The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-20

And swat the dynamite cracker
and the fool fireworks, too" says the
Marshalltown Times-Republican
The Mason City Globe-Gazette says
that every decision made in Iowa
brings the restrictions of the mulct
law a little higher up.
"If the recall for the Judiciary were
now in force, Mr.. Justice Harlan
would make very lonesome figure on
the United States supreme BENCH .
says the Manson Democrat.
Senator IaFollette, says the Des
Moines Capital, lis determined to
convince the country that it Is not
that he is against reciprocity less, but
against President Taft more"
The Washington Democrat says
there were 1898 deaths in Iowa in
April not counting the insurgent Re-
publicans who died when Taft pushed
tariff reform into the center Of the
stage.
The Davenport Democrat says that
most of us like the sweet girl gradu-
ate more than we like anything she
can tell us in English, German, Latin
or Greek about the silver lining of
clouds in her graduating effort
Certainly Cummins will be for
Taft says the Waterloo Times
Tribune. Wasn't he for Roosevelt
body whom he knows can carry Iowa
even if it should be Cummins.'
Carl Kuehnle, of Denison, was in
Iowa City attending the commence
ment, ar1 the Iowa City Citizen says
that he made no conccalment of his
intentions respecting the governor
ship "If the way seems favorable
he expects to be in the race" the
Citizen reports.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says that
Mr. Kuehnle will hardly find anyone
very deeply concerned over the gov
ernorship this summer But he is
one of the boys who talks politics all
the time" the Gazette continues,
"and the apparent apathy of the gen
eral public will not disturb him in the
least
1.-THE men who have been trying to
launch their candidates. for year
from this June are finding the public
ar Rapids Republican THE people
do not care much about the men who
merely are watching for Offices. They
prefer the men who attend to their
own work"
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
it is perfectly true that popular cleo
ton of senators will not cure all nor
any considerable part of our political
ills. Nevertheless" the Nonpareil
continues, at is a step in the forward
movement which is getting the gov
eminent neare- the voters 1t de-
pends upon the wisdom and intelli-
gence of the voters whether the move
is forward or backward step
1--WE did not worship at Mr. Taft's
feet when he was put forward as the
Roosevelt candidate for President,
says the Charles City Intelligencer,
because we DO not believe in that
way of selecting men for any place
within the gift of the people. Now,
4 however, that Mr.. Taft has had the
4 grit to make some of the mollycoddles
! either put up or shut up we desire
/ to see him renominated and reelected
4 Hurrah for Taft"
The Webster City Freeman-Tribune
he says all opposition to Canadian
4 reciprocity will disappear after q fail
trial. "But what will be fair trial.
the Freeman-Tribune asks. Just now
we seem to be approaching an era Of
falling prices, and the agitator viii
/ not De SLOW 10 CudISc Ico pOlSlDiiilJ
4 to reciprocity Hence it will require
some time before the policy of reel
/ procous agreements can vindicate
4 themselves"
The Dubuque Times-Journal says i
was scarcely necessary for Senator
Cummins to deny that he will be fol
4 President Taft's denomination. I
the expected happens" the Times
Journal continues, the senator vii
continue TO do everything in his pow
er to harass, discredit and weaken the
administration, and then, should the
President be renominated, will turf
about and support him, explainine
that the honest differences of opinion
he has had with the administration
, have not shaken his confidence in Re
publican principles, nor in the Presi
dents sympathy with the genera
aims and purposes of the progressive
movement
Hitchcock Makes Good.