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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

The supreme court of Iowa has de,
cided that the state board of medical
examiners has the power to revoke
certificates of physicians without trial
in court. Judge Mcyey of the Polk
county district court enjoined the
board from revoking the certificate of
DR.. w. H. Smith of Shell Rock. who
pleaded that the statute giving the
board power to revoke certificates of
physicians was unconstitutional be-
cause it provided for taking the prop
erty and liberty of person without
due process of law. The supreme
court decides that the law was valid
and that the statute made provision
for protecting the constitutional rights
of persons affected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

around for something ma.
seize The editorial writer which va to
been at the somewhat sr Who Ia,
business OF exploding bombs aa alaths
pooning the opposition in and har
umn columbiads (if a mixos uouele COL
may be permitted) finds Il metaphor
tame to settle down to tho = m. mighty
sane basis of action and th e Ordinary
gradually his pulse slows nn 'usnt But
ny. ny -, = g. discussion of how it hs Al aosa
until the theme of Christmas a n,pe
becomes q pertinent topic for p' es
ial dissertation. Every hns,s ~, editor.
Its roses and its thorns ana ,'less has
editor is not always as a hsa ICING an
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

working efficiency ten per cent. Cen
eral Kuropatkin continues his secret
history of the Russo-Japanese war, de-
claring that the superior moral force
of the Japanese was responsible for
the defeat of the Russians; Burton j.
Hendrick writes of the battle against
the famous antitrust law, the measure
that for eighteen years has success
fully withstood the attack Of combina-
lions of both capital and labor; and
Ellen Terry tells of the death Of
Henry Irving, the greaL actor, who,
when asked what he had got out OF
life, said: We'll a good cigar, a good
glass of wine, good friends" Another
interesting feature is a collection Of
letters of Augustus Saint Gaudin, CIV
ing an intimate view of the period of
the famous sculptor's greatest triumph.
The Red Book Magazine opens with
a group of twenty-eight portrait
studies, followed by the last article
in the striking series Charles Edward
Russell has been writing on our inter-
national marriages. An essay by James
L. Ford, charmingly presented typo
graphically, in which that satirst takes
fling at social climbers, precedes a
collection of admirably illustrated
short fiction. There are stories by
Ralph d. Paine. George HYDE Preston
William Chester Estabrook, and FL
lott Fowler. One of the most strik-
ing and deeply human stories that mas
appeared in sometime is "a Kink in
the System, watch Richard Wash.
burn Clild has contributed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
RETIREMENT OF COUNTRY LIFE

According to a Washington dis
patch, President Roosevelt's mail is
stacked high these days with letters
concerning the Commission on Coun-
try Life, which he recently created,
and the number of communications on
the subject is growing greater daily.
A rather strange feature of this cor
respondence, considering the far
reaching significance Ct the commits
sion, is that so far it has contained
no word of adverse comment from
any quarter. The suggestions are all
constructive, and many of them will
prove of great help to the commits
sion when it formulates its plans of
campaign.
Many of the letters to the Presi-
dent 1t is said, are from men whose
names are known everywhere, but
the bulk of them are from the men
who are most vitality interested-the
farmers themselves. The general
tenor OF the farmers letters shows
that not only are they deeply con-
cerned in the work of the commission.
but that they have clear-headed ideas
of the Presidents purpose in starting
the inquiry and of what the outcome
may be. The writer's get down to the
business and set forth their ideas with
hard-headed logic and clearress of
statement that makes seem a little
doubtful if the belief of some per.
sons that rural schools ought to be
improved is well-founded. The farm
ers themselves, however, agree that
the educational facilities in the coun-
try districts ought to be made over
SO as to fit country conditions and
needs more closely. A number Of
writer's urge the need of introducing
some sort of elementary agriculture
into the schools. Not all are of this
opinion, however Some maintain
that there is danger of irving TO
make agricultural instruction too
academic.
The one point in which all the farm
ers without except IN agree with the
President is that the greatest trou-
Bile with agricultural life is its isola.
ton. The remedy for this that is
most frequently proposed is better
roads Another solution that is advo-
Gated by a large proportion of the
writer's is that means be sought to
prevent the holding of large farms by
persons or corporations who do not
work them themselves. The areu-
ment is advanced that such action
would attract settlers to the country
and that the wide spaces between
farms would be broken UP. and that
further If the big tracts which are
now worked by absentee owners or
held for speculation were split m
among independent owners. there
would be greater opportunity for
small farmers to come in and gain
profitable livelihoods.
A number of the Presidents CORE
spondents urge revival in some sort
OF the old lyceum which provided a
social center for rural communities
several writer's tell of excellent re.
suits that have been obtained in their
own neighborhoods by literary soci-
etles, not so much in their education.
al capacity as in providing a com.
nunity bond
Many suggestions are made con
corning the postoffice service. All
F, these letters are being filed and the
glst OF their contents will be brought
before the commission for it's con.
! sideration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
MALADJusTMENT RESPONSIBLE

