Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-11-21

Especial washington AGSIEa'I
II UURRAH for ]. r. Williams OF
Illinois, commonly known as
"Bobw A Republican legis-
lature SO gerrymandered the
state as to put him into a
district Republican by 1900 majority.
They thought they had finally done
for Bob, but
The best laid plans o mice an men
Gang aft agley.
lust 80 in this case. Bob was to be
showed under, but Bob carried the dis
trict by nearly 300. Bully for Bob!
Well done, Robert! Another capcr Or
two like that and James Robert VIII
liams will become presidential pos
sibility. He is able; he is courageous;
he is clean; lie is aggressive; he lives i'll
Illinois. Everybody will rejoice ut
his great victory except the defeated
plotters who supposed and hoped that
they were well rid Of him. His tri-
umph shows what may be accom-
plished by vigorous and well man.
aged campaign.
out.Heroding Hcrod.
No wonder that Senator John G.
Spooner's vocal chords gave way. It's
a wonder lie did not faint dead away.
He has great reputation for wisdom.
| and I have exploited him somewhat
for the Republican presidential nomi-
nation-the nomination, not the cleo
ton, mind you-but he achieved 1.-The
bad eminence'' of making the most
thoroughly un-American utterance
heard during the last CAMPAIGN. He
said-and it is most unfortunate for his
fame that he said tiff We could
elect good, strong Republican presl-
dent like Theodore Roosevelt and
strong Republican senate and house
for a term of twenty years, it would be
better for the country. l believe the
demagegic tear up comes too often in
this country" Those ba strange words
to fall from the lips of such mal a9
Senator John c. Spooncr of Wisconsin
and shows how fast the imperial:stic
idea is making Roadway in this coun-
try. Even Alexander Hamilton. the
father Of the Republican party, the
great advocate of an aristocratic fea-
, ture in our governmental system, while
he advocated life tenure for senators
advocated only a seven year system for
president. Senator Spooner "ratses"
Alexander at his own game from seven
to twenty for ga good, strong Repub-
lcaa president like Theodore Roose
velt." Reasonable men will regret that
Senator Spooner said that.
Again Addicks.
Once more the utter hypocrisy Of the
g. o. P, which arrogates to itself all
purity and sweetness, is illustrated by
the condition of affairs in little Della
; ware. Through the Vaccinations Of
Hon. Gas Addicks that state had only
,. GINS United States senator for two years
and has had naae at oil for the last
two years, and now Addioks comes up
again. smiling sserenely, with the grin,
determination of having for himself Q
E. seat in the senate because, as he as
l. serts, he paid for 1t and is entitled tt
v have it. He makes no more conceal
q ment of his Doodle operations than he
I would of being d scrub calf in the
streets of Wilmington. Unfortunately
!. most unfortunately. the Democrats
lack one Of having 2 majority on joint
;, ballot in the legislature. they na!d
elected one more man to the legislatire
they would have elected two United
States senators, a CHANGE which comes comes
to very few legislatures in this world
~ Just why the Democrats do not unitt
Z with the anti-Addicks Republicans
!. who presumably are the more deem
= l Of the two factions, and elect one Dem
ocrat and one Republican nobody ex
cept themselves seems to know, ~, 4
u the anti-Addicks Republicans are hon
est in their desire to rid themselves Of
q Addicks, it is hard to understand why
y they do not assist the Democrats tt
I, i, elect two Democratic senators.
Il Republican Doodle.
?. OF course the use of Doodle Ia eiec
lions is all wrong, by whomsoeyel
: practiced chat goes without snyingl
but just why 1t is mortal sin in Dem
ocrats aud a matter Of jest for Re
publicans to practice It passeth oil hu
man understanding. For example, thu
Washington Post of Nov. 5 contains
this squib: "That noise which game
from the west early yesterday morn
ing was caused by Hon. Charles Dicl
slammlng down the cover Of his check
book" Now, there is facetious ref.
erence to Republican boodling = It..
= funny in Republican. Who is Hon
r Charles Dick? He Is General Charles
! Dick, an Ohio Republican representa-.
:. tive in congress, chairman Of the Ohio
Republican state committee, the bosom
l crony and favorite pupil Of Senator
Marcus A. Hanna, chairman of the
Republican national committee. II
General Dick was slamming down thu
cover Of his checkbook. 1t follows as
the night the day that he had had II
open to influence the Buckeye voters,
and II 1t was necessary for Doodle to
be used in Ohio, which is generally
considered sure thing for the Repub.
licans. 1t may be easily imagined what
the Republican owners of checkbooks
were doing in more doubtful states.
Everybody is always hCw1lng about
the corruption of Tammany, which is
bad enough, no doubt, but rarely is a
word said about the corruption of the
Philadelphia and Pittsburg Republican
gangs, which can give Tammany cards
and spades and beat 1t. Why make
flesh of one and fowl of another?
A Gay Deeeiver.
The Republican idiots who bet on
Missouri going Republican because the
Globe Democrat kept on saying 1t
NwyO Il