The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-11-04

most sacred rights, were awakened to
the abuses rampant throughout the
length and breadth of the land. They
began to discover gigantic monopolies
and trusts operating through secret
agreements for rebates, drawbacks and
n grinding system which had grown
up in the operation of industrial en-
terprises. These were all by system,
they were matters of computation, of
figures, of secret arrangements. They
were star chamber affairs, and the
discovery of them aroused the Ameri-
can people to an appalling condition.
"But after the first CONSERVATION
had worn away, and the people had
gotten into the star chambers and
dragged out the skeletons and tangled
them before a frenzied public, they
sat up and commenced to look around,
and they found that the system had
been cutting the trees, mining their
coal, and pipelining their oil, and COB
bling up their water power rights I'M
der their very noses, and before their
very eyes. This was the unfortunate
condition. a.;
FOLLOWING 1t the fortunate condi-
ton: The interests play both ends.
lake the foxy neighbor, who comes over
to make q visit and be entertained in
the front parlor with the children and
the teddy bear, while his hired man
pilfers a few sticks from the wood.
pile in the back yard. The interests
were setting up sensational DOGGY men
for the people to knock down in the
lime light of the political stage, and
while the people were distracted they
were busy making hay and gathering
in the shekles
Raps the Interests.
"The interests were making the
money, and the people were making a
living. At this stage there came onto
the scene a new leader. The interests
recognized the attributes in this man
carly, and the interests likewise began
laying their wires to entrap this Wig
orous leader of the people. That he
was dangerous there was no question.
lie had roughed it not long before in
the bad lands, and there were western
ers, rough and ready, who were willing
to swear by this champion of the
people, who had given the metropolis
a stirring as police commissioner, and
had dared to anger the spirit of the
Tammany Tiger. This man was an
author, and flirted with men of letters;
he was a soldier, and had dashed up
San Juan Hill and won the admiration
and loyalty of the army and navy /;
he was fighter, and had won his
spurs in the political arena of the
great empire state.
'EIis leadership would have been a
leadership in which the only compact
would have been between himself and
the people, and the interests would
have been a stranger to the agree
ment. Therefore the necessity of DO
litically sidetracking this promised lead
er of the common people, and so at
the republican national convention in
the summer of 1900 the new leader
was nominated, and later election, as
vice president of the United States.
and thereby officially, politically, and
securely sidetracked.
"Ah, my friends, therein lies tale.
The best laid plans of mice and men
may fail, but an ever watchful Provi-
dence, guiding a nation destined of a
divine purpose, is ever alert to rise a;
the crucial period TO the supreme oc-
casion, and at the sacrifice of the
nations honored chief, that price exact
ed for the God given boon, America
was given leader who composed the
scholastic theology of Socrates, the mil
itary genius of Napoleon, and the po-
litical sagacity of Cromwell, Theodore
Roosevelt, American citizen. To Theo-
dore Roosevelt, in my opinion, be-
longs the credit for the estab-
lishment of the principle of conser-
walton of our natural reources and the
widespread spirit prevailing in this
land today for the conservation and
preservation of our free political in
stitutiOns'
Scheme of the Democrats.
Mr.. Ellsworth showed up the in
consistency of the democrats who are
shouting for an independent vote, but
who appoint democrats to office. He
illustrated his point by calling atten-
ton to the conditions which prevailed
eerabouts when republican judge re-
signed from the bench democrat was
appointed to succeed him. Later re-
publican clerk of the court died and a
democrat was named for the place by
a democratic judge. Still later an
assistant clerk was appointed by the
democratic clerk who was given his
office by a democratic judge, the latter
having been elevated to the bench by
a democratic governor. The democrats
are working a she'll game. Prior to
elections YOU see it, but after the votes
are counted and the democrats are in.
you can't find the she'll Mr.. ELS
worth made a strong plea for the re-
publican ticket. He declared that
Mankato and Blue Earth county
should assist in rolling up hundred
thousand. majority for Governor A. O.
Eberhart. This declaration was fol-
lowed by a stupendous outburst of APP
plause. republican legislature does
rot need democratic votes to return
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