The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-11-02


the Democracy. However, it is of nc
further use for the orator of the Repub
| lican party to exaggerate the defects OF
Democracy. Whatever laurels have been
gathered by earlier and worthier hands
| let the case rest where they left it and
| turn to much more congenial business.
Business Requires Certainty.
When men have ceased to be stirred by
| passion and have begun to realize that
| great public crisis is actually before them
it behooves good men to act together
whatever they may have done previously
AS has been said, business requires beyond
all things to have certainty. l believe thu
people have had the opportunity to think
and understand the matter as fully as
do. They have not had much else to do
In my own state the result was marked
and astounding There Democracy il
ancient and rocHribbed and has long beer
| In the minority, but we have increased oul
majority $4,000. We have had no money
whatever and the party organization was
not in force. Never was there a time wher
the desire for an opportunity to express al
opinion was so great in every section. Ii
everything see indications of the opinion
of the Union. Let us consider for mo
ment whether the reasons are wei
founded, for if so they ought to be fol
lowed. To my mind the reasons are mor'
potent here than there.
The foundation of nations prosperit.
is in its people, as well as in its resources
Without the energy vigor and industry o
its people, it's resources will be buried IL
the earth or sleep in the flowing waters
The energy and vigor, the imprisoned en-
ergies of former years, are dug out OF tin
earth. The great flowing streams are har
messed, and the combined effect of labo
and capital and of the God given resource
of this country are the magnificent pres
ent, our future strength, our wealth ant
our happiness. But it must be acknowl
edged that the first essential to this pros
perity and happiness is that confidenc
among the people which is the foundation
| of business success.
Two Years of Disaster.
The condition of this nation for the pas
two years has been most unfortunate
| You, as sensible men, know this 50 thor
Oughly that have no excuse for DWELLING
upon it and will not intiict a catalogu
of disasters upon you. l will not speal
of the closed mills, of the capital that
unemployed or of the labor that is idle.
have no wish to draw the picture for you
We have not had famine and starvation
for we have had the accommodations of 3
years of prosperity under Republican
rule But we have had want of thos
things which have become necessary to
comfortable existence. What has bee
the cause of this? The Democratic lead
ers cling to the past habit and have de
clared with courage worthy of Il bette
cause that it is all on account of the &C
of 1890 and say that not previous To tina
was there disaster. The Mckinley la,
was not in operation till after the last q
December. During two years it was in
effective. Nor can it be fairly charges
that the present disaster was the result q
the terms of the bill that has become
law. because till the last part of Septen
Der it was not d law. What then prt
duced the disasterY
The Cause of Hard Times.
1t was because of business uncertainty
as every business man knows from har
experience. When the Wilson bill was in
PRODUCED it was followed by feeling q
great dread that fell on all business men
1t passed the house and went to the senate
| IIld1y NOUlIlS lOT IL III Uut Ut
lief that the senate would make it nea
what they wanted. Many Democrat
papers and platforms denounce the sen
ators who made the bill that finally be
came a law l will not defend them
They did many bad things that wer
greatly to the disrepute of the senate. Blu
it seems like inhuman ingratitude, for
was their efforts that saved the Demo
cratic party from annihilation. What wa
the reason; what were the causes for tn
GAO amendments? Was it premeditate
wickedness or the voice of their constitu
ents? The junior senator from New
York announced that unless the duty o.
collars and cuffs was kept higher he woul,
oppose the bill. Was it because he lives
in Troy, N. Y; or was the foul fen'
whispering in his ear; or was he listenin!
to his constituents l have no desire t.
discuss the Wilson or senate bills or t.
comment on their merits or dement's
The Wilson bill is not in existence and tn
senate bill is Its defects are sure to lin,
themselves out.
Further Uncertainty Promised.
You will notice that / am not now eithe
criticizing, condemning or praising tn
senate BILL the existing law. If there b
good in it only by trying it can it be foun,
| out. Now what will be the result of tax
ing the Democratic side in the next cleo
ton? The evidence is open, clear and Wis
ible as to what would be the result of tina
act. Let me put the alternative. Eithe
the leaders of the Democracy lie or the
tell the truth. If they tell lie no wis
man will trust them. If they tell tn
truth let us see if, in the present condition
of things, it will be safe to trust them d
they promise peace and business certainty
The chairman of the committee on way
and means, formerly great militar
leader till overthrown by the senator from
Maryland and dragged around the wall
of Troy perhaps should say collars an,
cuffs instead Of walls-took occasion il
the house to say that the battle for the de
struction of the protective tariff had jus
begun. The president, the leading powe
of the Democracy, declared this bill t.
| be but
This is repeated perpetually by tn
| Democratic leaders and newspapers
| Surely no business man for moment will
| doubt that is the way of disaster; nor i
he obliged to trust solely to his own sens
and reasoning power. The history of tn
country affords instances of the effect O
similar actions to that purpose In An
| drew Jackson's time. to save notification
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