The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-03-20
QUEER CONSISTENCY.

their own way well with all the woffa
and the rest of mankind. But Min
nesota may safely challenge the WORLD
to equal the .singularly grotesque and
queer conglomeration of vision and
inconsistent discordant theorists now
known in the state capitol as politi-
cal organization held together by the
cheering hope Of thereby securing po-
litical power and public plumber I'm
der the non-deplanse of 1.-THE DEMO-
cratic-Alliance Combine" and is
makes queer combination of wonder
fully queerisms theories and visfons..
1t is neither Democratic or RepublI-
can. They dream visions and see
dreams and are as consistent as the
man who bites his nose to beaatify
his visage, or who takes his watch to-
the plowmaker for repairs or his plow
to the jeweler. But it is not more
inconsistent than the people who
elected members of this combination
last.fall. The demagogue leaders OF
the combine from Currier to Baker
and from Donnelly to Diamond spend
the entire summer in doing their Level
best to destroy the credit of Minneso-
TIA farmers by their continual pro-
CARNATIONS from every housetop and
rostrum that the most prosperous
class of citizens in the state were
growing poorer every year, rapidly
sinking into a condition of abiect
poverty, and nothing but their eleya-
ton to power and the control of the
government could save them from
beggary. More money must be had,
though money on good security and
long time could then be obtained
cheaper than ever before. Farmers
could get ready cash for products at
fair prices and all necessary supplies
could be bought cheaper than ever be-
fore and more than half a million
dollars of money was on deposit i'm
the banks of this city. But still the
"Croesus" cry for more money went
on, the ghost dance continued, some
Republicans were drawn into the
craze. Democrats overdone their
work and were swallowed in the yor~
tex of the more money dancers.
though the Democrats have no prin-
oapic 10 od0TIH ever ~esuJ Co
fuse with any faction, foreign or do
nestle from the Bohemian anarchist
to an Italian bandit if they will only
vote the Democratic ticket, and join
in the cry to down the long tried and
and always successful American finan-
cial policy to make way for the Brit
ish system under which British agri-
culture declines So while American
agriculture increases So.
Despite all their cries for more
money the first of the combine intro
duced in the legislature was the usury
bill, which, rightly entitled should
have been ga bill to prevent capital
seeking investment in Minnesota"
Still farther the illustrious Alliance
leader filed with fanciful dreams of
the lost Atlantis and the great dis
covery of the Baconian CIPHER in his
minds eye, further illustrates the
pressing wants of the needy farmers
by proposing to open negotiations
with neighbOring States on the basis of
hisusury and mortgagelaws, the effects
of which common sense will teach
operate directly the reverse from the
pretented necessity of their elevation
to power to secure more money for the
people. Then springs into prominence
the brilliant boasting aspirant who
knows that the discount on railroad
bonds sold to raise money to build
them with is only so much watered
stock, and despite the fact admitted
by all sensible farmers in Blue Earth
Earth county that his own and every
well managed farm owned by his con-
stituents is worth from S. to SO per
acre more than they would be if there
were no railroads in the county, that
the tariff of rates on freight and pas
sage have steadily declined as new
roads were built and competition for
business has increased, till they are
but little, if any more, than fifty per
cent. what they were ten years ago,
and oblivious to the further fact very
many of his constituents are anxious
for the construction of other lines of
roads to secure better facilities and
cheaper transportation, tries to get
the lead of leader Donnelly, by intro
ducing railroad bill which he admits
is not wholly the product of his own
fertile brain, but borrowed from a
foreign law maker in foreign state,
and which is simply and purely no.
tice to capitalists investing money
in railroads i'm Minnesota take
notice that hereafter they can have
only subordinate control of capital
invested in these enterprises. And,
Mr.. Editor, this is only brief state
ment of some of the peculiar exhibit
tions of their inconsistency made thus
far by this queer conglomeration of
the amalgamated combination party
in the legislative halls of our state
capitol. How much it will relieve the
pressing wants for ready cash of the
poor farmers they will judge better
| hereafter than now. b.