Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-18

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1auen nag was sent on to the train, ac-
cording to the time told out by a pc
culiar clock. during every tick of which
Uncle Sam was being outrageously robbed
and swindled.
This in brief is the substance of Gen
oral Bristow's report of the infamous
post scandal, which. so far. has caused
the resignation Of four officers the re-
moval Of thirteen others and the finding
Of forty-four indictments. involving thir-
ty-one persons. many of whom have been
attached to the postoff1ce as reputable and
trusted employees for period dating
from the time Of President Lincoln down
to the present. But the whole has not
yet been told. Ex-officials, congressman
senators and business men. who, on ac-
count of the statute of limitations, can
not be proceeded against criminally, are
implicated in this prodigious mass of
fraud and crime. while new evidence. as
Mr.. Bristow declares, is still coming to
light and showing the necessity Of fur
Their investigation and prosecution
Old Proposition Revamped.
That the q. O. p. needs-sadly needs
Regeneration will not be seriously de-
MED by any well informed person.
That it has greatly degenerated from
the plane on which Abraham Lincoln
and his coadjutors placed it must also
be admitted by all candid folks. But
that its regeneration should come from
Rhode Island was hardly to be expect
ed. Nevertheless and Notwithstanding.
General Charles r. Brayton, the Rhode
Island member Of the national commit
tee, comes forward with revolution
airy and reformatory proposition for
the G. o. P. which will cause weeping.
wailing, gnashing Of teeth and great
, deal Of cussing in several states Of GU:
glorious Union. General Brayton's
proposition is not new. 1t has been
| sprung upon the public before, but has
(; hitherto always been dropped like n
(; hot potato 1t has been considered as
! heavily loaded and liable-yea, likely
| to explode at the wrong end. But, RS is
well known, General Brayton generally
| carries his nerve with him, and he may
| be more successful than former eEper-
1 imenters in the same line. His propo-
! sition is this: Each state, tcrTltorv
! and the District of Columbia shall b.
/! entitled to four delegates at large ito a
| national Republican conventiom and
one for each 10000 voters or majority
fraction thereof casting their ballots
for the Republican electors in the pre-
ceding presidential election" In other
words, he proposes to reduce southern
representation In Republican conven-
tons. HIS proposition will do one
thing. thing about which the general
is not tllinking-it will unite the Lily
Whites and the Black and Tans into
the most harmonious body in America,
They may fight each other on other
questions, such as patronage, for in
stance, but they will be one as the sea
when it comes to fighting General
Brayton and his proposition. Where
fore? Because the average southern
Republican considers the Republic. II
national convention as his harvest, and
he cndeavors, usually with success, to
make hay while the sun shines. Con
sequently he will never agree to Gen
eral Brayton's plan-neyer. Nor will
divers and sundry very rich Republic
an statesmen who have their coyetous
eyes fixed on the White House, whose
chief source of power and popularity is
their wealth and who expect to "dc
business" with southern delegates
whether Lily White or Black and Tan
"Free Speech Victory In the South
It is really refreshing to find north
arn Republican paper saying anythin:
good about the white people of til,
, south. Consequently many persons will
read with pleasure mingled will
amazement the following editorial
which recently appeared in the Phila
, delphia Inquirer under the above cap
: ton:
1t is much to the honor Of the soutl
/ that the most conspicuous example Il
this country OF unfolding the right o
free speech in seats of learning come
from that section. Professor Bassett, au
, thor of the article in the Atlantic Month";
in which he said that Booker Washington
| was the greatest southerner Of centur
excepting only Robert e. Lee. was sub
} jected to 30 much criticism that he f1nall
resigned, This resignation the trustee
decline to accept, the faculty has aske
, him to remain. and the students hav
done 80. notwithstanding that ever
member of these bodies Is opposed to tn
particular opinions OF the professor a
| expressed in the article. They unite 4
saying that in spite of their dissent the
wish him to remain. not only because h
IL a competent Instructor, but bccaus
. they believe that the right Of free space
!. ia one to be sacredly guarded and thu
any criticism must be private and ind
vidual
!? This is a most gratifying exhibition G
Z manliness. and 1t is all the more so be
a cause It comes from a section which Ia
8 not always thus Ynanfully stood UP for tn
j right of free speech and because the PSF
: ticular opinion expressed Is one peculiaJi
: offensive not only to the people Of tn
s vicinage but to the whole of the south
: ern whites, and is being injected into poll
j precedented. 1t Ia the more gratify,n
: because in the north there have been sey
eral examples of the contrary spirit. A
: Stanford university and the University {
s Chicago there have in the last few yea,
i been examples of intolerance of priyat
: opinion by the faculty or trustees tina
( are deplorable. We are quite aware tina
n explanations have Been made of plausi
K BILE nature concerning the events men
: toned and that by come the intoleranc
: has been categorically denied, but it ha
been affirmed by others disintercsted VIII
are quite worthy of belief. The result 1
that in the institutions mentioned, right.
or wrongly, 1t has been charged that pri
yate interests dominate the professors
+ teaching If It Is not SO the universitie
have not taken the proper methods to dis