Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-07
reasonable prices.
The Cotton slump.

The Cotton Slump.
Suppose case. Suppose Judge Par
ksr had been elected, that the great
slump of the last few weeks in cotton
had struck the south, what would have
happened? Why, just as certain as two
and two make four all the stand patters
would have sworn by the great horn
spoon thit wicked free traders caused
it, They have not cheek enough to SO
charge now, for Roosevelt was elected
by an overwhelming majority, but the
slump came nevertheless. But wait
awhile and see what will happen when
the next campaign is on and public
memory has been dulled somewhat by
the lapse of time The stand patters
will swear there was no slump in cot
ton, and IL there was one it was pro-
duced by free trade agitation.
A witty but cynical woman once de-
clared that the easiest and shortest
route to mans heart is through his
stomach. Representative Timothy ID.
Sullivan of New York. whose popular
sobriquet is DRY Dollar Tim evil
IDENTIFY believes in that woman's theory,
| though he may never have heard or
read her mot. On Christmas day he
fed 5000 of his faithful constituents
and speeded the departing guests by pre-
senting each of them with brierwood
pipe and a quantum sufficit of good
| smoking tobacco. Each visitor was
| allowed twenty-five minutes in which
to appease his hunger and to quench
his thirst. AS this is about twice as
much time as is permitted to hurry
ing and thirsty traveller in which to
dine at the average railroad eating
house, Timothy's guests did not go
away empty. He will certainly sit in
the Sixtieth congress if he lives.
Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, late
ly of the state of Washington, now of
Chicago, could not be dull if he tried
to be, but nevertheless he Is likely to
get himself into a class with Grover
Cleveland IL he does not look little
out. G. C,'s stronghold is in phrase
making. When ]. n. L. characterized
recent Democrat platforms as 'socio-
logical symposiums" he must have
caused G. G. to turn green with envy.
: As linguistic achievement that Is al.
most equal to "innocuous desuetude'
and much more original than ''public
> Office is public trust"
Most assuredly politics makes strange
j | 4, 1,o
= Just appointed to q good fat office in
= Virginia J. E. B. Stuart II. on the rec.
!, emmendation Of Captain John S. Wise
: ence Of the Old Dominion, now Of New
York. ]. 3. B. Stuart l. was General
Lees famous cavalry commander, who
was killed at the battle Of the Yellow
Tavern, and Captain John s. Wise is
q the son Of Governor Henry A. Wise
q who hung John Brown. Verify, thu
t. world moves, but whittier?
r Fhe project Of Representative
:, Brownlow of Tennessee, Edwards q
y Kentucky and Siemp Of Virginia t.
! make a new state of east Tennessee
d southeastern Kentucky and southwest
It ern Virginia may please them yer.
t, well, but It will displease eyerybod!
d else in the three states. Should the
le live till that GENES to pass Methqselal
A will appear young beside them. Cues
y It is one Of Brownlow's jokes.
d The Democrats Of the house did tn
s. very remarkable thing of writing |
e, Joint letter to President Roosevelt rec
E. ommending Republican fellow mela
l. Der, Major yespasian Warner Of I'LL
y nois, for pension commissioner, whicl
o goes to show that much good will pre-
g walls under the dome.
Good old Massachusetts Is divides
against herself touching a device 70
her great seal. Some Bay Staters wan
,e the Indian continued thereon. Other
i insist that he shall be displaced by
Il picture Of the Mayflower. If they wan
Of something modern and strictly up t
th date, why not use the effigy of Govern
es or William Lewis Douglas? His is til
as best known face of any Massachusett
b. man of this generation. He certainl
th would be good substitute for poor II
Is That great and good sovereign Pete
a. Of Servia is emulating the illustriou
ce example of that other great and goo
n Sovereign, Governor Pennypacker c
lie pennsylvania, by using d ukase mu,
n sling the press. If There are two potei
is, tates who more than others ought I
We dislike hearing themselves talked ahor
,e- they are Peter and Pennypacker.
ot
!; 61zu15zI