The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-06

witnesses today. Several of them
testified as to having seen Hall
Green on the Sunday following the
murder of Rugs. One boy, George
Fourier, stated that he was with
young Green, and that Green said
that he had so cents in his cap and
lost it.
Thomas Carroll said that Green
told him on Sunday that the dead
man had lots of money Saturday
night.
From fridays Daily.
United States Senator Moses r.
Clapp made strong plea for the
statewide primary, election of pres
ident by popular vote, the initiative.
referendum and the recall before
a large crowd in attendance at the
Garden City fair, yesterday after
noon. He expressed his pleasure
at the defeat of reciprocity also.
With a vigor that is characteristic
OF the black eagle" he demanded
that the control of the government
be handed back to the people where
it belongs and he dealt out a num-
Der. of blows which landed on the
solar plexus of the special inter-
ests." The capitalistic class, Nor
gan ct al, were seized by the "scuff"
of the neck and dragged back and
forth from one end of the platform
TO the other, and with half-Nel-
son and a toe-hold he succeeded in
putting the octopus to the mat.
much to the delight of the audi
ence.
Senator Was Vigorous.
Senator Clapp has appeared be-
fore Blue Earth county audiences
on previous occasions, but never
has he treated the subject in hand
with such a display of earnestness
and hammer-and-tong fashion as he
did yesterday. He spoke more than
three quarters of an hour. Because
of the rain the senator was invited
by the fair management to deliver
his speech in floral hall. That
building was packed to the doors
and many who could not gain an
entrance stood outside in the rain
and caught the speakers words as
they f1oated out upon the damp at
mosphere. The senator is posses.
sed of a powerful voice and he has
no difficulty in making himself
heard anywhere. His was a politi-
cal speech, and he was not at all
bashful in asking his hearers to
support him in his fight for the
movement that has for its purpose
the nomination of Senator Robert
La Toilette for president, although
Mr.. Clapp did not at any time men,
ton the name of the gentleman
from Wisconsin, either directly or
indirectly.
complmented BY Mr.. champlin.
Hon. E. F. Champlin. was selected
to present Senator Clapp to the
audience. Mr.. Champlin stated that
ever since Senator Clapp had been
selected by the citizens of this
great state, he had placed himself
squarely on the side of the people.
In opening his remarks, Senator
Clapp said that it had been his
privilege to address the citizens of
this county twelve years ago, and
those who had followed the discus.
sion of the problems at that time
would bear him out and would agree
that his prophecies had come true.
I'm the first place wish to con-
graduate you and the people of the
northwest and of the United States
that Canada has rejected the reci-
procity treaty. 1t was like a one
handed jug, and l am glad that the
people fought that bill because it
was radically wrong, said Mr.. Clapp.
Bills Should Originate With People.
when bill comes on the floor
of congress direct from the presi-
dent it was not fair to the people
of this great country because all
bills should originate with the peo-
pie, or direct from their representa-
tives. No two men should advocate
the policy or make the laws that
should govern this or any other
country" he declared.
Mr.. Clapp then went on to say
that he had nothing against the
president of the United States but
that he wanted to stand squarely
with the people on all the questions
of this government.
He thought great deal of the
agricultural resources of this coun-
try and thought that farming, if
properly carried on, added to the
prosperity of the country and that
all other kinds of industries draw
from the resources of the land.
Rural life is the only calling that
does not exhaust the manhood and
womanhood of this nation, and l
am living with the gospel hope that
the rural population will uphold
this government"
Who Should Be Recalled.
There are three great forces at
work in this country: Politics
and the special interests. When
a senator who is at the head of an
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