Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-19

mcnt is really part and parcel of the
campaign of the ungodly Democrats.
Nevertheless the Foss forces increase
daily, even hourly. Notwithstanding
the fact that Hon. John Dalzell of
Pennsylvania declared solemnly OH the
floor of the house in March or April
last in carefully prepared speech,
which VAS universally aprlnuIrii by
Republican members. that Republican
reciprocity means reciprocity In non
competing articles only. Senator I.o lge.
In order to save his bacon, declares
that he is now In favor of Canadian
reciprocity himself which is Clearly
reciprocity interpreting articles. Gem
mcntin- cditor:ally on bis latcet OFT
put. the New-sA DIRK Evening Post SAYS.
The effort 10 s.no!: out Lodge on reel
procity did not a:.s unit TO much lie
showed, in his Saturdays speech before Il
Masaachuss It's republican eiub TINT he
was prepared 10 cover the w!ia.c tii;cs,!on
to sta::d On b, tn sides OF it at clre He
quoted the clsSi,iso piat.orm S Lso.a..;,: n
for reciprocity ta.it s.:,ll not iature any
American industry. lie agrccd to t.;,t
Then he cited President Rnoscvclts re-
statement Of this passage with the w4rd
ANY" left cut. lie agreed 10 chat also
Next lie ill,;ded to the demand of ;,c
Massachusetts reciprocity advocates ,i!at
our business with t.le provinces snail net
be confined to ncacompetitivc products.
and added, With that, too, am In f;:!i
agreement" OF course he is. fer ;,:!s
reciprocity agreement with Canada must
of necessity involve competitive products.
There you have the whole of Lodges
reciprocity philosophy-you must and you
must net. Surely no coed Republican
could ask fer mere. i any member of the
party thinks he has a giudse against
Lodge he is nightly mistaken. This
whole fuss is the result Of wicked Dem
ocratic plot. The l5.0)o or 10000 Repu!o-
leans who hGNe sigued the petition for
Canadian reciprocity are being pulled
around by the nose by the Parker leaders
Lodge urges them mot to be led by DEM
ocratic Misrepresentation Such dense
ignorance among Massachusetts Repub-
licans will certainly startie the country.
The Widows Mite.
No doubt the Republican managers
wish most fervently that the widows
Of all Republican multimillionaires
would follow the example of Mrs.
Mark A. Hanna, who has just sent her
check for $1,000 to the Republican
campaign committee of Ohio. In fact,
they would be delighted if the wives
of living multimillionaires would chip
in.
When Judge Parker resigned one of
the highest judicial positions in the
land, at salary of $4,000 year,
with long term to run, he gave the
country strong eyidence-in fact, con-
elusive prOof-that he believes In his
own election to the presidency. He
certainly did the proper thing though
most men would not have manifested
such delicate sense of the proprieties
Mr.. eA-Secretary of War Elihu Root
has declined to be candidate for the
New York governorship. What Will
the Republicans do now? Poor things!
Mr.. Root was their only hope of carry
ing New York, but he can see as fur
into milestone as the next one, and
he does not propose to sacrifice him
self. He is perhaps willing that his
wife's relatives shall 60 to war.
In the meantime the New York
Democrats are trying to induce ex-
Secretary Of War Daniel s. Lamont to
run for governor. Dan is the most
genial Of mortals and declares that any
good Democrat can carry New York,
q declaration likely to make the cold
chills creep up and down the spinal
columns Of divine Republican states
men.
It is also limited that ex-President
Grover Cleveland may be induced to
accept the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in New Jersey in order to
render that state absolutely certain for
Parker and Davis. John Quincy Adams
served for seventeen years in the house
of representatives after quitting the
White House, and Andrew Johnson
was elected to the United States SEN
ate subsequent to being president.
Up in Maine the Republicans are
having such a hot fight over the gov
that each faction is freely
predicting that, should the other win,
the Democrats will carry the state at
the general election in September. But
in this case seeing is believing. It's
a long, long time since the Pine Tree
State had Democratic governor,
fact on which it is to be commiserated.
Is thirteen an unlucky number-a
hoodoo? If so, the Republicans are
done for, as the late Chicago convention
was their thirteenth.
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