Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-03

interested in the political issues now
attracting more or less attention.
Judge Kamrar presided at the
meeting and first introduced Judge
Lee, who happened to be in the city
on his way to harrisburg where he
delivered an address last night.
Judge Lee spoke for a few minutes
and urged support of the entire tick
ct. He said that he had disagreed
with Gov. Clarke on the questions
of capitol extension and increased
taxation, and had felt that some
other man should be the standard
bearer of the party for governor this
year, but the party had spoken at
the primary and Gov. Clarke was
fairly nominated and was therefore
entitled to the support of every re-
publican who believed the mission
of the party to be worthy. The ques-
lions dividing the parties in Iowa
were of too much weight to permit
the small differences within the re-
publican camp to prevent loyal sup
port of the party's nominees. The
Judges remarks were we'll received
and showed him to be good loser.
Attorney General Geo. Cosson was
then introduced The attorney gen.
eral was loaded with facts and fig
ures and succeeded in entertaining
the audience for more than an hour.
He showed conclusively that the So
called war tax just levied by author
lily of the democratic party was
made necessary by the extravaganza
and incompetency of the democratic
congress. Although the party had
denounced the extravagances of re-
publican congresses this congress ap-
propriated more than 100000
in excess of the appropriations made
by the preceding republican con-
.gress and but for the successful
fight made against the pork barrel
bill by Senators Kenyon and Burton
the expenditures would have been
increased by $73,OO0,O0O. 1,o00,-
600 had been saved because of the
shrinkage of the pension roll and
the administration had been unable
to turn over the proposed $25, OOO,-
600 blackmail fund to Colombia, yet
in the face of this saving the demo-
cratic party found it necessary to
levy an extra tax to carry on the or
binary expenses Of the government.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cosson's
remarks, Senator Kenyon took the
platform and succeeded in holding
the closest attention of the large au-
dience for an hour or more. He de-
clared that President Wilson is a
high minded gentleman, a, man of
great ability and rugged honesty,
but he thought he was too partisan
and too much welded to party to fill
the exalted position which he occu-
pies in a manner that would result
in the greatest good to the greatest
number He uses the big stick the
most effectually of any president ev-
er in the white house and does not
hesitate to repudiate the platform
upon which he was elected when he
feels so disposed. In fact the treat
ment accorded the democratic plat
form by the present administration
and congress reminded him of the
uses of the passenger coach platform
after getting in you turn around
and read over the car door: Keep
off the platform" The speaker al
so complimented the manhood and
honesty of Secretary Bryan, but de-
clared the secretary was one OF the
most partisan officials the govern
ment ever had in such an exalted
position. Every effort is exerted to
strengthen the party and no matter
what course is taken by such leaders
as Senator Cur,Dins in the inte:. st
of the people, the administration
and Mr.. Bryan are not fair enough
to accord him credit or even honor
able mention. The senator showed
by facts and figures that the war tax
of more than $10O,OO0,000 would
not be necessary but for unneces-
sary appropriations and careless ex-
penditures. The new tariff law had
succeeded in reducing the revenues
of the government but had failed to
reduce the high cost of living, as
had been promised by democracy.
The general record of Senator
Cummins was warmly endorsed and
the speaker declared that the senior
senator had worn himself out in the
heroic fight he had been carrying on
for the people for twenty-five years
and said that Cummins always stood