Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-19


land mate, Arthur Pue German, has
distinguished himself as political
manager, counselor, philosopher and
friend. It will be great pair to draw
to.
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Flying High.
Colonel Roosevelt is flying high
perhaps higher than he wants tout
In the First district of bleeding Kan
sas. The Republicans held two con-
ventions at n place called Holton. One
crowd renominated Charlie Curtis for
congress and instructed two delegates
for President Roosevelt. A little later
another convention in the same town
nominated Dan Anthony, Jr., nephew
to Susan B., for congress and two 9TH
er delegates, instructing for Roose-
welt. So he has four delegates from
one district.
AZ to Stocks.
The Chicago Record Herald Is au-
thority for the statement that during
the last year and half fully fifty cor
600 to s50,OoO,ooo each, have played
out completely. The writer of the ar
ticle declares that he himself saw list
Of 2S7 corporations which have bust
ed or are on the ragged edge. Most
of these were organized in the last four
years. Their stock amounted to So
S0O,OO0,000 end their bonds to $1,169,-
100000 making total of $G,969,O0O,-
600. mostly water, for the writer says
that the actual market value was per-
haps as much us % cents on the dollar
Surely man is not an anarchist or
socialist simply because he insists that
there should be some law to prevent
the public from being swindled by bo-
gus concerns in such wholesale manner.
They are having race war at Web
ster, Pa, to break the monotony of the
cold weather. Thought race wars were
confined to the south and west. The
savants, philanthropists and statesmen
of the New York Union League club
should forthwith turn their attention
and missionary efforts toward Quay
sylvania.
It appears that the conflict between
capital and labor is being gradually
solved at Cleveland, O. In that delec-
table, city profit sharing is the proposed
panacea. Recently the Cuyahoga Tele-
phone company distributed over $4,-
600 among its employees, equivalent to
about one-third of q months wages. 1t
will be remembered that Cleveland is
Tom Johnson's town.
Pittsburg papers are jubilating be-
cause no murder was committed in al.
legheny county in the month of Janu-
airy, which goes to show-the jubilation
does-that all the homicides are not to
bs charged up to the wild and woolly
west and to the unregenerate south.
Apropos of the jubilating aforesaid is
the story that ship captain once wrote
In the log book, THE mate was drunk
today" Next day the mate wrote in
the log book, THE captain 10 sober to-
day"
Mr.. Secretary of War Taft must by
circumstances be forced to recall the
passage Of Scripture, Beware when
all men speak well of you" He is
certainly the most bepraised man now
living. He shows no signs up to date
of having his head turned by adulation
and applause. Indeed, his head seems
to be quite level.
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay evi-
| IDENTIFY feels certain that the Repub-
licans Of Pennsylvania will stand hitch
ed. He had Senator Boies Penrose,
chairman Of the state committee, call
an unusually early convention for the
selection Of delegates to the national
convention, issued his ukase that they
must be instructed for Colonel Roose-
welt and then departed for his winter
home in Florida absolutely sure that
his orders will be carried out. There
Is hardly another boss in America that
can arrange important matters in these
parlous times with SO little fuss and
feathers.
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