The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-31
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think any more. or are any more
concerned about true temperance
than the rest OF us is being rapidly
lost sight of. IL not sneered at. They
are entitled. when making such
claims, to be ranked among those
whom Nietsche would term super
hypocrites.
Ottumwa Courier: Don't worry
about the rain. 1t win come. Iowa
has never had crop failure and Is
not going to start now.
Hampton Chronicle: Ninety-nine
per cent. Of the people Of the state
believe that the Dies MoinGs Register
and few other papers greatly In
creased the Harding vots In the pri-
mary by their dirty fight against
true, too, and he knew It before the
date of the primary. One or two
newspapers OF the state have evil
IDENTIFY let these facts get away from
them. but everybody else Knows them
to be true.
Burlington Gazette: A meat famine
is threatened in st. Loui3 by strike
Of over 1000 employees of packing
plants. It's bad enough, hut II might
be worse. For example. suppose the
employees of the breweries should
strike?
Dubuque Times-Journal. Fifty coat
less men were seated together the
other day when an observing guest
noted that not one Of the number
wore suspenders. Quite change from
- n f,It
sidered a custom Of pioneer age.
won't be necessary for men to wear
high collars on hot days.
MarshalItown Times Republican:
The president is growing "irritated"
with Great Britain. But it's pretty
hard to tell real irritation from sum-
mer rash in Mr.. Wilson's case. His
irritations usually turn out to be mild
prickly heat.
Sioux City Journal: An appropria-s
ton of $2.0O0,000 for the relief Of
families of dependent guardsmen and
regulars has been agreed to by the
senate, as proposed by Senator John
son. Presumably this appropriation
is intended only as temporary ex-
pedient, and the order of the depart
ment mastering out all guardsmen
with dependent relatives will be car
ried out in due course of time. It is
eminently proper that the federal gov
eminent shall look after the depend
ents Of guardsmen while they are on
duty and relieve them of duty as soon
as they can be spared.
Waterloo Courier: The hot weather
dried up the ponds and makes 1t inn
possible for mosquitoes to breed.
This is one of life's little compensa-
tions which we should not forget
when inclined to fret about the beat.
Cedar Rapids Nonpareil: The Unit
ed States military authorities allowed
Mrs. Villa to cross the Eorder into
Mexico. Now if they really want to
locate the arch william let them
shadow the lady.
Ottumwa Courier: Ten years ago,
when the United States sent sixteen
Yarships around the world, it had to
hire twenty-seven foreign ships to car
ny coal for the warships-and still
some people say We are prepared for
war.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The
progressive party in Iowa has entered
the last stages OF humiliation. 1t has
placed in nomination, for governor, s.
II. Bashor, of Waterloo, or some
where about there Bashor has been
the candidate of everything and for
everything for two or three decades.
He can make himself tit any sort OF q
platform.
Sioux City Journal: Texas is too
close TO the Mexican border to have
warranted expectation of an admin
istration victory in the late primary.
But Texas will go democratic in No
the Texas repertoire will become
more extended, but just at present
Democracy" is the only song Tex
as knows.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Those
people who were fearful that we were
not going to have any warm weather
can now speculate as to whether we
viii have an early frost.
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: "Be-
cause of the scarcity of money" Is the
reason most frequently assigned by
ozppo-cnts why this or that improve
ment should not be made. 1t is an
old cry and in a great majority OF
instances II made to cover up the
real cause OF the opposition.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The story
that thirty or fifty submarines had
been caught on spoonhooks and trent
files by British sportsmen taking
outings at seaside resorts has not
been confirmed so far as the last
twelve are concerned.
Dubuque Times-Journal: No won
der the COW jumped over the moon.
She heard that ex-Representative A.
Mitchell Palmer, formerly of the ways
and means committee, who helped
put milk on the free list, had appear
ed before the committee recently and
argued to p1it condensed milk on a