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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

The political mix-up growing out
Of the determination of the Taft ad-
herents in the national convention
to put Taft over" regardless OF
consequences may cause serious COM
plications before the question of
who shall be the next occupant OF
the white house is settled. 1t is
likely Col. Roosevelt will carry some
of the states that went SO heavily
for him in the recent primaries only
to have their choice set aside by the
defiant attitude of the national COM
mittee and OF the convention that
was controlled by the delegates
whose titles We're questionable. The
president must be elected by ma
jority of the electoral college II
elected at all by that body. Hence
with three candidates in the field
there may be no choice by the cleo
toral college. In that event the con-
test goes to the national house a
representatives, which body must
chose a candidate from the three
who had the largest vote In the
electoral college. The house Of rep
must vote by states.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

If the republican party pulls it.
self together in November and wins
a victory the democratic organiza-
ton may as well hang up the fiddle
and stop playing. If 1t cannot beat
Taft this year it will never be able
to beat anything-not even dis
organized mob.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

without legal authority, declares
that the seats of the delegates from
California, Arizona, Texas, Wash
ington and some other states We're
untainted, but the country?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

Senator Kenyon is the first of the
Iowa leaders to announce his inten-
ton of supporting the ticket nomin-
ated at Chicago. Who said Kenyon
lacked courage? If this isn't an ex-
Inhibition of the genuine article, what
is it?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

The fellow who a few weeks ago
We're insisting that something had
happened to jar the north pole loose
and 1t had slipped thousand miles
or more to the southwark has some
other theory now to contend with.
Possibly the equator has been jarr-
ed a few hundred miles to the
north. The weather feels like it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

There is merry fight in the dem
ocratic national convention at Balti-
more this week, but they cannot
hope to match the attractiveness of
the republican show at Chicago last
week. ssN r..a SIX
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

The talk that Roosevelt could
have thrown the nomination to some
progressive other than himself Is
not supported by the logic OF the
situation. Among the delegates in
structed for Roosevelt many were at
heart for Taft. Forty-eight of them
went to Root and against McGovern
for chairman. Just the moment they
were released by Roosevelt they
would have gone to Taft and Taft's
majority in t he convention would
have been nearly one hundred in
stead of only twenty-one. Roosevelt
this situation. He knew
that under no circumstances could
any progressive republican hold
these standpat votes instructed for
him. Roosevelt pursued the only
course he could unless he was ready
to countenance what he deemed q
fraud and abide by the results Of the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

The majority in Polk county
against Col. Young was only 4,137
and the majority for Senator Ken
yon in Webster county reached but
$500. The home counties of the
candidates were not, apparently, in
the, doubtful column.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

Geo. Longs defeat for the repub-
lican nomination for representative
from Calhoun county is another ev-
idence of the foolishness of an editor
who amounts to anything being a
candidate before the people. Mr.
Long has been a fighting editor fol-
many years, always taking sides and
advocating his choice with courage
and determination. He has made
enemies and every one of them was
at the polls on primary day to "get
even" A newspaper man may sneak
into Office by appointment when no.
body is looking, but it is like the
camel passing through the needles
eye for an editor to be elected to
anything by popular vote. And this
Is as it should be. An editor has
no business holding Office in this
day and age. 1t makes a coward Of
him. F
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

There ought to be some plan de-
vised to reduce the expenses of can.
didates before the primary. 1t is a
burden to many worthy men who
want Office and have a right to as
pire to official positions, to bear the
expense oflmaking the canvass. II
cost Senator Kenyon more than S.
900 to make his campaign, while
Senator Young expended nearly
$4,000. The colonel is very rich
and is making money like house
afire, but all men who have an am
bition to serve the people are not in
that satisfactory condition. The
Freeman-Tribune does not know
how the item of expense can be re-
duced. but some way must and will
be found.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02
CONVENTION COMMENT.

