The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-19
THE DEMOCRATS "RATTLED.'

Doodle Reriep is bubbling over with
fear for the success OF the DemOcra.
tic candidates, whose chances for an
election are daily growing beautifully
less. 1t is peculiarly pleasing to read
the slush the renegade editor of that
sheet produces to show why Republi-
cans will disregard party lines in the
casting of ballots for county officers
at this falls election. and especially
does he make himself out Il subject
of the Darwinian theory, in his ex.
hihition of monkey pranks over the
efforts of honest Republicans in their
desire to see the entire Republican
| ticket elected.
All at once this Flap-Doodle editor
becomes very solicitious for Mr..
Matthews, who was prominent
candidate for the nomination of Reg
lister of Deeds against Mr.. Bangerter.
Now this soft.pated Flap-Doodle edi
tor of the Flap Doodle Rerier will
make no friends for Mr.. Wagon in
this deal. Mr.. Matthews and Mr..
Bangerter fully understood each other
before the Republican convention
made its nominations, and it was
tacitly agreed between them that
whichever should receive the nomin.
alton the other would heartily lend
his assistance to Il successful can
vass. Mr.. Matthews is too much of
II gentleman to he influenced by the
silly argument of the Flap.Doodle
renegade of the Flap-Doodle Rerie,c
who sees the only possible show for
electing any single member upon the
Democratic ticket is by working dis
affection III the solid Republican
ranks.
The fact of the business is, the
Democrats Of this county are frat
tied" The Republicans used wis
dom i'm the selection of their ticket.
and,placed a set of men in nomination
whose qualifications for the respec.
tive positions cannot be eXcelled in
the county. Three of these were en-
dorsed by the Democrats. and the
other four will be endorsed by the
people at the polls.
The Flap-DOodle editor aforesaid
don't want the people of Blue Earth
county-especially the Republicans
to vote for the candidates they have
placed in nomination. No doubt thi:
gratuitous advice is freely given pei
force of his own despicable habit OF
selling out the candidates of the par
ty he ostensibly pretends to repre-
sent, but which in reality he support:
only insofar us it can be made profit
able to his pocket or agreeable t,
some one of the dozen men who's,
servile tool he is.
For years the success of the Re
publican ticket in this county has no
been 50 flattering rs now. and W,
have every reason to believe tina
every candidate will be elected by
large majority. The Republican
have made up their minds to vote TO
their own nominees and elect them
inasmuch rs they have ticket tina
is superior in every particular to tina
of the opposition. Many false storie
have been started by a few desperat
Democrats to gain Republican votes
but AS this little campaign dodge i
annually reproduced, it will have II,
effect upon the present canvass ant
Republicans will do well to roll NJ
such magnificent majority rs vii
forever put quietus on this miser
able mode of enticing votes from thei
ranks.
Asa good Republican farmer o
, Medo said to us the other day. in
speaking of the various candidates OF
the county tickets: "The Republi
cans have as good a lot OF men Of
their ticket this year as have know
them to put up in eighteen years re
sidence in the county, and l beliey
the country Republicans will CONF
very near supporting them to "a man
This idea Of voting for a Democrat
when he possesses no qualification:
whatever over the candidate on YOU
own ticket is sheer folly. We simply
defeat ourselves in so doing, and thu
balance Of the year and until anOthe
election, have 10 submit To the abuse
of their leaders. 1t Is time the Re
publicans voted their own ticket ant
let the other party do the same. Tn,
history OF the Democratic party il
such as no man may feel proud of
and when we lend ourselves to TIT
support of local candidates upon tn,
Democratic ticket, everything bei:,s
equal, we stultify ourselves an,
abuse the principles we fought t.
maintain"
There Is a vOlumn of truth i'm thes'
remarks. ana We expect to find. whel
the votes are counted. that the Re
publicans Of the county generally en-
| tnrta the Same nat riafic ilaaa