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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
SEE REAL TRADE BOOM.
Men of Affairs Agree that Taft
Victory is Signal Of Prosperity.

Chicago Record Herald: Prosperity
and revival of business are spelled
by the election of Taft That is the
general view of business men, as ex-
pressed last night after the result of
the election was no longer in doubt.
The revival in industrial and COM
mercial fields is not to be confined to
any particular kind of business, but
will be general in the belief of those
who are qualified to speak All lines
of trade and industry will feel the
beneficial effects of the Taft election.
The revival is likely to begin almost
Immediately and will continue in ever
increasing volume during the next six
months or so until the affairs of the
nation in business way are once
more normal
Railroad men and bankers, manufac-
turers and merchants, stock brokers
and board of trade men all join in de-
claring that the transformation of
former Judge Taft into President
elect Taft means the end of depres-
sion. One of the immediate effects
of the election win be the carrying
through of many deals, and many OF
them for large sums, which We're
awaiting the success of the Republi.
can nominee It is stated that mil
lions of dollars are represented in
/ business transactions which were de
pendent on Taft's election. All this
volume Of business will now be electri
fed into life.
LaSalle street brokers and board OF
trade men prophesv that there will
be one OF the busiest times seen for
many months on the exchanges and
boards of trade. Dealing in stocks
viii become active. and there viii he
large expenditures both for investmen,
ard speculative purposes.
One OF the important effects of thu
election. it is stated. will be the plac
ing OF American securities on firm
er basis in European money centers
The foreign investors have been
somewhat timid OF late concerning
securities of this country. but row
they viii once more enter the Ameri
can feid with assurance
In the manufacturing field the eFec
Of Mr. Taft's election will be seen. i
i prophesied, in increased output ant
in the buying of far larger quantitie.
Of raw material than has been the
case for months. Manufacturers ant
5osoers have been carving exception
ally small stocks for some time past
but they viii now begin once more Il
branch ont.
TIE railroad men join the ranks o
the prophets Of prosperity. With on
accord they hailed the election Of Tai
with expressions Of delight.
Il Is the general opinion among III
transportation interests that Taft.
eiectioo viii result in better bushes
conditions almost Immediately. Al
thcaga many Of them do not ike tn
eact that ne apparently stands for al
Of The Roosevelt policies. nevertheless
they ere convinced that ne is the bes
eqs5pped and sanest man for the pc
sition
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

On the day before election at Dav-
export man was taken before the
proper authorities and given a hearing
on the charge of insanity who is
Taft?" inquired a member of the
board. 81 have never heard of him, y
responded the patient. Who is Will
liam Jennings Bryan" he was asked
next. The individual under examina.
ton raised his head. His eyes bright
ened and smile crept over his former
stolid countenance, as he replied: "He
is our next President of the United
States. am going to vote for him
tomorrow" 1t need not be added that
the man was hustled off at once te
Mercy hospital for treatment for men
tai alteration. The board was a uni
on the question of his insanity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

An exceptionally accurate forecast
of Tuesdays presidential election was
made as early as September 10 by
Mr.. H. R. Collins of this city. 1t was
filed with The Gate City two weeks
ago and kept for comparison with the
election returns. Mr. Collins only
mistake was in putting Montana
with its three votes in the
doubtful column and marking it as
probably favorable to Taft, whereas
the returns show that Montana was
carried by Bryan. With this exception
his table and the election returns
agree in every particular It should
be said that Mr. Collins made his fore
cast before any tables of votes by
states were made up by the national
committees or published in the news
papers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
EXIT BRYAN.

