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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
The Resumption of Prosperity.


Chicago Tribune: For months the
industrial world has been able to give
only partial attention to industry. It
mas had one eye on the changing as.
poets of the presidential contest and
the other on business. Whenever
there seemed to be wave of BRYAN
enthusiasm the industrial world
shiyered with apprehension of dull
days and idle factories. Hence the
unWillingness to take chances and the
numerous contingent orders. Hence
the openly avowed, honest belief OF
employers that there would be less
employment if Bryan We're elected
The vote for Mr.. Taft in the great in.
dustrial states shows that the working.
men took the same view of the situa-
ton. 1t was in those states which
have suffered most severely from the
business depression of the last year
that the folly of putting obstacles in
the way OF return to normal condi-
tons was most keenly appreciated.
Thanks to Tuesdays vote, there is a
clear sky overhead There is nothing
in sight to alarm the Industrial world
and keep it from giving undivided at.
tention to most important task-the
full restoration of prosperity. Rail
road men, bankers, merchants, and
manufacturers should work in unison
for 1t, There has been an improve.
ment in conditions during the last six
months despite the fears and doubts
which attended the presidential cam
paign. From now on progress should
be rapid and uninterrupted, because
there Is an assurance that there will
not be at the head of the government
for the next four years an erratic
and unframed man whose motives
may be excellent, but whose policies
business men detest.
The men of brain and Drawn In this
country can safely forget national
politics for a season and think and
talk shop. They can afford to pay ex.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
No LONGER an Excuse.

There's a lot ~ things for pa to do,
An ma is wishin he'd begin.
The storm ,lon. needs board or two
We can't get coai till we've a bin
The furnace needs cleanin' out.
An also needs new fire crates;
Mas face has perpetual pout-
Pas figuring the doubtful states.
The windows all need weather strips
The back yard re ally is fright;
An there's place where Mary trips
When she goes down the stairs al
night.
But father wont do chores just now
No matter how much ma berates,
All undisturbed by jar or row,
Pas figuring the doubtful states.
He seldom takes us on his knee,
Nor romps with us on the floor, !,
An If we make noise, then he
Lets out most terrific roar.
Tie house must be as still as death
He's hid my roller skates,
An all of us must hold our breath
Pas figuring the doubtful states.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
RAD CASE OF s,LIousNEss.

The Carthage Republican, Demo
cratic paper says in its issue for the
current week in commenting on Tues
days result in the country at large:
"The result of the ballot makes re
spectacle the sneers of Republican
bosses at Democratic contention that
the people do not rule. Having lied
to labor regarding prosperity and fail.
ing to make good, the party again
hoodwinked the people into belief
that continuation of Republicanism
meant commercial activity. The pro.
tests of labor that they wanted a
change was but grand stand play.
They We're bought like sheep at the
last moment, or coerced into support
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The Sioux City Tribune, an indie
pendent paper edited by lifelong
Democrat, in commenting on Tues
DAVIS result takes occasion to say:
That apathy" Is explained II was
not Indifference. 1t was not uncer-
tainty of mind 1t was the predeter.
mination by voters of Judgment on the
questions at issue and refusal to have
judgment disturbed. They went to
the hustings from curiosity to see
presidential candidates, but with
minds proof against their pleadings.
On each side there was a grim fixity
of purpose. And from every point
comes the same story of heavy and
early voting. Railroads ncted the
absence OF travel Even our stock
yards showed in the extraordinary
light receipts the determination not
to let even business interfere with the
work OF election day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
The keokuk Water Power

