The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-11-07
POLITICAL COMMENT.
s0uthern seniimens.-The Democrats
of the two seetions-.rhe Presiden.

POLITICAL COMMENT.
Southern sentinsens--Ths Democrst.
Of the tive seettons-.rhe Prssiden
ttak Electf0n.
A GOOD POINT.
| Secretary Evarts made strong point
In his Cooper institute speech on ths
northern upholders of the shotgun
policy. Speaking Of the verdict In shs
Chisolm case, and the Democratic claim
that 1t was rendered by fair Jury, hs
went on to say that this was undoubted
ly the truth. The jury fairly repre-
scented the public sentiment Of theil
locality, and their verdict simply echoed
the popular opinion that the murderer
of Chisoim had done nothing which
deserved punishment. This Ii Just a
true of the Yazoo murder. Public
sentiment In MISSISSIPPI sustains the
shotgun despotism, and gives proof thai
1t does by allowing the guilty persons u
20 unmolested. Lamar keeps silent ir
Difference to this opinion, while Single
ton, less polite, tosdies TO 1t.
TWO BAR'Ls.
An inspired disciple of reform II
Kentucky has hit upon O brilliant
ievice for strengthening the Democratic
ticket next year. Tho two doubtful
states being New York and Indiana, b.
Jays the candidates must come fron
them. To New York he gives the frs,
place, and names as his choice Tilden
Hendricks can't have the second, and
Mcdonald won't do. The man for it Il
ex. Congressman William Fl. English, oil
indianapolis. Whyf Behold the qusli
tication: 81 understand that Mr.. Eng
lish has amassei, perhaps, as much
wealth as Mr.. Tilden." There you have
1.-TWO bsrrelsl What q team that
would makel II the ticket were moi
elected, the hungry and thirsty Demo
cracy would be refreshed with copiou,
streams of moral forces" flowing from
double-headed fountain, and tina,
would be the next best thing to victory
M Y Tribune.
MISSISSIPPI SENTIMENT.
Mr.. Congressman Singleton, of Mis-
sissippi. who Is q candidate for election
to the United States senate, has been
heard from on the Yazoo question. He
made speech at Yazoo City on the 18th
inst. in the course of which he " Endorsed
the incident of the 26th of july" as the
letter mildly states it. That incident"
was the depositing of load of buckshot
In the back of Henry NJ. Dixon. And
yet the country Is assured by the north.
ern allies of the shotgun Democracy
that the best citizens Of Mississippi do
not approve of political assassination.
Hence the question, who are the best
citizens of Mississippi? II Mr.. Con.
gresham Singleton, who aspires to q
seat In the national senate, and who
is understood to be strongly supported
In his aspirations, Is not one of
the best citizens, who Is? Do not the
best citizens to represent them in the
senate? If the people of that state send
Mr.. Singleton TO the senate, the people
of this country will naturally and rightly
infer that he is q fair representative of
Mississippi civilization, and that his
approval of the Yazoo assassination indi.
Gates the kind and degree of that civil.
cation. They will infer that he finds it
necessary to approve of such "inci.
dents" as that Of July 25th in order to
win the favor of the dominant part of
the population of the state of Mississippi,
and the quality of the civilization OF
that state, as of any other, may rightly
be gathered from that of the dominant
part of its population Chicago Times.
NORTHERN va. SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS.
Already there Is talk of the valiant
efforts which the Democratic statesmen
of the north will make to hold their
fiery southern brethren in check Which,
congress reassembles. All the disasters
of the year are charged upon the latter.
If the southern brigadiers had kept
their mouths closed, all would have
been we'll, the northern Democrats say.
This is not strictly true. The northern
Democracy were scarcely Less revolu.
tionary than their southern allies. The
Hon. 8. b. Cox was tremendous revo-
lutionist at one time, and offered to
block the wheels of government with
his own doughty body II NO
one else were brave enough.
Springer was also untamed up to the
last moment, and only closed his mouth
when the session closed 1t for q time,
He expired with his jaw going like jig
saw on spree. To BE- sure Blackburn
eclipsed all other revolutionists when he
declared the purpose of the party to be
to "wipe the last vestige of war legisla'
ton from the statute books" and Becl
was hardly less reckless in his opening
declarations concerning the caucus pro
gramme; yet, 1t should be borne In mind
that the northern Democrats, with the
exception of Fernando Wood, were thu
eager allies of the Confederates in al
the revolutionary schemes of the extrs
session. The responsibility rests upor
the whole party, and cannot be dodget
by any section OF tn. Y Tribune.
"CoUNTING OUT" AND "CoUNTINe IN.
We said, and we repeat, that the Re
publican party will nominate for presi
dent, next year, man who, If elected
will take the Office; therefore, an!
reasonable plots or dishonest scheme
on the part of the Confederate Demo
cratic majority in congress to ":coun
him out" or to "count in" q Dsmocra
who has not been elected, may as well b
dropped. Thereupon the Free Pres
cries out: "When Tilden not only re
garded himself as elected, but really wa
elected, and 1t wac suggested that b
should take his seat Notwithstanding tn
infamous counting in of Hayes, tn
Republican party Joined In wild shriel
Of revolution? p" The Free Press mere
ly exhibits its stubborn foolishness. Til
den never was elected; and he neve
honestly believed he was elected. Or, |
1t be charitably admitted that Tildel
himself thought he possibly wa
elected, 1t has been indisputsbl
proved that his own most init
mate friends and agents, his own house
hold, did not believe he was elected
else why did they try to buy an electora
vote In Greg n, which neither he, no
they, nor any body believed he was emit
tied to? If he really believed that b
was elected, or II his friends and agent
30 believed, why were the cipher dispatc
villainiea perpetrated? An honestly
elected man does not try to buy his ow
Office, The Democratic party tried de-
perately to carry the election by fraud
and bulldozing, and the most infamou
crimes against the ballot box. Not SUI
ceeding In that, Tlden, or his own pal
ticular friends and agents, after he wa
beaten at the polls, tried to buy til
Office by the most villainous bribery
Hayes was not counted I'M" but til
Democrats made efforts to "count hi
out"
, The Republicans propose to elect thei
/. nominee for president, next year, by
majority which will be indisputabl'
They propose to give him the electors
votes of enough states to make b
election plain and palpsble to the who
world; and then, and In that case, Wit