Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-05
"First Blood For Ankeny.n

Most dcnizens in this tland Of thu
free and home of the brave" have been
too well educated In etiquette to poke
fun at or to say anything rude about
senator of the United States, or what
Senator John 7. Morgan of Alabama
denominates IAN ambassador of q SOW
ereign state near the federal govern.
ment." There is no divinity that doth
hedge about senator, no law of lezc
majesty to protect hin, but good nature
and good manners usually combine to
make pleasant the pathway of such an
eminent parsonage. Nevertheless coca.
| sionally some free American, not hav.
ing the fear Of the United States senate
before his eyes, but being instigated by
the spirit of '7G, hurls shaft ut q
senator Which is calculated to make in
cense swingers stare. For example,
some editor out in the brand new state
Of Washington. under the fetching cap
ton Of "First Blood For Ankeny," sails
into the brand new senator in this re-
freshing manner:
Senator Ankeny has begun to get in his
| work. One of his most ardent supporters
has secured place. Mr.. Adam Schmidt
of Wallawalla is the fortunate recipient
| Of federal favor.
| It is peculiar coincidence that his
term Of service Ia Identical in length
with that Of the senator himself. There
IL. however, a trifiing difference between
the two places-the senator goes unat.
tended to the capitol. while Mr.. Schmidt
goes with an escort to McNeills island.
| Now, the average reader may, when
he reads that rich and racy bit of irony,
rise up and inquire, "Who is Apkeny|
He is the latest senatorial recruit from
Washington, the gorgeous and ambi-
Hous young commonwealth which has
reflected so much credit on itself by
sending to the house Of representatives
Colonel james Hamilton Lewis. Fran.
els w. Cushman and the two Joneses.
Why she doesn't say to two of these
brilliant young men, go up higher"
and thereupon translate them to the
senate this witness saith not because
he knoweth not. It's a mystery. II
Cushman should ever break into the
senate and, being there, should run
such amuck on the senate leaders as
he once upon time ran on the house
leaders, several Of the venerable sena.
torlal grandpaps would die Of apo
plexy.
Too Rash.
| It will be remembered that short
time ago Sena tor Joseph Benton For
aker, senior senator from Ohio, bris-
tied UP yalorously, smeared on his war
paint lavishly and in loud and tumul-
tuous language bid defiance to all IT,
tariff rcvisionists In the land. Was
Joseph Benson applauded for his spec.
tacular performance? BY the unthink.
ing, yes; by wise Republicans, no.
These latter are hanging to J. BIS coat
tails, begging him to go slow; that u
tariff debate would do fhe G. o. p. no
good and might do much harm. So
Foraker probably wishes that he had
not done it.
Gradually Republicans are rcgaining
sanity on the expansion question.
| When sensible men opposed annexing
the Hawaiian lepers and the Philippine
semisavages on the ground that we did
not want states composed of such peo-
pie such high Republican authority as
the Washington Star declared that in
every way the Hawaiian land grabbers
were superior to those opposing their
entrance into our republic; that Dole
ct al were model citizens. Now that