The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-08-31
Defeat Predicted BY Those
Onto the Situation.
PRIMARIES WILL TELL STORY
Hun dreds Of Vote Are Fastening to
Get Aboard The Gilbert Guttersen
Band Wagon.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
That Gilbert Guttersen is far in the
lead for the republican nomination for
congress i'm this district is clearly mani
fest to all observers OF the trend OF
events during the past two weeks. MIR.
Guttersen by his open and frank methods
of conducting his campaign; by his clean
and manly way of stating every propo-
sition and by his genial and cordial per-
sonality is winning his way into the
confidence and goodwill of the people of
the second district.
Without indulging in any PERSONAL
ties, Mr.. Guttersen and his managers
have been advising the people of the
exact situation and giving the exact facts
relative to the record of Mr.. McCleary
since he has been member of congress
from the district.
Two years ago Mr. McCleary in his
campaign assured the good people of this
district, that if again returned to con-
gress he would be named as the chair
man of the most important committee
in the house of representatives-tha
of chairman of the committee on APP
preparations. BY all precedent, tradi-
ton and usage McCleary, had he been
considered as competent and able to
fill this position, should have been APP
pointed. And the speaker of the house
took another Minnesota member, from
another committee and placed him at the
head of the appropriations committee.
There is no other such an instance re-
corded in the annals of congress.
Mr.. McCleary was transferred to the
ways and means committee. What has
he done there? He introduced two bills
aimed directly at the commercial well
fare of both the United States and Ger
many. in which the present tariff rates
would be increased twenty-five percent
in retaliation of any increase of the
German schedules.
The bills were never considered. And
while Mr.. McCleary was framing them
Secretary of State Root and the Ger
man Embassy at Washington succeed
ed in completing temporary negotiations
between the two nations postponing any
commercial difficulties for six months.
The McCleary policy of raising the tar
if was turned down by the national adj
ministratiOn. His attitude in keeping
ha oriH .sx.n
lection to large corporate interests which
do not need it, has met with the disap-
prevail of the republicans of Minnesota
in convention assembled, when it de-
clared for tariff revision at the hands
of the republican party. His position is
ont sustained, Endorsed or approved by
the other members of the Minnesota del
egation in congress.
On all of the great measures enacted
by the congress at the last session in
Guiding the railroad rate bill and the
pure food bill Mr.. AIcCleary remained
silent simply voting for them when he
happened to be in the house. He did
not originate anything that passed con-
gress the last session, or in any other
session of national scope and breadth
He made an abject failure as member
of the committee on banking and cur
rency, as has been shown by the news
papers of this district, when they print
ed from the official records, that Me-
Cleary was forced to withdraw the bill
which he reported, and that he then re-
tired from that committee in anything
but an enviable light.
As a member of the appropriations
committee, his efforts were confined to
securing large appropriation for the city
of Washington as has been shown from
the records.
There are now in this district several
men whose names are on the payroll of
the District of Columbia, having been
appointed by McCleary. They have come
out from Washington to work for him,
and attention will be given to them
later on.
All of these facts and many more
which will prove that Mr.. McCleary is
no longer in touch with the sentiment of
this district, have turned the tide in
Gilbert Guttersen's favor and his sue
cess at the primaries seems positively as
sured