New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-07-19

hardships for the sake of keeping up the
little band of lovers of freedom of
thought and political position. Com
pare their purpose with your purpose,
and then ask yourselves if you have as
much right to rule the institutions which
! their money, when money was scarce and
times were hard, built up. Don't look
at 1t from money standard alone. Think
of what they have done in the past. Con-
| slider how much they sacrificed and then
how much you new corners would be
apt to render along the same lines. Mind
you it is not question of money and
influence over votes, but a question of
right and honor. They cared for our in
stitutions when you paid no attention to
them. They have been steadfast in their
interest tor thirty years and more, where
as you waited until spite provoked you
to manifest an apparent zeal. Are we
not correct, when he make this assertion?
| Haven't they always acted with self-de-
| NAL and true love for our town and our
schools, taking positions that meant on
ly work and no pay? And didn't you
wait until some one had tread on your
| toes and refused to treat you as nice as
you would like to be treated? We re-
! peat that neither Of you caled snap for
our educational interests until you had
an axe to grind. Neither of you would
have turned your finger in their defense
unless some one of you was to reap the
benefits and the glory.
And do you think that any
of those old citizens whom the Review
has defended would make any such eff
forts as you have done to lay you out
at each succeeding election, if they had
nothing but their own wishes to satisfy
ana their own revsnge to accomplish
We don't think they would, and the past
and present will bear US out. You are
the men who have returned them evil for
good. The Golden Rule knows no resting
place in your makeup. You have treat
ed some of our most estimable citizens,
men, who stand as high above you as
Hyperion above Satyr, you have treat
ed them shamefully, we say, and with
an utter disregard of fairness or gratitude
You have come into the town which thev
built up with hard work, and with the
fifty gold dollars which you have piled
up through the very fact that their ener-
gies made it a healthy and prosperous
community, you expect to command
dignity and Importance enough to claim
the best seat at the table and ask for all
in sight. The veterans can be satisfied with
the crumbs which you left fall from your
plates. You may think it all right In
your eyes you may be entitled to the
earth because certain class of people
believe all you say, but intelligence and
respect for the rights of all will bring
every man to the conclusion that YOU
are acting contemptibly. Why just think
Of it! When men like Webber. Boesch.
Hummel, Behnke, Pfenninger, Lind, Burg
Ptaender. Scherer, Wagner, Weschcke
and host of others who have always
been prominent ia our local affairs arc
no longer given voice in public, pro-
ceedings, but new men, whom the peo-
pie do not half know, are to have COM
plete sway over all, so that whenever
anything is to be done we must quietly
wait for information from these pinks of
perfection and walk in like good bows
and lay down our bundles. What do the
people think of it? Are Silverson and
Strickler such sweet creatures that everv-
body wants TO huddle near to their bosoms
and forget the work that has been done
for the town in the past by men who arc
still with us and who are entitled now,
more than ever, to- our thanks and recog-
nitioH? Well seven hundred of them
don't and if we s.re not badly mistaken
there will be more as time rolls on
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+ If by the aid of any witch of Endor
some of our old settlers. who no longer
know anything of the troubles of this
world. could be beguiled from the New
Jerusalem to listen to our friend Silver
son harangueing upon the wickedness of
some of their old companions, they
would return heavenward in paralysis
of amazement upon learning to what
depths of degradation their old friends
have fallen. Or if they had been pres
ent at the Union Hall meeting on We'd
nesday night, they would have been
startled beyond understanding to see