Before the election we heard great
deal about united Democracy. We
were told that the party was free from
internal strife and stronger and more
determined than ever before Yet i
was defeated as badly ss IN 1895 and
1900 when Mr. Bran ran before. Il
ought By this tine 20 De apparent %
the densest Democrat that this coun-
try does not want M Bran a IL
President Il has 80 declared On three
separate occasions II UNDESIRABLE
tones. This Is cze " the meanings
OF Tuesdays result L Z uG 70 y
assumed tia. tie Democrats 1zrtE
could have won 9Th a1otts- ce-15-
date as against Judge Tt waosa Il
ness for the Office II P-esidert ( -
conspicuous aud 50 gsn=rz-Er ce5g
nlzed. but Il world certainly have 1eld
down the adverse nsto-ftt-s 70 io#e-
figures. Governor johnson q M.rn@-
sofa would have made MUCH more
creditable showing IN thu returns eaza
Mr.. BRYAN has done The countrg-
likes Mr.. Bryan-as an orator. People
will turn out ky thousands to hear him
speak and will cheer him 10 the ecao.
But they have no confidence in him as
I a leader, least Of all as constructive
( statesman. They look upon him as
visionary and impractical and are m
willing to invest him with official
power. For this he has only himself
to blame. He has advocated all sorts
of fads and isms as infallible cure
ais and has proposed remedies tha'
We're infinitely worse than the condi
lions they We're warranted to cure. 1
he could have had his way he would
have burned down the barn to get rit
of the rats He has also INDUCED il
wild predictions Of disaster none o
which have come true. These thing
and others like them nave tended I
destroy confidence in him. If he eve
J inspired anything Of the kind. In cas-
, ing about for the causes of his defea
A for the presidency as the candidate c
a great party in three elections NJ
Bryan should not fail to enumerat
. himself as one Of them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

The hope of the Democratic party.
in the present crisis IN its history. is
in the south. The Chicago Tribune
makes this quite clear in the following
paragraph:
If the Democratic party were TO dis
solve the solid south would ask,
Where am | to go?" 1t would not
become Republican. It could not be-
come socialist. 1t abhors the social
istic methods which Bryan has been
adopting. his appeals to classes, and
his invocation of class hatred. Per.
haps now that Organism has been
again repudiated, southern statesmen
will endeavor to regain control of a
party which must depend on their
electoral votes. If they We're to purge
the party of populfsts and socialists
and restore the old creed 1t would
escape the fate toward which it seems
to be Fastening. 1t would become 8
useful minority party, which it is moi
now, and might in time elect a Presi
! dent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
democracy the formula Of civilizations

democracy the formula Of civilizations
greatest experiment is working to its
solution.
The theorists who watched and
prophesied at the beginning of the ex.
pertinent feared the arts of the dema
gogue and the passion of the multi.
tude. The mighty truth has been writ,
ten across the pages of history that
free people will advance in even meas.
ure along the practicable highway OF
progress, will test men and measures
in daylight common sense, will test
words by deeds, will work out of the
wisdom of the common life the larger
wisdom which guides great nations in
tae path of their destiny.
The election of Taft is a splendid
answer to the voices that have cried
out against the great reform policies
OF Theodore Roosevelt. 1t is the pledge
of the nation and for the nation that
Righteousness shall prevail in the coun-
sells of the nation and in the great ac-
tivities of the American people as it
prevails in the sound and simple heart
of the American people.
The work which Theodore Roosevelt
has inaugurated is approved, and as
the foundation has been laid so well
the structure rise. The people have
willed it. The people will achieve ii
in their time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

And up at Des Moines, even within
week of election, they talked about
the First district being doubtful. The
Register and Leader printed what pur-
ported to be dispatch from Burling-
ton favoring this view As matter of
fact there never was any doubt, or any
reason for doubt in the mind of the
well-lnformed that the district would
40 other than 1t has done. All talk
10 the contrary was either the product
of ignorance or uttered for no,itical
effect
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
Diana Of the Directolre.


