Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-17

Iar than making Of suggesting tickets
for the two great parties. Nearly every
fairly intelligent citizen Of the repub-
lie INDUCES in it. Every possible COM
bination is suggested and many that
are impossible. This intellectual word
possesses n perfect fascination. 1t is
an unfailing delight. If it does no
good, it certainly does no harm.
Among those who are exercising their
fancy and ingenuity in ills regard is
Harry Walker, once of Missouri. now
of New York. Under the fetching cap
tion OF "a Ted and Tom Ticket lie
says:
1t is my Judgment that both ends OF
the Republican ticket for 1901 met In st.
Louis at the dcdicatory services of the
Worlds fur. Therefore 1 take the lib
erty to formally place III nomination as
the Republican candidates Theodore
Roosevelt of New York for president and
Thomas H. Carter of Montana for vice
president. Ted AMI Tom! What NAM s
to corjure with! If the Republicans will
search the four corners Of the United
States over and back again they will fail
to find a ticket which SO entirely meets
their needs as the one have just had
the honor OF nominating. There is. Of
course. no doubt about MIR. Roosevelt
being named by the convention for
first place, and now that the New Yorker
has mentioned 1t there should be no
further question rs to the identity of
the man for the second place. Uncle Tom
Carter is the man. This ticket Is geo.
graphically perfect, Ted FROM the east
and Tom from the west. It balances to a
,.t. ~ u It,.
We Republicans. for Ted and Tom, your
two strongest men that could be com
bined on the national ticket.
A Case Of Mutual Interest.
II any gentleman is liarboring the
delusion that there is nothing in the
movement to have the federal gov
eminent go into the business of build
ing good roads he should patronizc a
Clipping bureau" Here is sample
from the Country Gentleman:
The three days national good roads
convention held in st. Louis was one of
the most noted gatherings ever held in
the western country. The problem of
making good roads Is one that has been
before the people In its manifold forms
for many years. All who are interested
in this subject will be pleased to see that
this convention struck the keynote Of the
situation, and that there is moral GER
tainty of a marked result. The difficulty
in the past has been in an attempt to put
a tax on the farmer for making good
roads, 1t was well said at the meeting
that IL the farmers pay the taxes for
building government buildings in the city
the residents of tho city should not object
| to paying taxes to build good roads for
the farmer in the country, as the interest
/. In both cases would hn nlltllal
The Ethics Of Lying.
Some folks believe that there are
such things as white lies.'' Others
maintain stubborn1y that lie is lie
Burns says:
Some books are lies from end to end,
Harper's Magazine thus philosophers
on "The Ethics Of Lying
Often the question as to truth tclline
concerns matters of vital significance ir
| themselves. There are facts the knowl.
edge Of which is the property of single
person, wholly at his disposal. No mora
element As involved in the facts; no mora
obligation compels their disclosure. In.
quisition regarding them IL an imperti.
nence. and sometimes 1t resembles the
demand OF O highwayman, as In the in,
Qulry pressed upon Walter Scott whether
he was the author OF the Waverley nov.
els. In this case to evade or decline 8
reply amounted 10 q confession of the
authorship the secret became the pre-,
of the highwayman. SCOTS prompt de
NAL was dictated by common sense and
the instinct of self protection. No on,
4 could attach a moral quality to his denia
except such as might be associated witt
1 his personal rights. Could the oppro
briouB epithet of liar be applied to hin
when all the interests OF truth which
were involved were those protected b,
| his sdenial7
But suppose Sir Walter to have In tn
\ first place concealed his authorship be
cause OF hip feeling that the literary pro
fession-and especially that OF novel writ
ing-was beneath the dignity OF gen
tleman. Then q moral element woul,
have entered; he was doing something
that, IL known. he would be ashamed OF
In that case his, personal right to tn
exclusive knowledge OF his AUTHORSHIP
would have remained, but the denia
| would have had the same moral qnalit
/ as attached to the concealment, of whic
| 1t was a continuation and confirmation.
Long Range Philanthropy.
'Fis distance lends enchantment to tn
i view
And robes the mountains in their azur
! hue. +
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