The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13
IOWA PaEss COMMENT.


IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
The nonparttaan judiciary law may
be good one, bat Il needs whole
lot Of nxin'.. nays the Perry Chief
III Cunmino II 1t the end OF his
rope, the vote Of Tuesday does not
show It" says the Emmetsburs Re
porter.
The Mason City Globe Gazette says
that Brother LaFoIfstte's reflection on
the last election VIII also prove In
teresting when he has time or inclin-
alton to speak.
! The Nevada Representative says the
recent efection viii be found TO have
helped nightly toward definition OF
the political Issue between the two
Fold parties The progressive party.
If il survives It ALL the Representa-
| tive continues, will cease to COM
mand considerable attention"
Mt. Hamilton" says the Daven-
port Times. is to be congratulated
that at time In life when q man
naturally seeks his ease he viii not
have legislature on his hands"
The Mason CITY Times says that if
Governor Clarke had got behind the
plan to pave the highways OF Iowa
and give the farmers q chance to get
to market HE majority would have
been 1000 fnbtead OF 10000
/ The Charles City Express says that
las a result OF the wreckage OF last
Tuesday There are a raft Of bull
moosers who couldn't be kept out OF
1 the <. o. D. ranks with club or
Roosevelt's big sticx, and they VIII
want to run the party, too"
Colonel Pete Hepburn picked out a
bad time for breaking record OF
fifty eight years, :. says the Dubuque
Times Journal.
"Mr. Connolly says the Des Moines
Tribune will doubtless treasure that
letter OF Endorsement from the presi.
dent although it didn't get him any
thing"
The Clinton Herald predicts that
the eleventh district will tire Of the
novelty In much less than two years.
One OF the hardest things the dem
ocrats have to choke down." says the
| Marshalltown Times-Republican, is
that they made the Wilson issue them
selves in Iowa and wish they hodnt. {
Colonel keith, says the Webster
Freeman-Tribune, sis congratulating
himself that he escaped from the bull
moose camp before the cyclone struck.
The colonel always was an expert at
telling which way the wind was blow
| ing.
4 The Waterloo Times-Tribune wishes
4 It to be remembered that the anti
4 capitol extension campaign was a
| Hamilton campaign and that the dem
ocratic organization In the state had
nothing to do with t. 1T was an In
diridual campaign Issue and not one
of thu democratic party the Times
i Tribune adds.
The Des Moines Register and Lead.
er suggests that Mr.. Taft can't regain
the friendship Of T. Roosevelt By
Laughing at the shrinkage OF the bull
moose party.
The only reaction Indicated In ths
recent election returns" says the
Cedar Rapids Republican. 'fis a sub
sidence Of some forms of political
foolishness On essential progress
/ there will be no brakes"
Fifty thousand majority answering
nay is the reply OF Iowa republicans
to the charge OF Colonel Hepburn that
Cummins was unworthy OF support,
says the Council Bluffs NonpareH
| The Burlington Gazette says that
Uncle Joe Cannon has shown recup-
! eratiye powers that make the nine
lives of cat look like . case OF
/ quick consumption.
There is little in the outcome that
can afford consolation to the repubii-
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