The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-16
JOHN GRAHAM SPEAKS.
"Counting Chickens Before Hatched .

league here. This Popocratic en-
thusiast unbosoms himself and at
tempts to discover through his smok-
ed glass the coming of the silver
moon, which has for "Lo! these many
days." been obscured from his vision,
by total sound money eclipse and so
completely deranging his brain that
he mistook his right cognomen Of
monumental liar" and screens him.
self behind that-of .struth slater"
Now let US see what he says-a pros
porous sound money league is often
sive to every loyal citizen of this
town of Lyra. Then we are to infer
that those of US who oppose VIM. j.
Bryan's financial views are disloyal
subjects and offensive. Even such men
as served their country from 1861 to
1865 and preserved it for future gen.
erations are to have no place in the
shaping of affairs on account of their
being disloyal. II the 10000 men
who so recently passed in review at
St. Paul are the subjects you are
aiming your shafts of venom at be-
cause they prefer Maj. ;. Mckinley or
Gen. Palmer to his man of Drawn and
muscle, VIM. j. Bryan; if they are
declared disloyal and only the adher-
ents of the Chicago platform are
loyalists, God pity the nation IF such
should be the final decree. Now for
the benefit of this enthusiast, l will
say we have no such league as a INC
| Kinley sound money league" 1t was
organized as nOn-partizan sound
money league, and embraces Palmer
Democrats, Mckinley Democrats,
Mckinley Republicans and other
sound money men, with equally as
many Democrats as Republicans but
their main object is for sound money
and not theoretical money, whose
basic principle is something for
nothing" He further says, farmer
of this town truly says, there is not
''gold bug" within six miles of him,
and in the next breath admits we
have a club of los, but adds we had to
scour five towns to get them. We
will admit that we have six on our
list who do not vote here, but this be-
ing their trading point, voluntarily
joined US. That is what they would
call the crime of 1896. Then Mr..
Truth Slater says we contrived to in
veigle four of their Bryan men into
our club who said they thought they
were signing a road petition. | will
say if we have any such men who
were so ignorant that they did not
know a road petition from sound
money doctrine we will release them
willingly in order that they
may assist in counteracting
the wonderful overflow of
gall that is daily pouring into this
fellows stomach which is overload
ed already, containing several copies
of Coins Financial School and Alt
geld's Treatise on Anarchy, as eX-
planned by the Chicago platform, and
indigestible. He goes still farther and
proclaims that our last club meeting
was only attended by eight persons,
all told. True; but my dear sir did you
ever hear of an executive committee
having business meeting and have to
provide for an overflow meeting?
The trouble is he don't know the diff
ference between sound money meet
ing and an executive committee
meeting. Well! our business not be.
ing his we did not fully report to him,
but he will know more as he grows
older. We have not been fully in
formed what has become of his boast
ed Bryan club Of 1877, which has been
on the tapis for at least four weeks
and not yet organized. Their list, SO
| am informed, was given them in
blocks of 5 and all, or nearly all, writ
ten by the same hand. Still they are
in embryo, while he declares our exc
cutive meeting a "dismal failure"
What was the matter with his opera
house meeting last evening? 1t had
been extensively advertised that
three fine orators would expound the
cause of silver, and extensive prepara-
tions had been talked of, a grand
torch light parade, their speakers
were here, but the meeting was post
poned, in fact dismal failure" but
l will be fair with him and say they
would have had good house if the
weather had been good But if my
tr. thful friend had no gold bugs
within six miles he ought to have
had fair audience out even if it did
rain. But next Thursday evening
is to be their grand rally, and L can
assure them the gold bugs will all be
there to keep their courage up We
don't want the earth even if we are
disloyal as our critic observes. In sum-
ming up his views of the coming vote
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