Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-28

presldentinl aspirations, and sent Colo
mel Roosevelt's presidential stock soar
ing skyward. OF course Czolgosz had
no idea that he was doing all that, but
he was. Governor Odell Is young and
ambitious. Hope springs eternal in the
human breast-especially in the breasts
Of those who are afflicted with the pres
idential fever, the most virulent disease
known to alienists-but he certainly
does not hope that New York, which
has never furnished Republican pres
hand running.
Hearst.
The name of William Randolph
Hearst as a presidential possibility
hobs up serenely and with increasing
frequency these days. The chief re-
lance Of his friends is on the vote and
influence of organized labor. That vote
and that influence will elect him If he
10 nominated, and it will not be at all
a surprise to careful observers II that
vote and that influence nominate him.
Quite recently the National Building
Trades Council. in session ut Denver,
Endorsed MIR. Hearst for the prcsidon-
tial nomination. Hearst has, ever since
he reached manhood's status, stood the
friend of organized labor, and 1t APP
pears now that his bread cast upon the
waters is returning after many days.
lie Is now a representative In congress.
which position will enable him still
further to advocate his theories. not
only for the betterment of the condi
ton Of the wage carriers of the coun-
try. but for the ameiioration of the
condition of the vast masses of the
,, American people. 1t Is 10 to 1 shot
that his services in tho house will inl-
| prove his presidential prospects. His
| father. Senator George Hearst, loft b.
hind him fine record az a national
| legislator He was one OF the leading
Democrats of his day-thc leading one
on the Pacific coast-and the son seems
to be following in the footsteps Of his
| honored sire and to be worthy OF him.
| Indeed the position of Hearst fills is
| r.0"a advantageous than that Of Hearst
| aocause the son has three great
::.ttan dailies in which to exploit
| l.. .;s-a power possessed by no
other man in the land. From that
coign Of vantage he commands view
Of the whole political field aud wields
a tremendous influence.
Filipino Troubles.
Whatever else we annexed by the
treaty of Paris, we undoubtedly an
| ncXed "a sea of troubles to borrow an
expression from the Bard of Avon
Some Of these troubles have been in
full view from the beginning. while
others are just beginning to unfold
themselves. For instance, it has grown
to be custom for American officers to
bring in Filipino and Japanese servants
on government transports. It had
grown to be such nuisance that it
had to be checked by the Quartermas-
ter's department. Many of us have
contended periodically from the begin
ming that the. Philippines would be
made the breeding ground for the pau
per labor not Of Europe, but, what is
far worse, for the cheaper pauper labor
Of Asia. The foregoing facts indicate
that we were right in our contention.
It's high time that American laborers
were waking up to the imminent dead
~ peril in which our possession Of the
Philippines places them.
That Tired Feeling.
When James J. Jeftries gave james
J. Corbett those two awful wallops In
the stomach the pompadour must have
experienced the same tired feeling
which afflicted Senator Marcus Aonzo
Hanna at the late Ohio Republican
convention when Fire Alarm" Senator
Joseph Benson Foraker, as leader of
the Roosevelt cohorts, knocked him
!: clear over the ropes in the first round.
!: That was the occasion when Senator
Hanna exclaimed, "For Gods sake
keep on letting well enough alone!
Corbett and Hanna can sympathize
| with each other.
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