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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT.

In an able article in the December
number of the North American Re-
view Senator Henry Cabot Lodge dis
cusses the Significance cf the Re
suits of the Election The general
significance OF the election to which
Senator Lodge calls attention is the
fact that the Republican party seems
10 retain the confidence of the coun-
try in unabated measure The special
significance of the election is that the
country at large has set the seal of
its approval upon the administrati 1n
and the policies of Mr. Roosevelt
Senator Lodge dwells upon he sur
prising fact that in the forty-eight
wears which have elapsed since 1860
the Republicans have had complete
control of the government for thirty
years, and besides have controlled one
or more branches of the government
for sixteen years. the Democrats hav-
ing had complete control of the gov
eminent for only two years. He says.
II has come to pass hat the people
have again committed the government
OF the country 10 the Republican party
for another four years. This renewal
of power brings with it heavy respon
sibilities. for there are many very ser
ious questions just now to be dealt
with at Washington. 1t is not a mo-
ment for wild exultation on the part
of Republicans, but for very sober re-
fiection as 10 the duties which lie be-
fore them. The party IS fortunate in
having as President one of the best
men ever chosen to that great Office
No man better equipped and better
trained was ever nominated by any
party for the Presidency. He not only
takes with him his training and ex-
perience. as well as a wide knowledge
Of the work of administration and Of
diplomacy but he is imbued with a
fine spirit Of disinterestedness and has
a complete sense OF his great respon-
sibilities He Is entirely fit TO be
President Of the United States. AID it
Is not possible to give him hieher
praise. Under his leadership We may
confidently hope that the Repnbli IN
party viii meet the responsibilities
which lie before II as successfully s
Il has met them IN the past. for re-
sponsiDility is not new 10 the Repuh-
ljcan party: and although there have
been moments IN its career wher 1t
has hesitated. II has never in the end
failed r. rise TO great opDortunitv
or shrunk from settling difficult and
perplexing questions"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

Not long ago report originated
from Des Moines to the effect that all
the postmasters in the Eighth district
had decided TO resign in a body in
order that they might e re-appointed
for four years more upon Congress
man Hepburn s recommendation. The
story was parently false and alb
su-dly silly. but some people gave it
c-edence nevertheless Because of
the latter fact the Creston Advertiser
has felt called upon to say:
There is absolutely nothing in it
We have made no Investigation and
we pretend TO know nothing more
about it than ordinary common sense
would teach us, but the story is pre-
dicted upon complete lack of und-r-
standing of Colonel Hepburn such as
the postmasters who have received
appointments under him would not
be guilty of. Even supposing that tn ;
postmasters had originated such a
scheme, which we are quite sure IS
not the case, they would know better
than to present it to Colonel Hep
burn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

the bill is quoted as saying that he
believes if the tax was made 1,400 or
$1,000 ii would be an effective protec-
ton of the people against the evils OF
the dens and Srog shops which now
furnish the bulk of the law violations.
An interview in the Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader represents him as
saying:
Men in lie saloon business have
said that If the mulct tax were put at
larger amount it would compel the
holes and dives to close. and not only
would the business be on a better
basis and in the hands of better men.
but the evils of which the people COM
plain so bitterly would be reduced to
the minimum
Il now expect to introduce a bill
to cover this proposition. 1t appeals
10 ME as an effective means of con-
trolling the traffic. Some would Object
that the business would then De mo-
nopolized by the men with money The
same objection in measure would
apply to any tax, whatever the
amount; but in fact, the business is
OF character which requires the COM
munity to protect itself whatever the
restrictions necessary
The proposal is directly in line with
suggestions that have been made in
these columns from time to time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
THE GODS TRUTH, FOR ONCE.

