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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10
The Eighth District Situation.

Creston Advertiser: Many newspa.
pers and politicians throughout the
state are worried about the Eighth dis
trict. Their worry Is needless Our
prediction is that the Republicans OF
the Eighth district Will set a good ex-
ample, that there will be strenuous
tut not bitter contest for the nomi
nation and that after the primaries
the party win be in excellent shape
Tor a great Republican victory in No
yernbcr, no matter who the nominee
may be. Those who are figuring that
there will be an acrimonious aHte-pro.
mary fight which viii make it difficult
or impossible to elect the winner in
November will be disappointed. The
next representative from the Eighth
rssr.--i~' - r~s--a --ri1i ~ = Rrn-hIio--
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10
CHURCHES AND DANCING.

In Ellsworth, Iowa. ii seems that a
minister, accompanied by number of
church people, tried to invade a pri-
yate dancing party, but were refused
admittance The minister now threat
ems to publish the names of the
members of his church who were at
the dance. The Cedar RAPIDS Repub-
iican has word OF comment on the
incident that is sensible and timely.
II says that the action OF the minister
smacss OF fanaticism, and adds.
The people veer from one side to
the other A fsE years ago in many
eastern churches daneins vas per
nlitted under the protection OF the
church societies. il being deemed bet
ter TO cater 10 the social instincts OF
the young people IN that way than 70
apply restrictive measures watch
would sinplv cause Indifference 70
the church itself On the par1 Of the
yoang people. NOE they seen 10 have
f-iffe6 70 the ether extreme Ia many
communities But il is well 10 bear
II mind tazt reasonable arnusemsnts
VII slEavs remain In TIE Eorsd. 50
long Is hearts are FoEng and feet are
nsEbls I. viii EeTer be possible 10
re3-gal51e society With all such
EN- nse-s-zz Eef1 1Fas .
TIE T n. c. II EsoEuE has
wise9v recognized this fact szd
equipped iEs baking n this eisr with
hIiliara aad paos table, Mon 2 Tcsee
has been saisAd q protest. which
~.-rst-- 18Th s-s- Tt7e .-,-sS <srtx. ri u a..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10
keokuk, Iowa =. November 10, 1909.
pEATHLEss.

DEATHIESS.
There lies in the center of each man S
heart
A longing and love for the good and
pure;
And If but an atom, or larger part,
tell you this shall endure, endure,
After the body has gone to decay.
Yea after the universe passes away.
The longer live. and the more ] see
Of the struggle of souls to tae
heights above,
The stronger this truth comes home
TO me,
That the universe rests on the
shoulders of love:
A love SO limitless. deep and broad
That men have renamed it and called
it Ged
And nothing that ever was born or
evolved,
Nothing created by light CT force,
But deep in its system there lies dis
solved
A shining drop from the great love
source:
A shining drop that shall live for aye.
Though kingdoms may perish and
stars decay.
ella Whee'er Wilcox
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10
THIRD MAN 70 BE SPRUNG.
DoweIl and Prouty to Quit Congress
sionaI Race in the Seventh
District.

DIES MONIES. Iowa, Nov TO-
Friends of Cassius G. Dowell and
Judge s. F. Prouty, candidates for the
Republican nomination for Seventh
district congressman against Capt.
]. A. 7. Hull. arc authority for the
statement that Dowell and Prouty will
withdraw at conference to be held
this week and third man will enter
the fight with the support of these
two men. Rumors were persistent
this week that both had withdrawn,
but the stories were nnfounded. Who
the new candidate will will be is the
question interesting Des Moines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10
GOOD ADVICE 70 NEGROES.