Edward 7. Devine, editor CT Char
tiles, In the current number Of that
magazine again raises the question
whether the main cause for depend
ence and privation in America is NAL
adjustment rather than personal de.
pravity. He says he has no DISPOSE
ton to idealize the poor or to per-
NIT sentimentality to usurp the place
OF reason and common sense when he
challenges the traditional attitude of
those who assume personal fault or
shortening as explanation for need,
and who sigh over the improvidence,
perversity an ignorance of the poor.
According to this conscientious expert
and leader of organized charity, the
truth is That industrial accidents, sick
ness, widowhood, orphanage, INSULT
cient food and unsanitary dwellings
are fundamental causes of depend
ence. He finds it true that many de-
pendent families would be self.sup.
porting in another locality, and that
others would be except for irregular
ity of employment, for which they
are not responsible, and that others
would be self.supporting if in youth
they had had different education and
environment. All of these illustra-
tons point to reimbursement rather
than to personal fault and hence DR..
Devine says: 1T behooves charitable
agencies to weight thoughtfully the
probability at least that herein lies
the more important part of their
problem"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
on the Name.

Iowa City Republican: Iowa's r,.,
ton in the nations councils l. 'G d.
cidedly on the wane. Allison wv w
derson, Hepburn, Lacey, Shaw 9. men !.
the national figures are gone avo '" y.
Wilson, unless Hepburn shop,d ~ r.
called into the cabinet. Iowa mo ss
never again have such groun =,
leaders at Washington at one tim "
Their strength and worth will bs ~
preciated more in the future than "
is at present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

President Hadley of Yale, in an ad-
dress on the Duty of Newspaper
Renders" says that the jury service
nowadays is managed so badly that
in most of the states no intelligent
man wishes to serve on a jury if he
can help it. and that if he does have
to serve he gets only contempt for
the law, because of the way the law
yefs are allowed to misapply It. He
mas that present-day judges, in their
decisions on railroad nd tax cases,
are more occupied with the precedent
than with the actual fact.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
What's thu lIs.7

Why trail around with morbid fo,,
And chin a-sagging on the ground,
Because you fear that in Life's race
You're surely going to be downed,
There's nothing to be gained you
know.
By hitching Trouble on your string
For only grouchier you'll grow.
So what's the use of worryipgp
Smooth out the ruffles round vour
chin;
Look up in Gods sunlight and
smile;
Remember-you are not "all in
And won't be yet for quite awhile
Don't hunt for fears you think ara
due,
Look up, you pessimist, and sing,
There's happiness ahead for you.
So what's the use of worrying?
1t does no good to sit and sigh
Der Ills you fear will come to you:
Perhaps from out Tomorrow's sky
A ray Of hope may burst in view,
At least. you are alive Today,
Be glad for that one little thing
Tomorrow is SO far away.
So what's the use Of worrying?
e. A. Brininstoll In Los Angelo.
Express.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
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A Brief Respite, Ano.

Sioux City Tribune: "Thans
en- We'll now have a rest tS aeav'
tics for a while" ferventlv T ra POLL
The keokuk Gate City. But sh suiarss
There's congress coming on 1 INV, WEI
a United State senator to be 'l 0,s
ed down at Des Moines Novemhs se q
and few other things that mish l . .
mentioned to show that NOTES, .sn' Dc
continue to hold the center o, VII vi.
stage. VI la'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

Here is a chance for Chairman
Mack of the Democratic national com.
mfttee. The offer is made by the
Quincy Herald, of the same political
faith:
1.-THE last we heard of Chairman
Mack he could not possibly see how
Bryan could have less than 1893 cleo
toral votes. If he will kindly dig up
and deliver the missing electors we
will put his picture in the paper
once more already"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
MORE MEN TO BE EMPLOYED

That the important manufacturing
interests of this country are about to
put to work at least 100000 idle men
as result of the election of Mr.. Taft
is indicated by canvass made by
the National Association of Manufac.
turers ten days before election. The
replies to queries at that time show
clearly how the large business inter.
ests in all parts of the country-tne
south, as well as the east and vest
We're waiting for the result for the
election. In many cases large indus
trial plants were preparing to reduce
their number of operatives by just as
many as they will now add to their
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

The Quincy Herald. Democratic is
disposed to be philosophical, as well
as picturesque. 1t says of its party
that lit thrives on hope and fattens
on despair However, as long as it
isn't permitted to rule In this country
people generally will be Indifferent to
its provender.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

will show total of about 100000, or
twice the vote of four years ago.
The Socialists say that the Republi.
cans and Democrats combined against
them. Debs says he Is satisfied and
that the campaign of 1912 has already
been begun
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
The Editorial NNrl4er.

