Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-21

out u tie presidential race. As 1
pointed out IN these letters long ago,
that faction now rallies around Taft
not SO much because they love him as
because they intend to use his popu-
larity for the undoing of Foraker,
whom they hate with deadly hatred.
He must win this time or never. He
knows that; so do his enemies. Time
fights for Taft In this contest for the
highest honors Of the republic, as he
Is several years Foraker's Junior and
will be young enough for first nomi-
nation twelve years hence. Nobody
can blame him IL he uses the Hanna
Dick Herrick crowd They have no
man Of their own big enough to COM
pete with Foraker, SO they make Gov
ernor Taft present of their support
Once More.
Once again We are informed by cable
that the Philippines are pacifled. Is
this the one thousandth or only the nine
hundred and ninety ninth? Surely the
pacifcation of the Philippines more
nearly approxlmates perpetual motion
than anything else on earth. General
Otis first pacified them some thirty or
forty times, then General What's His
Name-for there have been SO many
pacif1cators that one would need pri-
vate secretary to keep tab on them.
General Jake Smith is the only one not
likely to be forgotten. The latest peace
maker, and let us hope the last, Is Cen
eral Allen of the constabulary. He re-
ports that the uprising among the Pu-
lajanes is over and that the majority
Of the regulars will be withdrawn. We
are also informed that Generals Cor
bin and Allen are now In conference at
Calbayog regarding measures which 1t
will be necessary to take in the future
preparing for the next uprising prob
ably, to be followed by new pacifica-
ton. How long will the American peo-
pie be humbugged by bogus reports Of
Philippine pacifcation? Everybody that
has read history knows that the only
sort Of peace obtainable in those is
lands SO long as we try to retain them
: Is the kind Of peace that reigned in
Warsaw, the peace of death. OF course
II the people like that sort Of thing that
is the sort Of thing they like, but it
would be we'll to quit lying and tell the
/, truth, and the truth Is that the Philip
, pines have not been pacifed.
! Everybody wishes that President
Roosevelt may enjoy his hunting trip
and return safe and sound to the White
House, but everybody does not indorse
the idea of the chief magistrate Of a
republic taking such risks to life and
limb. By reason Of his lofty Office, as
well as for personal reasons, his death
or serious injury would cause wide.
spread mourning, business would sui.
fer, and things would be unsettled gen.
orally. Consequently the country will
breathe easier when he gets back to the
capital.
People generally will be glad t.
J know that Governor Folk Of Missouri
has appointed ex-Representative In Con
gress Willard Duncan Vandiver to the
responsible and lucrative position OF
insurance commissioner. He deserves
1t. He was tiptop representative and
rendered his last night in the house
memorable by putting the Republicans
on record as favorins the armor plat,
trust. Twas skillfully and coura
geously done. That vandiver will dis
charge his new duties fearlessly ant
capably goes without saying.
When Hon. Gas Addicks appears II
the judgment he can without fear Of
successful contradiction claim to have
prevented an election Of United
States senator oftener than any Other
man that ever lived. BY reason Of his
ambition and his money Delaware
will have only one senator This capel
he has performed twice before. Once
for period Of two years, by reason Of
the Addicks programme Of "Addicki
| or nobody" she had no senator at all
Delaware is Republican
Now we are to have q lobster trust
and the people will have to pay higher
for that delectable crustacean. There
seems to be nothing too large or to-
small for the trust builders to faster
on to. Having by trust methods rul
the price of beef and pork up to al
most unreachable prices to the masses
they might have left Holsters alone
as sort of consolation edible.
One thing prevents the presidential
bee from buzzing in the bonnet of Sec
rotary Of Agriculture James Wilson
and that is that he is ineligible undel
the constitution. There may be othe
reasons, but that is enough.
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