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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
BRYAN is A DREAMER.

Governor Hughes OF New YORK
opened his Illinois speech-maklns cam
paign at Alton on Saturday evening.
He was introduced to large audience
by Governor Deneen on the spot Where
the Lincoln-Douglas debate occurred
fifty years ago. In the course OF MS
address Governor Hughes spoke OF
Bryan by implication as a dreamer ana
the apostle of fallacy. He SAID the
Republican party has instituted a
work of honesty to protect all legl1l-
mate enterprises, and that the great
work before us in this campaign is
the upbuilding and maintaining OF
prosperity in the country, the admin
istering of the affairs of the nation SO
as to give pride to the people Con-
tinuing, Governor Hughes said:
Mckinley was elected IN 1896 for
the purpose of helping the legitimate
industries of the country. This work
was carried on by Roosevelt Now
we have come to the time for an ex-
hihition of common sense of the Amer
lean people We are at critical Pc
Rod when mistake would be serious.
We need a man to take charge of
the affairs of the nation who has
done a work; a man of actual service,
not an apostle of fallacy, not a
dreamer. man of judgment, clear In
mind and tactful.
1--WE have nominated man VINO
mad the hardest jobs an American
ever tackled. After the Spanish wal
need arose for men of administra
tive talent Europe viewed our new
responsibilities and said we wou fail
as we had no men of experience IN
/ statescraft to take up our great work
i Mckinley looked for man and fount
1 one-a man would maintain the
high level of American achieve
/ ments before the world, man II
whom the country could take pride
man of training. experience and ex
traordinary capacity, man by whon
everything was done we'll. He wa
q man sincere. without blemish OF
his record, incorruptible. He possess
ed all the virtue of high character an
is lust the man needed and fanilia
with the responsibilities of high OF
flee. l refer to William Howard Taft
perhaps | should not find fault Wit
Bryan for his lack of experience Il
service. 1t is not his fault. He ha
tried often enough to get it
In view of these things the governo
asked his auditors to give their sur
port to a man who is candid. genuin
reformer with the wisdom CT executin
good policies. Think it over quietly.
he counseled, land vote for the best II
terests of the countrywide for Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
Kennedy Versus Tracy.

Pennington News: Mr.. Tracy has
addressed a registered mail letter and
published the same in the Burlington
Gazette, asking Mr.. Kennedy If he
will vote for Cannon for speaker, as
If naming speaker was the principal
business of a congressman. We have
not learned of Mr.. Kennedy's answer,
but it is safe to say that the First dis
trict congressman will not exhibit the
/ same degree of impertinence in an
swering the question that Mr.. Tracy
/ discloses in propounding it. Mr.
Kennedy has accomplished something
for his district ard will be able to do
/ more for his district during the next
! three years-his rival could hope to
accomplish little and if elected would
/ probably do little more than draw mis-
! salary. Mr.. Tracy is a jolly good fell
low but he could be of no service
whatever, during Republican admin
istration. But what is the use to
argue the question? Kennedy is one
of the very best one year congressman
ever sent from any district and Mr.
Tracy could not do better even if he
was running On the right ticket The
man who has made good in the super
lative degree discounts the man who
has never tried. Even the Democrats
are satisfied with Mr. Kennedy ant
some of them will support him be
cause he has proven his worthiness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

The Burlington Hawk-Eye quotes
what The Gate City said about Mr..
Cruikshank's statement settling the
matter of no invitation to Congress
man Kennedy to the old settlers re.
union at Fort Madison to the salts
faction of both Congressman Kennedy
and the old settlers, and taat nobody
of sense tries to satisfy the Democrat
ic papers,-and adds this word OF
truthful comment:
1t is not the desire of the Democrat
ic papers to be satisfied Despite Mr..
Cruikshank's manly statement, some
of them will go on insisting that Ken
nedy was invited to attend that re-
union, and they will say Cruikshank
says So That is the nature OF their
campaign against Mr.. Kennedy. They
do not intend to bring into question
his ability or his record in congress.
They have no grounds to oppose him
in any legitimate manner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
You Can Insure Anything.

