The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-23
THE OUTLOOK IN MINNESOTA.

ties, of the result of the cleo
| tion to be held two weeks
from today, in which it placed Nc
Kinley's majority in this state at
about 10000, and elected Lind by
majority of a little less than 5000.
1t admitted that there was vote
sufficient to change thesgubernatorial
result, that an opinion could not be
obtained from, and how this vote
would go could not be forecast by
any man. On the other hand Jerry
j." of the Minneapolis Journal, has
made a careful canvass of the state,
and he casts a different shade upon
the general result. He places Nc
Kinley's majority at 10000 and up
wards, and Clough's majority at 5000,
with the rest of the state ticket at
10000 or more. He also predicts six
Republican congressman as certain
ty, with one in doubt.
The above estimate is doubtless a
conservative one. The best informed
politicians all agree that McKinleys
M ajority will be 10000 and upwards.
There are phases in the situation
which indicate that it may go well
toward $4,000, but 10000 is the con-
sentative figure.
On the governorship there are indi-
cations that Jerry J. is nearer correct
than the Globe is. For the past few
weeks Lind has been losing ground
steadily. AS the campaign has pro-
crossed, his more complete Identified
tion with Populism and Organism has
been a source of weakness to him.
Every day it has become more and
more apparent that the election of
John Lind as governor would mean
not the election of an independent
governor as many at first imagined,
but the election of a Populist, and of
all things the people of Minnesota
object to the state being Kansasized.
The Chicago platform has been close
ly studied, and the more this has
been done the more the people are
driven from it, and the weaker has
Lind's hold upon the mass of the peo-
pie become because of his emphatic
endorsement Of it.
Another element of weakness to
him has been his maligant attack
upon Mckinley, in which he has
charged that he mckinley voted for
free silver, while the records show
that not only did Mckinley not vote
for free silver, but that Mr.. Lind did
not, though he asserts he did. These
things have driven hundreds of votes
from him, and will continue to drive
them away up to election day
Some time ago the FREE PRESS
asserted that if John Lind was elect
ed governor of Minnesota it must be
by Republican votes. That fact is
Just as true today. But the Repub-
licans of Minnesota will not do it.
They will not Kansasize the state by
their votes. 1t is more evident every
day that they will not destroy the
good name and credit of the state
by elevating Populism to control of
affairs and in this they will be joined
by thousands of Democrats.
Mr.. Lind's endorsement of cheap
money, free trade, free riot, and repu-
diation as set forth by the Chicago
nlatform will not be endorsed by the
voters of this state.
There is another fact that has
weakened the Popocratic comblna-
ton. And that is it's utter failure TO
sustain any point OF maladmlnlstra-
tion it has brought against the ad-
ministration of Gov. Clough. Every
charge they have made has fallen TO
the ground an utter wreck with moth
ing whatever to support it. Ihey
have not yet been able to show that
his administration has not been
straight forward, business admins
tration for the state Not an inter-
est in the state has suffered because
of it, and not one will suffer from it's
continuance through the next two
years.
The principle of Popocracy means
ruin. Elevatedto high power in the
state or nation, it means disaster.
For this reason the people are turn
ing stronger and stronger against it.
The feeling is growing in every quar-
ter that this is good year to vote the
Republica icket straight from top
to bottom and bury the evil doctrines
PROMULGATED at Chicago.