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strong grip on the nape of the Platt
neck and the slack of Platt's panta-
looms, in which case something may
happen, as in the case of the late la
mented Mr.. McGinty when that excel
lent gentleman fell to the bottom of
the coalhole
Missouri and Maine.
Whether Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory will come into the Union as
one state or two, they win probably
come in at this session of congress. If
they are admitted as one state. it win
be one Of the finest in the rare and ra-
diant sisterhood, and it would come in
with four or five representatives in
congress, the largest number any new
state ever started with except Maine
which began with seven, has fallen to
four and came near being reduced to
three in the last congress. Missouri
and Maine came in together Maine
with seven and Missouri with one
Now Missouri has sixteen, while Maine
has only four, which proves that De
mocracy is superior to Republicanism
The Republicans of Missouri have
thrown away more chances to carry
the state than can be counted on the
fingers of two hands. Every time the
Democrats are disposed to act the fool
the Republicans raise them at their
own game of asininity. Just now the
Kerens and Hitchcock factions are
making such holy show of themselves
over few appointiye places that the
chances are that the Democrats will
| not only eject state ticket, but will
also bag all of the sixteen congress
men, even wrestling Bartholdts dis
trict from him. rs he is in the thick of
the Republican factional row. They
are rum set" those Missouri Repub-
licans. They can't carry anything.
Passing of Pahccck.
Mr.. Babcock Of Wisconsin is in a fair
way to learn that the way of q Repub-
lican reformer, no less than of trans
gressor, is hard. Babcock saw certain
inequalities and iniquities in the bless
ed Dingley bill of sanctified memory
and proceeded at the tail end of the
last congress to introduce bills to rem
edy them. From that day to this his
name has been anathema maranatha
/ among his Republican colleagues. There
is no more amiable man or courteous
gentleman than J. W. Babcock of Wis
consin. | am inclined to believe that
he acted from conscientious motives,
but his bona fides will not save him.
He is a ruined man. The idiotic lab
| Der Of the average Republican paper
amounts to absolutely nothing, but
! that tower above the riffraff papers
and challenge the thought of the coun-
| try. Among these is the St. Louis
GlobeDemocrat. 1t is wealthy and
great money maker. 1t is ably edited.
| 1t has no axes to grind. Indeed it
treats the Republican party in the state
In a most 1isrespectful manner. On
one occasion the Jefferson City CORE
spondent of The CD. telegraphed the
brilliant editor, ]. B. McCullagh, 1.-The
Republican caucus condemns The
Globe Democrat" Instantly McCul-
lagh telegraphed, ''The Republican
caucus be d-d!' That was the last
ever heard of that, but when so emf
nent Republican journal as The c.
D. hops on to Brother Babcock with
both feet it is high time for Brother
Babcock to be looking for new polit-
ical affiliations. The CD. says:
The elimination OF Babcockism in the house of
representatives has waited for f0
formally take up its active business 1t has been
accomplished through almost unanimous express
sion of members against tariff revision and
through the attitude of that most powerful CON-
mittee of the house, the ways and means. Con-
gresham Babeock does not admit, as yet, the en-
tire abandonment of his propaganda. He says he
will offer and urge his bill and that he will seek
to secure through his party the steps which
his bill provides in the way of reduced rates on
certain manufactures which he claims are sold
cheaper abroad than they marketed in the
United States.
year ago Mr. Babcock was one of the most
powerful and best liked members of the house.
Today there are signs of ostracism. 1t has been
urged that, while he might suffer from the feel
ing against him among his colleagues in the
house outside his own delegation, he did not be
lieye his own state delegation would extend this
ostracsm to him, but within the week the dele
cation met and, after much discussion, adjourned
tion on the congressional committee. The full
significance of this movement is realized when it
Is recalled that Babcock is now chairman Of the
congressional committee and such served SO
ncceptably that his work has been generally com
mended It is admitted that much OF the credit
for the present large majority in the house is due
to his wise advice and assistance, combined with
conditions at large in the country. Now, with a
reputation facing him from his own state delega-
tion and the possibility of opposition in his own
district, Babcocldsm seems doomed.
Roosevelt Enjoys Himself.
President Roosevelt appears to enjoy
himself hugely in the White House.
| Presidents Cleveland and Mckinley
stood at large fat topped desk, and
the visitors went to them. Not so with
Colonel Roosevelt. he does the walk
ing and most of the talking, swings
round the circle and has something jol-
| ly and appropriate to say to every one.
He has good memory for names and
faces-a most valuable quality in a
| public man. There is hearty good
will about what he does and says
| which goes far toward making people
comfortable.
When called on the president Sen
ator Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver of Iowa
| was there. AS l looked at the hand
some and well groomed brunette could
not help recalling the line, so near
and yet so far" If Plat, Quay ct al.
had not forced the vice presidential
nomination on Colonel Roosevelt, the
| chances are ten TO one that Dolliver
would now be president He was
unquestionably the prime favorite for
the position till Thomas Collier Plat
! and Matthew Stanley Quay worked
| their rabbit foot on Teddy and unwit-
tingly made president when they
were merely trying to make vice
president.
New Cabinet Officer.
/ 1t really looks as if new cabinet
| position is to be created, to be known
as the department of commerce, though