Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-09-23

IFS for the purposes Of revenue only.
Senator LaFollette says the present
bill is pretty good protective meas
Iure and that it is ample for legiti-
mate protection upon nearly all pro-
auctions except those of the farm.
Some time ago officers who evil
IDENTIFY desired to make a record for
law enforcement took some Indians
in the saloons at Waterloo and 9th
err Iowa towns and had them buy
liquor. AS everybody knows, it Is
unlawful to sell intoxicants to In
dams and of course the aforesaid Of
icers thought they had sure thing
on the saloonkeepers who fell into
the trap. , The Indians were dressed
the same as white men and the Diff
ference could not be detected. The
cases were carried to the United
States supreme court and that trib-
unal holds that the men who sold
to the Indians under such circum-
stances were not in fact criminals
and the charges against them were
accordingly dismissed. In rendering
It's decision the court said: ''Decoys
are permissible to trap criminals,
but not to create them, or to present
opportunity to those with intent to
or willing to commit crime, but not
to ensnare the lawabiding in uncon-
scious offending. Though the de-
PENDANT has violated the statues he
was passive agent and it Is q
blameless wrong Of which he cannot
be Justly convicted" This decision
is in accord with common sense and
fairness. The case would be entire
ly different If the Indians appear
ance had disclosed their proper
status before the law, but the saloon
keepers selling to them were impos-
ed upon and made to violate a law
against their own inclinations
There are few liquor sellers. al
least in this part of the country
who would sell to Indians, as they
know the consequences Of such &C.
ton.
It doesn't take much to excite the
average standpat editor and now
some OF them in Iowa pretend to
think that the movement for wom-
an suffrage in this state is move
ment in favor of Col. Roosevelt's sup
posed ambitions to reach the presi-
dency another time. The Burlington
Hawk-Eye sees the colonel looming
up. in the background Of the crusade
for universal suffrage and in the
hope Of heading off the procession it
springs what it no doubt believes to
be scoop. 1t says: Miss. Dunlap
and her associates have been engag-
ed in touring this state by automo-
bile. holding meetings devoted to the
woman's suffrage cause. This, it is
stated, Is part Of a nation wide
movement that Is being launched
under the leadership of Miss Jane
Adams, OF Hull House fame, Chi
cago. and one Of the moving spirits
In the Roosevelt crusade, apparent
" to advance the cause Of woman
suffrage, but ultimately and In fact
to further the ambition Of the gal
liant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to
capture the presidency in the next
presidential primaries. 1t is point
ed out that Miss Dunlap is engaged
in Settlement work in Iowa, and
would naturally be affiliated with
any movement led by Miss Addams." "
Unfortunately for the story Of the
Hawk-Eye, Miss Adams has been
advocating woman suffrage for thir-
ty years and the movement was well
under way in Iowa before Col.
Roosevelt was ever thought OF for
the presidency. But the Hawk-Eye's
nightmare may have the effect OF de-
laying the day of universal suffrage
in this state, by putting all OF
Roosevelt's opponents against it.
They have terror Of the colonel