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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
4
The Hull Index notes Editor remarks on Senator Root and Gov race talk from Council Bluffs and Des Moines papers. It lists Iowa laws taking effect July 4 including rural tuition and fire marshal. Kenyon backs Taft but will vote against reciprocity. public sentiment cited.
The Sioux City Journal questions Senator Kenyon’s Lorimer committee conclusions and notes a supposed lie under oath. It also contrasts American and Canadian standpatters in the reciprocity debate and predicts adverse effects for farmers and agriculturists.
The Sibley Tribune cites Canadian papers to claim opposition to the treaty comes from politicians seeking advantage. The Mason City Globe-Gazette notes the Washington chessboard of business and politics, arguing that earnest statemanship is needed to avoid harming the public and Congress.
The author ridicules recalls and referendums as dangerous to democracy. He argues judges should be secure in their jobs and laws rewritten by appointed rulers to preserve republican government, challenging readers to question if they are “boobs” or truly informed citizens.
The Du buque Telegraph-Herald argues private ownership of natural monopolies sustains trusts and urges abolishing private monopoly. Cedar Rapids Republican urges voters to reject coterie-made candidates to serve the whole county impartially. Sioux City News criticizes checks and balances and calls for more decisive action and less judicial balancing.
The Sioux City News editorial labeled as They Say We Are Boobs quotes Former Attorney General Bonaparte addressing the Illinois State Bar Association. He denounces laws as the work of vote hunters and demagogues and argues they are embryonic, to be shaped by judges. He criticizes lawmakers as petty and timid while asserting judges are more capable than the Legislature.
A Des Moines based group calling itself the Greater Des Moines Committee sends readers to country papers requesting to publish ads for the cause. The writer denounces the tactic as advertising for which home merchants would pay, urging papers to support local businesses instead.
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