New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-12-01
Wednesday December 1, 1897.

Wednesday December 1, 1897.
TO judge from Nansen's box-office re-
ceipts, the object of arctic explorations
is not so much scientific as financial.
A country newspaper can no longer
exist as the mere organ of a party clique,
ring or faction.-Northfeld News.
A whole lot of them in this state, then,
must be on the verge of going out OF ex-
istence.
Think of It! U. s. Grant. son, of the
great general, is the populist candidate
for United States senator in California
GAINESVILLE Argus.
Well, what of it. Surely he isn't max
ing the race on his fathers reputation as
a good republican.
Henry Feig is modest in his demands.
He only wants to be the next lieutenant
governor of Minnesota. Hutchinson
Leader.
The people of Minnesota are modest
too. They even haven't thought of re-
questing Feig to sacrifice himself to the
extent of running for anything.
It is ten years since Minnesota has
had general reduction in freight rates.
--Alexandria Post News.
And it will be ten years before she
gets another. New Ulm asked for a
small reduction on hard coal and was
told that the railroad companies could
MT afford it. They build branch lines
that are non-supporting and the public
in other sections must submit to high
rates to make good the loss.
The information, that Mr.. Bryan will
go to Mexico to study the financial ques-
ton, is interesting. It is evidence that
there has reached his mind some glim-
merings of tho fact that he does not al
ready know it all.-Owatonna Juornal.
Perhaps; but more than likely his Wis.,
it is for the purpose of convincing him.
self by personal observation that over
one.half of what the gold-standard edi-
tors say about Mexico isn't true.
A candidate for congress in Georgia
presents lively platform. He advocates
lynch law, believes the south was right
before the war, doesn't propose to hedge
on Southern sentiment, is eternally OPP.
posed to any system that gives to the
brutal Pinkerton forces the right TO shoot
down innocent labor, and endorses the
principles of the Chicago platform. He
insists upon dealing with the public with
absolute candor, is an eloquent and fiery
orator and proposes to inveigh with all
his power against hypocrisy and corrup.
ton in politics. His name is Blackburn
The New York Journal predicts that
President McK1nley's forthcoming mes.
sage to congress will be disappointment
to party leaders who look for positive
declarations, definite policy or aggres.
sive purposes. In the opinion of Re.
publicans, who know the presidents
plans, 1t will be the weakest state paper
since the days of Franklin Pierce. They
say that with half dozen problems Of
vital Importance to the public be-
fore him, he will offer solution to none
It will be rather the massage of politi
clan, than of statesman holding thu
important Office of president.
Gov. Pingree is accused of plagiarism
in the preparation of his Thanksgiving
proclamation. This recalls an inciden
in the career of Benjamin F. Butler
When governor of Massachusetts he is
sued Thanksgiving paper that gav'
rise to the most virulent criticism. TIL,
church people especially rebuked him
When it became necessary to make al
explaoation, it was found that Butlel
had merely made use of the proclamation
of one of the old Puritan governors
who had always stood high in the church
He did not believe in the proclamation
business himself, SO he merely instructed
his secretary to draw upon the files Of
his Office for the necessary material fol
an appropriate document.
A remarkable decision was made last
week by an inspector of immi grants II
New York. Six Turks had arrived al
Ellis Island, and the inspector, who hap.
pens to be naturalized Armenian, asked
them what was their religious belief
They said they were Mohammedans
.sDo you believe in the koran2'
" '.Of course; it is the word of God"
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