New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-09-30


best qualities, Of the race from which he
has sprung, and the lnfusions which have
come from inter-marriage and intimate
associations. But like chemical elements
IN themselves harmless, when cont ined,
the solution is dangerous. In Europe
the masses are content to have their
thinking done for them BY men whose
business It is to think by statesmen, By
writer's, by professors, learned in their
arts and sciences; ii America every man
lis his own political economist and imam
cier, and. every man considers himself
competent to grapple with problems
which have staggered the greatest minds.
Understanding these things, appreclat-5
| ing the conditions, it is perhaps compre-
hensible Why from one end Of the coun-
try to the other there exists demand for
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver
at the ratio Of 16 to i. Farmers with a
mortgage on their farms and no means
of satisfying them, workingmen who
have felt the pangs Of hunger and seen
their families die under their eyes for
want of food, are in no mood to con-
slider scientific subject with the logical
minds of phlegmatic academlcians. They
can grasp the broad, general result as
they see it, or rather, as they would wish,
it to he, but the fine details are lost to
them. I should say, it will not do to
call these men dishonest or revolution
lists. They are not. They are the crea-
lures of circumstances. The majority of
them are strictly honest. upright and
moral. They see no dishonesty IN pay
ing obligations in deprecated curren.
cy. According to their perverted way
of thinking, they are forced into making
contracts which give an undue advan-
tage to the creditor. Now it is ques-
ton whether they OF their creditors are
to be crushed. The instinct for man to
look out for himself is inherent. These
men say they are simply following the
memorable law Ct nature and giving their
creditors dose Of their own medicine.
If silver is triumphant we know what
Will happen. Or, at any rate, unless all
orr theories are at fault, there will be
widespread distress and commercial dis
order. If the silver mep are beaten it is
difficult to foresee what Will follow, but
I fear that an even mora dangerous state
of affairs will result.
What the outcome Will be no man can
predict. I have seem too much of A
meriean politics to- make any rash guess
three months before clectEen. # the e.
lection we've to taAe place q week hence
I would know very we'll what would
happea. Bryan would be elected with
out the shadow os doubt- have re-
Gently travelled extensively throughout
the wes5,and south IN the very hot-bed Of
silver, and I know bow intense the septi-
ment 10 there. The east, of eoursey is for
sound money, but tbs east cannnot decide
the election without aid of WESTERN votes,
and the west today is almost a unit for
free silver Heroic efforts are being
made by. the Republicans tes stem the
current but many OF the things they are
doing eve re-acting Gil them. The repub-
licans have all the money they need at
their command, and they have the sup
port Of the banks, The railroads., the in
surance companies and, other great cor
porations. The democrats find it very
difficult to raise money enough for legi-
innate campaign expenses,b but the know
ledge that the money classes are oD the
side OF the gold standard is only tending
to solidify the silver ranks> and make
them fight more desperately than ever.
The west is heavily indebted to the east.
| Eastern banks and loan associations have
notified their western debtors that they
must not expect to be granted an extern
sion of their loans, ami the natural an
tagonlsm which exists between the west
and the east has been intensified by this
action, and has increased the sectional
feeling which the money question has
developed. The west has all the feeling
| for the east that man has for the &C
commodating friend who discounts his
little bill, and makes HIM pay dearly for
the privilege. It is no secret that the
east is putting the screws on the silver
south and west.
! I must caution your readers not 10
bank too heavily on the cable news which
| will be published during the next few
months regarding the progress Of the
campaign, or to take it for granted tLat
tho Pa !, q