The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-11
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sues to discuss in this campaign.
There was an issue in 1896 of 16 to l,
but it is probably best to say nothing
about the dead. A trolly car called
good times ran over and killed Door
little 16 to L. Its pail bearers were
Coxey, Tillman, Debs, Altgeld,
Waite and Coin Harvey. Where are
the thousands of men who two years
ago were moving up and down the
streets of Minneapolis and st. Paul,
bowling calamity? Ninety nine out
of every hundred are working, but the
one is still at his calamity howl be-.
cause he will not work when he can,
Three times has Minnesota answer
ed the signal that every man is ex.
pected to do his duty. The first was
in 1875, when the state offered the
first volunteer regiment mustered
into the Union army, and when that
First Minnesota broke the charge of
the Contederates at Gettysburg. saw
ing the day for the Union. The Sec
ond was in 1896, when the question Of
national honesty was at stake, and
the third was in 1898, when Minneso-
ta's troops were among the first mus
tered in. The first American flag to
be raised over the walls of Manila
was the regimental flag of the Thir-
tenth Minnesota. (Applause.)
Chas. s. MCGEE, a young Wisconsin
man and a very fluent and easy
speaker, was introduced and spoke for
three-quarters OF an hour. He said
that he had come into the state to
help arouse the people from an
apathetic condition, but with four
counter attractions in the city and
such large audience present he did
not see any need for such an effort.
Next Tuesday, John Lind will be
struck by trolley car and Republi.
can avalanche that will dispute the
extravagent claims of the opposition.
This will not be an off year for the
Republican party. Mr.. MCGEE urged
that the Republicans get out all Of
their votes. He said that more con-
vincing than oratory is the prosperity
all around us.
Mr.. MCGEE said that there are is
sues before the people. There are
new problems and duties caused by
the recent acquisition of territory. The
peace commission at Paris and the in
dustr1al world are waiting to see what
the people of the country will say
Nov. 9Th. The speaker compared the
condition of industry now with that
of two years ago, showing how the
factories have started up. What the
people want, he said, is not clouds of
silver dollars but clouds of smoke and
steam around the factories. There is
not today in all the land Weary
Willie except from choice.
Mr.. MCGEE spoke of the silver
question, and cited the fact that the
bond issue had been subscribed seven
times over by our own people in time
of war as an illustratin of the conf,
dence which people feel in Mckinley
and the Republican party. The
Dingley tariff is also a success, as is
shown by the unprecedented balance
of trade in our favor during the past
year of $3.50, 600, 90, and the fact that
there was more money in the treasury
at the close of the war than before it.
Mr.. MCGEE spoke of the success of
the Spanish war, and of McKinley's
far sighted wisdom in not being
forced into it before the country was
in some measure ready and had the
moral support of the world. He said
that we can repay Mckinley now by
electing the straight Republican
ticket, which will give the admins
tration the moral influence around
the world of support at home. Two
years from now, we can repay him by
re-electing him president. applause. J
Major A. L. Sackett, of st. Paul,