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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
WATTERsoN ON BRYAN.

1t is worth while to recall what
Henry Watterson said about Mr.. Bry-
an in 1896. Here is what he wrote
and published in his paper, the Louis.
vile Courier-Journal, July Is of that
year:
The Democratic party seems
threatened with engulfment in a del
uge of populism and anarchy. -
Swayed backward and forward by the
latest utterances of ridiculous oratory,
they ended by making platform
which IS in itself an insult to every
Democrat. and placed upon that plat
form a fire-eating populist, whose
chief merit is 4 capacity for arousing
similar people by infammatory
rhetoric. AS one of our contempo-
raries puts it, Lunacy having dictated
the platform, it is perhaps natural
that hysteria should evolve the candi-
date Men like Bryan are agitators
rabble-rousers and spell-binders: but
no man would trust them at the head
of an ordinary business TO manage its
executive affairs, much less at the
head of great nation. = To elect
him would mean reputation. anarchy,
and national and social ruin"
Mr.. Bryan has not changed during
the intervening years. He is the
same man now that Colonel Waiter
son said he was in 1896.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
The Senatorial Primary.


Cedar Falls Record: The Demo-
Gratis have named Claude Porter as
their candidate for HE United States
senate. and if they succeed in getting
majority in the next legislature, Mr..
Porter would undoubtedly be elected.
On Tie other hand. the Republicans
nominated Senator Allison at the .;une
primary and his death left vacancy.
A special primary has been ordered to
select Republican candidate for that
vacancy. The Democrats are not con-
cerned in the filing of this vacancy,
as it is purely a Republican nomina-
ton to supply the place of the de-
ceased nominee. Every Republican
should call for senatorial ballot
The judges of the election will hand
him slip, in which it is stated sub
stantially that the voter is a Republi-
can and wants to vote at the Republi-
can senatorial primary. Should he
be challenged as to party affiliations,
the voter will then swear to the state
ment contained in the slip, which he
has just signed. He will be fur
nished little ballot, upon which
there will be two names, Mr.. Cum
Minis and Mr.. Lacey's. Mr.. Cum
Minis name will come first and Mr..
Lacey's second, owing to the alpha
betical arrangement. The voter
should make an (x) opposite the name
of his choice for senator.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
Mr.. Tracy shoots harmless paper
wads behind his flimsy cover.
A Familiar Democratic Principle.

~
Philadelphia Press: One permanent
difference between the two parties Is
found in their tariff declarations. The
Denver tariff plank has a good deal
in it about trusts, but the important
definite declaration is in the sentence,
1--WE favor immediate revision Of the
tariff by the reduction Of import
duties" This In substance has been
the Democratic cry almost from the
foundation of the government. 1t Is a
notice to those engaged in industry.
whether as employer or employed,
that Democratic success means re-
duction in duties, an increase in i'm
ports, less sales of our own manufac-
tured products and increased con-
sumption In this country of the pro-
ducts of foreign labor.
In the multiplicity of issues and in
terests this will not be forgotten. If
the Democratic party is placed in a
position to 20 what it promises Amer
lean labor will receive less protection
than it does now. What protection,
if any, it might receive would be
merely incidental, for the old Demo
cratic slogan, "a tariff for revenue
only" has never been repudiated, and
the later traiff declarations are only
more cautious forms of that familiar
Democratic principle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
COLD WEATHER SIGNS OUT
Goose Bones Heavy, Corn Hu,..
Thick and the Muskrat is On y
the Job.

Des Moines Register and eado.
The cold winter signs are ont ay.,,
If signs are to be relied upon Wa .rs
in for real old fashioned winter !,
snow and ice and cold for man,
weeks.
According to the prognostlcator WIN
responsibilities according to the Wa,
nature takes care of her own this win.
ter will be one to make the oldest h.
habitant sit up and take notice.
1t is said that the goose bone i,
heavier than it has been for wears
(Shiver!D The hazel nut ripened bs.
fore frost. (B-r-r-r!) The corn huss,,
are heavier and thicker than usual
(Get out the ear muffs!) The mnst
rat is on the job making his domicils
unusually strong for the winter
months and his new coat is unusual,
thick (Think Of the coal billD
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
Cannon. the Abused.

