Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-10-13
uently the unexpected which happen,

Quently the unexpected which happens
enunciated a great truth. Recently the
Pittsburg Gazette, Republican organ
as well as the Oldest paper west of
the Alleghanies, published in the heart
Of the protected interests, contained an
editorial in favor of revision which
made the eyes of the stand patters ,t
bulge out. Scarcely had the country
got it's breath after that surprise whe.l
Hon. Thad Mahon, representative il
congress from the Chambefsburg dis
trict of Pennsylvania, was interviewed
While declaring himself stand pat
ter and the Pennsylvania delegation of
that ilk, he confessed with sorrow that
even in his baiiiwick there are revision
lists. The shoe manufacturers in his
district want free hides. He in5inuatcs
that they don't know what's good for
them, but nevertheless they are clam
oring for free hides right under the
proboscis of the Hon. Tkad lie also
ton. OF course the stand patters
think that the shoemakers and drug
gists have no rights which ought to be
respected, but there are several thou
sand shoemakers and druggists In this
country who have votes, and they may
conclude to voice their sentiments at
the polls. If they do, several stand
pat congressman will suddenly end
their careers.
Then Brother Mahon quotes Daniel
Webster-Daniel the godlike-to the
effect that 'the tariff Is q question of
educated selfishness." If Daniel ever
said that he stated an immortal truth,
but Brother Thaddeus does not appear
to have stopped to reflect that the 9TH
er fellow may also become educated
after awhile as to his own interests
and that when he does the Jig will be
up with the stand patters and that the
Dingley bill will vanish as horrible
nightmare. The more education spreads
on the subject the fewer adherents
there will be to the doctrine that one
can lift himself over the fence by tug
cling at his own boot straps. Brother
Mahon then proceeds to let the cat out
Of the bag In these words: 'eThe facts
are, however, that you can't patch the
tariff law. It's like pile of bricks
If you move one the whole pile will top
pie over" Another Daniel come to
judgment! If Thaddeus goes around
talking that way he will not only miss
the governorship of Pennsylvania, on
which he has fixed his eagle eye, but
the first thing he knows there will be
! a revision Republican or a revision
Democrat elected as representative
from the Chambersburg district in
Pennsylvania.
/ Brother Mahon Is plain, blunt man
who loves his friends and who speaks
out in meeting. His interview, If prop
erly circulated, would aid materially in
overthrowing the stand patters. It's
great victory over them to discover
that there is even handful Of revi-
sionists in the old keystone State.
] Hon. Thomas Collier Plat, senior
senator from New York and ex-easy
boss, says that it's all lie about his
being dead. He ought to know, but he
must sometimes wish to be dead when
he has to dodge about and change his
line of travel to elude process of that
Omaha woman's suit for breach Of
promise to marry. He had better do
as did his illustrious colleague Senator
Chauncey Mitchell Dcpew in the Equi-
table loan to the Depew Land company
and pay up. That-would perhaps sat
isfy Miss Mae. If she is Il wise wo-
man she would rather have his money
than have him.
Republican papers are still defend
ing the looters of the funds of widows
and orphans who contributed other
peoples money to Republican cam
paign funds There is no sort of doubt
that they would justify the Republican
campaign committee in stealing the
roof off the capitol at Washington and
felling it to raise money to buy votes
for the party Of purity and light"
Talk about refunding the stolen mon
ey! The only proof of repentance
would be to restore the offices they
bought. Will they do that? Not on
your life.
Blow the bugles. Beat the drums!
Sound the hewgags! Clash the Gym
balls! The beef trust has been fined
$25,O00 The people are dead sure to
pay that fine people who eat beef.
The trust will simply raise the price
of that necessary of life. Why not
send the trust magnates to prison for
few days? They could not force the
people who consume beef to make vi
carious atonement for them in that
case, and that is precisely the reason
why they are not sent to prison.
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