The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-30

PohVhe Va nv ShioO VI AhS VI AoS'
ton, he but re-echoed the sentiments
that have ever characterized his po-
litical life. He is instinctively a man
of the people, not of a ring or clique;
for the people, not the individual
or corporation; and will represent the
Second Dictrict rs a whole, ably. i'm.
and rs his friends and ac-
quaintances have every reason to be-
lieve. entirely satisfactory to the
people, of whatever political opinion.
Mr.. Wakefield has said that he
would aim to protect the husbandman
in the enjoyment of the full fruits of
his industry, and to protect him from
the rapacity of those who would earn
their bread by the sweat of his brow,
whether they are entrenched behind
charters or fortified by grants. He
will advocate and sustain such leg
islation rs will enable the laboring
masses of the country to procure the
needs of life free from oppressive
tariffs and discriminating duties. He
is firm in the belief that the trans
portation question is one Of para
mount Importance to this district,
and will heartily cooperate with
those who seek such a solution of this
difficult problem as will be for the
best interests of purely agricultural
constituency. Fully approaching the
vast benefits and acknowledged eff.
cheney of those great corporations To
whom we are in large measure
compelled to look for the transporta-
ton of our products to market, yet
he would give them to understand
that as they have received their life
from the breath of a generous people.
so should they forget their Obliga.
tions to their benefactors that breath
will be withdrawn to their utter dis.
cOmflture.
1t goes without saying that the
views set forth by the eminent gen.
tleman who will be the first represen-
tative the new Second District has
ever had in the Hall of Congress,
will receive more than passing con-
sideration 1T his hand. Mr.. Wake.
field has the Unborn faculty Of ex-
pressing himself in concise and I'M.
mistakable terms, and that he will
gather to his support able representa-
tive men whose constituency de-
mdnd the adoption of measures ana
logous to those of his own, cannot be
reasonably doubted and certainly not
denied.
Farmers, you of the Alliance, who
are banded together for the enhance
ment of mutual interests and for the
redress of grievous wrongs, do you
not feel that in Mr.. Wakefield you
have u representative man in whom
you can confide, and heartily support
by your votes for the position to
which he has been nominated by an
almost unprecedented unanimity Of
the people of twenty purely agri.
cultural counties Do you not believe
from his past record that he can be
fully trusted to advocate and defend
those principles which are the life
and light of the nation-agriculture
and labor? DO yOu not believe that
his long, varied and successful service
in high public positions; his quick
and active intelligence, coupled with
a thorough sympathy with the peo-
pie, are qualifications that commend
him in an eminent degree to your
suffrage!
In the words of the Western Rural,
"the Alliance Is not intended as a
new party movement and it is not in
the interest of any one political party.
1t simply demands of the political
parties that they nominate men for
Office who are in sympathy with the
producer, failing to do which, the
Alliance teaches, and has the right to
teach, that it is the duty of the farm.
er to vote for the nominees of some
other party that has been sensible
and decent enough to regard the
wishes and the interests of more than
q majority Of American voters. No
reasonable man can object to these
purposes of the Alliance, and to OBJ.
ject to them is to simply object to
producers attempting to improve their
condition. and to demand from them
party tealty, even at the cost of their
own interests and the interests of
their families; and in truth that is
about what the party managers do
demand, which is the reason that
the Farmers Alliance has had the
secret or open opposition of every
partizan newspaper in the United
States. They are afraid it will injure
their party, although there is not the
slightest indication of its intention
or ability to injure any party, If the
party will see that justice is done to
the farmer"
In presenting the name Of Gov
Wakefield for Congress, the Repub
licans have done that which estab
fishes a precedent that cannot fail to
inure to the benefit of the agricul
turist, and if our farming community
would vindicate the objective pur
poses of the Alliance, he will receive
the unanimous support of that organ
ization, as we'll as of those individuals
who have not identified themselves
with the movement. Democrats az
well as Republicans can unite upon
and support Mr.. Wakefield, and we
predict that our first Congressman
from this District will be elected by
the largest majority ever given il
the State for representative.
AT a meeting of the Faribault
county Alliance held in WinnebagC
City Saturday last, committee wa:
appointed to confer with the Ali