The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-27
Political Notes.

A DEMOCRATIC paper tries to be face.
tious over the Republican conference
held in New York last week, and calls j,
Radical wake" Well, YES, it wal
something of II wake, but the Democracy
furnished the corpse.-N. J. Tribune.
The Meridian (Miss.) Mercury o.
July 81 says: ave would like to en-.
grave prophecy OH stone to be read o.
generations in the future. The negro
in these states will be slave again O,
cease to be. His sole refuge from ex.
tinction will be in slavery to the white
man."
Gov. GEAR, of Iowa, tells the Burling.
ton HaWkcye that the Republicans OF
that state will poll every vote this year,
will give Garfield and Arthur a cleai
majority of 10000 votes and plurality
of from rs, 900 to so, 900, and will elect a
unanimously Republican delegation to
congress"
The Buffalo Commercial advertise,
says that Mr.. Richard Goebel, editor OF
the Free PressC, of that city, was not
less surprised than pleased when upon
presentation to Gen. Garfield, coming
down from Dunkirk ON Tuesday, he
found the latter ready to converse with
him in German.
"WE'vE got a fighter at the head OF
our ticket" said IN ofiicious Democrat
who stood on the outer fringe of the
crowd at the serenade to Gen. Garfield
Friday evening. eyes, instantly replied
a Republican, che did fight your party
pretty well during the rebellion. There
is no doubt about that" Result: A
demoralized Democrat Fastening to find
more congenial cOmpanionship.-M y.
. Tribune.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal prints
letter from ga very influential Demo
crat of Illinois" in which he complains
that the Democratic cause in Illinois has
been greatly hurt by the intemperate
language of some southern papers, and
says: Prudence, patience, and liber-
atty ON the part of our southern friends
are actually essential. The effort, let
me suggest, should be made to prevent
all such nonsense getting into the south
ern press for reproduction north. One
such article does On injury which no
argument can remedy"
CONGRESSMAN DE LA MATYR has been
interviewed as to his experience III Ala
bama. When asked whether the state
ment was true that the negroes had
worked and voted with the Democrats,
replied: "That is the report, but do
not believe it. l had splendid oppOrtu-
mites to know the negro sentiment, and
I am certain it was oil against the De-
mocracy. The colored people are not
Democrats" It doesn't need a journey
down south to learn that. The most or
binary common sense will make that fact
clear to any man.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Memphis
(Tenn.) appeal, writing from Como,
Miss, under date of July 81, demands
that "the Mississippi plan" be restored,
and says: Mississippi has been as
signed the duty Of supplying two of the
number required to reduce and destroy
a Democratic majority in congress. Will
you submit? Can you stand idly,
supinely, and witness the contamination
of gigantic conspiracy-in conception
deeper and more poignant than the fraud
of 1876? No-a thousand times, no.
Then awake; stir up your clubs; let the
ohouo ~ up Pue I'll youh tSo SUI pcS ''iA's
let the ride begin, or we will be sold into
political slavery, as was Joseph, with
out divine favor to restore us our heri-
tage."
The Buffalo Commercial AdUertisGr
speaks with well-founded enthusiasm of
the Garfield reception in that city on
Tuesday evening. "Not since the boys
came back from the war;" it says, "has
there been any such crowd in the streets
of Buffalo," Again: Gin the opinion
of old residents the excitement last even
ing has only been equaled by the popu-
lar enthusiasm that was 80 striking in
the campaigns Of 1910 and 1874" Fur.
ther: "The Republicans are in earnest,
and aroused to pitch of zeal and deter
mination that the party has not evinced
since the days when Abraham Lincoln's
first campaign was in progress. Men
were in line last evening who have not
been seen in the ranks Of active workers
for years. There will be no laggards
this year; there are no soreheads, The
Republicans 60 into this battle In solid
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