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«VP^ «WfS|*8i I A or -v J. if 6.\J8*K» 4ewUlmReview Published by N is in a Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1908. •gntered in the postofihce at New Ulm, Minn., as second class matter. Campaign Funds. Alfred Henry Lewis a recent magazine article gives some figures relative to campaign funds, which, if accurate, are certainly startling. The republicans", he says, spent $100,000 in I860, $125,000 in 1864, $150, 000 in 1868, $250,000 in 1872, $950,000 to beat Tilden in 1876 $1,000,000 in 1880, $1,300,000 against Cleveland in 1884, $1,350,000 in 1888, $3,000,000 in 1892, $9,000,000 in the memorable cam paign of 1896, $6,500,000 in 1900 and $5,000,500 for Roosevelt in 1904. The democrats, on the other hand spent only $50,000 in I860, the same amount in 1864, $75,000 in 1868, $50,000 in 1872, $900,000 in 1876- $350,000 in 1880, $1,400,000 in 1884, $855,000 in 1888, $2,350,000 in 1892, $657,000 in 1896, $600,000 in 1900 and $1,250,000 in 1904. These figures, of course, are mere Estimates, but in the case of the $9, .000,000 spent by the republican party in 1896 Mr. Lewis claims to have the word of the late Senator Hanna, who certainly should have known what was expended if anybody did. Commenting on the lavish outlay Mr. Lewis say*: "The govermftefet is not run so much by the voters, as by campaign contributors. As witness: In 1892 the public elected a president and con gress upon an issue of tariff. The public wanted the McKinley bill re pealed. An extra session was called. To consider tariff? No finance. The banks asked the repeal of silver. The banks had filled the party chest. The public had merely furnished the votes. "In 1896 the public elected a presi dent and a congress upon an issue of finance. An extra session was called. To consider finance? Ne tariff. The 'protected' industries asked certain tariff changes that might be relied upon to affix another cipher to their bank balances. The 'protected' industries bad filled the $9,000,000 treasure chest for that campaign. The public, as usual, had only furnished the votes." In short, it has been campaign con tributions and not votes that have dictated the public policies or this country for many years. Therefore the government has served property, which furnished the contributions, and not humanity, which merely fur nished the votes. Campaign contributions have been blackmail and they have been bribes. They have bought special privileges and they have purchased immunity from punishment. But they did not come from the people, and the people did not get the results. William Jennings Bryan talked to twenty thousand people at the State Fair grounds Monday evening. Even that partisan old sheet, the Pioneer Press, admits that if it had not been for Bryan the attendance at the fair would have been unusually small. The Franklin Tribune insists that in order to elect Jacobsen it is necessary to get rid of all barnacles of the Dunn type, to suppress Frank Eddy's funm cisms and to treat John A. Johnson like a gentleman In other words, Johnson will be elected. The news that J. Adam Bede may fail to secure a renomination for Congress is a reminder that it is a great deal better for a public man to get a reputation as a statesman than as a humorist —Boston Globe. After listening to the speeches of Ewert and Gutterson one would be almost justified in concluding that in ordfer to get votes this year one's talks must be distinctly democratic. The Honorable James T. McCleary is advertised as the Labor day orator at Revere. Cole was accorded this honor two years ago and everybody knows what happened to Cole. The Minneapolis jQurnal was sold on Monday to a syndicate headed by H. V. Jones of the "Commercial West." It is understood that the con sideration was $1,200,000. Taul Ewert, optomistic candidate for congress, spoke at Hodges' hall in Comfrey Friday evening last. An exchange has it that the Jacob son crowd have ditched BOD Dunn. Too good to believe. BUY YOUR KODAK SUPPLIES OF US We Do Photo Finishing Right Price List Free ProHnpt Service LV.MoreauCo. Kodak Supply Depot 616 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis '-'The Lincoln Way"—~ r,j£ w?r What a fitting memorial to Lincoln would be a noble highway, a splendid boulevard, from the White House to Gettysburg, from the house where his record for statesmanship was achieved to the spot where he struck the highest note of human eloquence! The seven ty-two miles would give sufficient length to the highway to justify its use as a national memorial. The coun try to be traversed offers no special engineering difficulties. It is just about sufficiently rolling to afford fine landscape effects and to furnish oppor tunity for a handsome bridge here and there. The width of the road should comport with its memorial character. Let us say tentatively that the width should be 200 feet. Down the middle of the road let there be a greensward forty or fifty feet wide, a well-kept lawn looking like a beautiful green carpet of velvet. To lend variety to the central line of beauty, here and there flower gardens and other decorative features could be introduced. At intervals could be erected fountains and other monumen tal embellishments that might be ap propriate. On each side of this central line of beauty let there be a smooth roadway forty or fifty feet wide, constructed ac cording to the highest engineering standard