Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-03-03
EExaNEaafor Cbandle,F
Makes a Prediction.
Senate and House
Quarrel = The oil
Trust Rumpus--- Too
Naval Heroes -.
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sea creditors are clamorolis for settle
ment and threaten all sorts of things.
There. can be no question that If We
take over the financial difficulties of
Santo Domingo we have entered upon a
course which Will lead us to assume a
suzer:linty or overlordship Of all the
governments on this CONT
nent, just as by the Platt amendment
and are exercising it over
Cuba. That we would give them Il bet
ter administration of their financial afs
fairs than they now have goes without
saying, but the momentousness of the
action should give us pause-at least
till such a step is most thoroughly con
sidered and discussed. 5t'l71e @ { si's
- jait5 an! aii aQLI1 si3l 10 si3
49, &c The Standard Oil.
The Campbell resolution with refer
enceat to the Standard Oil trust recently
passed by the house OF representatives
and thepresident's order to Mr.. Garfield
to- collect evidence In that connection
will perhaps settle the question once
for all whether the government can
really; destroy or regulate the trusts,
for to all other trusts the Standard
OH stands in the same relation that
Aaron's rod stood to all other rods. If
the Standard OIL trust can be throttled,
so can all the others, but the signs of
the times indicate that those interested
In the trusts do not believe that they
can be throttled, flor the making Of
new trusts goes merrily on On tho
very same day on (which the house
passed the Campbell resolution a new
steel trust was, formed with a huge
capital. But the passage Of the Camp
bell resolution, together with other re-
cent happ enings, shows that at last the
people are waking up all along the line
to, the enormity Of the trust evil and
propose to discover some means to
abate It. Even some Republicans ap.
pear to be Id earnest in the matter.
Mr.. Campbell is from, southeastern
Kansas, q region Of marvellous natural
wealth. Southeastern Kansas and
southw,estern Missouri furnish the
world with the bulk of the zinc con-
sumed.g Natural gas and oil have been
discovered in amazing quantities. The
Standard Oil company proposed to it.
SELF to reap all the, profits Of the Kan
sas oil fields, to which Mr.. Campbell's
constituents !; naturally and vigorously
object: hence the resolutions The Kan
sanslare an inflammable folk. They are
Republicans by large majority, but a
few years ago they kicked out Of Re,
publican traces, and they are likely to
do SO again unless they receive some
measure .iof relief from the extortions
Of the Standard OIL trust; therefore
this rumpus. lS'12i-t = . 'f''' 'ss' :
e A20d angs 7f75 alar5 .lI
9tdaI 7e HAteTeo Great Risk.' a
Linden the above caption the Post
Standard Of Syracuse, N. Y, thus sedi;
toriallys moralizes on the presidents
recent fist to Little Hungary" 20
{ Nov that 1t Is all ended. ana safely end.
led, may It not be worth while to renarl,
that Incidents like the presidents visit to
theglowAr east side In New York involve q
degree OF personal peril which a wise
prudence can hardly approvs? g9e.sI-
, Vital national and material interests as
well as the presidents life are endanger.
ed, and In thus deliberately tempting the
madness OF madmen the game seems hard
~ worth the candle. ~ -
Who will say that the Post STANDARD
Is wrong in the opinions set forth In
that brief paragraph Does 1t not
speak the words ofsstruth and sober
hess q The presidents lbrave-of course
he fs-bat courage cannot ward off the
blow Of the assassin. Lincoln and Gar
field and Mckinley were also brave.
Popular That goes without saying,
but Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley
were popular as heij iSurrounded by Sc.
cret service men and ipolice7 Yes, and
so was Mckinley when be- was shot,
and Alexander II. of Russia when he
was blown up with dynamite, and
President Carnot of France and King
Humbert when they were murdered.
Cranks and semilunatics3 we have with
US always, like the poor, and the very
presence Of secret service men, police
nd'anilitary guards Is like as not to;
ipspiresaome crack Drained person to
try to picked .on the president at long
range Just to see II he can do 1t. Sur
rounded By his ,friends2 That's. admit.
I'd $50 5txere sLnroins Garfield, Alex
ander, Carnot ana Humber It is abb
solute truth to say that If man has
made up his mind for any reason to as
sasslnate the president hecan find 4,
way Sdsspite yallaths guards that can
be placed around him. sg;.F
Wien President Roosevelt nude his
trip tosthe Kaeific coast Aacame down
through Missouri. | heard him speak
It Hannibal and introduced him to
audiences at Louisiana aud Clarksville,
n my sdisttIct. !. At Hanniba and Lou
siana he spoke on stands improvised
,earc the depot AT, Glarksville he spoke
rom the rear platform Of his Pullman.
There were large and enthusiastic
Of people at each place. He
vas surrpunded by his guards. Not a !.
'erson inansthose shouting thousands
'fh Misspurfans would have harmed
lair ofehis head even II athey had had !
'ree access to his person, but confess
hat ! breathed more freely when the
rain landed Him safe and sound in st.
Louis. While he was speaking at the
p named hpa while the POI
Ice and secret service men were Wig
lanltiy watehinssT lie crowds. took an
inventory OF the surroundings and OBJ /
served that at each place there were at
east 100 windows within easy rife
t Z from amy one of which anything
IKE good shot could have piekedshim
PIT ! easily. AID i is so elsewhere.
Wien Twas a Boy IN the backwoods of
Kentucky we thought hunter dis
IRA ced who would shoot. q ssnuirralswith