Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-31

real business for four years will be to
act as waiter in chief for dead mans
shoes. I can think of nothing in this
life more hopeless than waiting for the
shoes Of Theodore Roosevelt. That
strenuous young man stands as good a
chance of living four years as any Of
the teeming sons of Adam. He is
younger than Cummins and in all hu.
man probability will outlive him, but
Governor Cummins is wise to nail the
vice presidency if he can.
Marks Mot.
Mark Twain, the most illustrious liv-
ing Missourian, once said, Human ma
ture is very strong, and we all have a
heap Of 1t in u.s." That is a saying so
sensible that it is fit to rank with Lord
Bacon's wisdom Of the Ancients' and
with King Solomon's proverbs. This
line Of thought has been suggested by
recent occurrences which are matters
of common knowledge and which utter
ly refute the theory that lynching male
factors is recreation peculiar to the
southern states.
Surely Delaware is not southern
state, and lynching was pulled of
with great eclat recently in Whining
ton, her chief city, right under the ven.
cradle nose of Philadelphia. The lynch.
ing was done in the manner most
dreaded by mortal mandy burning!
And a race war was almost precipitat-
ed.
Illinois is clearly q northern state
with IN Overwhelming Republican ma
jorlty. Yet lynching bee was pulled
off with as much skill and enthusiasm
as could have been exhibited by an ag.
gregation Of enraged citizens in Kansas
or Colorado, Mississippi or Louisiana
Governor Dick Yates from Berlin, Ger
many, condemns it, but Acting Gov
ernor Northcutt at Springfield, ILL.,, i.
not tearing his shirt about it. Senator
Albert j. Hopkins has recently ex
pressed his regrets that Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and South Caroline
no longer send colored representative.
to congress, but did it never occur II
the Titianesque haired senator that II
linois should send one:
At Evansville, Ind, the home tow1
of Congressman Hemenway, who i:
said to be slated for the next chairman
ship of the committee on appropria
lions, there is actually a racial war on
Judge Crumpacker ct i'd genus omne
should bestir themselves.
These modern instances are cited
not by reason of any race prejudice
but to demonstrate the truth of Mark
Twain's mot, that "human nature Is
very strong, and we all have a heap of
it in u.s."
A Friendly Kaiser.
More than once heretofore in these
letters have called attention to the
evident fact that Kaiser Wilhelm OF
Germany desires to be on good terms
with the United States. For several
years lot Of anglomaniacs have been
doing their level best to get America
and Germany into quarrel, If not into
war. The kaiser has taken great pains
to cultivate cordial relations with US
He sent his brother Prince Heury tc
tour this country, which he did amid
universal applause. He made thou
sands of friends for himself and the
fatherland.
Recently our feet under Admiral Cot
ton visited the German feet at Kie
and there was great rivalry among tn,
officers and men of the two fleets as Il
which should Guido the other in kind
ness and in hospitality. The kaise
himself took prominent part ant
made speech at banquet in answe
to one made by the American ambas
sador, Charlemagne Tower. No on,
can read the kaisers speech withou
being convinced that he is true FRIEND
to the United States. Here it is:
In responding to your excellency's warn
and sympathetic toast offer cordia
welcome to the American squadron, Ad
miral Cotton and his officers. in the nam,
of the German people. We look upo1
them as the bearers of the friendly senti
ments Of the citizens Of the United States
to which can assure your excellency tn,
whole Of Germany heartily responds.
I am happy that my hopes for bettel
mutual understanding between our TIVE
countries, through the personal inter
course which my brother, Prince Henry
was able to hold with your excellency'l
countrymen. have been fully realized ant
have strengthened the bonds Of friendship
between Germany and America.
That my gifts Of casts Of medieval Ger
man architecture have been received in 81
gracious manner by Harvard gives MI
the greatest satisfaction. hope that tn,
samples relating to our old history viii
entice many young students to come owe
and study the originals and the peopl
who live around them
Ny sincerest wish is that our two PEG
pies may become yet closer acquainted
No serious citizen in America or Ger
many, trust. believes that the harmony
and continuance Of our mutual interests
could be disturbed by permanent factor,
in our relationship We are knit too close
ly together to allow of the development O,
any antagonism. 1t is my firmest convic
ton that the fact of 80 many thousands
OF Germans living and thriving in the
United States with their hearts still warn
with their love Of their old fatherland
will render the task more easy of smooth.
ing the path of undisturbed and progress
i've relations which are of vital impor
tance to our countries
1t is now my duty to beg your excel
lency to thank his excellency the presi
dent OF the United States for this toyou.
occasion, for which we are Indebted to hi
Kindness. We all over here admire hi
lrhness Oh character, MS iron Will, hli
devotion to his country and his indomita
bic energy, and we readily grasp the hant
proffered to US across the sea in cordia
friendship. feeling at the same time tina,
blood is thicker, than water.
Gentlemen, I propose the toast Of hi
excellency the president of the United
States. God bless him and the United
States!
Has the Turn Gomez
Every one conversant with histor,
knows that prosperity and adversit!
waves move in something of circuit