The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-08-03
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battle for law and order won, and
the smoke is rapidly clearing away,
let us congratulate the people that
the Democratic party has been in
power during nearly two years OF
great suffering, depression and vio-
lence. The Republican party has been
in power for over thirty years; gen.
orally the country was phenominally
prosperous: so much SO thatit brought
forth comments of praise from over
Europe. At times we admit, there
were periods of depression, strikes,
etc., and the Democratic demagogue
lost no time in impreSsing upon the
minds of the ignorant, lawless masses
of the great cities that all the ills OF
their life must be laid at the door OF
the Republican party in power. Ihey
reiterated the old falsehood, that it
was all owing to the protective
tariff laws that caused the anarchists
ewes to look wild and his hair to stand
on end. They told the crank, the
dissipated spendthrift, the shiftless
drunkard, the miserable tramp, that
it was the Republican party and the
protective tariff laws that caused
their condition. The demagogues cry
was give us a chance, and we will
make the worthless rich, and the
thrifty poor, The change was made.
The Democratic party is in power,
dominated by the visionary southern
element. The laWless element OF the
north, who voted for the change, have
not yet rapidly grown rich, and are
today making efforts to Overturn our
system of government. The Demo-
cratic administration wisely called
upon the United States troops to sup
press the Democratic DebS, and his
army of cranks and anarchists. Loyal
men gave Mr. Cleveland credit for
the stand he took, but the wild eyed
anarchists, the crazy Populist, and
the old Estates rights" Democrats de-
nounced the administration in the
most severe terms 1t is gratifying
to see the Democrats of the house
standing up so strongly in support OF
the president for his action against
the mObS that have been "hOlding
up the railroads of the country.
When it is in power, the Democratic
party is not so strenuous about state
rights, is not so averSe to the employ
ment of military forces to establish
peace and maintain authority, is not
SO terribly scared about the dangers
of military despotism, as when it's OPP
ponents are in power. But if the
president at this time were'Republi-
can, and had done as they have in the
past, and would have done precisely
what President Cleveland has done,
there would be solid Democratic
vote in congress, backed by the most
frantic speeches, in denunciation of
his action. Every Democratic mem
Der of congress and every Democratic
newspaper and partisan in the land,
would have been shrieking and
screaming during month past that
the country was passing under a
military despotism.
Now, the point that [ desire to
make is, that we should, as people,
learn great lesson from thisdearly
brought experience. Let it unite the
law-abiding patriotic business ele-
ment of the north and the south, east
and west. Let there, in the future,
be less demagOguery and an effort to
infiame the limited brain of the vic
iOuS element to secure their vote by
those out of offices, who desire only to
get office to further selfish ends. The
laboring element of the country, if
they will seriously reflect, can only
arrive at one conclusion. They can
not live and prosper unless capital
employs them. Capital seeks no
risky investment and in times of I'M
rest and excitement in the CONNER
cial world or elsewhere, it lies hoard
ed up, removed from circulation. The
laborer's only solution is to ''get I'M
der the same umbrella that protects
the capitalists and get a share of the
profits" Today large numbers of
men have capital to lend to de-
velop enterprises, have gone abroad
and hundreds are preparing to leave
for Europe to remain there for a
term of years, or until security and
stability returns to the land of their
birth. This is a lamentable fact that
unwise and visionary legislation,
since the Democratic party has come
in power, has brought about this
result, and it continues great finan-
cial loss to the industries of the ma
tion and none will feel it so severely
as the wage earners who recently as
sisted in bringing about this condi-
tiOn through senselesS strikes. The
tariff tinkering congress has been the
'straw stack that has broken the
camefS back" that has closed the
fantnpinc Of