The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-02-13

60eIoA' Last W00h ~. raul business
men invested nearly $1,000 in news
paper space opposing the distance
tariff bill and it is said the publicity
is to be continued
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At the banquet rendered Senator
Nelson in st. Paul Governor Eberhart
came out flat for the immediate recOg-
milton of the Bull Moose" or third
party, and now quite few are cudgel-
ing their brains in an effort to figure
out what is back of it all, Is it a. bid
for another try at the governorship
two years hence or is it the United
States senatorship? That aspirants
for the Republican gubernatorial nomi-
nation will have Governor Eberhart
to reckon with is generally accepted
among the king makers. That he has
his eye on Senator Clapp's job is also
we'll known. That his endorsement OF
the Bull Moosers'' to the extent of
giving the party immediate official
recognition as party will help his
ambitions can be readily seen. 1t will
take out of the party two years from
now disturbing element and in the
case OF the governors senatorial am
billions bring to him following that
will no doubt be in the saddle when
the next senatorial election rolls
around. They speak of Governor
Eberhart's luck; to me it looks more
like good head work.
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The house went on record for the
Initiative and referendum, or rather
the submission to the voters of a con-
stitutional amendment calling for the
same, and now the senate is expected
to fall in line. One feature was the
size of the vote, ITO for to against,
and another the passage OF the bill
without an embarrassing amendment
being permitted. Many were offered,
but they were all turned down. The
leaders In the house were determined
that the bill should go through as
drafted by the committee and they
were successful in their fight.
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Perhaps a good amendment, and
yet one that is debatable, was that Of
fered by G. w. Brown of Glencoe dis
couraging what are known as profess
sional petition pushers. He wanted
the petitions located at convenient
places and voters allowed to sign
them without coercion. It was the
most warmly contested OF the lot of
amendments offered and the vote at
the finish was quite close. 1t lost out,
however. The professional petition
pusher is pest in other states where
the petition is a medium of reaching
the legislature or accomplishing any
thing pertaining to the ballot He
works for so much name or makes
contract to turn in a given number
OF signers for a certain sum and he
generally makes good. Getting people
to sign is picnic for the average pro-
fessional. If the pest reaches Min
nesota the next legislature will I'M
doubtedly curb his activities and it
should.
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Speaking further on the present
house inquiry into the grain inspec-
ton situation in the state the senate
has voted to conduct an independent
probe. Senator Works is behind the
move and the excuse for the senate
probe as offered by him is that the
house inquiry is too one sided. In
effect the senate probe is to be an in
vestigation of the house investigators.
He intimates that Manahan and
George Lotus are behind the house
probe and that they are the moving
spirits in concern known as the In
dependent Grain company which is
to benefit from the house inquiry.
The whole thing promises to work
out into a nice mess.
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The state fair board Of managers is
going to ask the legislature for $685.
600 for improvements, but it's chances
for landing that sum are not consid-
cred the best in the world. The board
wants to build new freproof stock
barn; also enough money to roof the
grand stand. It may get sufficient
money for the stock barn, but there
are doubts regarding the grand stand
roof. This is going to be an economi-
cal session OF the legislature
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w. A. Nolan, a former member OF
the legislature from Mower county,
has been named by Governor Eberhart
as a member Sof the state board OF
visitors. He succeeds George OReilly
of st. Paul, a Democrat
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Archie Hayes, executive clerk to
Governor Eberhart, who is known as
his excellency's glad hand man, will
receive an increase in salary it bill
now before the senate prevails. Ar
chie's salary is about $4,000 year and
it is proposed to increase it to $4,000.
The original salary paid was $1,000.
Senator Moonan of Waseca pro-
poses relief for the supreme court