Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-09-16


welt sat down on the wrangling,
jangling, corrupt factions of the
southern Republicans is decid-
eddy refreshing to honest men
Of every political persuasion every
where. The Republican party in the
south is maintained solely for the pur-
pose of gobbling the federal offices,
and the factions are merely organized
gangs in search of pie. If the presi-
dent doesn't look out, however, he will
not have single southern delegate in
the next national Republican conven-
ton. They want pap, Mr.. President,
and not lectures No set of wolves |
were ever hungrier than they are, and
they would pull down and trample on
all the presidents that ever lived if |
they stood betwiNt them and the swill |
trough. So you had better go little |
slow in tongue flashing these famish- |
ing southern patriots or your name |
will be Denis so far as the presidency |
is concerned.
A Fine Delegation.
Alabama will enjoy the distinction
Of having in the Fifty-eighth congress
delegation every man of which has
seen congressional service, some Of
them many years of service. They are
all able men, some very able-all DEM
ocrats who stand up to the rack, fod-
der or no fodder, men who are honest,
Industrious, capable and incorruptible.
If all the rest of the Democrats in the
house We're such men as the Alabama
delegation, the Democratic minority
would be on top half the time and
make the Republican majority uncom-
Portable the other half. From Colonel
John II. Bankhead, dean of the delega-
ton, to the newest member they are
clean men, sober men, courageous
men, men who honor their state and
the country. They have old fashioned
ideas about avoiding even the appear
ance of evil. They love truth, and
they stand unwaveringly by the peo-
| pie who send them to Washington.
They all ought to be elected by over
| whelming majorities.
| Queer Pacification.
How long, o Lord, how long? How
often have we been told that "the
Philippines are pacified" General
Otis announced several times two or
three years ago that the war was over.
| His successors in Office have an
nounced it many, many times. On the
] Fourth of July, 1901, civil govern
ments were established in the archi-
pelago, but they We're barely estab-
lished before they fell about the ears
Of the establishers with crash that
resounded throughout the world. Then
military rule-government by satraps-
was re-established, and it will have to
! be maintained so long as we hold on to
those accursed islands. Governor Taft
was received with hosannas, was he!
Every hosanna was bought in some way
| at some price. 1t is absolutely safe to
| say that Governor Taft, a most capable
and excellent man, could not stay in
Manila twenty-four hours were it not
| for our soldiers. The war is over, is it?
Even the Globe-Democrat, thesmost in
veterate organ grinder in the land, is
| forced to say, "The reports of recent
fighting in the Philippines will show
that pacification has not yet been
reached" What, in view of that dec
laration, does the CD. say as to the
rosy reports of General Otis and others
that "the war is over and peace reigns
in the Philippines Would to HEAVIER
it We're over and that the lives of thou
sands of our brave boys over there
could be saved! The plain, bold, I'm
vanished, unpalatable truth is tha
when we were idiots enough to pay
$2O,O0O,O00 for the Philippines VIZ
bought a war which will most likely
last us till the judgment day. More't
the pity!
The Washington Post, Independent
which is good deal of lingo itself
in this connection says editorially:
If anything in the way of news from
the Philippines could be expected to ere
ate great excitement in this country, tina
result seems likely to be produced in thu
sure to be bloody war. They tight Z
4 the death, believing that heavens door !:
wide open for all of the faithful who art
slain in battle and that peculiar favor!
and special honors are reserved for sucf
in the abode Of the blessed. Situated a!
l lNlS TepuUllC is, HHu II lS u bttuANiptt Wy
responsibility for which Is on both par
\ ties, we are bound to fight the Moros
Here is the way in which the St. Loui!
Globe-Democrat puts the case:
i 1.-The latest killing of American sentrie
, by the Moros was deliberately intended
to provoke a war. General Chaffee vii
: see that the hostilities rendered necessar
! are Of the kind that hurts the savages."
The Springfield Republican, looking a
the case from the anti-imperial stand
point. puts 1t thus:
1.-THE expected campaign against tn
Moros which General chaffee foreshad
: ows will certainly be in line with ou
] history in the archipelago No single foo
Of it has come under the actual sway o
the United States except by militar.
I force The subjugation of the Moros i
, simply the last stage in war of con
quest"
We sincerely hope this will prove to b
1.-THE last stage" and we have no doub
it will be the hardest-the most costly ii
life and in cash.
As to Secretary Shaw.
For some reason to this writer un
known the administration appears t
, have put Mr.. Secretary of the Treasur,
l Leslie M. Shaw forward as its mouth
piece. The governor is Grating general
ly around over the country. The Wash
ington Post, which is high tarit
shouter, but which knows enough t
go in out of the rain, takes fall ou
Of the secretary as follows:
| Secretary Shaw admits that the tart
IS tie parent or undesirable condition.
Then why not arrange to have the paren
apply the rod occasionally to the inco1
: rigibie child?
Now, if the gifted and ubiquitou