The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

will help YOU. Both have had their
golden age. but politics change and
| become corrupt. There is nothing be-
! tween the two parties: thank God the
wings of the new one are now spread.
In 1896 we will run things according
to Alliance principles. From the
marble galleries of the temple of JUS
tice in Washington you look down
upon nest of wolves. every one but
five of whom last year were thieves
and robbers, who owned bonds upon
which they drew the peoples money.
He spoke of the combinations of CAPT.
tai and industry driving out the
smaller industries, and the opportu-
mites of railway presidents to make
and unmake population in cities.
Corn sold in Nebraska for IL cents
costs the Pennsylvania miner 65 cents:
the coal that costs so cents ton in
PENNSYLVANIA costs Sl1.50 in Nebras-
ka. Such a commercial system is rot
ten as hell. DR.. Fish spoke for two
hours, interSperSing frequent jokes.
Gen. j. III. Baker was called for and
responded with half hour speech.
The Alliance party sprang into exist
ence from great causes. Had 1T known
its strength at the last election it
would have swept the state. The
commercial and party papers say the
Alliance party is in state of decay
because the crops give good promise.
This is an insult to you and to me:
the party was never stronger than it
is to-day. We believe in the princi-
piles of the Alliance in wet weather as
in dry, in high prices as in low. We
suffer our complaints and grievances
in prosperity as in adversely. The in
capabilities are there if wheat brings
$40 a bushel, and you know that the
tariff lays its whitening hand upon
fax. no matter what its price. The
tariff on wool was raised, and the
price Of wool is now but Is cents,
whereas it was formerly % cents. II
wool was free to-day every loom and
spindle in the country would resume
its activity and the prosperity of the
farmers would return. Yet they tell
US that this thing, reciprocity, will
cure every evil: but what relief does
it give? Was single bill for your
benefit passed by the last congress?
Not one bill did it pass: | defy you to
name one. Yet a clamor went up
from every household in the country
for relief. The last legislature has
been maligned and abused as no other
body has, because the old parties are
jealous Of the growing strength of our
party, which tried to do that which
neither of the old parties could do.
We gave speaker who did all any
one could do to help our cause along.
The party papers opposed US. am in
favor of liberty of the press, but when
it becomes SO welded to party that it
cannot help but falsify it is abusing
its liberty. You should support your
own party paper which is good one,
land he indicated the Journal. | am
glad to say that there is partisan
paper land he pointed to the RerieaC
EDITOR which always treats you fair
ly. There is another paper in your
community which cannot refer to you
but with stick stuck in tar and ney-
er refers to you but in manner to in
jure you. The partisan papers are
unfair to US. and that is my indict-
ment against them. The COM
mercial journals of the world are
never fair to you. The railroad ques-
tiOn is one which you never want to
let go. If am correctly informed,
the price of wheat from here to Min
hOdpo1iS 10 IL Willis. anu IAOI1l IhSl Z
to Chicago but I! cents. | have the
authority of an eX-railroad president
to say that the rebate system is again
in practice 1t builds up Minneapolis
and tears down Mankato. You want
to have a railroad commission elect
ed by the people, and none but the
governor appoints it, it is mere politi-
oa1 orrnn6arn Thu lact cci
was appointed by contract be-
tween the governor and the railroad
interests that the commission
should do nothing hurtful to the rail-
roads. They made the upper berths
decision, which is for the benefit of
the rich men only. l ought during
the last campaign to have taken that
state executive by the nape Of the
neck and shaken him over hell! Sec
rotary TamS BiXby's salary was raised
from 81 200 under me to s., 400 under
the present commission, and he was
given free gift situation inDuluth at
$780, in violation of the law. 1t is the
duty of the governor to have the attor-
ney general make that man refund
every cent Of that money. They took
that man and made him secretary of
the Republican state organization,
and now Gov. Merriam makes him his
private secretary. In the manage
ment of the prison Irvine affair a
spirit of hostility to the interests of
the farmers is manifested. You can
get nothing from the old parties, but
must stand shoulder to shoulder. La
Dor everywhere must be driven togeth-
er by the whip of necessity. and if it
is not victorious in 1892. it will be, by
the grace of God, later on. You must
have your own president and con-
gress. You once had an Alliance pres
ident-Geo. Washington-who was
taken from his farm at Mount Yer
non. From the appearance of things,
| do not believe that he will be the
last farmer president.
A collection was taken up 20 pay
the expenses of DR.. Fish. and S4.71
was raised.
John Diamond moved that the
committee on transportation be given
further time TO report, and that Gen.
E. NJ. Pope be added to the commit
tee.
Mr.. Currier stated that he hoped
the motion would carry, as last winter
Gen. Pope gave him great aid and as
sistance in preparing his railroad bill.
The motion was carried.
The committee on resolutions re-