Fremont Tribune: The political ed
itor now has to scratch his head and
do a deal OF thinking about what
to write about to say nothing of what
to write about it. After he has devoted
every thought for two or three months
solely to politics to suddenly change
tn, topic. as the election compels, he
finds himself up in the air CROPPING
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

1t is probably true that some people
never know when they have enough,
but it is equally certain that most
people never have the opportunity of
Knowing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

returns of the votes cast by the
MINOR parties We're extremely slow
W.. enough is known to make it GER
tam mat the predicted million for
Deps, the Socialist candidate, were
not cast Prominent Socialists are sat
isned' however, that the official count
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

All the evidence goes to show that
Chairman Mack of the Democratic
national committee was as bad a
guesser as Chairman James K. Jones
ever was in his palmiest days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

The First is the banner district of
the state. 1t never pulls is picket pin
and stampedes in political campaign.
1t knows what it wants and STAYS nut
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

In the First and Sixth districts
Lacey received more votes than were
cast for Allison at the June primary,
and Governor Cummins .olled fewer
votes than We're then given him. In
all the other districts Lacey ran be-
hind the vote for Allison.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

A Boston man proposes to start a
paper that will print nothing but
good news. 1t will be Republican in
politics, of course.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

The result of the election makes it
certain that the Taft smile won't
come off.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

The Brownsville incident can never
again be made an issue in politics.
1t has been closed for all time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
keokuk, Iowa. 49,. November 9, 1908.

Sunny jim presumably, is more
SO than ever
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
NOTES AND COMMENT,

Men otherwise all right, act awfully
funny in politics. observes tue Wash.
ington Democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

A Kansas paper tells how it hap
pened, in few words. It says that
Sammy Gompers didn't COMP"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

The election says the Burlington
Hawk-Eye, Ought to be the final
closing up of the cleavage in Iowa Re-
publicanism. Ali Iowa Republicans
are administration men"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

1t looks to the Chicago Tribune as
If those bears on Missouri's coat of
arms were Mr.. Taft's meat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

"a little more Oil would have made
1t unanimous" says the Sloan Star.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

1t occurs to the Washington Post
that Mr.. Bryan's argument that the
farmers have been neglected is hardly
likely to take in communities where
the farmers have the biggest bank ac-
counts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

II you are not rearing The Cat,
City begin now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09


that Mr.. Bryan's argument that the
/ farmers have been neglected is hardly
likely to take in communities where
the farmers have the biggest bank ac-
/ counts.
The Chicago Tribune observes that
no one is disposed to deny that a
presidential election once in four
years is about often enough.
The Washington Star warns Presi-
dent Roosevelt that there Is not near
/ ly the excitement in hunting a paste
/ brush or a pair of editorial scissors
that there is in hunting lions or ele-
! plants
James G. Blaine once said to Colonel
A. K. Mcclure: 81 am the Henry Clay
OF the Republican party; | can never
be President" With even greater
justice w. J. Bryan may regard him
self as the Democratic Henry Clay.
These are the only two men to be
thrice defeated for the presidency.
Lafayette Young, sr., editor of the
Des Moines Capital, has been engaged
to lecture before the farmers insti-
tute at Washington, Iowa, December
TO- Mr.. Young will talk On agricul
ture, farming in China, Japan and the
Philippines.
Major Lacey need not feel crush.
ed says the Marshalltown Times-Re.
publican. He made the best fight
that he could, but he could not de-
feat the inevitable. 1t was generally
recognized by the strong men of the
party that no man in Iowa could de-
feat Cummins this time and hence
there was willing scattering of all
other availables to make plenty of
room for Mr.. Lacey when he expressed
Willingness to make the race. The
outcome was just what most men ex-
pected, only a great deal more of It,"
The genius who presides over the
editorial columns of the Cherokee
Democrat lets loose this bit of senti-
ment while rejecting upon the cleo
ton returns: Goodbye, Bill, until
1912. The people seem to love you,
but damem, they won't vote for you.
not yet"
Boston woman has evolved the
following momentous question, in the
Traveller:
This whole campaign, with It's toll
and care,
Has only one question OF note
Shall go and exchange my Teddy
bear
And get Billy goat?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

The Chicago Tribune observes that
no one is disposed to deny that a
presidential election once in four
years is about often enough.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

The Washington Star warns Presi
dent Roosevelt that there is not near
ly the excitement in hunting paste
brush or a pair Of editorial scissors
that there is in hunting lions or ele
plants.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-18
PROTECT. THE BIRDS.
(Cedar Rapids Gazette.)

