Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-06-02

VcE1uI kudEuldu lOE COlOtcu peOpl0 Will
be 1rretrievably ruined and all the
political preferment which he has, in
his minds eye, seen growing out Of
his capers in his self constituted fidu-
ciary capacity will go glimmering.
Chances to distinguish himself in his
self selected role have been crowding
on the Hoosier jurist lately, and to the
establishment Of all creation he has
left them unimproved. There is an
old saying that charity should begin
at home. So should Reform, with
big, big R. The following dispatch
will show that Judge Crumpacker
should let up on investigating the
treatment meted out to the colored
man and brother down south and
should turn his attention to sinners
right In indiana:
Indianapolis, Ind, May 9.-Booker T.
Washington lectured in this city Wednes-
day evening, staying at the Hotel English
while in the city. On Thursday morning
Louise Hadley, white chambermaid. re-
fused to make his bed and clean up the
room. The manager told her that she
would have to make the bed or leave the
hotel. and she quit, declaring she would
not make any negroes bed.
Harmony In Ohio.
IL 1t be true that Harmony; with a
big, big II. prevails In the Republican
party, what means the news from Ohio
that the Hanna and Foraker factions
are grinding their knives, oiling up
their shooting irons, marshaling their
forces and in other ways preparing for
life and death struggle when the,
state convention meets in June? It is
said that the Hannaites want to give
Roosevelt sort of perfunctory In
dorsement and hazy certificate Of
good character which will mean moth
Ing and which will bind nobody to his
support should Marcus A. conclude to
shy his castor into the presidential
ring later on-all of which does not
please Senator Joseph Benson Foraker
even little bit. He wants to tie Ohio
Republicans hard and fast to Roose-
yelt's triumphal chariot. What he
does not want, above all things, is for
Hanna to secure the nomination. For
aker is for Roosevelt not because he
loves Roosevelt more, but because he
loves Hanna Jess much less he
believes that II Roosevelt Is elected he
may succeed him. Hence the prospee-
tive wool pulling among Buckeye Re
publicans. More power to their armsi
A Small Box Would Do.
The New York Post, independent,
ence edited by the great poet William
Cullen Bryant, remarks sagely:
1.-THE appeal now lies to the ballot boxn
30 afirIns grayeiy the chief newspaper
mourner over the Northern Securities deg
cision. 1t will be extremely Interesting to
observe the process. First, 1t would be
necessary to catch political party will=
ing to attack the antitrust law in its plat
form and on the stump. Then 1t would
be necessary to find great body OF voters
who believe themselves aggrieyed by the
decision against the Northern Securities
company. There is no use in appealing
to the ballot box unless you have some
prospect of getting a majority Of the bal.
lots Every Indication today, however, ia
that one small ballot box. stationed. say.
at the corner of Broadway and Wall
street would suffice to hold all the votes
that might be cast la favor Of aboliehipg
the antitrust act.
If 1t be true, as reported in the pa
pers, that out OF 10000 places which
he has to bestow Mayor Seth Low has
given only one to Senator Thomas Col
lier Platt 1t Is the most remarkable
case of ingratitude on record since the
day when King Lear uttered his far
resembling monologue. Low could not
have been elected without Platt,s ac-
tive aid, and Thomas IS entitled to his
quantum merAit Of pic:
The Dissolution 81 yingsIsn.
1t seems that the best minds in Eng
land, where has long been the head
and shoulders of the whole lingo bust
ness, are turning against the whole
ridiculous idea. The question of re-
duction Of armament came up in the
house of commons the other day, and
Sir Charles Dixie, Advanced Radical,
suggested that the government take
the first step III inducing the other
powers to agree to a reduction. The
process Of each European nation ..see.
Ing and raising every other nation
has to step s9ihewIege Or 'ths' final lie.
suit viii be that they win all find
themselves with every dollar they can
rake together Invested in guns and
ships. Meanwhile civilization and the
arts suffer from the lingo folly.