Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-11-24
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A Possibility.
II four years before the next nom
nation any one might prophesy,
would say that the next nominee
would be Charles A. Culberson Of Tex
as. Mr.. Culberson Is now senator of
the United States. He was twice gov
ernor of Texas. He is Democrat who
has never failed to stand for Demo
cratic principles. In the United States
senate he is not merely worker, but
man who leads his party on the
floor. He has never antagonized what
may be described as the radical ele-
ment in the Democratic party, nor has
he ever made an enemy in the con-
sentative ranks. The only thing that
can be said about or against him is
that he comes from the south. l wish
to ask the readers of this letter wheth-
er 1t is not time to abandon that old
prejudice that no man from the south
shall be elected to a federal Office.
Senator Culberson was child when
the civil war was declared. No doubt
he sympathizes with the people who
nearly sixty years ago declared their
purpose of retiring from the Union,
but that was sixty years ago. Today
he knows, as all the rest Of US know,
that the Union is complete and indis
soluble. He Is senator of the United
States not Of Texas, but Of the entire
Union, and recognizes that fact There
Is no man In the United States senate
whose sense of obligation to the whole
nation is higher than his. l believe.
that in the next national election 1t
will be we'll for the Democracy to go
south for its candidate, and If it does
go south it could find no man there
whose standing would be better, whose
ability would be as high as that Of
Senator Culberson.
The Hearst Vote.
Undoubtedly Mr.. William Randolph
Hearst through his newspapers con-
tributed somewhat to the defeat of
Mr.. Bryan. The publicity which he is
able to give to absolute falsehoods, the
cartoons and the lies that he is able to
print, would hurt any candidate. 1t Is
not mere matter of political manage
ment, but simply his successful effort
to wreak his vengeance on q man who
refused to carry out his own demands.
But it seems fair to inquire what be-
came of the Hearst party, what became
Of Hisgen and John Temple Graves,
Nobody has taken them seriously from
start to finish. Today the ticket is
looked upon as absolutely without any
strength OF following.
Hisgen was known to nobody. No
doubt his axle grease was very good
grease. But except to the few people
who found 1t necessary to buy 1t his
name was utterly unknown. John
Temple Graves was prior to his i'll ad-
vised effort to destroy the Democratic
party man Of standing and OF po-
litical prominence. But he comes out
Of this campaign as one who has sought
to destroy that party at the behest Of
newspaper owner whose salary he
accepted. do not know what may be
| the temper Of the Democrats of Geor-
gia, but If Mr.. Graves can leave that
state, go to New York and sell not
merely his pen, but his voice and his
personal candidacy, to newspaper
proprietor and still retain any political
standing there it seems to me that the
| Georgians have not got the political
convictions for which they have long
been famed
The Next Congress.
The next house Of Representatives
will have a Republican majority Of
forty or more. 1t Will have for its
speaker the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon.
The senate will have for Its presiding
officer Sunny Jim" Sherman Every
body has been Informed from the be,
ginning Of the campaign that these
two eminent gentlemen, with the aid
Of Mr. Taft in the White House. intend
to revise the tariff Immediately after
the election. l wish to ask now every
reader Of this letter to watch and see
what is done. And 1 ask particularly
that he consider the question as to
whether the tariff Is being revised
downward or upward. Most people
who have studied the methods Of the
Republican party would say that there
would be no revision whatsoever, and
the few that might admit possibility
Of revision would say that 1t would be
upward 1t will be four years before
the American people have an oppor-
tunity to speak again, but at this date
1t seems fair to call attention to the
fact that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft
Joined In saying that in the event Of
Republican success congress would be
called in special session for the pur
pose of revising the tariff Immediately
That statement was put out from the
White House some months ago. 1t
had some effect on the election. 10
doubt. Let us watch, now that the
election is won by Roosevelt. Taft and
the protected Industries. whether II
will given effect.
Tariff revision after election.
Publication Of campaign contribu-
lions after election.
The election Is ended. Let US see
what comes from the Roosevelt and
Taft pledges.
Chicago
The Part They Play.
"Women have no sense Of humUr."