The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-11-03
AN IMPORTANT MATTER.

AN IMPORTANT MATTER.
The most sure, and in fact the only
way in which the Republican legisla.
tive and county ticket can be elected
Is for every man to consider it his
imperative duty to go to the polls on
election day and cast his ballot, and
do IL. Do not. above everything else,
allow yourselves to be influenced
against your better wishes and against
your better Judgment, to scratch a
single name on the ticket. Resolve
that you will lay all personal friend
ship considerations aside and vote for
the men who will uphold the princi-
pies that you believe in and advocate.
Do not be deceived by the opposition
campaign stories that this man or
that man on your ticket is "weak"
and cannot be elected. Such talk is
all bosh and is only circulated to
bolster up the weakness of their own
men and party. Every candidate on
the Republican ticket can, and We
verify believe will, be elected. All
that is necessary for this result is
that Republicans stand manfully up
and vote and work for the straight
ticket. There is no hiding the fact,
try as much as they may. the Demo-
Gratis are depressed and have no real
hope of electing single man, unless
lightning may strike them through
the Alliance. This is "a fact, and is
becoming daily more apparent upon
the surface. They hope that IA suf-
ticient number of Republican votes
may be wasted upon Howard to elect
some one of their own men. knowing.
as all do who ci,ndidly and desinter-
estedly view the situation in its II tie
light, that it is physical impossible
ity for Mr.. Howard to be elected
with the formidable array of opposi-
tion that he is forced to encounter.
They appreciate that every Republi.
can vote cast for Mr.. IL. reduces just
that much from the Republican can
dldate, as some one of the four must
be '.cut," and to that extent it aids
the Democratic candidate. for the
vote will be placed where it will not :,
practically, count against him. Upon
the score of competency, Mr.. How
ard, Mr.. Cook. Mr.. Brown and Mr..
Hughes, cannot claim single Re.
publican vote, for the nominees upon
that ticket are their peer in every re-
spect. Then what reason can the
Democrats give why Republicans
should support their ticket
And what reason can a Republican
give for voting against his party We
repeat, what good, reasonable excuse
can single Republican give for Cast
ing his vote in favor of political
enemies and against his own friends
1t does not matter whether you are
Alliance Republicans or not. the
representatives upon the Republican
legislative ticket are men practical
and sound reasoning, and will certain
ly serve the people of Blue Eartl
county in as creditable a manner us
those who for years have earned
their living from the hard-earnet
shekels of the farmers, but who, get
ting the legislative bee in their bon
nets now parade themselves as tin
only friends Of the ''over-taxed, down
trodden working mani" There is
piece of inconsistent policy about TIN
sort of campaigning, and the mel
who have been 50 industriously a
work in trying to pull the wool owe
farmers eyes for the past few day
will wake up Wednesday morning
next to find that Republicans canno
be bamboozled by any such trans
parent gauZe, or We are mistaken.
The prospects for Il grand victor.
for the Republicans next Tuesda,
are daily growing brighter and NOR
encouraging, and it is because Their
is an increasing interest being takel
by the flaming community, who viii
be out in force at the polls and vot
their straight ticket. This is as j
should be.