New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-09-22

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Of the country. Is there anything that
can tend more to solldify people than
a peoples universal bank, such as this2);
sectionalism among the less intelligent
classes is lessened and the Welding or
fusing Of foreign elements promoted by
such common national institution; by
SPECIAL investment the peoples savings
might be made the foundation of securities
for certain other financial institutions Of
a trustworthy character, or loans of mu-
nicipal improv ements, or SPECIAL nation
al undertakings.
!. The following is an extract from Or.
Cranes comment on the labor problem:
Not many grasp the largeness of the
labor problem. 1t is but another name
for the problem ST humanity. The des-
tiny of the laborer is the destiny of the.
race. For the mass of men must always
be composed of what we call working
men. The question is not solved because
the way is open for any workman to
rise to the position of employer. That
is good thing, but while to leave
class is to better your condition, it does
not help the class you quit. If success
means escaping from the ranks of wage
earners, then nine tenths of the people
are doomed to failure. The very first
thing, therefore, to fix in ones mind in
considering this matter is that it has to
do with almost the entire lace numerj-
cally, who by no physical possibility
can ''get to the top" or become ''leading
citizens" any more than every tree in
the forest can be taller than the other
trees. Not a little of the envy and bit
terness existing among the toiiers is due
to much preaching that by dint of say
ing and industry the humble mechanic
or teamster can rise above and escape
from the society Of his fellows. Such
preaching is we'll meant, but humanity
will never find contentment until men
can be contented bricklayers, carpenters
and ditch-diggers; and such will not,
and ought not be, contented until our
public opinion and social life are so al
tered as to give to the most mental per-
sons all the rights and dign1ties of man.
hood.
Gordon Russell, Texas judge, in
charging jury that had to deal with a
lynching case, said:
II declare to you that so long as I am
judge in this district no body of men,
however influential or powerful, shall be
permitted to clutch the duly constituted
agencies of organized government by the
throat and hold it at bay. The verdicts Of
the mob never mean punishment, they
mean vengeance. They are the express
ion Of anarchy and revolt against law.
They are shameless and brutal assaults
upon civilization itself.
"Don't tell me that the courthouse
trials arc uncertain. The remedy is not
in mobbing the prisoners, but IN casting
out the cowardly and corrupt juror who
will not enforce the law. An unhealthy
public sentiment will turn loose one
criminal, and sometimes the men who
help to secure the acquittal will make
that miscarriage of justice an excuse fol
lynching some less fortunate offender.'
The Chicago Record takes the follow
ing view of the outrage committed by
the Pennsylvania sheriff in flung upon
the defenseless miners:
The shooting near Aazelton was simp-
ly murder and should lie adjudged as
such. It is useless to contend that for
the safety of society the supremacy of
the law should be demonstrated wherev-
er it is threatened. There was no danger
to the integrity of the law after the first
vOlley, If there was, in fact, any such
danger at any time. It is simply bar
barrie to pretend that because the strik-
ers were "uneducated foreigners" as the
sheriff takes pains to call them, they do
not enjoy The rights of protection. If
these men were foreigners they we're
brought to this country by the wealthy
corporations now fighting them and
came thereby under the protection of the
American law. ii i
Although the blame for this deplor-
able affair may rest solely upon the
shoulders of the trembling and nervous
sheriff, the effects Of the tragedy must
be, disastrously demorallzing and wide.
spread, both in stirring 1p bitter senti-
ment and in weakening respect for hu-
man life. It is the duty Of the authorl-
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