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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-21

SMALL VOTE is BEING CAST
Colonel's Managers, However,
Declare Ee Will Win Out
Insist That the Ma iority Of the Dele
gates Chosen Will Be
Anti Taft.

Columbus, O.. May 1.-THE Taft
managers this morning declared that
the bright sunshine, with which pri-
mary day dawned. was indicative Of a
sure victory for the president Many
farmers. they said. who were support
ing Roosevelt. were behind in their
spring work and wonld not leave tho
fields TO cast their vote, while had the
Gay been rainy they could have east
their ballots without delaying work.
The Roosevelt supporters stuck to
their former claims. that the ma jority
Of the delegates elected viii be Roose-
welt men.
Almost all OF the approximately five
thousand voting precincts IN the stat
.opened at $3.50 o'clock this morning,
and in the cities a large early vote was
cast. The polls close at 5:3O tonight in
the cities and at q o'clock in some of
the country districts
Roosevelt Won't Comment.
New York, May 2l-Roosevelt re-
turned from the primary campaign in
Ohio today and went TO oyster Bay,
where he will remain several days be-
fore engaging in the primary fight in
New Jersey. Roosevelt, when asked
regarding the outcome remarked:
II am a better warrior than proph-
et"
Munsey Issues a Denial.
New York. May 21.-F'rank A. Nun
sey today authorized a denial of the
statement recently published TO the
effect Roosevelt had promised him the
ambassadorshlp TO the Court of st,
James in the event of his election.
Will Nominate Roosevelt. 49,
Washington, May 2i.-William "A.
Prendergast. comptroller of the city
Of New York. has been chosen to place
Roosevelt in nomination at Chicago,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-05-21

Most men are like rainbows -they
follow their natural bent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

It has been announced by the state
board of public instruction that, be-
ginning with the next school year, the
minimum salary paid Minnesota
school teachers will be S45 a month,
an advance of FIVE dollars. The
teachers of the state have made per-
sistent effort to obtain an advance in
the fixed minimum rate for several
years and the Union is pleased to
learn that they have been granted
their demand. Another announce
ment made by the state board is. that
with the opening of the school year of
1915 all frst-class grade teachers must
be state normal school graduates. To
US this order looks discriminatory,
for there are just as good teachers
graduated from the high schools as
from the normals. And how about
the universities?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
IN INCOME TAX,

An income tax, which taxes every
body in proportion to his ability to
pay, would yield more revenue than
the personal property tax ever can
be expected to yield, and it would
distribute the burden of taxation with
infinitely more justice than ever can
be expected from the personal proper
ty tax.-Duluth Herald.
On several occasions the Union
has advanced the same ideas as those
set forth in the above paragraph from
the Herald. The Minnesota tax CON-
mission, however, does not approve
of state income tax. Our neighbour
ing state OF Wisconsin enacted a CON-
prehensive income tax law last year.
If the law proves satisfactory in
Wisconsin there is no reason why a
similar law should not be enacted in
this state, for the conditions are much
the same in both states. That the
personal property tax laws of this
state are far from satisfactory is con-
ceded by every one who has given the
subject of taxation any consideration.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

Commenting on an article denunci-
atory of Ed Smith, which appeared in
the Duluth Herald, the hard-headed
editor of the LIE Sueur News remarks
"But what of Frank Day, of your
own party, and all others before him.
We don't know Ed. Smith, but we
know that he is not worse than the
rest, even when we admit he is just as
bad"
It is not to be expected that rabid
democratic journal like the Herald
would extol the virtues of the man
who laid the plans for the overwhelm-
ign defeat in the last campaign of the
party of which it is such an able
champion. A successful political
general is always a target for the mud
batteries of the opposition.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

