average Lo-
beck, 1t is said, campaigned the state
In manner that practically put the
candidates of the other parties to
shame. Lobeck always had a crowd
and he compelled attention whenever
he spoke. AS to funds for the CAM
paign Lobeck had only to exhort and
the hat passed at every meeting came
back we'll filled.
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Though the new election law speci
Hes the amount that candidate for
office may spend and compels a week
~ filing of statement showing the
moneys received and expended it will
never be known how much money was
Invested in the contest just closed.
Expenses were filed as required, but
they are regarded as a joke in the ma
jority of cases. One we'll known poll
tician hazards the guess that over
100000 was expended by the various
candidates. 1t is known that the tax
payers expended fully that amount in
the conduct of the two elections.
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F. Alex Stewart of MINNEAPOLIS.
candidate for chief justice of the SUI
preme court, had his little joke when
filing his expense account. He made
notation under the heading of receipts
acknowledging an unsolicited editorial
and cartoon appearing in the St. Paul
Dispatch and Pioneer Press. The
value of the two he placed at $4.99.
The papers named went after Stew
art roughshod.
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If c. E. Elmquist of the state rail-
road and warehouse commission
lacked interest in the primary cam
paign he more than made up for it in
the election campaign which followed.
Elmeuist was a feature of every
special train sent out by the state COM
mfttee and it is said that he was the
first to reach the platform when a sta
ton was reached. He simply could
not be suppressed. Elmquist had the
run of his life in the primary cam
paign and he evidently did not want
to be caught mapping second time
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The Eberhart three ring circus,
which the Democratic campaign lead
ers dubbed the special carrying his ex-
cellency and the other state candi-
dates, is due to be a feature of future
campaigns. The Democrats, it is said,
have figured out. that the special is
good thing and hereafter much of the
campaign fund will be devoted to it.
The candidates on the Republican spe-
cial paid the expenses, thus relieving
the central committee of the burden.
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P. v. Collins, the progressive candi-
date for governor, is said to have add
ed fully 10000 names to his list OF
subscribers to his agricultural publ