New Ulm review., 1899-08-30

ipTOpOSltlOn tnat the practlcal l1depen.
& dence of the islands with home rule
would be granted, under such conditions
and guarantees as would protect the is.
! lands from foreign aggression, in line
with the Congressional declaration as to
/ Cuba, peace would result within 80
| days. Butsu a policy is too far be-
yond McKinley's capacity. His peace
Commissioners when confronted by
Aguinaldo, with the question as to what
the United States proposed to do with
the islands, we're unable to make. any
definite answer, save that he must make
an unconditional surrender including
the surrender of arms and ammunition.
Naturally he preferred fighting. Bryan
says very truly that we paid $50, 100000
for an option on the fight. Forty mil
lions should be added to that figure to-
day, with $150,000,OoO for the esti-
mated expenditures Of the military es-
tablishment for the next twelve months.
There is also a certainty that four out
of five of the soldiers who 90 to the
Philippines will land on the pension
roll within the next five years, if they
get back alive, which several thousand
OF them will neglect to do. :..- -,
Twenty thousand troops reached Cuba
last year, there are already $4,000 ap-
plications for pensions. The country
will be paying pensions on the Philip
pine war in the year 1000.
The gold bug administration organs
are fond of figuring how much the coun-
try has "lost'' on the purchase and coin
age of silver under the Sherman act. A
few figures on what the country has lost
on McKinley's Philippine investment and
has yet TO lose would make good reading
The IOWA DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
The platform adopted by the Iowa Dem
ocrats at their state convention is caus-
| ing great travail of spirit to the Repub-
licans. The Administration press has
been weeping crocodile tears for months
because it feared the Democrats were
| welded to Is to 1 and could see no 9TH
er issue.
! Now here come the Iowa Democrats
with ringing declaration against i'm
perialism, a searching analysis of the
trust evil coupled with demand for
state and national restriction and finally
an emphatic re-affirmation of the Chica.
60 platform. Bryan even suggested
that other important issues ight claim
attention IN the next campaign along
with those mentioned in the Chicago
platform as an exhibition of his natural
good judgment which the Republicans
had declared quite impossible.
OPPOSITION TO BRYAN VANISHED.
Before Richard Croker, the Tammany
chief, had reached the dock in New
York the other day he gave out an in
terview which knocked the anti-Bryan
movement at Saratoga into the Amen
corner. He simply declared that Bryan
was the inevitable nominee and that he
was fol him. The little anti-Bryan plot
ters couldn't get away from Saratoga
fast enough. Croker is one of the wisest
politicians in the country. Gov. Hogg's
stampede of Tammany at the recent
banquet showed Croker that he had got
to lead the way the rank and file of
Tammany wanted to be led or he would
lose his Job. A little confab with ex.
Speaker Reed on the way ovel, IN which
the latter gave it as his opinion that Nc.
Kinley's imperialistic policy practically
assured Democratic triumph next yeal
clinched Croker in his conversion.
i Following Croker's announcement
half dozen Democrats of more or les!
prominence, who had been giving fortl
anti Bryan mutterings, wheeled into
line and declared for Bryan with grea
unanimity.
GOEBEL ALL RIGHT IN KENTUCKY.
4 The conspicuous feature of the anti
i Goebel convention in Kentucky was th'
presence of Louisville & Nashville rail
way passes in the hands of most of thu
delegates. p. Wat Hardin, Goebel'
principal opponent for the nomination
| will take the stump in behalf of th'
} regular ticket. Goebels fight is te
rescue the state from railroad and othe
corporation domination. He will vii
!, in spite Of all opposition. The natioRa
leaders are emphatically for him.
NOTICE TO0WNERs OF DOGS.