Bring me my new fall hat, mama, for
l want to put 1t on
1t is wider than the widest hats we
wore in years agone.
1t is three feet wide and the brim is
thick and it has lot of weight,
And it makes me wear three heads
of hair just to keep it sitting
straight.
My shoes? All, yes, have put them
on. and the heels are good and
high
And they press against my tender
feet till feel that | must die;
Yet l wear them so as can come and
go and force pleasant
smile
For one has to be in the style, mama,
one has to be in the style.
And now my directoire gown, mama;
I've managed to don my stays;
You will have to slip me into it, for
my arms l cannot raise.
And I'm willowy as you may see, with
the willowiness of steel
1t will be tonight ere / take bite,
for cannot hold meal:
And now go for a little stroll. and
go to make sail
And I shall not sit upon a chair, but
Shall lean against the wall,
For l can't sit down in my nice new
gown. for know that if do
I'll be certain to break in two, mama.
I'll certainly break in two.
Chicago Post.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

The Sioux City Tribune said on cleo
ton day
I'VE know not, but We seem 20 feel
that Gods just hand has turned the
wheel
If the Tribune had in mind the gen
eral result its impression was clearly
all right. If ii referred to the politica
fortunes of an eminent Iowan there
will not be lacking those who will sa,
that the wheel was turned by the ma
chine at Des Moines. 1t depends or
what the Tribune was talking about.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

The next thing IN order is for union
labor to purge itself by RELOCATING
Samuel Gompers to the obscurity of
private life. He should not be permit
ted to pose longer as a representative
of its interests or be in position to
work it further harm. The sooner or
ganized labor repudiates him the bet
ter for organized labor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
DAILY BY MAIL.

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pers promptly will confer faVor "
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Address all communications 70
THE GATE CITY COMPANY
No is, Nor,a Sixth St, Keokuk. Iowa
THE GATE CITY IS on sale at the fol-
lowing news stands:
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c. n. Rollins & Co, So Main street
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Depot News Stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

The Chicago Tribune is encouraged
to believe that after Mr.. BRYAN has
been defeated two or three more times
he will begin to suspect that the PEG
pie don't want him for President, The
same paper foresees that ii will be at
least four years before Mr. Gompers
will undertake to make another de-
livery OF the labor vote TO a presi-
Dental candidate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

The defeat of Senator Berry in Illi-
nois is greatly regretted in Keokuk
as well as among his constituents He
was a recognized leader in the con-
structive legislation of his state and
merited reelection BY handsome
majority. BY an accident of politics
the state is deprived of the counsel
and services in a public capacity of
one of its ablest and worthiest men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

Iowa cornfelds will now come in
for their share of attention The cleo
ton of Taft and a Republican congress
assures that Iowa's staple product will
continue to command good price.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

Taft's popularity and strength as
candidate is illustrated by the fact
that in many places particularly in
New York state, his pluralities exceed
ed those of Roosevelt four years ago.
Any man who outruns Theodore
Roosevelt is going some.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

Returns from Uncle Joe" Cannon's
district in Illinois show that he re-
ceived his normal vote, despite the
vigorous contest waged against him.
This means his reelection by between
5000 and 1000 majority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

real progress have no occasion for fear
that the country will suffer from the
official conduct or the private lives
and personal conduct of either of
these distinguished men. They are
safe and sane leaders and thoroughly
Republican in their political faith, and
patriotic and devoted to the best in
terests of the great republic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

There was no worry in the First dis
trict about the First district. All the
doubt and anxiety was on the outside,
and 1t was wholly without excuse, as
the returns conclusively show. With
Congressman Kennedy IS the Republi-
can candidate Tuesdays result was
forgone conclusion from the first.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

The Mt. Pleasant News said not
longer than a week ago that no cam
paign was being conducted in Con
gresham Kennedy's interest and that
he was certain to be defeated by de-
cisive majority. AS a political prophet
the Mt. Pleasant News isn't worth
three cents dozen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

1t is up to Mr.. Bryan to invent a
new paramount issue" for 1912. Guar
anty of bank deposits was no more ef-
fective this year than free silver in
1896 or imperialism in 1900.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

