Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-14
In,xu EDITORIAL Nntca.


Davenport Democrat: The papers of the
state continue to protest against the show
ing of favors to Curtis, the Iowa bigamst
who is conducting the Anamosa Prison
Press in such manner as to make 1t and
himself subjects of disagreebale comment,
and convert Warden Hunter into target
for cutting criticisms at short range If
Mr.. Hunter does not take Curtis off the
desk and case and put him on the stone
pile, along with the other foes of society,
there is going to be a united protest from
all Iowa that will make him hunt his hole
Des Moines Register: 1t is now certain
that there win be a large field of candi-
dates for the supreme judgeship before the
republican state convention. The Iowa dis
triCt courts are noted for their many
capable and efficient judges and it is only
natural that they should have desire for
service in the highest court of the state,
therefore it is probable that the number
of candidates for judgeships will increase
each year. Judge Fee has many active and
influential friends and they have begun an
energetic campaign to secure his nomina-
tiOn, and the state will be well served if he
is elected a member of the supreme court.
Red Oak Express: Before John II. Gear
is to be ousted from his present position iii
the senate, the people Of Iowa VIII have to
be mighty certain that a better man will be
put in his place. Iowa has been too long
represented by men of great ability to take
back seat in the senate just to give some
other fellow a chance. 1t doesn't want to
take the chances of Illinois for instance,
which Is now represented by fat clown, OF
of South Carolina, with her malodorous
Eitchfork Tillman. We know John ii. Gear.
and we know he is all right. The fellows who
want to turn him down viii have hard work
to prove that they can name better man.
Burlington Hawkeye: Judge L. s. Huston
of Burlington will be a candidate for the re-
publican nomination for judge of the su
preme court of Iowa. on Hwo previous occa-
sionS Judge Huston was suggested for the
nomination, but there were other candidates
in the FiTst district and he gracefully gave
way to others that the district might be
united. This year there are no other aspl-
rants in this district, and, by pleasing
unanlmity of thought and desire, the repub-
licans Will present Judge 1uston's name to
the state convention and do everything that
can be honorably done to secure the we'll
merlted recognition of his qualifications to
sit upon the supreme bench. Judge Huston
steadtastly declined to be candidate until
he had first ascertained the sentiment of the
district, well as having assurances from
various parts of the state thar his candidacy
would be favOraby considered With all
these favoring conditions, his friends enter
the preliminary campaign greatly encour-
aged and hopeful of success
Sioux City Journals The farmers OF Iowa
have not been in entire sympathy with their
urban neighbOTS in their dtnunciatiOnS OF
the weather man for the last few weeks,
When the winter opened with IA heavy snow
fall in November, nearly one-third of the
bountiful corn crop OF the state was showed
up in the fields Corn can be gathered in
the cold, but 1t cannot be rescued from a
snowbank nor dragged out Of a soft, muddy
corn field. During the early days of the win
! ter those soil tllers who were pious as well
as procrasinating prayed earnestly and
often that warm weather might be seut to
melt the snow and followed by cold weather
! to harden the ground. The early part of jan
uary answered the first entreaty and the lat
| ter part OF that month and the present
month, so far as 1t has progressed, have GER
! tainly kept the surface Of the ground solid
enough for all practical purposes. During
! the last three weeks the Iowa farmer has
/ presented a picturesque figure clad in cold
defying oyerCoats muAiers and buckskin
| gloves. hustling through the long rows OF
| bending cOrnstalks and working with yigoT
that not only filled his yawnng wagon box
with golden corn, but kept him fully as
| warm as II he were tOastlng his feet at the
kitchen stove, The end OF the cold SNAP
may find some OF us with a few frost bitten
| noses of ears, or chiiblIins on our heels, bu1
! II viii also find the corn cribs all over tho
state groaning beneath a burden one-thirt
greater than when the winter began AnC
the groan Of an Iowa corn crib is mighty
cheerful sound in the dawn Of that pros
party that we are all counting "a so con-
| hGently.