Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-12-17

in congress to overthrow third terms !
will receive scant support from the
democratic side when it comes to
vote-that is, scant enough to de-
feat 1t.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil
touches vital spot when it says:
Jack johnson can scarcely bel
charged with responsibility for all
the anticipated girls that persist in
camping on his trail. The trouble
is with the people that raised the
girls. . If this be heresy, make the
most Of it.-Des Moines Capital,
What if "the trouble is with the
people who raise the girls shouldn't
something be done to save the girls?
The state has a right to be peopled
with the proper sort of women and
If those who raise the girls fail IN
their duty that doesn't remove the
interest or the responsibility of So
ciety
Public sentiment against the in
termarriage of whites and blacks
seems as unanimous in the north as
in the south. 1t can be said to the
credit OF negroes OF intelligence
that they condemn the Johnson
Cameron scandal just as strongly as
the whites condemn it. II congress
enacts law prohibiting such mar
riages why would it not be proper
to 70 further and prohibit whites
and blacks living together as hus-
band and wife. Such a resourceful
scoundrel as Jack johnson might
take his dupe to Canada. marry her
Il there and return to the United
States to live.
OF course there are enough repub'
licans in the country to win the
presidency if they get together
That is, II they get together in the
right way. They got together al
the Chicago convention with bowie
knives and poisoned arrows and al
, result killed all chances Of vic
tory. When you 90 to your neigh.
Dor to talk over q difference OF opin
lion or q misunderstanding leave thu
!, club at home. II you take 1t alons
, the chances are you will find youl
neighbor with one just as big. TIT
Republicans OF the country will new
er get together in . fight for victor,
until some concessions are made BY
both sides.
j Tired OF the tariff problem, which
proved his undoing, Brother Bill
Taft is going to ''let George do it,
and will leave the whole tariff pro
gram to President Wilson. Manson
Democrat.
: And President Wilson will b
very fortunate if he can dispose o
: the tariff problem in a way tha
will not retire him from the presi
: dency four years hence. Any curb
stone politician can tell just how
: tariff revision should be made, bu'
J the highways OF history are strewr
t with the political remains Of some
j very able statesmen who undertook
} the job. President Taft did well tt
!, "let George do It." We shall soor
see how well George" can do it.
There is a certain state senator
in Iowa who was elected as a repub
lican but who went democratic a
the recent election. When hi!
friends suggested the propriety o.
: his resigning the position be held
: by grace of republican votes he Of
fered for not doing SO the very film
sy excuse that such action on hi
part might result in the defeat o.
Senator Kenyon. as the outcome o.
, the election was in doubt. Now
!, however, no such possible tragedy
stands in the way Of the resignation
LOT the aforesaid state senator. The
republicans have between forty and
fifty majority in the legislature and
If this gentleman retires on his OWE