Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-02-13

teat for three terms and even tried
to hang on longer. Then he Jump
ed into the lieutenant goyernorship
contest, being defeated by the Hon.
Geo. w. Clarke. Now he Is "agin"
Mr.. Clark for governor. oh, these
old political sores! It is almost i'm
possible to keep them out of public
sight.
The difference between the organ
ization and a machine. is that or
ganization is the systematic co-op-
Grafton of men for common pur-
pose, while a machine is the syste-
matte cooperation of men for pri-
vate purpose.-Woodrow Wilson.
But suppose the common pur-
pose Is to get the postoffices, col
lectorships, etc., ETC., for the gentle
men who compose the organization
and keep life in it? 1t would then
be machine, we suppose. The real
patriotic organization is the one
that gets behind Prof. Wilson and
pushes him In the direction Of the
white house. Henry Watterson re-
Gently left the organization and
Joined the machine. At least, the
professor probably looks at it that
way.
The theory that a voter residing
in one congressional district has no
interest in the election Of members
of congress from another district
will not Withstand logical analysis,
A resident Of the Tenth congress
sional district is Just as much af-
fected nine times out of ten by the
vote Of the member OF congress from
the Eleven district as he is by the
vote OF the congressman from his
own district. OF course when it
comes to the question Of the post
mastership and other federal posi-
lions. he is interested only in his
own congressman. Possibly the ov-
ershadowing Importance OF the fed
eral patronage issue is responsible
for the notion that the resident Of
one district is not interested in who
shall represent another district in
congress.
Gen. James B. Weaver, noted poll
tician and orator, died at his home
in Colfax Tuesday afternoon. Gen.
Weaver possessed a picturesque per-
sonality and thirty years ago was
one Of the most prominent figures
in the state. He was at several
times a member of congress from the
Sixth district and was the peoples
party candidate for president in,
1892, polling about million votes.
He was one Of the best campafgners
who ever lived in Iowa and his fol-
lowers idolized him. In 1896 he de-
livered an address in this city in
support of the free coinage of sill
yer and It was the best exposition
OF that doctrine ever heard here,
not excepting the speech by Mr..
Bryan the same year. Gen. Weaver
made a fine record as soldier, be-
ing as fearless upon the battlefield
as he was in espousing and advocat-
ing in civil life the principles
IN WHICH ne DeilSVeu,
That Senator LaFollette Stopped
over" when he delivered his recent
TRADE against the press of the coun-
try is generally conceded. That
there is ground for some Of the de-
nunciation is also admitted. But
the charges made by the senator
we're so broad and so deep that sub
stantially every Newspaper in the
country was included. The Free
man-Tribune doesn't believe that the
power controls the press.
There IL daily too much evidence to
the contrary. The press, as a<rule,
is fearless in the denunciation of
predatory wealth. If that wealth
the press this would not
be true. 1t was charged In the cam
paign Of 1896 that the gold standard
press was under the influence of