The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-12

There is growing feeling among the Irish and
Germans that there too many Americans in the
court house now. Criswell, Huntingdon Rhoden-
baugh and Myers represent the American demo
Gratis, but the others claim that while they hold the
offices 1t is the German and Irish who furnish the
votes There is much truth this for the distinct
ly American democrat is but an inconsiderabe ele-
ment IN this county, Of course it is too early to
venture predictions, but we believe the conditions
as outlined exist today and that they are apt to
grow more complicated than the reverse.
Since Governor Shaw issued his letter stating
positively that he would not be a candidate for
thlrd term, many papers have made many COM
ments upon his action. In our last issue we quoted
artcles from two or three of the leading Chicago
papers, The Tribune and the Times Herald and
also from the Council Bluffs Nonpareil II re-
NAMED tor the Des Mones Leader, however, to be
the only paper Boosting independence in politics.
to berate and beitle the governor after his letter
hao oeen issued; although profuse with personal
professions OF friendship, the Leader has not been
able to see one commendable thing in any public
or private act OF Governor Shaw Whenever oc-
caslon has arisen it has been free with criticisms as
to what 1T deemed the governor should do. 1t has
PreJualcea the governor every time, probably bas-
ing It's judgment upon that which it would have
done IN like circumstances. Every time it has
been wrong The governor has done exactly what (
the Leader has said he should do bnt has
prophesied that he would not do One would ma
tufally expect that when the governor took a
course which had been pointed out to him bv the
Leader that that paper would be frank and sincere
and manly enough to that it had misiudped
the governor and commend his action On the
contrary with the Leader, it has continually been
case OF ''be damned If you-do, and be damned if
you don't we have given up trying to criticise
the Leader with any hope that it will amend its
conduct, 1T seems to be about hopeless task to
get the Leader to be upright and manly in its edi
toral course, as we have found it get that ex-
ceealngly neWsy newspaper to pay for its news cor
respondence. We speak then not with hope that
we may convert the Leader but for the benefit Of
those republicans that are led astray by its spec
1ous announcements of independence in political
matters, and by its bald hypocrisy in pretending to
oe neutral, when IN reality it never takes any other
course than the which it presumes will be most
disastrous to the republican party of Iowa Anv
man with grievance against the republican party
any man who has been disappointed because the
mass OF his fellow citizens did not have as high an
oP1non OF him as he had of himself, any disgrunt-
led sore-headed, second-rate politician finds rest
and comfort and consolation and support on the
simple bosom of the Leader. The Leader took
the same course IN its opposition to Governor
son and Governor Drake. Privately II 'repretfeda
the circumstances which compelled it to take an
opposition course, personally its editors were most
friendly but publicly nothing was too mean or too
low Tor 1t to say against them them. This is the
worst item of our charge against the Leader; Il is
either inslncere or hypocrcal and untruthful in its
PliVate PROFESSIONS OF trlendshipto public men or
else 1t IS 1nslncere and hypocritical in its public
atterance concerning them We care not which
horn OF the deema the Leader sees fit to take.
neither creditable, either the honesty or to the
intelligence OF its editors In some respects the
Leader is good newspaper but we believe Il
would be just as newsy and just as readable if it
were honest Hypocritica professions of friend
ship and the much human cry about being more
honest than other people, does not, unfortunately
Tor the Leader, constitute true honesty and nte-
Huentlal journal the Leader, concerning
paper winch has such wide opportunities for good,
II 1t would but avail itself of them, but we believe
thar every man who has had the, slightest ex-
perlence IN state politics will agree with us, that
the Leader is untrustworthy unsafe and ins;ncere
and that it processes friendship only in order and
10 De able 70 lnJure the deeply, and that it
sollclts condolences only to betray them