The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-27

Gov. Roosevelt, in his speech, at the
Auditorium, st. Paul. said:
Men and women of Minnesota, of the
Northwest of the United States, I thank
you for this greeting. Let mo thank you,
not for myself but for the party and the
country, because it augurs we'll to have
such bodies as this, such men and women
as are here tonight assemble to take
thought of the policies THAT are to con-
troll our country.
1T do not address you as a Republican
addressing Republicans but as an Amer
lean addressing his fellow Americans,
urging them to stand for honesty
and the honor of the flag. We have
come here to begin the work of a CAM
paign more vital to American interests
than any that has taken place since the
close of the Civil war. We appeal not
only to Republicans but to all good citi-
zens that are Americans in fact as well
as in name, to help us in re-electing Pres
ident Mckinley. 1t was indeed of in
finite Importance to elect him four years
ago. Yet the need is even greater now.
Every reason which then obtained in his
favor obtains now, and many more have
been added. Four years ago the success
of the Populistic-Democracy would have
meant fearful misery, fearful disaster at
home; it would have meant the shame
that is worse even than misery and dis
aster To-day it would mean all this,
and in addition the unreasonable dis
grace of abandoning the proud position
we have taken, of linching from the great
work we have begun.
"President Mckinley has more than
made good all that he promised, or that
was promised on his behalf, and as the
smoke clears away we see how utterly
trivial are the matters because of which
his administration has been criticised,
when compared with the immense, sub
stantial gains for American honor and in
terest which under that administration
have been brought about. We appealed
for President Mckinley before, asserting
what he would do if president from QUIZ
knowledge of what he had done in lesser
positions. Now we appeal for him; ask
ing that the promise of a second term
be judged by the performance of his first,
and pledgipg that the wonderful work so
triumphantly begun in his first term shah
In his second be carried to an even more
triumphant conclusion.
I'VE ask support for President MeI1in-
ley because of what he has actually done.
of what he now stands for and typif1es.
and because of the marvellous work that
has been accomplished under his admins
tration. We ask the support of ALI up
right citizens because against him are
arrayed
The Forces of Chaotic Evil:
because of the brooding menace to our
moral and industrial welfare which is
implied in the present attitude and pur-
pose of the Populistic-Democraey-
owe know dehafteIy what we be-
1ieve and we say it outright.
sour opponents, who represent all
%he forces of discomfort. malice and
envy, formed and fOrmicss, vague
and concrete, can hardly be said to
know what they really do believe,
because the principles they profess,
3f put forth markedly, are SO revolt
xng, even to their own followers,
4hat they like at least to try to
wrap the mantle of hypOcrncy
around thent. They rant about
trusts, but they have nothing prac-
ficabIe to advance in the way of
remedy.
-:Nor is this to be wondered at, when
one of the makers of their platform. the
representative from New York. and the
leader of that organization In New York.
are both themselves among the most
prominent stockholders in the worst trust
to be found to-day In the United States
itself to the criticism which our oppo-
nents often unjustly apply to every form
of industrial effort. They have invented
the imaginary danger of imperialism, and
about that they also rave. Yet SO con-
,scious are they of the hollowness of their
attack, so well aware that to follow
out their professions would mean to trail
the American flag In the dust, that they
are obliged to pretend that really after
all they are for expansion. After in
finite labor they finally did decide that
they still believed in free silver. This de-
cision was reached in their committee by
q vote OF 76 to "a, so that IT appears they
only have 81 per cent of faith in their 49,
cent dollar after all. Even this amount
OF faith they were able to reach purely
by the aid of Hawaii, and yet four years
pansion over Hawaii as they now object
to our expansion over the Philippines.
There is an
Element of Grim Comedy
in these builders having now perforce to
take the one rejected stone to make out
of it the foundation of their new plat
form.
Their only unequivocal position is that
in favor of free silver at a ratio of 16
to /, for they have sought at least to
make the pretense of qualifying, or az
least of clouding what they mean when
they ask for the relaxation " The bonds
OF Justice and order and the abandonment