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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

ts1e Attofney 0ehef6f8 Satoou HuHH9.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald: A care
full reading OF the Moon law dtscIoses
NO publicity clause, lacking which the
Law could not have become effective
before July 4. Section Is Of the con-
stftution OF Iowa provides:
NO Law Of the general assembly.
passed at regular session, Of pub
lie nature, shall take effect until the
fourth day az July next, after tie pas
sage thereof. sss II the general
assembly shall deem any law OF i'm
mediate Importance, they may provide
that the game shall take effect By
publications in newspapers Of the
state.
The confusion concerning the law
originates in this first provision:
From and after the passage Of this
act, no city or town council shall. by
resolution, grant consent to sell In
toxicating liquors as beverage at
retail to greater number OF persons
than one to every one Thousand OF
tie population OF the said city or town
as shown by the last preceding state
or national census" etc.
II the Moon law had carried pub
hcity clause, and had been published,
It would have become effective i'm
mediately uponssueh publication But
carrying no publicity clause It could
not have become effective before July
f. When Mr.. Byers contends, as he
must to sustain his position, that the
words from and after the passage
Of this act make the provisions OF the
act binding with the force Of law,
from the moment OF It's passage, or
April II. he asserts the power Of the
legislature to disregard the constitu-
ton. and his position is untenable.
That 1t was clearly the purpose OF
the legislature to cut down gradually
the number Of saloons as OF the date
OF the passage Of the act there can
be no question. But the spirit Of an
act Of the legislature is utterly OF
/ no consequence until the act has
become a statute and binding with
! the force Of law. The attorney gen.
Ieral himself cannot be 30 poorly versed
| in the constitution and the law as to
be ignorant OF the fact that the worda
from and after the passage OF this
act" and TIE fact Of the passage of the
act itself were not sufficient IN them
selves, without the publicity clause tc
make the act effective before July 4
His opinion convicts him Of inexcus
able ignorance and stupidity. or Of US
| ing his office to crafty the element ir
Iowa which favors prohibition.
/ The Moon law was materially alter
ed in form before It's passage. It may
| be that the agents Of the saloon forces
] in the legislature crafty secured the
omission OF tae publicity clause; 4
may be that all the legislators having
/ to do with the drafting Of the isct Who'll
ly overlooked the omission OF the
publicity clause. Certainly 1t is true
| that the omission gave the saloon
forces nearly three months in which
to establish new saloons. One may
deplore or be gratifed by 1t, yet tae
fact remains that the saloons author
lied before July 4 and aft. April Il
were legally authorized.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

Everything seems at odds ends
nowadays. A Kansas man stopped
in the road to pick up horseshoe and
was run over by an automobile.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

A western paper asserts that college
bred Ia half a loaf It might be charged
with equal truth that some Of it Is
synonymous with dough
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

THE SUNRISE NEVER FAILS

THE SUNRISE NEVER FAILS.
Upon the sadness Of the sea
The sunset broods regretfully;
From the far, lonely spaces slow
Withdraws the wistfuI afterglow
80 out OF life the spfendor dies;
So darken all the happy skies;
So gathers twilight, cold and stern;
But overhead the planets burn
And up the east another day
Shall chase the bitter dark away;
What though your eyes with tears be
wet
The sunrise never failed US yet.
The blush OF dawn may yet restore
Our light and hope and Joy once more
Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget
That sunrise never failed us yet.
Celia Thaxter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The income tax proposition, is sus,
picious enough to be part Of the Iowa
Idea"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

that Chicago is having an awful time
Of it trying to lose Miss Gingles.
thine to spend and money to burn
are the first aids to the divorce
courts" says the Marshalltown
Times- Republican
The Iowa City Republican predicts
that within the next ten years lot OF
fellows will be denying they ever
were progressives.
Eighty teams drawing eighty loads
Of hogs drove into Mechanicsville one
day and the day before there were
forty loads OF hogs.
The Sioux City Journal wonders IL
1t is necessary to repeat that 1t takes
lot Of killing to put the Iowa corn
crop in shape for funeral
The Women's Federated clubs Of
America claim 5000 branches, organ
ICED In forty-six states, with an aggre-
gate membership of 100000 women.
Women IL Massachusetts have
pledged themselves not to buy from
firms that advertise In an objection
able way. Belgium is said to have
solved the problem In tais way.
The Ottumwa Courier has figured
out that II Rusty Owens and his
valiant band can win twenty straight
games the team can reach the 500
mark in the percentage column.
A Chicago Tribune Photographer in
explaining why the Wright airship
failed to soar in two trials, says thai
in the first fight Orville raised his
hand to brush fly from his neck ard
in the second something got in his
nose and he had to sneeze
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

