Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-16

EyF President Roosevelt will put his
E ear to the ground these budding
E spring days he vii! hear many
@ other Interesting things besides
the grass growing. For instance,
he will learn that the ostrich policy
which Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and
other big bore statesmen Of the Re
publican persuasion are pursuing as to
what is going on in the Philippines will
not SO down with the American peo-
pie. The Washington Post cnn read
the signs Of the times. 1t has itself
been a great sinner in whooping it up
in favor of the grab all, hold all policy,
but it knows q thing or two, and it
says editorially:
Administration orators and organs will
not succeed in smothering public disap-
prevail Of the Philippines scandal by the
mpudent pretense that such disapproval
is equivalent to abusing the army" 1t
is evident that this policy has been adopt
ed The keynote has been struck, and of
course the chorus will soon be in full
voice. But the expedent will prove dis
appointment to its authors. The Ameri-
can people are not fools.
Precisely so. The American people
are not fools, but Senator Henry Cabot
lodge and his coterie Of word jugglers
think they are and will think SO until
the election Of Democratic house in
November undeceives them. 1t may be
that the Junior senator from Massachu-
sets can give the president valuable
pointers in the equestrian art, but he
is an unsafe counselor when it comes to
humanity, Justice, honor and the pres
ervation of our national good name.
Teddy wants to do right. In order to
do SO he must part company with the
jingos.
L'Enfant Terrible.
President Roosevelt put stopper on
one "lenfant terrible" when he uncer-
enormously and incontinently squelch-
ed General Freddie Funston. No doubt
his military household after that II
so, he was woefully disappointed, for
| just about the time he was putting
quietus on Freddie one Colonel Wood
| ruff broke loose at Manila in a speech
before the court martial trying Gen
eral Jake Smith, which speech pro-
duced so many tears that another flood
was imminent. Woodruff laid on and
spared not the people Of the United
States who do not believe that the
| butchery of old men in their dotage. of
women and children, adds to the glory
Of the American arms. He smote hip
and thigh the folks at home who be-
lieve that murder and arson are for
hidden methods of war. He boldly 70
| ciferated that the American people, IN
Guiding Colonel Roosevelt himself, are
suffering from hysteria. He compared
General Jake to one Ulysses Simpson
Grant, very much to the advantage Of
Jake, and cut many other verbal and
oratorical capers before high heaven
we'll calculated to make the angels
weep. Here clearly is case where
Teddy can use his oratorical extin-
guisher to great advantage. Clap 1t on
| Woodruff without delayi
capers Extraordinary.
There is an old poetic saying to the
effect that "hell hath no fury like wo-
man scornedr Recent events in the
Republican circles Of Pennsylvania
raise grave doubts as to the reliability
of that line. For years and years the
Philadelphia Inquirer has been the
steady company OF Senator Matthew
Stanley Quay, has been his most faith.
full servitor, has supported him in all
his high handed proceedings. The In
quirer is for Elkin for governor. Quay
| 10 l,0 IN lint In
to the conclusion that he is JONAH
, dumped him. The Inquirer thereupo1
assails Matthew Stanley day by day
in way that is absolutely amazing
The Inquirer says:
Matthew Stanley Quay has been the
leader of Pennsylvania Republicanism for
years.
AS leader striving to build up the Re-
publican party he deserved and secured a
b grand following.
But when Senator Quay. declaring that
his course in politics is rum" practically
abdicates and hands his leadership over
to a pair of Pittsburg millionaire fran.
chise Spectators, then the time has come
T for the sturdy Republicans of Pennsylva
MIA to protest.
2 with the divers of Pittsburg, casts asid
lifelong friends, spurns those who hay
stood by him and seeks alliances with hi
e enemies, then he is playing with fire ant
S 4 inviting destruction.
The remarkable, the inexplicable cours
Z of Senator Quay is jeopardizing not onl,
o the governorship, but the United State
seuatorship.
/, Now, the Inquirer has never beel
called a humorous paper, but when w
consider what Quay is and has beel
S for years and what the Inquirer Is AM
y has been for years we must conciud
that the foregoing excerpt, regards
| from the humorous standpoint, exceed
tanything Mark Twain ever wrote an
illustrates the utter decentralization o
l. Republican politics in Pennsylvania.
I'll In another editorial The Inquire
X says:
nj 1t has pleased the millionaire combin
outfit Of Pittsburg, which has APPARENT
" laid violent hands upon Matthew Stanle
q Quay, to permit the news to be circulate
that President Roosevelt took @ hand
IL turning Quay against Elkin,
r There is not one word of truth In tt
N absurd yarn.
vi Not for one second has Senator Qua
discussed the Pennsylvania governorsh
r. | with the president. He has simply bee
. | hypnotized by a pair of franchise gral
J. bers Of Pittsburg, with whom his sc
n Dick has been associated.
:, 1t Is a most pitiable position IN whic
4 the senator has placed himself-that
he ingratitude, OF betrayal of friendships
nj The Republicans of Pennsylvania ca
not follow him in his betrayal They C;
u, pity him but they cannot obey.
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