The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-04

under the present tariff. When the
people of this district ask for revis-
ion, our congressman says we will revise
upward.
Mr. Jones gave some big figures to
show, as he said, that the tariff and the
trusts are robbing the people. James
Trust McCleary says if you can't stand
pat, then revise the tariff upward.
John d. Rockefeller furnished the funds
that elected the congressman who made
the tariff schedules that made Mr..
Rockefeller his fortune.
Mr.. Jones gave prices OF certain ma
chinery used on farms, to show that
they can be bought cheaper in Europe
than in this congressional district. The
protected institutions are not located
in this district, and Congressman Me-
Cleary's activities are for other parts
of the country and he no longer repre-
sents the people of the second district.
Are you going to stand for this? Have
you the courage, the independence, the
spirit of freedom that your forefathers
had when they demanded that there
should be no taxation without represen-
the trusts, and said it was up to the
people here to declare whether the dis
trict should hereafter be free from trusts
and trust representation.
+. G. Winston, candidate for lieutenant
governor, was next introduced by Mr..
Andrews, who said that he was man
of action, who had constructed more rail
WAYS than James J. Hill and j. p.
Morgan combined, but that he was not
one who held the watered stock and
bonds of these roads and became their
owner.
Mr.. Winston opened by charging the re-
publican party and its candidate for
governor, who stole the nomination in
Minneapolis, with starting campaign
Oh dSdilSl JHc utIHOSldtiS Ntii
didate for governor. The voters should
vote for the interests of the state and
not for those of mere party advantage.
Mr.. Winston said that he had not So
licited the nomination, but he would say
that if elected he would owe no obli
CATION to any special interests in this
state. He knew that it would take re-
publican votes to elect him. Every re-
publican on the ticket who is con-
Quoting mud singing campaign should
be defeated.
| Mr.. Andrews introduced Hon. John A.
johnson of ST. Peter, candidate for gov
ternor. He said that Mr.. Johnson's great
teacher had been necessity, and that he
had wrought through poverty, on the
anvil of opportunity, name and place
familiar to every man, woman and child
lin the state. He comes to us in his man.
hood, the splendid representative of the
brain and conscience of the state. With
him had come the mayor and city coun-
ell of ST. Peter, who had learned to love
and honor him, yet they need not have
come to Mankato to endorse him, for
known his every act from childhood to
manhood.
The applause was prolonged and deaf
ening when Mr.. Johnson arose, and it
was fully a minute before he could gain
the attention of the audience. He said
that they had seen the sunny side of
politics, and even if the gloom is met
next week the sight of this splendid All;
dience would be compensation enough
This was the house of his friends, many
of whom he had known for forty
years, and it hardly seemed fitting
place to talk politics, but he had a
little story to tell, which he promised
would be brief If the nomination had
meant that he was to descend into low
politics and quarrels he would not have
been here tonight. In the social and re-
ligious world there are no quarrels over
religion. Why should there not be the
same pleasant feeling in politics? Par
ties should be considered the vehicles OF
political thought, and where they have
outlived their usefulness they should
be discarded. Mr. Johnson said that
he was believer in woman suffrage
but he was not here to speak for it
He thought that it would purify poll
tics if the women could vote.
Mr.. Johnson said that this was the
best audience that he had yet appeared
before in any part of the state, yet he
: did not believe that there were twenty
five persons present who had studied the
J republican and democratic national plat
forms. Why then this allegiance to
party name? The people are urged tt
vote the ticket straight. Mr.. johnson
quoted w. III. Eustis in a recent speech
Unlike Mr.. Eustis, the speaker said hi
would rather vote the republican ticke
G and know he was right than vote tn,
e democratic ticket and know he wa.
4 wrong He was proud of the honor o
the nomination given him by the demo
cratic party, and he was also proud o
l the thousands of republicans who ar