Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-10-24
General Henderson and
the Speakership
What Democracy Has
Done For Missouri
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are asKing the same question. rney pe-
| lieve the time has now come when tho
tariff should be revised in accordance
with changed conditions and for the re-
lief of people oppressed by trust monop-
| olies due to the tariff
The steel trust and other great rnonopo-
! iy corporations are now undertaking their
European competitors in all the markets
| OF the world. Do they need tariff protec-
ton from European competitors in Amer
lean markets? Not bit of it. The Ding
ley tariff now only serves 10 give these
| trusts complete control of the home mar
| kets, resulting in the exorbitant over
charging of American consumers. the de-
| struction of healthy competition and the
notification of the wholesome natural law
| of supply and demand as regulating
| prices
Republicans Alarmed.
or course 1t would not be natural
for Republican statesmen to admit that
Speaker Henderson has placed his par
| ty on the defensive, but occasionally
1t leaks out that his action has damp,
ened their ardor greatly. For instance,
Congressman Mudd Of Maryland. a
leading Republican, gave out an inter.
view in which he said
That is a subject upon which 1, like
| many other members of the house, APP
| prehend. prefer not to talk for publica-
ton. 1t is useless to deny. however, that
4 the action of Speaker Henderson is en-
| barrassing, If not hurtful, to party pres
poets. 1t gives the opposition an oppor-
tunity to contend that there is an APP
parent difference between the executive
and the leader of the chief legislative
body on revenue subjects. upon the tariff
1 and kindred questions.
First Catch Your Hare.
The Globe-Democrat says that "Uncle
Joe" Cannon should be elected speaker
of the next house. The wrangle is al
ready so warm among Republicans that
it might be as well for the CD. to
wait until there is some assurance that
the Republicans will have any hand in
electing speaker. When church
congregation decides to build new
house of worship, it is customary to
raise the funds before selecting the
site. The CD. should be able to see
the application.
General Henderson's Wisdom.
/ will revert to the case of General
Henderson long enough to observe that
very few men in public life have ever
possessed the foresight to quit before
defeat brings them in humiliation to
| the dust. If General Henderson saw
in the general unrest under the present
tariff law prospect of defeat at the
polls or, worse still, chance to. fail
of the speakership in case Republic
an house should be elected. it was the
part of wisdom for him to withdraw
rather than take the risk of wind
| ing up his great career with q de-
feat that would be sad recollection
to him all the days of his life. He has
seen twenty years of continuous serv-
ice in the house. 1t should satisfy
any man. Should he attempt to breast
an unfavorable tide at this late day,
he might be made to feel the bitter
lament that must have been in the
heart of Cardinal Wolsey:
have ventured,
Like little wanton boys that swim on
bladders,
This many summers in a sea Of glory,
But far beyond my depth; my high blown
pride
At length broke under me and now has
left me.
| Weary and old with service. to the mercy
| OF rude stream that must forever hide
me.
Applied Democracy.
Several references have been made
in these letters to the excellence of the
administration of public affairs in Mis-
souri, under Democratic control. The
superiority over such neighboring
great states as Iowa and Illinois Is so
great that thousands of farmers from
those states have bought fine farms in
Missouri in the last two months. They
End taxes Incredibly lower as COM
pared with the states they are leaving,
while the great institutions of the state
are as good and in some cases much
better. Missouri will pay off her last
bond this year, while almost all of the
| counties are free from debt. The city
| Of st. Louis recently repudiated it's
Republican city government and is
now busily engaged in sending to the
penitentiary a large number Of the
boodlers who for years robbed the peo-
pie of that city. One Of the great dali
lies of st. Louis in rejoicing over the
improved state of affairs says:
Where once the city was curtailing eX-'
penses in order to keep pace with the rev.
| enues business administration has in
| creased license collections sufficiently to
| justify increased expenditures The in
mates of the city institutions are cared
| for better than formerly. Street cleaners
| are again at work.
The police courts are operated on prin-
ciples conducive to better results than for
many years. Grafters are in the minority.
| Receipts from the courts have been more
| than doubled under the system of daily
reports to the mayor and the refusal to
| remit fines except in extraordinary cases.
If the above were all that had been ac-
| complished by electing Democratic Off
ccf.ls. the people would be fully repaid for
| .sufo'ug out the old Ziegenhein gangsters.
| However. the betterment In the fiscal con-
dition of the city Ia only q small part of
the Improvement.
By the unearthing and vigorous prose.
cution of boodlers Democratic circuit
attorney has made the life of the corrupt
briber and bride giver O continuous night
mare. Some have been driven out Of the
country-a punishment almost worse than
imprisonment, as the return of the con-
science stricken Murrell testifles. Others
have been sentenced to terms in the peni-
tertiary. A number Of the delegates are
in jail awaiting bond.
Meanwhile the combine in the present
house Of delegates is under investigation.
Members of the majority who are be-
lieyed to have conspired to pass and de-
feat legislation which will not bear the
searchlight of publicity are momentarily
expecting trouble.
All of these things have impressed the
Citizens of st. Louis more than any par