The birds ought to be protected
everywhere, in every state in the union
They ought to be protected by law
And in addition the necessity OF CARING
for the birds ought to be taught all
boys and girls. Many boys get into the
habit of wantonly killing the feathered
songsters: some of the boys do no.
mean to be cruel Or vicious; 1t seems
to be part of human nature to want
to destroy something that has life. eand
the bird affords an acceptable target
Be it said to the credit Of most boys
that when their better natures are
appealed to, and they realize the utter
lack Of excuse for killing birds, the
value of the birds as insect destroyers
and as songsters and when they do re-
alize that the birds were created for a
good purpose, they become fast friends
of the feathered tribe.
Birds feed on insects. Just why In
sects, or some Of them, were created
we cannot understand; but at any rate
we have the insects. and having them
the birds fill a great place in the plar
Of creation. The birds sometimes cal
fruit and do depredations in other
ways, but they do vastly more good
than harm. and they ought not to be
ruthlessly slaughtered. Spare the
birds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-18

| legation that confronts the state, and
| the attempt to make it one is not only
J misleading now, but for the future. For
presidents are being created, and ev-
cry wrong decision leads to future
embarrassment
| MIR. Perkins has refused to consider
| that in every other branch of the pub
| lie service age is made by law or pre-
| cedent bar. neignbor of Senator
| Allison's, u man in much greater vigor
of body, one of the most distinguished
judges of the United States court, but
recently came to the age of retire
ment. Was there any appeal TO SEN
timent when Judge S.hiras threw off
the judicial ermine? And yet no man
stood higher in the regard of the state
| Mr.. Perkins has refused to consider
that in every private walk age is re-
garded a bar. Until it is disposed Of
| in some way the action of the Metho-
| dist church, met in national confer
ence. must be accepted as establish
| ing q precedent. For no army could
| have more sentimental regard for it's
old soldiers than church for the
| bishops of a lifetime And yet the
| Methodist church set aside four of its
| bishops because of age and infirmity
| Bishop Vincent younger in years
and fuller in bodily vigor than Sena-
| tor Allison.
Mr.. Perkins has refused to consider
that service during good behavior in
| congress was considered by the franz
ers of the constitutions; that every ar
gument was advanced for it that can
be urged; that the motion to adopt 1t
barely received second, and that the
term of nine years was rejected be-
cause 1t savored too much of life serv-
ice Therefore, there can be no APP
peal made now to the nature of the
service as a justification Of the senti-
ment that is relied on in behalf OF
Senator Allison.
1t is true that enc, state can be great
that does not hono'c its great. living
or dead" But before we decide out of
hand that there IS but one way in
which Iowa may honor Senator Ali
son, it is we'll to consider the impica-
ton For it Immediately appears that
every public official who has not been
retained in the public service has
been dishonored. Is Iowa ready for
this sentiment? Are we ready to say
that the men who return to private
life are not rendering service as
we'll as those who enter, that in our
form Of government the going out
must not be considered as dignified and
as patriotic as the going in? Let these
questions be fairly met and fairly an
swered and let us determine a rule
of honest sentiment in Iowa politics
we may always abide by.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-18
@m1,7~.-A
Iowa Newspapers
lMAl:ra,,s.ssIisssatnNa:lcRtsI,lnlg1uzf
HEALTHY SENTIMENT.
(Register and Leader.l

(teSlSIeF anu LeaueF.)
1t may be set down as automatic
that the state no more than the indi-
vidual can afford to be remiss in the
amenities of life. A cruel, forgetful,
ungrateful man has short shift in
public regard, and cruel, forgetful
or ungrateful community will fare no
better. The state is the individual
magnified, and should possess the vir-
tues of the individual magnified.
The thought is suggested by the
appeal Mr.. Perkins makes in behalf of
Senator Allison:
The Journal would like to see the
hand of Iowa on the Allison pulse
when his soul takes flight; with Iowa
the words first from it, to be taken up
by all the world: Well done, good
and faithful servant No state can be
great that does not honor its great,
living or dead. No state is living to
the measure of it's opportunity that
takes no thought of gratitude, and that
tlips man as it would flip a mule in
the sunset and the shadow Of his
days.
If this is healthy sentiment, If in
the case of the warmest personal friend
of Senator Allison, even, 1t can be
considered evidence of ipgratitude to
suggest retirement, then Iowa is bound
by the universal law of regard for
men grown old in the service. But, on
the other hand, unless it is regarded as
the duty of friendship to stand by old
age in official life, and has been so
regarded, it is not a sentimental OBJ :.