The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-08
OUR PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
Blue Earth County Republicans
Will Not Fail to Elect Nc.
Cleary Delegates.
A Timely Word of Warning
From an "Outside
County,"

The Republican primaries for selec.
ton of delegates to the Congressional
convention will be held in Blue Earth
county Monday evening next, from $50
to $50 o'clock.
The result of the issue in this county
between Congressman McCleary and
Mr.. Funk means much to the. Second
district, and even more to Blue Earth
county. The Free Press has from time
to time published extracts from Second
district exchanges showing that if Mr..
McCleary carries this county his nomi-
nation in the convention will surely be
made by reclamation. If Mr.. Funk
should carry it, then combination will
be made by outside counties and can
didate nominated from some county
other than Blue Earth. In other words
there is no political contingency that
can be figured that will nominate Mr..
Funk even with Blue Earth county at
his back, while with Blue Earth county
behind Congressman McCleary there is
no power that can prevent his re nomi-
nation by reclamation.
The following extract. taken from
the Fairmont News, voices the feeling
of Republicans throughout the district,
and its advice can we'll be needed by
those of our people who would retain
the congressman. The paper says:
1t is beyond belief that Blue Earth ooun-
ty shouldseriously think of turning down
McCleary. Surely the majority of the vo-
tiers there want to hold the congressman.
If they do, and comprehend the feeling in
other counties, they will support the pres
Blue Earth county will not furnish the
candidate. In the unlikely contingency
of McClesry's defeat, the name of Funk,
or any other man whose residence is Man
katO, will not be recorded as the member
of congress from the second district of Min
nesota. Mankato should understand this
The outcome of the primaries in this
county will be watched with interest
by every county in the district. AS we
said before. if McCleary carries the
primaries, every county in the district
will follow with McCleary delegates,
and there will be no uncertainty about
the result. That the present congress
man will carry his home county there
is no question of doubt, and his friends
should make the victory overwhelming
by seeing to it that the voters in every
ward in the city and every town in the
county get out to the primaries next
Monday evening.
The Funk forces are becoming des
perate. Mr.. Funk himself, aided by
several of his workers, is travelling
throughout the country towns solicit.
ing help. All hands have been in
structed to claim everything in the city
for Mr.. Funk, in the hope that they
can create a "band wagon" stampede
for their man. The claim that the city
of Mankato is for Funk is too gauzy to
influence any considerable number of
farmers. It is confidently claimed by
the best posted politicians in the city
that McCleary will carry solid delega-
ton in every ward in Mankato, and
there is certainly no visible evidence
that a contrary result will follow. It
is further believed that there will not
be a single anti-MeC leary delegation in
the Blue Earth county convention, and
there certainly will not be if all Repub-
licans in the county who want to see
Mr.. McCleary returned to congress will
come out to the primaries and do their
duty.
REMEMBER THE DATE OF THE
PRIMARIES EVENING,
JUNE 18th. FROM $50 TO $50.