The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-08-24
Tears the GrandilOquent
Phrase Of McCieary.
PICKS OUT The WEAK POINTS
| FRoM sAUK CENTER HERALD !

FROM sAUK CENTER HERALD
| In 1861 Robert f. Lee believed that
his first allegiance was to his state.
When Virginia seeded General Lee went
with it. George H. Thomas was also
born in Virginia When Virginia seced-
ed. General Thomas -aflectionately
called Pap Thomas remained loyal to
his country No doubt both men were
honest. But is there any possible doubt
as to which was right?
Congress legislates for the nation, not
for state or IA section. No man ear
and feel and comprehend nationally.
The good of all Includes the good of each
He serves his state best who serves his
country best.
"Protsction" is a national policy, not
sectional scheme 1t must apply TO
Jail American Industries or it ought not
to apply to any Uncle Sam cannot and
should not undertake to play favorites
The poor and the rich the individual
and the corporation, the farm and the
factory-all must be treated in accord
ance with the same principles of fair
ness and equity. From ocean to ocean
and from lakes to the gulfalI must
have the square deal There is no one
so weak that he need fear being dis
eliminated against; there is no one so
powerful that he can compel discrimin-
alton in his favor. This is the policy
for which | have always contended, and
propose to fight it out on this line.
| / am for nationalism against section
alism, for patriotism against sellishness.
stand for the Identical idea for which
the boys III blue contended against the
boys in gray. Under this banner every
true lover of his country can proudly
stand. Sears received III such a battle
are badges of honor. (Which way is
your rifle uointing today James T. Nc
Cleary in Blue Earth Post.
Thus in sonorous syllabication and
grandiloquent phrase the second dis
| trict congressman issues to his consti-
Ituents his manifesto Of "standpattism."
With q fine assumption of political vir
tue he intimates that those who stand
with him are patriots and those opposed
| to him are sectionalsts an dare to be
ranked with those who fought under
Lee and Johnston for the Lost Cause, -
honest but mistaken
| He says: ''Protection is 4 national
policy and not national scheme" That
| this is true goes without saying and
then he adds, ut (protection) must APP
tply to ali industries or it ought not to
apply to any" This is not true and
no one knows that it is not true better
! than the man who uttered it, Protec
tion was never intended to apply to all
industries. We challenge any man to
show from the speeches of the really
great protectionists of this country and
the platforms of every protective party
| since this principle became political
issue to show that protection was in
tended to apply to alp industries The
theory of protection is, and always has
been, that protection is only needed for
| those industries whom it costs more to
produce their commodities here than it
does in the countries that they are pro-
tected against. Again he says: "There
| is none so weak that he need fear being
Disseminated against; there is none so
powerful that he can compel discrimina-
ton in his favor" This statement it
seems to us is the veriest bombast. A
man who proclaims to the citizens of
this nation that there is not now and
| that there has never been any discrim.
mating legislation placed upon the stat
ute books of the nation, insults the in
telligence of the American people, Any
man who asserts that our present tariff
schedules do not discriminate either will
fully misrepresents or is blamed ignor-
amOus. Not only is there a discrmina-
| ton in tariff legislation but in various
other statutes. If there was not our
laws would be perfect, and if they were
perfect there would never be any need
lof any more legislation and all this
trouble of eecting United States sena-
tors, congressman and state legislators
could be dispensed with The idea that
| tariff legislation or legislation of any
kind passed by men is perfect is absol-
utely the most absurd theory that was
ever advanced and how men of sense
will make such claims i. something we
cannot comprehend
Again this standpat Warwick Declares
III stand for the identical idea for which
the boys in blue contended against the
boys in gray" Does he? Jefferson Da-
Wis, General Lee, General Johnston and
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