The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-10-15
A PEN PICTURE OF AMES.

The Northwestern Chronicle the Catho-
lie Organ of Minnesota, pays its compli-
ments Ia the Democratic candidate for
Governor in the following vigorous
style.
4. \. Ames bears most unenviable
reputation. We do not care To 90 into
details. lie makes boast of his dissip-
atcd habits, glorying in his shame, and
spreading far and wide the evil influence
of his acts. In his political career he
poses rs the defender of the so-called
"widc-open policy" which means unob-
structed license Ia impurity drunkenness,
and the fomenting of drunkenness. The
multiplication of saloons, the violation
of Sunday laws, the cessation of all
efforts To restrict the evils of gambling
and of prostitution are the direct intent
of his policy as II public magistrate. The
platform upon which he has been NOM
mated repudiates positively and openly
laws tending To the suppression of the
excess of the liquor traffic. The cam
paign in his favor il conducted in the
name of unbIushing proiiigacy. llis
chief henchman, Col. Glenn, calls for
voters from men vino are not ashamed
Ia say they have been drunk, as he
avows himself la have been, ON the
streets of the city, and anxious To retire
ut" hn..t "'l.vS away from the bctray-
ing glare of the electric lI"nts. The
saloonkcepers are to Il man working for
Amcs. In windows of many liquor shops
his portrait appears, with this significant
inscription beneath il. 'Our Governor"
The bad element of the population, the
murky mire and stagnant pools of the
large cities, are in glad commOtIon in
hopes he will he elected. A. \. Amcs
is the representative of what is immoral,
vile and disorderly in the State Of Min
nesota, and AZ such we dcnouncc him
and declare him most unworthy Of the
office he is seeking. Ii were publ,
calamity did he happen To he elected.
His power rs governor would he used To
favor the "wide open policy" through
the state. His election would he the
triumph of evil, an irreparable disgrace
To Minnesota, Il most dangerous example
To young men, who would see in the
pathways Ames has trodden the lines
leading tn fame and to the emolumenls
of office. We speak plainly, We cannot
scr how men who have at i.,art trupcT-
ance, purity, religion, could east their
vote for him. Ames is Al demagoguc, and
knows well how To cover up his vii
lanies and his sinister aims under SPECIES
names. lie babbics great deal about
liberty, the rights Of labor, the elevation
of the poor. No thinking man will be
deceived. Satan strives to appear AZ an
ANGEL of light. Mr.. Ames "Iiberty" is
licentiousness; his "rights of labor" are
the temptation spread before the labor
cr and the mechanic To squandcr in
riotousness their hard-carncd dollars;
hIs championship of the poor, is their
mn Al l,n ,,ft
daughters upon the streets, prey to
vice and misery. Away with all iiimsy
nonsense. a man is judged by acts more
than words, and Mr.. Ames' record is too
PLAIN, too unmistakablc. The Demo-
cratic party Of Minnesota has made a
fatal blunder in nominating him; it has
insultcd the commonwealth, and out
ragged public decency. The party must
be Taught lesson that il will not forget,
and that lesson it will receive at the
POLLS next November.