Booker T. Washington, leader of
the negro race, made a strong appeal
for the negro, coupled with some
good advice to him. in public ad-
dresses in Omaha few days ago I'M
der the auspices of the social science
department of the local woman,s club.
He urged his people in the north to
help their brethren in the south and
TO keep their feet on the earth-to
till the soil.-and he pleaded with the
white man to do justice By his color
ed brother.
Mr. Washington urged his people
10 widen their scope OF occupation, SO
that the white people would not be
able to identify them with any one
or two or three lines Of work He
said there was nothing disgraceful In
honest toll. no matter If il were ne
NAL, bur urged mis- people not 70 stop
at menial service. but do that and do
1t well and then move on 10 CHER
lines Of industry. IN discussing TIE
relation OF northern negroes 70 The
negroes Of the south he said fhas ehey
are one people ana what affects one
affects the other II the negroes WHO
reside in the north make progress II
helps the interest o. those who live
in the south II the negroes IN the
north fail 10 go forward. Il they fail
TO take advantage OF al their oppor-
tunities. theT snsure and bold back The
bulk OF their race n the south. In
comparing the situation Of negroes
north AMI south he said.
Those of you, who live, for ex-
ample. like this, have certain al
yantages as compared With what our
( people have IN the south You have
/ superior opportunities for education.
+ In most cases you are sure at all times
of the protection Of life and properly
I You have, however. the disadvantage
} in a great many cases OF NOT being
able to use your education as freslF
and widely as the negro OF the south
+ You are not alvays free 70 sell ycHr
labor, whether il is common labor or
Z skilled labor. where you desire as the
negro in the south ran. Here. zhils.
YOU Will End, as / have stated adj
vantages, you viii ind your children
surrounded By more temptation IN 2
city ike this than is true in the south.
You viii find competition more severe.
You win find it harder 10 get UPON
feet from an economic point Of view;
but the nam thing which | want TO
impress upon you is that you can heip
the negro in the south
Constantly the question Is asked
me when am in the north by mem.
bers of my race in what way can they
+ be OF service to the millions of our
people in thu south. First and fore.
most, l world answer that you can
I help us most in the south by helping
yourselves. Make the highest degree
of progress kere in the north.
The large body of white people BIZ
whom you are surrounded here have
never seen and will never come into
contact with the millions of negroes
4 in the south. but they will Judge O:
The ability, of the progress of the mil
lions in the south by what they see
of your conduct here in this city. II
you fail and disappoint them. tn ~
wilt e~- that tho rc~-c -, ~ sn..ri,
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Z
A cENTuRY.oLD NEWSPAPER.

4 A handsome and interesting book.
let entitled Century Club Of Ameri-
can Newspapers has Just been issued
by the st. Louis Republic In it are
given the names and histories of
eighty-two newspapers which have
been in existence one hundred years
Or more. With the exception OF the
/ st. Louis Republic all of them are
published east of the Mississippi river.
One--the Western SUMS published
as far west as vincennes, Indiana.
None of the others is nearer the
setting sun than Lexington, KY. In
terest locally of course centers chiefly
In the Republic, which was establish
ed July H. 1908, by Joseph Charless
under the name of The Missouri Ga
zette. Suitable paper could not be
obtained, and the first issue was got
ten out on sheet twelve inches long
by eight inches wide. 1t was distrib-
luted to ITO subscribers, who had
promised to "pay three dollars in adj
vance, or four dollars in country pro-
duce.' st. Louis then had popula-
ton of loo. living in 200 houses.
About one-third of these habitations
We're of stone and the remainder were
Of posts. In 1912 Nathaniel Paschall
became bound-boy to Mr.. Charless
In 1920 Mr.. Charless sold the paper
to James G. Cummins, a recent ar
rival from Pittsburg, who changed
the name to The Missouri Republi
can. The number of subscribers had
increased meantime from ITO to 1000
In 1927 George Knapp began his con-
nection with the publication as an
apprentice in the office. In 1884 Mr..
Knapp acquired an interest, and in
1886 The Republican became a daily
paper, with six issues week. The
Sunday issue was added in 1S4S. The
Republic is noteworthy because of the
long periods of service of its editors.
Nathaniel Paschall's active connec-
ton with the paper covered fifty-six
years. During forty-nine of these
years George Knapp had proprietary
in the paper John Knapp,
who entered as partner in 1855, was
in charge OF the publication Office
thirty years. William Hyde became
editor after the death of Nathaniel
He was connected with
the paper twenty-eight years. The
present editor. Charles ". Knapp. is
in the forty-second year of his con-
nection with the Republic. 1t is an
fact standing out in clear
relief that for more than half a CEN
tury the proprietary control of the
paper has been in the Knapp and
Paschall families. Since 1928 a Knapp
or a Paschall has been at the head of
either the editorial or the business de-
partment, or both. There is but one
parallel to this in the history of
American journalism For many years
the Republic has been good paper
and a great paper, and it is constantly
becoming better. 1t is a great credit
to st. Louis and the Mississippi valley
and deserves to live another one
hundred years with constantly in
creasing usefulness and prosperity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