Memphis (Mo.) Democrat: # now
looks like the project was going to
materialize. 1t is an enterprise that in.
VolVes the expenditure of about Sc.
100000 in construction work alone
The labor utilized in the construction
OF the great dam and In attaching
the machinery would be somethine
great for city the size of Keokuk
IT the water power can be transmitted
and sold cheaply to the CITY of ST
Louis, 1t can also be transmitted
cheaply to cities and towns closer to
Keokuk, and the prospect is all of the
country towns in this vicinity will
have the cheap power.
The people of Keokuk are exultant
over the new turn the matter has
taken, and they undoubtedly have q
right to be. Every day the Keokuk
papers are full of interesting informa
ton concerning the proposed dam and
the plans that were discussed by the
eastern capitalists while they were
present in the city.
1t is well known fact that If the
water power project at Keokuk is
brought to a successful completion, II
viii be matter of loca, Importance
Everybody that has factory or other
establishment that requires power
VIII have the opportunity to secure Il
more cheaply than they have beer
able to get it before by using steam
and gasoline engines, and such power
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Rev. Howard Billman, pastor of a
Presbyterian church in East st. Louis
recently undertook to grade piece OF
road in which he is interested, but
found 1t hard for a minister of the
gospel to drive team of mules sue
cessfully. He is quoted as having
said:
whenever the notion struck them
they stopped. l am confident that
language that is not in the vocabulary
of minister would have started them
off again promptly, but not being dis.
posed to use that kind of language all
could do was to waste moral suasion
and throw clods of dirt at them. AS
a driver of mules l fear that min
lister of the Gospel is at great dis
advantage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

e en7o nh had the support of 49,,
able number of strong men con CONSIDER
ported Senator Allison at = Nv VINO Sup
Urinary. Some of these mo. .le Jun.
lowed the rule in politics o, nav nave fol
the defeated man at the a awarding
tunity. provided he has been INST oppor
defeat gracefully. It must ~ht s
that Governor cummins aece We ssit
defeat at the June primary ~ biz
way. Thus he added to his u manly
friends. LIS list Of
Dolliver and CummIns ara
senators from Iowa. 1t will " - Os ths
duty OF Republicans to adv,. Oe , The
and to hold up their hands w ise insa
ere working for the Interests t'u !, Inc,
the people. The senators from u y. all
states will recognize Doll,ve, ''lle'
Cummins as able men. Senate, n sna
liver will be called the senior ~. p'''
tor because Of his service and r ssl'a
nor Cummins will be called tb s' ,,''
ior senator. This is the custom IN ' ~.
senate. The friends Of the two ~ 'l'
ators should now agree to ,ss. .ea
l'eace. Both men have long tsrm,
ahead of them. Both are in .h,
prime, and the state and nation VI,
expect much at their hands
The Des Moines Capital s,,,..
Iowa's new senator, Albert p. cnr
minis. -
The, Des Moines Capital salute
Iowa's senior senator, Jonathan
Dolliyer.
Good luck to both!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

According to the latest returns Con
gresham Dawson's majority in the
Second district of this state is about
100. He carried Scott county by
1899. Muscatine by 619, Jackson by
$50, Clinton by 261 and Iowa by 200
every county in the district except
Johnson, which gave 700 majority to
Walsh. the Democratic candidate. As
the district is normally Democratic, or
at best doubtful, Mr.. Dawson has &C
complished something quite worth
while. Like the Congressman
Kennedy of the First district
he is working congressman
ever alert to the interests OF
his constituents and the fine
endorsement he has just received was
in recognition of his valuable services
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Republican gains in the south are a
significant feature of last Tuesdays
election. A few more of the right kind
of votes would have put a couple OF
states in that ser ion in the Taft
column. The south is not blind to
the wisdom of Republican policies
Only the race question has kept it
solid in opposition to them, but it is
a question in Wow of Tuesdays de
velopments If il will do so much
longer. Protection makes a strong
appeal to southern manufacturers and
planters, and when business and senti.
ment conflict sentiment is likely to
have to give way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Willis j. Abbott's excuse for the de
feat is that the Democratic bosses
knitted Bryan numerically. AS 20 his
own relation TO the campo on, Mr.. Alb
bolt says that he believed Bryan
would be triumphantly elected and
wrote from personal conviction to
that effect. The result shows how
false was his conviction. He does not
at all believe the election was pur.
chased. 1t is his forecast that the
next Democratic nomination will go 70
the south
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes as
one of the peculiar things about the
election the fact that the east, which
was hit SO hard by the panic, went over
whelmingly for the Republicans, while
the central west, and especially Iowa
where the panic practically cut no
ice at all-showed phenomenal gains
for Bryan. The same paper remarks
in another connection that no party
ever survived a panic-until this year
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The election of Taft is big boost
for the Keokuk water power. 1t re-
moves all occasion for uncertainty and
distrust on the part of capital md
will encourage the investment of
money in new enterprises as nothing
else would have done. Unless all
signs are at fault the work of damming
the Mississippi river at this point will
be commenced within the next six
months
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The Outlook announces that Theo-
dore Roosevelt will take up his work
with that journal March 5, 1909, will
sign his own articles and will be
more than a mere contributor His
headquarters will be at the Outlook
Office, and he will be in frequent con-
sultation with its staff. 1t is explain
ed that his position will be somewhat
analogous to that of a, consulting
engineer, who is called In to give the
benefit of his expert cooperation to
the staff of engineers in charge of a
great undertaking like the Panama
canal. But the editorial control OF
the Outlook will remain unchanged.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

