Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-12

be a joke upon the president and his
congressional aids. if the people
would make a boomerang out of the
law they hoped to stake" some
thing like 100000 votes with.
It would be interesting to know
just what the peerless boy orator
thinks of arbitration now and of the
way Wilson kicked it out of the back
door. The peerless one has had much
to say of mine and Wilson's ar
bitration treaties" declaring that
they will be doing duty in the world
a thousand years from today. But
what is to become of them If all the
countries signing them have weak
man in office when it requires some
courage to insist upon their being
enforced? 1t might cause little
inconvenience to arbirate while the
way could be smoothed down by sur
rendering ignobly and disgracefully
to the unjust demands. of one party
interested.
1t is hard for The Register to un-
derstand the apparent indifference
of the friends of Senator Cummins
to the turn the Harding candidacy
has given to the general politics OF
the state. We have from time to
time republished items from news
papers naturally for Harding show
ing that the senatorial succession
lis one of the things that is enter
ling into the calculations of the
Harding en.-Register and Lead
Ter.
Well, the friends of Senator Cum
minis are not afraid to trust the peo-
Pile and if the people of Iowa want
to send Harding to the senate that
lis their business. Evidently the Reg
lister and Leader is afraid that Hard
ing will make such a good governor
that the voters of the state will in
sist upon sending him higher?
The same fellows who tried to kick
this country into war with Germany
over the louisiana tragedy are now
trying to kick the country into war
with England over the latter's inter-
ference with United States COM
merce and mails on the high seas.
President Wilson settled with Ger
many without war and he will set
tie with England without war. Both
settlements will eventually prove
satisfactory to American citizens of
ordinary common sense.-Manson
| Democrat.
Say, Jack, if these international
questions can be so easily settled by
the president and settled in a way
that will satisfy Americans gener-
ally what is the use of that $780,
600, 900 or s7OO,o00,OO0 appropria-
ton for preparedness? Why not
save that money and dispense with
the bond issue now in course of nego-
tiation, and why increase war taxes
from time to time? Possibly 1T
would not be such an easy matter to
settle these problems if Uncle Sam
was really too proud to fight and
wasn't expending millions Of dollars
to prove that phrase is only one OF
President Wilson's humorous obser-
vations.
We are inexpressibly relieved that
a strike on the railroads has been
averted. The feeling of relief is
so keen that the public can even for
give congress for appearing to act
under duress.-Boone News-Repub-
lican.
This appears to be the popular
view and if it is it marks back
ward step in our ideals and in our
courage to stand for the right. Have
| the American people arrived at the
point in their history where they
are willing to condone program of
duress that the public might escape
some hardships? Is there so little of
Ivirile blood left in our veins that
our first consideration is for ex-
pediency? Have we lost sight of
the square deal? Are we so anxi-
GUS to placate an army of 100000
votes that we surrender principle
and desert policy, advocated for
years? Are employers to have no
rights that congress and the presi-
dent are bound to respect? The