new sermons that ne has prepared.
For some time past he has been at
, work on new discourses, and their
style is entirely different from the
ones he composed several years ago.
There is scarcely a slang word in any
/ of them, and not one of the new ones
The / as preached in Cedar Rapids con-
tains any of tie graphic stories that
| have helped to make him famous.
There are other things, too, that
lake the Sunday that is in Cedar
Rapids different from the Sunday
that was in Muscatine, For one
thing, the two years have left in
aindelible traces upon his counten.
snce, and have not dealt lightly with
his physical condition.
/ He wears out much sooner, and
several times has actually had to
stop preaching when ae had given
absais two-thirds of the sermon. HIS
voice is hoarser and has all but gone
back on him more than once.
There are some who say that he
las changed his style slightly be-
cause he is in Cedar Rapids, but
Sundays friends know him too well
for thai. Cedar Rapids takes every
thing ccnservatively, but Billy Sun
day is not the kind to take on his
hat % any community because it is.
little reserved.
The situation in Cedar Rapids is
perhaps re strongest that any evan
gelist ever encountered.
At first CEDAR Rapids people went
TO hear him through curiosity large
~, as they do Iii every other town,
and Of course Sunday Immediately
won their admiration and respect.
Nowhere could one turn after the
first day or two OF the revival ami
hear any adverse criticism. He won
Cedar Rapids fsum the start. When
re announced that he would appre-
ciate it If the stores and business
houses would close during his spec
I ial sermon on Motherhood" hun,
bred merchants were prompt 70 an
nomce that they would close, and
even the saloons got into the band
wagon; the enormous tabernacle
was filled to overfiowing long De-
fore the hour came for him to speak
and thousands we're turned away.
When he gave the first invitation
there were nearly as many Christian
workers started out through the au-
dience as there were at the very last
OF the Muscatine revival, and yet
the number OF converts is surpris-
ingly small. Take out the response
to the invitation at the two meetings
for children, and the first four
! weeks of the revival do not give 500
converts.
But unusual as the Cedar Rapids
situation is, it is safe to eliminate the
consideration of any intentional
change In Sundays methods to
meet it.
Probably 1t is nothing but the pass
ing years that have wrought gradual
change in him, as they do in eyersy
other man.
But, change or not change, Billy
Sunday is still himself, and win cod
tinue to be until the day-which is
Fastening toward lim--comes when
he viii drop under the strain Of
many years of unreseryed service.
He will continue to fight the devil
with pitchfork and tongs and will
make just as many enemies as ever
with his unrelenting denunciation
Of sin, and will make just as many
friends as ever as he wakes dor
mant Christians to their duty AMI
helps others find the way to the
cross of the Master he has served
for twenty-three years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10
More of Sanders, FoolIshness.

Ottumwa Courier: Warden San
ders of the Fort Madison penitentiary
told the delegates to the convention of
charities and corrections at Davenport
that "a definite sentence for Grim
inal is the height of folly. The war
den feels evidently, that judges who
hear the evidence against criminals
and juries who pass in judgment on
their cases. are not capable of de-
te-r'ini~~ i~et wi,-+ tto p,.niahrsans
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

