New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-10-28

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this country whose sympatlies are it'll
the oppressed; mil lionaires Who are nm
cere Socialists and friends Of reform.
But in the event Of Mex nley's electionit
viii be hopeless for any rich Amerlcan{to
aspire to the confd ence Of the masses,no
matter how sincere his interest ID their
welfare. The plutocrats themselves hsve
not q glimmering ofthat sentiment which
Jefferson called 90 decent respect for the
opinion Of the world. g Not only are
they not respected BY the masses, but
they do not want (, be respected BY the
masses. The plutocrats seem to be some
what ashamed of their country, 50 far as
they may be said to have any feeling for
it at all. The masses, on thu: other hand.
look upon great American fortunes as
the result of successful crime. This feel
ing may be justified or it may not, but
it has to be taken into account in form
ling any estimate Of the altogether unpre-
cedented campaign now raging.
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| It is often declared that we are very
i conservative nation. 1t IS true. The a.
buses we tolerate proclaim the fact. But
in some respects we are not conservative.
It is not conservative in us to tolerate
the individualistic monopolies, the pow
erful corporations, the tremendous aggre-
cations of money. They are revolutions
ary. Here is where the conservative IN
stinct of our people is bound to assert
itself. We will restore the government
to its form prior to the growth of those
capitalistic imperia in imperio which
have superseded it. Mr.. Bryan has been
celebrating these things in West Virgin
ia and Ohio speeches last week. AS he
conclusively shows, we are gradually
ceasiDg to live under the Constitution of
the United States. We are living under
corporation government. Only half
educated person will deny that the Presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad has
more power in the Keystone State than
the governor elected by the people. The
men who denounce Mr.. Bryan for utter
ing such things as these know very we'll
that Mr.. Bryan speaks the truth. Be-
cause he speaks the truth, the Hanna
syndicate is forced to spend a million
dollars week in its effort to elect Nc
Kinley.
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The very best evidence Of the trans
cendent ability of Mr.Bryan is the trou-
BILE he Is giving the plutocracy. When
Mckinley was nominated the associated
trusts and millionaires anticipated walk
over. They fully expected to sweep the
country. Nobody dreamed that COM
partively unknown young man was to e.
merge from the West, rouse the masses
to battle and sweep the land like whirl-
wind. The plutocrats were awakened
from their dreams. They became so
panic stricken that they fastened to pour
fabulous sums out where they had count
ed en- expanding few thousands. One
bank gave $4,000. A millionaire con-
tributes 100000. A single state raises
100000. Surely,i if these huge amounts
are necessary to fight Mr.. Bryan,he must
be an antagonist of no ordinary kind.
The plutocrats could pay him no more
fattering compliment than the tremen-
dous exertions and the hundreds upon
hundreds of thousands of dollars they
deem necessary to defeat him. We do
not bring heavy artillery to bear upon
pig sites. Mr.. Bryan is the inspiration
and the life Of his cause. He has attained,
during these fierce weeks of fighting, a
hold upon the affections and esteem of
the people altogether unparalleled in
our politics for more than generation.
In comparison with him Mr.. Mckinley is
positively an object of pity.-Twentieth
Century.
Al 1t Again. -
The Penny Press has repeatedly warned
its readers that during the last days of
the campaign the gold papers would be
full of cock-and-bul stories about the
danger to the credit Of this state in the
election of John Lind US governor. Those
predictions are now being fulfilled. The
howl is being spread over this state by
the Minneapolis Journal and other gold
organs, that the election of Mr.. Lind
would mean the withdrawal of all East