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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
kennedy's Good Record.

Fairfield Ledger: If any congress-
man from the First district has "made
good" in recent years that congress
man is c. A. Kennedy. Two years
ago the Ledger looked upon his can
didacy with some doubt and could not
Re enthusiastic over it. It has watch
ed Kennedy's course in congress. and
personally knows. of his standing at
Washington. He should be returned
because he is honest, because he is
a man of exemplary habits, because he
is absolutely free from entanrlements
with corporations, while The Demo.
cratic opponent is not, aatl because
he is faithful in the discharge IF his
duties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
CHAMBERS FOR RECORDER.

The voters of Lee county have an
opportunity to secure a f1rst-class Oh
fetal and at the same time to correct
great injustice done a capable and
worthy gentleman by electing Fred 9.
Chambers of Fort Madison to the office
of recorder. It will be recalled that
the late Recorder j. M. Bisbee died
after serving only half his term. Mr..
Chambers was his deputy at Fort Mad
ison and by every consideration or
precedent and courtesy should have
been advanced to first place as Mr..
Bisbee's successor for the remainder
of the unexpired term. Greatly TO the
surprise of everybody, and much
against the will Of many, the Demo
cratic majority on tine board of super
visors appointed Democrat as Mr..
Bfsbee's successor who in turn named
another Democrat as his deputy, thus
incontinently and unfairly terminating
Mr. Chambers connection with the
auditors office. Had there been cause
for criticism either of Mr.. Chal. bers
or his conudct Of the office this action
might have been palliated or entirely
overlooked But there was and could
be no objection on either score. Mr..
Chambers was and is clean, high
minded, honorable man, and his record
as deputy auditor was first-class in
every respect. The influence that
caused his removal was the Democrat
ic appetite for Office. This was so
strong as to prevail over every con-
sideration of fairness, fitness and
courtesy and the interests of the pub
lie service.
Mr.. Chambers was born In Fort Mad
ison and has lived there all his life.
During the Spanish war he was cap
tain of Company F,-the Fort Madi-
son company,-Fiftieth Iowa Infantry.
His record as soldier was the best,
and every member of his company re-
siding in the county will take pleasure
in voting for him as evidence of ad-
miration and esteem. In civil life,
also, h has always been popular. He
enjoys large acquaintance in the
county and out of it, and all who know
him are his friends. AS deputy record
er he was making fine record when
summarfly dismissed through no fault
of his own. Both the best interests
OF the county and justice demand that
he be elected by an overwhelming
vote.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
OPPOSED 70 DEPOSIT GUARANTY

John F. Dalton, secretary of the
Iowa Democratic state central COM
mittee, is still another prominent
Democrat who is opposed to Mr. Bry-
ans dangerous scheme of guarantee
ing bank deposits. The humorous
aspects of the proposition appeal to
Mr.. Dalton, and, though an intense
partisan, he is honest enough to ex-
press his opinion of it in the columns
of the Manson Cowa) Democrat, of
which he is editor Mr.. Dalton thus
writes concerning it:
"The bank deposit guarantee law
Is all right 1t is good thing
In every way. So would law which
would guarantee the payment Of
every debt Why not pass law
guaranteeing the payment of news
paper subscriptions, so that the poor
editor could whack up what he owes
everybody? And why not guarantee
the payment of pew rent and church
dues so that the sinner and the sane
titled would share and share alike in
the maintenance of the churches? A
NV tioL "oulu Shol diiIVC Ildt SOui
Ineighbors return as good groceries
as they borrow would be boon to
the housewife. And it would be a
+ fine thing if law should be passed
that would guarantee clear 'iead
after jag. A lot Of women would
hail with delight law guaranteeing,
/ the safe and sane return Of their
husbands to their home and Preside
at an early hour each evening, or
that the aforesaid bubbles would not
i sit in a poker game, or frolic around
beer-drink. Just to even up
things, the husbands would be tick
led to death if they could get a law
I that would guarantee a reduction Of
+ so per cent in the cost of their wives
millinery. This guarantee business
4 is a good thing and ought to be pass
! ed around"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
DANGER OF A EUROPEAN WAR

