Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-16

" IL the Compositions OF tfte Nf6Knl1l4
bill, and he hastened to the capitol y
demonstrate. He was emphatic to the
verge OF violence and his anger was tx
pressed by the crushing Of an Immaculate
eight dollar hat that, 1t is probable. he
bad bought in London for twice as many
1hlIlinge The party in both houses was
frightened. Mr.. Blaine was yet the plum
Cd Knight and immensely popular In Kan
invited to write what he pleased in the
MCKINLEY bill, and he writ large" the
word and tho reciprocity.
Nj, Blaine Is dead his shining lance Is
rust, his renchant falchion forever
shsathcd, his great doctrine of reciprocity
yttSEA1 fsbv4iAtNA Here Is the mingled
espt4ae< had haHbasm with which Re-
DpAe4n saesetAsv of the treasury speaks
NM 1eSaey James G. Blaine beoueathed
his party and his country: "But there are
those Ia this country. am told, who
favor material reductions In present tar
IFS on merchandise coming from certain
countries and the enforcement of present
rates as against others. think they call
this reciprocity"
Then the secretary advanced what he
was pleased to call, for some reconcile
reason or other. the maximum and the
minimum. And what do you suppose he
Intends to do with the maximum and
minimum Stimulate, encourage and ex-
pand trade by means of 1t, as the French
doY Not at all. The French maximum
and minimum Is nothing in the world but
reciprocity. Of which any nation may
avail itself. The Shaw plan of maximum
ana minimum is prohibition. for he makes
duties, already prohibtory. the minimum
Of this wonderful and fearfnily conceived
thing he has named the maximum and the
minimum. With due respect to Mr.. Shaw
and the great place he has filled with
consummate ability and pronounced sue
cess, 1t is yet pertinent to remark that
his conception of maximum and minimum
Is triaing with q question soon to be
paramount and with the people, who are
srimly resolved to examine the whole
thing.
Tho Philippines.
Two things have served to popular
ze the Philippine propaganda in this
country, IL it can be said to be popu-
larized at all: a. An unwise senH-
ment that somehow 1t is our duty to
act as universal policeman; ca that
everybody can get rich over there.
Those afflicted with the first idea are
incurable, for 1t grows out of idiocy.
The sHre-pop -get-rich idea is durable.
A few more jolts like the closing of
the American bank Of Manila, by order
Of General Wright, will do the work.
It's heroic remedy, but few applt-
cations will convince the greedy that
they would do well to give the much
exploited Philippines q wide berth
American interest in ciyilizing the Phil
ippines will soon reach the vanishing
point when it is once ascertained that
civilizing the Philippines will not bring
fortunes to the American philanthro-
pists.
Alack and alas! The Russian govern
ment through Ambassador Cassini has
protested to our government against
Mr.. Secretary Of War Taft making q
visit to the emperor Of Japan, accom-
panied by distinguished retinus Of
|, senators, representatives and generals.
Cassini says such performance will
be regarded by his government as an
hunfriendly act" The Russians are
playing in hard luck Just now, but they
remember, even If we do not, that dur
ing our civil war Russia was the only
world power friendly to us.
Mr.. Speaker Cannon is wrestling
with President Roosevelt tp an effort
to have him postpone the extra ses.
sion Of congress to Nov. IS. By
cutting out the Christmas holidays the
extra session could be avoided alto.
gether, and 1t would be extremely did,
cult to explain how the Christmas holi-
days really benefit the public or sena-
tors and representatives themselves. II
Uncle Joe would suggest this to Colonel
Roosevelt, he might have an under
standing which would avoid the waste
and worry Of the extra session. II he
could accomplish that, he would de-
serve well Of all concerned.
The papers seem disposed to poke fun
ut Hon. Charles B. Landis Of Indiana
for saying that he expected to 1--we to
see "our mutual friend" Senator Jona-
than P. Dolliver of Iowa, president and
intimate that Lands is quite likely to
double discount Methuselah in number
Of years-but stranger things have hap
pened than Dolliyer president.
A great surprise has been sprung
upon the world by Governor William
L. Douglas Of Massachusetts by his
declination to be candidate to sue
coed himself. The. announcement is
received with varying emotions. Dem
ocrats regret it; Republicans rejoice at
1t. He evidently believes in letting well
enough alone.
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