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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

The next legislature should restore
capital punishment for murder in it's
place on the statute books. Penitentiary
sentences, even if for life, have no ter
rors for the bandit who goes forth
to rob with the determination to kill
if it is necessary to effect his purpose
He is fully aware of the fact that a
large percentage of murderers are par
doned after they have served part of
their time and that others escape from
prison, so he goes the limit in his dia-
bolical business Were the hangman's
moose or the electric chair staring him
in the face he would think twice before
committing murder, for even the most
hardened of criminals have a great
dread of capital punishment. Not
the scintilla of a doubt exists in our
mind that the repeal of the capital
punishment law in this state is re-
sponsible for many murders. When
a man deliberately murders another
he should pay the penalty with death.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

information" under the direction of
George Creel is responsible for the de-
pletion of the national treasury to
the extent of several million dollars.
The principle items of expenditure
shown by the report include 81, 448, 900
for propaganda work in foreign coun-
tries, 81 ,25O,OO0 for salaries, 81 ,435, 900
for printing, and $583,OOO for tele-
graph and cable service. "Propagan-
da work" of course means advertising
the virtues of Mr.. Wilson in foreign
lands, while cable and telegraph ser
vice was for camouhaged stories sent
to administration organs in this coun-
try from Paris by George Creel. The
other expenses, are upon their face,
plain. All this money was wasted, as
correspondents Of the great dailies
covered the war situation, and their
stories were reliable when not cen
sored.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16
New Ulm's school board has.

New Ulm's school board has, by
resolution, decided that the teaching
of German in the sixth, seventh and
eighth grades shall be elective and not
compulsory. The board could not
have made it compulsory, as such order
would have conficted with the laws
of the state. However the kaiseritis
germ has so strongly entrenched itself
in the cerebrum of the major part of
New Ulm's inhabitants that they may
give instructions to have their chill
dren taught German first and let them
pick up English as best they can. 1t
is not really necessary for a person
living in New Ulm to speak the Eng
fish language.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

"You have no right to expect the
protection of this country if you re-
fused to fight for it," said District
Judge Molyneaux in Minneapolis to 16
aliens as he refused to grant them
citizenship papers. These fellows
were foreigners who, during the war,
took advantage of the fact that they
were subjects of other nations to evade
performing military duty. The judge
is to be commended for the action he
took. He went as far as he could
under the law and would doubtless
have ordered their deportation were he
invested in the power to so do. The
United States is no place for such I'M
desirables.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

1t has been estimated, after a care
full examination of the fuel situation
at the head Of the lakes, that unless
100000 tons of bituminous coal a
month for the next three months are
received at Duluth and Superior docks
the result will be a serious coal short
age in the northwest next winter.
Even with the quantity stated coming
in there will be barely sufficient to
meet requirements. While it is posi-
BILE that this shortage may be covered
it is not probable. but if the wise Will
son administration had restricted ex-
portation instead Of permitting mil
lions Of tons Of coal to go to Europe
the country would not now be in this
dilemma.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

In his New Freedom Professor Will
son says: "a singular thing about the
people of the United States is their
almost infinite patience and their will
lingness to stand quietly by and see
things done which they have voted
against and which they do not want
DONE" The returns at the November
election will, however, demonstrate
that the administration politicians
have presumed altogether too mucn
in regard to the peoples patience.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16
LENROOT NOMINATED.

Wisconsin is to be congratulated on
her choice of the republican nominee
for the United State senate, Irvine L..
Lenroot. Senator Lenroot is a pro-
gressive but not radical. He is sup
posed to be the author of several of the
Lodge reservations and is recognized
throughout the country as one Of the
ablest men in the senate.
La Toilette was not permitted to
chose his colleague in the senate but
he did succeed in showing in his guber-
Material candidate, John J. Blaine. The
number of radicals nominated for state
offices shows that La Toilette still
holds a firm grip on the Wisconsin
voters.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16
THE SOLEMN REFERENDUM.

AS the Washington Post remarks,
"The great, solemn referendum on the
league of nations is already under
way" The gloom must be increasing
in the democratic camp.
First, in the election on September
13 Maine gave the republicans a
sweeping victory. Maine, of course,
always has been listed in the republic
can columns, and then both Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Secretary Daniels
have been campaigning in the state.
In New Hampshire Senator George
H. Moses was again nominated al
though his opponent, Huntley N.
Spaulding, had large personal fol-
lowing. Senator Moses was bitterly
opposed to the league Of nations in
any form and Mr.. Spaulding favored
it with the Lodge reservations. Sen
ator Moses evidently understood the
temper of the people of New Hamp-
shire better than his critics who last
winter during the league controversy
in the senate charged him with failing
to represent his constituents on the
question.
Senator Brandegee, another bitter
opponent Of the league covenant, had
no opposition in Connecticut.
Thomas E. Watson was nominated
on the democratic ticket in Georgia on
a platform which denounced the league
in any form, with or without reserva-
lions. The primaries in Idaho and
California tell the same story.
Verify, it looks like a republican
Landslide with the league of nations
the main issue of the day. The refer
endum is on and the people of the
north, south, east and west are speak
ing in unmistakable terms.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16
COOPERATIVE MARKETING.