Inc great powers of Europe have
long been sensitive to disturbances in
the Balkan states, and the turmoil
there at the present time threatens dis
aster. For thirty years it has been be.
lieved that peace depended on the
treaty of Berlin Of 1873. That treaty
is a great international document to
which all the great powers of Europe
are signatory. At the close of the
Russo-Turkish war Of 1878 Russia
compelled Turkey TO sign a treaty at
San stefano which practically gave
Russia the dominating power In all
southeastern Europe. The other
European powers rose in protest and
4 Russia was compelled to join in a con.
ference Of the powers at Berlin. the
result Of which was a new treatv-tha
/ treaty Of Berlin-which was the treaty
of San Stefano with additions. sub
fractions and amendments. The treaty
4 Of Berlin recognized the independ
ence Of Servia, Montenegro and Ron
mania which had previously beer
provinces of the Turkish empire; made
bulgaria part sovereign state win
a nominal dependence on Turkey; pro
Vided certain reforms in other Turkish
provinces, and committed the admin
istration OF the Turkish provinces O
Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria +,
trust for Turkey. 1t was under thi
arrangement that the nations n
Europe have been living ever since
some of them patiently waiting for tn
!; dissolution of the Turkish empire Il
the hope that when the overthrow q
Turkey should come they might prof
by the confusion to make additions +
/ their own territory Russia and Aus
5 trla-Hungary seemed to be NOR
L nearly concerned than the other grea
t powers; but the hope has not bee
lacking among the people of the Ba
kan states, a hope that Seryis
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

DR.. Doyen, the noted French scient.
list, before the Congress of Medicine
at Geneva, told of his experiments
tending to prove that man may pro.
long life indefinitely, thus carrying
into the field of practical application
the theories Of Prof Metchnikoff, who
discovered the phagocytese composed
of white corpuscles in the blood
Doyen lays that in multiplying the
white corpuscles, I'VE increase the CO.
efficient of vital resistance He
claims to have found a liquid which
definitely multiplies the white cor
puscles. 1t is applied surgically, but
the method is not made public
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
OLD TIME DEMOCRAT FOR TAFT

I
The Quincy Whig announces the
conversion OF DR.. Robert ]. Christie,
/ Sr, to Republicanism, and says he will
vote for Taft and against Bryan this
time. DR.. Christie has been one Of
the most ardent, most staunch and
most thoroughly reliable of Democrats
for over forty years, and the an
nouncement Of his conversion attract
ed wide spread interest in that section
of Illinois. The reasons given for the
intention are set forth as follows:
Il am going to vote for Taft this
time because he Is safe and sane
man and stands for principles that are
right and just. On the other hand,
Bryan is dreamer, schemer, and
man of visionary ideas. He is advo-
eating principles which If put into eff
feet would be disastrous to the coun-
try. His ideas on bank guaranty, for
example. Woe unto this land of ours
If such system is ever adopted. If
the people of this country could have
the plan explained to them In a simple
and plain manner, do not see how
they could vote for a man who has
been preaching 1t and promising to up
hold it. Suppose five hundred million
dollars, the sum that will be neces-
sary, were placed as reserve to be
used in case of panic. Just think
now-five hundred million dollars TAX
en- from the business of the world.
That alone would cause depression
and panicky conditions. And the
money would be idle at that 1t would
have to be. Floating bonds would be
out of the question. for then it would
be impossible to obtain the quick mon
ey in case of sudden furry.
"And as to what Bryan says regard
ing imprisonment of trust magnates-
it is all right to make rash promises
about casting trust violators behind
the bars, making them don stripes and
all Of that buncomb but actually put
ting it to practice Is different thing
altogether. That would be monarchy
This country of ours has laws, and
citizens must be allowed the course Of
those laws. Bryan claims that trust
is when fifty per cent of the sale or
distribution of an article is under the
control of one company or manage
ment. If that is the case, forty-nine
per cent could be handled, and the
handlers would be in no danger of
prosecution. Taft is great man, has
had the training. and is therefore the
best fitted man for the presidency. He
is masterful man much more so than
is realized"
That is plain and truthful compar-
ison of the two men. No doubt there
are many more Democrats like DIR.
Christie, whose minds are made up to
do the same thing, but for various
reasons are not giving 1t publicity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
Had Enough Of Democratic Rule.

Warsaw Bulletin: Axel Lund, one
of the prominent Swedish farmers of
the vicinity of LaHarpe, said to the
editor of the LaHarpe Times that che
did not want to see a Democratic
President in the White House and
that he would not even have voted
for John A. Johnson, the celebrates
Swedish Democrat if he had been
nominated" He said he had had
enough of Democratic rule during
Cleveland's administration during ona
year of which he sold 10000 bushels OF
corn for fourteen cents per bushei.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

The Democratic organ in this city
should take the Burlington Gazette in
hand and convert it to its view as to
whom Congressman Kennedy will vote
for for speaker of the house. Similar.
ly the Burlington Gazette should dem
onstrate its influence by convincing
the Democratic organ In this city of
the error of its way in the same mat
ter. A Joint debate on the subject by
these two opponents of Organism
would be spectacle for gods and
men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

The worst the Keokuk Constitution
Democrat can find to say against Con
gresham Kennedy is that If elected
he will vote for Uncle Joe" Cannon
for speaker of the house. The worst
the Burlington Gazette can find to sa.
against him is that If he is elected he
will not vote for Cannon for speaker
The impregnability of Congressman
Kennedy's character and record and
the paucity of Democratic campaign
material are strikingly illustrated by
these contradictory, irrelevant and i'm
material allegations of the opposition
press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

