The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-14
POLITICAL NOTES.
One Phase OF Organism That
Has Failed of Notice.
Hawaii's Start Toward PrOsperity.-The
SO=Called Travelling Mems Anti
Trust League.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS

law ana all othef law, In reference
to withdrawing the troops from the
Philippines and letting the islanders
take their chances against the world,
which has not received any public at
tention thus far-though it is only
fair that certain prominent church
leaders here are well aware just what
such thing would mean. In the
Philippines, of course, is very ex-
tensive church establishment, with a
great deal of property, numberless
friars, and very general following
throughout the islands 1t is we'll
known that Aguinaldo and his bandits
consider that one cause of a great
deal of their trouble has been these
friars, and it is equally we'll known.
and has actually been threatened,
that if Filipino rebels should gain
the ascendency the first thing they
would do would be to sack all the
church property and make it over to
the Estate" and kill as many friars
as they could get hold of. This is no
imaginary situation. The conditions
are as described, and the various
church leaders realize the fact
Mr.. E. F. Bishop, Of Honolulu, one
of the largest planters in the Sandwich
Islands, has been here, and has been
telling us some interesting truths.
Mr.. Bishop said to me last evening:
1.-THE reciprocity treaty, Republi
can measure, was the beginning of our
prosperity, and our annexation to the
U nited States two years ago was the
climax. We are proud of the Ameri
can flag which floats over the public
buildings in Honolulu. We know
what it means, and we know what
liberty under that flag means.
1.-THE Honolulu Democrats sent
Prince David to represent them at the
Kansas City convention. 1t is said in
Kansas City, and I believe Prince
David says so himself, that he cast
the deciding vote which placed the
free silver plank in the Democratic
platform. doubt that David ever be-
fore heard of 16 to 1, except at race
track. The royalist faction in Hawaii
is composed entirely of Democrats. I
suppose they think that Mr.. Bryan
will restore the monarchy if he is
elected. "
The more or less imaginary Com
mercial Travellers. and Hotel Mems
Antitrust ''league" has begun to
hold it's meetings here, and of course,
n the minds of two'or three of the
sponsors of this "league, I" they are
numerously attended and highly en-
thusiastic. They seem to be in charge
of Mr.. Harry Walker, a most estim
able young newspaper man, who used
to be Senator Murphy's private secre-
tary and now has a sinecure position
in the aqueduct commission. The
president of the "league" is real
hotel man. Mr.. Franz Neumiller, a
most estimable gentleman, who is very
prosperous, runs number of small
hotels on the syndicate or trust prin
ciple, and has participated in the or
ganization of several corporations in
tended to do business for their stock
holders, Mr. Neumiller include d, on
the syndicate or trust principle. Mr..
Neumiller, as some of his friends here
are already saying, ought to know
better-know better for his own good
for under condition of prosperity
of course his own hotels, and his vari
Gus syndi"ated enterprises, are in
way to pay good dividends, which I'M
der the condition of affairs which he
is seeking to bring about, they would
never do. Apparently he does not
realize yet that the hotel keeper, like
the small storekeeper and all of the
various other classes in the commun-
ity which they 1.-THE so-called drum
mers and so-called hotel mem are
seeking to protect, will make money
only when there is money in circula
tion, and that money is in circulation
when the people are employed at good
wages. Then, for instance, if they
cannot all stay at the highest priced
hotel in Mr. Neumiller's syndicate,
they can at least patronize one of the
lower priced ones, and the highest
priced one, too, will be patronized
more literally than it could possibly
be under a condition of adversely and
panic; for then those who have in
comes or large salaries would find their
resources greatly reduced, if not en-
tirely cut off.
However, these would-be political
economists deserve some credit per-
ha ps for seeking, even in the hard
school of experience, to acquire some
information.
Mr. Cookers observations upon the
wisdom of changing the ratio of silver
and gold every four years at least,
asking why not leave such trifling
matter to the infinite wisdom of con-
gress, still remains as the choice
humor of the campaign. Yet his lat
est proposition, encouraging young
men to go into politics with him, is
a close second. His exact idea, though
not made clear in the spoken words of
the Tammany potentate is probably
the finest type of political monopoly
ever known in the history of the world
and young men of New York will do
great service in fighting the com
mercial and industrial trusts by stem