Times-Republican. Had the re-
publican party been the thing to
have been saved the purging of the
roll as demanded by Roosevelt
would have been conceded as COM
promise and the nomination of q
compromise candidate accomplished.
But there was far less concern for
the republican party on the part OF
powerful political bosses who serve
the favorite interests and who oper-
ate in all parties than there was for
the destruction OF Roosevelt. Rooee-
welt and his progressives had carried
the primaries overwhelmingly In all
OF the big republican states. Those
states alone in which the voters had
decided for him cast within three
Of enough republican electoral votes
at the last presidential election to
elect president. So it was appar-
emit that If Roosevelt succeeded this
time or even If the party was saved
by progressive candidate as COM
promise, the progressives would turn
up in actual possession OF the party
machinery. Rather than lose con-
troll Of the ship the bosses deliber-
ately steered 1t for. the rocks when
deep water was available.
Davenport Times: A few facts
stand out prominently as a. result OF
the convention at Chicago. In the
first place there was real steam
roller in operation. 1t was running
smoothly with plenty OF steam. 1t
did not flatten out as many contests
of merit as some of the reports
would indicate, but it did crush sew
eral contests of merit involving
great fundamental principles OF
1t was decided that
"rule" OF a national convention
made up OF delegates assembled IN
voluntary organization without reg
ulation by national law is superior
to the law of sovereign state-as
in the California contest. 1t may be
that the California law Is not the
best kind of law, but 1t Is law
just the same. Other contests were
Of sufficient merit to warrant a fair
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

while Cne repuDHcanS OF the cOun-
try are confronted with very SER
ious problem regarding support Of
the national ticket, many honestly
believing the nomination of Taft
and Sherman was secured by fraud,
no such considerations face the par
ty ticket here in Iowa. Every state
and district candidate was fairly
nominated at the primary. Some are
standpatters and some are progress
sives. They secured places upon
the ticket by the exercise Of the de-
liberate judgment of the republicans
Of the state and it appears to the
Freeman-Tribune that every repub-
lican is morally bound to support
them at the polls, provided, Of
course, they are worthy Of support.
The same is true of the various
county tickets, SO far as the Free
man Tribune is advised. It is GER
tainly true Of the ticket in this
county.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

To go down with the ship is
grand. But which is the ship and
which the lifeboat?-Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
That is a question that is irritat-
ing millions. of republicans at pres
ent.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

Roosevelt is receiving lots of at
tention from standpatters for man
who is down and out. At least half
of the editorials in such papers as
the Sioux City Journal, Iowa City
Republican, Cedar Rapids Republic
can, Burlington Hawk-Eye and Iowa
City Republican are devoted to de-
nunciation of the fighting colonel.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

without legal authority, declares
that the seats of the delegates from
California, Arizona, Texas, Wash
ington and some other states We're
untainted, but the country?
It is to be hoped that the predic-
ton that there will never be anoth-
er national convention held for the
purpose of nominating a republican
candidate for president will be veri-
fed. Hereafter the party ought to
nominate at a nation wide primary
held in every state on the same day.
Primaries have their faults, to be
sure, but they are as far above the
old convention plan as college
bred man is above Digger Indian.
The Chicago convention gave us
a concrete representation of what
President Taft meant when he de-
clared this representative govern
ment controlled by very small
part of the people. The delegates
representing possibly 100000 voters
in the south had more authority in
the convention than the delegates
representing the millions of voters
in the states carried by Roosevelt al
the primaries.
w. J. Bryan said he was glad tt
see the unit rule demolished in the
democratic national convention, as
he did not believe convention
should override the law of a state
The. republicans who insisted upon
seating two delegates in the Chicago
convention from California who
were defeated by 1900 majority
had no regard for the laws Of Cali.
fornia. They needed the votes ant
proposed to take them, law or NJ
law.
| It was reported through the press
that Gov. Carroll offered reward
Of only $500 for the apprehension
of the murder or murderers of the
eight persons at Villisca, Iowa. The
Freeman-Tribune took occasion to
criticise the governor for the small,
amount offered. Now comes the
governor with the statement that
the law permits him to offer nc
more than $500, adding that he of.
fered all the law allowed. II the
governors statement is correct he
must have offered $500 instead Of
$500, as was reported.
One of the Michigan delegates
stated the Taft idea correctly when
he said at the convention last week
that Taft was going to be nominated
regardless of the consequences in
November. He declared the party
was going to be purged of the pop
ulists and socialists, meaning pro
gressive republicans. This is M
doubt what Mckinley, Root, Crane
Penrose and the other reactionarie:
had in view during the ante-con
vention contest. They are not prac
ticularly fond of Taft, but they
know that when the progressive ele
ment of the party gets full contro
they will be without influence.
Did anybody notice anything
feeble about the way President
Taft held his forces in line against
the Juggling of the strenuous one:
Sioux City Journal.
According to the editorial page Of
the Journal during the Chicago con
vention Mr.. Taft was more interest
ed in base ball and golf than in the
result of the convention. The Taft
forces were held in line not by the
president but by Mckinley, Barnes
Penrose, Crane ct al. Had the CO.
hesiveness of that force been left te
the management of the president II
would have gone to pieces when the
president was sitting on the bleach
ers roofing for the home team.
The talk that Roosevelt could
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

