Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-10

party of Ohio in the hollow of his
hand. has fallen out with the senior
Buckeye senator. Joseph Benton Fora
ker. and proposes to make war on
him. all of which is Important If true.
But that report must be taken cum
grano sails. Foraker, who aspires to
the presidency in 1908 and who was
President Roosevelt's chief lieutenant
In humbling the pride of Uncle Mark
recently and in driving him out Of the
presidential race, can't afford to break
with Cookie. old boy" and will make
my concession demanded by that
truculent boss rather than incur: his en-
nifty. for. strange as it may seem, Cox
can overthrow the Republican party In
Ohio whenever he wants to.
Republican Harmony.
Republicans have. much to say by
way of clarifying themselves as to the
harmony, with n big. big II, which
reigns among Republicans. They de-
clare that white winged peace prcsldcs
over their meetings from Marthas
: Vineyard to the Golden Gate. Oh. yes!
Peace. no doubt! But ask Uncle Mark
what sort of peace was on tap Mt the
Ohio Republican powwow, and II he is
entirely candid he will answer that at
was the peace Of death!' He is to
have another term in the senate If he
will be good. LET Roosevelt have clear.
track for the presidency and let Fora
kcr have the patronage. "Peace reigns
isin Warsaw" and in Ohio.
Go over into illinois,. where young
Dick Yates is playing boss and run
!. ming for second term, and search for
/ Republican harmony. Yon will find q
huge chunk of it when you strike ex-
Senator Billie Mason, who will tell you
that he is "doing little law, little
politics and a little Dickie Yates"
Go up into Wisconsin in quest Of Re
! publican harmony and you will find
the la Toilette gang and the anti-La
Toilette gang ut each others throat
Mr.. Eabcock has been called to lead
one faction. and there is likely to be
! something doing. And SO It goes every
where, this Intense Republican har-
mony which clothes the party as with
garment-witll huge slit in It; in
deed. several huge Sits.
That eminent Republican statesman
Mr.. Tulloch says that the irregulari-i
ties, extrayagances, etc. in the post Of
flee department are largely due TO
Perry Heath. who was assistant post
master general under Gary in McIlin-
! ley's first administration. Heath, who
is something OF d Republican himself,
wastes no words, but tersely answers
that Tulloch Is a liar.
Down In Maryland Sidney Emanuel
Mudd is hotfoot after the scalp Of Sen.
ator McComas. In Missouri the Kerens
faction and the Atkins faction hate each
other a good deal worse than either
faction hates the devil. To all Of these
harmonious Republicans commend
the One Hundred and Thirty-third
Psalm:
Behold, how good and how pleasant 1t
is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
1t is like the precious ointment upon
the head. that ran down upon the beard,
even Aaron's beard. that went down to
the skirts OF his garments.
| AS the dew OF Harmon and as the dew
that descended upon the mountains Of
Zion. for there the Lord commanded the
blessing. even life for .eyermore.
A Soiomonie Governor.
Colorado's governor has appointed a
woman as colonel on his staff, for
which the ungodly have been gliding
him numerically, hut worms will turn,
likewise governors, and the Colorado
governor has given a luminous ex-
PLANTATION to the effect that staff colo
nels are only for decorative purposes;
hence the greater the ornament the
lgreater the colonel! Great is the head
of the Colorado governor! He might
point out that Kaiser Wilhelm APP
pointed his illustrious grandmother,
Queen Victoria. colonel Of regiment
OF Dragons, and It must be said for
her In common Justice that she was
fully as good soldier as her illustri-
GUS uncle, the Duke Of Cumberland.
So far MS is known Colonel Victoria
rendered eminent satisfaction a. colo.
mel Of cavalry.
Progressing.
The latest press dispatches indicate
that Judge Alton B. Parker OF New
York from being merely a passive or,
receptive candidate for the presidency
Is becoming an active candidate, may
hap an aggressive one. He Is going to
follow the example OF Andrew Johnson
and Swing round the circle" It is
marvellous that so unpopular prpsi-
dent as Johnson should have devised
one OF the most popular methods Of
lectioneering for the. presidency. All
manner Of fun was poked at johnson
when he "swung round He was de-
nounced as "mountebank," Clown;
etc. Now that for which he was lam
basted has become fad. II President
Mckinley had not been fond OF "swing-
ing round the circle" he would most.
probably be living yet Every citizen
OF the republic breathed sigh OF relief:
when he learned that at last Presi-
dent Roosevelt was once more safe In
the White House. Now comes Judge
Parker and purposes to invade Dixie
on speechmaking tour to exhibit his
PAGES as presidential candidate. sc.
o" was lately on his travels. as eyery-
BODY knows. OF course he was not on
an elecdoneering Jaunt! Perish the
thought
Judge Parker may or may not Inn.