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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
Mr.. Kennedy a Winner.

Burlington Saturday Evening Post:
From all over this congressional dis
trict come encouraging reports con-
corning Mr.. Kennedy's campaign.
These reports are of such nature as
to create the belief that he will make
gains in every voting precinct. That
the people generally are more than
pleased with the two years of excel
lent work put in down at Washington
by Congressman Kennedy is evident
to all who have noted the progress of
the campaign. Mr.. Kennedy has a
long list of good works to his credit,
and the items therein concern directly
the interests of hundreds of his con.
stituents. He has been and is a
working congressman, who labors
for his constituents not with the idea
that he is extending favors but be
cause they have confidently sent him
to congress as their representative
To our view it is plain that Mr.. Ken
nedy has fairly entered upon a long
and honorable career of usefulness in
congress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
Campaigning.

Sotst0bS'''0s
l doesn't undertake to say jes' what
it's all about,
But it's highly beneficial an hasn't
any doubt
Dat dis great an glorious country
would have trouble fob to reach
Dis glorious greatness If somebody
didn't make speech.
1t sets my feet anna chin an it makes
my heart rejoice
To hear some party celebrate de pa
triot of it's choice,
We needs, in order to conduct de
business of de land,
Great heaps of conversation an some
music by de band.
It's kind O. mystifyin' but to jedge it
by de sound
It's mos as good as preachin' when
camp meetin' time comes
round.
l listens very careful an when all de
shoutin's through
rs feelin' mighty thankful to de men
dat comes along
A pourin' out dem wisdom words so
generous an so strong.
OF course dar's matters mentioned dat
l doesn't understand,
But like de conversation an de music
of de band
-Washin gton Star.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
ADDS TO CORN FIGURES
Secretary Wells Puts lowa's Crop for
1903, 1000, 900 Bushels
Higher.

DIES MONIES, Oct. 19.--Iowa's corn
crop gained an additional 100000
bushels between Sept. l and the
final week of the month, when Jack
Frost put "kink" in further develop
ment. This is the estimate of Secre-
tary George A. Wells of the Western
Grain Dealers association who issued
his report for October yesterday.
Secretary Wells estimates that the
total yield in Iowa will be 2S7,000,00O
bushels. This is 100000 bushels
more than he estimated the probable
yield on Sept. 1. 1t is within 100000
bushels of the estimate of the govern
ment, which places the total yield at
29O,OoO,O00 bushels, while DR.. Chap
pel's dope has been about 275,0O0,O00
bushels.
From the reports from all sections
of the state, furnished by Mr.. Wells,
the corn crop this year is Is per cent
ahead of last years crop. 1t Is also
given out that about 10 per cent OF
the corn will be soft, which indicates
in the opinion of Iowa grain men,
that the frost would have done wei!
to hold off fortnight or so longer.
Secretary Wells in speaking OF the
condition of the state at large In re-
spect to corn yield says as follows:
On The high, we'll tiled or drained
lands show remarkably heavy yields
ner acre.
(2) The level fat lands that are not
low or overlooked, but simply Nat
with no drainage, are giving disap
pointing results as to yields per acre
ca The low, overtlowed and washed
lands have to large extent produced
no crops whatever.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
The True Test.

Burlington HawkEye: While the
Democrats of the First district are
asking Mr.. Kennedy how he is going
to vote on the question of the Repub-
lican speakership they might include
few questions as to how Mr.. Ken.
nedy did vote on measures in con-
gress. That Is the true test of con-
CHEESEMAN'S worth. What he has done
in the past has greater bearing on
his value to his constituents than any
question of what he may do in the fu-
ture. Performances are better than
promises.
Mr. Kennedy's record is unassail-
able, ard the Democrats know it.
Therefore, they are resorting to an at
tempt to create prejudice and strife
among the Republicans with the hope
that they may profit by it. They know
their only hope for winning is to create
division among their opponents.
However, the methods they are using
to accomplish this break will utterly
fail. Republican voters are not to be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
Railroa 1 Mems Attitude.