In the last three presidential cleo
tions, covering a period OF iw I've
years, the Democratic party abandoned
its old-time principles-the principles
OF Samuel j. Tilden. Horatio Seymour
and Grover Cleveland the sake
of votes, and just as ften met with
overwhelming defeat Bryanism is no
Folletteism is genuine Republicanism.
and no more worthy OF public conf
dence. Prominent Democrats through
out the country have long recognized
this fact and many OF them have mus
tered up sufficient courage of late to
make public acknowledgment of it.
One of these is Editor Davidson OF
the Lewistown Qll.l Democrat, life
long member 0. the party organization
of the same name as his paper. Mr..
Davidson is disguised all over and all
through. And he is frank enough 10
say just what he thinks concerning
the causes of Democratic defeat. The
following extract from his editorial
az t4S4S III We ieau Will Seuci al III
terest
What's the matter?
Twelve years ago We sold out to
the populists, soul and body. and
didn't get them.
We sold out at the same time to
deadly epigram that went to ashes on
our lips.
-Four years ago we sold out to the
unspeakable " liam R. Hearst, and
where is he?
In this campaign we sold out to
union labor. defied the accursed boy
colt and damned the honest courts,
and union labor only spit in our faces
as our Just reward.
In the century-old Democratic
party of Jefferson, Jackson. Douglas,
Tilden and Cleveland there is nothing
left TO US except holy memories of an
.cient DAYS. rotten old Tammany hall
and the 10000 stinks of disgraceful
and merited defeats that crush us
deeper into humiliation and hopeless
ness with every passing presidential
campaign.
THAT is the Gods truth about this
business. once, for luck. And the his
torfc. courageous. immortal old : m
Iocratic party thar in defeat for fifty
years, has held this republic to the
precious ideals of the fathers and the
constitution they made whose wisdom
will on and on be the wonder of the
lages-that party is threatened With
more of the perverse. persistent sell
ifshness that has trailed its glorious
old banners so pitifully and shame
lessly in the dust. How lovally mil
lions OF Democrats in disgust-almost
without hope-have stood by the old
party. hoping for better things'"
There are a score or more of old
time Democrats in Keokuk who will
heartily endorse every word of the
foregoing and wish there was more
of it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
AGAINST THE PARCELS POST.
Judge Mcpherson Declares it Would
be a Blow to Small Merchants.

Des Moines Regisier and Leader:
That the merchantssa small towns
throughout the United States would re.
ceive body blow and suffer greatly at
the hands OF the mail order house il
the parcels post system were inaug-
urated. and that II is a scheme father
ed by the mail order houses. .tas the
statement made by Judge Smith Nc
Pherson yesterday in an interview.
Judge Mcpherson declared that
while goods were offered at cheaper
price than country merchants could
sell them, they were usually the prod
uct of sweat shops and goods of an
inferior grade. He believes that the
inauguration of the parcels post would
work incalculable harm to the country
districts
Judge Mcpherson is especially inter.
ested in the defeat of the parcels post
because several years ago. when a
candidate for congress. it was put
squarely up to him that if he would
support a parcels post bill he could
walk away with the nomination. He
refused, however. but was nominated
in spite of it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
sssIHE WHITE SLAVE TRADE.
'ivysAuthorities Of Des Moines viii
Appeal to the Legislature.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 5.-Baf
fled in their efforts to combat the
white slave traffickin Des Moines, city
authorities may appeal to the legisla.
ture when it convenes for a law that
will completely put to route the bonds
men. extortionate merchants and
others who have proven a menace in
tae city.
1t is to Japan they are going for a
pattern for this law too. There, where
the white slave traffic grew to such
menacing proportions, a way was
found to give the women in brothels a
chance to reform If they desired. That
has been one of the chief complaints
here. that women could not reform
because they were through threats
forced to make heavy purchases al
exorbitant prices and became so heav.
lily involved financially they could not
get out.
The proposed law, enacted, will pro
vide that all debts contracted against
girl in brothel are Illegal. 1t has
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
The Daily Gate City

has reduced the area of the town OF
Brighton $50 acres, about one-haif' al
though the census will be lessened
by only dozen families. Owners OF
this land contend that it was not
needed for town purposes and the
court sustains I'm.
DR.. D. X. Pearson. the philanthropy
ist of Chicago. whose benefactions
were said t. have depleted his for
tune and left him s450000 in debt, de-
clares that the story is all 'bosh.'
Dr.. Pearson says that he has $1,000
600 more to give to educational insti-
tutions.
The Creston Advertiser says it be-
lieves Senator-elect Cummins was led
into making his bitter and unjust at:
tacks upon the Republican protective
tariff law by the very exuberance of
his own eloQuence. Now that he is
in a position of responsibility, the Adj
vertiser hopes that he will De a pro-
tectionist all the time
Her waist begins just below her
neck. Her nips have been planed off
even with the rest of her body. She
is usually buttoned up the back, and
around her neck she wears a section
of barbed wire, covered with lace.
She wears on her hea blonde hay
stack of hair The pores
of her skin are full of fine white pow
der. This is woman, says Har-
per's Weekly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

mails to bridge parties or to any card
parties where prizes are given. A con
scientious Hartford, Conn, man had
been reading in the papers about
card parties at which prizes were
awarded and of where money had
been won and lost at bridge h
wrote to the postmaster general and
received a reply from E. P. Good
win. assistant attorney general, say
ing thai card parties are regarded as
lotteries when prizes are given and
in that event matter relating to them
is unavailable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
Federal Judges Views.

