Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-22

arising for it to do so. In the event
of war with any European power
New York City and other eastern
coast towns would be subjected to
dangers of attack, hence the inhab-
itants of those cities are greatly in
terested in adequate naval protec-
ton. Should the president be pre-
sented with such a petition and deem
the situation grave enough to comply
with the prayers of the petitioners,
it is to be hoped that he will insist
in the call that no other business
shall be taken up. Congress in ses-
sion at such a time as this is very
serious thing. Congress is too easily
taken off it's feet by popular clamor
to be trusted to do the right thing
when public feeling is at white heat.
Calm Judgment should hold full sway
of the war declaring power when the
situation is so critical as at present.
A few days ago the Freeman
Tribune spoke of the prospective
candidacy of Senator Allen of POGO
hontas for the republican nomination
for governor and it can now state
definitely that Mr.. Allen has decided
to enter the contest. He is a Tenth
district man and will develop much
strength throughout the district and
all over northwestern Iowa. He has
been in public life for nearly TWEEN
ty years, though yet a comparative
ly young man, and is very popular
with all classes of voters where
known. He is one of the successful
business men of Pocohontas county,
a large land owner, banker and a
man of affairs. At the opening of
the Spanish American war he organ
lied company at Laurens. When
it became evident that it could not
enter the service as a distinct unit,
he volunteered as a private in Com
pany F of the Forty-ninth Iowa, and
served with it until it returned from
Cuba. In 1902 he was elected a
member of the board of regents of
the State university. He resigned
from that place in 1907 to take the
seat in the senate to which he was
elected in 1906.
Reelection to the senate came in
1910 and again in 1914. During the
two latest sessions he served as
chairman of the ways and means
committee and the retrenchment
and reform committee.
Under the law which takes effect
July 4th special officers may be en-
ployed to enforce certain laws and
the authorities must exercise great
care in selecting such special Of
ficers, to the end that disreputable
and undesirable men may not secure
such responsible positions. At Des
Moines they are having lots of
trouble over special officers and A.
D. Hurlbert, the man who operated
in this city last fall, appears to be
the chief offender. Hurlbert secur-
ed a commission on June 5th and it
was only a few days until it develop
ed that a mistake had been made.
Chief Crawford says he twas called
to the offices of the anti-saloon
league and informed that Hurlbert
was a crackerjack booze buyer" ac-
cording to the Register and Leader.
"Of course I had to consent to his
securing a permit or I might have
been accused of not desiring to sup
press the illegal sale of liquor. l
told Hurlburt that he might look for
bootleggers, but l gave him implicit
instructions not to attempt to arrest
disorderly persons, for the reason I
have men of more experience to-
whom l entrust this work" Hurl-
burt arrested a woman and said he
had reason to believe that she was
of immoral character because she
walked along the street swinging