Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-08-08
BOSTON the president held General

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the admiring gaze of all the world as
great and virtuous men, whose exam
Die all creation would do well to imi-
tate? The president lauds Wood and
Furnishes Smith. The G. d. lauds Smith
and intimates that Wood ought to be
punished. The president is Repub-
lican and so is the CD, and yet "the
Republican column is solid" Anybody
who says that the Republicans are
split up is 90 queer person." No doubt
the truth appears "queer" to Repub-
lican organ grinder.
1t is clear as the MONDAY sun shin
ing in his meridian glory that If the
Missouri delegation to the next Re-
publican national convention supports
Colonel Roosevelt 1t will do so in spite
of the Globe Democrat. He might Us
we'll understand that now as later.
Hoodooedl
Judging from press comments, even
from Republican papers, the senatorial
days of Hon. j. Ralph Burton Of Kan
sas will be few, not exceeding six
years, which is not half as long as he
was industriously endeavoring to break
into the senate, for he was one Of the
most persistent seekers after toga
and curule chair ever seen on the
| American continent. At the Philadel-
phia convention in 1900, Mt the head
Of the Suntiower delegation, he was
one of the loudest shouters for Roose-
welt. Now he is ut outs with the pres
ident on the Cuban reciprocity scheme.
They say that rats desert a sinking
ship, and it must be true, for the Kan
sas City Journal, which, though pub
lished in Missouri, is really the organ
Of Kansas Republicans, knifes Burton
in the following skillful fashion:
bit Of superstition readily account for
| Senator Burton's turbulent time. There
| are two senatorial lines In the state-the
Lane and the Pomeroy. Burton is in the
Lane line. The incumbents in that line
have always had trouble. with one ex-
| ception, and 1t Is regarded as a hoodoo.
All told, ten men have served as senators
in the Lane line. while only four have
| served in the Pomeroy line. In the Pom
eroy line Pomeroy served from 1851 to
| 1873. ingalls, from 1878 to 1891, PETER from
| 1891 to 1897 and Harris from 1897 to the
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served from 1861 to 1896. when he commit
ted suicide: E. @. Ross served from 1866
/ to 1871, since which time he has lived in
political oblivion because of his vote on
the Johnson impeachment; Alexander
Caldwell from 1871 to 1873. when he re-
signed under FIRE; Robert crozier from
1873 to 1874, James Harvey from 1874 to
1877, p. B. Plumb from 1877 to 1891, when
he died in office: B. w. Perkins from
January, 1892 to January. 1888; John Mar
tin from 1893 to 1855; I.ucien Baker from
| 1895 to 1901: ]. r. Burton from 1901 to the
present. Thus only four out OF the ten
senators in the Lane line ever served full
terms or longer. The other six were in
for year or two. Since 1892 the Lane
line has had four senator's If presidents
are followed in the Lane line, Burton
! will be one termer, but he hopes to
break the precedent.
| A Strong Arkanean.
Everybody who is acquainted with
congressman and who takes all inter-
est in the Democratic party will be de-
lighted to know that Judge John S.
Little of Arkansas has been renomi-
| mated. Judge Little is capable, in
| defatigable, conscientious mcmber-a
Democrat without guile. Like Mark
Antony, he sis plain, blunt man, who
1 loves his lIlGllu6. mo puTer Huu Ill
| both public and private life ever sat
in congress. While most excellent
speaker and debater, Judge Little's
forte Is woodwork III the house. work
in committees, work III the depart
ments. His unfailing good humor, his
perfect integrity and his loyalty to
duty have made him host of friends
both in and out of congress. The
| Fourth district Of Arkansas honors
itself in honoring John 8. Little.
| A Valuable Georgian.
Georgia has done herself proud by
renominating that sterling Democrat,
that capable legislator, that faithful
| public servant, Judge John w. Mad
doS. He is instant in season and out
of season-if 1t is ever out Of season
in proclaiming the faith once delivered
to the fathers. John Maddox, rs he
is popularity known, is not skyserap-
ing orator, but no man knows better
what he wants to say, and few say it
better. In his speeches he sticks to
the facts of the case, and he hammers
the facts into his hearers with rare
force. Georgia is to be congratulated
on such men.
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