THE parcels post is largely father.
ed and is constantly urged by the great
mail order houses said Judge Nc
Pherson. "Of course well know
that many good people sincerely be-
lieve in the parcels post. but believe
that they entertain mistaken views.
And if that system is inaugurated the
merchants of the county seats and
smaller towns of Iowa and Iowa job
bers will be materially injured They
are with us; they should be allowed
to exist. They comprise a consider.
able part of our voters; they pay
taxes. But if the parcels post as it is
generally known is instituted, these
towns will receive body blow and
the business will be carried on by and
through the mail order houses, with
out expense to themselves, and which
get goods largely from sweat shops.
and their goods are manufactured by
the cheap as we'll as by the riff-raff
element of the cities. The prices may
be low, but the goods are usually
shoddy and of inferior quality"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

been the Law that has been held ova,
the heads of these unfortunate women
il Des Moines that has enabled ~
principled men and women to nros,
Investigation disclosed one G. the INNS,
pernicious methods just before tbo
Red Light" district was abolished and
1t has been carried on, it S claimed
to some extent since. A vendor az
some wares, under threat of prosecn.
ton because of her business. womb
induce or compel a woman to buv
heavily. Then when her payments
came due and she could not meet them
he would tell her he had to have the
money and she could borrow of Ger
tain pawn broker The pawn broker
would loan her the money taking a
mortgage on the goods she had bought
of the vendor, who still held title
That was the trap After that anv
break OF the woman to quit her life
or elude the grasp of these money
leeches was quickly stopped by q
threat to prosecute and send her to
the penitentiary for "mortgaging prop
erty that did not belong to her"
The proposed new law, it is thought.
would do away with mucli of the trat.
fic that is now bothering Des Moinee
officials.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

mainly and, vithal, the only One that
offers a soil ton of all mankind's ills
And it is not to the creatures or gifts
of God which men abuse in excassiy;
indulgence at He points, as th-
cause of human wretchedness md s.n
but mans own Weaknesses within
The burden of His message is to b :
ware of all that makes only for an
pearances; to make clean the insid
of the platter as mans first concern;
and pointing to the appalling evi
dences of mems sin which are al
around Him, We hear Him say, AL
these evil things COM from within
and defile the man
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

DR.. North estimates that the cost OF
taking the next census will be s12,-
100000 The increase of cost has been
about 80 per cent for each decade;
but the present estimate is only s4l0..
600 higher than the expenditures in
1900. an increase of about per cent.
The saving is due to permanent
bureau and to installation of tabulat.
ing machines. 1t would be possible
to report a still greater saving. ii ii
were not for the enormous inflow OF
foreigners in therlast decade, who do
not speak English and are hard to
enumerate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
Motives of the Press.

Do you think that the great metro
politan papers which defend the par
GELS post are Influenced by the ex-
tensive advertisements furnished by
the mail order houses" he was asked
Il cannot believe that the great
daily newspapers are actuate5 by such
an unworthy motive. But do think
that these great papers edited in the
large cities do not understand She sit
uation in the country They do not
mingle with the people in the country
they do not breathe the country air.
and do not believe that they know
the sentiment that prevails in the
country. Of course know that
thousands of farmers believe that the
parcels post would be a benefit 10
them, but my observation has been in
talking with farmers who have used
goods from mail order houses that
they generally are willing to admit
that while they are purchased at a
low price, the character of the goods.
generally speaking, is. inferior to those
that they could have purchased from
their local merchants
is this conclusion of yours one
that you have recently adopted?p he
was asked
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
The ETHICS OF PROHIBITION

Writing + one Of the leading mag
azines. Rev. P. Gavin Duffy discusses
prohibition in the light Of Christian
ethics At the outset he disavows the
idea that he is arbitrarily attacking
prohibition or that he is defending the
liquor interests But he contends
that, in so far as the prohibitlonist
claims the Christian sanction for his
policy, he IS il error. since Christ
Invariably placed the responsibility
for abuse upon the abuser. while the
prohibitions shifts ii from the abuser
to the thing abused The writer con.
cludes
We 90 back to the Master with this
vexing question and we find Him
standing calmly in the midst of hu.
man misery free from haste and un-
bounded in His trust In and FOR ilu.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

It IS now claimed that Paul Revere
never made the famous ride through
Middlesex villages and farms
which was made the subject
of the well known poem BY
Longfellow. We viii probably
next be told that he wasn't a
Boston ieweler by occupation and
grand master Of Massachusetts Ma.
sons at the time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

