Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-25

imperial government looks after affairs
generally. Wilhelm is king of Prussia
and kaiser or emperor of the German
empire.
What Is What.
The varying positions taken by
prominent Republicans on the tariff
puzzle plain folks. For instance, Uncle
Joe Cannon is the Illinois candidate
for president, and Uncle Shelby M. Gull
lom. who looks like Lincoln, is whoop-
Ing 1t up for Uncle Joe to beat the
band, but here is the puzzle. Uncle
Joe has come to be the most rampant
est stand patter in the land, to borrow
double Shakespearean superlative,
while Uncle Shelby is tariff revision
list, or at least he pretends to be. He
has changed 80 frequently on the sub
ject that nobody can tell with any
thing approaching accuracy where he
stands for two consecutive days; but,
assuming that he knew his own mind
when he recently declared in favor of
tariff revision and that he win stand
httchsd," how can he really desire to
zee Unels Joe sent to the White House?
He knows that II elevated to the presi-
Dental chair Uncle Joe would throw
the entire weight Of administration in
dusnos against any revision of the
taffn. Perhaps Uncle Shelby loves not
tariff revision less, but Uncle Joe more,
OF, Il may be that he II still whooping
things up for Uncle Joe for president
because he promised to do so If Uncle
Joe would whoop 1t up for Uncle Shell
hy and help him beat young Dick
Yates, and perhaps Uncle Shelby is
simply delivering the goods. There is
gdn another solution Of his ambiguous
conduct, and that is that he doesn't
care baubee about tariffs or tariff
reform. and that In order to remain in
ths senate Of the United States he is
ready to blow hot or cold on the sub
TEA, Just according TO the company in
which hs hnds himself, and is all things
to all men in hope Of winning some.
The two uncles are playing great
game.
In the msantime my good friend
Hon. George D. Perkins late candidate
Tor tbs Iowa Republican nomination, Is
still In the gal Of bitterness because he
was rolled 20 enthusiastic ally and thor
oughiy. he does not now speak in his
paper Of the Republican party IN
Hawkeyedom, but Of "the Cummins
party" That's really naughty in the
Hon. George d. Evidently he is a bad
loser. Wasn't he beaten almost two to
ono In that great Republican conyen-
ton which Missed the beloved Shaw
out Of the halli Two to one Is rather
decisive verdict In convention. Sup
pose Governor Cummins, in order to
secure that result. did compromise with
tie stand pattsrs on the platform,
what thsni Did Brother Perkins ever
doubt that Cummins would do that OF
that tho stand pattsrs Of Iowa would
not lst Cummins have the nomination
prugAsd Cummins would let them
hare the platforma It may have been
base reachery, as Brother Perkins
claims, but he has run with Republic.
ans 70 long that he ought not to have
bean surprised at that But the main
fact ID that Brother p. is madden than
= wst hsn-ln fact, madden than two
vet hens-which bodas no good to A,
p. O4mmins, for Brother Perkins Is
edttof Of great daily and can express
his apfnion some sixty odd times be.
fore the election In cold type. / feel
sorry for him-that Ia, for Hon. George
p. Perkins. He ia a most amiable
man and deserved better fate than
b be traded OF for a platform by a
gang Of Iowa stand patters.
The Tariff, Prosperity and Morals
For months have claimed that the
Republicans are now as badly split up
On the tariff question as we were on
the money question in 1896. Here is q
bit Of evidence worth preserving. The
Kansas City Star, an Independent Re.
publican paper. under the above head
ing publishes the following editorial,
vigorous and clear:
r. NATIONAL prosperity handicap to
national reform! Should immortality be
| eondened because Of attendant prosper.
!ty7 These are Important. pertinent
questions.
The man who engages IN questionable
business and fails is apt to have fnere
pangs of conscience than the man who
engages in the same business and sue.
ceeds.
Men have violated the business laws ir
order to make money, and If they have
wade money by these violations they
have endeavored to satisfy the govern
ment and their OWN consciences that such
violations have been necessary-at (eas
that the restrictive laws thus yiolatee
should not be enacted.
Corporations and trusts Justify The
special privileges they enjoy by the pros
perity these privileges have brough
when. IN fact. the excessive. unnatura
and often menacing gains are the bes
evidence that suoh special privileges ar,
wrong-that they are crime against tn,
masses.
i A governmsnt-that is. the Legislative
or administrative agents Of government
-sometimeH condones national evils Oh
| attempts to construe them into nationa
blessings because these evils are cock
istent with prosperity
| The protective tariff as now applied Ii
. gigantic evil. It gives legal, though
grossly immoral, protection to industrial
and commercial brigandage 1t shields
monopoly while monopoly robs the people
It masquerades as the friend of the
workingmen while It takes larger and
larger percentage OF his earnings in trib.
ute. + parades as the benefactor Of the
pro6nog while II restricts more and
moro the markets OF the world. 1t Is this
mast Stthssalaus Shatn. thu most 1lt'