Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
The Presidents Future.

ne Prestdents Future.
Many persons who take President
Roosevelt's declaration that he will not
again be candidate for the presi-
dency eXpend considerable ingenuity
in arranging his future after he quits
the White House. Some make him
president of Harvard, some the great
mogul of the sthmian canal, some
send him to the United States senate
as successor to the effete Platt, while
still others insist that he shall be made
perpetual president of The Hague
peace tribunal, which shall be sutti-
GENTLY endowed by Andrew Carnegie
to support its president in royal state.
One thing may be certainly assumed,
and that is that Colonel Roosevelt will
find something to do and will COM
mand his own salary. In this connec
ton it is pertinent to state that only
four eX-presidents have held Offices Of
any prominence. John Quincy Adams
served seventeen years in the house Of
representatives after his presidential
term expired, Andrew johnson was
| elected to the United States senate,
John Tyler died a member of the Con
| federate congress, and George Wash
ington was lieutenant general during
our troubles with France.
Colorado is peculiar in having min
| lister OF the gospel for governor, DR..
Henry A. Buchtel. There never was
a gang on this earth more in need of Il
| spiritual adviser than the Republicans
of Colorado, who two years ago stole
the governorship from that splendid
citizen and Democrat, Alya Adams, as
barefaced a piece of political grand
larceny as even the records Of the Re
publican party can show. The bene-
ficiary OF that theft did not dare to
accept the gubernatorial nomination
when it was rendered to him, SO it
was given to DR.. Buchtel, and, to the
surprise of everybody, he was elected.
Let us hope that he is at least better
than his party in Colorado. II he is
not, he's in Il bad way.
Hon. II. J. Simmons, representative
from Shelby county i'll the Missouri
} legislature and prominent candidate for
speaker, has prepared an elaborate bill
providing for nominating all officers
from United States senator to consta
BILE, both inclusive, by primary election
, In general outlines the Simmons bill
resembles the South Carolina primary
law, perhaps the best in the Union
. Mr.. Simmons is serving his fourth term
in the legislature, has had ample op-
portunity to form an idea as to tho
, desires of the people and by reason OF
his long service, large experience and
, wide acquaintance is in good position
to obtain favorable results. There Is
. no doubt that the primary election ide;
is spreading.
1t is peculiar how Republican states
, men fall into the habit of initiating
Thomas Jefferson even in small things
although they one and all denounc,
him. The papers are making a grea
hullabaloo because Mr.. POSTMASTER
, General George Bruce Cortelyou keep!
scrapbooks headed "True," partly
!, True" Fake" False" etc, and Civ,
that as Il fine sample of his system il
all things. These writer's may be SUI
prised to learn that even this is no
original with Mr.. c., but was precisel.
the way in which Jefferson labeled
newspaper articles. If Republican,
4 continue to copy from him they will
: get to be pretty fair Americans afte
: awhile.
e 1t seems that that eminent lawyer
senator and publicist of Pennsylvania
t Hon. Phiiander c. Knox, has walked III
to the fact that the late Senator Georg
n Of Mississippi was Il lawyer Of excep
! tional ability, Il fact known by thou
Z sands while the great Mississippial
y was still in the flesh Better late thai
: never is dictum applicable to Sena
). TOR Knoy'S recent discovery