The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-09-19
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.
The Republican State Central
Committee Present Some
Facts for the COnsid-
Grafton of Voters.
A Document Full OF Good Sound
Doctrine.
ADDRESS TO THE VOTERS OF MINNESOTA.

ADDRESS TO THE VOTERS OF MINNESOTA.
The people of Minnesota find them
selves once more in the throes of po
litical campaign. Once more they are
called upon to determine by the peace
full arbitrament of the ballot what the
| policy of the great state shall be for the
next two years. In this, as in every
electoral contest, we are confronted by
certain existing problems of vital impor.
lance to the public veal; problems
which can find their true solution only
The Republican state central committee
desires, therefore, to call the attention
of the voters to certain indisputable
facts which may aid them in solving
these problems for their best interests
and for the we'll being of the people a,
large.
First-The Republican party, born as
it was out of the agonies of long suffer.
Ing people, trampled upon by the most
corrupt oligarchy that eyer cursed re-
public, has now more than 80 years Of
history behind it. That history is re.
plete with wrongs righted, justice es.
tablished, homes furnished to the home.
less, and the horizan of liberty made
bright and clear by removing therefrom
the cloud of human bondage. When
first called into existence, it found la.
Dor degraded and dishonored through
the malign influence of slavery in the
South. 1t also found labor unprotected
and struggling in ruinous competition
with the pauper labor of European ma
tons; 1t found the government bank
rupt, with neither credit nor money;
it found a narrow and selfish land pol
icy which practically prohibited the
growth and development of the West
ern states and territories; 1t found the
course of intemperance, rioting un-
checked and unrestrained. throughout
the land. From the date of the organi-
cation of this great party the course OF
the nation has been
STEADILY ONWARD AND UPWARD.
AssaiIed as it has been by the enc.
mics of progress andsreform, and bv ey.
cry other reactionarv influence, it has
kept the pole star of national progress
constantly in view, and every step ia
ken has been steadily and surely for.
ward toward the clear sunlight of q
happier and better civilization.
Second-The founders of this match
less political organization fought and
conquered the enemies of the Union in
the War of the Rebellion; they restored
the credit of the nation to point be.
yond all precedent, and made the Uni
ted States promise to pay, good in eve.
ry part of the civilized world; they
commenced the work of reconstructins
upon frmer, broader and deeper ba.
day we are confronted with new prob
lens. The American temple of civil
liberty will not be complete until we
have firmly established and provided
for the permanent maintenance of the
eternal principle of right and justice be.
tween the waring elements of capita
and labor; until trusts and monopolies
hoxe hoo a-.oro-OU arc Tegul ated
in the the interests of ali the people
and until every American citizen, with.
out respect to color or condition, is pro.
tected in every right guaranteed him by
the constitution of the United States.
Third No political party can succeed
for any length of time, or ought to OBJ.
tain control of the government, which
represents but one principle, or which
has in view lie accomplishment of but
one purposG. The Prohibition party
stands only for the destruction OF the
the saloon, and the forcible cure of the
crime or disease of drunkenness
The Farmers Alliance aims only to Sc.
cure justice to the farmer, and to pro.
mote the welfare of the agriculturalists
as class, forgetting that In our complex
social and political system there are ma
ny other equally important interests
which demand and should receive equal
consideration at the hands of state and
national government.
Fourth-Since the policy of our state
and nation has been controlled by the
NJ La, n
steady and constant development of al
the industries and interests which com.
bine to make us a
GREAT AND PROSPEROUS PEOPLE.
Internal improvements have been en-.
couraged; natural resources developed
manufacturing interests have been built
up, and markets for their products Gre
ated until we have become the greatest
industrial nation upon the globe, there
by creating for the products of the soil 6
market unsurpassed in any country un
der the sun, developing our agricultural
interests beyond all precedent, and Sc
curing to the farmer larger profit thar
ever before known in history.
Fifth-But the contest of 1890 is MOI
| between the ProhIbitionists and Farm
ers' Alliance upon the one hand and the
republican party upon the other
| Whatever minor issues men may strive
to bring into temporary prominence
the struggle to-day is the same it ever
has been. 1t is the same old contest
between the spirit of progress and as.
sured national and state development
as represented by the Republican par
ty, and the reactionary political spirit
embodied in, and practiced by, the
| Democratic party. Should either Of the
so called parties which stand for one
idea in national and state growth sue
coed, their triumph will be but transi
tory, and the next political contest viii
be narrowed down to the two great ma
tional parties. The history of all politl
cal parties organized in the interests O.
a particular class demonstrates the cor.
rectness of this concluslon but neither
the prohibitionists nor the Farmers AL
| lanes expect to elect their ticket at the
coming election, but Democrats think
by protesting friendship for these par
ties and encouraging them with prom.
Uses of support at the polls they car
thereby effect the disintegration and
defeat of the Republican party. And il
is these false professions of friendship
and these 1nsincere Democratic prom.
Uses of which the hopes of many of the
members of these parties are to-day
founded. Therefore, before casting
their votes for the candidates of either
of these temporary organizations, Re.
nuhlioonc cbo,,1d coriopcIx ~. !,