Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-24

at the hint of morality in politics
the demagogue, the time server, the
man who is in this or that politiea
party for his own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
may ride into official place or power
temporarily on the crest Of this vel
defined and steadily growing nation
al sentiment and movement in al
lines of endeavor, ethical or moral
as well as political, but in the end
he will be relegated to oblivion and
the cause of the people will &C
marching on.
DRIVING VOTERS FROM RoosE-
WELT.
The candidates who were nomin-
ated for Office on the republican
ticket in the June primary have
each received a letter asking them
to state whether or not they would
vote for Theodore Roosevelt for
president, the promise being given
that in case they so state no nomi-
nation would be made against them
BY the third party committee. The
candidates very naturally refused to
be intimidated. They feel that in
asmuch as they were nominated at
a legally conducted primary partici-
pated in by the men who now ask
them to declare themselves, that
they are entitled to fair treatment
and believe that the voters of Black
Hawk county believe In the applica-
tion of the golden rule to the extent
Of doing what they believe to be
right. They were nominated in a
primary which in itself is a piece Of
progressive legislation. In this pri-
mary every voter in the county had
an opportunity of voicing his choice.
During the campaign the merits of
the various candidates were discuss
ed and every man had an opportun-
ity of making an intelligent selec-
ton. To nominate third ticket
now in the manner proposed will
convict the progressives of reaction
airy tendencies, reputation of the
very things for which a contest Of
years has been waged.
The average voter knows the diff
ference between right and wrong.
He will decide the matter in No
vember and his verdict will be just
Cedar Falls Record.
The action Of the Roosevelt sup
porters in Black Hawk county will
probably be duplicated in other
counties. Already Delaware county
has nominated candidates for the
legislature for both house and sem
ate, in the hope of defeating the re-
publican candidates who were nomi-
mated at the June primaries.
The fool friends of Roosevelt in
Iowa who are heading this move
uent seem determined to do all they
can to reduce the vote for the colon
al in this state, There is no question
Of the fitness of the men nominated
at the June primaries for the posi-
tions they seek. The only excuse
for opposing them is that they will
not renounce the voters who stood
~ them and join in the movement
for a third party. This is not an
qualification OF the square deal and
the followers of Roosevelt cannot
square their action with the voters.
1t looks like scheme to sandbag
candidates into the support OF
Roosevelt, under penalty of defeat If
they fail to come across.
The Black Hawk county progress
siyes addressed a note to the nomi-
nees for county Office stating that
II they were for Roosevelt no nomi-
nations would be made against them.
etherwise there would be. What has
that to do with the qualifications OF
a candidate for county Office? He
will make just as good an official If
/. he is for Taft as he will if he is for
Roosevelt.
'UNDER WHICH FLAG?"
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: One
among the chief events Of the pres
emit political campaign is the nom
ination of Oscar Solomon Straus as
the progressive candidate for COVER