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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
EXPECTATIONS NOT ALWAYS
REALIZED.

Many of Mr.. McKinley's opponents
have assumed that because he has
has always been the champion of
protection that the tariff law which
will probably be enacted under his
administration would be of a some
what prohibition nature. But Mr..
Mckinley is reported favoring some
what moderate tariff on a protective
basis. This will likely prove dis
appointment not only to his political
opponents who have been INDUCING
favor, but also to those who really
favor extreme high duties. This
leads the Minneapolis Times to re-
mark that "the panlcky tendency to
believe that candidates record and
proclivities determine his pre-
sidential administration is a mis-
taken one. The presidency,
continues the Times, lis more likely
to restrain a man than man to con-
strain the presidency. The influence
of the Office on the incumbent is
is stronger than the influence of the
incumbent on the Office. The persis-
tence with which this fact is impress
ed is as marked as is the habit of peo-
pie to forget it. President Johnson was
painted as the man who would massa
hnrnnrc fnnh1u hnna m
that way, and almost at once changed
to policy that contemplated pulling
them on top. Only the severest
checks by congress prevented him
from doing so. Grant was portrayed
as the man on horseback, who would
militarize the government He was
the first president to substitute arbi-
tration for war. Hayes, it was held,
would perpetuate southern republi-
canism and carpet bagging in the
south. He let both be swept down
stream, carrying with them the
moral defenses of his title. Arthur
was abundantly declared to be man
who would precipitate an administra-
tion of FOUNDERS He gave the ma
tion the most refined administration
it ever had under the auspices of his
party. Harrison was to be wild
western undoer, an innovator, a dis
turber. He was, on the whole, con
sentative. He was charged with be
ing under the dominion of bosses, who
combined to nominate him. He
treated everyone of them to polite
frost. Cleveland was to make clean
sweep He reappointed the postmas-
ter in Newly ork city: let otherRepubli-
cans serve QUO their terms, and defed
and drove from him the mongers Of
patronage. He has been the most
earnest civil service reform president
the nation has ever had.
Though the statement sounds
paradoxical, history justifies belief in
the proposition that protection
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

many men many years younger, and
less familiar with public matters.
His age has been said to be against
him. but he is younger man by sew.
eral years than Gladstone was when
he took upon his shoulders the respon-
sibilities of the British government,
which were fully as exacting. Mr..
Sherman has been long in public life
having served several terms in the
house, has been nearly 30 years in the
senate, and was for four years secre-
tary OF the treasury under President
Hayes. -Four years at the head of
the Mckinley administration will
round out long and honorable career.
There is no question but that Senator
Sherman is one of the strongest men
in public life today and is doubtless
one of the best equipped men in the
country for the position which he has
been selected. While he has made
finance study, he has also been a
leading member of the senate COM
mittee on foreign affairs and has been
in close touch at all times with our
foreign policy for years back.
1t has been said that he cannot be
compared with such men as Blaine,
Seward, Hamilton Fish, Webster or
John Quincy Adams, in that depart
ment. In one sense, perhaps not, for
he is an entirely different type of a
man, but in the knowledge and ability
he commands there is hardly a doubt
but he can make record in the de-
partment of state that will compare
most favorably with that of any of
his predecessors. He certainly will
be safe man and his Americanism is
unquestioned. Mr.. Mckinley is
building well.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
THE REAL TROUBLE.