If it is true, as the Princeton
Union charges, "that the lumber
barons of Minneapolis pro6ted to the
extent of millions of dollars at the
expense of the benighted and de-
graded White Earth Indians" would
it not be better to force the lumber
men to terms instead of trying to
make political capital out of the in
Peter Free-Press.
Whether he knew it or not, Senator
Clapp's rider to the Indian bill made
the frauds possible. The government
has been attempting "to force the
lumbermen to terms" in court, but
SO far with small success. When the
congressional committee, now inves-
tigating the frauds, makes it's report
it will be- interesting reading. All
the testimony taken so far goes to
prove that Mr.. Clapp's rider opened
the door for the frauds that have
been perpetrated on the unsophisti-
Gated red men.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

While the putting of a man out OF
his suffering, when there is no pos
sible chance of his living, by bringing
about a painless death through the
agency Of chloroform or other drug is
an unlawful proceeding, there are, in
our mind, occasions when to do so
constitutes humanitarian act. Take,
for instance the case of Harry Car
liss, a brakeman on the Grand Trunk
railway, who was pinned under tons
of wreckage at Yarmouth, Ore, while
his legs and arms we're slowly roast
ing and the flames gradually taking
hold of his body. There was no pos
sibility of extricating him and he
could not have lived had be been re-
leased. In his agony he implored
those near him to end his life, and q
doctor responded to his appeal by ad:
ministering a drug. Under the cir
cumstances that doctor was humani-
tartan. :.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
HARD1Y FAIR 70 THE GoYERNoR.

E HARDLY FAIR 70 THE GOTERNOR.
Politics did not intrude itself on the
floor Of the state editors meeting in
Minneapolis this week, but off the
floor it was the one live topic of con-
versation. The sentiment was heavily
against the state administration.
Several appointees of Governor Eber-
hart among the newspaper men we're
doing what they could to overthrow
the hostile sentiment, but it was there
in overwhelming fashion. The sub
ject came up at one luncheon party
containing sixteen editors, of whom
fifteen "knocked" the governor. The
other was an Eberhart appointee. S.
Y. Gordon, as newspaper man, was
the natural favorite and has the we'll
wishes or practically all his fellow
editors. Some regard other men as
more available candidates, but are
not hostile to Gordon.-Charles B.
Cheney in Minneapolis Journal.
The above is hardly fair to the
governor. The governor had many
friends among the editors present at
the annual meeting in Minneapolis.
Some of the younger editors were out
spoken in their opposition to him, but
the older and more conservative
pencil-pushers we're of the opinion
that he was the logical candidate to
succeed himself, and that, from
party standpoint, it would be a mis-
take to turn him down-would be in
wiling defeat at the polls in Novem-
Der. Others, however, maintained
that he could not be elected if nomi-
mated. Naturally enough, there was
friendly feeling for Mr.. Gordon,
and Mr.. Lee was not destitute of
friends. But there was no pro-
nounced sentiment against the
governor that we could discover.
The writer, however, was not there as
a politician but as an editor, and was
not interested in any particular candi-
date for governor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

A horrible state Of affairs exists on
the White Earth Indian reservation.
Hundreds of the Indians are suffering
from disease and living in squalid
poverty. Conditions at White Earth
are appalling and a disgrace to
civilization. It is expected that Con-
gressmen Graham and George of the
Investigating committee will make a
report to congress that will cause the
ears of those who are responsible for
the deplorable condition of the
Indians to Jingle, and will result in
the immediate enactment of remedial
legislation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
State News.

Nine children in the family of Paul
Babbler, living near Ada, we're
poisoned last week by eating mixed
candy, and though none of them died,
they we're all thrown into commissions.
The dye used in the candy is supposed
to have caused the poisoning.
The public ownership-socialist-
party met in Minneapolis on Monday
and nominated the following state
ticket: Governor, Rev. David
Morgan, St. Paul; lieutenant govern
or, J. II. Grant, Bemidji; secretary of
state, j. A. Johnson, Duluth: state
treasurer, J. E. Nash, Robbinsdale;
attorney general, A. W. Uhl, Crosby;
congressman-at-large, j. S. Ingalls,,
Minneapolis.
At the spring term of the district
court of Beltrami county, which con-
venes on February 26, there will be an
echo of the sensational arson case of
last summer. DR.. D. F. Dumas,
mayor of Cass Lake, is under indict-
ment which charges that he planned a
felony at the Puposky postoffce at the
time Martin Behan was captured and
Mike Davis escaped. Edward Ger
aids, bound over at preliminary
hearing in connection with an alleged
attempt at arson at Blackjack, will
have his case brought before the
grand jury and it is expected that
Davis, now an inmate of the Michigan
penitentiary, will be brought into,
court as Witness. g.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
married Mems Troubles. .

