New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-05-20

religious school is the first and the last.
| While the children have no time to at
tend thespubllc schools, they flock to
| the parochial institutions in storm as
well as in sunshine.
While they don't know anything of
the history of their own country they are
thoroughly familiar with the history of
the Jews. They have no knowledge of
the great men OF their own land but can
tell you everything about Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. The Declaration of
Independence, the constitution and the
laws of America are like a sealed book
to them, but they have the laws of the
Israelites at their fingers ends.
That's the parochial way Of making
good citizens.
Nothing is more abhorrent to the
priest than secret societies.
In town south of New Ulm there
was started some time ago Good Temp
lar Lodge. According to the constitu-
ton of the church no member of the
congregation could have been lodge
member. This injunction, however,
must have been looked upon as a dead
letter, because many of the church men,
bers have been Workmen and Woodmen
for years.
| These orders could he suffered, but the
Good Tempiars must perish. And the
argument! How shocking! God crea-
ted intoxicating drinks and he desired,
of course, that they should be used. The
Good Templars think themselves wiser
than God, destroy his work and there
fore put themselves above him! Be-
sides! Jesus had no secrecies. Let us draw
the conclusions. Ii a priest find a very lit
tie, but unpleasant, boarder ln'|.gcdi in his
clothes, he not only IN wrath Uses SEN
tence of death upon the animal but pro-
reeds to execute it. Should he not, there
fore, be discharged2 God created it,
and everybody, who destroys it, puts
himself above God and shows that he is
not in possession Of the humble spirit
which should characterize a devout min
lister of God. Or if minister refuses to
go forth into the highways and publish
everything that occurs within the bosom
of his family, he is practising secrecy
aud is far from being worthy disciple
of his candid master.
We have now reached the height of
the ridiculous. and can only conclude as
Col. Ingersoll does il his last lecture,
"Let us pray"
| Altar the constitution of the church.
or, like the Greeks, let the law sleep,
but by all means let the Good Templars
alone.
The new railroad is expected with anx-
iety. Nobody knows from whence it is
to come and whittier it is to go. There
are vague rumors circulating-maybe
the road will be built, maybe not.
Suppose some nice day that it should
be built. The surveyors and the apprai-
sers will then come around, take the
land at their own price, and in d short
while the locomotive whistle will an
nounee the presence of a new corpora
tion. The whole move is matter of
competition and for that reason is kept
absolutely secret.
| Now suppose that the management of
the railroads was in the hands Of the 90
vernment. There would be one or sever
al motions made in the legislature for
the building of a new road; the repre-
sentatives of the people would explain
the matter; the papers and the people
would express their opinions; the DIFF
ferent proposed lines would be illustra-
ted and explained; and finally, when the
majority of the representative had agreed
upon the advantages of certain line,
the means would be appropriated and
the desired road built. There would be
no secret about it; everybody would
know all the details long time in ad-
vance; there would be no competition; {;
no running down Of one line by another
and there would result no multi -millio-
naires. The road would be for the bene-
fit of the people and not for the enor-
nous benefit of the road.
That's where the difference comes in.
OF course, this is an idea of those cow
|hide-booted popullsts, but if It is good
one, it makes nc difference who con-
ceived it.
The coming election will certainly be
awaited with unusual interest. It's fast
dawning upon the country population
that something must he done. We have
had Republican and Democratic admin
istra'ions, high tariff and low tariff, but
prices have always gone down, times
have grown worse and why shouldn't we
give the Populists a chance. One thing
lssure-.it cannot become much worse
than it is. *.... 50. =
| The author, Kielland. has said IN re-