of the same old program. 1t is la
boris last chance until socialism gains
control, or red mouthed anarchy tears
the government in revolution
This Is one of the worst cases of
biliousness that has come to public at
tention of late. The Republican should
not fail to take at least five grains OF
blue mass at bed time and follow with
an efficient saline in the morning. If
necessary, repeat next day The
jaundiced vision may persist for day
or two, but the underlying cause will
have been removed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

A Washington dispatch quotes Pres
ident Roosevelt as saying that there
seemed to be some doubt throughout
the country regarding the meaning OF
the word FRAGILE" which he used re
Gently in referring to the campaign by
saying, We've got them beaten to a
FRAGILE" He explained that it was a
common word in the south, and he
had used it since he was boy. ITO
those who not know what meant
by the word FRAGILE" said the Presi
dent, "the best definition l can give Is
to refer them to the election returns
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

National Chairman Mack of the
Democratic party has issued a state
ment in which he declares he does
not believe Bryan will again be a
candidate for the presidency. He
says he believes the Nebraskan might
be a candidate for the senate in 1911,
provided the legislature of his state
is Democratic that year, when the
first vacancy will occur.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The Massachusetts supreme court
has ruled that labor unions can not
impose fines upon their members for
refusing to go out on strike. The de-
cision was rendered in the case of
l.. D. Waucutt & Sons of Boston, who
got temporary injunction against
the Bricklayers' and Stonemason' IS
unions, restraining them from filming
two of their men 500 each for refus-
ing to strike.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

John Sharp Williams, the former
Democratic house leader, is said tc
have proposed the following toast at
dinner not long ago:
Here's to Roosevelt. whom the
world has grossly overestimated as
an author, and the Democratic party
grossly underestimate as poll
tician."
The events of the recent campaign
leave no room for doubt that the
President is one of the greatest poll
ticians this country has ever known
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
Rev. Herbert S. johnson Of the War

Rev. Herbert S. Johnson of the War
rem Avenue Baptist church of Boston,
Mass, has announced publicly that he
will refuse henceforth to marry per-
sons afflicted with consumption or
with any hereditary or communicable
disease if he has personal knowledge
of the facts, and that he will not mar
ry divorced persons, except the in
nocent party He also is opposed to
marrying persons in poor circum-
stances, believing that man should
be able to earn at least SIS week be.
fore undertaking the responsibility OF
family.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

elusive attention to "the whirling
spindles and the turning wheels" and
"the chimneys filed with eager fire,
raked and grasped by the hands OF
the countless sons of toll" There
will be work in the near future for
the now unemployed sons Of toll.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Three congressional districts in
Missouri Thirteenth, Fourteenth
and Sixteenth,-all of them Demo
cratic strongholds, are believed to
have elected Republican representa-
sentatives. Tuesday was day of
surprises, especially among confident
Missouri Democrats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
The Daily Gate City

would be less trouble to the users.
People in Memphis, Kahoka and the
smaller towns in this vicinity could
all utilize the better and cheaper
power.
We hope the project will succeed,
and it now looks like 1t would.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The Downing (Mo) News recently
printed communication from a
country correspondent and headed it
Among the Yellowshins." Are their
shins really yellow, or is it only a
nickname?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Reports from all but one precinct in
Des Moines county show that Cum
Minis carried that county over Lacey
in the senatorial primary, by thirty
eight votes. Lee county. on the other
hand, gave Lacey a majority as also
did Henry county Lacey's majority
~ the last named county was 500.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

