Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-21
Ssrved Him Right.
The following dispatch from Boston

conveys valuable lesson:
kiss that flag" sternly commanded
Captain Henry b. Rogers of the United
States revenue steamer Seminole today as
the entire ships company was mustered
at general quarters The man to whom
the command was given meekly obeycd.
No one who saw 1t will ever forget the
scene with its picturesque setting and Its
solemn meaning, the starry banner alone
Frightening the spot where the men
stood, contrasting with the dark blue of
their uniforms and the white coat of the i
Seminole herself.
This is my country; this is my flag |
Repeat those words" commanded the cap |
tain, and the shamefaced sailor repeated |
them.
"'No one shall ever say word against
1t in my presence Repeat that too"
And 1t was done.
And then hem of the ships flag was
handed the man. kiss it," was the or
der. and six times was the ceremony per-
formed while all the officers and men
watched. Then the oath of allegiance was .
administered.
The offense which the man had commit
ted was vile abuse of the government,
winding up by calling the flag dirty rag.
colored Men on Juries.
Where, oh, where was Judge Crum-
packer of Indiana when Mr.. Justice
Holmes of the supreme court of the
United States, rock ribbed Republic
an, was rendering the opinion referred
to in the following editorial from the
Boston Herald? The Herald says:
Justice Holmes of the United States SUI
preme court handed down a decision on
Monday that has some bearing on the
race question. A convicted murderer
sought new trial on the ground that the
trial. which was in South Carolina. was
invalidated because, although four-fifths
of the population of the community where
| the alleged crime was committed were
negroes, he was denied the right of hav-
| ing negro on the jury. The decision Of
| the court was against new trial. 1t was
| held that no proof was shown supporting
| the claim that the jury was unfair. We
| do not see how it could be wise or safe
| to declare that a jury trying negro must
have one or more negroes on 1t. Doubt
| less there are sections where such a re-
| quirement would mean a certain disagree
| ment of the jury, no matter what the
evidence might be. This case appears to
| have rested on the claim that colored men
should have been put on the jury because
the accused requested it a right. We
do not understand that contention that
| the verdict was contrary to the evidence
was presented to the court.
The Most Unkindest Cut of All.
Ministers of grace, defend us! How
are the mighty fallen! Is life worth
living? Here comes the Washington
Post and makes the following astound-
ing remarks:
The frequent defalcation of Hawaiian
officials doesn't necessarily mean that
popular government of the islands is
failure. 1t should be borne in mind that
great many of the offlceholders out
there were imported from New England,
and the natives have not had a fair
chance to show what they can do In that
line.
Now, that pregnant paragraph sug-
gests several things: a. 1t is a broad
insinuation that New Englanders are
more corrupt than the mongrel popu-
lation of Hawaii, which is hard to be-
lieve. If true, it is most deplorable.
That paragraph could not have been
intended for humor. If so, hereafter
when the Post intends to be facetious
it ought to label its output thus: 'This
is joke" (2) What has become of all
Of the virtue and intelligence which
we were assured in the summer Of
have distinct recollection that when
was honestly discharging my duty to
my country and my kind by opposing
the annexation of those islands iq June,
1898, the Washington papers lambasted
me to the queens taste and declared
that the Hawaiians whom was trying
to keep out were an extraordinarily fine
lot of citizens. 81 Are they defaulting
La mild name for stealing-because
the thieyish propensity was natural or
because our satraps have taught them
the trick? Our leper colony does not
appear to have been such glorious
acquisition after all.
He's Coming.
Reference is not here made to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, but to that other emf.
, nent, If not illustrious, Republican
statesman, the sultan of Sulu. That
famous Republican poteutate is com
ing to the Louisiana Purchase exposi
, ton. He will undoubtedly prove q
drawing card, especially if he is accom-
panied by his 300 wives and his ret
inue of concubines! And Christian
taxpayers who believe in and practice
monogamy will be called upon to fool
the bills. Polygamous potentates CONG
, high, but we must have them, because
, we are world power, you know
: What commentary upon our boosted
: conquest of the east, or was 1T q pur
: chase? Was 1t not that brilliant mar
( Thomas Bracket Reed who enunciatet
the bitter truth that we paid So pei
! head for the yellow bellies in the Phil
: ippines. as he irreverently denominat
ed our new fellow citizens? How vari
: GUS is our treatment of polygamists
5 Poor Roberts, Democrat, was n4
3 tremendously yanked out for having
: three wives. Reed Smoot, a Republic
an, is kept in the senate! The sultal
: OF Sulu, another Republican, is to b,
!, wined and dined at the public expense
II, ( M,