The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-04
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IOWA pHESS COMMENT.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
There is no fool SO great as an old
fool who fmagihes himself a gay
lothario between 80 and three score.
Let them take the medicine of fools.
II is the only effective remedy. The
Mann law may not be specific but
It certainly shows remedial qualities.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The demo-
cratic brother who placed Iowa in the
democratic column in his political
demonstrations for November. will
be somewhat astonished when the re-
turns come in, and will have to spend
few years explaining to his friends
how he arrived at such conclusions.
Davenport Times: Colonel Harvey
says there is no use OF expecting pre-
paredness so long as there is a secre-
tary Of the navy like Daniels on the
Job In the presidents cabinet. There
fore Harvey is against Wilson. And.
IL Is all the more interesting because
Colonel Harvey was the first man in
the United States of any Influence to
suggest woodrow Wilson as pos
sfble presidential candidate the first
time and it was largely as a result Of
his influence that Bryan was enabled
to put Wilson over at the Baltimore
convention.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: President
Wilson says he wants the vote of no
man who is disloyal to America.
This Is fine sentiment but who is
going to separate the goats from the
sheep? Who is disloyal to America?
Webster City Freeman-Tribune
The discussion OF the annexation OF
Canada after the war may as well be
dropped. Canada does not want to
be annexed and the people OF this
country do not want to annex any
territory against the will of the peo-
pie thereof. It would be great
thing for the United States to add
Canada to its, assets. The people OF
that country are high grade, equal
to the people of this country in every
essential, and would make the best
of citizens. But they are loyal to
Great Britain and this country cannot
afford to even seriously advocate an
nexation under existing circumstances.
Great Britain must be considered. II
the time ever comes when Canada,
Great Britain and the United States
can agree upon annexation then will
be the time to annex, and not until
then.
Ottumwa Courier: The old boys
with money bags and regulations to
sustain, will have to behave in the
future. The blackmailers and feder-
al officers are getting them right and
left.
Sioux City Journal: Former Presi-
dent Taft admits frankly that If he
had remained in the white house he
would have recognized Huerta. But
TAFT isn't running for anything this
year.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: When the
Christian Science Monitor concludes
that there is a connection between
the facts that Iowa has the highest
per cent Of literacy and the greatest
number Of automobiles per capita. 1t
draws zero on philosophy. Only one
auto driver in twenty Prime can read
the f1fteen-mile speed limit warnings.
Cedar Rapids Republican: In Ohio
500 churchmen passed resolutions for
more stringent divorce laws. They
want to make it almost impossible for
the home to be broken up, after it has
once been formed. Those resolutions
are easily passed by those who are
happily married. but If one of those
clerical gentlemen we're married to
woman who was in the habit OF
throwing flatirons at their heads or,
il a woman. was married to a man
who was in the habit of coming home
drunk and breaking up the furniture,
then We have an idea. they wo lid he
Ilieve in divorce, It al and alwavs de-
ponds upon how one is situated. We
can always pass resolutions for the
other fellows better than we can for
ourselves.