IS failure and disappointment II
by leading Industrious, economic.
high, moral lives, you make favor
able impression, the white people here
will argue that it is worth white to
help the negro in the south because
OF your progress in this city. To be
i more direct and plain, you can help
us in the south by becoming tbs own
ers of homes here in this city. am
glad to note that a goodly number of
the colored people in this city own
! good homes. The number however,
3should be largely increased.
You can help US, again, BY The
kind of occupation in which yon are
engaged, by the making of reputa-
ton for thoroughness, for energJi, fer
Industry in whatever you engage.
Il believe that everywhere In this
country the negro should become
nsore and more business factor in
the community In which he lives.
That is what our people are doing
throughout the south
You can help us, again, by prov
ing to the white people in commun-
lily like this that our race cannot
only earn money, but that 1t can save
It, that 1t can exercise that degree of
lself-controi, that degree of foresight
and self-sacrifice which will enable
one to save today for the rainy day
which will come tomorrow You have
great opportunities here for earning.
Yon should see to 1t that you not
only earn, but that you save and that
everywhere the race makes a reputa.
ton for becoming economical
should advise everyone in this aud
fence to open a bank account If he
mas not got one, just as soon as pos
slole, even though the sum of money
which he begins with may be very
small.
In many parts of the country, and
especially in the north. we have, in
too large degree, the reputation of
being race that parts with our dol
lars as soon as we get them and some
times before, and sometimes our hard
earnings are spent for mere super
fetal. vain show, for the unimportant
things of life rather than the funda-
mental things of life.
More and more, throughout the
cities of the north want our people
to realize that they can help the peo-
pie OF the south by living strong,
.tNS,t - NASeiA ehN tlOi ilNSS. WE nluSl
draw the line between the clean and
the unclean, the moral and immoral
We must put a premium upon moral
living and our condemnation upon inn
moral life. Above all, we must get
rid of the idlers.'
Mr.. Washington spoke of the indus
trial and commercial Importance of
his race. He said that the negroes
of the south pay taxes on property
conservativeiy estimated at a value
of $3.50, 100000 This he pointed out
was little short of marvellous in view
of the fact that the negro has been
acquiring property but little more
than forty years forty years out OF
absolute poverty and abiect ignor-
ance
The closing of the bars of the south.
land and the general effect of the re-
form wave. Washington said, gave
hope of more rapid progress in the
uplift OF his race than the accomplish
ments of the past bad whisky,
mixed with bad white men and bad
negroes he blamed for the crimes
and lynchings of the south.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

Edgar Bean in Muscatine Journal:
Is Billy Sunday tanning down, Is
lit so that the "eccentricities and
idiosyncrasies'' that have in past years
gotten under the hides of many
faithless backshder, sneaking hypo-
critic and erring sinner and caused
him to squirm about as the always I'M
comfortable tabernacle benches grow
more and more unpleasant--is it SO
taat they have disappeared and now
the most guilty transgressors are per-
mitted to sit calmly and purr serenely
under the soothing influence of the
gospel story as expounded by the
former bali player?
Or in other words, is Billy Sunday
still Billy Sunday?
Well, some! 1t is impossible to
conceive the evangelist as enjoying
anything more than he does when ne
is grinning happily as some so-called
"unc1iltured and vulgar epigram
shocks a precise sister whose name
is of some thirty years standing on
the records of the church or brings
grunt of disgust from petrified
old deacon who has made an elev-
enth commandment of Thou shalt
not laugh
And yet there is difference.
In many ways the Sunday that is
telling the Cedar Rapids infidels--
and there are lots of that class
that they are hurrying to hell. is not
the same Sunday that two years ago
swayed the thousands Of Muscatine
people who gathered nightly to the
barnlike building at the corner of
Iowa avenue and Eighth street while
he painted glowing word pictures OF
Gods love.
Not that there is any less of the
fearless denunciation of wrong or
less eloquent appeals in favor Of
Christian living. The sermons that
Muscatine people drank in SO
breathlessly are still effective, and
the preacher still acts them out just
as he did when Muscatine people
were watching him, and his acting is
just as thrilling as 1t would be today
III he had gone on the stage when
Tom Keene made him an offer to en-
ter theatrical life.
In most ways he is the same Sun
day.
Yet even the friends that all but
worship the noted evangelist see a
change in him, although he is ap-
parently entirely unconscious of it
and would probably say that tiere is
ne difference between his style Of
two years ago and of now.
In no way is it better shown than
to the newspaper men. Seated at
the press tables with his manuscript
before them-and there has been a
revolution in the reporting of his re-
riyals since the days of the Musca-
tine meetings they frequently grit
their teeth almost loudly enough to
interrupt the speaker as he skips
some juicy expression that formerly
used to bring laugh and always
made good copy From all APP
pearances Sunday doesn't omit the
Illustrative sentences. because they
no longer convey his sentiments, but
he seems to be In bigger nurry to
reach the climax Of the point he is
raafing Maybe a part OF the omis-
SIGN will be sprung later on or on
some other evening.
Bs I'D means all of the Sunday
isn.sa and there never has been in
vented word that will describe
them better-are absent. He had
Cedar Rapids whooping with laugh
ter for the first week of his revival
and sprung a few new ones. then.
too
The changes are best shown in the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

