The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-16
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Journal: Water Is q
fine thing for human beings, taken in
ternally, or externally. But persons
who cannot swim, should beware OF
taking foolish liberties with the liquid.
Most of the drownings that are re-
corded, from one end of the country
to the other, from late June to early
September, are due to the folly of the
victims or some Of their so-called
friends.
Burlington Hawk-Eyet If Mr.. Will
son believes in woman suffrage, as he
processes. then what is his objection
to its adoption by the United States
states? There is a variation in
method but the principle is the same
equal suffrage.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
But those whiskers Of ,. Ham Lewis
are not in the same class with
Hughes beard. Nobody has yet
been able to poke fun at Hughes
whiskers and get away with it while
y. Hams only real hold on fame
rests On his comedy lambrequins.
Coon Rapids Enterprise: The Des
Moines Register. editorially and by
cartoon, is still trying to make it APP
pear that Harding is a villain Of very
dark hue, still 1t Is matter of indis-
putable record that black Cd as Hard
ing is. the Register and Leader offered
to drop all opposition to him If he
would make one Gardner CowIes a
member of the state board of educa-
ton. Harding refused to be bossed
or coerced and so he is to be driven
from public life But Harding will be
elected by the biggest vote ever given
an Iowa governor. The Des Moines
political ring will look like so cents
the morning after election. This ring
is composed Of republicans and demo-
Gratis and is a menace to the state.
The sooner 1t Is stricken down the
better.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa is at
tracing more attention from the fact
that a farmer lost $4,000 to a bunch
OF other gamblers on fake horse race
than is bestowed upon the state in
connection with Its splendid harvests
or other material or moral interests.
Mason City Globe Gazette: An edi-
tor with statistical turn OF mind
discovers that Carranza's note which
Wilson accepted as a basis of nego-
ttations calls the Washington ad-
ministration untruthful nine times,
questions its good faith FIVE times,
accuses it Of Inconsistency six times
and warns It to get out OF Mexico
three times.
Washington County Press: A per-
son who has vacant lot and allows
the weeds to grow on It unmolested or
in the alley or street adjoining It,
whether it is adjoining his home or
somebody else's, Is certainly destitute
of civic pride.
Waterloo Courier: General Car
rama has consented informally to
widen the scope OF the commission
which is to attempt to straighten out
the differences between the United
States government and the de facto
government. But only time will tell
whether Carranza desires these ques-
the prospect of a talk fest which will
result in-nothing.
SOoAASAA 4SAAAb AN0ARolCh. IL lSu =
safe proposition to rush into print
to deny statements made by Candi-
date Hughes. He isn't in the habit
Of issuing indictments without sub
stantial evidence.
Cedar Rapids Republican,: The
Sioux City Journal thinks that 1t may
be called a single tax because not a
single farmer can be found who is In
favor of it. Does that imply that Candi-
date Meredith is not entitled to be
ranked as farmer? He has at least
told the farmers how to farm.
Des Moines Register: II he cares to
increase Mr.. Roosevelt's admiration
for him, MIR. Hughes should return
from his tour with the announcement
that he has had perfectly corking
time
Sioux City Tribune: In enacting
child labor legislation. wilson and
congress are endeavoring to give the
children Of the United States Of Am
erica their places in the sun, in the
great out Of doors, where they right
fully belong.
nolfe Arrow: II you are in favor Of
Des Moines running the state, look
over the candidates, and If you see u
Des Moines tag on one Of them vote
for him. If you are not in favor Of
this kind of a proposition watch the
les Moines papers and do the oppo-
site to what they tell you to do. Des
Moines put over that $2,000,000 extern
sion, wants a 81 100000 palace of JUS
tice on 1t, several million dollars
worth of monuments on it, and few
other thins. Can't you help Des
Moines out theis year? II you can't, go
to sleep, they'll help themselves
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