You can tell Democratic news
paper at a glance these days by the
absence of big headlines. The opposi-
ton is not advertising its defeat any
more than is absolutely necessary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

Not least among the causes for re-
ioicing is the reelection of "Uncle
Joe" Cannon. The fight on him was
due to wholly erroneous impression
OF his attitude and conduct and was
without justification in fact His vic
tory over misrepresentation and abuse
is one of the signal triumphs of the
campaign.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Chicago News notes that when
man is short usually Tie has long
! face.
According TO the Clinton Herald
political optimist is a man who eats
chesmuts in the dark.
The Atchison Globe notes that it is
necessary to meet good luck half way,
but bad luck will chase you.
As the New York Press sees 1t, the
chief trouble with ideals is that they
will not pay any grocery bills.
It is pointed out by the Philadelphia
Record that naturally woman feels
unnamed when she gets divorce.
A queer thing about debt is noted by
the New York Times. The faster
we run in the more we get behind
The Chicago Tribune explains that
Pres'dunt Roosevelt is to blame for it.
He did not .let Taft and l fight it out
alone"
George Fitch defines a dude as
man who takes moro care in choosing
a hat than he bestows on what goes
under it.
The Des Moines Capital wishes
something would happen to give the
Abruzzi-Elkins campaign whirlwind
or some other kind of finish.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye remarks
the fact that there was heap of I'M
necessary worry in Des Moines over
the outcome in the First district,
And Joseph G.
Cannon, he
SEE he's licked EN- agin, by jimminee!
Chicago Tribune.
The Ida Grove Pioneer says the
circle should go back on the ballot
and stay there, whether it pleases or
not some of our one-horse professional
reformers.
so live, young man, that when you
have served a term as President your
| literary output will be worth 50 a
word in the magazine market" advises
the Sigourney News.
i The talesman is under examination
| for jury duty.
Have you any prejudice against
capital punishment" asked the states
attorney.
II have" responded the talesman
but in the case of this prisoner
would take pleasure in waving it."
"The young man who gets $50 a
month on the farm, or who gets $500 a
day for manual labor In the town,
should bear in mind that it is within
the memory of most Of them, when the
farm hand received but s14 to s2n a
month. and the laborer was begging
for work ct dollar day. The work
ing man cannot afford to take
chances" remarks the Alta Advertiser.
4 That most famous product of Mis-
souri,, the mule. not satisfied with past
achievements, has broken into science
There is possibility that not only
lquadruneds. but mankind as we'll
I stockmen in particular. viii have cause
70 bless the creation of the mule
There have been many deaths from
locl1faw in the Helm Brewing company
stables in Kansas City recently. Thurs
dav valuable rule became aTIicte3
Friday It was decided to kin the ami
NAL when the engineer suggested ar
electric treatment Contact plates
were attached TO the mules Jaw and
tail and 12n volts direct current were
turned on The treatment was repeat
ed tie next day and the mule recov
cred.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

A Chicago kindergarten teacher
says that a knowledge of some kind
of work could be taught in the schools
to every boy, and the ability to do
such work well is as necessary to a
boys education as to name the rivers
of Asia or extract the cube root of
numbers never used in practical life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

1t is Colonel McGuffey's and Pat
McCarren's turn to laugh now A
broad smile on the face of Judge
Parker would also be excusable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

Tuesdays election also sealed the
fate of Samuel Gompers He is now of
no more account than a last years
birds nest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05
keokuk, Iowa. -. November 5, 1908.

