Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-02
General Charles Henry Grosvenor.
Recently the Washington Post con
tanned this remarkable news item.

>AA~ s1AAS ASmdfhdDle news Item:
For the first time in the history of the
congress OF the United States the officers
ana leaders Of that body have interceded
with defeat The UNIQUE spectacle Was
witnessed yesterday OF the circulation of
PORTION or appeal to the voters of the
s,,a,,l.
back to congress.
This petition recites the great services
General Grosvenor has performed in be-
half of the Republican party not only in
his district and his state, but the nation
at large. 1t calls attention to his influence
In the house, position won after years
OF experience and service, and declares
that to defeat him would pc to impose
national loss upon the Republican party.
This appeal to the voters will be circu-
lated in General Grosvenor's district,
where the primaries are to be held this
year earlier than usual. 1t is an unusual
procedure and indicates the popularity of
the old Ohio Republican wheel horse with
his associates In the house.
That bit Of news is not only remark
able because of the unprecedented ac-
ton Of the officers and leaders Of con-
gress, but still more remarkable be-
cause there should be any necessity for
1t. OF course General Grosvenor is a
Republican, and some folks may say
that 1nasmuch as it is Republican
fight 1t Is none Of my business, but new
ertheless I am going to have my say,
and here it is: That district is over
whelmingly Republican. There is no
earthly chance for Democrat to be
elected from 1t. For these reasons it
Is to its credit and for the country's
credit that the ablest Republican with
in its borders should be elected. OF
course my acquaintance in that BALL.
wick is limited, but think 1t thou
sand to one shot that General Grosve-
nor Is the ablest man in it. If there is
an ADLER one he Is a wonder worth a
journey across the continent to see and
bear. This is not fulsome fattery. 1t
10 the plain. sober, unvarnished truth.
Taken all in all, the good gray general
Ia the most dangerous debater on the
Republican side to tackle. / am not
saying that he is the ablest man. That
might appear invidious. and, then, ev-
cry person has his own standards and
Ideals as to the sum total of ability,
but there is only one standard by which
to Judge q debater, and that is what
Bob Fitzsimmons calls "the punchD and
what Tom Sharkey denominates 1.-THE
wallop." General Grosvenor has more
punches" and "wallops" in stock than
any of the parliamentary Republican
beavyweights. I know by both OBJ
bervation and experience, for first and
hst l have tried them all. Sometimes
Colonel Hepburn of Iowa or Mr.. Dali
cell of Pennsylvania or Uncle Joe Can
non. when he was on the floor, or per-
baps some other has hit as hard as Cen
nral Grosyenor ever hit, but nobody else
pn that side enters the arena of debate
10 frequently and runs so many risks.
II would constitute most interesting
and instructive chapter in parliament
larry literature to collate all the fierce
debate episodes In which he has en-
gagged with Democrats, Republicans,
gepplists and what not and to calcu-
late the number OF times he has landed
squarely on his opponents solar ple4ns