Cedar Rapids Republican,: Mr..
Bryan says that you can insure your
life, your house. your barn, your horse
and your automobile, but not your
money deposited in bank He is mis-
taken, of course. You can take out
insurance on your bank deposits
There are companies organized for
that purpose. The only reason there
is less insurance of that kind is due
to the fact that bank deposits are al
ready so secure that most people be-
/ lieve it useless to insure them further.
! The government has surrounded the
banks with so many safeguards that
few men think of insurance in connec.
/ ton with their deposits. The losses
] to bank depositors are so small, such
I fractional per cent that people prefer
( to carry thir own risks.
The government has done more for
the man who deposits his money in a
bank than it has for any man who in
vests his money in other enterprises
Tle man buys lands or houses at his
own risks. There is no government
inspection of them A man who puts
his money in house may lose it, by
fire, unless he insures it and he mus
u pay for his own insurance. II he in
sures his life he must pay for his owl
insurance
But it is argued that the cost 0
thn mi t,1,
} banks themselves But the banks ar
not in business for their lealth an,
: will charge it up to their customers
And why should bank well manage,
in Iowa be compelled to help insur
a badly managed bank X in mo Montana ,alsa 9
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

From the evidence at hand 1t APP
pears that Street Foreman Farrell was
not to blame for expanding more
money on street account during
August than the city council appropria-
ted for the purpose. He tells straight
story and it bears the impress of truth.
In brief. 1t is that the amount allowed
by the council was $1,000 Important
street work was under way and he was
J instructed by the chairman of the
street committee to push it to compile
{ ton. At this juncture the chairman
of the sidewalk committee ordered him
/ to do certain extensive and costly eX-
/ cavating preparatory to the construc-
( ton of permanent sidey..lk. Mr.. Far
I rell says he protested on the ground
+ that there was no appropriation avail
I able to pay for the work. The chair
man of the sidewalk committee insist
ed on the work being done. he says,
and promised to have the Chairman of
the street committee endorse the ex-
penditure This the latter did, ac
cording to Mr.. Farrell. He called
me up by phone" Mr.. Farrell
says. "and told me he would take care
of the deficit or overdraft." With this
understanding Mr. Farrell went ahead
with the work and the result was ar
expenditure of something like S70t
I in excess of the appropriation. Unde
such condition. of course the stree
foreman was not to blame.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
TROUBLE AHEAD.

An official from the attorney gen
erals office in Des Moines will appear
before Judge Smythe of the district
court at Burlington some day this
week and ask for a temporary injunc-
ton against all saloonk keepers in that
city who failed to observe the provi-
sions of the mulct law There is little
question that the temporal injunction
will be granted, as there is no question
of the violation of the law At the
next term of court, the temporary in.
junction will be asked to be made per-
manent, and if this is done and there
is no doubt that it will be, it will
mean that the proprietors of about
twenty saloons in Burlington will be
permanently enjoined from conducting
a liquor business at any point within
that judicial district, and the buildings
in which the offending saloons have
been conducted will be closed to er ia
for one year from date of the decree
/ Keokuk saloonkeepers would do vel
to be warned in time. A representa-
| tive from the same state Office in De:
1 Moines is likely to put in an appear
I cnce here at any time and institute
similar proceedings, with the same re
suit. Just now is an especially goo
I time for violators of the liquor law
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
THE COUNTY ATToRNEysHlP.

r. n. Johnston of Fort Madison. Re-
publican candidate for county attor-
ney, needs no introduction to Gate
City readers. He is native of Lee
county and has lived in it all his life
A graduate of Johnston's Training
School and also of the Michigan Uni
versity College of Law, he brought
tn his chosen profession thorough
preparation for his life work in addi-
ton to a natural fitness for it's ardu-
Gus and exacting duties. AS prac-
titioner at the bar he has been ex-
ceptionally successful. During the
past four years he has served as
deputy county attorney and has made
record that is greatly to his credit
The percentage of convictions obtain
ed by County Attorney w. G. Blood
and Deputy County Attorney Johnston
greatly exceeds that of any of theil
predecessors. They have also beer
instrumental in saving the count!
/ large sums of money Wy wise legal ad
! vice. On every occasion on which HI
/ has been put to the test, and In
great variety Of ways, Mr.. Johnston
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
Which :?

