The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-02-05

family. His father was state treas
urer at one time and the son has re-
ceived additional honors in a politi-
cal and civic way. e
| State Auditor Iverson has not real.
lied his gubernatorial ambitions Us
yet, still this fact did not prevent
him, when addressing a convention
of independent telephone delegates in
| st. Paul, to assure those present that
the next governor of Minnesota would
sign a telephone regulation bill. The
independents want law that will
compel physical connection between
lines and a commission which will
| regulate rates. Governor Eberhart
vetoed such law passed by the last
| legislature. For some unknown rea-
son Governor Eberhart was not asked
| to address the gathering. Mr.. Iver-
son was invited instead.
!. !. !.
1t is pretty certain that the mini
| mum wage law for minors and wom-
en- passed by the last legislature will
be attacked in the courts on the
ground that it is unconstitutional
| This was made plain by Rome G.
Brown of Minneapolis in a hearing
on the law before Attorney General
Smith. Mr.. Brown, who represents
employers of labor affected by the act,
! says the law is unavoidable and un.
enforceable as we'll as unconstitu-
tional. About all the commission
which resulted from the passage of
| this law has done since it's creation
has been to draw on the $4,000 a
| year set aside for it's maintenance.
!. !. !.
H. J. Maxfeld, former state immi-
grafton commissioner, has filed for
| the Republican nomination for con-
gross in the Sixth district. He is 60
ing to contest the present incumbent,
| Congressman Lindbergh, and accord
ing to close friends the fight that will
we waged will be hot one. Whether
Llndbergh will elect to go after his
| present job or throw his hat into the
Bull Moose gubernatorial ring is not
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try for his Washington job it is gen.
orally agreed that he will have the
! fight of his life on his hands. Max
| field is some campaigner and is we'll
known in the district. His home is
at Wadena.
| !. !. !.
Quite a few of the wise ones are
| arguing that Bull Moose candidate
| for governor stands an excellent show
of election. They point out that the
! present fight in the ranks of the two
| old parties will force votes to Pro-
gressive. w. H. Lee of Long Prairie,
| it is reported, is inclined to take this
| view of the situation and friends have
been putting the same thing up to
Congressman Lndbergh, but so far
the two have refused to bite.
!. !. !.
Admirers of the extreme in election
and primary legislation cannot but
view with alarm the present tendency
to relegate to the discard some of the
undoubted misfits which now adorn
the various statute books. There are
wise ones who argue that the next six
years will see modified convention
system in Minnesota and that the non
partisan feature of present election
and primary laws will be dropped.
One paper, the Minneapolis Journal,
has already taken up the cudgel in
behalf of some kind of a political
conference and the plea is spreading.
Another election and the cry will be
louder.
< : !.
J. Adam Bede, former congressman
from the Eighth district and a noted
wit, has absolutely no use for the
new order of things in matters politi-
cal and never fails to air his views
when he can. It is said of him that
he was guest at banquet given to
a we'll known Minneapolis newspaper
man about to depart for another field
was Archbishop Ireland. The remarks
of the archbishop we're quite pointed
and in his talk he roundly scored the
tendency toward Socialistic ideas and
their incorporation in matters polite.
Mr.. Bede was favorably impressed
and, rising as the archbishop sat
down, said: Eyes, your grace, if the
primary law was compulsory in the
Catholic church you would have Billy
Sunday as pope" The audacity of the
remark rather startled the guests, but
the archbishop only laughed and after
a slight pause said: IT guess you
,, are right"
!. !. !.
The state is being flooded with a
| two-page letter sent out by an organ
! ization styling itself the Minnesota
| State Railway Employees Protective
association, attacking the eastman
distance tariff law. The letter is pre-
sumably for railroad employees only,
but many others are being made the
recipients of copies. The idea of
the association is that what tends to
reduce the revenue of the roads hurts
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