Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-06-08

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Senator McCreary are effective speak
ers, neither can claim to be an orator.
Both are tactie.ans and diplomats Of
high order. Beckham has machine
and McCreary Is not to be sneezed at
~ a manfpulator Of men. Neither has
ever been defeated. NcCreary was a
colonel in Morsans cavalry before
Dsckham was born, and all the evil
dence goes to show that he was SUI
psrb fighter in war as be is in politics.
He WAS member and speaker Of the
Kentucky legislature and In 1875 he
was promoted to the governorship,
which he held four years. Subsequent
y he served twelve years In the house
Of representatives, four Of which he
was chairman Of the great committee
On foreign affairs. He was one OF the
commissioners Of the United States to
the Brussels monetary congress. It
was under his skillfuI generalship as
chairman of the state committee that
Beckham was elected governor to fill
out the unsxpirsd term Of William Goe-
bel, who was removed from earthly
ACTIVITY by the foulest political assassi-
nation in our history. With such rec,
ord, his chances OF winning ought to be
Up top, but Bsckham comes Of a raec
Of politicians and IL the grandson Of a
governor. He ts living Illustration Of
the truth Of; the old saying that ut is
better to be born lucky than rich" In
1899 he was comparatively unknown
and by reason Of loyal service to Goe-
bel was placed on the ticket as candi-
date for lieutenant governor. Goebel
was murdered as he began his term
and Beckham became governor almost
before his beard was grown. He has
been governor ever since and ia gov
ernor now. He built himself q strong
machine, the FIRST fruits of which were
the defeat Of Joe Blackburn by Judge
Paynter for the senatorship. It is said
that Governor Bsclkham could have had
the Blackburn toga but for the fact
that the lieutenant governor who would
have succeeded him was very unpopu-
lar by reason Of having been too free
with the pardoning power to suit the hoi
polloi when he was acting governor In
Beckham's absence. Consequently the
judge was put forward to take Black
burns scalp. In that contest Black
burn and McCrsary, never very friend
Y before, fought In pairs by reason Of
. common danger. Blackburn's defeat
seams ominous for McCreary, provided
the Dsckham machine continues in
good running order; but some cog or
wheel or chain or rope or pulley may
give way, and II 90 it will be all up
with Beckham. At any rate, the fight
will attract universal attention.
Judge Rueksr Worries the Republicans.
On Saturday, May 2e, Judge w. w.
Rucker Of Missouri worried the Rspub-
leans in the house into rage and
gave them one OF the most uncomfort-
able half hours they have experienced
during this session. His theme was
Legislation a. to Publicity Of Cam.
paign Contributions" Hs began to
state in a plain, luminous way the his
tory Of the efforts of the friends Of re-
form to secure the effective lsgisla-
ton. Clearly the Judge thought that
the Republican members Of the COM
mittee on election of president vice
president and members Of congress, Of
which he also Is member, are not
sum ciently Jealous In the reform move.
ment. and he was proceeding to give
the record votes In the committee on
the bills. That was q regular bomb
shell among the Republicans. They did
not want that information to 60 into
ne record: consequently Mr.. Olmsted
Of Pennsylvania, one Of the Republic.
an leaders, raised the point of order
mat 1t was contrary to the rule to re-
ker to what happens In committee of
khs house. General Grosvenor of Ohio
Endorsed what Mr.. Olmsted said and
claimed that not only what Rucker
eaid after the point was raised should
b stricken from the record, but also
the words uttered by him to which
Olmsted objected. Mr.. Curtis Of Kan
eas, who was presiding, at first sus-
ta!ned both Olmsted and Grosvenor In
toto, though he afterward so modified
bis ruling as to leave in the record
the words uttered by Rucker before
olmsted interrupted him. Now, query:
Does anybody suppose that the rule
would have been invoked against Ruck-
sr II he had not been giving facts go
Ing to show that the Republicans are
not enthusiastic In favor OF publicity
Altar the Olmsted -Grosvenor anisode
Mr.. Hay Of Virginia moved that Judge
Ruoke1 be permitted to proceed In Or
der, which was carried. Rucker then
started in again and had net gone far
when Hon. Ssrsno q. Payne, chairman
ef the ways and means committee and
sx ofaoio Republican door leader.
SAised the samA point Of order which
Olmsted had laissd, ana 1t was prompt.
y sustained by Mr.. Chairman Curtis.
The Republicans were determined to
keep out the actions and votes OF the
committee, and Rucker was deter
mined to get them in. He is an ingen-
!ous sort Of man, and here Ia the way
ne succeeded. He said:
Well Mr.. Chairman, I will try to pro.
ceed In order and yield as respectfully
ma supmissfvely ae I can to the ruling
q tAe chair, induced. as 1t Is. by the dis
tin1rished leader of the majority. the
sent!eman from New York [Mr. Paynel,
nc VIA say, Mr. Chairman, that shall
- tell this house what ID In the record,
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