The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-06-26

OF finding investors has called forth
some cutting remarks from Repre-
sentative L. C. Spooner of Morris,
who says if the board had observed
the law providing for the sale of the
prison certificates it would have had
no trouble whatever in disposing of
the lot. The law calls for their sale
to the general public when the state
itself does not elect to buy and this
requirement was not observed. Pro-
fessional bond concerns and banks
were solicited instead
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Mr.. Spooner says, and he ought to
know, that there are hundreds of
persons throughout the state who, if
they knew of these certificates, would
be glad to invest in them. They draw
better than per cent and when it is
known that the average rate paid by
the banks is not over 8 per cent it
can readily be seen that they would
be quickly gobbled up. The law pro-
vides for their sale in lots of $500
up. Mr. Spooner says he proposes
to find out why the popular sale re-
quirement was not observed. He will
insist that the people be made &C.
Quainted with the fact that the GER
tificates can be had.
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The new state holiday, Good Roads
day." from all accounts was generally
observed throughout the state June
II and not little good roads work
resulted. At Princeton half mile of
the best road in Minnesota was con-
structed. Everybody turned out and
gave either labor or money in aid of
the improvement. At number of
other points picnics were held and
good roads experts were the princi-
pal speakers.
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Senator Stebbins of Rochester I'M
Willingly stepped on the toes of sew
eral of the officers of the Northern
Development association when at the
meeting Of the rival organization,
the Southern Development League,
he spoke of the northern bunch as
lot of wind TANNERS" The remark
was made more in jest than anything
else, but President King and Secrc-
tary Mackenzie, who we're present,
accepted it as an insult and left in
huff. They even refused to attend
the banquet given in the evening.
Senator Stebbins, in an explanation
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and made every effort to apologize
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National Democratic Committee
man Lynch is supposed to be the
whole thing in the distribution of
jobs at the command of the Wilson
administration as far as Minnesota is
concerned, but several appointments
made during the past month have
shown the reverse. It looks pretty
much as if Secretary Bryan was pay
ing off somt cid scores. The first
jolt for Mr.. Lynch came when Hal
Buck of Winona was made postmas-
ter of that city and the second when
Fred Pike, long a Bryan booster,
was given a job in the attorney gen
erals Office at Washington Both
men were opposed by Mr.. Lynch.
Mr.. Lynch never was an ardent
Bryan admirer and during the Gov
ernOr Johnson administration did not
go out of his way to boost the Peer
less One.' Mr.. Lynch, it will be re-
membered, was the big end of the
Johnson presidential boom and at the
Denver convention which nominated
Mr.. Bryan instead he stood out
against all advances in the way of
compromise. In the fall campaign
which followed the Bryan forces got
little help from the Johnson and
Lynch end and this the Nebraska
man seems not to have forgotten.
The two appointments made ever the
head of Mr.. Lynch are receiving con-
siderable attention from the ambi-
tious members Of the unwashed and
they are now wondering where the
official lightning will strike next.
Some profess to believe that Mr.. Bry-
ans entrance into the game will be
fatal to the ambitions of Frank A.
Day. He, like Mr.. Lynch, never cot
toned much to the now secretary of
state.
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1t is a long way off to the next
general election, but rumors have
been persistent the past week that
former Attorney General E. T. Young
has again got the gubernatorial bug
and that friends are now sounding
sentiment throughout the state in his
interest. Though it looks like cinch
for Governor Eberhart should he run
Young boosters say the Appleton man
is in better shape than ever to land.
They point out that the field will not
contain as many big ones as it did
last time and that Mr.. Young, should
he conclude to make the race, will
be benefited accordingly.
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