The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-10-28

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the nation like vampire. SILVER was
de monatized to enhance the value OF
these bonds. In the words Of John j.
ingalls, in his death bed speech in the
Senate, Congress was hyptonized by
Wall street when it did that, and it
has been in hypnotic state ever
since. Were there no other act to
condemn both of the old parties toever-
lasting infamy of great and everlast-
ing disgrace, this was enough. 1t was
passed by stealth and a great wrong
perpetrated that day. Cleveland op-
poses free silver and bows down to
the gold bugs of Wall street. Both
parties ignore the question in their
platforms, while the people are every
where demanding and clamoring for
free coinage. The Republicans put
the question ~off upon a monetary
conference, and if the Rothchilds and
gold bugs of Lombard street in Lon
don and of Wall street say we can
have it we can. Democracy says ''me
too"
The Republicans point with pride
to the past, but the Peoples party,
like David, will Stay the Republican
Goliah. Both Morton and Thurman
said that legislation is in the interest
of the monied class. The speaker de-
fed anyone to show law that had
been passed in the last % years that
was in the interest of the people. To
do so one would need spectacles
with greater magnifying power than
Moses had when he looked over at the
promised land.
The Democrats are dead. My moth
er taught me that if l couldn't say
anything good about the dead to say
nothing. That is why am silent
about the Democrats. If there is less
robbery and dishonesty in the record
of the Democrats it is because they
did not have the chance. The Dem
ocrats are opposed to sumptuary leg
islation, but you cannot tell where
the Republicans are unless you catch
the old fellow at the bung of the
barrel.
All legislation has been in favor of
the classes and opposed to the mass
es. Farmers have been too lazy to
do their own thinking. They have
voted poverty upon themselves and
their children, but now they are
thinking The preachere are also be-
ginning to think, and when the
women and preachers favor reform
movement it has got to go. There is
no relief to be had from the old par
ties. The best element in both is
uniting in the new party movement
to achieve success. The old parties
are fighting not for principle but for
fear that their thirty years of juggle-
ry and robbery will be exposed.
The old party papers have misrep-
resented me, trying to have people be-
lieve that [ was in New York speak
ing for Harrison.
The speaker then took up the three
planks in the Omaha platform as pro-
posed remedies the land, money and
transportation planks. She declared
that the tariff is not the important
question today; it has been discussed
for a hundred years, and is used as a
blind to divert the attention of the
people from their wrongs. Demone-
tization of silver has reduced wages
S24, 000,O 900 a week. The tariff on a
cotton bale manufactured into cloth
Increases the value S2S, while the
characterization of silver reduces it's
value $3.50.
The speaker referred to the growth
of the Peoples party movement
throughout the west, claiming that
old party papers belittled it. We are
strong enough to perform the funer-
al obseQuies upon the old parties,
preach the sermon and write the cpl
taph. We will elect everything from
dog catcher to governor. She refer
red to the labor troubles and declared
that the Peoples party is the only
refuge. We have been begging, pray
ing. petitioning in vain, and now we
come demanding. We will submit the
question of free silver to the Ameri-
can people and if they want it they
shall have it if it takes every able
bodied man with Winchesters.
If Uncle Sam can loan money to la
zy bankers at one per cent, he can do
it to the men who have their hands on
the pillow handle. Take back the land
grants and buy or condemn the rail-
roads. 1t is just, right and constitu-
tiOnal.
The speaker referred to her visit to
the Southern states with Gen. Wea-
yer. They had good meetings in
Mississippi, Florida and Alabama.
In the latter state they are tired of
being counted out. There has been
no fair election in the South since the
war. They openly boast that they
know how to count out. We passed
the white belt of Eastern Georgia.