New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-24

bring about a change in a very short
time. It can be done at the next
election, the speaker asserted. People
should vote so they get behind the
guns and not remain in front Of them as
they have been doing ia the past. They
have no reason to complain if they
vote themselves in front of the guns.
Mr.. Van Lear took pains in making it
plain that. he did not advocate the
use Of the guns to hurt anybody in case
the people should get the control over
them. But what would make this
control valuable was that nobody else
could use them against the people, he
explained.
Org anize!
The first thing to do for the farmers
and workers Of the state is to organize,
Mr.. Van Lear said. The farmers should
join the Nonpartisan League and the
workers in the cities and villages should
become members Of the Minnesota Work
ingmen's Nonpartisan Political League,
If they go together, they can seize the
power, he averred They will carry
all offices in the state in the next cleo
ton. The new parties have no favors
for personalities, they stand for their
program and that is all they fight for,
Mr.. Van Lear said.
Has Sense Of Hun1or
In opening his address Mr.. Van Lear
recalled an interesting incidence which
happened at st. Louis during the re-
cent conference Of the Committee Of
orty-eight A delegate to this confer
ence on entering the swell convention
room at the Statler Hotel there hap
pened to notice sign on oneof the chairs
which bore the legend !. The Queen Of
Belgium Occupied This Room" Then
he noticed little card on another chair,
with the inscription: An American
Farmer, member of the Nonpartisan
League, sat in this chair. = y.
Asks To Guard Liberties.
Captain Albert Steinhauser, IN open
ing the meeting told his hearers they
had been called together to discuss ways
and means how to safeguard the liber-
ties Of the American people. At no
time in the history Of this country OF, for
that matter, in the history Of the world
have the people been UP against as Cruz
cial a period as we are at the present time,
he explained. The battles between the
private interests and the sacred liberties
Of the people are being fought in all
parts Of the land. The rights of free
assemblage and Of free speech, guar
anteed by the constitution Of the United
States, are being trampled under foot
and it has become necessary to hold
meetings to uphold and regain these
rights for the people y sss.
Having referred to themmany. mis-
statements and false infor alton found
in the daily press Mr.. Steinhauser stated
that there are hopeful signs pointing
to the fact that hepeople are beginning
to wake up to the realization Of
what is in store for them in case they
& do not assert themselves He admon-
ished his hearers to have the courage
of their >conviction. This does not
mean, however, that they should use
any wrongful means to gain their end
he asserted. But they should act as
American citizens making use Of their
constitutional rights. Facts will CON
vince the people and only those who
have to show facts will have an influence
on the political and economic develop
ments. Mr.. Steinhauser explained.
Two Hopeful Signs.
During the course of the past months
two things have occurred, which give
US hope that not allis lost, the speaker
said. They are: The recent defeat
of the franchise in Minneapolis and