The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-30
CAPITAL NEWS BUREAU.
washington, d. C. Oct. 10 1se

Washington, ID. G. Oct. 10 1891.
Hon. Charles N. Fox, ex-Judge of
the supreme court of California. is at
Willards. In conversation last night
he said:
ut is Blaine morning, noon, and
night in California. No other man is
deemed worthy, on the slope, of being
mentioned in the same breath with
the 'Plumed Knight But somehow
[ hardly expect him to be candidate
for the Presidential nomination. If
he wanted it there is scarcely any
doubt it would be his, merely an in
timation of the desire; yet it is not
probable he will signify any such de-
sire.
with all the admiration for the
Secretary of state, however, there is
universal satisfaction in California
with the administration of Mr.. Har-
rison. The speeches made by the
President while visitor in our coun-
try elevated him in the regard of the
people, and his official record is en-
inently clean and respectable. Next
to Mr. Blaine, he would be the choice
of the State, and the general belief
with US is that he will be renomina-
ted
There's nothing certain in the
matter of elections said General
Russell A. Alger, at the Arlington
Saturday night, "but am of the op-
inion that the Republicans are going
to make clean sweep this time
The exposure by the New York Her
aid of the corrupt colonization frauds
that the Democrats in that city were
trying to perpetrate, will cost the op-
position thousands of votes, and in all
likelihood will result in Mr.. Fassett's
election
The honest sentiment of the State is
against the vicious domination of
Tammany Hall. The outlook is
bright also in Ohio, Massachusetts,
and Iowa.
Il am in Washington to act with
the committee in regard to the
statue of Gen. Logan and
we hold meeting to-day on that bus
mess. it being our special desire to
have Secretary Proctor with US for
the last time before resigning his seat
in the Cabinet
'.Rumor has it, General, that the
mantle of the retiring Secretary may
fall upon YOU
well, / don't know anything about
that. but there comes my carriage"
The Grand Army Of the Republic
intends TO erect a suitable monument
to Gen. Grant in this city. The
necessary to Fay fer such
tribute to the memory Of the great
general VIII be raised by popular sub
scription among the members Of the
6. A. r. It is thought that not less
than $50, 200 will be required to erect
the proper kind Of monument, The
matter is somewhat in embryo yet,
but a committee has been appointed
TO take the subject in hand. This
is composed of Gen. S. S.
Of Washington, chairman;
General Solden Conner, @ Maine;
Sen. Russell A. Alger, of Michigan
Col. Robert B. Booth, of Philadelphia
and Col. E. S. Grant, of Ohio. They
met in Philadelphia last week and
had general discussion of the pro-
ject.
As soon as the plans are decided up
on, the committee will enter into
with sculptor and the
will be erected as speedily
as possible.
a member Of the Grand Army said
night that it would be an
easy matter to raise the money, as the
boys all over the country were anxious
and willing to contribute for this nur-
pose. The monument will be one OF
the finest in the city.
That prices go down instead of up
under protective tariff is very dis
agreeable to the Democrats and they
vainly seek to show that it must mean.
lower instead of higher wages. The
manager of a Massachusetts cotton
factory has furnished from the books
of his mill another illustration of the
falsity of Democratic assertion on
this subject. With $4,000 spindles
running continuously the Massachu-
setts mill would produce 17,500,90O
yards of print cloth per year at 3 IL
100 cents per yard. Running nine
months in the year it would produce
l3,124,475 yards at a cost Of 3 1900
cents per yard. In other words. it
costs one-half cent more per yard to
run three-quarters time than full
time. Under the Mckinley act the
WOODEN and various other mills are
able to run full time and to sell al
lower prices than before, and still
paw the same wages. That is the whole
story in nutshell.
1t seems to be the opinion among