The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-04-12
OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY
The Dewey Presidential Bee.

Two differing and antipoda1 state
of mind seem to possess the country a
it contemp1ates the. Dewey presidential
bee. One state is that of Righteousness
the other of seriousness. A dignifeC
and erect admiral declaring in effec
that no political preferments, no am
bition for the presidency and residence
in the White House disturb the tran
quill sea of his expectations, indeed
that under no circumstances would
such honors be acceptable even though
proffered; then, to see that stately
warrior weakening in the ankles, halt
ing on his thigh, thrown off his bal
ance, on his back and rolling over,
saying, 81 have changed my mind; the
bee is buzzing IN my bonnet so furi-
ons1y that I covet that easy job at the
presidential mansion, and the people
may put the crown of the Republic on
my brow if they please" stirs the risi-
bi1ities of American voters, just as a
suppressed laughter is provoked when
suddenly gent1eman1y form, by some
accident, is made to leap up and turn
a somersau1t.
Then again it is exceedingly funny
to those who see things with eyes
asquint, as most of us do, for most of
us are blind on one side and double
sighted on the other, p1uronectids
you know, it is very funny that on the
eve of the admira1's declaration, or
Immediately after, that he should sur
render all his trophies, swords, loving
cups, etc., to the national museum.
This perhaps is a reason why Dewey
should become a candidate. If only
that beautiful house in Washington
were thrown in, with few tears per-
haps it might turn the presidential
scale.
But there is another side, another
view. How came the bee to buzz in
Dewey's bonnet? The insect was not
born of the admira1s brain and aspira-
ton. The strong man who steered his
feet into Manila Bay that glorious
May morning, sent the Spanish gun
boats to the bottom, and watched from
the bridge of the Olympia, as with an
eagle eye, the movements of the Phil
ippino insurgents, kept his thoughts
to himself, and returned to his country
amid the loud huzzas of his country
men, was too much Of man, too
sturdy character to pluck the egg of
the buzzing bee and place it under his
hat for incubation, after declaring that
TEnone of these things move him.
The bee in the bonnet is the fine work
of some ski11fu1, 1ong-headed politician.
The admiral has been persuaded that
some fellow must be whipped and he
is the man to do the whipping. a. The
fact is w. J. Bryan and his platform of
free silver has grown to be an elephant
in the hands of the Democratic party,
for the popular endorsement of his
in his own city of Lincoln, Neb., the
ballot box displayed a marked Repub-
1ican complexion; the east, probably
the south, the middle west and north
west are opposed to Mr.. Bryan-there-
fore the astute politicians of the en-
numbered party secretly propose to
knife the Nebraska orator before the
National Convention meets and run in
Admiral Dewey as altogether a finer
figurehead, and a candidate vastly
more likely to win in the political race.
Stone, of Missouri, opines that
Dewey is too late. It seems to us he is
rather earlier than Presidential candi-
dates usually are. Mr.. Bryan's nom
nation was sprung on the Chicago
convention like a lightning flash, but
he was not too late to berthe candidate
of the Democratic party in 1896. Mr..
Dewey is in good time for the non1ina-
ton of 1900.
Mr.. Mckinley will certainly receive
the nomination of the Republican
party and we believe he will be elected
President of the United States with a
large popular majority, and by the
votes of the electors. Yet the fighting
Admiral of Manila, the man for whom
hats waved, cannon roared, and tri
umpha1 arches spread, may poll tire
mendous vote from millions of the
common people who last October
shouted themselves hoarse with loud
and long continued welcoming anc
loving huzzas.