The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-09-25

TIC 10 dHdiu " speak one way, 10
fear that he will drive the other way
He cannot be for both. If he lis TO
one, he is against the other.
'1n modern industry, the giganti
machines are owned by the CAPT
talists, who don't use them, and ar,
used by men who don't own them
Both are trying to get all they can
the one for his investment, and tn,
other for his labor. If the workers
get all that there is, there will be moth
/ ing left for the capitalists, and the,
will disappear. Bryan didn't dare oper
his mouth when the leaders of tn,
Western Federation of Miners were ar
rested and threatened with death. H,
dared not speak, for he would hav,
condemned the mine owners and turned
capital against him, without which hi
could not be elected. He did not dare
to denounce the Brownsville incident
Four years ago he denounced Altor
Parker as a tool of Wall street
and called man train robber who
is now his chum and ally because
now he wants to get the help of the
capitalist interests. Four years age
he attacked Tammany, but is now hand
in glove with it. Mr.. Debs said, that
he was not attacking Bryan, but tel.
ling the truth about him.
There is no difference between
the democratic and republican parties
Whichever wins, you lose. Their can.
didates will be telling you that the
sweat on your brows is valued higher
by them than the jewels on the coronet
of queen, but they don't decorate
themselves with that kind of jewelry
Make Yourself the Ruling Glass.
''It remains for you to develop your
intelligence and make yourselves the
ruling class and wear the badge of
aristocracy. We have intelligence
enough to know that we lack intelli-
gence. We must educate the laboring
man and make him see. They are re-
spending and focking to the standard
of their class deserving the two old
parties. These parties are far too old.
Some of you are republicans because
your fathers were. In your fathers
day, the party was one of principle,
and did great things, but now it is
the party of Wall street and plutocracy
You have no more business in that
party than Rockefeller has in the
socialist party. If you are demo-
crat, it may be because your grand
father was one. That was yesterday,
and everything has changed since
then but the grandson. Don't permit
yourselves to be governed by the
dead.
eve will not win today or tomor-
row, but don't be afraid of throw
ing your vote away because you vote
the socialist ticket. You vote for free
dom for fear that you wont get it,,
but you vote for slavery because you
have a cinch on it. You don't vote for
bread because you may not get it, but
you will vote for starvation because
you have it. Mr.. Debs touched up
those who stand on the outskirts and
say: you can't win There were those
who did this in 1915, and when the
,nti-slavery fight was on, but these
men have simply served as ferti-
izers, and you cannot recall the name
Of single one of them. They are all
forgotten and sleep in forgotten graves.
Dur movement is spreading over the
world, and in the fullness of time
will sweep Minnesota and make Beecher
More governor. If the working clas-
,es are. true to him as the capitalists
ire to their candidates, he will be cleo
ed. We are going to take possession
IF this country in the name of the
people There will then be abundant
wealth for all. and no poverty. All
will work together in the true spirit of
and this earth will be fit
or human habitation, and we will
,egin the march to the grandest civil.
alton that this weary old world has
yer known"
The Debs party on the train was
made up of the following:
Eugene V. Debs, locomotive fireman,
nd socialist candidate for president;
Theodore Debs, brother of the can.
lidate, and his secretary; Stephen
Is REYNOLDS, Terrie Haute, Ind, lawy-
r and socialist speaker. A. Fl. Floaton,
Denver, socialist speaker, run out of Tel !
uride, Colo., where he conducted a gen.
raj store there, and gave credit to
triking miners; Harry c. Parker,
union cigar maker and
manager of the train; w. w. Buch-
nan, Texas, in charge if literature We
cram of civil war and early abolitionist
gitator; Charles Lapworth, London
epresening British and continental
ewspapers; Otto McFooley, Chicago,
ress representative; Professor Chris
ian Sorenson, Denmark leader of the
ed Special Band, composed of mu-
ans from fifteen states.
At the boundaries of Minnesota the
ational campaign party was joined by
number of candidates for office in
MS state. Among them were the
blowing: Beecher Moore of st. Paul,
,ndidate for governor; A. w. Uhl, st.