Col. Young declares that stand
patism in Iowa is dead, but Uncle
Geo. D. Perkins, an equally good
authority, insists it never existed
Both gentlemen have officiated as
the corpse at two distinct funerals
hence it is strange they should hold
a different opinion upon this import
ant question.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

Vice President Sherman stands a
good chance of being president. If
there is a deadlock in the electoral
college, as is possible, and another
one in the house of representatives,
over the presidential succession,
Sunny Jim" will slip into the white
house on the fourth of next March.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

We think most people will agree
that one convention of this kind is
quite enough for fifty years.-Spen-
Ger News. ...
1t is enough for a thousand years.
Hereafter the nomination should be
made at a primary, thus giving the
people something to say in regard to
the nominee.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

The United States senate, the le-
gally constituted authority to settle
disputed seats in that body, is on
record as declaring that Lorimer's
seat is untainted. But the country
believes otherwise. The national
committee of the republican party,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

There never will be cheap coun-
try road transportation without
large investment in road improve
ment under competent central auth
ority. A big share Of the vast sum
now annually squandered in Iowa
could with such a system be applied
to permanent betterment, sufficient
at least to influence good road ex-
pansion in many localities.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

convention. 1t must at least pc Sdlu
of the former president that he has
the courage of his convictions as is
demonstrated by his readiness to
lead in a third party movement
though the experience of such move
ments prove their utter futility. Not
another prominent leader in the
country would dare take the initia..
tive no matter what the provocation.
Wright county has welcomed Cap
tain c. Tyrrell home. He is former
resident of the county, who has been
spending years in the west and
southwest and has arrived at the
conclusion that Iowa is the best
place in America. To demonstrate
that he means business and intends
to remain in Iowa, he has purchas-
ed a LOO acre ranch in Wright
county. There are thousands upon
thousands of Iowans who have wan
dered away, and who feel precisely
as does Mr.. Tyrrell, but they lack
the nerve to come home. In some
cases, they may lack the means.
DR.. G. Frank Lydston of Chicago
says graft is a disease and insists
that it is contagious, the germ Turk.
ing in divers places. He says the
best remedy for the disease is tt
stop calling it graft, call it theft
The CRATER is a thief and ought tx
be dealt with as we deal with
thieves. "A study of, graft is a study
Of human nature" says DR.. Ly'
dston. "The graft microbe lies IL
wait deep down in the system of the
average good citizen. 1t feeds or
opportunity and necessity. The in
dividual who yearns for the railroad
pass or looks the other way wher
the conductor on the street cars il
collecting his tickets has the symp
toms of graft in its incipiency,"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

each state having one vote. Thus
Rhode Island would exercise as
much power as New York. If the
house fails of election, which it is
very apt to do, as clear majority
must be secured by the winner, the
vice president shall become presi-
dent on the fourth Of March.
This is a time when the "old
guard" can afford to be magnani-
nous, if they know how, but they
are not doing it. Continued abuse
of Roosevelt and the men who stood
with him in the fight they really
won will but broaden the breach in
the party and lose Taft votes at the
polls. The standpatters, of course,
want the nominee of the republic
can convention elected even though
many of the leaders declared they
were determined to re-nominate the
president in order to purge the par
ty of the populists, assistant dem
ocrats, socialists and insurgents, as
they designate progressive republic
cans. Now that Taft captured the
nomination it is time for his sup
porters to stop this kind of talk and
pour a little soothing balm into the
wounds. Sat and pepper will only
aggravate and irritate the patient.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-02

