The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-10-15
WINDOW AT ALBERT
LEA

The greatest speech thus far in the
campaign was delivered 10y ex-senator
Window ut Albert Lea on "Wednesday
night Mr.. Window paid his compli-
ments to Tommy Wilson i'm most en-
phatic language and with documentary
evidence and then showed the differ
ence between the two parties in the fol-
lowing language, which can but attract
attention and carry convictions:
lie said the Republican party had
never deceived the people, and IN TWEEN
ty-iour year of administration 1t had
never made II pledge on any great polit-
zeal question that il had not faithfully
fulfilled. On the other hand, the Demo
cratic party has never made one that it
has kept. I'm his Judgment this alone
constitutes wide difference between
the parties. lfany gentleman III this
| large audience can name u broken Re
publican pledge, or Il Democratic prom
Ise performed, he will please consider
| himself ut liberty To interrupt and name
| il ut any time during the speech. When
the Democratic party sought for power
two years ago il was loud in its com
plants of existing abuses and in its
promises To rectify them, If il could on
| ~ get nj the books il would demonstrate
Republican corruptncss on gigantic
scale. They have had ''the books for
year and half. What corruptions
have they disclosed? Absolutely none.
The books of the treasury department
balanced Ia II cent, and all their vauntcd
developments have vanished INTO thin
air. While there are some good men III
that party lwhy they are there is mys'
teryl, il is, as an organization, the monu
mental fraud of the nineteenth century
The Democratic party during the las
II years has not only failed 10 alvanc,
ole important and valuable measure q
public policy, but it has denounced
every measure which the Republicans
have placed upon the statutes. Ano
yet, having been in power eighteen
months. they have not ventured Ia re-
peal one of the great measures of Re
publican policy. Can there bc Il NOR,
striking comment upon tl.c wisdom %
Republican measures, or of their owl
In,apaciiy or lack ofsinccrityP Spcakln:
| of the tariff at some length, he showc'
by census statistics that under Republic
an policy the United States had bccom,
the first nation in the world, both ii
manufacture and agriculture, exceeding
Great Britain in manufactures 10y 81.
l3l5,Oo0,0o0, Germany 10y S2,250,m0m
and France by 81 100000. lie ais,
showed that from 1860 Ia 1850 We III
creased our wealth from $1,000, 10000
To So ,0O0, OO0, 900 and that from 1870 L
1880 our growth of wealth actual
amounted Ia over -, ON. 900 II day Re
fcrring Ia the promises of economy L
Ice practlccd by the Democratic party
was shown that for the year ending Jul
|, 1880, the appropriations made by tn
Republican party were $50, 900 ,WO;frol
July 1885 To July 1856, S2l9 so 900, bu
during the first year of Democratic rul
to July 1887, the appropriations wer
S263, 9l4 ,6l3, or an increase of over Sli
100000. Lest il he said that these az
preparations were controlled by Il,
publican Senate we find that the Il,
publican cabinet estimated for lSS
S2,6. iu', Isl rs necessary expenses, Will
the Democratic cabinets estimate Wa
SOB $40, l2S for the year 1887.