According to one Democratic news
paper Congressman Kennedy should
be defeated because he will vote for
Cannon for speaker of the house,
while another First district Demo.
cratic newspaper OF equal standing
and authority tells its readers to vote
against him because he will not sup.
port Mr.. Cannon for speaker. Mr..
Kennedy will be excused from answer.
ing their impertinent inquiries until
they settle this important preliminary
between themselves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

Judge Wood of the Mississippi
chancery court has declared unconsti-
tutional the recent act of the legisla-
ture of that state which penalties rail-
roads which remove causes from the
state to the federal courts. The ques-
ton came UP in the case of the state
against the Louisville and Nashville
road. There are doubtless number
of other railroad batting laws which
are void from the same cause.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
Irrelevant, incompetent and Imna-
teriaI

Wapello Republican: What in the
world has Mr. Kennedy's attitude on
election of a speaker of the next house
got to do with his candidacy for con
gress, and why should Mr.. Tracy
want to know who he (Kennedy) in
tends to vote for? Isn't that a strange
question to ask, when no one Il, able
to say who will be the choice of the
Republican caucus for speaker In the
next congress? In the language of a
lawyer the question is irrelevant, in
competent and immaterial, and has no
bearing on the case at bar; sustained
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

Fire losses in the United States and
Canada during September, as com.
pared by the New York Journal of
Commerce, were nearly double what
they were a year ago-the figures be
ing s2143l4oo, compared with Sill.
100000. Not little of this increased
loss was due to the great drouth and
spread Of forest fires, which destroyed
in whole or part several small vii
lagos in the northwest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

In his public speeches Mr. Bryan
says that when he becomes President
he viii see to it that every citizen
draws from society reward proper.
tionate to the service he renders his
fellow men. The Council Bluffs Non.
pareil well says that the trouble with
the sort of administration such as Bry-
an would give is that it leaves so
many people without an opportunity
to render service of any kind to their
fellow men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

Maurice d. O'Connell was substi-
tuted for President. Seth Low OF
Columbia University as the speaker at
the Republican meetings at Iowa City
yesterday afternoon and at Grinnell
last evening. 1t was found that Pres
ident Lowe had been billed for Hill
nois cities and that his schedule could
not be arranged SO that he could be
in Iowa this week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

The following interesting item is
going the rounds: The hens of Iowa
lay 1,1oo,oooooo eggs in a single year.
worth last year sl5,ooOooO. Besides
this there are 100000 worth of fries
sold in year. The American hens
lay 2o,ooO,ooo,ooo eggs a year, worth
about $500,oo0ooo. Iowa leads every
state in the union by 100000 doz.
ems" The conclusion drawn from
this by the Cedar Rapids Gazette is
that few hens are of almost as much
value as one politician. The warrant
for use of the word almost in this
statement is not entirely clear.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
General Dodae,s Forecast.

Marion Register: Gen. Grenville
M. Dodge, Iowa's greatest living SOL
der, is at his home in Council Bluffs
for the winter, after spending the sum
mer In New York City. He informs
the Nonpareil that the Empire state
Is sure for Taft. The general is not
a rainbow chaser, and his opinion de-
serves universal credit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

effect upon organization of labor IN
railroad service. Government owner
ship, he said, would destroy such or
CARNATIONS, root and branch, so far
as the effective usefulness OF their
membership was concerned. they
would cease to exist, unless kept alive
on account of tneir benefit to the mem
bers through their insurance and so
cial affairs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

Bulgaria, Bosnia, Herzegovina and the
other states and provinces, whose pop
ulation is largely Slavic, might come
together and form great Slavic en-
pire The rivalry between Bulgaria
and Servia has long seemed serious
obstacle to the fulfllment of that hope,
even If other difficulties had been out
OF the way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

Rev. W. A. Sunday will make OF
tumwa sit up and take notice immed-
lately after the election, Until it has
had experience with the famous base
ball evangelist that community will
not know what strenuous time real
ly means.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

Governor Folk has enlivened the
senatorial campaign in Missouri by de.
nouncing Senator Stone as an egg
sucking, shell-hiding, boodling politi.
clan. How well Democratic public men
know each other!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

According to the story told by New
York retail tobacco dealers, there are
5000 more cigars being smoked daily
IN the metropolis than there We're six
months ago They say that this is one
of the signs of returning prosperity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

Now that Candidate Tracy has
"queered" himself with organized la.
Dor in Keokuk, his newspaper organs
may be expected to attack Congress.
man Kennedy with redoubled vigor.
Happily their shafts of malice are az
impotent as their rage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

John L. Sullivan, who is fifty years
OF age, IS said to be as gray as a SOUR
rel, as fat as porpoise and as cheer
full as maybe. There's fish, flesh
and fowl for you.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

Mr.. Taft registered at a plumbers
shop in Cincinnati, and that will be
excuse enough for the Democrats to
charge him with having relations with
the predatory rich.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

Mr.. Swindler is a candidate for
treasurer in Kansas county. A
treasurer by another name would
seem to be quite as good.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

when renter on an Iowa farm
says the Oskaloosa Herald. "can make
an income about equal to the salary Of
tae governor of the state in which he
lives and can afford to do his travel
ing overland in his own automobile,
there is little wonder that good Iowa
farm land is destined to go to the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
keokuk Iowa. -. October II, 1908.