of "good roads." One of these roadways may be reserved for swift-moving vehicles like automo biles, and the other for slow-moving vehicles like carriages and wagons. Outside of these driveways could be double-tracked electric railways, occu pying a width of twenty feet each and separated from the driveways by hedges. One of these railways could be for express trains of high speed and stopping only at intervals of ten or fifteen miles the other could be for local trains moving slowly and stop ping at short intervals. Bordering "The Lincoln Road" on each side there should be a row or rows of stately trees, the rows broken at points where could be obtained fine views of the mountains or valleys or river. In order that "The Lincoln W a may be built with certainty and with out delay, it should be constructed un der the direction of a national com mission and should be paid for out of the national treasury.^But full oppor tunity should then be given to the in dividual states to express their regard for Lincoln. To each state in the union may be allotted a portion of "The Lincoln Way to be embellished in accordance with its taste and means, subject to the approval of the national commission. Other spaces could be allotted for embellishment to national patriotic societies. Oppor tunity should be afforded to succeeding generations to add something to the beauty of' 'TheLincoln Way." So long as patriotism glows in the hearts of the American people, it will be for them a labor of love to add from time to time to this expression of national affection, keeping "The Lincoln Way at the forefront as the best and most attractive highway in the entire world. Having in mind the possibilities of electrical illumination, the beauty of this boulevard when lit up at night ma} be left to the imagination. What is really proposed is not so much a perpetuation of the fame of Abraham Lincoln, which is already secure, as an appropriate expression of our appreciation of him. It is of A National Memorial! Former Congressman MoCleary Offers Striking "Suggest tion in Connection with Centennial Celebra tion of Lincoln's Birth. the essence of this memorial, instinct with the spirit of him whom it is to commemorate. That there will be a maintenance cost is in harmony with the governing idea. And it would be entirely fitting that this cost of main tenance should be borne out of the na tional treasury. But it is the opinion of experts who have been consulted that, in view of the hundreds of thou sands of tourists who may be expected to make the trip from Washington to Gettysburg yearly, the road can be made largely, if not wholly, self-sus taining. If, when the roadway is be ing constructed, the traces for the electric lines be laid as part of the general construction, it is believed that the use of these tracks can be leased for a considerable sum of money annually to an operating com pany which would furnish its own rolling stock. This arrangement, while furnishing transportation at rates within the reach of every one, would provide from a proper source —the actual users of the road in come for its maintenance. In addi tion, considerable income could be derived from special licenses for the running of public and private auto mobiles over this road. Lincoln's fame is inseparably con nected with the preservation of the union of the United States. This road would cross the famous Mason and Dixon line, formerly the dividing line between the north and the south. The road wouid, therefore, serve as a wed ding ring for the sections once tem porarily dissevered—as a symbol of the union to which {Lincoln dedicated his life. WHAT THEY ALL SAY, BUT— Imagine a two-hours' ride in the morning over that magnificent road from Washington to Gettysburg, thru beautiful Maryland and Pennsylvania, with the Blue Ridge mountains in sight part of the way. Imagine even six to eight hours spent at the worldre nowned battlefield-park, seeing Round Top and Little Round Top, Seminary Ridge and its famous theological seminary, Cemetery hill and Culp's hill, the Chambersburg pike and the Emmetsburg road, the Peach orchard and the Apple orchard, the wheat fields and Devil's den, "High Tide at Gettysburg" and other noted spots, traversing the ground where the First Minnesota won eternal fame, and following the sweep of Pickett's won drous charge. Imagine the visit to Gettysburg ended by standing for a time reverently where iLincoln de livered his immortal speech, at the "final resting place]|for those who here gave their lives that the nation might live," and the day closed by the return trip to Washington in the evening. What a never-to-be-forgot ten day that would be! Imagine such a trip being taken by hundreds of thousands of Americans every |year! Can any one measure the mental and moral uplift, the exaltation of spirit, the deepening and strengthening of patriotic sentiment and devotion to public duty that would result? Would not the inspiration thus secured render it more certain that "government of the people, by the people andjfor the people shall not perish from the earth?" If it were possible to consult! Abra ham Lincoln himself as to the charac ter of memorial that would be most pleasing to him, can anyj'one doubt what his answer wouldjbe?