New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-09-13

single additional instance may be recit
ed. The merchants of Manila prepared
Il petition to the government at Wash
q lngton asking the maintenance of the
silver standard in the islands. Otis re-
fused to forward it and refused to per-
nit a news dispatch concerning it to be
cabled to the United States on the
ground that the silver issue in the Uni
ted States and that Mckinley was op-
posed to it.
ENLIsTAIENTs FALLING OFF.
The War Department has issued fig
ures claiming about 5000 for the ten
latest volunteer regiments. The fact is,
it has only aoout 700 enlistments-for
those regiments and included $500 pre-
viousl enlisted and who will go to fill
|up the other regiments in the Philip
pines or on the way.
! Enlistments have fallen from 500 a
day month ago to $50 day and are
] growing less. The fact is that the peo-
/ pie are getting to understand the truth
about the situation and don't care to
risk their lives fighting for injustice and
oppression.
REPUBLICAN, ANTI IMPERIAL1sTs GAINING.
Reports from New England Indicate
that solid Anti-Imperiallst delegations
will go to the next National Republican
convention from that section. The NOR
al sentiment of New England is under
going one of those upheayals that shake
that slow moving section only once in
fifty years. The administrations allies
have practically ceased to resist and are
trying toSswim ashore to save their po-
litical lives.
STRAws WHICH SHOW WHICH WAY The
WIND Blows.
The administration in its census pro-
clamation to the Cubans shows very
clearly that it has no notion of giving
them independence. The word is not
mentioned. Self-governmeut is suggest.
ed as possibility in some far distant
future. Meanwhile military control is
to continue. The census can be so man
ipulated that it will be a basis for for.
mality by which the Cubans will appear
to vote for annexation. The Administers
tion is quite smooth enough to pu,
through scheme Of this sort to a sue
cessful issue.
Prosperity continues to be accompan.
led by strikes. The Cramps Ship Build.
ing Company of Philadelphia has just
locked its skilled wo1kmen out to pre-.
vent them striking. A large shoe factory
in Massachusetts has big strike on its
hands, the Cleveland street railway trou
ble is by no means settled. Somehow
or other 'the masses" do not seem to be
as we'll satisfied as the promoters of trus
and monopoly prosperity would have
them. Perhaps the wages workers are
not sharing the prosperity to any grea
! extent.
Ohio wheels into line with clear GU
and aggressive platform which dodge.
nothing and omits nothing. The cam
paign is matter of National interest
Even the Administration press is begin
ming to read the hndwriting on the wal
! and to tear that the deluge will not hole
off even until next year. The Ohio Dem
ocrats have put the Republicans square
| ly on the defensive and are going tc
make the hottest kind of a campaign.
Judge Schackelford's election as Mr.
Bland's successor in Congress is splen
did Democratic victory. The Republic
CANS announced from the stump thai
Imperialism was on trial. They go
their answer. Shackelford was elected
by bigger majority than Bland hae
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that the Republican candidate Voshol
was heavily backed by Administration
influence and patronage.
Anti-imperialists do not propose tt
{ be called '.copperheads'' and traitors
) Murat Halstead made au Imperialis
}, speech before the Economic Club of Gin
cinnati. His audience listened respect.
J, fully, although most of them differed
from him, until he denounced the Anti
!, Imperiallsts as traitors. Then he cam,
pretty near being mpbbed on the spo
and found il the part of discretion t
: slip out by the side door and 60 home
He will probably be more respectful Ii
the future to those who disagree will
him.
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