D. L. HUNTER. -. Business Mgr.
W. F. HUNTER ......... Editor.
Omcial Paper of City and County.
What you keep by you, you may
change and mend E.a.
But words once spoken can never be
recalled.
-Boscommon.
There is a merry fight in the dem
ocratic national convention at Balti-
more this week, but they cannot
hope to match the attractiveness OF
the republican show at Chicago last
week. H.. .-.., ...
To go down with the ship is
grand. But which is the ship and
which the ifeboat?-Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
That is question that is irritat.
ing millions Of republicans at pres
emit.
Senator Kenyon is the first of the
Iowa leaders to announce his inten'
ton of supporting the ticket nomin
ated at Chicago. Who said Kenyon
lacked courage? If this isn't an ex
Inhibition of the genuine article, wha'
is it?
The majority in Polk county
against Col. Young was only 4,13i
and the majority for Senator Ken
yon in Webster county reached bu1
$500. The home counties of thu
candidates were not, apparently, il
the doubtful column.
If the republican party pulls it,
self together in November and wins
victory the democratic organiza
ton may as well hang up the fiddle
and stop playing. If it cannot bea1
Taft this year it will never be abl<
to beat anything-not even dis
organized mob.
Vice President Sherman stands q
good chance of being president. Il
there is deadlock in the electoral
college, as is possible, and another
one in the house of representatives
over the presidential succession
Sunny Jim" will slip into the white
house on the fourth of next March
Col. Young declares that stand
patism in Iowa is dead, but Uncle
Geo. d. Perkins, an equally goot
authority, insists it never existed
Both gentlemen have offciated al
the corpse at two distinct funerals
hence it is strange they should holt
different opinion upon this import
ant question.
We think most people will agree
that one convention of this kind j:
quite enough for fifty years.-Spen
Ger News. ..
It is enough for thousand years
Hereafter the nomination should bs
made at a primary, thus giving the
people something to say in regard Il
the nominee. .N
The fellow who a few weeks agt
were insisting that something hat
happened to jar the north pole loose
and it had slipped a thousand mile:
or more to the southwark has some
other theory now to contend with
Possibly the equator has been jarr.
ed a few hundred miles to the
north. The weather feels like it.
Roosevelt is receiving lots Of at
tention from standpatters for man
who is down and out. At least half
of the editorials in such papers as
the Sioux City Journal, Iowa City
Republican, Cedar Rapids Republi-
can, Burlington Hawk-Eye and Iowa
City Republican are devoted to de-
nunciation of the fighting colonel.
There never will be cheap coun-
try road transportation without
large investment in road improve
ment under competent central auth
ority. A big share Of the vast sum
now annually sUuandered in Iowa
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-04
WILL DIE
Package Boy at Stone & Thomas
Plunged Through Elevator Shaft
TO His Doom.

While between the third and fourth
floors OF the Stone & Thomas build
ig on the elevator, William Weir. the
15-year-old son OF Mr. and Mrs. David
Weir. OF Kirkwood. employed as .
package boy by the firm. plunged to
the bottom OF the shaft and was
fatally injured. How the accident &C.
cured could not be ascertained by the
company, as II was no fault of the
mechanism OF the elevator. which was
in perfect working order
Just as soon as the accident was
discovered. DIR. A. J. Noome was sum.
moned and rendered medical aid. The
youth was rushed to the North Wheel
ing hospital. where Drs. Noome, w.
+. Megrail and J. A. Campbell worked
over him for several hours but he did
not regain consciousness. He sus-
tanned a severe conclusion Of the
brain. IL was stated by the head
nurse at the hospital this morning at
2:15. that he was expected to die any
moment.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-04
PROGRAM
For Holy Week ana Easter Sunday At
st. James Evangelical Luth-
eran Church.

