The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-02-02
His Latest Speech in the Con-
gress Starts Something.
WANT HIM TO RUN FOR Gov
Letters Pour in On Him From Mime
sofa People; Is Well Liked BY
Speaker Cannon.

Since J. Adam Bede made his witty
tive-minute speech i'll the house of rep
resentatives OH the statehood bill, he
has received many letters and kilograms
from different parts of the country.
complimenting him on mis- reference to
the New York senators and his illusions
TO the eastern corporate interest general
ly, says the Washington correspondent of
The st. Paul Dispatch.
These letters and kilograms are not
confined to Minnesota, but those which
do come from the state, and especially
the district he represents, are urging
Congressman Bede to allow his friends to
go to work and perfect an organization
in his behalf for governor.
The fact that Mr.. Bede was and still
is an 'insurgent" to the point of voting
against the statehood bill, thus assert
ing his independence of spirit and pur-
pose will, it is claimed, be much more
to his political gain than it will be to
his detriment in the future.
The Pine City congressman will not
talk, even so much as to crack Joke
about his boom for the republican nomi-
nation for governor.
The most that he will say is that he
is willing and ready to go before the
people of his district and stand by the
vote he gave against the old line leader
ship of the house.
Bede is a personal friend of Speaker
Cannon, and today Cannon has as much
respect for the man who voted his hon
est and sincere convictions as he has
ty organization voted against what he
believed to be tie best thing.
Speaker Cannon was in the fight the
same as any politician. He was carrying
out hard and fast program, and he did
his work mighty well. He brought
James A. Tawney into line, after the
Winona representative had been the open
and bold champion of anti-dOuble state
hood.
1t was something unique even for the
house of representatives to listen to the
chairman of the committee on appropria-
tions making confession and frankly
apowing that no man i'm the house was 4
firmer believer in the anti-statehOod
proposition than he, but, at the same
time, admitting that he must 60 with
the Organization"
Mr.. Tawney has been and still is con-
sidered to be a rising man in congress,
but it would have been much better for
his political future had he remained sill
whipped the insurgents, for public SEN
timent to very great extent is with the
insurgents. There is growing DISPOSE
ton, since the election i'm November last,
on the part of the people to rise up and
swire organizations and bosses and the
men who take large fees from insurance
companies and exact palitical contribu-
tions from corporations for campaign
purposes.
And that is why ]. Adam Bede's al
fusion to the New York senator's, as the
men who the people are trying to forget,
meets with such strong response from
the country at large.
While within the Minnesota delegation
one hears more talk concerning jacobson
and Block and Lord and Cole, the peo-
pie who come down to Washington fresh
from Minnesota, whenever Bede's name
is mentioned in connection with the gov
ernorship. are united i'm the opinion that
if nominated he would sweep the state.