The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-11-04
at high interest rates.

But if Identification is going to pay,
as undoubtedly in the long run it will
pay, it is certain to come about. Who
would have thought, at the beginning
of the present century, that such vast
numbers Of thousand dollar to ten
thousand dollar automobiles could have
been sold? Nearly everyone predict
ed that the cost Of cars would be pro-
hibitive. But the results have proved
quite otherwise. What the public
wants it will have somehow.
So, little by little, and in surprising
ways, the Identification of the rail
roads, if it is found TO pay, will come
about. The whole situation cannot be
changed over night, but the roads
nearest the sources of power, water
falls, possible dams and coal mines
will be the first to make use of their
strategetic positions, and the others
will follow along.
It seems likely that electrifcation
will be the ultimate solution of power
for the railroads and perhaps of the
coal problem for the rest of us. And
as more problems than one are in
volved in the change, so the sooner it
is likely to come about when once the
needs of the situation become pressing
and they already are quite powerful
When soft coal sells at present high
prices it becomes question if it is not
about as cheap to begin to electrify
as to blow this expensive fuel out of
a hundred thousand locomotive smoke
Minneapolis Journal.
Election Oddities Worth Noting.
Duelists and their abettors are
barred from voting in Michigan.
Several of the states .penalize pau
pefism by taking away the voting
privilege.
In 1896 John Adams defeated Thorn
as Jefferson for the presidency by two
electoral votes.
Nontaxpayers cannot vote in Penn
Fylvania nor can persons dishonorably
discharged from the service of the
United States.
Each state is entitled to and elects
presidential electors equal in number
to its senator's and representatives in
congress combined.
Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy
Adams were elected to the presidency
by the house of representatives, nei-
their having had majority of cleo
coral votes.
Alexander Hamilton proposed that
the president Of the United States be
elected for life. Others in the consti-
tutional convention favored two or
three presidents instead of one
In 1900 Thomas jefferson and Aaron
Burr each received 173 electoral votes
for the presidency. The choice then
devolved on, the house of representa-
tives, where Thomas Jefferson received
the votes of Estates, Burr four, and
two voted blanks.
New York, in1841, was the first
state to fix upon the Tuesday after
the first Monday Of November" as
election day. Previous to that time the
elections in the various states were
held on the first Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of November.
In 1895 no candidate for vice presi-
dent received a majority Of the votes
of the electoral college, the election
devolving upon the senate, which
elected Richard NJ. johnson by vote
of 33 to 16, his opponent being Francis
Gayner. AS the vice president would
succeed the president in the event of
the presidents death or impeachment
the election was potentially rs signifi-
cant in respect to the Importance of a
few electoral votes as an election for
a president directly.