Des Moines Capital: The election
for the choosing of new President
will take place three weeks from next
Tuesday.
Reader what are you going to do on
election day?
Are you going to vote for man who
Is a princely orator, but who has never
advocated single wise policy as re.
lates to the federal government dur.
ing his whole career, or are you going
to vote for man who has not only
advocated wise policies but who has
performed wise deeds as an admin
istrative officer?
Remember, the President of the Uni
ted States has charge of the affairs of
| S6,000,000 people. The new President
will be charged with tie duty of APP
pointing four justices of the supreme
court The supreme court is practical
.ly the custodian of the constitution and
our form of government. Colonel
Bryan has not demonstrated that he is
good Judge Of men. He is a good
handshaker and is popular but when it
comes to the discharge of stern duty.
he is lacking. He has compromised
with the undesirables of his own party.
For few years he was disposed to
stand out against taem Now his sur
render appears to have been complete.
These facts illustrate that Colonel
i pr1-o h ;,1 fho
presidential chair.
Business men must understand that
a change in parties would mean that
business would mark tirle There
would be at least year of waiting
/ Wage earners must understand the
same thing. Every man must under
stand the risk he takes when he votes
the Democratic ticket.
] Every colored man who contem
plates voting the Democratic ticket
must understand that the Democratic
4 strength is in the south where the col
ored man is disfranchised.
\ Every mechanic must remember
that the solid south has no use fol
labor unions
| Every anti-monopolist must realize
that the Republican rarity. led b,
Roosevelt, has fought great battl,
on behalf of the people and in the in
terest of control of railroads and othe
corporations.
There is something in the party. TIL,
Democratic party would be millston,
around Bryan's neck
The people of the country have tire,
weeks in which to determine whethe
or not they want four years of cor
tinuance of the Roosevelt policie
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

A great fuss is being made about
what Congressman Longworth said, or
is alleged to have said in a speech at
Rock Island recently with respect to
the presidential succession. From the
affidavits made by newspaper CORE
spondents it does not appear that Mr..
Longworth was at all serious, and
even had he been serious it would
hardly be worth while taking it Sc
riously. The Cairo Bulletin, an in
dependent newspaper, thus clearly
states the sane view of the matter:
The people of the United States
can be trusted to do their own think
ing and voting on election day. No
one man or one thousand men can fix
the presidential succession TO- them
Perhaps the chief reason why Mr.
Roosevelt has been able to make his
influence effective in behalf of Mr.
Taft is that Mr.. Roosevelt has done
nmch as President of the United
States which the people approve. and
Mr.. Taft is pledged to follow his ex
! ample.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
to sing exceedingly small-and mend
their ways.

Some politicians for purposes OF
tl.esr own are trying to make 1t ap-
pear that Judge Taft is opposed TO
organized labor and its principles, but
close study of his record will convince
the most skeptical that he is falr
and Just man to all interests, whether
labor organizations or any Others or
CARNATIONS. In all his dealings with
organized labor, in it's different
branches, he has invariably shown a
spirit of absolute fairness. Not only
this, but he has had exceptional train
ing for the high Office for which he IS
a candidate No man ever aspired to
the presidency who had better equip
ment in all the essentials of character
and training.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
The eovernor's Proclamation.

