New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-20
CAN THEY WIN? !

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This question will be uppermost in
the minds of all republicans as we'll
as democrats until the votes are
counted in November. The popularity
of Roosevelt and the splendid record
he has made has given him a prestige
among the common people that no
other president since the time of
Lincoln has had. But will that elect
him?
There is this to contend with: The
very power that elected Mckinley and
gave Roosevelt his opportunity is
against him; the money question upon
which the campaigns past have been
fought has been eliminated from the
platform of the democratic platform,
and the high prices that prevail for
all the necessities of life give the
theory of free trade, or tariff reform,
the best possible opportunity to be
effective in catching votes
| There is no fear in financial circles
because the two parties are practically
standing on the same platform. The
trusts have been severely dealt with
| by Roosevelt and they will seek this
opportunity to get even with him.
Their money will go to further the
interests of the democrats. The
salvation of Roosevelt must lie in the
appreciation the people have for the
enemies he has made of the great
corporations. If they forget this, there
is then little reason to believe he can
win out over the power that will be
arrayed against him.
The result will be an interesting
measure of the power of money in
American politics. We shall know
better next fall whether or not money
alone can carry presidential election;
whether or not men of great wealth
and powerful fnancil interests can
control popular elections as they have
controlled local and national con-
yentions this year. The forces rallied
by Mr.. August Belmont have turned
the Democratic organization about so
completely that the man who had two
thirds majority four years ago could
not command a third of the votes this
year. Let US see whether the same
forces can command the millions of
votes cast for Bryan four years ago
in support of everything he hates and
diStruSts.
In the face of a coming election
President Roosevelt has ordered the
attorney general of the U. S. Supreme
court to advance the beef trust case to
the October term. This will be the
making or unmaking of him as presi-
dent, according to whether the people
are in earnest about fighting trusts or
not. They will show it by the way
they cast their ballots.
The selfshness of labor unions is
manifest by the strikers at South st.
Paul by the president of the union.
He says go into the harvest field and
get work. y The proposition is all right
for the farmer but how about the men
who have been waiting for harvest to
earn few cents, getting from SIS to
500 month. The trouble is they have
no union and these union men consider
them legitimate prey.
The mayor of this city shows his in
dependence and his willingness to ac-
coed to the wishes of those who make
stand for the observance of the laws
of the, state, by refusing to grant a
license for Sunday to the street carni-
val people. The mayor should be
sustained in this for in more ways
than one it is a good thing and princi-
pally from the fact that it will tend to
put a stop to the sentiment that is
abroad that there are no Sunday laws
in the city Of New Ulm, and then too,
it is possible that the people of the
city will have all they want in the week
of carnival that they will have.