This explains the attitude of thou.
sands of railroad men who are senti.
mentally unfricndly to Taft It is the
ANALYSIS which an Ohio politician
gives, in explanation of his claim that
the loss Of railroad votes in that state
VIII be less than the Republicans
might otherwise expect.
And there's the unemployed vote in
general Some of It will vote for a
change on the ground that things
couldn't be worse" but as election
grows nearer the impression that the
Renublican party is the real patron
and guardian of business seems n
grow. The Democrats have the des.
peration end: the Republicans have
tuc hone end. That's about all there
Is to the unemployed question. The
indications point to a close victory al
hope over desperation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

James T. Lloyd. congressman from
the First district of Missouri, ex-
planned the fundamental differences
between the Republican and the Dem
ocratic parties in speech to All aud
ience OF young voters in the Y. M. C.
A. auditorium in Chicago few even
ings ago. After his speech he under
took to answer any questions that
might be asked of him, but they came
SO thick and fast from all parts of the
hall that he had "to catch train.
One questioner wanted to know If
there was any difference between the
indignities which the speaker said the
Filipinos suffered from Republican
administration and the indignities suf-
fered by the striking miners In Ala
bama under Democratic rule. Anoth,
er wanted to know why the Demo
Gratis in the south had disfranchised
the negroes and refused woman suf
frage if they were SO anxious to "let
! the people rule"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
TAFT GIVEN 2ss VOTES.

A forecast of the election result
compiled by the magazine success
from poll of its life subscribers gives
Taft 29S electoral votes, or fifty-slx
more than needed. There are about
$4,000 of these life subscribers, re-
siding in all the states in the union,
and votes were received from 11,O07
up to the closing of the polls on
October Z 1t is claimed by Edward
E. Higgins, president of the magazine
company, who writes the election fore
cast, that the auxiliary editorial board
of life subscribers is almost perfectly
representative of the prevailing poll
tics and opinions of the different states
OF the Union.
These subscribers were asked to
express not only their personal poll
tics, but to answer the questions:
For what candidate you intend to
vote?" and How do you think your
state will go?" The writer of the
magazine article says:
"As a result of all the information
thus obtained, we have found 1t i'm
possible to doubt that in inspecting
and tabulating this vote we have been
looking directly into the hearts of the
American people, and the conviction
has been forced upon US that in the
following presentation and discussion
we are correctly interpreting the gen
eral feeling in each state of the Union
as it existed in the last two weeks of
September
The electoral votes will be as fol
lows, according to the forecast:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

Experiments conducted by the bu-
reaus of Forestry and of Plant Indus
try at Washington are said to have
demonstrated that paper can be made
from cornstalks by much the same pro-
cess as that used in treating wood
pulp. The cost, when machinery has
been perfected, will be only a little
over half that of making it from wood
pulp. Samples shown so far are in
five different grades and shades. The
first grade is Of dark gray and heavy
texture and is as tough as sheepskin.
Another grade is of light gray, there
are two shades of yellow ind white.
The "soda-cooked" process is used
the one most used to mako wood pa
per--but the cornstalks only have to
be cooked from two to two and half
hours, as against twelve to fourteen
hours for the wood pulp.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
HEYlNG FOR AUDITOR.

Henry Heying, the Republican can
didate for county auditor, has been
actively and successfully engaged IN
business in Fort Madison for twenty
one years and enjoys the confidence
and friendship of that community ana
of all who know him in an eminent
degree. The duties of the auditors
Office are complex and exacting ana
require special order of talent LOT
their successful discharge. me
auditor is the bookkeeper OF the
county, and when the board OF SUI
pervisors is not in session he is ex-
pected to serve in manner as gen
eral manager. 1t will be seen from
this that something more than clerk
is required in that office. Recognl-
ton of this fact and of Mr.. .Heying's
peculiar fitness for the place led to
his selection as the Republican can
didate.
If elected auditor there is every as
surance that Mr.. Heying will dis
charge the duties of the office with
ability and fidelity Both his personal
character and his training and exper-
fence as a business man make this a
foregone conclusion. He is perfectly
competent and wholly trustworthy
and will take iustifiable pride in doing
the work in the best possible manner
His election will mean not only rec
ignition of his merits as man, but
also the needs of the county and the
best interests of the public service
A vote for Henry Heying will be a
vote directly in the interest of good
county government
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
ASK FOR sENAToR,A, :
And Vote for Major John
as Senator Allieon's s,,oo. "a