1t was married mems night at the
revival meeting. a. e" .s-
"Let all you husbands who have
troubles on your minds stand up, 81
shouted the preacher at the height OF
his spasm. j. .4.,
Instantly every man in the church
arose except one.
s"Ah!" exclaimed the preacher,
peering out at this lone individual,
who occupied a chair near the door,
{" You are one in million, y
It amt that piped back this
one, helplessly, as the rest of the con.
greg alton gazed suspiciously at him.
II can't get up-I'm paralyzed d
Ladies Home Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
In an address before Wisconsin j1ni

In an address before Wisconsin uni
versity law students at Madison on
the recall OF the judiciary Judge
O'Neill said: eff the recall of judges
should come about the law of the land
would no longer govern. What is
popularity supposed to be the will of
the people would in fact be merely the
whimsicality and caprice of the mob.
No better example of what mob will
do in violating judicial opinion is
citable than Christ's trial before
PLATE" Those who advocate a re-
call law for judges should ponder
over the above truths.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

An unsigned editorial in the Out
look which bears the earmarks OF
Theodore Roosevelt mildly praises
President Taft for some of his acts
and severely censures him for others.
Had it not been customary for Roose-
velt' to attach his signature to his
editorials-had he come out in the
open the matter would have been
looked at in different light, but the
attempt to hide his identity savors of
sinister designs, and will not tend to
make friends for the crafty political
tactician of Oyster Bay.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

1t is highly gratifying-the interest
the city papers are taking in the
cause of road-improvement. Every
Intelligent resident of the large cities
realizes that lettering the condition
Of the country roads means increased
prosperity for the farmers, which in
turn means more business for the
merchants, manufacturers, bankers,
professional and laboring men of the
large cities.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

The feminine members of Winona's
civic league conducted a crusade
against sparrows last week. They
offered one cent per head for every
bird brought in and, as a result, the
small boys Of the town slaughtered
several thousand of the poor little fell
lows. The women who encouraged
this destruction of life certainly
furnished noble work for the chill
dren! 1t would do them good, per-
haps, to read a few numbers of the
Boston Humane society's magazine,
Our Dumb Animals.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

There was walk-out in the Office OF
one P. V. Collins, who operates some
sort of a printing shop in Mime
apolis, last week-l4 girls politely
told the domineering Collins to ego
to" and left the building. That they
had ample reason for their action is
clearly apparent. Collins issued an
order prohibiting the wearing of shoes
with heels over one inch in height,
and the girls naturally refused to
comply with his demand. No girl
can be blamed for refusing to tolerate
such tyranny as this.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

President Taft seems to have made
a very good selection in his choice OF
Mahlon Pitney, chancellor of the state
of New Jersey, to succeed the late
John P. Harlan as associate justice OF
the United States supreme court. The
president acted wisely in abandoning
his original intention of sending the
name Of Judge Hook to the senate for
ratification.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
MODELS OF BREVITY.
Gems Of Correspondence In Which
There Were No Words Wasted.