Cedar Rapids Republican: Speaker
Cannon must know what 1t is to be
made scape goat for everything that
people do not like The Methodists
think he was in the way of some leg
islation they favored. and every one
IN particular and all in general be-
licve that the speaker is the one who
defeated their projects. But when
these matters have all been sifted
and when justice is finally done 1t
viii appear that Mr.. Cannon has been
one OF the most misrepresented and
most maligned men In our puhlic life
instead of being a tyrant, as he is pic
tured, he Is the soul of democracy. He
is man of the people and near TO
the people and he has sought. as much
as any one, to do the peoples will and
TO promote their greatest welfare.
TINS, we believes is the true Mr.. Can
non the Cannon as he has been known
IN politics. The ogre, the very devil,
lnsolent, malicious, seeking to over
throw popular government. is a crea.
ton OF an era Of excitement and mis-
representation. The people want to
let blood somewhere, want sacrifice
Of some kind and they have by com.
mon consent Jumped" on Speaker
cannon, because he has been at the
! head CT the house of representatives.
some day those who now most vio-
lently misrepresent him. will have to
admit their error, and the injustice
that they did him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
HosIER FOR SUPERVISOR

A man can best be judged by his
standing with his neighbors. These
are acquainted with his mornings and
his outgoings and know what manner
of man he really is. No man can de-
ceiye all who know him very long. He
cannot successfully hide himself be-
hind mask at all times and under
all circumstances. He is certain to
betray his true character sooner or
later. Isaiah Hosier, one of the Re-
publican candidates for supervisor. is
but little known In Keolsuk and the
southern part of Lee county. but his
neighbors in Pleasant Ridge township
where he has lived all his life units
in saying that he is the man par ex-
cellence for that office This is the
testimony of Republicans and Demo
Gratis alike. They are thoroughly ac-
quainted with the character of
the man, and their word may
be accepted in confidence at its face
has made success of his own bust
ness and has every qualification for
the office for which he has been
named. He is honest, Industrious,
broad,minded and level-headed, and as
supervisor will give the county the
benefit of these and other admirable
qualities.
Mr.. Hosiers candidacy should APP.
peal to CITY and country alike. fIe is
! a fine business man as well as a sue.
cessful farmer and will not fail to do
his part toward giving Lee county pro
gressive, efficient and economical
management to its affairs, He will
neither squapder the public funds nor
withhold needed appropriations. Nc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14


In sermon in Omaha last Sunday
Rev. W. NJ. Backus told of the old and
the new conception of what actually
constitutes piety and held up Jane
Adams of Chicago as modern saint
because of her work In renedying evil
conditions among the poorer classes.
He said that under the old type men
We're scared and were seeking safety
Under the new type men are unafraid.
Under the first he is stern and fierce,
under the second he is genial and mel
low. The ancient type washed the
feet of the poor and fed them. The
modern saints seek to remedy the con-
ditions that make people poor. Whei-
ever the hands OF men are doing
works of love men are pious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
woman with pretty clothes
scented hair comes whit es an

woman with pretty clotbos
scented hair comes within tbeir and
they are all in. We have insoru .eacA
which leads us to believe that nor ,a.l0s
OF the state house in Des Moin po',i0ns
been teeming with afIinities 10 -, naSs
way up and down. There is - vac
deal OF petticoating going on. T sseas
is therefore no wonder that nov mere
then one lunatic gets clear :. aug
track and flies the coop" the o ~ ,as
ing the s3,ooO,OoO building n vvop Dc
gilded dome. Russell is the saa Jug
man Of his kind within TIE ve,r sOllo
The way to reform it is 70 ~,
the offices Of idleness which ,ra eollsa
used largely for political nrom.. aOs Y
Get down to hard work and hns,s .lls :
again. The men who really bav, lug
thing to do, do not 60 wrong II N. ~
way. There ought to be no otBoo .ls'
i4leness in Iowa. This is wos ss Y Y
peoples state. A'Ns
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