The extra session of the low.
isiature amended the primary e,s,.,
law in order to enable tho p e'se'l
cans of the state who had a .sp0s
their preference for William p y
son for United States senator
lect another candidate. on acco,V
the death of Allison, at a n, s'
election to be held in connection s
the November election.
BY the provisions of the o,,.
primary law only those who he,;s@
the principles of the Republican ,s
and generally support its cand, ~
are entitled to cast a vote for ,,.,'
states senator. WI
In order to vote for senatora 4
voter must ask for a printed re s
which will be furnished by ths isis'
of election. This request contains :, 4
statement that the voter af,l,.,
with the Republican party, believe,
the principles of the party and g.
ports the candidates of the party n
request must be signed by the w,
and is to be preserved and beco,
part of the records of the election
presentation of this request promo
signed, the voter will be furnish
with a senatorial election ballot vi
he must mark and deliver to Il
judges as he does the Australian
lot. \
In case the voters right to vote
challenged, he must swear to
truth of the statement he has sig
and false oath renders the /
making 1t liable to punishment
perjury.
Remember the date, Novembe
and vote for Major John F. Lacey
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

Professor Laughlin of Chicago Uni
versity, in his address before the
Illinois Bankers Association, aptly
reduced Mr.. Bryan's pet propo-
sition to guarantee bank depos-
its to this plain statement: "If A
steals BIS horse, go to the most honest
man in the village. G, and rob him of
a horse to pay for BIS loss-it will
increase the eagerness of all men to
be honest and discourage horse steal
ing"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

Entire country 29s 161 "a
probabilities favor Republican sue
cess.
PROBABILITIES favor Democratic
success.
According to the article. New York
state presents no signs of being even
doubtful state this year, the drift
of Republican votes to Bryan being
only 3 per cent and the independent
vote is 60 per cent for Taft and 40
per cent for Bryan
Ohio is classed as surely for Taft.
Indiana, according to the magazine
vote, is surely for Taft. Nebraska is
considered doubtful. because of a Re-
publican drift to BRYAN of II per cent
and a Democratic drift to Taft of 4
per cent, with So per cent of the in.
dependent vote for Bryan, with Re.
publican pluralities in the past
Specific reasons for the classified
ton of the vote of each state ere given
in the article.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

Officers of the National Home Find
ing Society have succeeded in inter-
esting the President in their work. One
of these, Theodore Dresser, told the
President that there are now 100000
dependent children without homes, ex-
cept such as are afforded by charity.
AS the result of the society's efforts,
there are more private homes open to
homeless children than there. are chill
dren. All that is needed is to bring the
homeless to the homes. Many institu-
tions are unwilling to release the chill
lren when good homes are found for
them. 1t is expected that the Presi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
THE ABsuRplrY OF IT.

The absurdity of Mr.. Bryan's bank
guaranty scheme was clearly pointed
out by Prof. j. Lawrence Laughlin of
the University of Chicago in an adj
dress before the Illinois Bankers AS
sociation in Chicago few days ago.
THE banks" he said, ARE asked to
give absolute security Why not make
the doctors guaranty that no patient
shall ever die? Why not ask clergy
man, on becoming pastor of a
church, to give absolute security that
no one in his flock will go to hell fire."
This is a pertinent inquiry What have
the advocates of Mr.. Bryan's PROPOSE
ton to say to it?
Professor Laughlin went on to say
that if depositor wishes none of the
privileges of commercial bank he
can get absolute safey in a deposit
vault But. in tae politicians view,
he wants the privileges and none of
the conditions going with deposits in
a commercial bank. He wishes to
have his cake, and eat it too. A com.
mercial bank never can promise alb
solute safety Why? Because" said
Professor Laughlin. "a commercial
bank could not exist if it did not in.
vest, or loan out, the funds deposited
with it. If a state of city expects Sc.
curity for its deposits it is the subject
of a special contract between the de-
positor and the bank in which the de.
posit is made. If private depositor
wishes to make similar special ar.
rangement with bank it can do so. .
But it would be manifestly unfair and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
MONSTER SUFFRAGE PETITION.