The Davenport Democrat complains
that the revolution in Hayti doesn't
seem TO have been as lively an affair as
q successful colored church social in
Davenport
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

The Alexandra Delta Sun and the
Wayland Times nave been sold by J..
H. Talbot to j f. Shoemaker of Ka-
hoka a worthy gentleman AM exper-
fenced newspaper man. who viii con
tinue their publication Coincident with
the change the papers appear in
f1ve-column quarto form. all home
print The best wishes o. The Gate
City attend both retiring and incom-
ing editors and proprietors
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

At a recent tornado insurance meet
ing an old timer" told of cyclone
that passed through a certain section
OF country and did ali sorts of damage.
After destroying about everything on
top OF the ground it twisted the well
30 badly that the pump couldn't be
put back in. Probably the old fellow
wasn't at his best. or the storm would
have blown the Well entirely away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
BREAD and CAKE
Raised NTH
Royal Baking Powder

delicate hot-biscuit, hot rolls
doughnuts, buildings and crusts "a are not
only and-dyspepdc in themselves, but aid
the digestion Of other foods with which
they assimilate in the stomach the Joint.
the game, the entree- important parts Of
every meal.
Royal Baking Powder makes the food
finer favored, more tasty, more healthful.
o.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
10 INCREASE MuLc1 lax.

Senator Crosson of Audubon county
expects to offer bill in the coming
legislature providing for increase in
the mulct tax to about s1.5O0. lie
tax now is 5000 year. The author Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
Views ar. Not New.

No, have entertained these views
for some years. | was nominated
for congress ten years ago at the end
of five days convention. The morn.
ing of the day was nominated 4
prominent man of western Iowa call
ed On me and said that he believed |
could be nominated that dav if |
would pledge myself to support the
parcels post system. told him en-
phatically no, that it was a matter of
little concern either to the public or
to myself whether | became a mem.
Der of congress. but that would not
stultify myself by making such prom
ise because ! intended until | heard
some sensible argument as yet not ad
vanced at all times and stages to on.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

The postmasters who have been
placed under civil service rules rank
as fourth class, but they all feel first
class
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

BE careful what you eat, says Mr..
Rockefeller. But he makes no sug-
gestion in the caution as to whom
you may devour
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

1t is said that Armour has his cellar
filled with meat. 1t goes without say.
ing that Mr.. Armour is very rich
man
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

man in northern Iowa lusked 14O
bushels of corn in ten hours and IF
teen minutes the other day. That
was going some.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

The prospective shopper is reminded
that tempus fugit. 1t is also acknowl-
edged with regret that few git time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

The Burlington Hawk-Eye says our
troubles are often our best friends
notwithstanding we try to cut their
acquaintance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

According 20 decision just render
ed by the assistant attorney general
ior the postoffice department. it is il.
legal to send invitations through the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

A Dubuque grocer will bring suit
against trading stamp concern, al
leging it Injuries the town
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

A Chicago doctor says the police
in that city make good health in
spectors, because they are so slow
they can't catch contagious dis
ease.
When it comes to feeling the pub
lie pulse, President-elect Taft seems
to have the sensitive touch of a skill
ed physician. says the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
Raymond writes from Washington
to the Chicago Tribune that Taft will
wait until the Ohio and New York
senatorships are decided before work
ing on cabinet selections.
Hick ia. set" Nocker says you
spend the best part OF your life in
eating"
Heck Doset-"Huh, The time any
man spends in eating is the best part
of his life. Exchange
"Envying a neighbours prosperity is
unmanly. TT, thing to do is to imi-
tate his methods and spend no time
in envyings. No man ever made one
cent by envy neither has he made
airy friends moratlzes the Sentinel
at Iowa Falls.
The Clinton Herald declares that an
automobile is a good deal like a wo-
man AN automobile will run along
I for while, and seem he greatest In
vention in the world. Then it will
sulk and no one can tell what is the
matter with it,
The district court at Washington
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
NOTES AND COMMENT.
Joseph Jones, a colored man, was
elected constable at Clarinda.

Taft. in turning down his glass. may
have been heading off tn Fairbanks
cocktail sort of story.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

When the fool killer starts on his
long delayed crusade, among his first
victims ought to be the practical jok.
er. says the Cedar Rapids Gazette
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05
keokuk, Iowa 80. December 5, 1903

Tom Johnson's business also went
Democratic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

If you don't buy EN- now you'll have
to hurry later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

pose the parcels post i have enter
tanned these views for years and still
entertain them
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-05

The district court at Washington