The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-11-07
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SHALL MANKATo BE REPREsENTE

SHALL MANKATo BE REPRESENTED.
If 2. A. Foster is not elected the city
will not be represented in the next
legislature.
There are four representatives to be elect
ed for this county. Each voter will vote for
four representatives, and the four having
the greatest number of votes will be elected
There is no Republican nominated from
this city, the I'd commissioner district.
The Republicans are: Charles Bennett,
Eagle Lake; c. G. Spaulding, Mapleton: E.
Richard wigley. Judson. Republicans, put
on the name of z. A. Foster i'm the place of
either of them.
The business interest and continuous pros
perity OF the city require that 1t be repre-
scented in the next legislature.
Important measures affecting the city are
to be acted upon.
The Normal School will ask an appropl ia
ton of $4,000 to build Oh addition, as the
school has already become too large for the
building. Increasing the Normal School
gives Increased business to every merchant,
carpenter, mason. Drlck-nlaker, ana stone
Ii the city does not take interest enough to
elect a representative il will not get an up
preparation for this purpose.
The sell out of the Austin i st. Cloud rail-
road ought to be investigated and p. A. Fos-
ter Is the only lawyer nominated and his SER
vices would be absolutely required to make
an investigation u success.
The Municipal Court act must he repassed.
This Judicial district must be divided or
smother district judge provided for. Inc
business of the court has so increased that
there IS absolute necessity, and this county
should be represented by Il lawyer for tEat
purpose.
A vast amount of other legislation affecting
the city will come before the legislature.
Every other city IN the State will be repre-
scented.
Mankato has always been represented in
the past.
Every other city will strive To send strong
delegation, and the election of L. A FOSTER
will add great strength to the delegation from
this county, and without him and his Demo-
cratic colleagues the delegation would he
very weak.
Every business man Democratic or Re-
publican, should make an effort to have the
city represented.
If the people of this county have
any fears that the nominees from the
country are not just as capable of pro-
tecting their interest, and just as will
ing to do so too, their doubts will be
dispelled before the close of the next
session of the legislature. The most
presumptuous item of the little dodger
is that the interest of the normal
school will not be sufficiently pro-
tected. No trio of men more friendly
to education and educational institu-
tons can be found in the country. Mr..
Spaulding was school teacher in his
younger life and has manifested a
warm interest in schools ever since.
He was member of the committee on
Normal schools in the last legislature,
and fully demonstrated his interest III
those institutions. Mr.. Warner is Il
school man in every fibre and will fight
if need be, for our school interests,
while Richard Wigley has experienced
sufficient benefit from these schools, in
his own family and locality to warrant
his most hearty support of any measure
which will further school interest.
The fact that Mr. P. did not poll the
vote. in the city to which his party
utilization entities him is proof that the
dodge did not take the cake, and his
friends even denounced it as bit of
greediness. Several of his Republican
friends were sufficiently interested to |
send them out into the country. He |
was elected, but had he left this item
out of his schudule of strategy, his |
title of "Hon." would sit with better
grace.