New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-01-04
"Wednesday, January 4, 1899.
Official paper of the county of Brown.

N hclal paper of the county of Brown.
he railroad companies might as vel
Come to admit now, as later, that moi
only the railroad commission, but tlit
public also, is entitled to know the di
VISION of freight charges enjoyed BY
come citing lines over which joint
rates prevail. Railroads, it should be
borne IN mind, are not to be regarded in
tile same sense as other large enterprises
owned and operated by private lndivld-
uass for personal gain. On the contrary,
the railroads sustain a relation to the
Eublic which they cannot overstep with.
=. sut sacrificing thsir ght. to exist. They
& a'e entltled TO. net their owners fair
prone. on the capital invested, but no
more: The momes yhey begin to swell
eheir earnings beyond Nlsst is reasonably
Just and fair, that mo, ~ become
burden and a tax IN 81 duct1ve
resources Of the a. IS Mould be
withheld from CT pri vileeed
''pn aeeoras their char
* 20 g P i . think that, by
means Of some combinafion or other,
the roads are taking an unfair advantage
OF them--if they believe the roads are
getting more than their just share of the
partnership earnings--they not only have
right to inquire into the facts, but it is
the sworn duty of their representatives,
their railroad commission, to see that
these facts are brought to public light.
II the commission cannot do this with
It's own authority, then let it enlist the
compelling power of the courts. Before
ajudge, your Mr.. General Traffic Manag
er would know better than to say, Il
don't know as care to slate what you
!. DESIRE
A fine for contempt of court would
teach him little respect for the rights
of the public.
Slle republican newspaper expansion
its now peking fun at the party stall
warts, who refuse to be led away from
long-established principles by the craze
for conquest, will wish, ere long, that
they hadn't. Territorial expansion threat
ems to be the issue two years hence, ana
with it will come a splitting-up of the
old parties such as even TIE currency is
sue failed to provoke. Men like Hoar,
Elmunds, Schurz, Atkinson and Cleve-
land are not without power IN infuen-
cling public opinion, and it is bind
folly on the part Of the press to
suppose that the people, in matter of
such great import, Will not listen to their
consul and advice. They have always
been looked to as sober, patriotic states
men, erring perhaps at times ON matters
sztsff home policy, but never on the funda-
mental principles of the constitution.
Can the republican party afford to cast
them aside, disregard their emphatic
warnings and enter under new leaders
upon an unknown sea of governmental
polly? -,
Archbishop Ireland has been suggest
cd as the proper man to represent the
American government at the interna
tional conference to be held in compli-
ance. with the Russian czar's plea for
universal disarmament. Why not Rud-
yard Kipling? Kipling has fearlessly
given expression to what has been in'the
minds Of many since the cars procla.
nation, and if he did no more than to
repeat his famous allegorial poem on
1.-THE Truce Of the Bear" he would be
doing enough. BY all means let Kipline
go, and Iepeat to the delegates assem-
bied that there is no wee with Adam
zad, the bear that looks like a man
Aghs.azs ehoWs as seeking quarter, will
paws like hands III prayer, that is the
time Of peril the time of the Truce Of
the Bear!''
The American people once allowed {
military hero to run their politics for {
& t,iIo-- md Shnuld have learned enoup}