Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-10-06

ed TOT Term OF three years. by max
ing these changes as to terms of presi
dents and representatives the states
would soon adopt three year terms for
their officials and we would have an
election every three years only, which
would be an improvement. Presidents
and representatives ought to be elected
on the first Tuesday in September, and
congress ought to convene and presi-
dents should be inaugurated on the
first Tuesday in October, which is the
most delightful season of the year in
Washington. BY beginning at that
time congress ought to be ready to ad-
journ by May 1, or latest by June 1,
as the weather is concerned But, real
ly, there is no good in bothering ones
head about the matter. Things will go
on to the end of time just as they are
going now, for 1t is almost as impossi-
Bile to amend the constitution in time
of peace as it is to invent perpetual mo-
ton, not that that venerable instru-
ment does not need amending, for 1t
does, not only in the matters above set
forth, but also in others-the election
of United States senators by the peo
pie for one thing and uniform laws as
to divorces, assignments, etc.
1t isn't reverence for the constitution
which prevents its amendment as Wis
inertiae. OF course there are some
fetch worshipers who object to any
amendment, no matter how much 1t is
needed. A man does not need to be
an iconoclast to favor amendment.
Everybody with common sense reveres
the fathers and their work. The ex-
cellence and durability of their work
excite constant wonder But they
were not infallible. Their work Is not
perfect. New conditions have arisen
which render certain changes very de-
They did not want the constitution
amended in haste in which they were
correct. Consequently they deliberately
and wisely made its amendment slow
and tedious, so that ample time would
be afforded for reflection, suggestion,
discussion, debate. They made it SO
slow and SO tedious, in fact, that they
came near making 1t impossible. But
it can be done. 1t will require time,
patience, energy and systematic agita-
ton. If a sufficient number of citizens
are willing to take the trouble it can
be amended. Here, however, an an
cient proverb is applicable is
everybodys business is nobody's bust
ness"
The attention Of Republican editors
who claim that crime abounds only in
: Democratic states Is respectfully but
earnestly called to the fact that a few
days since two old men in Illinois
were bucked, gagged and tortured with
fire in order to make them reveal the
hiding place of their money and val
tables. Illinois cannot be ciassed as a
Democratic state. Quite the contrary.
According to the figures of the last
election, she went by huge majority
in favor Of Republican sweetness and
light. If some brute in human form
had been burned down south for rape
the northern papers would have had
much to say about barbarism, but as
these tive old men We're guilty of no
crime except possessing few hundred
dollars Of hard earned money the fact
that they were burned will not disturb
the Republican Pecksniffs
All is not lovely among Ohio Repub-
leans Notwithstanding the alliance
said to have been recently made be-
twixt Senator Joseph Benson Foraker
and the x-Dick-Herrick gang where
by Joseph Benson is to have solid
Buckeye delegation to the Republican
national convention, thereby sidetraeil-
4. Secretary Of War William Fl.
gg Mr. ~ learns TO be pre-
Taft. In fact, that 49, "ance
Cisely the point on which the a,.4..
makers struck a snag, for the secre-
tary's brother. Charles p. has perform
ed a flank movement by announcing
himself as candidate for the senate
versus Foraker
With President Roosevelt regulating
the marriages OF federal employees and
the churches regulating marriages of
Divorces. Cupid is h..s'ing the time of
his life, but be will win out. no doubt.
He always has, and he always will.
a government clerk in Oklahoma who
married chorus g'rl afte, two days
acquaintance and Il wine supper was
fred from the service. What about the
beautiful ahtirace suicide theory which
has been cmanating from the White
House?
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One disease OF thinness il
children is scrofula; in adults
consumption. Both have poor
blood both need more fat
These diseases thrive on lean
ness. Fat is the best means oil
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