Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-07-08

reason. 1t was IAN hour of intense
excitement" about Mount Sinai when
Moses wrote the Ten Commandments on
tables of stone and declared them to
the disgruntled children of Israel, foot
sore and weary with wandering in the
wilderness, but nevertheless they re-
main to this day the basis of every
criminal code in every civilized country
under the sun. 1t was IAN hour of in
tense excitement" when on Mars hill
st. Paul revealed to the Atheaians the
unknown God and when he pleaded his
own cause and the cause of Chrlsten-
dom before King Agrippa. but nobody
would assert for that reason that his;
burning words on those two memo
rable occasions We're untrue. 1t was IAN
hour of intense excitement" when the
brave. unlcttercd barcns forced Magma
Chnrt:l from Kin. John ut ,Runnv-
medc, but no sane man for that :ea-
son deems the declaration OF principles
therein contained false or Seasc,css. Il
was IAN hour of Intense excitement
when Jesus of Nazaret., delivered the
sermon OIL the mount but the Christian
world knows that sermon by heart
and will not let it perish While the
earth spins on its axis or slides down
the ecliptic.
A scholar Of such rare attachments as
DR.. Gunsaulus must know-becaGsc it
is historic fact-that most of tie
great deeds have been done and most
of the great truths have been uttered
in 'hours of intense excitemeIt'-deed.;
and truths which have lifted us from
the darkness of barharisin to the light
Of civil and religious liberty--truths and
deeds which good men ard wome:
everywhere the wide world round
cherish in their hearts as the priceless
treasures of the human race.
The political gospel that "all men are
created equal" and governments de-
rive their just powers from tie consent
of the governed" has created twenty-six
republics. 1t is written that IA little
leaven leavcneth the whole lump" and
the leaycn Of liberty which tie fathers
put into politics will continue to work
until the entire world accepts and prac-
tees the idea of government Of the
people, by the people and for the peo-
pie That is our reason for being.
Thanks be to Almighty God for the
hour Of intense excitement in which
the Revolutionary congress performed
the immortal deed which notified to
King George III. and all mankind that
America intended to be frce
Dilettante philosophers and educators
may not accept the American doctrine
that "all men are created equal" but
the great body of the people do. 1t is
the rock on which this puissant repub-
lie is built, and even "the gates of hell
shall not prevail against It,"
La Toilette.
Governor La Toilette Of Wisconsin
appears to be madden than the proven
bal wet hen by reason of the shabby
manner in which he was treated at
Chicago by the big chiefs Of the Repub-
lican party. He is consequently engaged
in vowing vengeance and threatening
slaughter against those who rolled him
on that occasion. Are his utterances
now mere empty mouthings, signifylng
nothing? They will hardly be so taken
by those who consider what he has
done heretofore. In the language Of
the day, he has usually made good"
One of his declarations-and it is abso-
lutely true-is that ''the Republican
party of today is not the party Of Lin
coin, but has degenerated into politi-
cal MACHINE, which is controlled by
criminal corporations" La Toilette
knows, for he has for many years been
one of the engineers of the Republican
machine.
The attorneys for ex-Postmaster
General Tyner are considering the
feasibility of instituting in his favor
SANDER suit against President Roose-
Welt. II that is true what General
Iyner most needs is to discharge his
lawyers.
The political luck of Governor A. B.
Cummins Of Iowa continues bad. First
the Republican state convention Of
Iowa sat down ponderously on his
iowa idea" Then the national con-
yention did likewise. To cap the cli-
max of his difficulties the Des Moines
Daily Register and Leader, the only
morning paper at the state capital and
great force in Hawkeye politics, has
passed from the friendly hands Of
George q. Roberts. director Of the
mint, to the unfriendly hands Of ]. w.
Blythe, chief counsel Of the Burlington
Railway company. Exit Cummins as a
factor In Iowa Republican affairs.