Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-05

Splual colllIHu VI SeuulOT JOSppu Dell
son Foraker. who is arranging to make
his great dash for that particularly
luscious plum that year. lmIccd. some
Of President Roosevelts Republican
enemies are whooping it up for Taft
for the nomination this year. Perhaps
they may succeed in inducing him to
enter the race this year, but the
chances are that they will not, as he
is young enough to value the pliilos-
ophy contained in Tie dictum, ".Ail
things come to him who waits"
Hon. Walter p. Brownlcw, Rcpub-
lican representative in congress from
Tennessee, evidently believes in the old |
adage, THE early bird catches the
worm." lie has already been renon-
mated for the Fifty-ninth congress.
which Goes not begin its life till high |
noon. March 4, 1865, nearly fourteen
months in the future. AS the district |
contains Republican majority of |
about .9.GGO, Brother Browniow is
quite likely to be elected despite the
Democratic landslide now impending.
He is Il fit subject for congratulations
and, barring his politics. is tiptop
representative.
Perhaps the most cheerful statesman
in the senate of the United States is
that aDle and faithful Democrat, Hon.
Ansclm Joseph McLaurn. The cause
of his hilarious condition Of mind is
caused by the fact that he has just
been been reelected to the senate for
the term ending March 4, 1913. so that
lie has now before him nine years of
service in the senate. the longest cleo
tive period certain for any man in pub
lie life. Senator Murphy j. Foster of
Louisiana has been renominated for IL
senatorial term ending at the same
time that McLaurin's ends. but the leg
islature which is to re-elect him has not
been yet elected; consequently Foster
is almost, but not quite, as lucky as
McLaurin. Senator fernando De Soto
Money of Mississippi enjoys sena-
torial status next to happiness to his
| colleague, AlcI4aurin, as he has just
been reelected for senatorial term
: ending March 4, 1911. The reason why
| the Alississippians and Louisianians
/ are elected so far ahead is that the leg
islaturcs of those states hold only one
session in four years and that the fed
eral statutes provide that senators of
the United States be elected at the first
session of the legislature which is elect
er next preceding the close of sena-
torial term
1t was a queer fact that those two
illustrious Confederate soldiers, Gen
erals Gordon and Longstreet, got into
newspaper quarrel only few days
previous to the death of both. Wonder
if they will continue it in the other
| world.
| The tariff Is to be revised by its
friends. The postoffice and land Office
rascals are to be punished by their
friends Senator Reed Smoot is to be
investigated by his friends. Wonder
how long sensible folks will be hum
plugged in that way. Smoot ind the
others will get Justice from their
friends about the time the tariff is re-
vised downward by its friends, which
will be the day after the great judg-
ment.
Whitaker Wright, the great promo.
ter, was convicted in London of COM
mon swindling, or, rather, uncommon
swindling, on account of the extent Of
his operations. But he was q petty
swindler compared with some of our
own domestic swindlers in New York
who not only have not been convicted.
but have not even been indicted. A
few minutes after he was sentenced
Mr.. Wright died from poison. self adj
ministered. 1t would be good thing
IL some Of our boss swindlers should
tic suddenly.
The odoriferous political linen of the
Delaware Republicans is liable to have
another airing in the Chicago conven-
ton in June. 1t is now given out that
there will be an Addicks and an anti
Addicks delegation to the convention.
1t is to be hoped that General James
H. Wilson will be given an hour to
skin Addicks and that some Addicks
man will be given an hour to skin Cen
eral Wilson.
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