A dispatch from Waveriy says that
the beet sugar plant there, the only
one in Iowa, will be started for thesea-
son within few days, workmen hav-
ing been engaged for some time in
getting the plant and machinery in
order. Coal to the amount of 5000
tons has been provided, and an inn
mense pile of lime rock is ready for
the burning. About $500 acres of
beets We're planted for this factory,
and the crop is a prolific one. The re-
cent frosts have had a tendency to
ripen tie beets, and the bright sun
shine will add to the sugar contents,
This is not only the only factory in
Iowa but is one of the largest in the
west.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
eoMPERs' ADVICE sPuRNED.
Republican Prosperity Better than
Pnning to Bryan, Glassblowers
Declare.

ST. Louis Globe Democrat: The
Alton Glassblowers' Union, the largest
.sanch of the American Bottle Blow
ers' Association in the United States
and Canada, has repudiated the adj
vice of Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
and at its last meeting tabled cir
cular in which Gompers advised the
glassblowers to vote for Bryan. In
an official report of the paper the
following paragraph appears:
THE circular received from the
American Federation of Labor on the
political situation was laid on the
table. The members here expressed
themselves as having lived under both
administrations and feel that they are
intelligent enough to know how to
vote. The success of their union has
been along nonpartisan lines, and it
is the general opinion of the older
members that If the officers of the
A. F. of l.. would spend less time in
Washington trying to run the govern
ment and more time attending to the
affairs of their own craft we would
all fare better. They do considerable
ranting about injunctions, but some Of
them issue injunctions which would
make Van Cleave fade into insight
ficance. If the executive council had
used some judgment perhaps we
would not now be witnessing the spec
tacle which is going on in Cincinnati
and Muncie"
Prominent members of the glass
blowers union, in speaking of the
turning down of Samuel Gompers,
and incidentally their national presi-
dent, D. A. Hayes, vice president of
the Federation of Labor, says that
under previous experiments in voting
against the Republican ticket, glass
blowers lost heavily, and that when
they wore boosters in their hats after
the Cleveland election, they had good
cause to regret it during four years
following, with reduction in wages
and little work.
They declare that the interference
of the higher officers and the attempt
to lead them against their best inter
ests into the Bryan camp, is resented,
and the reference to the officers who
spend their time in Washington Is to
President Hayes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
ldleness and Affinities in Des Moline.

ldleness and Affinities in Des Moines.
Cedar Rapids Republican,: Taking
note of the fact that Pharmacy Com
missioner Russell has progressed" by
following an affinity, deserving his
wife and his children, the Clarinda
Herald fears there is something in
the Des Moines atmosphere that is
wrong.
1t is not the atmosphere. 1t is the
system that obtains in the state house.
The state house has been filled up
with boards and commissions, to look
after one thing and another, and gen
orally it is the other thing that they
are looking after. 1t is the system of
idleness. There Is little or nothing for
these commissioners who sit in easy
chairs to do. Their offices are honor
airy ones, the secretary. in nine cases
out of ten doing all the work. That
gives these country politicians time to
leaf around" 1t is the loafer who
falls into bad habits and if fluffy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.

