The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-12-30

new channels. 1t was futile for men of the old
school to protest and to prophesy misfortune
for the country under its rulers. The peo-
pie had spoken, and this time the peoples will
was not to be denied"
In 1888 there will be another Democratic
President in the White House. Obviously 1t
would be futile to attempt to demonstrate any
similarity between Andrew Jackson and Frank
lin D. Roosevelt for both the heredity and the
environment which produced the two men were
so different as to make any logical correlation
impossible But since the forces which work to
place men in positions Of power and response
bility are invariably more important than the
men themselves isn't 1t more important that
there is a plausible similarity between the forces
which placed there two Democratic Presidents
In the White House? century ago there was
a political revolution after four decades of rule
by the Federalists and Democratic-R Republicans
(into which the Federalsts had gradually
merged). The election of last November had all
the aspects Of political revolution after twelve
years of Republican rule and there is some
thing singularly appropriate to that election In
Professor Ogg's words about the election of
Jackson at was futile for men Of the old school
to protest and prophesy misfortune for the coun-
try under it's new rulers. The people had spoken
and this time the peoples Will was not to De
denied"
So in 1888 the American people face the fu-
ture under new administration not only in
their National Capital but in many state CAPT.
tails as WELL They have been promised new
DEAL" for such was the slogan of the winning
Presidential candidate. Whether or not he will
be able to carry out that promise, with all it's
implications, to their satisfaction remains to be
seen. For, granting him the utmost in sincerity
and honesty of purpose, the fact remains that
factors over which he will have no control will
shape the destiny of the nation during the next
third of the century and those factors rather
than the actions Of one man or group Of men,
will make the ''new deal" whatever it turns out
to be.
There can be no doubt that the principles Of
which Andrew Jackson was the exponent pro-
foundry influenced the history Of the United
States during the third of the century which
followed 1888. But they were merely political
principles and their influence on our history was
negligible compared to the influence of the
cial and economic forces which were set in mo-
ton during that time.
It was this decade which saw new social
consciousness being aroused in the nation. For
the first time men were beginning to question
actively the right of one race to hold in bondage
another race. New Years day, 1881, the
publication Of the first number of William
Lloyd Garrison's Liberator and within two years
there had been organized the American Anti
Slavery society. More than that the common
man was beginning to become more conscious Of
his rights as a man and citizen Many Of the
states had rid themselves of the old property
and tax qualifications for voters, the property
qualifications for officers had been diminished
or had disappeared and nearly all the state off,
GERS, including judges, were being elected by
popular vote instead of being chosen by the leg
isature or governor, as had been the case for
merly
Then, too, the American was starting upon the
career which was to make him a widely
read man, a better man and better citizen. In
1888 appeared the New York Sum- the first per-
manent cheap daily newspaper. The price was
one cent and that meant that for the first time
since the invention Of the printing press, the
poorest laborer could afford to carry home in
his pocket the news of the world and discus
sion In this public forum of the leading ques-
lions of the day.
America began to develope literature of its
own. Shortly before Jacksons first election Noah
Webster published the first edition Of his Amer
lean dictionary and soon after Jackson went
into office Whittier began to write his New Eng
land ballads Then followed that line of bril-
liant essayists. poets, historians and novelists-
Longfellow Bryant, Bancroft, Holmes Poe
Hawthorne, LOWELL Emerson and Prescott-to
provide a native literature for Americans.
Coincidentally with these social movements
were economic movements which were to revolu-
ton1ze the life or the american people IL was
an era of Industrial progress, of internal Inn
proyements and Of national development In
number Of material ways Albert Bushnell Hart,
the historian, has declared that I'm the 20 years
from 1920 to 1910 more lab0r-saving inventions
were brought forward than In the whole history
of mankind before The American manufacture
of edge tools began; the invention of planning
machines revolutionized woodworking; platform
scales were introduced; the Nasmyth steam
hammer was patented In 1872; the iron cook
stove was put on the market about 1910; fric-
ton matches (invented in England In 1920 slow
ly began to take the place Of the old flint and
steel; the first crude Colts revolver was patent
ed in 1885. To furnish power for cotton and