The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-11-15
WORK WELL DONE
RAILROAD COMMITTEES MAKE
FINAL REPORTS.
The Board of Trade Thanks the COM
mittees and Discharges Them
New Committee on the Electric
Must be Combined Board Favors
a Short Presidential Campaign =
Telephone Talk INDUCED in.

At the meeting of the board of
Mondaymorning memorial and
e. resolutions similar to those recently
adopted by the Kansas City CONNER
cial club were presented by M. G..
Willard and adopted. They are ad-
dressed to the chairman and members
of the national committees represent
ing the Democratic and Republican
. parties of the United States. The
memorial speaks of the desire of
the trade interests of the country
that the next national campaign be
as brief as possible, owing to the un-
settled condition which attaches to
the excitement of a national election.
re- 1t says that the necessity of a "cam-
paign of education" no longer exists,
and asks that shorter campaign
than the usual one of six months be
had next year.
The resolution was as follows:
Resolved, By the board of trade of
Mankato, that the time intervening
= between the conventions of the two
great parties and the election should
be shorter than three months.
RESOLVED, That in the interest Of
commerce and industries of our coun-
try, the general committees which
have power to fix the dates of the ma
tiondl conventions, be respectfully re-
Quested to consider earnestly the de-
OF W of q
holding of said convention, and that
Joint conference of the executive Of
ficerS of these committees is desirable,
for the consideration of and action
upon this important subject.
Resolved, That copies of these re-
solutions together with the memorial
accompanying them be forwarded to
= the representative commercial
bodies of the United States with re-
quest for similar action on their part.
The joint committee of seventeen
appointed by the board of trade and
commercial club to cooperate with
! the council in considering the Omaha
right of way ordinance presented
final report. After announcing the
passage of the ordinance the report
continues.
The committee trusts that it's efforts
have justified it's appointment, but
4 is far from claiming the full credit
for the favorable conclusion of the
matter. It's members will cheerfully
/ testify to the hearty response and able
| assistance rendered by many individ-
ual citizens when called upon in the
name of the committee. Its work
was also greatly aided by the strong
pressure of public sentiment in favor
of the track removal, and by it's
manifestation in the attendance on
the council meetings of so many rep
reSentative citizens. Much credit,
too, is due the aldermen who worked
so faithfully to carry out the public
will, and to those Of them who bowed
to it even at what they considered
sacrifice of private interests.
The, report was received and the
committee discharged with the
= thanks of the board.
The committee on union depot
presented it's final report. After
reciting what had been done, the re-
port says:
Your committee have been almost
positively assured that said new line
will be completed and in full opera
tion before Dec. 1st, 1896. Your COM
mittee have the best reasons obtain
ed from reliable source to believe that
this change on the part of the @. ST.
p, M. & O. railroad will inaugurate
changes on the part of the G. q N.
w. railroad which will be of incalu-
liable value to the future commercial
= and financial interests of our beauti-
full growing city. In conclusion, we
, congratulate this board of trade on
the good work it has done in giving
birth to, and pushing to near finish
this enterprise, and we congratulate
the city on Mankato on the great be-
netits that will accrue to her by this
change of railroad facilities.
This report was also received and
the committee thanked and dis
charged.
j H. Stewart suggested that the
board now agitate the electric railway
project.
DIR. Andrews said that as an alder
man he would like to have the mat
ter discussed in order to know the
public feeling on the proposition now