Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-14
cuI!om,s Toaa In DANGER.

RepuDllcan politician over IN Illinois
died Of a broken heart because Uncle
Shelby M. Cullom, who looks like Abra-
ham Lincoln, defeated Ex-Governor
Richard Yates Cd for the United
States senate. That's lovely tale to
tell to the marines. A man once wrote
history of Ireland. When he came to
the chapter on snakes he composed it
as follows: "Snakes! There are none"
So with the hearts Of Illinois Repub-
lican politicians. Judging by the way
they charmed each other, There are
none" Let us hope that some good
Democrat will snatch Uncle Shelbys
toga from his shoulders.
That was bad hammered gang that
got into free fight right under the
nose Of Senator Robert Marion La
Toilette at county fair up in Wis
consin while he was just about the
| middle Of his lecture and created such
a ructlon that he had to quit They
were perhaps Republicans of the
Spooner brand and, not being able to
answer what La Toilette was saying.
took that method Of shutting off his
flow of oratory. The harmony now
prevailing among Republicans will pro-
duce insanity If one seeks to compre-
| bend it.
| Signs In Indiana.
| Straws show which way the wind
blows. United States Senator James
| A. Hemenway of Indiana was booked
to star several states In this campaign,
| but he has cancelled all his dates out
side his own state and is combining his
oratory to the First Indiana congress
sional district, which he represented a
| long time. The reason for this change
| of programme is that the Democratic
congressional nominee, Hon. G.. ".
Menzies, is making 1t so hot for Repre-
sentative Foster, Hemenway's protege
| and successor in the house, that the
leaders fear that the First Hoosier dis
| tict will go Democratic. Perhaps even
the soulful Beyeridge will be compelled
to cancel his Missouri dates in order to
save his own district, in which Indian
apolis is situated All the signs lndi-
cate large Democratic gains in Indiana.
Even in New Hampshire-th old
Granite State-the G. o. p. Is In a
bad way Winston Churchill is max.
Ing redhot fight for the Republican
nomination for governor on PROPOSE
ton to confne the energies Of the Bos-
ton and Maine railroad to the legiti-
mate business Of railroading and to
break Its strange hold on the govern.
ment Of the state 1t is generally con-
coded that the railroad will defeat him
for the nomination, in which event it
| is widely believed that he and his fol-
| lowers will bolt, fuse with the Demo
Gratis and sweep the state. The G. o.
P. is in trouble everywhere God be
| thanked
According to the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, the Republican party is the
''party Of God and morality" but the
Springfield 0Iass1 Republican says:
John G. Bestgen Of Quincy at whose
| initiative Robert G. Proctor, Senator
| Lodges private secretary, was convicted
| Of anpropriating $685. declares that he lost
| s1,1o0 in his efforts to secure the appoint
| ment of United States consul at Solingen,
| Germany, and that, while he does not
| care at present to tell about the remain
| Ing $975, he has surprises in store for GER
tain people later on.
When Republican doctors disagree,
| then what?