The Fairmont Sentinel says that sat
the beck of the milliOnaires the in
come tax was declared uncOnstitu-
tional; then to please the money
power the gold standard was forced
upon the country" There is consid-
cradle transformation contained in
the above Quotation. The FREE
PRESS does not believe the Supreme
court was influenced in it's decision
on the income tax by the millionares.
We believe it was it's honest inter-
probation of the law. The people can
get around it whenever they want to
by changing the constitution to con-
form with it. AS to the latter part
of the quotation the Sentinel would
have it's readers believe the gold
standard was something that had
lately been forced upon them, when
in fact they have always lived under
it, and enjoyed great prosperity as
well as suffered periods of depression.
What is the existing gold standard?
Simply measure of values. Some
thing that all the people can go by,
and so avoid the confusion that would
ensue if there was not some such
guide. AS matter of fact, as was
repeatedly shown during the late
campaign, we enjoy today the only
practical system of bimetallism the
country ever had. Under it we have
the concurrent circulation of more
gold and more silver than the conn
try ever had before either in sum
total or by per capita amount. What
the country needs more than it
does an increased money volume, is a
revision of it's banking system so that
the volume of money will not become
congested in financial centers. What
is wanted is system of more equi-
table distribution of the money we
have. The statement of the New
York banks for last week shows
ain of over SIT, 900, 900 in the deposits
there, and total gain Of over $780,
900, 900 for the last ten weeks. Where
has all this money came from? The
whole country has contributed to it.
1t has made money so plenty that the
rate of interest has fallen below that
of London and Paris, and New York
money is being loaned in those cities.
Now what is wanted is some plan by
which this mony can be distributed
through the west and south where at
times, as when crops are moving,
there is a scarcity of it. Our present
banking system does not seem to be
adapted to such distribution. The
Americans ought to be, and are
capable of formulating and carrying
out some plan which will meet the
countrys need. That is the problem
that needs solving, and it should re-
ceive the attention Of our people, and
let the personal interests of the sill
yer barOns have rest.
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would have made more Roadway un-
der Reed than under Mckinley, and
honest money more Roadway under
Mckinley than under Reed A man
is nominated by the majority senti-
ment of his party, as rule, and pro
lection was the majority sentiment
of the Republican party at the time of
McKinley's nomination. 1t illus
trates the almost invariable rule Of
high officers. They seek to reassure
those in their party and outside of it
whom their success has alarmed. The
reform surprise which Samuel j. Til
den was governor of New York may
be recalled as an illustration in point
By the same law of contraries men
elected or appointed as reformers
often lean toward partisanship. OF
course, the educational effect of cam
paigns themselves have something to
do in this matter.
Consistency" adds the Times,
us not written on any administra-
tion. The expected is not what hap
pens. Inciting and inspiring as man
following in presidential canvasses
is, men-followers find that the conse-
quences of elecJions are disillus-
ionizing and disappointing. Candi-
dates lean toward party minorities.
Presidencies control presidents.
Losers in the naming are winners in
the outcome. The men who nominate
are not the men who reap the rewards
after the election. The men who
control the convention are not the
men who control the administration
that is, they areanot the men whom
the administration will be most
anxious to please. The 'whoopers-up'
generally 'whoop' themselves out of
sight. This law bids fair to opera je
in this case. Some of the protection
lists may get places; but their general
expectation of an extreme tariff will
be disappointed. The policies and
larger consequences will be determin-
ed by the sound money fellows. If
the fat friers' had been truly wise,
they would have 'sidled up to the
man from Maine in the St. Louis con-
ventiOn, or cultivated the man from
Indiana"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

metallists of Europe and secure hearty
French cooperation with us in doing
something for silver. The faint of
dishonest purpose must be taken from
American bimetallism, and then we
may look for the rehabilitation of the
white metal on sensible basis by in
ternational agreement" The idea
that Gen. Walker expressed is sound
one. The American representatives
to an international conference should
be men in close touch with practical
bimetallism, and not with theories.
Since election it has been stated
through the press that in case a con.
ference was called either Mr.. Bryan
or Congressman Towne should be one
of the representatives, because they
represent the extreme silver view
This would be serious mistake,
Neither of these men nor any other
man representing the silver vagaries
of this country, should be at the con-
ference as representative of this
country. Neither should an extreme
goldite-one who is opposed to the
use of silver in any form-be appoint
ed. The representatives should be
conservative men, who look upon the
question from a practical stand point.
Theories are not what are wanted,
but something practical. There will
be enough Jheorizing at the best.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
THE CAMERON FAMILY in PUBLIC
LIFE

In speaking of the retiring of Sena-
tor Don Cameron from the United
States senate on the 4th of March
next, the Sc. Louis Globe Democrat
says: "More than half a century has
passed since Simon Cameron first en-
tered the Senate, and twenty years
have gone by since he retired from
that chamber and put his son, James
Don aid Cameron, in his place. The
latter steps down on March 4, and
pres umably at that time the reign of
the dynasty which the father founded
will be over. The elder Cameron was
not in the Senate the entire thirty
two years which elapsed between his
first entrance into that body and his
final retirement from it. During part
of that time he has held other posts,
and during part of it he was in private
life, but throughout the entire peri
cd, even while he was minister to
Russia. he was the dominant figure
in Pennsylvania politics, and for
M any years of the time he was pot
ent force in the public affairs of the
n alton. Nor die he pass the scepter
to the son when he placed the latter
in the Senate in 1877. Onward from
1845 until the day of his death in 1889
Simon Cameron, while out as we'll as
while in public station, both reigned
and governed in Pennsylvania politics.
Then the symbol of authority, except
as aut hority was and has been exerted
by the elder Cameron's pupil,
Matthew S. Quay, descended to the
son, and the latter lays it down two
months hence. The time from the
day at the beginning of Folks admin
istration when Simon Cameron enter
ed the Senate to succeed James
Buchanan, who resigned to become
Secretary of State in the Polk Cabi-
net, down to the retirement of his
son at the beginning of McKinley's
Presidency, which spans the period of
active sway of the Cameron dynasty,
marks the longest lease of political
power ever enjoyed by any family in
the United States, except the house
of Bayard, whose days of potency,
with brief Interruptions, stretch from
the beginning of the first Adams
Presidency to the end of Cleveland's."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
JOHN SHERMAN SECRETARY OF
STATE