Waterloo Reporter: That bienn
thrilling six-column story enutl
proclamation. Issued by the d
ernor. Regarding the General 81
ton, to be Held etc, has madel3
appearance in a number of Iowa id
nails of civilization which have evel
right to be reckoned among Il
household necessities. While the
suit which hinges on this requiH
publication has varying degrees
thrills the careful reader will have
admit that the text becomes som
what monotonous before the perus
has progressed very deep distan
into what it has TO say. The persey
ing reader Is entitled to sigh Of
lief when he pursues the thread to-
end and does not find the maj
legend, "To be continued in our mex
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
under Taft or four years exns,,.
under Bryan and the solid sa rs,'''
Soft Demaaoouerv

Keosauqua Republican. w
thought that G. s. Tracy tho :
cratic candidate for congress- !, ~
district, was a man of common u
at least but 1t appears now tba,
"dern"' fool. A few DAYS asa y
made manifest this fact by nn,,,|
ing a letter to Congressman Kana
demanding that he state whetha.
not he is going to vote for Josas.
Cannon for speaker OF the house ~ Y
ordinary citizen will eyidentlv |
what business it is of Tracy's B
Mr.. Kennedy might vote for for On.
err. Such question marks Mr. n
as very soft demagogue indeedy
much of the very small demaoa
as no doubt to inspire sense a.
rowing contempt in the feelings u
cry intelligent citizen who learn,
it. How hard up he is for soma !,
that might be considered as a !
paign fault against the excellent
ord Mr.. Kennedy has made and
good standing he has secured ,
the people in the less than one i
he has served in congress.
Suppose Mr.. Kennedy had wri
and published letter to Mr.. 7,
demanding whether he would
for some Democrat for speaker Of
house if he should be elected CHI
Clark, ct al, for instance, where
urally, would the people of the |
district class Mr.. Kennedy? I
would promptly put him down,
Justly too, as a "dern" fool, a 5
nofato f1emagogue. Poor Tracv,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Carroll ought to have 100000 ma I
iority this year." says the Cedar Falls /
Record.
THE longer Bryan runs, the slow
er he gets says the Iowa City Re-
publication.
1t is observed by the Chicago News
that hot-headed man usually gets
cold feet at the critical moment.
The Topeka State Journal thinks
that simplifiedt spelling might become
more popular if it were not 50 difficult.
It has been remarked that he who
lives only for the present end he who
lives only for the future make poor
neighbors.
1t is the matured JUDGMENT OF the
Topeka State Journal that cannibals
may properly be set down as
among those who like their fellow
men.
According to an eastern paper, about
the only person who does not seem to
be particularly concerned Just now
over the future of the farmer is the
I farmer.
While Vice President Fairbanks NAV
not have been the chief feature OF
/ Pittsburo's anniversary celebration
( the Philadelphia North American
! dares ANYBODY to assert that he was
not the longest.
The Denver Times advises aeains'
keeping a diarv on the ground thai
the thnos worth while one dare no
write. and tho things one dares IL
write are things too stunid for intelli
gent beings to think about.
The Sioux CITY Journal notices tina
once in a while newspaper tina
claims to be Independent tries TO nrov
the claim Dy supporting ReDublica'
candidate and the cardinal principle
: of the Democratic party.
Major Lacey" says the Nevada r,
preventative SIS a Republican VIII
has never raised factional disturbsnc
In the party, but under whose pruder
: leadership very dubious compression
al district was carried in eight out {
a ten elections. In all his years of prom
n inence he has never been known
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
On a Visit.

When go to my Gram'ma's an
She gets done kissin me.
I wonder what's to happen mex.
Don't have to cite no Golden Tex
At Gram ma's,-no, sir-ee!)
My Gram ma she puts on her specs
CHATS SOS she can see.)
More like his father ev'ry day.
Don't favor his mas folks" she'll say,
"A mite it pears to me-"
My Grandpa, when We go outdoors
To give TIL horse his feed,
Stands me up 'gainst tn big t1rn
An marks it where I've crowd some
I'm CROWN like weed!"
My Gram ma knows it dreffle hard
For busy folks like me
To have to stop an take nap
An SO sleep right on her lap;
An after,-we go see
If Mr.. Gingersnap is home
He has roun', tin house.
An l can help myself to some"
An mustn't drop a single crum',
Sos not to call tn mouse.
My Gram'pa says I'll help him lots
If I'll hunt round an see
! WITCH pockets got his wintergreens
An peppermints-I know he means
His candy! Some's for me!
Wen I'm growed up tall an big
l don know w'idl I'll be
A Gram'ma or Grandpa, cause
4 They're bof so good to me.
Marie Louise Tompkins in Harper
Weekly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