-
Without waiting for the result of
this litigation. the advocates Of
votes for women have started to Sc
cure great petition to congress
signed by all the prominent men and
women in the movement, including a
number of senators and congressman
and their wives, insisting that the
right of suffrage is included In the
privileges of citizenship of the Unit,
ed States. and that women citizens
who comply with the regulations of
the states where they reside "are
competent voters for representatives
in congress"
The leader of the movement IS
Lady Cook a sister of the Virginia
Woodruff, who in the 7Os ran for
President as the candidate of the
Equal Rights party, and who was per-
mitted to address congress, being the
first woman to have that privilege ac-
corded. Lady Cook then was known
as Tennessee Claim" She has lived
until recently in England, where she
married, and has taken a prominent
part in the suffragette movement
there, being the possessor of a large
fortune. She says that the American
woman suffrage battle is to be fought
out on legal lines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

hoodwinked by any such scha,,
the party that thinks it can I e, y
man by belittling and ma,, t,set th'
opponent is the party Of dat su.as
time. History has demonstr ss' e''
to be a fact. s'raled
Watch the result in the Fi,.,
trict and see If history does nv n.s'
itself. 0es not rep
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
keokuk, Iowa. 49,. October 10, 1908.
WHY TAFT.
: : = : - = = = - : : = d

- . y . . = . . = y . . . . %
. Gov. chas. e. Hughes: When we .
. hear sounded strldent call to =
= defense of popular rights, we look .
. carefully to see who constitute .
. the new patriotic army into =
= whose keeping we are asked to .
. turn over the destinies Of this .
. great nation. The campaign .
. watchword "shaII the People =
= Ruler" and the demand whether .
. the government shall remain =
. mere business asset Of favor-seek- .
. ing corporations" are not impress .
. sve, when embIazoned on the .
. banners of Tammany Hall and of .
. other essential allies. The army .
. opposing US cannot pass muster .
. either as one Of defense or of SAL .
= walton, and we may we'll pause .
= before we permit 1t, despite its .
boast Of fidelity, to garrison our .
. institutions. .
. No one more than | desires to .
. see administration purged Of .
. every selfish faint, to have fair .
. and Impartial laws faithfully ex- .
= ecuted, to get rid Of every special =
. privilege at the expense Of pub
. lie interest, to Iiberate trade from Z
. unjust encroachments, purity cur Z
. electoral methods and to main Z
. tain honest representative gov 4
. eminent. And it is because of his 4
= loyalty to these ideals, because of 4
= his broad sympathies, and his 4
. rare equipment In character, abil-
. ity and experience, because tested 4
. in the difficult fields of Judicial 4
. and administrative work he has 4
. proved his quality by eminent 4
service, because Of his varied I
. learning, his acquaintance with 4
. affairs, his respect for constitu- I
= tlonaI government, and his capac- 4
. ity intelligently and justly to plan I
. and direct necessary reforms, that
= most earnestly support the can I
. dldacy of William Howard Taft.
= - . = o . y y . y . . + Z
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
Cheap wages make cheap living. The

Cheap wages make cheap living. The
Democratic party propose to make
wages cheap by abolishing protection
and inviting flood of foreign pro-
ducts made by workingmen whose pay
is much less than that of workingmen
in this country. This proposition is so
plain that even a free-tr..der should
have no difficulty in understanding it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

Voters residing In towns of $500
population and over are the only ones
required to register There are only
two towns of this size in Lee county
Keokuk and Fort Madison. Voters
in all the other towns and in the coun-
try districts in Lee county are ex-
empt from the requirements of the
registration law
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

A local Democratic leader told a
voter residing in Jackson township
(outside) that it would be necessary
for him to register in order to vote.
That was mistake. Jackson town
ship (outside) is not part OF the
city Of Keokuk, and only Lee county
voters residing in Keokuk and Fort
Madison are required to register.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

The Gate City's revision of its esti-
mate of Kennedy's majority giving
him $500 instead of 5000 has called
forth the suggestion from the Burling.
ton Hawk-Eye that probably the extra
500 have been reading the Democratic
papers of the district of late. The
idea, to say the least. is highly plaus-
IDLE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
YOU MUST REGISTER.