Gems Of Correspondence In Which
There Were No Words Wasted.
A couple of Quakers hold the record
for brief letters. One Of them, wish
ing to learn if a correspondent in a
distant town had any news to COM
municate, posted to him a sheet OF pa
per on, which only a note of interroga-
ton was written. The reply came in
the form of blank sheet, Indicating
that there was nothing at all to CON-
municate.
Actors seem to carry off the palm for
brevity in letter writing. Quin had a
misunderstanding with Rich, the man.
ager Of Covent Garden, which result
ed in Quin's leaving in an unceremoni-
GUS manner. He soon regretted the
hasty action and wrote to the man
ager, II am at Bath.-Quin." Rich
did not think this a sufficient apology
and accordingly replied. "Stay there
and be hanged"
Everybody remembers the letters
that passed between Samuel Foote and
his mother. "Dear SAM" wrote the
LADY, 81 am in prison for debt.-Your
loving mother" Foote's answer was
even shorter: "Dear Mother-So am
T.. -. a.
March 10, 1870, was a notably dark
day in Boston. A certain lady was in
duced thereby to write the following
note to the famous d, Byles: 'Dear
Doctor-How do you account for this
darkness?" 70 which the doctor sim
ply replied, 'Dear Madam-I am as
much in the dark as you are. Pear
sons Weekly. 3d.. .,.' .t...... ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
" Minnesota's gross earnings revenue

" Mlnnesota's gross earnings revenue
tax laws are upheld by the supreme
court of the United States. At the
same time an Oklahoma gross earn
lngs tax is held invalid, because the
gross earnings tax was not in lieu of
all other taxation. Would a tonnage
tax on iron ore. for state purposes,
amounting to ten times the average
state rate, in addition to a direct
valuation tax on the same class of
property for local purposes, stand the
test in the higher court? It seems as
if the decision in the Oklahoma case
would apply to such tonnage tax.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

If it is proven that the half hundred
structural iron-workers arrested by
the government are responsible for
the hundred dynamite outrages which
have occurred throughout the United
States during the past few years, as
charged in the indictments, it is about
time that the union to which they be-
long be reorganized.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

The Chinese republic has changed
its mind and elected Yuan Shi Kai
president. Its first president was DR..
Sun Vat, but, for some reason or
other, he was chief magistrate for
only week or two. This making
and unmaking Of presidents seems to
Indicate that recall plank has
slipped into the constitution of the
new government.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

In 1911 there we're 154 railway
wrecks in the state of Minnesota,
which caused the death of 81 persons
and serious injury to I'll others, and
the most deplorable feature of these
casualties is that a large percentage
of them were caused by the sheer
negligence of the railroad companies
empOlyes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
Irving A. CasWell, clerk of the state

Irving A. Caswell clerk of the state
supreme court, is temporarily at the
head of the Roosevelt organization in
this state. Mr.. Caswell's official
duties are not onerous and he will
have plenty of time at his disposal to
marshal the Roosevelt clans. But. in
our judgment. Mr.. Caswell is making
unnecessary trouble for himself.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
Cleaninu Fluid,

An excellent homemade cleaning
fluid useful generally for many emer-
gencies is made by dissolving four
ounces of white CASTLE soap in quart.
of boiling rainwater. When cool add
two ounces each of alcohol. ether and
glycerin. four ounces of ammonia and
finally one gallon of rainwater and
then bottle. This will remove grease
spots from clothing and spots from la
BILE covers. carpets and rugs
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
A Draw.

II found 50 cents this morning." con-
fded Jimmy. 49, - sop, .s.. ~
"Found whole half dollar!' cried
his mother. How fine! What did you
do with it?''
pete Jones was along. so gave him
half
Dear, generous boy! Did you do
that Of your own accord?''
"Yessum-well. we decided that
would be right
Jimmy! He didn't whip. you and
make you give up half?''
mo, mamma. If he'd licked me he'd
a. had it all. The scrap was draw"
Plain Dealer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

An exchange asks this peculiar
question: What do you consider the
most unenviable position held by q
society woman?" We should say that
the Craftsmanship of the peace COM
mittee of the Society Danes of the
Loyal Legion would constitute such a
position. 4
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
position.

