Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-07
Especial Washington Letter.l


love-" Bourke Cochran is to be
= married, it IL said, and con-
sequently secs afl things through rose
colored glasses. He cooes mildly as
sucking dove and seems happy as
clam at high tide. The story Is re-
newed- supposedly because he Is to
marry lords daughter-that he is
about to settle, or, rather, resettlc, in
Ireland and represent an Irish con-
stituency in parliament. As he has
become enormously rich there may be
something in the story this time. That
he would. increase his fame by 30 do
ing there Is no question. He would be
the first man to serve in both the Brit
ish parliament and the American con-
gress. That fact alone would cause
people to talk about him-that, too, in
favorable sort of way. 1t is said to
be his ambition to re-enact the role Of
Charles Stewart Parnell on a larger
and more successful plan. Whether
the elements are ripe for such a per-
Torrance time alone can tell.
That Cochran is an orator no fair
minded man will gainsay, although
Private" John Allen In a ut Of disgust
characterized him as "a believing
blatherskite." That was hyperbolical,
and nobody knew 1t better than John
himself. Cochran had the gift of CAB
originally, and has cultivated it every
way he knew how. He has studied
much and this new found wealth will
| give him the leisure to study more.
His superb physique has always helped
him amazingly MS an orator and some
what justified the bitter taunt of Jo-
seph Henry Walker of Massachusetts
to the effect that Cochran Inns more
physical eloquence than any man I
ever knew. His whole stock In trade
consists in mauling his desk and 'hol-
lering' loudv' But "Uncle Joe" was
mad when he said that.
Whittier DrlftIns7
Things are being done in this blessed
country now and decisions IRE being
ground out by the courts-eyen by the
highest court-which ten years ago
would have provoked a revolution.
Now people submit murmuring. it is
true, but they submit.
Truly Alexander Pope, poet and cpl
lgrammatist, knew what he was up to
when he wrote the following Quatrain:
Vice is monster Of 30 frightful mien
AS to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face.
We first endure. then pity, then embrace.
Those lines are peculiarly applicable
to all this Asiatic expansion business,
the most preposterous scheme ever
Matched in the brain Of man. When it
was proposed to annex the Hawaiian
Ialoudo ~ $40 s,s,cfi,t- <AA. F-.rssrf-
ton as the beginning of system Of
land grabbing round the world, a sys
TEN by which we would establish
American proconsular government in
Iall the lands and over all the peoples
SO taken, q system which would be an
tagonistic to NIL American theory, all
American precedents, all American his
tory. 1t is not pleasant to say, Il told
you sor' i at least have no ambition
to play the role Of prophet. wish the
prophecy had not come true. But II
has, and here is partial confirmation
in an editorial from the st. Louis Post
Dispatch, every word OF which In
dOrse:
The supreme court Of the United States
has decided In the case Of Osaki Mankechi
q japanese. convicted of manslaughter u
Hawaii. that the constitution did not fol
low the flag to the island, but that con
lgress Is supreme and can grant constitu
Itional rights and privileges to annexet
populations or deny them, as 1t sees fit.
When Hawaii was annexed a Joint reso
luton OF congress provided that the Ha
waiian laws not contrary to the constitu
ton Of the United States were to con
: tinue in force.
!, Now the constitution expressly declare
). that mo person shall be held to answe
" for capital or otherwise infamous Grim
Q unless on presentment or Indictment o
e a grand jury"
. sOsaki Mankechi was not given the bene
. At of this guarantee. He was not indicte,
by grand jury. The old Hawaiian proc
H ess was employed in his case. and on tht
!. ground he petitioned for discharge. TIL
| supreme court, by vote OF to 4. hold
that the plea is not good ana that tn
D inhabitants OF Hawaii are not entitled +
a any of the constitutional guarantees o
!, personal liberty unless congress expressl!
grants them.
In other words. congress. the creatur'
q | Of the constitution. Is greater than IL
q creator over q part Of the American do
main. @ s.
: Commenting on the Judgment OF tn,
court, Judge Harlan. In o dissenting opin
lon. asks:
"can 1t be that the constitution is tn
supreme law In the states of the Uniol
|, and in the organized territories OF tn
8 United States between the Atlantic an
o Pacific oceans. and yet Is not the suprem
a law in territories and among peoples sit
2 uated like the territory and people OF Ha
wall and over which the United State
I acquired all rights OF sovereignty o
i whatsoever kind Z" ~
e 1t Is pertinent question. Constitu
i OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES seems to BIO the onl!
: logical inference to be drawn from tn
! courts decision.
!. A Sage Suggestion.
The Press-Journal Of Louisiana, No
edited by a wit with the philosophi
name Of Isaac Newton Bryson, make
! q sage suggestion in applied politlca
}, economy:
In levying taxes to secure municipa
fore they leap. Pleasant Hi! laid q ia.
4 of IS on the right to sell coal oil withil
q its limits recently. A check was prompt
p ly sent the city treasurer by the Standar,
: OIL company. followed by Instructions t
= the company's agent at Pleasant Hill t
raise the price of oil there 2 cents gal
!. lon. The twenty-five dollar tax thus cos
the people ct Pleasant 11sA about $500 an
2 hually
Tom Baths Retirement.
Congressman Tom Ball Of the Eight
. district Of Texas has announced tina
o ne VIII resign his seat Nov. 1. Bali
( loss will be felt In the ranks Of til
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