Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-05-26

fortunately the only men who Gould
have been elected a third tlme-Wash
ington, Jefferson and Jackson-put
away the great temptation. None of
the rest could achieve this unusual
honor, and it will be long time be-
fore the two term rule is broken. II
wisdom prevails it will be maintained
till the end Of time.
The other retirement will bring JOY
to another class Of ambitious men.
James J. Jeffries announces his inten-
ton to quit both the ring and the stage.
In so doing he Is acting as wisely as
Colonel Roosevelt. The pitcher taken
to the fountain once too often Is sure
to be broken. Truth to tell, the cham
pion bruiser has played in as great luck
as the president. 1t was his good for
tune to impinge upon the public vision
at a period when all the great fighters
Of dozen years ago had passed their
prime and when no new ones Of any
consequence were In sight and they are
not in sight yet. Consequently the re-
nowned boilermaker has had soft
snap walloping has Deems and second
raters. That he could have thrashed
the Sullivan who defeated Paddy Ry-
an or the Corbett who beat Sullivan
or the Fitzsimmons who trounced Cor
bett will be doubted. But there Is no
one in his class, and he does well to
rest on his laurels and upon the repu-
tation Of being invincible.
Coming events cast their shadows
before" sang the Poet Campbell. The
most important commercial fact now
casting Its shadow before Is that the
scepter in our export trade will soon
pass from New York and other north
ern cities and go to the gulf ports.
1t is astonishing the way that New
Orleans and Galveston have grown in
this regard in the last ten years. The
secret Is the downhill pull-a vast nat
ural advantage which cannot be over
come.
New that Captain Richmond Pearson
Hobson is busy with arrangements for
his impending marriage Admiral Mel
Vile, retired, Is agitating for the big
gest navy ever. Nothing short Of six
hundred millions invested in ships, tor
pedo boats, torpedo boat destroycrs
and so on and so on will satisfy the pal
pitating patriotism Of the good gray
admiral He does not inform us how
many more millions it will require TO
support his navy. With a growing def
icit, which causes Mr.. Secretary Shaw
to sweat copiously, the admiral fails to
vouchsafe to an anxious world any in
formation as to where we are to find
all these millions. He Ia derelict in
this
Tariff rulings, like woman, are won
derfully and fearfully made. Lately a
slab from royal palace in Nineveh,
on which were certain hieroglyphics,
was brought into the port Of New
York. The collector, evidently man
of common sense, classed 1t as lime
stone, on which there is an ad valorem
duty Of 80 per cent. The owner claim
| ed that it was manuscript and there
fore free from duty. On appeal the
board Of appraisers sustained the con.
tention that 1t Is manuscript. If
that's true, then foreign tombstone and
monument makers can do rushing
business. This decision Of the apprais
ers Is about as wise as that of Mr.. Sec
rotary Of the Treasury Shaw declaring
frog legs to be dressed poultry.
If Colonel William ]. Bryan readl
the Youths Companion for May II
he will realize that he Is beginning
to be recognized by that journal
Without giving his name 1t refers K
him as "a well known political orator
and then proceeds to borrow" one o
his best anecdotes. The editor evident
| ly liked the anecdote more than b.
does Bryan, but didn't have acume,
enough to know that to say that an an
ecdote told by the great Nebraska,
would attract more attention, hav
greater carrying power. than the sam
anecdote fathered by an anonymou
"well known political orator" Tn
woods are full Of "well known polit
cal orators" but there Is only one WI
liam Jennings Bryan.
Ex-Governor James 81. Peabody &c
some unaccountable reason has issue
congratulatory address to the peopl
of Colorado on their prosperity. Jus
why he SllDDOSes that anvhodv want
to hear from him is a mystery. Whs
be needs to do Is to court obscurit
Last November the voters Of the Cel
tennial State showed their opinion &
him by showing him under. That b
helped steal the governorship for al
other doesn't help his status.
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