Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-09-04

nave to be shown" BY the use OF that
last phrase Colonel Rosewater shows
signs of becoming Missourian. Among
the "others' whom he had in his
minds eye and who need SHOWING" is
Uncle Joe Cannon, who will be the
next speaker Of the house.
Ahead Of Time.
Evidently one OF my lecture mates,
General Charles Henry Grosvenor of
Athens. c.. believes it proper to take
time by the forclock" and that "thc
early bird catches the wornl," for on
Saturday, Aug. Is, 1903, lie was nomi-
hated as representative in the Fifty
ninth congress, which does not begin
to exist even technically until March
4, 1905, and whose first session will
mes: probably not begin till the first
Monday IL December, 1905. asked
tha general what lie meant by such an
uE!sGal procedure, and he replied, "Oh,
] just wanted to get that matter off my
mind" lie does not seem to fear TIE
fate of David Ecnnett Hill, who was
roundly denounced by Democratic pa
pcrs in 49,, for holding Il snap con.
ventnn" on the 22Hd of February. Cen
eral Grosvc.sr raises David at his own
game. Hill took nothing by his motion.
but as General Grosvcnor's district con
tains a beastly Republican majority he
will most likely pull under the string
winner.
Secretary shaw's Opportunity.
The Omaha Bee is authority for the
statement that Secretary of the Treas
ury Governor Leslie N. Shaw Is to adj
dress the American mining congress,
which is to be held in Deadwood, S. D..
from Sept. Z. to Sept. ~, both inclusive.
Governor Shaw is sleight of hand
artist in the use of words. 1t will be
great opportunity to explain what the
Iowa Republicans really meant when
as part Of tEeir last platform they
adopted and promulgated that amaz-
Ing sentence written by Senator Alli-
son, Tariff rates which are too high
| should be lowered, and those which are
too low should lie raised" II the sccre-
tary should really devise an cxplana-
tion that explains, lie would prevent
much profanity and nm epidemic Of In
sanity. lie should not let the oppor-
+, tunity slip by unilnproved. for 'the mill
can never grind with tine water that
has passed"
While he is at it Mr.. Secretary Shaw
might increase his reputation by going
further and explaining and proving a
preposterous assertion that he is fond
of making to the effect that the panic
which began in May, 1893, was Dem
| ocratic panic caused by the Wilson
German tariff bill, which was passed
| fifteen months later and became law
| in August, 1904. He might illustrate
his argument by showing that the
Spanish war Of 1898 caused the civil
/ war Of 1S61-G5. One statement is as
true as the other. Nor should the secre-
tary, in support of his other pet fall
lacy that there is always prosperity
( under Republican administration and
! adversely under Democratic admins
| tration, fail to prove that the Demo
Gratis produced the panic of 1873, when
Grant was president and when both
house and senate were and for years
had been overwhelmingly Republican.
Miles Advice.
4 As he was being retired from the nc
tive service in the army General Mel
son A. Miles delivered himself Of some
very sage remarks as to general plan
OF disarmament to be put in operation
BY all the great powers. insisting that
the United States should lead in this
great international reform. The gen.
eral Is correct, and his pacific utter
apces, coming from a veteran soldier,
place him in most favorable light and
should have great weight, OF course
there is nothing novel about them ex-
cept that they were spoken by fighter
Of approved capacity. Gear Nicholas
proposed the same scheme some time
ago, but 1t does not seem to have met
with great favor or any favor at all.
The day has not yet arrived when men
are ready to beat swords into pruning
hooks and spears into plowshares. KILL
ers OF their brothers are still the IA
sorites with historians, the women and
nearly everybody else except "the
peace society" Jefries received over
$4,000 for walloping Corbett, and tho
latter received $4,000. Ten thousand
Tor being soundly thrashedl