1t has been reported from Washing
ton for several days back that Sena
tor Sherman would be McKinley's
secretary of state, and this report is
definitely confirmed by Senator Sher-
man himself, who stated to the asso-
ciated press reporter at Canton yes
terday after long conference with
Mr.. Mckinley, that he had accepted
the portfolio of state. This fact places
the cabinet building in definite shape:
though it gives no indication that it
will be completed before March 4th.
Doubtless the news that Mr.. Sherman
will be secretary OF state will
be disappointing to some, who
had looked upon that department
as being filled by somewhat
different man, and who have al.
ways connected Senator Sherman with
financial questions. Senator Sherman
is IA years of age, but his mind is as
bright and clear as ever, and his
health is said to be good. He is a
man who has always been able tC
handle large amount of public bust
ness without the worry and trouble
that some men find in it, and his long
acquaintance with public life and the
questions which are now at the front,
will make it easier for him than for
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

they will not be afforded permanent
relief by nature until late in the
spring, at the earliest. The ravages
of t he plague, according to latest re-
ports, is not. among the people who
have been suffering from the effects
of the famine, but it is expected that
it will soon reach those districts, and
weakened as it's victims will be from
the loss of food, they will fall an easy
prey to it's ravages, and the mortality
is likely to Surpass any known record.
Though the Europeans living in
India have thus far been singularly
free from the disease and only two or
three deaths among them have been
reported, Europe is alarmed at it's
appearance and spread, and the differ
ent governments are taking precau-
tions to prevent, ifpossible, it's spread
in to Europe. There are two ways by
which it may find it's way into Europe,
through the Mecca pilgrims, and the
import of rags and linens. The latter
have been prohibited already by most
of the governments, and will doubt
less soon be by all, and steps in
the same line should at once be taken
by the United States. Russia has
sent physicians to Persia to watch the
progress of the disease, and if it ap-
pears there, the frontier will at once
be closed to all travellers. At New
York the health officers have made
preparations to have all vessels ar
irving from India subjected to
thorough disinfectiOn, and especial
vigilance is also directed to the docks
where hemp is landed.
With the opening of spring all the
sanitary precautions which were re-
co mmended during the cholera scare
a few years ago, should be rlgidly en-
forced. Doubtless the cities of this
country are in a much better sanitary
con dition than at that time, but
there is always chance for improve
ment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

WISCONSIN has been turning it's at
tention to the culture of the sugar
beet and it is said will turn out Is, 600
barrels of sugar this season as the re-
suit The northwest is as well suited
to the culture of sugar beets as is
Germany, and there is no reason why
beet sugar should not become one of
it's most important products. The
state Of Minnesota ought to produce
not only the sugar which it consumes,
but surplus for export. Mankato
could not make better move for it
self nor the farmers of the surround
ing territory, than to put ina beet
sug refinery. Let the matter be
Investigated. 1t would be good
thing for our commercial bodies to
make some inquiries along this line,
and see what it would cost to start an
institution of moderate size, and to
what extent outside capital can be in
terested. A little push on the ques-
tion might prove of great value to the
city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
CONSERVATIVE MEN NEEDED.

Robert P. Porter had an interesting
conversation with the late Gen.
Francis A. Walker few days before
his death. The two men had been in
timately associated, and talked freely
on various subjects. Gen Walker was
an able and ardent bimetallist, and
in the course of his remarks said to
Mr.. Porter: "If you see Maj. McKin-
ley urge that he send man to Paris
who, without championing American
vagaries on the subject, will get in
touch with the real international BIZ
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
THE PLAGUE IN INDIA.

