The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30
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"lt Rejoioeth"
The st. Louis Republic lifts up its
voice in rejoicing. It's an old saying
that chickens come homo to roost Last
fall McCutcheon's cartoon "The Mys.
terlous tranger"-Repubican Nilsson.
ri, God save the mark--had great run.
Now the Republic gloatlng over Demo.
| cratic victories answers that year old
cartoon with this jubilant editorial:
The Democratic party-and particularly
the Democracy of our own glorious COM
monwealth-talles pleasure in welcoming
the mysterious stranger, Ohio, and hopes
that 1t has returned TO the fold this time
! to stay.
| 1t has been n long time since its true
| sister states had an opportunity of en-
| bracing the errant one, which fact even
| adds to the warmth of their greeting
| The mysterious stranger-strange only be-
| cause Of its long absence and mysterious
| because we never could comprehend why
| such an intelligent member should stray
| out of such superior family--is doubtless
| q little surprised and abashed in the pres
| ence of the staid members but the latter
are truly delighted and altogether for
| giving.
Ohio's example in coming back where It
| belongs makes the Missouri colonel, who
last year inadvertently went over to visit
| the enemy's Ca"1D. only the more anxious
| to get home. NDa: splendid family re-
union there WI ~ when he returns
which he promises to do at the very first
| opportunity!
| Ohio indeed inpresscs the 10000 Mis-
| souri, Democrats who weat fishing q year
| ago.
Hon. Willard Duncan Vandiver, for
| eight years representative In con-
| gress, now insurance commissioner Of
Missouri, always did have plenty of
backbone. He has shut the New York
Life out of Missouri. Bully for Van!
When Nevada shut life company out
the president thereof simply made fun
| of his performance, but Missouri, with
100000 people and $4,000,000000 of
wealth, Is different proposition. The
New York Life fought tooth and nail
to stay in, but Vandiver would not
! permit it, and he did right.
The Missouri Republicans gave Major
William Warner great banquet at
Kansas City on the eve of his depar-
| ture for Washington. Oratory was on
| tap, but no orator possessed the can
dor to tell the truth by saying, major
Warner, never forget that you are an
accidental United States senator, the
last as well as the first Of your line"
That would have been hitting the bulls
eye. Major Warner is an amiable
man. All true Missourians wish him
| pleasant service in the senate of pre-
| cisely six years and no more. If 10000
| Democrats had not stayed at home by
reason of Judge Parker's gold tele-
| gram, the major would have stayed on
| the banks of the Kaw instead of So
| journng for six years on the banks of
the Potomac.
Bad news, but not unexpected by
sensible folk comes from Santo Do
mingo, whose financial affairs are now
being managed without authority Of
law by President Roosevelt's under
strappers. The hot blooded denizens
of that God forsaken republic (O are
organizing another revolution. Conse-
| quently the Washington government
has dispatched a warship to hold the
belligerent Dominicans in order. If our
lIlll ia Il SlNll wal ONNl
there it is a practical declaration or war
in favor of one faction or the other-an
Let vested in the congress and not in
the president. What pity that every
body can't learn to attend to his own
business!
The Globe-Democrat caclsles over the
fact that Draper Rep.) defeated Whit
ney Dem.) for lieutenant governor of
Massachusetts as loudly as the Mis-
souri, hen which recently laid an egg
with five yolks. Truly the CD. Is
thankful for small favors in these days
of Democratic victories. On the face
Of the returns Draper's plurality is
only 1906. Roosevelt carried the state
last year by more than 100000.
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