The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-29
splendid opportunities to the man who
is seeking all those things which make
life worth the living.

splendid opportunities to the man who
is seeking all those things which make
life worth the living.
That Franklin +. Ellsworth, candi-
date for the republican nomination for
congress, stands. well at home, is evil
denced by the organization of a club
which carries his name, and the pur-
pose of which is to give his candidacy
substantial and enthusiastic support.
The most prominent republicans in
st. James are identified with the club,
and they have signified a. willingness to
devote considerable time to the promo
ton of their neighbor's candidacy in
the district, all of which augurs well
for Mr.. Ellsworth.
The republicans of st. James
nave implicit confidence in Mr..
Ellsworth. He has lived among them
all his life and they have yet to dis
cover flaw in his private life or a
damaging circumstance in his public
career. He is a gentleman of unfinch-
ing devotion to principle, has the cour-
age of his convictions, and believes in
the square DEAL
One of the best testimonials any man
can present to the public is that which
has been formulated by his neighbors.
Mr.. Ellsworth is to be congratulated
for having in his possession this kind
of recommendation
The city of Trenton, n. j., is doing
a good thing for it's boys. 1t has
furnished park, laid off a number
of baseball diamonds on it, organized
league, and supervises contests from
the beginning to the end of the season.
Upward of a thousand boys are en-
rolled, and the games are holly con-
tested, but there are always present
several persons with authority to pre-
serve order and teach good nature. Not
only has the plan worked we'll for the
boys during the past two years, but
the contests attract good many par
ents to the park. The Newark News
says that Trenton has found this the
best method of dealing with the ques-
ton of what shall be done to keep
boys off the streets.
The Christian Unity Foundation is
the title of a new organization incor-
porated in New York for the purpose
of bringing about the organic union of
the Christians of the world, Protestant
as well as Catholic. The iucorpOra tor.
are twentyfour American Episcopa-
lians. half clergymen and half laymen.
the former being bishops and the latter
representing various callings in different
parts of the country. The scheme is
patterned after the Sage Foundation
and one of the laymen is General Agent
Glenn of that body. George Gordon
King is the treasurer and a large fund
is to be raised. The plan OF work will
be conference among leaders rather
than a general propaganda. This makes
the second American movement toward
Christian unity, the other being the
Federal Coucil, to which all bodies ex-
cept the Catholic are represented
Bernard y. Baker, president of the
National Conservation congress, informs
an interested public, that the congress
which is to be held in st. Paul during
the month of September will not be
the incubator for partisan politics, nor
will it be the battle ground for lot
of fellows who are now prancing around
with chips on their shoulders. We are
pleased TO have this statement from
the official head of the congress. but
we still have our fears that all will
not be as lovely as a quilting bee after
the congress is fairly under way. We
nave a lurking suspicion that there will
be several gentlemen present whose
minds must be cleared and their pent-
up feelings vented regardless of the
rules and regulations in the premises.
Thirty million dollars are said TO
represent the gross earnings OF Sears
Roebuck, the Chicago catalogue house,
for the last year. Most of that sum
has been raised from the rural dis
tricts of the northwest, passing by the
local merchants who should have been
given the patronage.