The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-10-02

other provisions on which women may
vote. This is the
ruling of Attorney General Smith
and refers to Minneapolis, which is
now in the throes of a big charter
fight Mr.. Smith is inclined to think
they can, but he says the supreme
court has held otherwise. In the case
of Minneapolis the elimination of the
women in the contest will likely re-
suit in the defeat of the charter
there.
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The initiative and referendum and
the recall, which is a feature of the
commission form of government
which number of Minnesota towns
and cities has taken on, is being ex-
emplitied at st. Cloud, where an ef-
fort is being made to recall the three
commissioners. They are accused of
squandering the taxpayers money in
buying an automobile for the local
fire department.. The referendum
feature was taken advantage of the
other day by Duluth, which put
across a drastic anti-booze ordinance
after bitter fight. St. Paul takes
on the commission game next year.
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Frank M. Eddy, hero of many DO
litical ARRAYS and late candidate for
congressman-at-large, will do the lee,
ture act for the state immigration blu.
reau beginning next December. He
will have charge of the state exhibit
ton car. He will be assisted by
Harold Knudtson of st. Cloud. This
time Minnesota will endeavor to i'm
press its advantages on prospective
settlers through the medium of the
movies Pictures have been taken
OF farm scenes and the mining of iron
ore. They are expected to make a
hit.
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Attorney General Smith is author.
ity for the statement that the loss
from hog cholera in Minnesota this
year will not be far short of $25, OOO,.
600. Dean Woods of the State Agri.
cultural college some time ago said
about SIS 100000 would be the amount,
Mr.. Smith bases his claim on the fact
that the loss in Chippewa and Lac
qui Parle counties has been $1,000
900 alone. Other counties, he says,
have been hit harder. Mr.. Smith
favored special session of the Leg
lslature to consider the plague, if
nothing else.
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At the next session of the legisla-
ture determined effort is going to
be made to have the state go into the
manufacture of dynamite, or purchase
it in quantities that will allow it's sale
at a reasonable figure. The demand
will come from Northern Minnesota
farmers burdened with stump Gov.
cred holdings. It is proposed to help
the proposition along by the circula.
ton of a monster petition. Private
manufacturers now demand II cents
pound for the explosive and it is
claimed that the state can manu-
facture it at cost of about one-half
of that figure.
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Congressman Sidney Anderson, the
man who put James A. Tawney in
the political discard, is not satisfied
the way congress is conducted. He
resigned from the ways and means
committee and is now out with a
club for the house leaders. From
accounts received up this way Sidney
is not in full accord with his district
and he will have to face a number Of
rivals when the next election rolls
around. Mr.. Anderson came into DO
ltical being on a shoestring and it
looks pretty much as if his finish
would be via we'll creased toboggan.
AS you probably know some people
have talked themselves out of a Job.
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Speaking of Jim" Tawney, the
First district man handed the Wash
ington correspondents a package last
week when he branded as false the
story sent out that President Wilson
had demanded his resignation as a
member of the boundary commission
and that he had refused to do the
move act. Jim is not anxious to quit,
but he has heard that word "git''
before and he is too old a hand at the
game to ignore it. Mr.. Tawney also
rises to correct a statement to the
effect that his stipend is $4,000 a
year. Not anywhere near it, he says.
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Governor Eberhart is to be con-
graduated on one good piece of po-
litical head work, and that is the
movement started by him to bring
more blooded stock into the state.
Last week he conferred with a num-
Der of state bankers regarding the
loaning of money to those desiring to
add to their milk COW and feeding
herds and a ready response was made.
Additions to the states herds of cat
tie is to be made by cooperation and
with the aid of experts which ths
state will supply.
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