The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-10-05

CruSGS. FroSlQonU MCKINNEY mas allowed
three sessions of congress to go by
and has not made one specific recon-
mendation against the trusts. Mr.
Bryan said that if he was president
and did this, all would denounce him,
but they thought it all right for
Republican president to do. The Re
publicans did not condemn the presi
dent for not having the attorney gen.
eral proceed against the trusts, but
they would blame Bryan under the
same circumstances. The attorney
general of Nebraska had started more
suits against trusts than the attorney
general of the United States had in
the whole country. The Republican
party can punish horse thief but not
a trust. 1t goes on the theory that it
is not right to steal little, but that
it is right to steal lot. There is a
way of destroying the trusts, and that
is by taking off the tariff from trust
made articles, but the Republican
party is not willing to do that. Lii
censes could also be issued to do bust
ness, and before obtaining license the
corporation could be required to show
that it had no watered stock and was
not trying to monopolize the business.
The Republicans only know about an
ice trust. No man in this county was
ever hurt by the ice trust because this
trust is confined to New York. The
Republicans who hold the state ad-
ministration could stay at home and
destroy the ice trust if they wanted to.
All the directors of this trust are
Republicans.
Mr.. Bryan asked whether any one
present had ever voted for an army of
100, 900 men. When the Republican
congress voted this army the treaty of
peace with Spain was already signed
and not an arm was raised against the
United States anywhere. 1t costs
800, 600, 600 year to maintain the
army, or more than half as much as it
costs to educate all the children in
the United States. Whoever votes the
Republican ticket votes for this. The
army is kept to maintain the foreign
policy of the government. 1t is said
that.I helped to bring this about by
helping to get the treaty ratified At
first they laid it on the Lord. What a
great comedown from the Lord to me
You cannot find senator who voted
for the treaty because I asked him to
do so. I can prove that your presi-
dent made a promise that secured
ratification of the treaty. They could
not have gotten the treaty ratified if
the defeated candidate had not helped
the successful one to get it ratified.
1 assume full responsibility The ques-
ton was whether to reject the treaty
and allow Spain to give the Filipinos
independence, or to ratify the treaty,
stop the war and give the Filipinos
independence ourselves. 1t was con-
sidered to be better to do it ourselves.
If we had treated the Cubans as we
have the Filipinos there would have
been a Cuban trouble If we had
treated the Filipinos as we did the
Cubans there would have been no
trouble We should..have done the lat
ter. Let's let..them know that we will
give them independence, and let's do
it now and not after they have been
killed Off The Republican party has
no plan for dealing with, the, Filipinos
The Democrats are not willing that
they shall be subjects. We do not
want this country to be half republic
and half empire. You want to send a
man to congress from this district that
will support Democratic administra-
ton, and you want to elect your state
ticket and make Mr.. Lind governor
again.
The Departure.
There was a rush to the depot to see
the party off, and hundreds crow ded
around the carriage and against the
train. The latter went out on the
Chicago & Northwestern road, and
consisted of six cars, drawn by en-
CINE 270. Conductor R. J. Mann had
charge of the special, which pulled
out at just noon, amid the waving of