The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-01
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Marshaiitown Times-Republican:
The New York Times has discovered
that President Wilson is considering
Ed Meredith for his secretary Of agri
culture. This viii certainly throw Jim
Pierce into commissions.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Having
ment On the validity OF the Adamson
law, the newspapers viii now calmly
await the judgment OF the court OF last
Waterloo Courier: Henry Waiter.
son. editor Of the Louisville Courier
Journal. has begun writing impassion.
ed phiIippics against prohibition
Which is pretty good evidence that
Marse Henry is @gettin' scairt. about
Kentucky
Sioux City Journal: The admins
tration is taking its time about taking
" its end Of the submarine contro-
yersy and nobody in this country Is
urging haste. 1t is apparent now that
Iif the magnitude OF the Lusitania dis
aster had not shocked the country in.
to an abnormal degree OF interest in
the principle involved there would
have been little mere excitement over
the submarine issue than over the mail
censorship or the, commercial black
list.
Cedar Rapids Republican; Mr..
Bryan is never suppressed. He has al,
ready been credited with designs on
the nomination four years hence. He
10 going to start out now to make the
whole country dry and four years
hence he Is going TO psesent himself
on that national issue. No one can tell
the size or Importance of that issue In
that time. But Mr.. Bryan may have
as much trouble with the national
democratic party converted to dryness
as Meredith had with the democratic
party tied to that theory. There is no
telling SO far ahead. Four years from
now we may be in a bigger reaction
Burlington Hawk-Eye: There is
much rejoicing over the fact the Pres
ident Wilson's message 70 congress
will contain but 1000 words and some
of the admirers of the administration
state that no such thing ever happen
C.
be expected of the admirers of the
president. II they had ever seen the
messages Of Abraham Lincoln. they
would not engage in such foolish talk.
incidentally, any one who is familiar
with, the messages of Lincoln will be
able to realize the difference between
"a lot OF fine phrases strung together,
and a living, real message to nation,
written in the most beautiful Ameri-
can.
Muscatine Journal: This is going
TO be good winter to live up to a
simple Iife1 resolution.
GIidden Graphic: The Graphic
lagrees with the Sac Sun that the non
partisan judiciary law should be re-
pealed Its bad points so completely
;overshadow the good that there is lit
tile excuse for keeping the statute an
other two years. AS the Sun says. the
law allows men to get onto the judicial
ballot who could not possibly be nomi'
mated at a party convention or pri-
mary. The further fact that the sbal.
lot is So arranged that not one-haf OF
the voters take notice of it is alone
good reason why the statute is an un.
desirable one.
Ma-sh.!i.c-a Times P er.hlic.... :
altogether admirable is the reported
determination OF Governor Clarke to
appoint business man or progressive
| farmer-in any case, no lawyer-to
the railroad commission to fill the
place of the late Mr.. Wilson. There
| are now two legal fellows On the com
mission, and they themselves will
probably feel good in communion with
a man who has the business mans
viewpoint.
Coon Rapids Enterprise: Many re
pubIicans wondered when Hughes was
in California why he turned cold
shoulder to Hiram Johnson, the pro-
gressive candidate for United States
senator OF course, he was advised to
do this by the republican state com
mittee. fearing that friendliness to.
ward Johnson might lose Hughes old
line republican votes. But, since John
son carried California by a tremend.
GUS majority, it is seen that ignoring
Johnson was the one great mistake OF
the campaign 1t lost Hughes the cleo.
ton.
Sioux City Journal: Everybody who
| lie opposed to government ownership
of railways should exert every ounce