All unregistered voters should be
Democratic voters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
NOTES AND COMMENT.

1t has been remarked that some peo-
pie think that to fight the devil they
must fight like the devil.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

Sioux City Journal: The west now
knows Governor Hughes better than
1t did, and likes him better, too.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

The Clinton Herald says that Henry
Watterson is getting ready to eat the
blacklist kind of black crow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

The Omaha Bee suggests that the
way his states are dropping away from
him in the closing days of October
must make the sultan of Turkey feel
like w. J. Bryan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17
The Daily Gate CITY

5000 an acre mark as set by Secretary
Wilson,"
A fashion writer says that slim
ngures will be in vogue this year.
The campaign committee treasurers,
the Omaha bee remarks, have already
found that out.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye wonders
If Candidate Tracy will add the eight
cents spent for that registered letter
to Congressman Kennedy to his pub
lished list of campaign expenses.
IF Mr.. Bryan intends to tell us
what he would do to maintain the gold
standard If he should be elected Presi-
dent he will have to speak up pretty
soon," suggests the Waterloo Re-
porter.
Either the Iowa senatorship has
been greatly exaggerated during the
past few years or else it is being
shamefully neglected at the present
time" says the Council Bluffs Non
pareil.
Although Mason City is a dry
town, yet there were 225 arrests for
drunkenness made there during the
past three months. Mason City has
less than ten thousand inhabitants,
but she has fifteen drug stores.
Mr.. Bryan never dreamed of the
meat inspection and pure food laws,
yet these laws mean more to the
health of the American people than
all the curious devices he ever pro-
posed" asserts the Iowa Falls SEN
tinel
According to the Peoria Herald.
Transcript straw vote for President
was taken in Wall street Saturday and
the result was as follows: Roosevelt,
1; Bryan, l. thirty-seven ballots mark
ed, ooh, , what's the use?"
The Grinnell Register thinks 1t is
safe to say that good many thousand
union men think good deal more of
Taft than they did couple of months
ago and their changed feelings will be
amply demonstrated at the polls In No.
yenlber.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

A fashion writer says that slim
ngures will be in vogue this year.
The campaign committee treasurers,
the Omaha bee remarks, have already
found that out.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

The Burlington Hawk-Eye wonders
If Candidate Tracy will add the eight
cents spent for that registered letter
to Congressman Kennedy to his pub
lished list of campaign expenses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-17

5000 an acre mark as set by Secretary
Wilson,"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
WOMAN CAMP A|GNER
WAS SUCCESSFUL
Assisted Her Husband to Hen
ry County Office.

New Castle, Ind, Feb. 22.-Mrs.
George G. Morris of this city, is re-
ceiving congratulations from all over
The county over the manner in which
she successfully conducted the cam
paign for her husband in the recent
republican primary. Mr.. Morris was
candidate for recorder, and some
time before the campaign started in
earnest his leg was broken by the
turning over of a vehicle in which he
was riding. AS he was unable to con-
duct the campaign, Mrs. Norris took
charge of it for him and he was elect
ed
Mrs. Morris visited all parts of the
county, handed out her husbands
cards and explained to the voters why
her husband was unable to call on
them. AS ne could not do so, she be-
lieved it her duty to do so, and so well
did she manage his campaign that he
was nominated by majority of /, OH.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris are now visiting
friends in Indianapolis, taking a rest
after her strenuous campaign.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
WHEAT CROP THREATENED
BY CHANGING WEATHER

Farmers are greatly discouraged
over the prospects of the growing
wheat crop. This is not confined to
certain sections but appears to be gen
eral in all parts Of the country. The
growing crop is looking bad for this
time Of the year and there is the belief
expressed that not more than half a
crop will be harvested unless the tend
er plants take a decided brace between
now and the first of April.
The present winter has been an I'M
favorable one TO thesgrowing crop on
account of absence Of snow. Wheat
is a winter plant and needs lots of
snow during the cold weather to pro-
tect the tiny roots from the freezing
north and west WINDS. Instead OF
the required snow, there have been
frequent freezes and thaws that have
laid the ground open 50 that the cold
could penetrate directly to the roots.
thus freezing out the tender plants in
many places.