1t is announced from Washington
that the designs for a new issue of
United States postage stamps have
just been completed.
The new stamps will be in denomi
nations of 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6. s. 10. Is and
90 cents and 81. The 50 and SIS de.
nominations in use will not be re-
printed. 1t will be several weeks be-
fore the new stamps are put on the
market.
All the stamps are of similar de-
sign containing head in an ellipse.
the only decoration being laurel
leaves on either side of the ellipse.
The lettering is in straight lines, at
the top being "u. S. Postage" and at
the bottom the words 1.-TWO Cents. .
The cent stamp contains the head
OF Franklin, while all the others will
bear that of Washington, taken from
busts by Houdon. The colors are the
reds and blues of the early stamps.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

Gen. G. NJ. Dodge, who has returned
to his home in Council Bluffs for the
winter, declares that New York UNI
doubtedly will line up for Taft. 1t is
not so certain that the state will be
for Hughes. General Dodge says that
business conditions are improving in
the east, but that they are still much
worse than west. of Chicago. The
manufacturing districts are the ones
that are feeling the depression most.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
Mr.. kENNEDYs GOOD RECORD.

I
Congressman Kennedys record as a
member of the house is one that does
! him great credit, Notwithstanding the
! large amount of committee work he
did and the time he spent visiting the
various departments in the interests
of his constituents, he was present at
every roll call The record also shows
that in every instance he voted in &C.
cordance with the wishes of large
majority of First district voters. The
list of the laws he helped to make is
long one,-too long for reproduction
in these columns Only some of the
more important ones of interest to the
people Of this part of Iowa can be
mentioned in this connection. Follow
ing is a partial list:
Law increasing widows pensions
from SIS to $12 month and removing
unnecessary restrictions from old law
Laws granting 5000 pensions to vet
Grams of the civil war and soldiers of
the Spanish war.
Law prohibiting dissertation and i'm
proper use of the flag.
Many private pensions bills.
Law authorizing the construction of
two new battleships
Law recognizing the consular SER
vice in the interest of efficiency and
economy.
Law restoring the motto I'm God We
Trust" to the gold and silver coins.
Law governing the employment of
children in the District of Columbia
Law giving the Interstate Commerce
Commission power to regulate the
transportation of explosives, in the
interest of safety of passengers and
employees.
Law making employers liable for in
juries to employees, and the govern
ment liable for injuries to persons in
its service.
Law prohibiting military bands from
competing with civilian musicians.
Law amending the patent laws in
the interest of the inventor.
Law prohibiting railroads from US
ing any locomotive ash-pan which
necessitates any employee getting
under the engine.
In addition to helping pass the fore
going laws of general application and
interest Mr.. Kennedy secured an APP
preparation for a postoffice site at
Fort Madison; a charter for bridge
across the Mississippi river at Bur-
lington: an appropriation for an adj
dition to the postoffice building in the
same city. and an appropriation for
the levee north of Burlington, to say
nothing of numerous pensions for vet
Grams of the civil war. His record
during his first term speaks for itself
and entities him to another term by
largely increased majority
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
soe VOTES FOR -AE1.

President Roosevelt, who has shown
himself to be good Judge of political
events, predicts .nat Taft and Sher-
man will have 306 electoral votes. 1t
will be recalled that the President pre-.
dicted just after the last delegates to
the Chicago convention We're elected
that Taft would have about 700 dele
gates. He had 7O2. In his view the
following states are safe for Taft:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14


Another man has gone wrong-this
time at Macomb, H., and the, Journal
of that place gives an inkling of the
particulars. For the sake of his fam
lily it withholds his name. We can
not do better than to let the Journal
tell the sad story in its own words:
He was seen yesterday Caught in
the act as it were) carrying a can of
kerosene Chat he had actually
bought to his home in the first ward
Such unblushing partnership with
the Standard Oil octopus ought TO be
branded in his forehead. 1t is mighty
near case for calling out Troop H.
1t was a high-handed outrage upon
the plain people. Be We men and
suffer this!"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
The Issue In Thrse Words.

