New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-10-26
VITAL ISSUES.
Mr.. Eustis and His Fellow Orators Asked
49, to Stand Up and Answer Cues
tions Pertinent to this -
-. Campaign .l.c I M"

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ers continue to give some attention t
the interests of this suffering ane ring
ridden state. ~ * .
| They will find plenty Of matter to en-
gage their attention.
Let them quit treating about thu
blessings of a high protective tariff and
the bankers sound money.
Let them leave the Philippines anC
come nearer home.
What have they TO say on the all-im.
portant charges which the union party
bring against their party for its long and
oppressive misrule?
What about the fact that in the forty
years of such rule the railroads have
managed to get control of over 20,O0O,-
600 acres of the public lands?
That the vast and splendid forests of
pine timber have been squandered with
out pretense of their value?
That single mine now owned by
Rockefeller and Carnegie and worth
fully $20,OO0,O0O was w1ongfully per-
mitted to he taken from the public
school fund?
That this one iron mine is worth more
than has fever been received from the
sale and sacrifice of 100000 acres CT
school lands?
That public school fund in itself
worth fully $5O,oo0,ooO has been so mis-
managed that not over one-half that
sum will ever be realized?
That until the late decision of the su-
preme court vast areas of unused rail-
road lands were allowed to remain with
out taxation, while the burden was being
thus made the more oppressive to the
farmers2
That until the decision of the same
court in the STEVENSON case our ship
pers, merchants and producers were
obliged to pay freights based on extrav-
agent construction and watered stock?
That until stopped by populist- dem
ocratic state audi tor in 1894 the railroad
companies we're allowed to make their
own selection Of the swamp lands which
had been generously donated to them by
the republican legislatures?
That all over the state the cry has
gone up long and loud against the infa-
nous robbery in the inspection of grain
and the charges for elevator and ware
house service?
That our banking institutions in
time of panic we're allowed to 60 with
out inspection, and thus rob depcsitors
and blacKen the character and good
name of the state?
That "po!itical" machine" run by
exorbitant exaction in the shape of Off
cial fees has set up and knocked down
one administration after another, and
now seeks to infict upon the people a
new gang?
That, in short, every way this grand
old party, while shouting for the flag,
has succeeded by means the most damn
able inv retarding the growth and pros
perity of the state and inhicting upon its
people evils which must no longer he
borne?
Stand up like men therefore, Mr.. Eus-
tbs and the rest of you, and meet these
grave charges of the union party's plat
form. Do you not know that the pres
ident has appointed commission of
wise men to settle the disputed matters
| with Spain?
Is it not little cheeky for you to be
blowing your bazoo about what shall be
taken and what shall be left?
Are the people of Minnesota of less
account just now than the half breeds
OF LuZOns
No, gentlemen.
Tell US something about the, demand
of your platform for "good roads,"
What kind of s'roads" do you want!
Tell us where you stood when the
people of Minneapolis justly demanded
"good'' transfers from the street cal
company.
Tell US where Mr.. Eustis was and why
he was absent from the meeting which
voted away $4,000 more on the rotten
hospital deal, and when this is done tell
how you propose to run the state.
Will you reform the gross abuses, and
so bring prosperity to the people?
Or will you simply leave the direction
and control to the favored corporations
which have grown both rich and AFRO.
CANT?
A campaign on such basis is what