Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-14
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Lees Statue and Lacey's Objection.
Senator Stone on the Democratic
kany-ClevelAnd's Swing Around
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Sup1aAAs. IL the American people had
their way, unbiased by cheap John pol
1ticians, they would decree that Gener.
al Grant and General Lee should be
disinterred and reburied side by side
at Arlington. Inter ALA we claim to
be the most generous people on earth.
Let us prove it now. 1t has taken the
English government-not the English
people-250 years to SO far forgive that
immortal rebel, Oliver Cromwell, as to
permit his statue to be erected in Lon
don. That Robert e. Lees statue will
some day be erected in Washington
there can be no doubt Will we initiate
the English example and wait two CEN
turtles and half? That's really the
question and the only question.
Absurd.
OF all the ridiculous farces certainly
the senate secret session heads the list.
Executive sessions are not really Sc
cret, and everybody knows it. They
ought not to be. The reason why they
are not Is that there are and always
will be senators who are extremely
anxious to curry favor with reporters,
and they will blab. There used to be q
man in the house from Missouri whose
chief stock in trade was to give away
the secrets of the delegation. 1t paid
him.
Cannon.
The New York Evening Post, indie.
pendent, does not appear to be much
stuck on the Ohio crowd of politicians
and delivers itself of the following
more or less sarcastic remarks touch
ing presidential politics in Buckeye
dom:
1t Is astonishing how early and at how
many different places the presidential
campaign OF 1901 begins. We intended to
claim the real starting point for New
York by showing that the fate Of both
parties would depend upon the success Of
some candidate for mayor next fall, but
Senator Foraker has anticipated US by
announcing that Cincinnati has superior
claims. The Democrats Of that city have
nominated Mr.. ingalls,, the well known
publicans have named Mr.. Fleischmann.
not widely known to fame, but believed
by Foraker to be equally good.'
The overwhelming reason, according to
Foraker, why Fleischmann should be
elected is that this is the beginning of
the great campaign of next year." He
says sit Is impossible to disguise this
fact" from which we infer that the DEM
ocrats are doing everything possible to
conceal 1t and are pretending that nothing
but municipal issues. such as the rule of
Boss Cox, is fit to be considered For
aker will tear of that mask. He will
show that not only in Cincinnati, but in
nil the cities n TInion ia
are making believe that they are trying
to reform local abuses while they are ac-
tually aiming to defeat the Republican
party next year. The proof of this Is
that Everywhere they are preaching har-
mony and perfecting their organization
What better evidence could you have
than that? If they were everywhere
preaching discord and allowing their or
ganization to fall in pieces. there might
be some ground for saying that the NOM
tnation of such a man as ingalls, was in
tended for the sole benefit of Cincinnati,
but when they are avowedly harmonious
and energetic their designs must be dark
indeed. In short. Foraker thinks that II
ingalls, is elected mayor he-'will be 'in
line for the govcrnorship of Ohio and the
presidency" That would be awful.
Now, unquestionably the Post is q
great paper. 1t was founded by the
author Of "Thanatopsis," William Gull
len Bryant, but it is not au fait as to
Ohio politics. Senator Joseph Benson
Foraker knew precisely what he was
doing when he wrote his earnest and
tear compelling address to the Repub
leans of Cincinnati. He knows that
all decent folks in Porkopolis are tired
of Coke, old boy, and his machine, per
| hons +ho vory Vvorct coco of hose r,,l<
in the land, and he knows that unless
something desperate is done they will
elect NJ. e. ingalls,, the Democratic
candidate, and bury Coke, old boy, &c
deep that even Gabriel's trumpet will
not resurrect him. And what would
Joseph Benson Foraker do then, pool
thing? Foraker is still presidential
candidate and will be until he dies
He needs George B. Cox in his business
and proposes to save his machine II
possible.
Query.
The Washington Post rises to remark
as follows:
When the Republican leaders wanted Il
strike decisive blow at trust they re
moved the duty on coal. When the!
wanted to fool the people on the question
they enacted some new laws.
Now, what want to ask, If it will
not be considered impertinent, is this
II taking the tariff off anthracit,
coal was decisive blow to the anthra
cite coal trust, what is the reason tina
taking the tariff off steel would no
be decisive blow against the stee
trust, and SO on to the end of the chap
teri Now, do not let all the Republic
ans and trust defenders answer q
once. There is no reason under heay
en- known among men why the rul,
that works well as to coal will no
work well as to everything else on tn
list of trusts.
Interesting.
Ehe senate arrogates to itself tn
title of upper house Of congress, an,
| yet the queer fact remains that Their
are more college graduates in the hous
Of representatives in proportion t
members than in the senate. Just VIII
this should be so it is hard to under
stand unless by reason of the dlfferen
methods of election. 1t may be tina
the masses Of the people think more Z
college education than do the member
Of state legislatures.
Good.
The supreme court of Missouri la
dealt the beef trust one Of the creates
trusts in the land. body blow by fiji
ing each Of the criminal companies SIS
600 and assessing another 5000 fo