New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-10-05

/ Its action; and these are the things that
we as citizens, ought to speak Of, honest
| " and intelligently and not with uncer-
tain terms.
Now, it's plain enough that the best
of men and with the best of intentions
may make mistakes; We see that In our
daily observation n and it occurs every
! day and every year of our lives; men
start out with the very best of pur-
pose and intentions, and yet, when they
have applied their principles, it engulfs
them in ruin and they are compelled to
pursue a modification of their former
course. Yet there are men, with more
intelligence but using the same princi-
pies, who can compete successfully with
the trials. of life.
This business, this political party bus
iness, is a business Just as true as the
renting of a farm, the running Of a store
or factory, and every American citizen
ought to get good and fair idea Of
that business in order that he may ans
wer honestly and fearlessly discharge.
the duties of citizenship, and if he does
that honestly and fearlessly, very we'll;
but if he does not do so, think he has
wrong regard Of these duties | am not
going to find fault with him, no. It seems
to me, my fellow citizens, that this needs
40 man learned in the sciences, laws or
arts. If you will but look squarely and
unbiasedly into the situation Of this
country to- day, its past history as de-
tailed here, you will not believe, upon
laying aside the bias and prejudice of
any party and holding survey Of all
things around, that the republican party
in its stewardship of this government has
been true to every principle of the peo-
pie so far as it could and has elevated
the people up, year by year, to higher
sphere, has lifted and put them upon a
higher plain. (Applause) Iwant to talk
about thtt more particularly, that grand
sentiment of Key, that ennobling song
OF the "Star spangled Banner that
marked the time when for the last time
an hostile army triedto land on the soil
of the United States. We have got rid
of the hostile armies, we have not had
any since and TRUST to God we never
Wil.A4Ihe strifca~@fseIs independence
records the names Of men who have
grown old and gray, yes, prematurely
old and gray IL the defense Of that flag,
men whose deeds we can never forget
but we don't want any more. God grant
that this nation of ours rest in peace for
years and ages. (Applause,)
But we want to agree and seek togetll-
er the national prosperity while we wage
this business war, if we have any inten-
tions of getting ahead, and to do that I
don't believe in doing what Others want
us to, but to do ourselves what we ought
to do, to look out for No. One. Take
care of ourselves; that is the republican
idea. Cheers and applause) The dem
ocratic party it seems to me, unwittingly
I hope it is and I am willing to concede
as much, has for years been in favor of
every proposition which would give
Great Britain the commercial supremacy
of the Earth, and the history of this is
found as far back as the Revolution and
the war of-1S12.
Now, have got nothing againstGreat
Britain, | speak of Great Britain
because she is ideally the Democratic
Mecca of the world; her principles of
government and her tis cal policy are the
very ideas that the democratic party of
America believes in. We don't; the re-
publicans never have; and 1 tell you how
it seems to me this thought has grown
up in the Democratic party of the United
States. The democratic party Of New
Ulm, Of Brown County, of Minnesota, of
Illinois, of Iowa, of Indiana and of the
Dakotas, is not the democratic party of
the United States, it never has been, it
never will be, for I hope that when it has
grown a little wiser, we will not be far,
not very far apart in these great ques-
tions of government and we will go to-
gether and work together in the upbuild-
ing of this nation of ours. There is a
dominant part Of the democratic party
which controls every meeting, every eau
Gus and convention, in a sense makes the
platforms and shapes its policy as a ma
tional party and of which you of the
north here don't know much about, and
that is the southern wing. They have
been raised undera different influence