New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-05-18

fred the first shot in his campaign for
making Spanish the predomln ant lang
uage of the lower regions. !, ~
Should John Lind absolutely refuse
to run for governor, Senator Ringdahl of
Crookston would be the most likely can
didate. He is able, honest and fearless.
Mr.. Lee, the well-known Long Prairie
politician, prophesies that David M.
Clough will again. be the Republican
candidate for governor. Mr.. Lee was a
candidate for the nomination himself two
years ago, and ough to be acquainted
to some extent with the tactics of the
governor.
Notwithstanding the st. Paul Dispatch
has been forced to retract its base charg-
es against Lind and Towne it continues
to SANDER nearly every candidate for
public position who doesn't happen to
be republican. The Dispatches course
is the most contemplate of any paper
published in Minnesota.
If the president would recognize few
more capable confederate officers like
Lee and Wheeler, ana not so many young
men whose only claim to greatness, or
even fitness, is the fact that they are sons
of great fathers, the country would rest
easier. We have no special confidence
in the second generation of Blaines, To-
gans and Grants.
The next message that flashes over the
wire may tell of the greatest naval bat
tie in the history of the world. What
else it may tell no one knows-perhaps
of the downfall of once proud nation,
brought to ruin by bigotry, ignorance
and cruelty. Let us hope that it
may not be otherwise. A decisive blow
on our part may end the war. Defeat
for our standard can only be temporary.
AS showing the the calmness of Ad-
miral Dewey during the most trying cir
cumstances, it is reported that in the
midst of the Manila engagement he cas-
ually remarked to press representative
who was standing at his side that the
battery of the other fellows was wild.
"They are delivering alto gether too
many balls and not enough Strikes" he
said, land strikes are what count in this
little game" And as he let go this triv-
ial remark, the future admiral smiled a
regular Comiskey smile.
Jim Hill, the railroad magnate, has
given the Thirteenth regiment, the mag
nihcent sum of $1,000, and the people
of the Twin Cities are coming to the
front with smaller, but equally liberal,
donations. It's new thing, this of SOL
der boys having bank account, but,
then, nothing should be too good for the
men who have to shoulder muskets in
actual service. The government pays
its officers magnificent salaries; it re-
mains for those who stay at home to do
the square thing by the boys in the ranks.
After the Napoleonic wars Wellington
visited one of the ministers of the French
court, among whose guests was gener-
al of the Spanish army who had served
as an ally of the English. Wellington's
host was about to introduce his two
guests, when the Spaniard, with an air
of disdain, turned his back on them and
walked away. To his mortified host,
wellington said: .'Never mind; I have
seen that fellows back before. It was
on the Peninsula that he showed it to
me.''
That Dewey had his men and ships
we'll IN line while on his first business
visit to Manila, is evidenced by the fact
that, when the fight was at its hottest, he
found time to discuss the weather.
"Rather warm" he SAID to one of tho
newspaper men present, and to another,
ave could hardly have picked better
day for picnic than this All of which
goes to show that the commodore at no
time considered his task at Manila diff
ticult one. He foresaw the outcome
and dropped these little remarks from
time to time to assist the future manu-
facturers of anecdotes. %
The supreme court has rendered de-
clsion upholding the Anderson law for
the taxation Of railroad lands. The de-
cislon holds that the law is constitution
al and that it does not impair the valid
ity Of the gross earnings tax, the one
point upon which the RAILROADS based
their strongest argument. The, court al
SO holds that the vote of Ii. Gov. Day,
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