New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-17
Ideas of Others.


The Wall Street Reporter, a staunch
supporter of Mckinley in the late cam
pa1gn, is evidently not rs enthusiastic
over future prospects as many kepubll-
cans might wish. Judge from the fol-
lowing, published just prior to the in
auguration:.
Although the leading dailies talk OF
Improvement and "brighter t'mes,''
we fail to find any trace of either. We
may be blind, but we are independent;
we may not belong to the "new' jour-
nalistic school, but we like to tell the
truth. Times at the present moment are
worse than ever and there is literally
nothing doing. Is shaking dice, match
ing for drinks, smoking cigars and other
such vices, a sign of ''1mprovemeht?'
If it is, some of the bankers and brokers
are doing a ''roaring business" in this
city.
"Prospcrity's advance agent" is an
other name for the PRESIDENT elect, who
is, by the way, considerable distance
in advance of his troupe, which has evil
IDENTIFY "gone broke" for we are not
likely to see it for some time to come.
Neither men nor measures can create
prosperity. The memorable law of de-
mand and supply is greater than either
one or the other. The composition of
the monopolist cabinet Will not hasten
better times. The bloated aristocracy
and the band of millionaire brigands
will find it smoother sailing, but where
will the ''majority" come in? We will
not be in if. The Mckinley cabinet is
failure and will never permanently re-
vive business. The "revival" will be
temporary and occasional to suit the
wire pullers. 1t will be "capital" for
the rich and poverty for the poor.
In his great lecture on "Truth" in
Chicago last week, Col. Ingersoll, among
other things, said:
Nothing is greater nothing is of
more importance than to find, amid the
errors and darkness OF this Life, a shin
ing truth. Truth is the intellectual
wealth Of the world. The noblest of
occupations is to search for the truth.
Truth is the foundation, the superstruc-
ton and the gl1ttering dome of progress.
Truth is the mother Of joy. Truth civil
Lies, ennobles and purities. The grandest
ambition that can enter the soul IS to
know the truth. Truth gives man the
greatest power for good. Truth is sword
and shield 1t IS the sacred light of the
soul. The man who finds truth lights
u torch. To love the truth, perceived
through reason, is ..mental virtue-intel-
lectual purity. This is true manhood.
TO throw away your reason at the COM
mand of churches, popes, parties, kings
or gods, is to be a serf, a slave, Moth
ing but false!ood Ineeds the assistance
of fame and place, of robes and mitres,
of tiaras and crowns.
John J. Ingalls,, the gifted Kansas
statesman, writes regarding the inagura-
ton and the political possibilities of the
future as follows:
The uses of diversity may be sweet,
as Shakespeare says, but the people have
had enough of this kind Of confection-
cry. They are in a dangerous mood.
Party lines are obliterated.. Party names
have lost their power to conjure. Party
obligations have little weight The
politics of the future will find new
alignment. Epigrams and phrases will
not satisfy those who ask for, bread.
Barren abstracts about International BIZ
metallisln will not deceive those whose
possessions hare shrunk and whose
earning capacity has been destroyed by
tree. trade and a contracting currency.
All that we are is the result of what
we have thought. 1t is founded on our
thoughts; it is made up of our thoughts.
If a man speaks or acts with an evil
thought, pair follows him, as the wheel
follows the foot of him who drawsssthe
carriage. If a man speaks or acts with
pure thought, happiness follows him
like shadow that never leaves him.
Buddha.
The New York Herald doesn't want
further influx of illiterate immigrants,
and says: "Mr. Cleveland's veto of the
immigration bill is unfortunate for the