Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-02

rousseau Il, with a" few scattering
votes"
These two accounts substantially
agree, the differences being that Blaine
gives Hamlin five votes less than Nc
Kee gives him and also gives the num-
Der OF votes received by Butler and
Rousseau. They both show, however,
by the rule Of exclusion that If Mr..
Grow received any votes at all he APP
pears anonymously in the scattering
column.
That editorial squib appeared in the
CD. April 4 or S.
Strange to relate, on Friday, April
IL, In an editorial. in the Washington
Post which bears all the earmarks of
having been written by my brilliant
friend, Mr., Eugene w. Newman,
whose nom de plume is Savoyard and
who is a walking encyclopedia of facts.
occurs this sentence:
"Grow was the first Republican
speaker and narrowly escaped the
presidency when he very nearly beat
Andy Johnson for the nomination for
vice president in 1864"
Whether Savoyard simply reproduced
the G.-D.'s idea as to how near Grow
came to beating johnson I do not
know, but the dates Of the two edito-
rails seem to justify that conclusion.
That's a small matter, however. Savo-
yard In that one sentence falls into still
another error, and that is that Grow
was the first Republican speaker. That
Is not true unless he means the first
speaker elected by Republican votes,
which would be true. General Nathan
lei p. Banks Of Massachusetts was the
first Republican to be speaker. Banks
was elected by a combination vote of
Republicans and Know Nothings. In
the house over which he presided there
were SO Democrats. JOB Republicans
and 43 Americans or Know Nothings.
AS to the G.-D.'s assertion that "a
better Illustration of the tremendous
Importance of a single vote cannot be
found in the annals" let's see. One
Andrew Jackson was elected major
general Of the Tennessee militia. Sup
pose he had not received that one vote.
Then what? There would have been
no victory for the Americans at New
Orleans and no "Old Hickory in the
White House, and the history of Amer
lea for twenty-five years, perhaps for
all time, would have had a different
reading. OF course the mistake Of the
GID. n the Washington Post is a
small one, but it is we'll to be accurate
even In writing editorials.
An Eye Opener For Stand Patters.
The shouting of the Republican cap
tains in the Roosevelt-Foraker feud.
the Roosevelt-H Hartman feud and in
other feuds in which Republican big.
wigs are indulging has somewhat OBJ
scured the questions Of tariff revision
and reciprocity temporarily, but never
theless and Notwithstanding these
questions, like the poor, we have with
us always and will have until they are
settled right. Even so stanch a stand
patter as Hon. John Dalzell Of Pitts
burg is beginning to sit up and take
notice. He recently stated that, while
he could see no reason for revision of
the tariff himself, there is such wide
spread demand for it that he supposed
something in that line must be at
tempted just after the Inauguration of
a president March 4, 1909. Even that
Is a wonderful concession from Broth
err DalZell.
The following dispatch may set other
Stand patters to studying the situation
in a new light:
Chicago. April 13.-Tariff revision along.
the lines of reciprocity with Canada and
the countries of South America was ia
vorably discussed at the convention of
the Millers' National federation today.
An amendment to the pure food law re-
curing that the weight Of each package
of food product offered to the public be
printed on the outside of the package was
also favored. Yesterday the convention
reelected the twelve directors whose
terms had expired. Today, however. this
action was r%esc1nded, and u number of
new directo.s were chosen. This action
was taken because 1t was held that the
association might become unprogressive
on account Of the constant service Of the
same directors.
Now, the sort Of revision which Mr..
Dalzell and his coworkers would bring
about would not scare the stand patters
out of a years growth. Quite the con
trary, for his plan is to confne reel
procity to reciprocity in noncompeting
articles, which is next to nothing, while
the millers' convention mentioned In
the foregoing dispatch is in favor Of
reciprocity in competing articles. So
wags the world. and SO are issues TAX
ing shape.
Bay State Politics.
The fact that Ex-Governor William
L. Douglas of Massachusetts has an