What Mr.. Bryan needs is a guaran-
teed election.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

Glory be. that fine old Cannon re-
mains unspiked!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

Mr.. Gompers should experience no
difficulty whatever in determining ex-
actly where he is TAT"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

The Chicago News notes that when
a man is short usually lie has long
face.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

heart trouble and rushed in to see
what they could do for her.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

According TO the Clinton Herald, a
political optimist is a man who eats
chesmuts in the dark.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

President Roosevelt was right
They were beat to FRAGILE"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

The Atchison Globe notes that it is
necessary to meet good luck half way,
but bad luck will chase you.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

In other words, the American peo-
pie have again proved their sanity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

As the New York Press sees 1t, the
chief trouble with ideals is that they
will not pay any grocery bills.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

1t is pointed out by the Philadelphia
Record that naturally a woman feels
unnamed when she gets a divorce.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-05

$50 live, young man, that when you
have served term as President your
literary output will be worth 50 a
word in the magazine market" advises
the Sigourney News.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-08
Important Notice.

A $4,000 Banquet Steel Range to be
sold to the highest bidder, regardless
OF price.
Adams, Brobst Company, house
furnishers are going to sell a $40. 90
Banquet Steel Range, one of the best
ranges on the market today, to the
highest bidder without reserve.
Sealed bids will be received for the
range up to the Gath day of December,
1908, at ~ o'clock noon All bids must
be securely sealed. marked bid on
range, and addressed to Adams, Brobst
Company, Dallas, Oregon.
The Banquet Range is without a
peer among the steel ranges on the
market today and Adams, Brobst Com
pany havea dopted this plan Of calling
the attention of the public to the
merits OF this particular range. The
company will be glad to show the
range and explain its merits to any
one interested. and If anyone bids on
the range either after seeing it. or
seeing it, and find they do not
want IL, they will be under no obliga-
lions to take it as it will then be
awarded TO the next highest bidder.
The range TO be sold in this novel
method is one OF the very best.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-08

} Mr.. and Mrs r. A. Hastings, o
Pedee Hills, were visitors in DalIa
yesterday Mr.. Hastings says tha
the dairying industry is growing rap
: idly and will soon become the mair
source of income to the farmers of tha
locality.
Next Monday and Tuesday, Decem
Der IA and Is, two days only, DR..
Lowe, the well-known oculo-optician,
will be in Dallas. He does not go
from house to house. Consult him
about your eyes and glasses at the
Hotel Gail. 10 years experience.
The rear portion of G. G. Longs
meat market in Independence was
destroyed by fire Friday night. The
exact amount of the damage is not
known but it was probably quite
heavy as nearly all the machinery
belonging to the establishment was
destroyed. 1t is not known how the
fire was started.
T. A. Riggs came down from 'Inde-
pendence and reported the purchase in
the past ten days of about 1900 bales of
hops in Yamhill and Polk counties.
The highest price paid by Mr.. Riggs
was 81 cents for the Dickey lot OF 80
bales at Sheridan. This is also the
highest price paid for Oregon hops
since they wee in the bale.-Oregon-
ian.
r. W. Bollman, wanted in Portland |
on a charge of defrauding an inn
keeper, was brought back from Dallas,
by Deputy Constable Vert
heimer and locked up in the county
Jail. Bollman is accused by Mrs. M. E.
Scott, of st. John, of having removed |
his effects from her boarding house
without the formality Of settling his
Indebtedness. Telegram.
Mrs. G. Shepherd, of Bridgeport,
gave a wool picking bee at her home
Wedn esday, the afternoon being spent
in a most enjoyable social manner.
Those present were Mrs. d. Shepherd,
Mrs. j. M. Gard, Mrs. Thomas Card,
Mrs. Chester Guthrie, Mrs. Lou Mus
'ott, Mrs. L. Ramey, Mrs. G. H. Nor
ris, Mrs. II. G. Campbell, Mrs. G.
Shepherd, Mrs. g. W. Siefarth, and
Mrs. J. Murphy.
A rousing meeting of the Good
Roads Association was held at Inde-
pendence yesterday. The program
of several vocal and instru-
numbers, followed by
addresses by leading men of Polk
Claud Catch, of Salem, dis
'ussed methods of improving the high
ways and means of procuring money
or same. Judge Ryan, of Oregon
Jity, was expected to be present, but
vas kept at home on account of
illness.