New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-10-27
Current Opinion.
Mayor Strong and Gen. McOook Handle
the Mckinley Administration
Without Gloves.
Candidate GEORGE in Greater New York il
not Dodging Any Of the Issues.

Thursday evening, Mayor Strong took
occasion to rebuke the national admins
tration for interfering in the municipal
contest. He said:
"When Folger ran for governor and
was defeated by nearly 100000 MAORI
ty, the national administration tried to
interfere with the affairs of the state of
New York. If the foundation princi-
Piles of the republican party are so weak
that it is necessary to have number
of the cabinet interfering in our munich
pal affairs the foundations have been
Knocked from under the party
At another meeting Gen.. Angus Nc
Cook spoke along the same line, and did
not take the trouble to mince his words,
His address contained the following:
my republicanism is not to be chal-
lenged by Senator Thurston of Nebras-
ka or Senator Foraker of Ohio.
II don't challenge their right to come
here, but I do question the propriety
and their good faith. If Senator Thurs
ton wishes to teach republican princi-
piles. let him 90 to his own state, which
last year cast its vote against the repub-
lican candidate. They need instructions
there-we don't in the state of New
York.
"One of these gentlemen said that
every original Mckinley man would vote
for the candidate of Tom Plat, nomina-
ted at Carnegie hall. know of one orr
g1nal Mckinley man who won't do So"
Writing to German-American politi-
cal club last week, Henry George, candi-
date for mayor in Greater New York,
boldly discussed the excise and Sunday
liquor laws. He said:
II do not believe in an excise in any
form. The attempt to prevent people
from drinking, by taxes and excuses up
on liquor, increases cost, promotes adul-
teration and defeats, I think, the very
end it has in view. All such taxes are
promotive of monopoly and corporation.
Besides what goes to the government from
them, much larger amount is taken by
private parties, who find plo6t in the
maintenance of the taxes. As was the
case with our whiskey tax, also it is
with all taxes of that nature. The diff
Guilty is not to institute them, but to re-
peal them. Licenses and taxes have al
ways instituted and always must insti-
tute an element of corruption, which is
made to furnish means by which politi-
cal rings maintain themselves.
81 am free-trader in the full sense of
the term, and would put everything up
on the basis of equal rights. l think
that the province of the government is
to prevent one individual from interfer-
ing with the equal rights Of another.
GAS to the question of Sunday clos
ing, believe in individual freedom.
The person who wishes to go to church
on Sunday should not be interfered with
in any way by person who wishes to
sell or drink liquor on Sunday; and the
person who wishes to drink or sell liquor
on Sunday should not be interior ed with
by the person who wishes to go to church.
The Sabbath was made for man and
not man for the Sabbath The law
should merely see to it that liquor-sell-
ing is conducted in decency and order.
A mans conduct should be governed
solely by his own conscience, so long as
he preserves the public peace" >..@
At civic and phllanthropic confer
ence in Michigan last Thursday Attorney
General Maynard of that state spoke on
'.The New Man and the New Era .>
"The master men of this age" lie said,
shave been engineers and electricians,
not writers and politicians. Stupendous
changes in the world of invention mean
social and physical changes among the
people. During this era men have had
opportunities Of amassing wealth they
never before had and will never have
again. Wealth is a trespasser, danger
Gus to all people; it cannot create OF
save life. Of all evils the greatest is
the gold passion. The black flag Of
corruption is more to be feared than the
red flag Of anarchy. The reign Of til.
dollar will be beaten down BY the natur.
al process Of evolution and the standard
Of wealth must be succeeded BY The
standard Of comfort. The new era viii
see the public ownership Of all publ,
monopolies. Z