The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-14
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
II is all right to minimize politics
as politics is generally understood put
IL would be the limit OF idiocy to Tor
get that legislators must be elected
and the affairs of the state go on prop
eriy under the best men We are aoie
to elect. And every one or them
should be 100 per cent Americans. Put
none but Americans on guard.
Cedar Rapids Republican: In the
revelations now being published by
Mr.. Rathom of the Providence journal
there is one interesting item about
William Jennings Bryan, who was
then secretary of state. appears
that he was a constant butt OF riaicuie
in the German embassy he was heio
up as an easy mark and almost tanta-
mount to a fool in diplomacy. And all
the time Bryan was trying TO give alo
and comfort 20 the Germans ny adVo.
eating a peace policy on the part OF
America. They called him Familiarity,
among themselves, the gross-maul-
| ichen, meaning the big-mouthed Bryan
land then ven Bernstorff, Won Papen
would laugh outrageously.
| Council Bluffs Nonpareil: General
Crowder says that il the almost unan-
swerable arguments for class exemp-.
ton which are made to exemption
boards were needed, it would result in
an army composed only of Migrants
and the sons of the idle rich, made
auate in number and contemplate IN
personnel" And he doesn't make any
distinction between the two classes
at ALL
Des Moines Register: The news
papers have as a rule treated the al
ministration of the war with more
thoroughness and made their criticism
more intelligently than the members
of congress.
Iowa City Republican: Why don't
candidates for Office be truthful ana
admit they want office? But nearly all
of them come with the explanation
that the people are urging them to run.
The fact is people seldom, almost
never, seek out man ana urge
him to run unless there is no show OF
election and they are anxious to I'LL up
ty years in strongly republican coun-
ty and were never asked to run for OF
fee, but In a strongly democratic coun-
ty we have been urged" when there
was not ghost Of q show of election.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Senator Cum
minis made remarkable statement. if
correctly reported in the senate on
Monday while the administration rail
road bill was under consideration 1t
is known to all students or even ob-
servers of the subject" said the sem
ator. that the greater part of the
capital stock of the railway corpora
lions represent no value whatever.
The senator must have spoken hastily
or else is misquoted. If he could ne
presented with that greater Part OF
the capital stock of the railway corpor-
atoms he would be rich man. we
doubt if those who own "the greater
part would be willing to part with it
without pecuniary consideration, an at
titude that would seem to be warrant
ed by the stock markets of the world.
Sioux City Journal On February
i! 9 the newspapers announced that Col
cnel House had been summoned to the
white house for long conference
On February II the president address
ed the world On peace. 1t is now def
nitely established how lone It takes.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The person
who expects to see sound corn sell be
low 81. 90 at any time will 70 doubt be
compelled to revise his estimates.
With the progress of investigation
la Of he
time to time the original uses for
feed in the natural state and for meal
no longer are the chief sources Of
strength.
Winterset News: The man who &C
more. grumble less and cut out the
gloomy pictures
Algona Upper Des Moines Republi.
can When a man is at the head Of
: some department of the government
! he is damned if he don't"
: Winterset News: The man who &C
+ cepts position on a patriotic com
mittee or mission and lies down on IL
: lis a slacker.
DEBORAH Republican: There is cry
ing demand for more sheep, but the
country will never get them as Iona
as we have the Underwood tariff Law
on our books.
, PRICE OF WHEAT SUBSTITUTE
Minneapolis Journal: When con
6 gress in its wisdom passed the Leve,
bill, it forebore all price fixation, ex
cept as to wheat The theory was thai
the price of wheat would control the
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