Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-05-19

.hSs SdA tLSS SSA1lo pat OA On 1AN1 Cd6-
ng defcit7 They will be compelled to
laul off from gloating over events Of
unfortunate events caused BY
he Mckinley tariff bill, but falsely
charged to Democrats-and AZ their
thoughts upon this growing hole In the
treasury caused by the blessed Dingley
bill OF course it will be like pulling
,yeteeth for General Charles Henry
Hon. John Dalzell, Colonel
William Peters Hepburn, ct i'd genus
,mne, to confess, as confess they must,
that there is deficit and that some
thing must be done to remedy 1t. Dur
Ing the campaign Republicans swore
that there was no deficit or II there
was one it was merely temporary and
by the end Of the fiscal year it would
be completely wiped out. But that
was for vote getting purposes. and,
strange as 1t may seem, deceived some.
They played on the credulity Of the
people and Won But there Is an end to
credulity, as to all things else. The
deficit can no longer be denied, and
the only question is, What are we
going to do about it7" Perhaps 1t
would be more correct to ask, What
are they going to do about TT" They
made the deficit. 1t is theirs. They
have beastly majority In both houses
of congress and can do as they please,
but they must do something, and do It
at once, and 1t must be satisfactory
something. Otherwise they will have
no majority in the next house, and
their majority in the senate will be
cut down. AS to what they will do
the rest Of US can only speculate or, to
use less majestic word, guess. Here
are the things which might be done:
~ Cut down expenses; (2) lower the
tariff; 81 increase internal revenue
taxes; ~ issue more bonds. The drst
is out of the question SO long as Re-
publicans rule the roost. The only way
to cut down expenses is to kick them
out and put us In. But they are in until
March 4, 1907, in every branch and de-
partment of the government. In the
meantime unless something Is done the
deficit will continue to grow. VIII they
cut down the tariff so as to increase
the revenue? Not If the tariff barons
and trusts can prevent 1t, and they
furnish large part Of the money with
which to buy elections and must be
consulted. Will they increase the In
ternal revenue taxes? Not II the brew
ers and distillers can prevent 1t. and
they, too, must be consulted, for they
are liberal contributors to tho cam.
paign chest. Will they issue new
bonds? That's what they would like
to do. But do they dare to do that
particular thing? So. taken by large
and small, the stand pattsrs are ~
twlxt the devil and the deep blue "a.
Waking Up.
There are sporadic performances
which indicate that the craze for the
Japs and things Japanese which has
been sweeping over this land for about
two years has somewhat run its course.
For several months any man who hesi-
tated to assert that the Japs were the
highest type Of humanity, only little
very little-lower than the angels, BE-
came at once persona non grata to any
company in which he happened to be.
There are signs-not many, but never
theless signs-that some folks are wax
ing up to the fact that the little yellow
men are not what Imagination painted
them. Not long since reference was
made in these letters to the fact that
the scales had fallen from the eyes Of
Californians to such an extent that
they were demanding an anti-Japanese
law similar to the anti Chinese statute.
OF course that agitation will upset the
equilibrium of all those who desire to
see an alien race wallop nation Of
Caucasians-the only nation Of eau
casians, indeed, who were friendly to
the federal government when its need
was the sorest; but Japanese exolu-
sion act will appeal with great force to
all who have at heart the good Of our
laboring classes and the good OF the
country.
There is also trouble over the Japs
out ut Omaha in the packing houses
The white men working In that busi'
ness are not much stuck on the little
yellow men. Quite the contrary. They
are demanding their expulsion. This
the bosses refuse to grant; hence The
trouble. And the end thereof IL not yet
Why do these white men demand theil
expulsion from the Omaha packing
houses and why do the white Califor
mans demand their exclusion from the
country? For sentimental reasons,
No; but from the impulse Of self pres
ervation--the first law Of nature. The
plain, unvarnisfed truth Is that the Off
ference between Chinese and Jap !,
the inappreclable difference betwixt
tweedledee and tweedledum. Wher
the anti-Chinese bill was before til.
house foreign affairs committee three
or four years ago 30 eminent a person
age as Mr.. Secretary of War Taft testi
fed that, If put to 1t, Chinese can liv'
on 2 cents per day, and WI Ting FAM
once boosted that Chinese could wori
with equal facility and energy On th'
equator or at the poles and that all b,
needed for susterance is bowl OF rice
III, cal 80, car laborers canno
nd competition with them In starva
N. Hence this awakening Of Ameri.
an laborers to the yellow peril.
Third Term Talk.
"a, a
uns in this wise, Promises, like pie
usts, are made to be broken
neither Colonel Theodore Roosevei