Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-30

~ is to bring order out of chaos
in the Indian Territory. Real
ly it is a crime to defer action. Down
there are half a million people without
any firm or well regulated government
most of them good people at that. A
crow never flew over finer country.
The great question in both Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory is state
hood single or double, which? There's
the rub. If all hands We're agreed on
one sort of statehood, the chances are
that it could be speedily accomplished,
but they are not agreed, more's the
pity. OF course, as a rule, the east Is
opposed to any statehood, but certain
~ we cannot much longer keep out
of the Union million American citi-
zens, and there are fully that many
in the two territories. United, the two
would make one Of the greatest states
in the Union, glory to American in
situations. The agricultural and min
eral wealth is incalculable. A country
that raises corn equal to Missouri,
wheat equal to Dakota, cotton equal to
Texas, is well worth looking after. The
Indian children have fairly good school
facilities, but the whites outside the
towns have practically none. l was
told by men who possess and evidenced
every sign of reliability and veracity
that most of the criminals are young
men who have grown up in ignorance
and under the vicious lack of govern
mental control heretofore and sill eX-
listing. 1t is hard to tell who is to
blame for this condition, and am not
trying to fix the blame or to apportion
1t. am stating the plain, unvarnished
truth-that congress ought to find a
speedy remedy.
Perhaps the great aggregation of
congressional talent which accompa-
MED Hon. William R. Hearst through
Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory may be able to de.
wise plan whereby statehood can be
conferred upon them all. If so, bless,
ings on their heads! But whether
Hearst's great undertaking is sue.
cess or failure he deserves great credit
for instituting it. No harm can come
of 1t, and let us hope that much good
will result therefrom.
Another Warwick.
1t is done. The thing is settled
There's another Warwick, not another
Richmond, in the presidential field
Now comes the great and good DR.
Harper Of the University of Chicago
and SHES his castor into the ring as
president maker. 1t is well. The more
the merrier. His candidate for presi-
dent is Hon. Seth Low, present mayor
of Greater New York and fusion nomi
nee for reelection against George Brin
ton Mcclellan, the regular Tammany
nominee. Now, President Harper is {
most excellent gentleman, no doubt
but an expectant and amazed world
would like to know, don't you know
whom the good doctor represents in his
bold venture into high politics. Does
he speak for himself alone? If SO, thai
would be very interesting. but not very
important. Does he speak for the
Rockefeller interests, the president o.
whose university he is? If SO, tha
would be both very interesting ant
very important. Harper and Low art
both what the late lamented Simon
Cameron denounced as them ID lit
teray fellers." OF course there is be
!, twixt them a feeling of comradeslil
entirely honorable to each, but tina
! would make no delegates for Low in .
! convention, as the chances are 100 t
that the practical Republican politi
clans of Illinois would not even permi
Dr. Harper to be elected a delegate
himself, and the only chance for hin
to put his great and good friend il
nomination would be to speak as /;
proxy for some other delegate who wa.
for Low, If such one could be found
But if DR.. Harper's pronunciamente
was made on behalf of the Rockefeller
interests it means much-to wit. that
Low is the man upon whom Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt must keep his eye
In the national Republican convention
II the Rockefellers are in it the plain
meaning is that Roosevelt must fight
IL he would win the nomination. The
programme will be to purchase the
mayoralty for Hon. Seth Low, yclept
"the reformer' by admiring friends. and
then to purchase both the nomination
and election to the presidency for him.
So there may be precious little or a
vast deal in President Harper's nom.
nation OF Mayor Low.
Too PesslmIstIe.
Judge John 81. Reagan of Texas is a
great historic parsonage. His years
have exceeded the psalmist's extreme
allotment. He has played many great
parts on the worlds stage and played
them all well. He was q Judge in Tex
rs and a representative in congress
trior to the civil war. He was post
master general of the Confederate
states and is the only survivor Of JEFF
ferson Davis cabinet. Subsequent to
the war he was representative in
congress, senator of the United States
and railroad commissioner for Texas.
He owes 1t to the world to write book
Of "reminiscences. 1t would be invalu.
nble, but he is growing extremely pes
simistic. He thinks this great republic
is doomed. He recently said:
I do not want Texas divided into five
states as the annexation agreement per-
mits. Texas should never be divided The
American republic Is doomed. The disco
luton OF this Union Of states is sure tc
come. In my opinion, and be succeeded by
. monarchy. We are rapidly drifting to.
ward a mona rohicol for,, %
want Texas to be big enough to stand
alone. to once more be the republic O,
Texas. when the day of monarchy arrive:
to take the place Of this Union of states