Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-11-13

sraremenr at Iensr TO the extent or de-
claring that, while some men engaged
In the Cockrell movement may have
sinister designs, some of the best friends
he has on earth are engaged in it.
There is no earthly reason why he
should not be nominated. If he is our
candidate he would unite all factions.
Under his leadership we would prescn!
an unbroken front lie can poll as
many votes as any other Democrat in
America, and should defeat come to us
again his candidacy would leave us ~
splendid fighting trim for the future
Still unconvinced.
The Republican of Springfield, Mass.
founded and made famous the wide
world ever by the late lamented Sam
rci IsoM,i?s. is still :, ,'anb'ing Thomas
as 10 ti!e blessings of Imperialism. A
late issue contains this puagcnt edi
to.ial:
The captivating theory that the civil
service in the United States was to be
purified by the civil service in distant
late. We have b:icii CT twenty-s;x
postal Officials under intiict 1t for NAL
teaSance lii ciIicc Ee.e 1t home. five years
after CTR cccu;,2.:on began il Manila, and
at the same time cL.ae rcpor 3 of Whit
may be considered an epidemic of frauds
by officials in the Philippines. including
e"en two United States consi,:s stationed
in China. Are we not permitted to ask
whether the frauds in the Philippines have
caused the frauds at home CIR whether the
frauds ct home have caused the frauds
in the Philippines? However this question
may lie answered, there seem to be frauds
going and coming and that is the chief
point. after I'll, to consider. That Consuls
McWade and Johnson shcu!d be implicat-
ed in the fraudulent scheme to smuggle
Chinese into the Philippines is something
oe 4 shock, icasc,uch as our consular
service was supposed to be Improving.
The arrest of Miller and Ballantyne at
Manila. United States government immi-
grafton inspectors. it may be noted, fol-
lows closely the act of two other Ams.i-
can officials i'll running away like pirates
with a government steamer and thou
sands CT government dollars. Down in
F,,rto Rico an American collector Of GUS
toms is under charges of bad practices.
WHICH arc preferred by a ial treasury
asost. All these colonial officials are
s;fposed TO be carefully selected men. Ii
many of them are going to act in this
f;ish:en the glowing i,aperialist prospectus
in1crsed by the Outlook ana William Dud-
!e.- Fcul..c three or four years ago VIII
reld like the circular. of IN underwriting
syndicate seeking to bunilo the investing
nub!ic with worthless stocks aad bonds.
N..i-consin Harmony.
From time to time we are told by
eminent Republican organ grinders that
peace and harmony prevail among Re
rublicanS everywhere. all Of which
gees very far toward proving that
King David was correct when he de-
ciared that "ail men are liars" even
IL mad when he said 1t. Up in Wis
consin Governor La Toilette, he of the
ponlpadour, is out after the scalplock
of tic beloved Babcock. The governor
has blood in his eye and vows to retire
Dab to the shores of private life.
The Missouri.
All hail the battle ship Missouri! Sic
has set the pace for all other battle
ships and is the Lou Dillon Of the sea.
This is eminently right and proper.
She does honor to the imperial COM
monwealth for which she is named,
and the name does honor to her. The
American navy Is the pride of the en-
tire American people without reference
to political parties or affiliations The
policy Of naming the battle ships for
the states is grounded in wisdom and
is productive of patriotism. Let the
good work go on.
Turn EN- Out.
One scandal crowds another in the
departments. First the exposure Of
corruption in the post Office depart
ment amazed and Disguised the public.
Then the grating in the Indian Ter
ritory created great uproar. Now the
frauds in land entries in Oregon are
attracting the attention Of the whole
country. They are said to be of 81
gantic proportions. At first it was re-
ported that five senators Of the United
States were implicated. That has been
more recently denied. Let us hope that
they are innocent. In round numbers
the frauds are reported at eighteen or
twenty millions of dollars, though Mr..
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock.
who is universally admitted to be an
, honest man, pronounces such an esti-
mate preposterous. He places it at
two or three millions. Now, no man in
his senses regards all Republican off,
Gals dishonest, but do not these things
which have become known indicate
that all of the departments need n
thorough overhauling? 1t is safe to
say that the best way to secure that
overhauling is to turn the Republicans
out and to put the Democrats in. Next
year the old battle cry of Thomas A.
Hendricks. Let us see the booksv'
will ring through the land.
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