New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-08
Official paper Of the county of Brown
The Minneapolis Journal holds to the

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opinion that great risks are being taken
in appointing men like Bryan to the
command of large bodies of troops, In
asmuch as they are altogether lacking
in military training. The Reviews
opinion is that the Journals fears are
altogether groundless. During the great
civil war, some of the most brilliant
generals were those who sprang from
civil life. They were men who had not
had the advantage of West Point train
ing, and who had never been known to
command large armies. Their success
was due wholly to their ability to grasp
situations and rise to emergencies as they
presented themselves. They were men
of tact, of indomitable courage, natural
strategists, born leaders of men. Bryan
is just such man. He may prove a
failure in war; how many West Point
graduates haven't? But measuring the
man by his civil career, wei Ching all his
talents, few there are who could predict
for him as colonel or general any thing
but success.
Lincoln was great general, strate-
gist because of his shrewdness, and not
because of military training. He saw,
long before any of the military advisers
around him, the correct method of bring
ing the war to speedy conclusion, and
his sole trouble was in finding leader
who would not hisitate to put his we'll
laid plans into execution.
In short he was military genius,
comprehensive and far-sighted in his
plans, fitted to cope with any of the
strategists of his day.
Why may not the same be true cfBryan,
shrewd and brilliant leader of men that
he is? He has shown that he possesses
courage that would frown at the greatest
obstacles; he has displayed tact of an ex-
ceptional order; he has given evidence
of a fighting determination to gain
whatever he starts out to seek. Are
these not among the chief qualifications
of successful leader IN battle?
AS matter of fact, few more such
men and few less gold-laced tacticians,
and the army would be better off.
Are any of our county offices va
cant? From perusal of the statutes
and from decisions, recently rendered,
it would seem that they were. Auditor
Vogel and Attorney Steiuhauser have
both been mustured into the United
States military service and are drawing
salaries as officers. Did they not by this
action, therefore, render the Offices Of
auditor and county attorney vacant!
Can they draw pay for service rendered
in the civil departments and at the same
time receive salaries from the govern.
ment as soldiers? 1t would hardly seem
so. The law states plainly what offices
are compatible and includedin the list
are not the Offices in question. The Re.
view does not begrudge the two men
mentioned the double salaries, but il
raises this point merely in the interest Of
the county. If the Offices are not com.
patible, then we have no auditor and nc
county attorney and acts performed az
they are at present may lead to no enc
Of trouble in the future. It is certainly
a question Of sufficient importance t.
warrant a special session of the county
board for the purpose of giving the mat
ter careful consideration.
The populists of Hennepin count!
have nominated Prof. Cation for con
gress. Cation is good Speaker, as al
who heard him at Sleepy Eye two year
ago can testify, but for some reason O.
other he is unpopular with the Demo
Gratis of his own county and stands bu
little show of securing their endorse.
ment.
Lincoln was one of the greatest mill
tary strategists that ever lived. he re
allied that the way to win at war wa
to get the right kind Of a man to do th
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fighting and then leave the plans an,
maneuvers to him. Too many leader
invariably cause confusion and delay.
The poorest excuse that has yet bee
offered for large standing army is tina
it would solve the problem of the unem
ployed. Think of it! That in an or
Of enlightenment and progress, with al
most boundless resources, we cannot hi
upon any other economic system fo
giving labor to all than that Of main
tanning q peace army Of several hun
dred thousand men. az.
Patriotism does not consist Of fallin