There will be three Republicans in
the next house of representatives
from Oklahoma, as compared with one
in the present house 1t is not i'm
probable that several Republicans
have been elected to congress In
southern states. The districts are il
doubt, with the chances in favor o.
the Republicans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Taft carried ST. Louis by 1,374, and
it now developes that he has carried
Missouri also. The Mysterious
Stranger" has again taken his place
in the Republican ranks and he is
there to stay
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
ment to continue the deep waterway
from Utica south toward the sgulf.

The Democratic Fort Dodge Chron-
icle concludes that the colored troops
must have deserted its party at the
last moment The fact of the matter
is that they never enlisted under the
Democratic banner. There was !. sin
gle exception in Keokuk in the case of
a colored preacher, but his influence
was too insignificant to count.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

A few words from Colonel Waiter
son concerning Mr. Bryan are now
in order. Whatever the brilliant
Kentucky journalist may have to say
on the subject will be read with in
terest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

1t is noticed by the ST. Louis Globe.
Democrat that the country seems to
have a landslide always ready against
candidate who is all sail and no
ballast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
Just the Man He Wanted

Hypnotist-"Why my dear sir nv
making a few simple passes before
your eyes / can make you forget that
you are married"
Visitor-"Go ahead. I've been trr
ing to forget it for ten years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Not in 1906. Mr.. Tracy, nor in 1908,
either Nor yet in 1910. The First
district Democratic candidate for con-
gress two years from now will be a
Keokuk man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Another gratifying assurance af-
forded by Tuesdays result is that
neither Samuel Gompers nor Charles
n. Haskell will be member of the
next cabinet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

For the first time in hi life, Mr..
Bryan has nothing to say Possibly
he feels that mere words could not
do the cubject justice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

1t is not an unthinkable proposition
that Colonel Guffey may have had
something to do with Pennsylvania s
Immense majority against Bryan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

"All aboard for the return up Sail
Creek" shouts the Democratic Du
buque Telegraph.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The entire north with the exception
of the states of Nevada and Ne
braska We're the "enemy's country" for
Mr.. Bryan this year, The area of hos
tile territory is becoming no smaller
fast
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Mr.. Gompers has discovered that It
is one thing to promise the labor
vote and another thing to deliver it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The omnipresent Democratic n
quiry: What are we going to do
next?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
Iowa Nioht Riders.

Marion Register: Night riders down
in Kentucky and Tennessee are vii.
lains. Here in Iowa they are different
Going and coming they are all right
Best girl the allurement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
About the

About the Size of It.
Vinegar never catches flies"
So the proverb maker wrote;
And the sugarless candidate
Oft fails to catch the vote.
Chicago News
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Texas is only 100000 Democratic.
That is mere bagatelle-compared
with Pennsylvania $4,000 for Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

1t is evident from the returns =
the good men came to the aid of the
grand old party, all right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
The two "Ws" also won in Tues
days election: Work and Wages.

And just to think that all that
eighty-one r.inutes "hollering" at the
Denver convention was wholly in vain!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
NOTES AND COMMENT.

1t looks to the Chicago Tribune as
if the Compensation of politics had
been indefinitely postponed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Captain Hull carried every county
in the Seventh district Next March
he will begin his tenth term.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

The Peoria Herald Transcript says
that Mr.. Bryan ran well but he ran too
much in the same place
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

If Samuel Gompers is ever re.
christened the proper name to attach
to him is Dennis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

For man of his girth. Judge Taft
ran mighty we'll.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Mr.. Bryan seems to have acquired
the defeat habit. Likewise Mr.. Tracy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Mr.. Bryan calls himself "a child OF
fortune" Ill-fortune, evidently.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06
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General Apathy has been succeeded
by General Prosperity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-06

Electrical energy is to be taxed in
Russia. The proposed rate will yield
a revenue of s4,500,o00 a year.
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keokuk, Iowa. -. November 8, 1908
All hail, Missouri!

Re-enter the mysterious Stranger"