1t has been stated that the farmers
Of Minnesota today, through their CO.
operative markets, handle nearly half
the states total Of farm products.
The farmers deserve great credit for
the progress they have made in the
last ten years in this cooperative
marketing. When these enterprises
are successfully handled they benefit
not only the farmer but also the con-
sumner, and only then will they become
permanent institutions.
The farmers, in organizing their
projects, must have the vision to see
that in order to really succeed they
must build not only for themselves,
but for the great mass of consumers.
With our democratic form of govern
ment it is an indisputable fact that
special class legislation cannot and
will not persist.
The farm bureau is fast becoming a
powerful organization. There are now
Af,OOO A'Alul1CSOCel 0uTOllSu Ill
this federation. The aims of the farm
bureau federation as stated by the
Minnesota secretary, F. L. French,
are:
To re-establish agriculture in the
public mind as the foremost indus
try, on which all others depend.
To foster all lines of endeavor which
make for better homes, better social
and religious life, better health, and
better-r rural living.
To establish without question the
legality Of collective bargaining.
To conduct referendums on ma
tional questions to enable the farmer
to express his views on the nations
policies at home and abroad.
To safeguard the rights and in
terests of the farmer and to assert
his needs whenever occasion may arise.
To extend the cooperative market
ing of crops to the point where maxi
mum benefits are secured for the pro-
Queer and for the consumer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

While talking to an audience Of ball
players Senator Harding compared the
administration to one-man team.
That was right as far as it went, but
he forgot to add that the one man
wanted to be umpire also.-Detroit
Free Press.
Yes, the autocrat Of the white house
made an effort to be supreme ruler of
the country, but the United States
senate cut his little game short when
it refused to ratify his ID command
ments. To make use of slangy phrase
|ology, Professor Wilson is now a
Sdead duck"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

Among the humbugs who piled
their avocations at the state fair were
half a dozen or more so-called palm
ists-gypsy women who reaped gol-
den harvest There is a law in this
state which forbids fortune telling, but
the fair authorities took no heed of
it-fakers of various sorts were per-
mitted to operate and separate the
unsophisticated from their money
While the state fairs are not as bad
in this respect as they were in past
years there is much room for improve
ment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

So far as prohibition is concerned
the United States is something like
1,400 years behind Turkey, and we
must give the beastly, barbarous
Turk credit for being prohibitionist
in actuality. His national drink is
sherbet and he takes It without a
"stick." The late Mr. Mohammed in
corporated prohibition in the Moslem
religion and declared that whatsoever
INDUCED in Intoxicating liquors would
eventually sizzle in the birthstone caul-
drons. So combination of reverence
for Mohammed and fear of being fried
in sulphur impels the Turk to refrain
from drinking so-called serpentaria.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

It's the way of the world: Some ma
tons would like to hold back the
Poles by their coat tails while others
would hold back the bolshevists by
their whiskers. Then there are
others who would like to see the mer-
ry war continue until the bolshevists
are eXterminated. We take pride in
stating that we have registered with
the latter class.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

Peculiar events occur in this old
world of ours. The other day, in the
District of Columbia, Harding ''deln-
ocratic" club was organized with F.
Edward Mitchell president This
club is composed exclusively Of demo
Gratis who have forsaken their party
temporarily in consequence Of the
stand taken by Governor Cox for the
league of nations and who will put
forth every effort to elect Senator
Harding to the presidency.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

While former cabinets under re-
publican administrations were regard
ed as the proper province Of states
men, under the Wilson regime the men
holding cabinet portfolios are regard
ed as of no more Importance than
clerks, and, as Chairman Hays truth
fully points out, their official existence
is scarcely discerniblc.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

Word comes from Washington that
a cabinet member has drafted bill
making it criminal offcnse for can
didate to fail to fulfill his campaign
pledges after he is elected Could such
measure be made retroactive the re-
suit would mean the OVERLOOKING OF
the jails with democrats now in high
places.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

We should say that if Will Hays
can run a national campaign on the
insignificant sum of $3,00O,OOO he
would be exactly the man for secretary
of the treasury. The country is badly
in need Of such a genius of economy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

st. Paul Dispatch: Cox's campaign
fund charges seem to have proved only
that so general is the desire to change
hands" at Washington and get rid of
wisconsin that everybody is willing
to contribute to the republican expense
account
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

