Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01

the election, having not fully made
up his mind who or what PROPOSE
lions he wants to support. Such a
voter has a right to stay away from
the polls and there is and should
be no law to COMPEL him to vote.
A bomb exploded in the front
yard of Ex-Gov. Carroll at Des
Moines and an attempted train rob-
berry, resulting in the cold blooded
murder of the conductor in charge,
near Rutland, is a record of the past
week that is not creditable to Iowa.
Such things are not uncommon in
some countries, but that they could
happen in Iowa is a matter Of gen.
uine regret to the people of this
state. 1t is to be hoped that the
culprits guilty of these crimes may
be apprehended.
The Baltimore American, which
processes to be republican news
paper, has suggested, with evident
seriousness, the denomination of
Ex-President Taft for president on
the republican ticket. OF course,
the American cannot be working in
the interest of the republican par
ty. The denomination of Taft, as
practically all politicians will read
| lily realize, means the certain vic
tory of the democratic party. Taft
had his trial at the helm and made
the most dismal failure Of any man
ever elected by the republican par
ty. About the only republicans who
will seriously favor the re-nomina-
ton of Mr.. Taft are men of the
stripe of Col. Peter Hepburn.
Before the election democratic
leaders in Iowa were saying lots of
good things about such standpatters
as Petered Hepburn, R. G. Cous-
ms, Joseph G. Cannon, Boise Pen
rose and men of that class. Now,
however, that some of these "old
timers" have been returned to con-
gress, the pop-guns of democracy are
directing shots at them. Fact of the
matter is, the democrats were glor-
flying that buch merely to injure
Cummins and men who stood with
him. The average democratic lead
er is bitterly opposed to all candi-
dates who are not democrats. They
oppose such progressives as Cum
Minis with the same vehemence as
they oppose such reactionaries as
Cannon and Penrose.
From the moment the European
war demoralized the cotton market,
howl for help was started in the
south and it did not take 1t long to
assume the tone Of a charity wall.
No wonder the whole country be-
lieved that the sOuth's and the ma
tons cotton was an applicant for
charity. Atlanta Constitution.
The Constitution is one of the
leading papers of the south and it is
deserving of commentator for
speaking right out in meetin'. The
way the south has been acting be-
cause cotton was forced down in
value with the breaking out OF the
war is not creditable to that Sec
ton. The people Of Iowa have lost
millions of dollars the past few
weeks because of the foot and mouth
disease and the quarantine against
stock from this state. Yet Iowa is
not setting up howl that can be
heard clear around the world and is
not asking special legislation to COM
pensate it for losses sustained. 1t
is universally regretted, of course,
that the south has suffered such a
financial loss, but the south, like
the north, ought to pocket its losses
and get ready to retrieve them in
the future.
Over in Franklin county Wom-
an died few months ago who had
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