New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-01-27

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ers 50 completely. so wofully, so unpar-
donably sold outp
1t may not have been the first time
/ thag TIE farmers have been .sold OUT
! by the Bacon-cipber gentleman, Will
| it be the last time? Minneapolis Tri-
bune.
| The influence of Grover Cleveland,
| Frances and Miss Ruth is evidently on
the decline. David B. Hill. single
| handed and alone is the ex-president's
unlucky star, whom not even twins, it
seems, could overcome.
The St. Peter Herald strikes it about
right when it says that Blaine's i'll health
will not Kill him for several years, but
that if it doesn't let up it may prove fa-
tai to Harrison's. The majority of Re-
| publicans have nothing to say against
the trustworthiness and prudence of Mr..
Harrison's administration but they do
dislike these constant utterances by his
friends regarding Blaine's health.
All of a sudden there has grown up a.
desire all over the country that senator's
should be elected BY popular vote. This
is not exactly bad ism, but one thing
should be remembered before making
change, and THAI is that the power to
elect good men is with the people now
in all probability To as great an extent
as if the election was direct. Under the
present method the only trouble is with
the people themselves, who fail to send
honest men to theslegislatures.
When the historian comes to write up
the list of schemers of this great nation
of aUlrs;s. he will not forget to mem
tion as that of one of the finest, shrewdest
and boldest, the name of David B, Hill.
A man who can be governor of a great
state, senator, speaker of the national
house with power to appoint all the
committees, dictator of the National
Democratic committee and principal
stockholder in the Democracy Of the
land, is of a surety a prince of political
jugglers.
Because a man happens to feel a lit
tie indisposed after eating hearty
meal is no reason why the newspaper
correspondents should rush to the tele-
graph Offices with long communica-
tions setting forth in startling language
the precarious condition of the coun-
try's greatest statesman. Blame may
be troubled with dyspepsia now and
then, but what If he is and who ism t? It
isn't preventing him from giving the
state department a fearless and credita-
BILE administration.
Considerable misunderstanding exists
concerning the rules governing village
elections IN Minnesota. In some places
they are conducted under the Austria
although there were number of off,
GERS who were. elected under the law.
Attorney General Clapp was asked re-
lative to this matter and made the fol-
lowing statement which may be taken
as final: 'An impression seems to pre-
vail that that the so-called Australian
election law, passed at the last session
of the legislature, applies to. the
election of village township and school
district officers. This is false impress
sion as the law does not apply to the
election of any of said officers
Representative Lind has introduced
his bill Of the late session to repeal the
act making the grant Of; lands to the
State of Minnesota to aid in the i'm
provement Of the navigation of the Miss
issippi river. This grant was made in
1868 and consisted Of 100000 acres of
land, which was to be used to improve
the river between St. Paul and Mime
apolis. 1t was intended for the con-
struetion of locks and dams midway
between the cities, which the general
government engineers have said is the
only practicable way of making the
improvement Of the river between those
cities. There has been some question
as to whether the grant has not lapsed
because nothing has ever been done in
regard to it, and the lands for the pur-
pose have never been selected, and no
company, organized to actively engage
in the operation of Improvement, has
applied for the lands, This bill failed
in the last congress but Mr.. Lind
hopes to put it through at this session.
He has had it referred to the committee
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