Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-26

house as to their Philippine policy and,
being too brave and honest to smother
his convictions, voluntarily relinquish-
ed seat in congress which he could
have held ad libitum. He is a most
reinforcement at time
when Democrats are girding up their
loins to redeem the state of Hendricks,
Macdonald, Voorhees,, Turpie, BLUE
Jeans" Williams, Isaac p. Grey and
S. Holman from Republican
The soulful Beveridge would
last about ten minutes in a joint debate
with Johnson, and the altitudinous
Fairbanks would go to grass in the
first round. Republican statesmen in
Indiana will give him wide berth.
If Governor-C Chairman Odell Of New
York does not look little out some
body will swear out writ de lunatico
lnquirendo for him. Something sillier
than his interview touching Thomas
] eferson may have been said some
time or other by public man; but, If
80, it fortunately never got into print
He accuses Jefferson with being an
forgetting what all the world
Jefferson was the great
leveler, while his great rival Hamilton,
the grandfather of the Republican
party, was in favor of monarchy and
boldly said SO. But Governor Odells
most astounding break is that Judge
Parker ought to be defeated because
Jefferson introduced the use of finger
bowls into this country! Does the
governor think that people should not
wash the grease off their fingers after
eating, If they want to do SO? Does
he believe that the pump or the horse
trough Is a more convenient means
than the finger bowl? If he thinks the
American voter Is such fool as to be
caught by such inane, not to say in
sane, jabber he is very much mistaken.
Judge Parker's unequivocal declara-
ton against second term for the pres
idency seems to have stirred up the Re-
publican managers amazingly. Those
of them who have their hearts fixed
on presidential nomination in 1908
would do well to ponder the judges
words carefully and prayerfully. With
out being in Colonel Roosevelt's con-
fidence, l take the liberty of making
this prediction: If he is elected this
year and lives till 1908 he will be can
didate for another nomination, and,
what's more, he will get 1t. The bread
and butter brigade will give it to him.
He and his friends will claim that he
had only one term of his own and is
entitled to another. The leaders We're
not for him this time, but he whipped
them into line They are meek as
Moses under his lash and will be again,
The statements of that palpitating
patriot, Congressman Dayton of West
Virginia, do not hang together very
well. He should try to reconcile them.
For example, one day recently he
visited President Roosevelt and as
sured him that all the jabber about
West Virginia going Democratic is
idiotic rot and that it would give 2O,-
900 to 10000 majority for the Republic
ans. AS he went out he met Speaker
Cannon and besought him to stump
West Virginia, for the Republicans are
hard pressed and need every vote.
Query: Was Dayton stringing Colonel
Roosevelt or Uncle Joe?
The Republicans are very uneasy
about Vermont The other day they
opened their campaign by the aid of
United States Senators Proctor and
Dillingham; and of such imported tai
ent as Mr.. Speaker Cannon and Hon.
Charles e. Littlef1eld of Maine. II
they cannot carry Vermont without
importing statesmen they must indeed
be in bad way. To use the speakers
words, 'they are between the devil and
the deep sea-"
Hon. Charles Dick, junior senator
from Ohio, paid flying visit to Re-
publican headquarters in Chicago last
week. No doubt he went thither to
place the Republican rapid fire check
book in position. Take the campaign
check book from General Dick and he
would be shorn Of his power COM
pletely.
Now that Hon. ]. Pierpont Morgan
has become reconciled to President
Roosevelt the trusts will undoubtedly
pour into the Republican slush fund
contributions to such an extent that
Andrew Carnegie will not be COM
PEELED to finance the Republican cam
paign entirely out Of his own pocket.
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