Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-19

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What would be the result if the
democratic >party should become dis
rupted as the republican party has,
with one faction standing for pro-
gressive ideas and the other insist
ing upon letting we'll enough
alone?" Would progressive demo
Gratis and progressive republicans
get together under the banner Of
the progressive party or would therel
be a fourth new party started? Thel
possibilities of American political
tangles are great.
If the authorities were as eager
to convict other violators of the
Mann act" as they are to send
Jack Johnson to prison some inn
provement in Chicago's morals
might be noticeable, observes the
Waterloo Reporter. The Reporter is
right. The officers and the courts
could put stop to the white slave
traffic if they went after it as hard
as they went after Jack Johnson.
But Jack is a niger and it is pop
'ular in Chicago to prosecute mig
gers.
When the democratic administra-
ton gets to work on its plan of re-
ducing the high cost Of living it is
to be hoped that it will not reduce
the price of corn, oats, wheat, pota-
toes and other things the people of
Hamilton county have to sell. What
we want at lower figures is the
things we have to buy. 1t will be
well for the administration to bear
this in mind. Thoughtless action in
this matter might result in revers-
ing the present Judgment of Iowa at
the next election.
Roosevelt still holds the record of
receiving the largest popular ma
jority for president in the history OF
the country. In 1908 Taft had
plurality of 100000 over Bryan
and a majority of 100000 over all.
In 1904 Roosevelt beat Parker with
plurality of 2,545,00O and he had
majority of 1.736,00O over all OPP
position. Roosevelt received 81 per
cent of the entire vote, which is the
largest percentage any candidate for
the presidency ever received. Will
son is elected with plurality.
1t doesn't necessarily follow that
because one criticises certain acts
of representatives in congress that
he is opposed to the election OF
those representatives. 1t is not ex-
pected that there will be full agree
ment between representatives and
constituents and the representative
as we'll as the constituent has al
right to his opinion. The real test
of a representative in legislative
position is his general course, not
his position upon any certain propo-
sition.
Guglielmo Ferrero, the distin-
guished Italian historian, does not
miss the mark far when he declares
the American people are awakening
to the dangers that menace them.
He says apostles of new movement
of reform are calling upon honest
people of all classes to unite tol
cleanse the Augean stables, to puri-
fly the bourse, the banks, the rail-
roads, the corporations maintaining
public services, the life insurance.
companies and the political econ
omic life of the country, in order toI
destroy the power of the trusts and
uproot parliamentary and admins
trative corruption"
The Burlington Gazette predicts
that Senator Cummins will face the
greatest fight in his career when he
comes up for the senate two years
hence His conduct during thel
present campaign" the Gazette
adds, has been such as to anger
both progressives and regulars. -
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