The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-23
From Thursdays Daily.
GOLDEN RULE" REPEATED.

GOLDEN RULE" REPEATED.
Dollars and Dimes;
Dollars and Dimes;
ITO be without money is worst of
crimes.
ITO keep all you get and get all you
can
rs the first and the last and the
whole duty of man."
r. F. Pettigrew, Sioux Falls demo-
cratic nominee for the United States
senate from South Dakota, repeated
w. T. Stead's golden rule" at the
Merchants yesterday when asked for
an opinion of Bryan, says The ST.
Paul Dispatch. He said Bryan has
exchanged the Biblical golden rule
for the more modern version, and
from an honest man in 1896, he has
become the exploiter of democracy,
piling up dollars and dimes on the
strength of divided democracy"
Bryan in the SuIIivan-Murphy Glass.
declared Pettigrew, lis in the asme
class with Roger Sullivan, Charles
Murphy and T. F.. Ryan. Bryan ex-
ploits the American people through
the democratic party; Sullivan ex-
ploits them through gas franchise
and Murphy through a street car
franchise There are two Bryans-
Bryan of 1896, the honest Bryan, the
poor Bryan, the Great Commoner,
and Bryan of 1912, the rich man
backing Woodrow Wilson, the reac-
tionary, the candidate for presidency
of the money trust"
Pettigrew Bitter Since Convention.
Since Pettigrew's delegation, in
structed for Clark, was thrown out
of the Baltimore convention and the
Wilson delegates seated, the former
United States senator has been bit
ter in his denunciation of Bryan and
Wilson. Pettigrew before the con-
Vention was one of Bryan's closest
friends. After the democratic con-
vention, he visited Roosevelt at Oys-
ter Bay and the reports have been
current since that he will support
the third party movement in South
Dakota.
PSI Won't Support Wilson.
"One thing is certain" said Mr.
Pettigrew, 81 will not support Wood
row Wilson. He is not a progressive
and his nomination was the result of
a union of Bryan with Murphy, Ry-
an and the rest of the reactionaries.
For the last six years | have been
working to secure the formation of
a third party. When the Payne-Ald-
rich tariff measure was first propos
ed, l tried to get the progressive
democrats and republicans together
into new party. Both the repub-
lican and democratic parties are con-
trolled by the privilege seeking in
terests'
Not Decided to Support Roosevelt.
DO you intend to support Roose-
welt and the third party?" he was
asked.
Il will tell you what | told Roose-
welt when he asked me that ques-
ton. | have not decided, although I
believe the time is opportune for a
new party"
Senator Pettigrew was especially
bitter in his remarks on Bryan. He
declared that Bryan broke his honor
as gentleman" when he bolted the
Clark instructions of Nebraska.
1t Is a Sham Battle.
1T was all planned in advance"
said Mr.. Pettigrew. Bryan wanted
the nomination himself He got one
vote after his statement scoring
Murphy and Ryan. Bryan hoped to
the last that he would be the nomi-
nee of the party. When he found
he could not be, he lined up with
the leaders he pretended to fight 1t
was sham from the first.
Bryan has grown rich by exploit
ing the democratic party. He thrives
on divided democracy. Bryan has
used the democratic party to line
his own purse. He has 100000
sailed away in government bonds
and is now piling up a fortune at
the rate of $4,000 year, by using
the democratic party as an advertis.
ing adjunct"
Mr.. Pettigrew said he would de-
eide whether to line up with the
third party in South Dakota after he
returned from Chicago. He predict
ed that Roosevelt would carry South
Dakota.