This is presidential year and II you
wish to participate in the election
November 8, and live in town OF 81
500 population or over, you must reg.
lister. Registration days in Iowa VIII
be Thursday, Friday and Saturday
October %, 20 and "a, and Saturday
October 81. The registrars VIII be
found at the polling places on the
date mentioned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

There never was time when labor
was better employed or at higher
wages. Intelligent workingmen will
vote to continue this state OF affairs
by voting for Taft Sherman and Ken
nedy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

Secretary Wilson'S prediction that
Iowa land will soon command 5000 an
acre is in fair way to be fulfilled. A
few days ago piece of Iowa land in
the vicinity Of Council Bluffs sold at
the rate of $3.50 an acre, and still
more recently farm near Farragut
brought $155. If Taft is elected still
better prices are practically assured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

One Chicago business firm has Of
fered premium of $4,000 for a
100000 policy of insurance against
the election of Bryan. The offer re-
fleets the fear of the business world
menace to the prosperity of the coun-
try.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19

The earl of Rosslyn has married
poor girl. Poor poor girl" exclaims
the Omaha Bee.
1t has been noticed by the Philadel-
phia Record that most of our mistakes.
also, are self-made
1.-TWO is company says the Chicago
News, "but with the father in the par
lor there is multitude"
The Odebolt Chronicle sees clearly
that if you voted for Roosevelt you
ought also to vote for Taft.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil har-
bors the suspicion that Mr.. Hearst is
saving up for the very last week.
Tie Chicago News, explaining why
50 many widowers remarry, says that
some men Just have to be bossed.'
The Topeka State Journa. notes that
the man who maintains that whisky
is good for cold usually has a cold.
1t is the opinion of the Topeka Capt
tai that some church members return
thanks for some mighty poor meals
The bachelor of the New York Press
has observed that there is nothing
more uncomfortable than being truth
full in practice as we'll rs IN principle
| The Chicago -3ecord-Herald has dis
covered that as soon as {. man gets
! $4,000 he begins to fear that some
body is trying to stir up class hatred
The Ida County Pioneer anxiously
inquiries: But what do the people o
Oklahoma think of Bryan?" Ssh. i
isn't mailable," cautions the Sioux Cit.
Tribune.
And it is not surprising, thinks tn,
Milwaukee Wisconsin, that city boy
visiting the farm for the first tim,
should think that the goat is KEEP
in the buttery.
The rural carrier who stole from tn
Bryan campaign contributions has CO..
fessed. Haskell is still brazening /
out, however" remarks the Marshal
town es-Republican
!, 1t is conceit of the st. Josep
News Press that the turning of Lot
wife into a pillar of salt is nothing b
comparison with tae fate of st. j
seph woman who looked over he
shoulder and turned into dry good
, store
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
Just So.

Marshalltown Times-R Republican
keokuk is spelling base ball park
to create location for power plant
Keokuk prefers factories by dam
site.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
DAILY BY MAIL.

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subscribers failing to receive their pa "a
pers promptly will confer favor py
giving notice of the fact.
Address all communications to
THE GATE CITY COMPANY.
No 1s, Norln Sixth St, Keokuk. Iowa
THE GATE CITY is on sale at the fol-
lowing news stands:
Hotel Keokuk, cor. Third and Johnson.
c. H. Rollins s Co. 6sa Main Street
Ward Bros, 525 Main Street.
Depot News Stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
Chance to Learn Trades.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
There is immediate demand for si|
men and women to learn trades
this city at fair wages. The first THU
for young man to do is to learn
trade. l am infayor of more mechsu
ical training In our schools.
w B. COLLINS.