The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-22

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havs he'd The honee d IN Introdus4fon to thst
iasssDstsne celebrity, "the sieksdsst man In New
Y1fk.r : most villainous looking scamp, and Of
ses6ping sinilss honor Of - istsodnetiea % his
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which many lsss dissi14sishsd woasa deys assh
de1iehk havo even passea through the resi-
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eshievsDents - sight sesf ase complste. II II
: nfeesanDs Asa, - ~ sAEss- stosisd bfsek, With
esiIises WhieA almost touch ones head, anA aoors
nd stain Hesn thTuash with ~ trampliDg Of the
thesaDs1s = eseeNhS have srAs0d 4Aae ~ soA4
hopslses AssSA1Ssf. Behind The little bar-room,
the old daneiAe hAll has - eapptteA WITH few
bsnchss and s6airs, tsbIs, soas tracts and YES
~ ~ ~ vpeT. Hsr4 pumbsf ol peopA wore
ass6mblinR for worship, respectable people who
| had bosn drawn from dle4Ancs BY curiosity
desire 10 do gosd, while IL nsn Of that rsgion
crowded n tha s1tGR room around the doorway, OF
lomssd q othsr dooss looking on, and the women
loilsd ont sf windows ~ on ths door steps and
espe1. 1he nsstfAgs - naattsrs Of curiosity to
| ShSm md sons rood may come Of them; but the
| nissionasy thst 10 wasted In New York il the To-
comotive-A way 70 get out Of the city in the eve
nins and hAoh 70 work in the morning. It j. inn
! poeofbio for man TO work In the city and sleep
| out Of II. It il journey Of an hour and half
from City Hall 70 car drawn BY steam, and Ia
borisg maa can neither afford the time nor expense
sf trsveeiD4 back and forth to work. 30 they are
piled into down tnwn houses like magsots in a
cheese. ! visited one OF tho best model tenement
houses, yeeeerdy, and found sixty six fazniliss on
slot Sexloe fse giving spass Of earth's sur
facs Of neele over DIS let square for each fAm.
ily Not more than they are entitled 70 for graves
i Az have sAiAs this IL ono of the bssst tene-
msnt hsusss, fes u has No tencnsnts mors than
two feet below the surface. Ono part FACES on a
marrow stssst into shisA Ill the asAss and gsrb-
age 10 thrown, and the drainage into two wells,
the contents Of which must - csfried through the
main hall, thrown into night carte, and csrted
miles eeFeeo the CITY, 20 b dumped into river
The wharf At one sfde OF the city, built Of q dump
hss long sfnos fallen into decay 20 that high caSt.
from thst side Of the city, must pas clear Acros.
to the ethef to reach dumping wharf In that
city the World boasts thst the Democratic major.
ity IL larger than the entire Republican vote
Democracy, when ~ the south denied 70 tns
labef ~ man tne 70 nis own bones, IN tne
North denied HIN pure air, sunshine, and enough
OF the earth surface WINE living 70 bury HIN
when dead. Democracy contracts topay TO then
} Democrats, brown, Devoe, and KNAPP, s4as.50o .
year in ten years Tor cleaning the streets one
year after sain democrats sell their contract fol
$.oe,VuV. Iney nave saved enough to secuTs
, them airy churches. iux1r'ons pariors, well KEEP
grass Plsts, fast horses and elegant carriages
wnile the poor man Wades 70 nis little DARK room
through heaps OF fostering nth, sleeps In fetid
atmosphere, and sees his children pine and dix
for want Of pure air and sunshine. The reekina
record which American Democracy has made FOL
} ITSELF in the city OF New York, would surely b
it, death Warrant. II II were not that 50 many
thousands Of its victims are unable to read. NJ
Esstsrn potentate sver coneocted more efiectiv
scheme Of robbing the poor for the benefit Of thu
rich, than that devised and being constantly ex'
ecutsd by the Democratic government OF thu
city Of Nsw Nork. " Gre 1t not for the Metro
, rolitAn Police and Board Of Health, organ
i.ed and sustained by the Republican Gov
Q n nent Of the State, the city must, befor'
: this time, have been abandoned to thieves,. des'
peradoes and prostitutes. Az it is, these two
, Boards have long been engaged in very unequa
contest, but gradually and surely driving thu
, enemy to the last ditch. The famous Five Point
whose nights and sounds Of horror have beer
stamped on my memory for fifteen years.-.is nov
comparatively clean and decent. Then, had oil
escort of citizen and police ctaccr specially en-
ploysd for that purpose, ere ii was thought saf
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