The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-13
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

j is entitled to impeachment or exon.
GRAFTON, as the case may be. He
may have made a mistake; he even
comedies that he may have done so.
but what the people are entitled to
know is whether the governor acted
from unworthy motives That is the
question If he did, he should be
| condemned, but if he did not, he
! should be exonerated. That is his
due, and the honor of the state de-
mands it,
Davenport Democrat: Altogether,
the Rathbun case has been the high
explosive that has been set off by
the smoldering i'll feeling in the Iowa
republican camp and that has blown
Things up generally. One of these
days someone will give the governor
a clean bill of health, but that will
be far from the end of the incident.
Perry Chief: Mr. Hayner and his
plans for the betterment of the state
would be more popular if his tactics
did not follow so closely the lines of
the men whose motto is: ITO h
with everything else; we want to get
Harding"
Waterloo Times~Tribune: We gath
er from the governors message that
he doesn't like Havner, and from
Havner's reply that he doesn't like
the governor.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Gov
ernor Harding has in no wise helped
his case by explaining his action in
the Rathbun case to the legislature |
In nutshell, his whole statement |
amounts to an admission that he
committed an error in granting the |
pardon His excuse was a claim that |
the evidence submitted to him was
AN improper record"
Atlantic News-Telegraph: Governor |
Harding is right. II he has been |
guilty of corruption in the Rathbun /
case, he should be impeached. I'll
not, then the legislature should tell |
the people so.
Boone News-Republican It is un-
fortunate that the Rathbun case will
cause split in the legislature.
which was going along famously, but
we suppose 1t could not be helped.
Iowa City Citizen: II is probable
hat Governor Harding made several
mistakes in handling this matter
1.-THE Rathbun pardon), and that not
LII of his explanations fully explain,
,ut the people of the state are most
Interested in the main point, which
s the motive prompting his action
Webster City Freeman-Journal:
government control of the railroads Ii
eems to be a control that doesn't /:
the expense side
# the ledger. :
Des Moines Capital: The value of L
complete series of state parks in Z
owa can hardly be overestimated Ii
Their main usefulness will come In
'pening up nearby areas for recre-
tion purposes. especially for town
nd country people who cannot, for
arious reasons, take extended trips
nnually to national parks The parks
7ill have the added value of pro-
lora, historic spots and imposing
Biological features
Cedar Rapids Republican: 1t is
asy enough to- go into world affairs,
ut it is often harder to get out.
hat is why the American people are
ding to look about carefully before
hey get into a league and also into
he kind of a league that they are
citing in.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Mr. Will
On cannot shift responsibility to the
epublicans in congress for the ex-
sting situations. He has assumed
nat no other American than himself
ouId so well represent this country
q the peace conference He has re
Ised to call congress in session SO
nat its members might transact pub
c business. In these assumptions
included absolute responsibility
,r the failure of measures which
ongress could pass upon IL that body