New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-06-16

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L. Z. MAY & CO., Nurserym
soldiers. They are prisoners of war, but
ISpaln does not feed them. Spain mere
ly arrests them and cuts off their means
of subsistence. If they attempt to break
through the lines they are shot. This is
Spanish pacifcation as interpreted by
Weyler.
The Cuban question is very delicate
one and must be handled with consider
able fnesse. President Mckinley is now
tinessing, but, while he temporizes and
seeks for avenues of escapes, the Span
lard is killing. Whether the temper Of
America will wait for him is grave
question. Senator Morgan's plan is de-
cidedly more frank. He wants war
with Spain, speedily begun and speedily
ended, with the independence OF Caba.
Senator Morgan is, however, some DIS
lance in advance Of public sentiment.
Few people this country want war,
even with Spain, but all humane and
liberty loving people are thoroughly
worn out by the reiterstion by Spanish
American senator's OF the cry that q rec
ognition Of the belligerency Of the Gu.
ban insurgents means war. Timidlty
and vacillation have resulted in more
wars than frmness and honesty in the
right. If war ever yet resulted from a
nation demanding that it's sons and
daughters be protected from rapine,
starvation and murder; if war was ever
the result of a nations protest against
assaults on women and chitaren, burn
ing of hospitals and crueltles and afro
cities surprising the horrors Of the Span
ish inquisition, then such war was sa-
cred and the nation engaged on the right
side was engaged in the work Of civili-
zation.
John Wanamaker isn't one Of the kind
that needs to apologize for anything he
says, and he doesn't. The New York
Herald has interviewed him on the recent
speech, that seems to have ostraclsed
him from Republican councils, and here
is what he says:
Much as love qnietness and peace it
is not possible for me 70 be Indifferent
0, silent in the present condition Of af-
fairs. Neither can take nor give opia-
ties.
In these times, campaign speeches are
only empty shells, without kernels. How
ever well meaning, or whoever it is Who
thinks he does good BY them must be
forgetting that million Of workmen
and their children are hungry. The man
who looks for bread ii such speeches
will not have much tn eat.
The public heart cannot be fred BY
eloquence in this way just now, for the
powder Of patriotism is wet with the.
tears Of suffering unemployed: Give me
hold Of somebody's hand who will do
something, not talk about it month after
month.
To keep work for the SIX thousand
and more persons in my employ and
turn away from thesseveral hundred who
apply daily and beg for the privilege Of
labor to keep the wolf from the door
drives me into . fever, ard I must speak
ont. Any citizen has that right.
cannot SIT on 5 fence with astiff
wind blowing and whistle for prosperii-s
| ~, vanished bird Of beautiful plumagv,5
40 come back.
We ought to have q new, Z. better tar
In; but il We cannot get i, let us |settlei
down On Tho old one md adjust our-I
selves 10 il 8 best We call. W cans
mot move ont Of ~ old house, we might
build wing q i 81 I'D. another story
Z Republican hotss has. been a -
Isiion sinoe last Iecenb and IL riddled.
Itali6 bin still tosae about = H. other
lend 81 ~ capitol.
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