Women voters are not making any
hullabaloo over their preparations Tor
election they are not going around
shouting about the candidates for
whom they intend to cast their bal
lots,-but they are working just the
same
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

There is big difference in the
methods pursued by Candidates Hard
ing and Cox in conducting their cam
paigns. While Mr.. Harding is plac-
ing the issues before the people in an
transformations manner Mr.. Cox is
gallivanting about the country beat
ing a big bass drum.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-16

A report filed with the United States
senate committee on war expenditures
shows that the organization which
functioned as the COMMITTEE on public
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
The Man Who Wrote This Doesn't
Mean 1t All, but It's STRAW

largely no doubt because | often awoke in the
morning with cold in my head and chilly
sensation about my skull. ears and nose Why
] argued to myself should hat
out OF doors and consider il a necessity and yet
sleep with the windows open and be uncovered
on the head?
with some degree of stealth. | admit. went
shopping for night cap. or course. did not
ask for il in so many words.
Have you a knitted skull cap" said l. The
clerk brought out one OF those silk cloth ar
fairs. such as bald headed men wear but OF
course. not in bed. for it would not stay on,
That gave me another argument; why should
bald headed man wear skull cap in the house
and then sleep in a cold room with nothing over
his head? what do bald headed men wear
when they sleep? Strange. there are no night
caps for sale.
remembered having seen knitted skull caps
for use under avators' or automobile racers
leather helmets. Just the thing At sport
ing goods store found them. and from that on
| slept in peace.
Hopeless 1t was to keep this secret from my
wife she was little shocked al first ad-
nit, but soon became used to IT. Her laughter
provoked me little and in vain did ! bring to
bear all my arguments. Women lack logic as
All men know.
A. last / summonded courage and broached
The subject TO my best friend companion OF
many years lie laughed until | thought he
would have fit
you are resctionary," he said we fell
to arguing about It, as we do about everything
for We are agreeable friends that never agree
and he said
'''rhe reason men wore night caps two hun
dred years ago was that they wore wigs and
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
What All Prospective
Bridegrooms Know

That he won't be able TO find the wedding
ring AZ the fatal moment.
That his hands will look as big as tho broad
sides of n barn during the ceremony and that
Il is confoundcd shame that IT isn't pcrmis-
sible to hide them i'm his trousers pockets.
That IL would be immense relief to clope
instead of going through the fuss and furry
of the church wedding.
That his pal has too much of a smile on his
face and is to play some sort Of trick
before the ceremony is over with.
That all the women in the congregation will
wonder what earth 1t is that the bride sees
In him.
That all his bachelor friends arc sadly shak-
ing their heads and saying. Another good
man gone
That though the brides father has protcste cd
vehemently that he doesn't want to give W.
his little girl he still seems remarkably happy
over the fact that she Is getting married
That while the fact remains that he ism
marrying the whole family the whole bunch
has laid out schedule of visits they are going
TO nay him during the next few months
That IL the brides mischevious little brother
pulls off any OF his so-called cute little tricks
during the ceremony II will be with extreme
difficulty that he viii restrain himself II ON
upending little brother and giving him splen-
did little padding
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Story of the Great Artillery School
for Americans at Saumur

Y" WITHOUT doubt the military powers
AF ! of Germany led to suspend
wv operations and sign an armistices
which resulted in peace because OF
the fact that the United states Army
had made such vast preparations that only
one outcome could come about After four
years Of severe struggle the Allies had been
placed in the position OF being unable to 20 for
ward; in fact they were lucky to hold their
own. The entrance of the United States into
the war and the consequent arraying of large
forces in the field produced the first real Of
fensive. nut II not the magnificent adj
vance in the Argonne. which really concluded
the titanic war. because Germany could still
have. gone on
Germany has been credited with having the
best espionage system of any country on
either side and she undoubtedly knew what
was transpirng in the way Of preparation
After she had seen that the American hoy was
a real fighter. displayed in the Argonne
and knew that he coming to meet her in
increasingly greater numbers she knew that
her doom was sealed She knew OF the won
derful engineering feats that had been per-
formed in building receiving ports and docks
and other preparations for a long and hard
struggle
She must have kppwn that the Saumur AZ
tillery School which was organized through
the Joint efforts of the French and American
artillery services, was turning out at the time
OF the armistice we'll trained officers at the
rate of 500 more month. If she was not
able to hold her own in the Argonne against
troops that were comparat.yeiy green and un-
trained how could she hope to continue against
men and officers who had the intensive train
ing which four years of warfare had taught the
French how to transfer to the minds of the
warriors who had come across the seas.
ON september g. 1917, Brgadier General
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
By A. r. e. ACTIONARY.