Having carried the legend, La
Toilette for President" at the head of
it's editorial column for many months,
the Martin County Independent has
now added thereto, ''or Theodore
Roosevelt" Try again, Colonel;
tack on, "or W. H. Taft," and you
will in all probability strike it right.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

Mrs. Ida Howard, nee Gile, is up
from Minneapolis on visit to her
parents.
The indications are that Princeton
and the adjacent country will have a
genuine boom this spring.
Joseph Borden is the latest addition
to Jesmer's force of clerks. Joe is an
efficient and accommodating clerk.
The wheat market quotations today
are: No. 1 hard, So cents; No.
northern, sc cents; No. 2 northern. 81
cents. =.
There seems to be a good deal of
having going on in the justice courts
OF the village at present. The cases
are all civil.
Michael Carmody's nine-months-old
boy died this morning. This is the
second child Mr.. and Mrs. Carmodv
have lost since their marriage and
they are now childless.
Hon. J. T. D. Sadley has been
spending good deal of his time late
ly in St. Paul as member of the
house. He is down there now doing
effective work in behalf of the inter-
ests he represents.
At the annual meeting of the officers
OF the District Agricultural society of
Stearns, Benton, Sherburne and Mile
Laos counties, held at st. Cloud, c..
d. Rines was elected vice president.
and T. 81. Galley, J. L. Brady and R..
c. Dunn were elected directors.
Miss Maria Ross completed her first
term of teaching in district 9 last
week. Miss Ross gave eminent salts
faction, meeting the approval of every
patron of the school. and meriting the
concurrence of our county superinten-
dent in her methods of instruction.
Robert Nicely and wife have
decorated the new church with two fine
chandeliers costing at retail probably
$50. Mr.. and Mrs. Nicely are the
main pillars in the support of the
Methodist society and surely deserve
praise for their perseverance in main
tanning the church, almost unaided,
for many years past.
j. L. Brady, Chas. Keith and c.. Il.
Chadbourne are corresponding with a
party in Tracy, this state, relative to
the building OF a roller mill of 100
barrels capacity day. There is a
splendid opening for such a mill here,
and there are others besides this
Tracy gentleman who talk of building
a mill in Princeton.
The worst snow storm of the season
set in last Thursday evening and
ragged furiously until Friday after
noon. Travel on all the highways
leading into the village was impeded
and in many places the roads were
completely blockaded with snow
drifts. For the first time in years no
mail from any quarter reached
Princeton on Friday. There we're no
trains from Friday until Sunday,
when a snow pillow and engine came
down from Milaca and cleared the
track.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

The well-known horticulturist, Mr..
Luther Burbank, has succeeded in
producing ''seedless" potato. Re-
view of Reviews.
Seedless oranges and lemons are
quite common, but q seedless potato!
what kind of spud is it?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

sis suffragette woman who
suffers?' asks a subscriber. While
not personally in a position to answer
this question, We have ascertained
from an authoritative source that the
husband of the suffragette is the one
who suffers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

At last one fellow has been found
who says that the Clapp amendment
proved source of good to the
Indians on the White Earth reserva-
ton. He is half-breed ex-football
player-probably distant relative of
Moses
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

The cooperative creameries won a
signal victory last week when the
state supreme court held constitu-
tional tho law prohibiting discrimina-
ton in the prices paid for butterfat
and cream in the same terrotiry.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

With the coming of spring the
government proposes to build modern
dwelling houses for the Indians on the
Rosebud reservation. And the
Indians will of course continue to oc-
cupy their tepees and utilize the new
residences for stabling purposes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

The four men hung in Chicago for
offensive truck farmer received just
punlshment-the governor very
properly refused to commute their
sentences
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

1t would be ungrateful, indeed, of
the new state of Arizona we're it to
give President Taft any thing less than
a solid delegation vote at the ma
tional republican convention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

Press reports tell US that Theodore
Roosevelt and Moses Clapp held a
long conference in New York last
Thursday-a conference of con-
nivance against Taft and La Toilette.
of course.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

The statement of John F. Bass, rep
resentative of the Roosevelt national
committee, that the colonel has been
very averse to the use of his name in
connection with the candidacy for the
presidency, should be taken with a
liberal quantity of salt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-02-22

The aim of the United States senate
seems to be to defer'its decision in the
Lorimer case until that gentleman's
term expires.