Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-04

reer people were amazed not long since
when Senator George Frisbie Hoar OBJ
jected to the filing of petitions of divers
and sundry persons touching tie Gus,
Of Reed Smoot, the Mormon apostle
now senator of the United Sta,
from Utah. Senator Fred Z. Duhc
Of Idaho and Senator Hoar had Quit
a tilt over it, Dubois taking the i'm
pregnable ground occupied by Join
Quincy Adams when fighting his BAT
tie royal.
1t appears that Senator smoot. VIII
Is Republican, is not to rcpose Oh
bel of roses. The ministers of tho .ror
pei generally and those OF Utah in ~,
ticular are reaching out for lis ali
not on the ground that he is himsc i
poly.amist. but brc..rse h con ID
his oath of fealty to til SIor:nnn cllurc
paramount to his oatli as IL senator
the United States. Whether they ca
prove their charge remain; to be s;.e.i
The women of the land are also aga.n;
| him. Republicans appear dis:lirl.ncd
to discuss the matter because Slnoot is
one of them. but the Democrats src..
determined to give the preacher, an
the women q chance to be heard. Ii
the meantime the American Federation;
CT Labor, Willie not Insisting Ia,
Smoot shall be unscatcd are o3D.s.iij
his assignment to the committee O,
immigration. upon Which lie is sad t;
have set his heart, OH Tie ground Tia
Senator Smoot, as Mormon apostle
was member of committee which
number of years ago visited Europe il
order to enlist aliens to come to III:
country and become members Of til
Mormon faith" So. on tho whole. NJ.
i Snloot is liable 10 lead strenuous lif.
for awhile ut least.
The State of Cuba.
"Ihe early bird catches The worm.'
At least Senator Francis G. NewlanG
of Nevada believes in that philosoph
and Is ambitious to be at the head
| the procession in adding Cuba to til
Union. He has introduced resoutio
inviting her to become state, wit
, Porto Rico as county or provin,
thereof. 1t will be remembered til.
While a member Of the house NJ
; Ncwlands introduced the resolution Il
which the Sandwich Islands were al
nexed.
That Cuba will one day be part O.
our great republic is as certain as any
thing In the future. 1t was the dream
! of Jefferson. The desire to have her
with US was quickcned by the Ostcnd
manifesto. The events of and subse-
| Quent to the Spanish war have increas-
ed it. Cuba is only sixty miles from
the southernmost point Of Florida.
| Good judges say that she can support
| population of ten or twelve millions.
| Her annexation would be better for
her and solve many difficult problems
for US. Her present population is about
one and a half millions, which, added
to that Of Porto Rico, would run it Up
to about two millions and half, which
would entitle her to twelve representa-
tives i'll congress and to fourteen votes
| In the electoral college. In ten years
/, after she becomes an American state
her population will be doubled by the
influx of our people. Perhaps Senator
! Newlands' resolution is premature, but
i it or similar resolution will be adopt
ed some day.
Cheerful Prospects.
1t will be dismal news to the mil
lions Of American citizens who are
/, compelled to use kerosene oil or to sit
In darkness to know that the oil trust
has marked up the price of crude Oil
D cents barrel. The Pittsburg Ca
zette, champion Of the trusts, makes
these cheerful editorial comments:
another advance of cents a barrel
In the price of crude oil is glad news
to producers and landowners through
out the oil regions of four states. 1t
means increased income for them, and
in the old small well territory the re-
cent advances represent the difference
between vanishing income and pros.
perity. OF course consumers of petro.
seum products will have to pay for it,
OF course, of course. The performance
means that the trust Is skinning con.
sumers still deeper.
Uncle Mark has declined the presi.
dency again, this time to Kansas cor
respondent. '"The lady doth protest toe
much"
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay seems
to be in earnest about retiring this
time. He is securing the appointment
of his colleague, Senator Roles Pen
rose, on the important committees on
which he has been serving.
At this time there ia a better feeling
among the house Democrats than there
has been in the last ten years. They
are doing their best to serve tho coun.
try and the party, which amounts to
the same thing.
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