Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-12-19

think of it. That will be less than
one in each block and the thirsty
Dubuquer may have to travel three
or four blocks without taking on
refreshments. The cruelties of the
Moon law are almost unbelievable.
Russia needs to learn that citi-
zen of the United States is a citizen
of the United States, with all that
the term Observation-Disclosures
Hawk-Eye.
It might be well for the United
States to also learn that a citizen of
the United States is citizen of the
United States, regardless of race.
When the United States learns that
twill be in better condition to I'M
dertake to teach it to others. The
United States is a great big coward
~ hypocrite on this question.
1T is surprising to find some OF
his Colorado political opponents
speaking of Senator Guggenheim re-
specially, even kindly, and paying
tribute to his personal qualities. 1t
is possible to infer that If Senator
.Guggenheim had not made the eyre
,gious mistake of succeeding in busi-
ness and politics he might now be
generally regarded as a good ana
useful citizen whom an honest man
might take by the hand without
Tasking his own reputation.-Sioux
City journal.
Then again, and on the other
hand and vice versa, If Guggenheim
were not the possessor Of many mil
lions Of dollars and had secured
seat In the United States senate on
merit-won through battles for the
people-he woulA be stamped dem
agogue and a hypocrite, an agitator,
an insurgent and. worst Of all, a
menace to party solidarity.
Universal suffrage in this coun-
try is coming and mere men may as
we'll prepare for the new order OF
things. The injustice OF permitting
ignorant and vicious men to exer-
else privilege having to do with
government which intelligent and
pure woman cannot exercise is ap-
parent to all thinking people. The
future OF the country will soon be
in the hands of those who are now
boys and girls and 1t rests upon the
mothers Of the country, more than
upon anyone else, to direct those
boys and girls in the ways that
make for good citizenship. The
hand that rocks the cradle and the
mind that directs the future
footsteps of the toddling infant are,
above all others, interested in good
The time has come
for that hand to put the ballot in
the box as directed by that mind.
A law that would send dishonest
contractors to the penitentiary
would not be a bad law. The con-
tractor who willfully Cheats" IN
is one Of the worst OF
thieves. II the specifications call
for structural steel of certain size
and the contractor puts In some
thing smaller and weaker he not
only steals from his employer, but
jeopardizes public safety.
Or If the man who is erecting a con-
crete bridge fails to put in the In
gradients called for. but substitutes
inferior and cheaper,
thus weakening the structure, he IS
a menace to public safety and ought
to be harshly dealt with. There is
altogether too much Of this sort OF
thing going on, and some men wink
at It. calling it "shrewdness," or
one of the tricks of the trade" 1t
Is downright thieyery and may bel
something much worse.
If Mike Healy should be nominal
cd by Tenth district democrats for
congress, as has been suggested,
there would be lively campaign
and the republican nominee would
have to go some. Wouldn't Mike
have the time of his life in discuss