Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-06-27

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W. F. Hunter ............ Editor
D. L. Hunter ...... Business Mgr.
Love directed towards the eternal
and infinite feeds the mind with pure
10Y, and is free from all sadness.
Wherefore it is greatly to be desir-
ed, and to be sought after with our
whole might.-Spinoza.
The country is now reaping the
legitimate consequences Of weak
and wabbling foreign policy.
It appears that the slogan, will
son kept us out of war;" is soon to
be shot full of holes by United States
soldiers in Mexico.
Congressman who never bat an
eye at pork barrel legislation are now
alarmed over the cost Of prosecuting
a war with Mexico.
In the, hurry and hustle of the
democratic national convention that
one term plank, that has done such
yeoman service in the past, was en-
tirely forgotten.
IF we have war with Mexico the
United States will get some valuable
lessons in the art which will be
worth much in the event of future
war with some nation of our size.
Charles Evans Hughes has had
his whiskers trimmed and from now
on he is going to devote his time to
trimming the sails Of a gentleman
by the name of Woodrow Wilson.
It took Hughes about fifteen min
utes to accept the republican nomin-
alton for president and Roosevelt re-
uuired about the same length OF
time to decline the progressive nom
nation.
If any aspiring politician in the
Tenth district has it in mind to be
candidate for congress against
Hon. Frank P. Woods, he better
get into the game at once. He
will need all Of the next two year.
to induce the voters to let go O
Woods.
s, Yes, Harding carried the wet dis
tricts and he likewise carried thu
dry districts. 1t is quite evident tina
the road question had as much to d.
with the result as the liquor ques
ton did. This being the situation
it is not going to be an easy matte1
for the drys to defeat Harding.
Ames has just celebrated the open
ing of 100000 hotel. If such {
.hostelry can be made to pay il
Ames, and it is believed it can, Web
ster City ought to be in the sam.
class. With the improvement of thu
Hawkeye highway the demand fo1
better hotel facilities here will b.
enlarged.
And the dispatches are now say
ing it is up to Carranza whether WI
shall have war with Mexico or not
Still, if war fails to come the par
tisans of President Wilson will sa,
he is the man who kept us out of it
Isn't it about time for the pacifist!
W StdFI d Iuduk DOu lOT Sdi IdIlZd
campaign.
The republican and democratic
national, platforms do not deal can
didly with the woman suffrage prop
osition. The republican plank is thu
little more satisfactory of the two, az
it speaks a good word for suffrage
but like the democratic plank, it
remands the question to the states
where it has always been.
Woodrow Wilson's initials stand
for will Win" Charles E. Hughes
initials stand for Cant Elect
Hughes. Manson Democrat.
Brother Dalton must have got
hold of an obsolete dictionary. The
latest edition is different. 1t says w
w. means Wilson Walloped," and
c. 3. HI. stands for Certain Election
of Hughes"
II press reports are true, Henry
Ford, the great grand stander and
advertiser sponger, has given notice