Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-07
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The whole thing simmered down to
this: Some crack Drained persons down
south had written him that unless he
let up in his continuous show they |
would retaliate by ostracizing and per-
scouting nothern immigrants to Dixie
merely that and nothing more-border-
ing on the idiotic, it is true, but con-
tanning nothing of harm to the judge.
On the contrary, the aforesaid immi-
grants are to make vicarious atone
ment for his sins. He declares valiant
ly that he will not be terrorized by the
aforesaid threats or by any like unto
them and seems to be in the brave
frame of mind of the man who was
willing to sacrifice his wife's relations
in an impending war.
Judge Crumpacker is most am!able
man and no doubt means well. SO per-
haps are his harebrained southern
''threateners," but together they are
running the most preposterous farce
now on the boards. The judge flour
ishes on 1t politically-as do certain
statesmen down south.
Sensible men up north have no idea
whatever of essaying this cutting down
southern representation caper. Sens-
BILE men in the south do not fear it. In
the north it is political claptrap. IL
the south it is the political bogy man.
can speak freely OH the subject, be-
cause in Missouri there has been no
effort to abridge suffrage Of black or
white except upon conviction of crime.
L'Homme Qui Rit.
That's the witty, eloquent, genial,
versatile Senator Chauncey Mitchell
Depew. He is now 1.-THE man who
laughs" and, according to the proverb,
"he laughs best because he laughs
last" Thackeray says, Laugh and
the world laughs with you;' conse-
quently oil the world is laughing with
the Junior New York senator and Incl.
dentally congratulates New York's
senior senator, Thomas Collier Platt
who declared that he was as much in
terested in Senator Depew's election as
II he were the candidate himself. Ever
people who differ with Senator Platt IL
politics may heartily congratulate hin
on knocking out his two creatures
Odell and Black, who had concluded
that they were greater than thei
creator. They know better now.
eeIanel Pat.
Missouri has always maintained I
high senatorial standard. 1t is hopet
that the Republicans will not lower il
They have no excuse for so doing
Good timber can be found in the per
son Of Colonel David Patterson Dyer
who more than third of centur.
ago represented the district which
now represent. At present he is Unitet
States attorney for the eastern distric
Of Missouri. He Ia an able, brilliant
eloquent, whole souled. big hearte
man. He would hold up his end Of til
handspike manfully in the senate. !
Yirginian by birth, a Missourian b
adoption, he is everywhere man. o
course he Is Republican or he woul'
not be considered by the present Mis-
souri, legislature, but he is q winsome
rollicking. humanitarian sort Of Re
publican. He is poor-that's his diff
Guilty, the weight that doth SO easil
beset him, in the race, wherein tw
: or three multimillionaires are kickin
: up dust. If Dyer wins it will
because the plain people want him.
offieshoIdins Mormens.
1t did not take long for the hous
Of Representatives to fire Brigham F
Roberts Of Utah. He was Democra
The sickening inquiry in the matter (
!, Reed Smoot drags Its slow lengt
, along. He is Republican. Why doe
not the senate shoot him into space {
expedftiously as the house did Rol
srts? Has politics anything to do wit
the delay? 1t begins to look that wa.
Il In the meantime 1t has just been di
> covered ~ that a half dozen polyg'
nous past masters are holding ofit
and drawing pay under our Uncle San
!. uuel' In Idalol This discovery was MAD
= by reason of a resolution introduced Il
: to the senate by Hon. Fred T, Duboi
: Democrat from Idaho. OF cour!
:. these polygamous past masters are R
:, publicans. otherwise they would n
!. be feasting on government pap. w
; they be summarily dealt with or VI
we have some more never ending !
vestigation? Nous verrons.
A Discovery.
The esteemed Boston Journal has
: new idea. 1t has dropped into fgur
: with the grace and facility with whit
. silas Wegg was wont to drop in
= poetry and has discovered that IL o.
!, standing army were as great in pr
!, portion to population as that OF sw1
: kerland we would have 100000 *
!, diers, and therefore we have not 81
o diers enough, clear case Of NJ
!, sequitur. What in heavens name I
Z we need big standing army for? Y
= nSyer did depend on regulars to do o
! lighting. Our reliance has ever be-
4 upon our citizen soldiers, the volul
}. teers, andsthey have never failed us
: a time Of trouble. What's more al
n better, nobody wants to fight us. W
f are too big and too strong. If we q
Il tend strictly to our own business 1t
I a ten to one shot that we will new
e have another war.
q The Arnoor Plate Rinu.