The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-12-16
NOT ANNIHILATED.

There has been considerable dis
cussion in Democratic papers over the
Presidents message to the effect that
he does not graciously accept the YER
dict of the people. Only strong par
tisan can well torture such view out
of his language. That the president
fully accepts the verdict is shown in
the view which he takes that the re-
suit of the late election meals a
change of policy on the part of the
government along an economic line
at least, and his recommendation that
to the representatives of the people
elected for that purpose be left the
making of the change. He could
hardly have done otherwise. Had the
president taken a different view of
the situation; had he turned with the
breeze and because of the result adj
vocated that the Republican party
should change its policy upon protec-
ton, these same journals would be
the first to charge him with hypocrisy
They would have declared he was
shifting merely for political effect,
and that the move was utterly devoid
Of principle.
Because the Democratic party upon
it's free trade platform won the cleo
tion, it would not be safe to say that
the people have totally and for all
time discarded the protective princi-
Pile. Only few days ago the Chicago
Herald urged that theDemocrats make
the changes necessary in the tariff, as
soon as possible so that the measure
can 90 into effect at the earliest pos
sible moment that the people may
have a chance to understand it's work
ings before an election occurs. 1t
claimed that the Mckinley law TAX
| ing effect just upon the eve of the
election of 1890 was disastrous to the
Republicans, because the people knew
nothing about it, and stated that this
same want of complete knowledge of
it undoubtedly had an effect upon the
result of 1892 and argued that the
same was likely.to be the fate of, De-
mocracy, thus showing that the peo-
pie are not solidly welded to the Stree
; trade idea.
If men were to relinquiSh the OBJ
jects which they wish to attain, SIM
ply because defeat overtakes them,
this would be sorry, profitless world,
and life would simply be the drifting
from one point of view to another,
with nothing accomplished. If such
were the case the great names that
appear upon the roll of history, would
have persisted in obscurity, the great
undertakings that have built up our
present civilization would have ended
in failure, and the world today would
present a good deal the same appear
auce it did at the dawn of civilization.
The world has progressed simply be-
cause at all times there have lived
men who have been able to organize
victory out of defeat, and could not
be turned back because of the obstacles
that appeared in their pathway.
;. Ever since the republic was founded
: protection in some form has been the
policy of the government nearly all of
the time, and the progress made by
the nation has never before been
equaled in the worlds history To
day we are told that that policy is
forever discarded, totally routed,
) dead: that the American people have
} spoken and that they will have no
, more of it. and yet we find that out
of some 100000 of votes the
: opposition win by a plurality OF
r only 100000 on the popular vote, and
this in the face OF the fact that MAORI
ties in several southern states are
made to order by depriving a portion
of the people of their right to the bal
! lot. In view of all this, the talk in
dulged in by the Democratic press
borders upon the absurd.