Following IS the program for Holy
week and Easter Sunday services at ST
James Evangelical church.
Thursday, April 4. 1870 p. m.
Prelude-"O Darkest Woe" op. a.
$50 800. $500. Moritz Brosig
Anthem-Schau him vsch Golgatha.
Herr. wann ieh nur dich habe -.
49,. ........... JOh. Michael Bach
Postlude in p minor. .... .Adolph Hesse
Friday April 18th. 1880 a. m.
Prelude 20 raun's Death OF Jesus"
r. OF; - -: ...,......... =: Adolph Hesse
Friday. April 9Th. 7:3O p. m.
Prelude-'Beloved Jesus What Law
Hast Thou Broken. johannes Brahme
Duet ................... Schneider
Misses earns and Freda stroehmann
Motet-"Jesus Word OF God.
-. :. -, -. ...... CHARLES Gounod
Postlude In u flat....-.....K. r. Pitsch
Sunday April 7th. O.3O a. m
Festival Prelude In flat Op. So.
- -..ss.s. NOTIFY HrOStg
Hallelujsh. from The Messiah. -.
Neig' "a mie. Herr for male voices Pablo
PoHtlude In e major. A. Aibrecht
sunday. April 9TH. gao .. m.
sunday school celebration. Songs reel
tations. addresses In German and Eng
lish. Choir. Awake Up. Ny Glory" by
Jos Barnby. and Halleluinh. from The
Messiah. by q. =. Haendel.
Carl Westmann. Organist.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-04
SPRING MEETING
OF the Wheeling Prssbytery 10 Be Held
az Ronsy's Point Next
Tuesday.

Tho spring meeting 81 the Wheeling
Presbytery 81 the United Presbyterian
church Will be held Tuesday 81 next
week IN the United Presbyterian
CHURCH az Roney's Point. The meet
ms viii convene AZ 10 o'clock and
Will be- continued throughout the day.
This is the second and most import
ant meeting 81 the year and much
business Will be transacted.
Delegates viii be selected % repre-
sent the local presbytcry a. the next
general assembly and officers viii be
nominated for the ensuing year. while
reports - committees will be- heard
and much routine business transacted
q u expected that Rev. y. Kelly
CHM Will be- present o. preach his
trisl sermon, applying Tor license In
this rresbyterv. while arrangements
viii be- completed for the installation
" Rev y. s Hiil M pastor ~ the
Martins Ferry r.. y. church The ses-
sion VIII be presided over by the mod
erutof. Rev. Lytle v. Free. ~ Clairs-
vile. AMI Re-. ". T. Grimes. ~ Roney'a
Point u the clerk ~ this presbytcry.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-04
FOREIGNERS CUT
AMERICAN BADLY
POUR FOREIGNERS ATTACK MAN
NAMED CARPENTER.
stabbed In Five Places and Taken TO the
Hospitai-Poics Have sus-
poets Under watch

With dirks in their hands. four for
eigners late last night attacked a man
named Carpenter in Alley Il and seri-
ously injured him. Six knife wounds
We're round on the man when discovered
BY inmates OF the resort conducted by
Emma Nichols.
His cries for help attracted their at
tentlon. and after carrying him into the
house they sent for physician and no
tined the police. The man was rushed
to the North Wheeling hospital in an un-
conscious condition. but DIR. Kessor who
attended him. states that he will prob
ably recover. The man resides in ohio,
but nothing on his person was found to
Identify him. 4
Detective Bert Mcconnell and the DO
lice were soon on the scene and found a
hat and cap that two of the foreigners
lost in making their getaway. A postal
card was also found which established
the Identity Of one OF the men. The for
eigners are thought to-reside in Park
place and the police expect TO have them
under arrest before noon.