—Assistant Postmaster General James T. McClea ry in the Sept. Review ofJReviews. TALES O FM DERB Mysteries of the Famous Classic of the English Turf. A SCHEME THAT WENT WRONG The Plot to Rob Teddington of the Blue Ribbon In 1851—Leander's Missing Head—A Dramatic Episode—Win ners Foretold In Dreams. If it were possible to write the full and true history of the Derby it would contain some startling revelations of strange doings behind the scenes of which the public has little suspicion and no actual knowledge. There is, for instance, little doubt that a very different tale would have been told of Teddington's Derby but for the prompt action of his wide awake owner, Sir Joseph Hawley. When the Kentish baronet attended the York spring meeting of 1851 he was amazed to find the bookmakers eager to lay odds to any amount against his colt, who was looked on as a certain winner of the blue ribbon a few weeks later Sir Joseph at once scented mischief, and, leaving the course, he traveled as fast as relays of swift horses could take him to his training quarters, where he communi cated his suspicions to Alec Taylor, his trainer. As the result of their deliberations Teddington was at once removed to another box, placed under the charge of a different boy and a strict watch kept over him night and day. What ever scheme was on foot to disable the horse was thus effectually checked, Teddington soon resumed his place as first favorite in the betting and, as ev erybody expected, won the Derby with ease. Another mystery which has not been solved to this day is associated with Leander and that memorable Derby of 1844. It was more than suspected that Leander was a four-year-old, but there was not sufficient evidence on which to base an objection to his running. In the race his fetlock was broken by a kick from Running Rein, and he was effectually placed hors de combat. He was shot and buried, but when a party of sportsmen who wished to test their suspicions dug up his body at dead of night they found that the head, which alone could settle the matter, was gone. Ratan, the second favorite for this race, was made safe by a cunningly devised bolus, but who administered it was never discovered, and, to crown this Derby as the most shady and fraudulent on record, Running Rein, who came in first, was found to be none other than Maccabeus, a four year-old, and thus an impostor of the first water. But when it became neces sary to produce the horse for an ex amination by experts it was found that he, like Leander's telltale head, had been spirited away. In connection with Running Rein, by the way, a dramatic story is told. A Captain Osborne had backed Orlando for a very heavy sum, and when Run ning Rein came in first he was faced with the alternative of blowing out his brains or being declared a default er. He was just on the point of choos ing death rather than dishonor when a note was placed in his hand. "Run ning Rein," ran the missive, which was from a friendly tout, "is an im postor, and he won't get the Derby stakes Buy up all the bets on Orlando you can get, and you will make a for tune." The captain put away his revolver, followed the tout's advice and, instead of providing work for the undertaker, found himself £18,000 in pocket. Few horses have ever started a hot ter favorite for the Derby than Mc Gregor in 1870 So rosy were his chances that odds of 9 to 4 were laid on him to an enormous amount, and the money was considered as good as won. To the consternation, however, of his backers, he seemed unable to move freely in the race and finished a bad fourth behind horses who were not in the same century with him. There was no doubt whatever that Macgregor had been drugged, but who the rascal was who did the dastardly trick is as much a mystery today as it was at the time It is of this race that the following remarkable story is told: During the night before the race a jockey called Swift saw the finish of the Derby in*a dream He saw Kingcraft, which he recognized, pass the post a winner by a length and a half, followed by a dark brown horse which he could not identify and with Macgregor, the fa vorite, a bad fourth. In spite of the jeering of his friends, to whom he told the story, he backed Kingcraft for every sovereign he could raise, and, to his delight as to the disgust of the scoffers, he saw his dream exactly re produced—the favorite badly beaten and the despised Kingcraft winning a small fortune for him. Even more remarkable is a story of that great Derby race of 1862, won by the despised outsider Caractacus, rid den by Parsons, the stable lad. Al though Caractacus was so badly thought of that Jinv Goater point plank refused to ride him and odds of 40 to 1 were freely offered against him, a tipster gave him as a certain winner on the strength of a dream in which his blind daughter had seen the horse win "with a little boy on his back as pale as death." How vividly accurate was this dream forecast was admitted by *M who saw the finish of that sensa tional race.—London Tit-Bits. 1 faetured. REASONS WHY DANIEL WEBSTER is the whitest, purest^ most sanitary and nutritious flour manu- & "IBS' ^*sS.^fe.* -5* Only the very choicest milling wheat Obtain able is used. Every kernel is scoured, washed and sterilized. Only the very best portion of the berry is retained. From the time the wheat enters our elevators until the packages are opened no opportunity is afforded for con tamination from exterior causes. DANIEL WEBSTER Flour is pure and spotless as the driven snow. Eagle Roller Mill Co Daily Capacity, 5,000 Barrels. 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