About a year ago the Americans re-
siding in Manila. P l., held great
mass meeting which was given over
wholly to exaltation of the American
flag. 1t remained for the Democratic
members of the city council of Keo-
kuk and their newspaper organ 70 get
together and exalt the beer keg. The
two incidents reveal very different
ideas of patriotism.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

The Democratic Burlington Gazette
Is finding fault with Congressman Ken
nedy because it believes if reelected
he would not vote for Cannon for
speaker of the house If Mr., Kennedy
SHOULD announce intention of voting
for Mr.. Cannon the Gazette would be
still more displeased. And yet the
Gazette wonders why it is without in
fuence in the First district
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
Every national campaign gives occ;

Every national campaign gives occa-
sion to men of original ideas to invent
some catchy device which, because of
the interest engendered by the nation
al fight, will be sold by the thousand.
One of the most ingenious things put
on the market this year is small tab
let, like a medicine pellet, watch when
dissolved in a finger bowl, resolves it
self into a picture of Bryan or Taft
as the case may be, Already thousands
of these tablets have been sold to no
tells and restaurants in the east.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

Two years ago most of the opposi-
ton to Congressman Kennedy was
based on the assumption that he was
a noaentity. After Mr.. Kennedy's
two years of great achievements in
congress this opposition has been com
pelle to vanish into thin air The
fair and really Independent papers in
the district now frankly acknowledge
their mistake and support Mr. Ken
ne on his record. The pie-hungry
Democratic papers have switched tc
abusing him exactly as thev formerly
abused Gear and other worthy states
men. This is not hurting Congress
man Kennedy, and it is to be hoped il
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

The Democratic party in Keokuk has
come to a pretty pass when the best
it can offer to the community through
it's representatives in the city council
and its accredited newspaper organ is
an apothesis of the beer keg.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

To Democrats in confidence: The
best interests of Lee county, of the
First. district, of the state Of Iowa
and of the nation will be served by
voting the Republican ticket. The
matter is beyond dispute ana there
fore not a subject for debate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

Congressman Kennedy's vote for
speaker of the house will reflect the
wishes of the Republican voters who
will elect him. That is -urely party
matter, and Democratic newspapers
will preserve their self respect, il
they have any, by not butting into a
Republican family affair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

The, title Young Business" has
been applied to Congressman Kennedy
appropriateness. In one particular
only is it lacking: 1t makes no appeal
to the imagination. 1t simply states
an indisputable fact.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

Oklahoma? Why put this burden on
good banks?
And in case of panic, of what eff
feet would a few millions In the In
surance fund be as against billions OF
deposits?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
Very Careless.

Denver Republican: No doubt
Kern is censuring himself severely
not for accepting railroad pass, !
for neglecting to stow 1t in an insi
pocket where he couldn't possi|
lose it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

An automobile getting ready to
start sounds as busy to George Fitch
as the chairman of the arrangements
committee at political rally
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

Congressman Kennedy is man who
does things. Candidate Tracy is a
man who says things. The one per-
forms; the other promises.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12

A son of former Senator Brice was
found asleep in gutter in New York
the other night with 100000 in his
pockets. Think how much more seri-
out 1T might have been if he had been
found with lot of Standard Oil ley
tiers in his pocket exclaims the
Omaha Bee
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-12
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I may not reach the heights i seek,
My untried strength may fail me;
Or halfway up the mountain peak
Fierce the tempests may assail me
But though that place never gain
Herein lies comfort for my pain
will be worthy of it.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.