Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27

THE Delawareans have Hon.
Gas" Addicks, like the poor.
always with them, but that is
the only thing in which Hon.
Seas" resembles the poor. BY the way,
| one of Abraham Lincolns finest say
ings was, God must love poor people,
| for he made so many of them"
| The effort of Hon. Cas- to work in
cold deck ON the regular Republicans
In the legislature was not a bowling
success. Consequently the Blue Hen
is still senatorless. What beautiful
example of that sweetness, purity and
light vaunted by the G. o. T. are the
Delaware Republicans furnishing the
country!
When one thinks of the Bayards and
Saulsburys and then thinks of Hon.
Cas- he is forced to eXclaim, How
are the mighty fallen!' The Demo-
cratic statesmen of Delaware were an
honor to their country and to the hui
man race. Delaware Republicans are
disgrace to the country.
| Before this men have bodied states
in which they lived, but Hon. Gas is
the only one known to have deliberate
~ moved into a state for the purpose
Of boodling it. He picked Delaware
for several reasons, no doubt. 1t is
the smallest of the eastern states, and
"Gas" desired to continue to reside in
the east; not much smaller than
Rhode Island, it is true, but the ground
In Rhode Island was pre-empted by
.
"Gas" had no show there. He couldn't
hope to ''raise" Wetmore and Aldrich.
Secondly, "Gas" could nominally live
in Delaware when he really lived in
some great city, such as Philadelphia
or New York. Gas was on to his job.
Warming Up.
The race for the Democratic nomina-
ton for the presidency is warming up.
1t may now be said to be on i'll earnest.
Mr.. Olney lately came to Washington
on private Enthusiastically private
i but his stay in the capital served the
purpose of drawing attention to him as
a probable presidential candidate and a
possible presidential nominee. Recent
ly the on-Jackson-Lincoln club
of Columbus, o.. pulled off banquet
with great eclat, banquet graced by
the presence of many statesmen and
many orators. Among them was ex-
Governor Budd of California. who
launched the boom of Hon. William
Randolph Hearst in great shape. OF
course Budd was not speaking for fun.
He did not journey from California to
Ohio for fun. He had made the trip
before. He was not exercising his or
atorical gifts for the mere pleasure of
hearing the melody of his own voice.
He was not seeking health. He was
boring for blood. He was in dead ear
nest. He was telling the country that
Hearst is in the race and, being in the
race, hopes to win. If Budd can man.
age Hearst's presidential campaign as
skillfully as he managed his own cam
paign for governor, his man will win
both the nomination and the election.
Governor Budd was nominated to lead
a forlorn hope. Nobody thought he
could be elected. He did not think so
himself, but one day flaming patent
medicine advertisement stenciled in i'm
mense letters on q dead wall attracted
his attention and gave him an idea
which made him governor. He hired
| lot of painters and sent them through
| California with directions to paint ev-
erywhere the words Vote For Budd!'
Soon every wall, rock, tree and fence
in California bore the legend vote For
Budd" At first people laughed; then
they pondered; then they concluded
that a man who possessed that much
"git up and git" would make tiptop
governor; consequently they voted him
into the gubernatorial Office. Perhaps
| he can do for his friend Hearst on
larger scale what he did for himself
In the meantime a boomlet has been
| started for Hon. Lucius f. C. Garvin,
Democratic governor of Rhode Island.
It is tiny, tender plant. but it may
grow. Hopes of Democratic gains and
successes in New England grow apace.
1t is only natural that as these hopes
grow the Democratic candidates should
increase, which is n healthy sign of
the times. Judge Parker is attending
banquets, thus popularizing himself
and keeping himself well toward the
center Of the stage and under the lime.
light.
Growth.
A few days ago President Roosevelt
signed his John Hancock to the bill
creating the Office of secretary of COM
| merce and labor--the ninth cabinet po-
| sition-which is only one of the innu-
merable evidences Of our growth as a
people. 1t is fourteen years since the
Office of secretary of agriculture was
created. It will not be that long until
the bureau of labor is erected into an
independent department., whose chief
will have seat at the cabinet table.
Everybody-that is, everybody that
did not have hankering after the po-
sition himself-is glad that Hon. George
Bruce Cortelyou is the first secretary of
commerce and labor. He is universal
favorite and deserves to be. Hereaft.
er the position of secretary to the presi-
dent is likely to be more sought after,
as it is coming to be regarded as q
stepping stone to the cabinet. Two Sec
retaries to the president have succeed,
ed to the higher position-Daniel S. La.
mont and George Bruce Cortelyou. In
deed, the position Of secretary to the
president affords the incumbent un-
equaled opportunities for becoming ac-
Quainted with public men of influence
and for comforting fayors upon them