The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-02-06
DEGESERATING AND DISGUSTING.


The spectacle made OF themselves
BY three or four Democratic State
legislatures now in session Is 50 naUse-
Gus as 10 make respectable men blush
for the good name Of their country.
and 10 CRY out for freedom from the
domination Of hypocritical dema-
gogues and disgusting. blatant blow
hardS-
lie minority party IN the Z : Sem
ate has for days put an embargo on
public business in an endeav0r To de-
feat the passage Of the Elections bill
and with the aid OF five or SIX recalcf-
trant Republicans succeeded in side
tracking that measure To frighten
the majority party from going further
with the bill. several state legislatures
controlled by Democrats. have passed
resolutions declaring their intentions
10 refuse apprUI riati0Rs and c0nse-
qGenT representation OF their respec-
tive commemorative 10 the Worlds
Fair If The Elections bin became a
law Such outrageous procedure was
never before witnessed in this country.
Nothing more degenerating 10 AMER
can manhood or hUmiIiating 10 intel
fgent civilization occurred even in the
days Of Southern secession and the
action should be stamped as damnabIe
by every lover Of liberty. II il has
come TO that pass when a great move
ment Ike the Columbian Worlds Fair.
designed for the proper observance OF
the four hundredth anniversary Of the
discovery Of America, by holding an
Interna tiouzI exhibition OF ans. indus
tries. manufactures. etc, snail be
Threatened in its very inception be-
cause . great political party attempts
70 pass 2 law for prril1cation Of the
ballot, IT Is time that We desist from
further assuming the false position Of
. free people. and bow in humble sub
mission to noEzrchtaI powers.
Such bulIdoZEng tactics are entirely
too b-azen even for Southern Briga-
dieIs but Democracy seems 10 know no
limit for It's unscrUpuI0usness. YeSter-
days 81. Paul Globe advises the Mime
sofa legislature to make a fool Of its
self and announce uothe world that 1t.
too. wiIlassist IN defeating the Worlds
Fair If the Elections bill Is not a.
phyxiated-
In the name Of All that Is decent. by
what possible code OF reasoning can
these clap-trap opponents Of the So
called Force bin connect II with the
holding Of the Worlds Fair:
These opponents OF a free ballot
seem determined 10 wreck everything
. Of a national or international charac-
ter If their wishes shall be denied.
II Is another and most cogent reason
why the Elections bill should pass If
We are 70 have q free county let u
have II. If We are TO go back 10 sIav-
cry let Us know IT,
The Democratic hydra-headed mon
+ ster OF secession was never more prom
EDenJly asserted I1aD N TINS threat
ened humiliation Of the Fair. To the
credit Of many Of the better class Of
+ Democrats. be Il said to their credit,
they look upon the attitude assumed by
these distractions with contempt and
I leathing. and have no sympathy with
( their disreputable tactics
For the credit Of the loyal State Of
+ Minnesota and the intelligence Of her
+ people, let not the legislature put it
4 self on record a. against the great Ob-
I jects OF the Worlds Fair because OF
some pending measure before congress
+ that has no reference thereto.
Il Leave this sort Of demagOguery 10
/ commonwealth Of less intelligence
and lacking that spirit Of patriotism
which has AWAY characterized Mime
sofa.