Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-11-14

TO try. Dr. Roosevelt maze us ula9uo-
sis and prescribed remedy-"public-
ity''-which has been much discussed
and much derided. Publicity" did
not prove winner.
Then DR.. John T. Morgan Of Ala
bama, veteran physician whose head
is blossoming like the almond tree, pre-
scribed for the patient. DR.. Morgan's
remedy is taxation" remedy about
whose constitutionality there are grave
doubts.
DR.. Serene E. Payne's formula is
LET well enough alone" and Or. Mar
Gus A. Hanna, raising" DR.. Payne at
his own game, improved or enlarged
the Payne formula into Keep on let
ting well enough alone"
DIR. Littlefield thinks a constitutional
amendment is the sovereign remedy,
and so on to the end of the chapter.
When doctors disagree, what then?
We are told that in multitude of
counselors there is wisdom, and we are
also informed that too many cooks
spoil the broth. Quien sabe?
Foraker EuIogizes Hanna.
People will conclude that the day Of
miracles is not passed when they learn
that in speech at Cincinnati Senator
Joseph Benson Foraker pronounced a
most glowing eulogy on his arch enc
my, Senator Marcus A. Hanna. Most
assuredly Marcus ought to set up as a
lion tanner if he has conquered Foraker
and so thoroughly broken the spirit Of
the "Fire Alarm Statesman" as to ex-
tract an encomium from him. How
have the mighty fallen! Fifteen years
ago, before Hanna was heard of out
side his own state, Foraker not only
held the center Of the stage in Ohio,
but constituted the whole show. His
word was law with the Buckeye Re-
publicans, and he ruled them with a
rod of iron. At that time if any one
had been called on to predict what
Ohio Republican would reach the pres
idency the chances are 100 to that
he would have picked Joseph Benson
as the winner, for he was the darling
Of the young Republicans, the Prince
Rupert Of every campaign. But Will
liam Mckinley grew apace, outstripped
the fiery Foraker and secured the
greatly coveted plum. Senator Foraker
had the empty honor Of placing his
great rival in nomination. Mckinley is
in his grave. "After life's fitful fever
he sleeps WELL" and his faithful friend.
Senator Hanna, who climbed into
prominence solely because he was Nc
Kinley's sworn friend, apparently
stands better show of capturing the
Republican presidential nomination
than does Senator Foraker. When the
latter, brilliant though he is and prom
inent, thinks Of what is and then Of
what might have been he must of all
men most thoroughly realize what
shadows we are and what shadows we
| pursue.
A Good Radiance.
All decent and self respecting Ameri
cans will be delighted to learn that WI
Ting Fang, for many years Chinese min.
| lister to this country, has been recalled
They will also be glad that the edict
recalling him is peremptory. He is di.
rected to return to China at as early a
date as possible, the earlier the better,
for he is the greatest nuisance, bar
none, that has infested and afflicted
this country within the memory of the
Oldest inhabitant. He has been lion.
lied and petted by society people be.
cause he talks pigeon English and wears
his shirt outside his pantaloons just as
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swell dinner to a drunken chimpanzee
at fashionable watering place. Just
why WI has not been given his pass.
ports and ordered out Of the country
long ago is a mystery, which, like the
peace of God, passeth oil understands
ing. He has violated every rule up.
plicable to foreign ministers. He has
gone about the country attending ban.
quets and delivering harangues on
every conceivable subject. He has lee.
tured our women on how to rear chill.
dren, congress as to what laws it should
enact, preachers on what they should
say from their sacred desks and has
assumed swagger of omniscience ut
terly disgusting to people of common
sense. Mayor Phelan of San Francisco
really rendered Caucasian civilization a
service when he gave Wu's cue sew
eral vigorous jerks at the Waldorf-As-
toria. Poor old Sackville-West was
hurried out of the country sans cere-
monte because he had little enough
sense to write private letter to man
in California advising him how to vote.
Dupuy de LONE would have been
mobbed for writing his idiotic and mali
cious letter about President Mckinley
If the American people could have
caught him. Even the stately and
placid Washington ordered Citizen
Genet out of the country for haranguing
the populace on political subjects, but
these were white men and for that rea-
son were not good "show properties"
for the blase managers Of society. They
were not petted and feted and were per-
mitted to go their way. WI, however,
being off color, keeping his hat OH
where decent white men uncover, lee
turing everybody about everything,
asking respectable women impertinent
questions as to the number Of their
children has been a petted darling Of
the high rollers every dog has his
day." saith William Shakespeare. WI
has had his, and for one am heartily
glad that it is drawing to a close.
Queer.
There is no accounting for popular
whims, fancies, fads and tastes. The
snpae puhlic sontiunent which p,ndosons