Chicago Evening Post: In the
phrase reform by magic" Mr.. Hughes
concisely summed up the glittering
Bryan prescription for American
evils, as opposed to the solid, steady.
permanent cure for which Mr.. Taft
stands. Here is the main issue Of the
election, and here it is, we believe,
that the hard common sense of the
people will most strongly assert itself
at the polls.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

1t is stated that if Bryan is elected
the Commoner will be discontinued
That is something OF an inducement,
of course, but the country can get
along great deal better with the
Commoner in existence than with
Bryan in the presidential chair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

Raymond the Chicago Tribune
correspondent finds Indiana doubtful
on state issues but favorable to Taft
He inclines to the belief that Taft will
carry the state by something more
than $4,000 majority. Wit New York
and Indiana both in the Taft column
the Bryan exhibit will bear a close re-
semblance to thirty cents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
Keokuk Republicans are asked tc

Keokuk Republicans are asked to
meet with the city central committee
in the district court room tomorrow
evening at 7:30 o'clock to consider
matters pertaining to the closing days
of the campaign All the members of
the committee are expected to be pres
ent, and there should be large at
tendance of the Republicans of the city
In addition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

Mr.. Bryan asserts that in spite of
all Republican declarations he is not
dead politically. George Fitch pro
tests in the Peoria Herald Transcript
that nobody ever said that Mr.. Bry-
an had died. According to Mr.. Fitch,
they simply asserted that he had died
down.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

Anyway. there is one mighty good
thing about j. Ham Lewis. He is not
doing any talking into monographs
His forbearance is cause for congrat-
ulations on all sides.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
Kennedy is All Rinht.

Pennington News: Unc,e Joe Can
non has his own troubles at home and
his fight is not the fight of our First
district. Trust Charlie Kennedy to
look after First district interests while
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

Judge Taft stated truism in saying
He might have added vita equal truth
that they will throw everything else
out of gear.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

candidate on any ticket is more
worthy of support or will give bet
ter account of himself as county
official Mr.. Hosier should be en-
dorsed at the polls by majority in
keeping with his superior merits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

Governor Hughes of New York ran
C5,000 ahead of his ticket two years
ago. There will have to be a big
slump if he does not carry the Empire
state this year along with Judge Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

Nat Goodwin's divorce has disclosed
curious tangle of love and intrigue
1t seems that Goodwin is to wed Edna
Goodrich, and Harry Macmillan, Miss
Goodrich's former fiance. is to marry
Maxine Elliott, Goodwin S former wife.
In other words, Macmillan and the
actor, rivals also in mining war, are
to swap sweethearts. Perhaps the
less said about the developments the
better.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

Lyman Abbott says in The Outlook
that the paramount issue of the pres
ent election is what can we do to
promote honesty in public and pri-
vate life?" This is more important
than railway regulation, trust con
troll, tariff revision, currency reform,
campaign publicity. Because l be-
lieve the election of Mr.. Taft will
give an added strength to the partial
ly awakened American conscience,
because | believe it will promote pub.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
The Daily Gate City

boring men among it's first victims. He
poses as the special friend of labor.
He is its enemy. He gives the labor
ing men fine words, but they should
not listen to them, for if he could, he
would cut down their wages.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

An honest man. the Sioux City Jour
nal explains, is a man WHO admits he
doesn't know anything about the Bal
kan situation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

Blessed is work" says the Burling-
ton Hawk-Eye 1T conduces to diees.
ton, sleep and happiness. 1t is the
parent of civilization and the dynamo
Of human progress"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14
The First District Campaign,

Bonaparte Record John C. Scott
chairman Of the Republican congres.
sional committee, has recently been
quite seriously Ill. Mr.. Scott is hus.
tier. He has been putting a lot o.
energy and force into the First dis.
trict campaign. He got the start and
he has held the pace. A letter from
Mr.. Scott states that he expects to be
able to get busy during the remainder
of the campaign which is progressing
handsomely. Congressman C. A. Ken
nedy has been consistent and faith
full worker for his district and will b
returned to Washington by hand
some majority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-14

The President also regards Colorado
and Maryland as affording a good
chance to the Republicans, but these
states are not included in the claim
he is making to his friends