The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-01-27
PRESS COMMENTS

true as reported that Governor Hill
and his friends have joined forces with
Randall, y il is the end of Governor
Hill politically. For when this country
wants Randallite for anything il will
take Mr.. Randall himself.
Philadelphia Press Free-trader Mills
is regarded by his friends ~ the Moses
of the Democracy. His likeness, so far
as ii appears at this time, lies in the fact
that he has got his party into the will
derness, where it has Il good prospect of
remaining for forty years.
New York Tribune. If the country
were suddenly exposed to danger from
war, the lack of modern artillery and of
the plant for producing it would be the
chief source of weakness. This is the
point at which any adequate system of
National defense must begin.
New Orleans Times. Democrat: The
South appreciates and eXults in the
spirit of her Lees, Jacksons, Davises,
and Longstreets. Ifthey are poor, II is
an honorable and glorious poverty. If
they are poor IN worldly goods, they are
opulent in the love and admiration of a
devoted people.
Kansas City Journal: You see, Mr..
LAWYERS saloon business is i'm such a
shape now that he can devote some
time to literary pursuits. He is there
fore learning to spell and he has chosen
the "fonetic" method. That being the
only method with which he is acquaint-
ed, he naturally thinks it the best and
wishes to have 1t generally adopted.
Louisville Courier Journal There can
be nothing more Dreposterous than the
argument for government control of the
telegraph. II is simply proposition
that the government shall conduct bus.
ipess at IL loss which is now conducted
at II profit, and that the payers who
do not use, and who never will use the
telegraph, shall make good the deficit
New York Herald: Mr.. Carlisle is
badly advised by his friends, We fear.
His duty to himself and TO his party is at
. once, ut the earliest moment, to demand
and insist that the disputed election case
in which he is party be reopened.
! Milwaukee Sentinel: With Mr.. Cleve-
land az the inevitable standard-bearer
the inevitable issue of free trade must
take precedence Of all others. Unless
all indications are misleading, this will
be fatal issue for the Democratic party.
Nashville Tenn Star: On paper
there is Il growing protective tariff senti-
ment in the South. That sentiment
would crystalize into political revoIu-
ton, and that Is what must break the
solid South If there was more moral
courage.
Philadelphia Nens: If Mr.. Cleveland
had avoided his insane free-trade mes.
sage the iron market would, undoubted.
ly, have been in Il strong state all
through 1888, for legitimate demands for
iron and steel would have been heavy
Albany Argus: There will be no more
tolerated traitors in the Democratic par.
~ at such crisis as the present, and
Mr.. Randall will not be permitted, rs
before, To block all legislation for the re.
form of the tariff and the reduction o.
taxes. Better an open foe than a toler-
ated traitor.
Philadelphia Press: tits plain enough
that the President knows what he is
dealing with. He is not prepared 10 ac
cept an compromise at the hands of his
own party on his tariff suggestions. The
Democrat who is not prepared to act in
harmony with the Administration is to
be whipped in or turned out.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The
| investigation into the fraudulent compo.
sition of the House ought to begin in the
Speakers own district, and there is pay
dirt there we are firmly persuaded; and
the Republican who shrinks from his
duty in this matter may and should find
himself in an exposed situation when
the stormy winds do blow.
New York Sun: Randall and his
friends are behaving with much forbear-
ance under very unwise and ungenerous
treatment. They sacrifice personal con-
siderations to the desire, the great and
inspiring hope of Democratic success.
Their motive and their conduct will be
approved by the Democracy when the
fight of 1888 becomes warm.