The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-15

told of the 1908 election when the
tariff was an issue and of the no
torious Payne Aldrich" bill, which
became a Jaw. E-.
Immediately following this act,
the storm of protest became so VIC
lent that Mr.. Taft, then president,
thought it best to make a swing
around the circle and to explain to
the public why he had permitted
such a bill to become a law" She
said he frankly admitted he could
make no defense of certain sections
or the law" and that he accepted
1t only because he believed it was
the best he could get from his party.
In the congressional election of
1910, she added, democrats won an
overwhelming victory in the lower
house. Proposed changes in the law
were vetoed by President Taft, she
said, and in the pre- election strug-
gle of 1912, the republican party
split and the progressive party was
formed, the latter calling for a
downward revision of the tariff,
Promising a revision of the tariff
bill, the democrats elected con
gress and president. she continued.
Then she tod of the Underwood
tariff law, which, she said, is the
most scientific and most equitable
tariff law that has been passed since
the Walker Law OF 1886"
Now, the marty in power proposed
to ignore this tariff commission
tcreated under the Underwood Act.
members of which We're selected
experts) and to revise the tariff by
the old predatory interest method.
although the tariff really was not an
issue in the election Of 1920" she
said. Never has there been a more
unsc1entific or a vicious measure of
fered to the American public than
the Fordney tariff bill. as now
amended by the senate"
Given Exorbitsnt Rates
Manufactured articles. especiallv
which the farmers and the working
people have to buy she said, are
given exorbitant rates.
In order to mollifv the feelings
OF the farmers, high tariff on
farm products is offered, although
the very trainers of this bill know
that tariff will have practically
no effect on the prices of farm pro-
ducts" she continued.
Yes. nv friends. this Fordnev
tariff is written in tho interest Of
the eastern manufacturer and
against the interest of the pe1nle It
is for the manufacturer AGAINST the
conumer. and most OF us are custom
ers. 1t has. been estimated that it
will add two billion dollars to the
cots of living in this countrr-."
Mononnlies and subsidies. the
democratic candidate declared. are a
curse. CONGRESS gave a euhsidv to
the railroad under the Esch- Cum
Minis law" she added. They ~ave
to the railroads almost FIVE hnnd-ed
millions OF the peoples moray. The
railroads. which such 2 gift gave
failed to redeem THEW n-omise.
Freight rates shot r1ward and brei-
ness was denressed IN some in
stances actually killed because Of
charges.
"The raiIroad interests. having
Knocked with such success at the
door Of congress. the shiprinp in
terests now knock and demand a
subsidy from orr government"
Respects To Newberryism
Stating that the tradition of the
offire of United States senator is a
great and honored one. Mrs. Olesen
decried the use of the word trust
buster" in Senator Kellogg's cam
pain six year ago. as an apDeal to
prejudice, in an attemnt of array
ing class against class"
Accepting the challenge. the Clio.
quet woman declared that eff he ev-
er did bust any trust, and hold he
did not, then it was only as a side
issue,for we find that his regular
business has been that of a paid at
torney of the Steel trust. He has
been their distinguished attorney for
over twenty years. The facts are that
his brilliant talent has been used for
the Steel trust, not to bust it,
Reaching the subject of a new
ism" called "Newberryism." she
said. the senator from Michigan adj
mitted the price paid for the senate
seat was s195, 900. She traced the
history of the, case with the sena-
tors conviction in a federal court,
his appeal to the supreme court, his
trial by the senate itself and finally,
the vote on seating him.
The supreme court. on a tech
nicality," she said. held by a divid-
ed vote Of FIVE to four. that the fed
eral statute on elections was no.
constitutional 1t did not say that he
was innocent. They did not press
upon the facts of the case.
He was taken and tried in the
United State senate. 1t was BROUGHT
out on the sworn testimony of 200
very reluctant witnesses. that Mr..
Newberry and his friends had cor
rupted the electorate of Michigan.
Men had sold themselves to him for
various prices"
Traced the Trial
She traced the trial until the vote
was taken as to whether Newberry
should be seated. The roll was call
ed" she narrated. Alabama an
swers. 1t votes against the seating
of Truman H. Newberry and for the
perpetuity of free government. The
names of states are being called and
now it is Minnesota's turn. The jun
ior senator from Minnesota is there,
ready to vote. The eyes of the ma
ton are now on Minnesota. The
junior senator from Minnesota,
Frank B. Kellogg, voted for the
seating of Truman H. Newberry and
he has cast your vote and mine. as
our boys at Belleau, Wood at Cha
against the perpetuity of free gov
eminent"
Dangerous to the perpetuity OF
free government! was on the lips of
our bows at aBelleau Wood at Cha
teau Thierry and the Argonne, and
they gave their lives that the enemy
of freedom should not pass. Danger
GUS to the perpetuity of free gov
eminent was what they said in the