The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-07-10


sides argued the ruling at length, but
they were unable to bring about any
change. 1t is likely that the centric
versy will be renewed at the special
session of the legislature to be held
October next
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Those who are fighting Governor
Eberhart's scheme of statewide con-
troll of public utilities offer as an argu-
ment that it is the utilities who want
the law, not the consumers. In Min
neapolls fight is on for 60-cent gas
and the battle may extend to St. Paul.
That the gas companies of the two
cities would hail with delight some
thing which would relieve them of
this demand goes without saying, so
perhaps there is something after all
in what the opposition claims. You
certainly cannot blame the utilities.
With the cities it is get what you
want first and then argue it after.
wards. The statewide control idea
is first to see if the utilities can stand
the desired cut
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Educators throughout the state
are more than pleased over the de-
cision of the supreme court uphold
ing the Putnam consolidated school
act, which provides state aid for
schools which add the teaching of
agricultural, Industrial training and
domestic science to their list of
learning. The law was attacked as
to the provision which permits the
district furnishing such courses to
tax nonresident pupils a nominal fee.
Justice Hallam wrote the opinion
and he upheld the law in every re-
spect.
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That Secretary of State Schmahl
will again be on the lists when the
time arrives for the selection of those
who will head the next state ticket
is generally accepted. He cannot he
headed off, all of which leads up to
the remark that perhaps some day
the powers that be may have to
way. The Redwood Falls man, they
say, has the bug, though he is too
shrewd politician to start buzzing
at this time. Secretary of State
Sch1nahl is of the old school and his
adherence to tried and true methods
of playing the game have undoubted-
ly helped him in getting by in the
face of opposition that would have
swamped any one else. No one ever
caught Julius following new gods
and this, per haps, is responsible for
his success. AS I say, it might be
well to keep an eye on the little fell
low. He has some majorities to his
credit which cannot be sneezed at.
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The late purchase of four mileage
books and the consuming of about
dozen more since Aug. 1 last, by
Governor Eberhart is engaging the
attention of some of the opposition
papers and bets are on that his ex-
cellency will break the tourist record
this year. Governor Eberhart is
explains his almost constant absence
out of the state on the ground that
he is boosting Minnesota. Governor
Eberhart once said he likes to travel
and he sure is getting his fill.
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Needing clamor for reform a st.
Paul municipal judge gave steam
boat captain straight thirty-day
sentence to the workhouse for per-
hitting liquor on his boat. The
next day the captain appealed to the
state pardon board, but that tribunal
handed the case back to the court,
which had intimated that it would
stand for pardon, with the remark
that the court which sentenced him
could give the culprit new trial or
suspend sentence. More workhouso
sentences come from St. Paul to the
state board of pardons for consider
alton than any city in the state, and
all, as a rule, backed by the munich
pal judge which imposed the sentence.
From all accounts this particular
captain was the goat in a crusade
which the court could not very well
overlook and he received something
that more fragrant but adroit Of
tenders should have got, but escaped
by fleeing the state.
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Speaking of the "clean up" crusade
which is now on in St. Paul-it is
by no means the frst-a Catholic
priest, Father Donahue, is at the
head of the movement and he is
after the police and other law en-
forcing officials with big stick. He
has threatened to personally enter
the next campaign and fight those
who, he says. are permitting liquor
violations of the most fragrant char.
acter. It is not often this denomina-
tion enters crusade like this, at
least publicly, and the activity of
Father Donahue has caused some
surprise.
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