The whole civilized world is just
BOW being shaken up over the bubonic
psague which has appeared in India,
and which is already numbering it's
victims among the thousands. Under
sais plague, together with the famine,
India seems doomed. In the worst
portious of the famine stricken dis
sricts, it is said the population of
nearly 100000 people will have to
depend upon the hand of charity to
keep them alive until April. Other
districts having population of 50,-
QOO, 900 are short of food and many of
Cine people there are feeling the pangs
Of bitter privation from food, and
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ton, deaths from that disease are
showing considerable of a decrease.
In 1880 the number of deaths in the
city of Philadelphia from consump-
tion were 1892 while in 1896 the num-
Der of deaths were only 1924; though
the population was 40 per cent larger
than on the former date. Since KOch'S
discovery of the consumption germ
the death rate from this disease in all
the large cities is said to have steadily
declined. In London it has declined
from per 1000 to IL per 1000. The
continued exercise of great care in re-
lation to that disease, will in time
cause it to become comparative rare
one.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

THE Washington correspondent of
the Pioneer Press says: Through the
efforts of Representative McCleary
and Bowers of California the claim OF
Basil Moreland against the govern.
ment for $2,212 has been passed by
the house. Moreland, now of Cali
fornia, but formerly of Minnesota
settled upon surveyed public lands on
the Blue Earth river in 1854. After
building a home and otherwise i'm
proving the land his homestead was
taken from him and given to the
Winnebago Indians under an act
passed by congress Aug. 4th, 1854, au.
thorizing such preemption. This
claim passed the house and senate in
the lat congress too late to receive
the presidents signature"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

MAYOR WEAVER, of Mankato, was
Thursday recognized by Gov. Clough
with an appointment as a member of
the capitol commission, to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation
sometime. since, of Hon. Daniel Shell.
Mr.. Weaver was fully entitled to rec
ignition from the present administra-
tion, and the governor has made no
mistake in his selection,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
In the legislature the house and

In the legislature the house and
senate fail to agree in the makeup of
the re-approprtionment committee.
The house passed joint resolution
providing for a joint committee of Is
from the house and from the senate.
This did not suit the senate, that
body wanting equal representation
with the house, and amended the
resolution to that effect. The house
will hardly agree to that. Consider
ing the difference in the size of the
two houses, it would seem as though
the house resolution was about rightly
prOpOrtiOned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

IT is said Gov. Bushnell may refer
the matter of Senator Sherman's sue
cessor in the senate.to the legislature,
and will call special session of that
body at the proper time. In most
states the governor would fill the
vacancy made, the legislature not be-
ing in session, but Ohio politics are
very peculiar, and the governor may
not care to take the responsibility of
deciding among so many statesmen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22
Personally Conducted Tour Through
TIexicO

The North Western Line has ar
ranged for personally conducted tour
through Mexico, under the auspices of
Mr.. S. j. Grafton, the well-known ex-
cursion manager. The party will rem
devious at Chicago, and leave there
Tuesday morning, February 2, 1897, in
a Special Vestibuled Train Of Palace
Sleeping Cars, Observation Cars and
Dining Cars, which will be their:
for the entire trip. During the tour,
which will consume thirty days, all OF
the cities and almost every place OF
interest in this wonderful country
will be visited. To- accommodate
those who desire to remain longer
than thirty days, arrangements will
be made for the extension of the time
limit tickets. Illustrated pamphlets
and full information as to rates, ETC.,
will be furnished on application to
Ticket Agents Chicogo & North
Western Railway.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

SENATOR BARR has been appointed
a member of the senate committee on
municipal corporations. Representa-
tive NYquist is member of the
special committee to investigate the
beet sugar industry.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

IT is little curious that the silver
Democrats should have celebrated
Jackson day and extolled "Old Hick-
ery's" virtues, when it was during his
administration that the present gold
standard virtually sprang into exis-
tence.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

The senate will not gain anything
if it attempts to upset the arbitration
treaty even though it was arranged by
Secretary Olney. 1t is triumph of
the age, and should be ratified.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

Mr.. BRYAN is trying to run the
Nebraska legislature. Let's see,
didn't Mr.. Bryan use to talk against
bosses, and in favor of the people run
ming things?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

IT is said that the news of the
famine in India has at last reached
England. Something may now be
DONE
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

The Transvaal government wants
e2, 100000 as damages for the Jameson
raid. John Bull will not relish such
claim.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

The gold product of Colorado last
year nearly equaled it's silver product.
Possibly this is what makes Senator
Teller unhappy,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

THE prisoners whom Gov. Altgeld
left in the Illinois state prison are
feeling somewhat lonesome.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

SAVANNAH, Ca, has taken CEN
sus of It's shade trees, and finds that
it has over 11,OOO of forty-nine
varieties.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

IT is said that Grant Brambel is not
the least worried by the price Of
coal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

ONLY six states will hold elections
in '97.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

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WITH the better knowledge of the
public as to the treatment of consump-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-01-22

Pass & Schippel are drawing plans
for a house for D. II. Edwards, OF
Lake Crystal.