Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-09-25
mon. 70 ,ns RANK ana mem ssn.ra,.- rug.

men. 70 the RANK Ahd Mem esnsra,,- sus.
gested tho reporter.
man for the Republican nomination for
vice president In 1904" replied he with
fervor.
'Do you believe that there is a POSSIBLE
ity OF the party calling upon the state for
a candidate?'
II have heard So"
'Do you think man could be found
who would carry the state?'
Il think there are men who could get
the full party strength. You can't always
tell about carrying things in Missouri"
You think. then. Missouri will propose
convention"
II will say that If the party wants a
man we have got him.
"Where?"
IT won't say that
I'm the Commonwealth building?"
No. Sir. am not a candidate. I hav7
too much to do to even talk politics."
mot Major Warner"
Silence.
mot Governor StanardT'
Silence.
mot Colonel Dyer"
Silence.
mot c. p walbridge?'
They are all good men," said Mr..
kerens, land there are plenty of others.
am for the Missouri man. Just put that
in your new paper and emphasize 1t with
the old fashioned accent on the last syl-
liable in Missouri"
Sane Talk.
The Washington Post, Independent,
recently contained this paragraph:
So long as the secretary of the treasury
can. by the exercise of his discretionary
power, operate as gigantic bull or bear
on the stock market the imperative need
Of currency legislation will be glaringly
apparent. That is power which no Sec
rotary desires and which should not re-
main In the hands of that official When
stocks go up or down with rush for
tunes are lost and won, and when these
tragic movements are caused by word or
act OF the head OF the treasury, no mat
ter how upright and able a man he may
be, he Is sure to feel the breath Of scam
dial. 1t Is certainly possible to SO amend
our hotchpotch Of currency laws that tho
business of the country and the fortunes
Of citizens will not, at any time or under
any conditions, be at the mercy OF any
one man. 1t is discreditable to American
,, craftsmanship that this reform Is yet to
be accomplished.
All Of that is admirable except one
clause, THAT is a power which no Sec
=
with human nature and is not borne
out by human experience. Loss Of
, power is second only to loss of fame,
If it is second to that. But the Post is
eminently correct in declaring that
such power should not remain in the
; hands Of that otticial.''
! Those who believe that Republican
! legislation is SO perfect that we are
! now living in the millennium would do
! well to ponder the following editorial
| paragraph from that same Washing
! ton Post, which, whatever else it may
/ be, is not Democratic:
! When one reflects on the immensely OF
| this nations wealth, on the splendid SO.
! lidity of its credit, on Its superb achieve.
1 ments.i in debt paying. on it's Incompatible
! growth in manufactures and commerce
and on many other facts that are flatter.
ing to our national pride, it is humiliating
to remember that, instead OF stable
financial system, we have a medley OF
| currency laws under which one man II
expected to act as the regulator of oul
finances. not in compliance with statutory
directions. but according to his own judg.
ment.
In Democratic paper or in Demo
cratic speech that paragraph would be
cause for prosecution for leze majesty
but as the geld standard and the pro
tective tariff have no warmer or NOR
consistent advocate than the Post prob
ably Hon. Beriah Wilkins, editor an,
proprietor, will escape this time. Blu
very much of that sort of talk will rem
der him persona non grata to the I'D
ministration.
; Clark Howell For German.
The following dispatch needs no dia
gram to explain it:
Atlanta, Ga. Sept. s-Clark Howell, ed
itor Of the Constitution and Georgia mem
Der Of the national Democratic committee
!, favors Senator German of Maryland a
the Democratic presidential nominee i
1904. Mr.. Howell says:
!, Senator Germans stanch Democracy
his splendid capability, his knowledge c
men and measures. gained through Ion
experience in public life, ought to max
him satisfactory to all elements in tn
party"
Not an "Ex."
, Homer sometimes mods. Ditto Hal
: per's Weekly. That journal OF ci,
ilization,' as it styles itself, in r.
.. cent issue makes the queer mistake {
! referring to General Edmund Winsto
: Pettus as lately United States senate
from Alabama" Why, bless my star
General Pettus began brand ne,
term March 4, this year, at the you'll
S full age of eighty -one. Long may h
wave! He is one of the strongest me
in the senate, faithful to his concel
lions Of duty as the needle to the pol
: He is also one of the most popular an
: is most delightful companion. 3
. will outlive many Of the youngsters.
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