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dent of this puissant republican idea
which has destroyed the happiness of
many distinguished soldier. The
! naval officers chance of attaining that
honor must be considered nil unless he
quits the service and enters the ranks
of some other profession which brings
him into closer personal contact with
the great body of the people.
1.-TWO Voices"
On dit that President Roosevelt, Gov
ernor A. B. Cummins ct al. "have
come to an understanding as to how
the iowa idea" shall appear in the
Iowa platform this year. Two years
ago it was expressed in the following
vigorous language:
We stand by the historic policy Of the
Republican party in giving protection to
home industries and point for its ample
vindication to the extraordinary rapidity
with which our national resources have
been developed and our industrial and
financial independence secured We favor
such changes in the tariff from time to
time as become advisable through the
progress of our industries and their
changing relations to the commerce of the
world We indorse the policy of reciproc-
ity as the natural complement of protec-
tion and urge its development as neces-
sary to the realization of our highest
commercial possibilities. We favor any
modification of the tariff schedules that
may be required to prevent their afford
ing shelter to monopoly.
At Governor Cummins' conference
with Mr.. Roosevelt at Washington the
president sought to ascertain exactly
the orthodoxy of Cummins' principles.
1t was then discovered that they could
practically agree by using the Repub-
lican national platform of 1896, adopt
ed at the st. Louis convention. Gov
ernor Cummins declared that this was
as radical as anything he ever thought
Of advocating. Senator Allison was
then approached as the most infuen-
tial member of the Iowa delegation at
Washington capable of bringing his
colleagues around to Cummins' ideas.
On dit also that Senator William B.
Allison has been agreed upon as the
person to write the platform John
j. ingalls, once said, "Allison can walk
over a tin roof with hobnailed shoes
and make less noise than a cat walk
ing over moquette carpet" 1t is
also said that Senator Allison will thus
euphemisticalIy express the 'Iowa
idea::''
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schedules The question of rates is a
practical one, to be governed by the con-
ditions of the time and of production.
The ruling and uncompromising principle
Is the protection and development of
American labor and industries. Reel
procity and protection are twin measures
of Republican policy and go hand in hand.
We advocate protection for what we pro-
duce and free admission for the necessa-
ries Of life that we do not produce.
Now, if that Is really what the ven
cradle senator is going to write for the
Hawkeye Republicans and if they are
going to indorse it he might as well
not write anything, for it is the merest
twaddle.
Anti Third Term Resolutions.
Harry Smith, formerly journal clerk
Of the house Of representatives, has
dug up the following anti third term
resolutions. Mr.. Smith says:
I have seen no reference to the anti
third term resolution adopted by the
house of representatives on Dec. Is, 1875
first session, Forty-fourth congress).
That resolution, submitted by Mr.. Sprin-
ger of Illinois and adopted by the over
whelming vote of yeas 223, nays Is and not
voting 3S, is as follows:
Resolved, That in the opening of this
house the precedent established by Wash
ington and other presidents of the United
States in retiring from the presidential Of
fee after their second term has become
by universal concurrence, part of our
republican system of government and that
any departure from this time honored
custom would be unwise, unpatriotic and
fraught with peril to our free institu-
tions.''
The affirmative was composed of 1862
Democrats and 81 Republicans, while the
negative vote was entirely Republican,
mostly southern, but eight northern Re
Enthusiastically and Hubbell of Michi-
gan, McDougall of New York, Denlson of
Vermont, Page of California. Plaisted of
Maine Pratt of Iowa and Whiting of Ilii-
nois-voting nay.
Among the Republicans voting yea were
Garfield, Foster, Frye and Hale of Maine.
Hoar, Pierce, Grape Harris and Seelye of
Massachusetts,, Kelley, ONeill, Packer
and Smith of Pennsylvania, Kasson, Nc
Crary and James Wilson of Iowa, Conger,
Waldron, Willard and williams of Michi-
gan and Baker and Hunter of Indiana.
Among the Republicans not voting were
Messrs Banks, Blaine Cannon, Farwell,
Hurlbut, Platt of New York, Rusk and
Hendee of Vermont.
The resolution was aimed at President
Grant, whose closest friends were then
working up a sentiment for third term
for him This met the combined opposi-
Conkling, Hayes and Morton, and the
eighteen negative votes fairly represented
the Grant sentiment among the Republic
an members of the house.
A New Trust.
''The cry is still They GOMEZ that
isy the trusts. This time it is the junk
dealers trust. Only think of that!
The j. DIS. of Ohio, Indiana and Illi-
nois evidently believe in fighting the
devil with fire, consequently they have
formed a combine for the purpose of
fighting the steel trust and others of
OiO 1IOu. L uC OIANClo are. AUG OICh-
stein, Indianapolis, president; D. r.
Cohen, Terre Haute, secretary; s.
Finkelstein, indianapolis, treasurer.
Now if those who sell old iron to the
]. DIS. will form combine there will
be something doing in scrap iron gen
orally.
More Work For the Hoosier Hercules.
Wonder if Judge Crumpacker of In
diana ever heard Of the man ''who bit
off more than he could chew" and if
he sees any similarity betwixt that
celebrated but anonymous individual
and himself? Hercules had twelve la.
bors to perform, but they were not a
mark to the one task which the Hoo
sier jurist has assumed. His job more
nearly resembles that of Sisyphus. He
certainly must discipline Rev. DIR.
Parkhurst, the famous reformer Of
Greater New York, who says:
Since my return from the south have
been informed that some of my critics
have accused me of expressing regrets
that slavery days are over. That is not
true. have merely said that most of the
niggers are unfit for the responsibilities
Of citizenship. l call them niggers be-
cause that is what they call themselves
and because the word has been accepted
among educated people in the south.
/ did not go down into the south land to
win popularity by expressing views con-
cerning the race problem such as SOUTH