The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-07-20

Pipestone Star The supporters of
Bryan call themselves "Lincoln Re-
publicans' and yet they have nomin-
ated for their presidency man
who voted against Lincoln twice and
has always voted the Democratic
ticket The lf-assumed names, Lin
coin Republicans and Jeffersonians
Democrats are very pretty titles, but
investigation shows that, as applied
to the supporters of Bryan they are re-
diculous misnomers
Princeton Union: With Mac and
Teddy on band wagon and Bill and
Adlai on an ice wagon one is not OBJ
liged to use his imagination much to
see the result of the presidential cam
paign.
ST. Louis Globe Democrat New
Orleans gained in foreign exports and
imports last year the handsome figure
of $33, 500, 900, or about 40 per cent.
When the Mississippi channel is deep
ened and the Nicaragua canal built
the commerce of this valley will as
tonish the world.
Moorhead Independent The Re-
publican state press is unanimous in
its endorsement of the state ticket and
agrees a better ticket was never put in
the field. All the candidates selected
are capable men and vote getters. Even
the Democrats admit this in part and
there has been talk of endorsing some
of the Republican nominees. The Re-
publican ticket, however, will have
the endorsement of the people and that
is sufficient. 1t may be that Lind
would like to have some of the Repub-
lican candidates to help pull the fusion
candidates through, realizing that fu-
sion will not be favorite with the in
telligent voters of Minnesota.
Battle Lake Review: Do not for a
moment think that the farmer, the
workman, the business man or the
capitalist will ever vote for a return of
the Cleveland prosperity. 1t is all
right to monkey around on county Off
GERS and on members of the state legis-
lature, but vote for good times, good
prices, plenty of money, prosperity /
and Mckinley. Don't be clam. ~
Fairfax Standard: The reform I
administration of Minnesota is not in
a position to talk against trusts when
it allows the baking powder trust to
dictate to the dairy and food com
mission. That it does so was amply
proved a short time ago by the state
ments of P J. Smalley, the secretary,
who resigned rather than be party
to such dealings.
Winona Republican: California can
afford to take the second place among
the states in the production of gold,
for its orange crop this year amounts
to IA, 800 car loads, and is worth "a,
900, 600. There were people who
thought the country was ruined when
California was annexed, regardless of
the intervening great American de-
sert.
Window Reporter: For bossism
Organism takes the chrome. The Lin
coin statesman told the Kansas City
Democracy what it must do, or he would
"do" the whole crowd, and the crowd
fell into line on Organism and pessi-
mism, stomach ache and dissolution.
ST. Cloud Journal Press Good will
sibly the breaking up of paganism and
tion in the Orient. For after all that
is where the contest lies. And the
three great powers enrolled under the
England and the United States
nations. In fact events make and break
nations Thus far the hand of higher
power has wrought wonderful results
for this nation.
Fairmont News: The Republican
state convention nominated every
man that the railroads fought, and now
the opposition press is calling it a
railroad ticket
st. Louis Globe Democrat: Uncle
Sam has fifty ships-of-war in the far
east and it is the largest fleet there.
Our legitimate interests in the Pacific
will not be neglected by the present
administration.
Red Wing Republican: Would you
vote for law enacting free coinage
at Is to 1? Would you vote to prohibit
all combinations of capital in order to
destroy trusts? Would you vote to call
home our troops from the Philippines
and let the Tagals work their will
there among their enemies and our
friends. He will either try to wiggle
out or he must confess that Demo
cratic policy would not be different
from Republican if responsibility fell
upon that party.
Fairmont News: Oh how Mark
Hanna is crushing this country What
a despot the baldheaded senator from
Ohio is, to be sure Last week struc-
tural steel was reduced 81 to $14 per
ton and few weeks ago nails went
down 81 per keg, and this is not all, as
many other manufactured articles in
to which steel and iron enter as chief
component parts, have declined. And
have you watched wheat soar lately?
We wonder what Mark was doing that
he didn't prevent it.
ST. Cloud Journal Press: Adlai E.
Stevenson represents ALT he foolishness
of the Bryan wing of the party on the
financial issue, and all the demoraliza
tion of the free trade wing of the Cleve
land faction. He has none of the re-
deeming principles of either, and he is
the personifcation 'of the blunders and
follies of both. He is man entirely
without personal popularity, and will
be a handicap to Bryan, who is al
ready loaded up to his mouth with