New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-09-06

Philippines and contract labor is 0nec.
essary in the Hawaiian Islands the argu-
ments should be good for their re-es-
tablishment in the United States. If
the constitution can be openly violated
in our newly acquired possessions why
not IN this country2 The negroes are
already uneasy over Schurman's suave
defence. If Mckinley loses the negro
vote in the Northern states as we'll as
that of the Anti-imperial1sts and those
Republicans who still object to slavery
he will make rather a sorry show in the
next Presidential election.
Commissioner Schurman puts the seal
of his Endorsement on polygamy so long
as it is in the Sulu islands, No more
need be said on this subject save to
again call attention to the ease with
which certain notable educators adjust
their political principles and moral
standards to suit the needs of the Ad-
ministration. And yet President Schur-
man would probably be heartily in fa-
vor of limiting the suffrage by strict
educational test.
MCKINNEY NOT GREETING ANY RETURNED
{. SOLDIERS.
Mckinley is not turning out to greet
any returned soldiers, although be had
assented to an extensive program on
that line, in the spring, But when he
commenced to get the returns and dis
covered that nine out of ten returned
volunteers were cussing out the Admin
istration and everything connected with
it, for the miserable and brutal failure
of the Philippine campaign, he conclu-
ded it would be wiser to stay away.
Mckinley Is having anything but
happy time. No one is satisfied with
the way things are going in the Philip:
pines he isn't himself, but he is proceed
ing with the vindictive pertinacity of
himself, but he is proceeding with the
vindictlve pertinacity of weak charac-
ters, who lack the moral courage to
right wrong or admit a mistake. He
is still allowing Captain Cherlin M.
Carter who helped steal several million
dollars, to run at large at the request of
Senator Platt, of New York, although a
full court of his fellow officers found
him guilty nnanimc usly and sentenced
him to five years in the penitentiary yet
he can find time to approve the punish
ment of few petty officers who got
away with small sums of from $500 to
$500.
There has been lively chasing back
and forth of government between Wash.
ington and McKinley's comfortable
quarters on Lake Champlain. The only
thing which has come out of it is that
Secretary Root, who has developed all of
the energy of now broom, seems de-
termined to run the War Department
from top to bottom instead of confirm
his intention as was announced "to the
important legal questions which would
come up for consideration" AS mat
ter Of fact he has been letting the legal
questions take care of themselves while
while he has been hustling to get his
20 new regiments ready to leave for
the Philippines.
There are pleasant symptoms that
they may not be recruited for the next
two months. The last reported figures
indicated that enllstments had dropped
to less than 200 day and decreasing
with great rapidity. Between the tales
of returned volunteers and harvest &C
tivity in the West there are not so many
idle men who are willing to take
chances of Philippine campaign
There are rumors that Mckinley viii
have to fall back on negro regiments
much to his disgust as the negro 1egi
ments heretofore enlisted have proven
extremely difficult to handle and tn
cause of scandal and trouble whereve
they are. s=u ...... ...
| A DEPARTMENT STORE TRUST. 49,.
The latest thing in trusts is the prop
osition to organize a $50,O0O,Oo0 con
Germ to manage department stores in ey
cry city and big town in the country
Enough big concerns, it is said, have al
ready agreed to go into it to assure it.
success. The effect of department store.
in the larger cities has been to drive
thousands of independent merchants In
to bankruptcy and to throw tens O
| thousands If clerks ont of arnnlovnon+