Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-25

who, like many of their predecessors,
reflect great credit upon our state
and nation.
HARDING AND ASSOCIATES.
The republican nominee for gov
ernor of this state has received the
unqualified Endorsement of his party
as expressed at the primary. This
expression speaks the confidence of
the people at large. It says that
the republicans of Iowa who have
always stood in the forefront for law
enforcement believe in our candi-
dates firmly expressed policy and in
tention to require the enforcement
of all laws, and to guard the pub
lie treasury against needless extrav-
|agance and expenditure. We recog
nize in him the type Of fearless and
progressive Americanism which
make him leader of thought and
action, and pledge the unqualified
support of the party to the next gov
ernor of Iowa, Hon. w. L. Harding.
We gunequivocally indorse each
and all of the nominees of the re-
publican party for state offices, and
pledge to them the party support,
and pledge to the people Of the state
a strict adherence by these candi
dates to the principles of the party
las herein enunciated.
CLARKE ADMINISTRATION.
We refer with pride to the effic-
lent and economical administration
|of Governor George w. Clarke. He.
has worthily followed in the foot
steps of his predecessors and as he
|retires from his high Office he car
ries with him the approval of the
people of Iowa.
PROHIBITION.
The republican party in Iowa has
always been in favor of the enact
ment and enforcement of temperance
and prohibitory laws. 1t has writ
ten every Temperance law which has
been enacted in this state. and has
done so over the determined opposi-
Ition of the democratic party in plat
form and in the legislature. The
single defeat the republican party
has suffered in this state was accom-
plished by a democracy united on a
platform opposing prohibition Of the
liquor traffic. The only proposal to
amend the constitution, by writing
prohibition therein, was submitted
by order of republican legislature.
For forty years the republican party
has shown by it's words and it's acts
that it is opposed to the liquor traf-
| fic. We believe that the real friends
of temperance will pin their faith to
a party with such record in pref
lerence tO/one which processes sud
den conversion to temperance after
more than forty years of consistent
and insistent opposition.
We favor any and all laws which
will effectuate temperance. We re-
affirm the past utterances of the re-
publican party of Iowa upon prohi-
hition which has become the settled
policy of this state, and declare that
there should be no backward step
thereon. We believe the people of
the state should have a right to
pass upon the question of constitu-
ltional prohibition, and we pledge
that the next legislature will submit
| to the people the proposed prohibi-
tory amendment approved by the
|Thirty-sixth general assembly.
We stand for the vigorous en-
Iforcement of all laws and unequivoc-
ably pledge our candidates to that
policy.
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
Clearly recognizing the import
ance of good roads as an economic
and social asset to any state, the re-
publican party stands for the con-
tinued improvement of the highways
lOf this state until its roads are as
good as are needed for any legiti-
mate purpose. We most heartily ia
| vor the building of the very best
roads the taxpayers are able and will
| ling to pay for, insisting only that
we are opposed to any bond issue for
the purpose Of paying for the hard
surfacing of roads, either by state.
county, township or road district,
except by consent of the parties who
are to be taxed therefor or in case
of emergency.
We believe that the words local
community" as used in the demo-
cratic platform, are too indefinite
and that that platform is no guaran-
ty that n county, acting as a unit,
shall not be permitted to force sys-
tenn of road Improvements upon some
small subdivision of county, COM
pelling a few taxpayers to assume
the burden of an improvement
which they may be glad to have, but