Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-11

CATHERINE q. CLINK.
A Scorcher.
Is there no new political adventure
GU, strenuous President might under
take to insure him a unanimous cleo
tion in 1904? For time he INDUCED
in spectacular exhibition Of HtruSt
busting" without harmipg a single
trust. This was to make himself solid
with the common people. Next he
tried to build up "lily white" Rep
ublican party in the South, with the
OF Senator McLaurin of
South Carolina. This he fondly imag-
fned would cause the white voters OF
the South to flock to his standard and
carry the "Solid South" for him. In
two or three states the scheme pro-
crossed so far that Republican conven-
tions refused to recognize colored dele
gates. This stirred up the colored pee.
pie of the North, who practically hold
the balance of power in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York
The loss of these states would mean
ruin for Roosevelt even If he should
succeed In capturing some OF the
Southern States with his ''lily-white"
bait. So the strenuous President
tried to square" himself with the
colored voters of the North by inviting
Booker T. Washington to take dinner
with him at the White House. This
Infatuated the 'slily whites, and to
appease them the colored people were
insulted by the explanation that
Booker T. Washington did not dine
with the President, butthau "lucheonn
was served to him at asseparate table
In the White House annex instead Of
the great colored philosopher dining at
at the state table in the White House
dining room. Then came the In
dianola MISSY postoffice melee aud
the Crum collectorship for Charleston
to Offset theinsult to the negroes, SO
as to square" himself again with
the sons Of Ham, only to stir lace
hatred to its very depth. After this
came the transeontinental tour as q
general all.around vote catcher. Al
one place the President talked te
Swedes to catcb;the Scandinavian vote
At another he talked to colony Of
Russians to catch the Russian vote
He rode races with the cowboys tt
make sure OF the cowboy vote. He
talked to the Indians to win the
Indian vote. He said, "Speak softly
but carry big Stick" to capture the
conservative" vote. He had declared
that Reed Smoot should not be elect
ed United States Senator, so as to
make himself solid with the anti
Mormon vote. When he got to Utah
he hob-nobbed with Smoot to line up
the Mormon vote. A telegram from
Walla Walla demanded the Ohio
vote. Just now he is playing for the
Jew vote by meddIipg in Russia
affairs, and dispatch from Rome t,
an Eastern paper only few days ag
stated that the President was usin
bis political inf lie nee to have Arch
bishop Ireland raised to the rank O
cardinal In the hope thatit would vii
for him the Catholic vote. Ant
while all these Vaccinations are In
progress he is patching up truce
with J. Pierpont Morgan so as tt
cinch the Wall street vote. Was
there ever in the history of America
such an inglorious exhibition o
political jugglery? Was there eve
IN the White House such a lightning
change prestidigitator and trimmer
The trusts 60 on In their career o
plumber and not one is "busted
unless 1T happens to founder in it
own flood Of water, and the probin
o1nclal rottenneSs is become a far
since in exchange for Ohio endorsement
Hanna S notice: Hands off," Is heed
ed TO protect the rascals not yetexpos
ed whom Hanna has placed in tn,
public'service. No thought whateve,
of The interest of the people, of th
general welfare; no thought of any
thing except how to get votes In $780,
Such a vote-grabber deserves only t
be buried under an avalanche of vote
as rebuke for his chicanery an
double-dealing. May all this grubbin
Tor Votes 10 1894 result in harvest q
defeat that will prove wholesom
precedent for all Presidents hereafter
Columbus Ohio Press.
Group instantly relieved DR.. Thomas