Out in Kansas they have what they
call prohibition champagne made
out of apple cider and Jamaica ginger.
It is said TO put man TO bed with his
clothes on and turn him out With a
headache in way that makes him
think he has been up against the real
thing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

The thoughtful Springfield Register
rises TO observe that the report that
T. Roosevelt had been eaten by lions
was thoroughly discredited when a
diligent search failed to reveal any
kings OF the jungle suffering from in
digestion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

A Pekin. Ill. minister has been
preaching on the snob, and has there
by invited the criticism OF the Peoria
Transcript which holds that it
is useless 10 preach on snob. The
only effective thing 10 do. it declares,
is to jump up and down on him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10
The senseIess Sunday sheets.

Cedar Falls Record: The most
senseless exaggeration in these days
OF enterprising stunts on the part OF
newspapers in the illustrated Sunday
sheet. It is neither work OF art
nor OF humor. 1t rather stimulates
disgust. The harmfulness OF 1t Is
evideri from fhe desire that children
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

Justice is proverbially blind. Ac-
cording to the Des Moines Register
and Leader, the creator OF "Billiksnr
has become disguised with her crea.
ton, but ths party who started the
Teddy bear fad is still an unrepentant
sinner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

a man in st. Louis who gave a WON
an his seat in a street ear fell ont OF
the window It has been suggested
that perhaps she thanked him politely
for the seat, and the sudden shock
made him lose his balance. Happily
such instances are exceedingly rare.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

It is charged that only one per cent
of the members of the State Teachers
Association, in session in Des Moinas
last week, attended the Saturday after
noon meeting. while the other ninety
nine went TO a football game. Now
we know where school children get
their disposition to play truant,
Catch it from their teachers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

The fire loss of the United States
and Canada for the month of October
reached the sum of s17,7s5, 200, which
while large is some s5,ooo00o less
than was credited against the same
month last year, The larger fire In.
surance companies, having a well dis
tributed business, will have fairly
good year If there are no abnormal
losses during November and Deem
Der The experience of the first half
of 1909 was decidedly bad for most
companies, but the third quarter of the
year showed quite satisfactory results.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

The Spirit Lake Beacon observes
that in reporting the Sunday revival
meetings the newspapers always fea-
ture the cash receipts along with the
number of conversions Is this to
show the profits accruing to the pro
motors or the current commercial
value of salvation. which used TO be
advertised as absolutely free?s asks
Tho Reaonn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

Ruskin's remark concerning wealth
er is worth recalling. Sunshine is
delicious. he wrote Rain is refresh.
ing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarat-
ing; there is no such thing as bad
weather, only different kinds of good
weather The thought is one all
would do well to make their own.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

The turkeys are said to be having
appendicitis this fall. OF course no
one will want TO eat turkey under such
conditions al present prices!
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NoTEs anD coMwenT

The Sioux Ctr Journal retaeeK 1zsst
Tammany Il geti1g Isttss ~ ege-r
thing bur sympathy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

should be, and should leave such
minor matters for him to decide.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

Tas Waterloo Reporter declares
1sass rte guffragettes of Iowa who are
sjssanlng 10 storm the legislature and
fcree recognition BY militant means
VII dnd Ibis metHaed Of procedure
1lsessass The Iowa legislators are
gentlemen The ladies viii be given
front SEATS in the balcony and re-
s2ecssui hearing But when II comes
10 voting. well the majority rules.
gsaztts sff
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-10

An insurgent exchange wants to
know how would you feel were you
driving 50 cattle and IS hogs and 81
sheep into $4,000 barn ?" WELL re-
joins the Creston Advertiser. I'VE do
know of some farmers VINO do not feel
like knocking the stuffing out of the
Republican party and the legislation
Cor whirl, II is -~sronsible hecausa nm