The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
EIUCY TALK OF BEBRASKAN
BLAPS FOREIGN AMERICANS WITH
APPROVAL OF NATIONAL RE-
PUBLICAN COMMITTEE
ALTGELD TO ANSWER TEDDY
BenRtOr George l.. Wellington t.
Speak for Bryan-Heads List
of Republicans in
Revolt.

Van Der Wort, of Omaha, the recently
announced convert to McKinleyism, be-
come the DR.. Burchard of the fall cam
paign? officials of the Democratic ma
tional headquarters say he is a strong
candidate for that title and that his re-
cent interview, issued by the Republican
national headquarters press bureau, puts
him in the position of notwithstanding
BuTchard. DR.. Burchard was the New
York pastor who announced in the presi-
Dental campaign of 1884 that the Demo-
cratic party was a party of Rum, Ro-
manism and Rebellion" an ALTERATION
which became famous and which con-
tributed largely to Blaine's defeat
Democratic leaders say that Van Der
VoOrts Characterization of Col. Bryan and
the Democratic party IS quite as vicious
as That credited to DR.. Burchard, appar-
emily more deliberate, and the more val.
liable to the Democrats as a campaign
document because it bears official sane
ton.
Following is the text of Gen. Van Der
Noorts interview, issued Friday by the
Republican press committee, with the 20
k Of the Republican managers:
L am an American. Mr.. Bryan seeks
to consolidate under his banner the for
eign vote of this nation; the Catholics
on the issue Of Imperialism and the
abandonment Of all the islands we have
captured, and the Protestant foreigners
on the issue Of opposition to the increase
OF the regular army and military rule. He
believes that If he can do this that with
the solid South he can win.
Jumps ALL AS ANARCHISTS.
Il will not support a pretended reform
candidate who is supported by Tammany
hall, the MOrmons the ballot box stuff
1ers, anarchists and all the widowed
elements who believe in no government
al all he has at his back the slum ele-
ment of the nation. He DESTROYED the
only party that meant reform. YIe sup
ports Goebelism and favors laws that dis
enIranchise the people Of the South. If
ne was elected his administration would
De in the hands of the worst elellfent in
the country
Although the foregoing is regarded as
extremely radical, Democratic officials
would not give it any particular atten-
uon were 1t not, as they are reliably in
formed, that the interview was given out
by the Republican press bureau.
It IS presumed in Democratic circles
that the German Lutherans are referred
TO under the head of Protestant foreign,
ers.' The German Lutherans incidental
~ were important factors in Illinois in
1892 in which year Cleveland carried the
state and John P. Altgeld was elected
governor on the Democratic ticket The
chief issue CT that campaign was the
Edwards school law, which was adopted
by the state legislature in 1889 The law
was understood to have been prepared
and fathered by Prof Edwards, then
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, hence the name.
LOSS OF STATE DUE TO LAW.
Tt provided, among other things, that
every person having under his control
any child between the ages of seven ard
fourteen years should cause such child
10 attend annually for at least sixteen
weeks some public day school, and pro-
Elded certain penalties for neglect in this
regard. Certain mitigating provisions
were added, but the law was obnoxious
TO the Catholics and German Lutherans
as interfering with parental control The
result was the reclamation of Illinois bv
the Democrats and the election of Mr..
Raab, the Democratic candidate for su-
perintendent OF public instruction, by a
tremendous majority.
No definite action has been taken by
the Democratic officials with regard to
the Van Der WORT interview, but 1t is
intimated that it will be printed in circu-
lar form and distributed throughout the
country, special attention being given to
Illinois.
Gen Van Der WORT formerly was q
Republican and held position in the rail-
way mail service under Harrison Later
he became a Middle-of-the-road Popu-
list, and still later has interested him
self in a Cuban colonization scheme which
is said to be profitable. He called on
Secretary Heath at national Republican
q rte HNTiG nd of
ing his intention to vote for President
Mckinley this fall, submitted to an Of
fetal interview, of which the foregoing is
an excerpt.
SLABS AT ALL FOREIGN BORN.
IT am surprised that such an interview
should be allowed to go out of Republi-
can headquarters said Secretary Walsh.
IF 1t be true, as I am told, that 1t was
given to the newspapers officially. The
Van Der WORT interview is a slap at
every man who was not born in this
country, and, in my judgment, is even
more fragrant than Burchard's famous
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion -
Democrats point out that it was be-
cause Of the Burchard ALTERATION that
Blaine lost New York in 1884 and that
Mckinley carried the election of 1896 sup
ported by the heavy foreign American
vote given him in the large cities, par
natl and Chicago, where there is a large
foreign vote. 1t is pointed out, too, that
the Bryan vote of 1896 was for the most
part an American vote in the sense of
being not a foreign-American vote.
Aided By such interviews as given out
by Gen. Van Der WORT, who is known
in Nebraska as a clever lobbyist. and
encouraged by such speeches as that de-
Iivered in st. Paul recently by Gov.
Roosevelt, the Democratic leaders say
they have no reason to question the re-
suit of the fall election. Van Der Wort
always has figured prominently in G. A.
R. circles and served one term as com
mander-in-chief of that organization
ALTGELD TO ANSWER ROOSEVELT
Ex-Gov Altgeld will deliver an address
before the Ohio Associa ton of Democrat
ic Clubs at Toledo, Aug. 1, and will reply
to Gov. Roosevelts St. Paul and other
speeches.
Seen at his office in the Unity building
yesterday, Mr.. Altgeld said: Eyes, it is
true that 1 have prepared a reply to