vAM reactionary and reactonism has
brought me TO pass where | night
cap. How this came about ! will relate.
In POLITICS am a reactionary. / do not
believe in woman suffrage. nor in the referen-
dun and recall nor in government ownership,
nor in prohibition. And. oh. crime to heaven l
approve Of the election Of the Socialists from
the New York state Assembly Many OF my
friends will not speak to me for just that
Oh. am a hopeless ctionary-although
am a young ma n still / believe that the gen
orality Of men at forty have more brains and
~ pacity than the generality at twenty ] like
cream in my after-dnner coffee. ! prefer
pcnders to a belt I think Henry Fielding
a greater novelist than Robert w Chambers is.
I viii not use safety razor. ] think Wash
ington Irving still the greatest American man
of letters. and that Henry Watterson, that arch
rcactionary. the greatest editorast / prefer
invisible typewIitcrs and single action revol-
vcrs think wardrobe trunk as useless
contrivance as a folding bed like broad toed
shoes and will not wear silk socks And in that
connection I refuse to call socks half-hose.
Of course my friends call all that pose
Thcy will not admit that prefer those things
bv reason of taste or ny the conviction that for
example an old-fashoned razor will cut better
than safety razor But what do / care what
the world thinks? ! am happy. because my re-
actionism is sincere-that is, l was happy until
! encountered the night cap.
You soc the night cap goes back couple OF
hundred Years became interested In IL by
reading old English novels THAT garment often
is mentioned and / got to thinking about it,
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
THE NATIONS BOOKSTORE, 1T SENDS OUT 25OOO SPEECHES
ANNUALLY

But the Capitol has its book store
Never knew that. now. did you? Down in one
corner of the basement where everybody
misses it except those directly interested in its
workings. is the House folding room where
more than half a million books are stored
This is book that does little business
"over the counter, but which does a tremen-
dous mail order demand Each year from the
establishment pictured this page copies OF
constituents ALL over the country. Here the
multifarious documents sent out by the gov
ernment printing office are wrapped and
sealed.
Not far away. down underneath the rotunda
OF the Capitol, is a little chamber formed by
colonnade of Doric columns that is of more
legitimate interest to the visitor who explores
the Capitol for its historical associations Be
low this chamber is the crypt which though
few know it, was designed to be the tomb of
George Washington. A resolution passed by
Congress. December %. 17e9 stated that he
body OF the first President was to rest in this
crypt but, acceding to the wishes or the family
il finally decided to bury him in the IA
NOUS tomb at Mount Vernon The bier in tn.
chamber above. shown in the photograph was
used for the lying in state in the Capitol OF
the nations three assassinated Presidents
Lincoln Garfield and Mcknley-and Of Senator
Marcus A. Hanna and Admiral George Dewey
Another point of interest in the Capitol that
has been missed by visitors but has not been
overlooked by certain lucky members of the
House and Senate is " Joel Grayson's lunch
room" This is the musty. dusty little chamber
over the document room where Joel Grayson,
clerk in that room, has eaten his lunch for the
last fifteen years. MIR. Grayson started his
career as a public official in 1865. He was a
page in the House under Speaker James G.
Blaine.
There are several model restaurants in the
Capitol. but Mr. Grayson prefers his own pri-
, vate lunchroom here. The attraction to Con-
gressmen who consider themselves exceeding
~ fortunate when an invitation to lunch comes
from this of the Capitol. is the fact that
The New York herald., 1920-01-25

Charles r. Menoher registered at the Hotel
de Londres. Saumur. Accompanying him
a small staff consisting Of adjutant, an
aide. medical officer and quartermaster.
ON the same day the first contingent of some
sixty French officers from the French Ar
tillery school at Fontainebeau arrived. Exact
ly three weeks later came train load OF
American officer students from the base port
OF 81 Nazaire. Another train load from lie
Ilavre soon followed, and the first of Oc-
tober the course commenced with much ease
and smoothness as if there had been an ar
tery school at Saumur for centuries. As
matter Of fact the arrival of the students was
behind schedule; the school had been ready
to open for more than week. From this
comparatively modest beginning arose an in
stituton which was without doubt at the time
of tho signing of the armistice the greatest
artillcr, school ever known in the history of
the world
General Pcrshins. himself Fighter who had
been trained IN such manner as TO thoroughly
appreciate the great possibilities in the en-
l!stcd personnel Of the American Army. sent
ont an order which required each regiment
or similar unit to send -four men to the saumur
Artillery school each month These men were
supposed to be selected because OF their leau-
etship and officer qualifications and these, to-
cethcr with officers who had been commits
stoned in the states and ordered to report AT
Saumur for training in the French artillery
methods formed student body. which was
one of the finest in brain and brawn ever
gathered together in university. army or ath-
letic teams
The old Ecole dApplication de Cavalere
established in 1863 ANA considered the greatest
riding and cavalry school in the world gave
over it's plant to the American army for the
purpose Of training officers, and the old stone