Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-14

uynsr mana, "a PROSTITUTION or moran respons
gibillty akin to i1eathenism. 1t IL evident
that the veneer Of civilization has already
worn pretty thin In this respect
It II the statement, however, that Datto
0rande has probably been defeated in
gambling Journeys by the sultan of Ga-
fi14si that makes us most pessimistic.
That prominent citizen like Datto
Grande, on such intimate terms Of asso-
citation with American army officers as to
be able to borrow money from them.
should fall to acquire that polish and
savoir faire required to cope with such
g clouted and benighted rake as the sui
tan OF Ganassi is intelligence that shat
ters our fair dreams of the civilization Of
the Philippines. Clearly, the mere suspi-
cion that Datto Grande has been Skin
ned's 1ustifes the assertion that he Is
waning In the confidence of the army Of
fcers. He has betrayed a penury Of apti-
tude that is appalling and all the moro
inexplicable when the fact is remembered
that he was plausible enough to induce
army officers to finance his disastrous
operations against the sultan of Ganassi.
The army officers are right in dropping
Datto Grande like hot potato He has
grievousiy abused their confidence and
04BdppOluI6O lIlelI ilOPSSsf IouI tllSIc ScSIIlS
to be metal of good quality In the mystic
lrious sultan of Ganassi. Might 1t not be
good idea to cultivate and finance him
In order that subsequent "skinningss Of
Datto Grande may yield to the army Off
GERS portion Of that which was lost? We
throw out the suggestion merely as a
guarantee of good faith and as evidence
Of our detestation of Datto Grande. He
was once our friend and we thought he
shit fr,r Ry,f ha ho
waned.
A Pertinent Inquiry and Suggestion.
The st. Louis Globe-D Democrat is not
entirely happy as to Panama canal do
ings. It In the course of an elaborate
editorial on Mr.. Wallace's resignation
says: Graft was at the bottom of the
stagnation along the canal during
French days. Has graft made Its APP
pearance under the American regime?
This is one of the things the. president
may need to inquire into" The CD.
Is thoroughgoing Republican organ;
therefore its question US to graft and
Its suggestion to the president come
with the more force, If not with great
Ell pertinency, than II emanatlng from
Democratic sources. Taken in connec-
ton with Its editorial on the Morton
middle, which quoted in extcnso In
my last letter, 1t Is clear that the CD
is not well satisfied with some things
now being done or left undone by the
powers that be.
That Extra Session.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat has
the gall to undertake to lecture Ger
tain Democratic newspapers touching
| certain more or less irreverential re
| marks which they have from time II
time made about the continuous per
Torrance Of postponing the extra SEES
sion of congress. The CD. should &
little slow. The Democratic papers
/ have ample cause to make invidloul
remarks on the subject. In the firs
place, there was no sense In an extr,
/ session; secondly, we were told that
would be called in March, then Oct,
! then Oct. 10, then Nov. /, then NOV. /,
and now that 1t will not be called a
/ all. The extra session was to tea
things up by the roots-but there is t
| be none; hence Democratic paper
have a right to guy the administration
and the GID. should keep mum AMI
take it's medicine,
4 It may be that old King Leopold Q
Belgium has hit upon a scheme 70
transforming himself from the mos
unpopular Into the most popular sovel
eign in Europe by his proposition t
donate his huge fortune to his people
That sort Of thing sometimes work
wonders, as was proved by the wa,
that Mark Antony stirred up the Re
man populace against Brutus, Cassiu
ct al. by reading Caesars will, wherei
the Immortal julius bequeathed hi
| fortune to the public.
Mr.. Balfour, English premier, SPEAK
4 ing at the Whitelaw Reid dinner, IL
forms this republic that she must ney
mix up In old world entanglements bt
cause she is a world power, don't 70
know. And there will be sapheade
! American idiots to applaud the sent
ment. Such men as George Washing
ton and Thomas Jefferson are old 4
gies too ignorant to comprehend hig
diplomacy Evidently Mr.. Balfor
takes us for nation Of fools.
1 Ny good friend, Hon. John Wesle
Gaines of Nashville, Tenn, was r.
/ Gently dumfounded to discover the
there Is not copy Of the Bible in th
law library Of the supreme court Z
the United States. Everybody else wi
share his amazement. The attention {
the American Bible society ought to /
Immediately called to this strane
state Of affairs.
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