The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-10-17

EeSeuIaIlVe ana the substantial end OF
the voting element IN the district is
making every effort to secure his re-
turn. The fight lis one of the hottest
In years.
P. M. Ringdal, the Democratic guber-
material nominee, formally opened his
campaign last week with keynote
speech at Zumbrota,.s copies of which
are now being distributed among the
voters. His talk was meaty and in the
minds of many it is about the strongest
campaign document so far issued. Ac.
cording to the correspondents Mr..
R1ngdal had good audience-Zum-
brota is where he was born-but his
speech did not create any unusual
amount of enthusiasm. The Crooks.
ton man is not ''whoop 'em up" ora
tor and this probably explains the lack
Of enthusiasm. s~@.>
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William Jennings Bryan is never a
losing proposition when it comes to
drawing crowd, as was evidenced at
the st. Paul Auditorium Friday night.
With the rain coming down in torrents
nearly 5000 of Mr.. Bryans admirers
crowded into the big building and the
doWnpour outside did not dampen
their enthusiasm His visit was the
close of fourteen speeches delivered
during the day in a dash across the
state and he was as good on the talk
at the close as he was at the start.
Colonel Roosevelt, who visited Duluth
on the day previous, was just as en-
Enthusiastically greeted. The weather
conditions there, however, ere more
ideal.
Secretary of State Schmahl has CON-
pleted the ballot that will be voted
next month and as far as the position
OF the presidential electors are con-
cerned 1t is hardly to the liking of the
Bull Moosers. Their electors are the
last of a list of five and so far down
the ballot that the position cannot
but be harmful. The state ballot this
time is nearly four feet long and about
as cumbersome a piece of paper as
was ever turned out.
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Hugh T. Halbert, the head of the
third party movement, and his back
ers are now directing all their energies
toward the getting of Secretary of
State Schmahls scalp. One St. Paul
daily has been devoting it's space daily
TO showing up his alleged shortcom-
1ngs and the Bull Moose crowd, it is
said, will shortly supplement it with
an appeal to the voters for the third
party candidate. They may reduce
schmahls usual lead, but it's ten to
one shot that they will not get his Of
fetal head. Down here Schmahl is
looked upon as one of the best sure
things.
The Progressives will not use a spe-
clal train to exploit the merits of P. V.
Collins and the other third party can
didates. They will use automobiles
instead and, according to the plan as
outlined, these automobiles will fol-
low in the wake Of the big Eberhart
special train, which is to be feature
Of the Republican state campaign.
The stunt is going to cost some money,
but Mr.. Halbert and his followers do
not seem to lack in that respect. Their
campaign is said to be the best in
the way Of finances of any in the state.
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James Manahan, the Republican
nominee for congressman at large, it
Is reported has been taken into the Or
ganiZation camp and from now on will
aid the leaders in landing the full
ticket. His picture is to appear in the
Republican campaign text book and
his candidacy is to receive the full
backing of the organization. Jim was
a Democrat and in the days of his
fight for recognition he lambasted the
other side pretty freely. In his fiery
way he assailed the Grand Old Party
from all sides. How he is going to
reconcile his past with his new con-
fession of faith is beyond the best of
the wise ones, but, as they say, most
anything is possible in politics these
days.
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If apathy is disinterestedness then
Minnesota politically is a dead one
these days. Campaigners say they
never saw such condition.. Martin
O'Brien, chairman of the Democratic
state central committee, does not ex-
pect to see an awakening until the
last week of the campaign. e. E.
Smith of the Republican committee
says things are the same in the Re-
publican camp. The two leaders are
going to reserve their forces for the
last week and a half.
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