carcass and not Mr.. Lemons that Il
to be mounted and exhibited IN the
boat house.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
A Chicago Tribune Photographer II
What Next?

Jacksonville Courier: Thaw. Smell,
Hams. Gould. GingIes, Gosh.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

Thai Gingies girls gfngle is sadly
out OF tune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

Eighty teams drawing eighty loads
Of hogs drove into Meehanicsville one
day and the day before there were
forty loads OF hogs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16
NOTES Ahp COMMENT.

The Cedar Rapids Gazette observes
that Chicago is having an awful time
Of it trying to lose Miss Gingles
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The Sioux City Journal wonders IL
1t is necessary to repeat that 1t takes
lot Of killing to put the Iowa corn
crop in shape for a funeral.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The Iowa City Republican predicts
that within the next ten years lot OF
fellows will be denying they ever
were progressives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

thine to spend and money to burn
are the first aids to the divorce
courts says the Marshalltown
Times- Republican
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-16

The Women's Federated clubs Of
America claim 5000 branches, organ
ICED In forty-six states, with an aggre-
gate membership of 100000 women.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-06
SUPPOSED LOST SHIPS CREW
 ARE ALIVE IN PRISON,
Escaped Prisoner from Venezuela Tells
 an Astounding Story.

Kingston. St. Vincent, B. w. l.. May 5.-It may be that Capt. Collins Stephenson and the crew of the Amer jean whaling ship Carrie D. Knowles. long since thought to have been lost at sea, are still alive in a Venezuelan prison. An American seaman who gives the name of Payne. an escaped prisoner from Venezuela, has made his way to Kingston where he laid before the authorities an astounding story Of the seizure of the Carrie D. Knowles at Venezuelan port. where she arrived five years ago in distress, and the ln- carceratIon by the Nenezuelans Of the captain and his men.
 Provincetown, Mass, May 5.-The despatch from Kingston outlining the story told by an escaped Venezuelan prisoner to the effect that the crew of the lost Provincetown whaler Carrie D. Knowles were incarcorated iE a prison in Venezuela was naturally of intense interest here As the entire crew of the Knowles were natives of the West Indies, there are little mearN here of verifying Payne's statements The identity Of Payne is not clear. but it may be that he is no other than Elisha Payne, a seaman of Province town, who mysteriously disappeared from this port previous 10 or about the time of the sailing of the Knowles. So far as known here. Payne was not a member of the crew when she sailed.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-06
Little or no Chance for Adjournment of Con-
 greSS Before June 15 or July
PRESIDENT REITERATES HIS ATTITUDE
On Various Special Taxation Propositions that New Bill will Furnish Revenue Sufficient to Prevent Defict-Statements Made to Senate on Number of Increases, Decreases, and the Changed Duties

Washington. May 5.-The possibil- ity of the passage of the tariff bill and the adjournment of the special session of congress before June 10 or July 1 seems to have vanished. This con- clusion has been reached by the presi. dent as a result of recent talks with senators and representatives. and he made it known today.
 Headway Expected Not Made.
 The senate is not making the head way with the Aldrich measure that was expected. and before the new tar fir law can be presented to the presi- dent for his action there must ensuc a long conference between the repre- sentatives of the two houses of com gress.
 The Presidents Hopes.
 In view of conflicting reports as to the presidents attitude on the various special taxation propositions which have been suggested in connection with the new bill. the president has re- iterated his position to recent callers.
 He is still hopeful that the revenue to be derived from the new bill and with economies in the administration of the government will prove sufficient to prevent a deficit. If it should be
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-06
SITUATION IS DESPERATE,
 DESPITE PRESENCE OF TROOPS
rgeticaIIy-Lack of Food and Med icine in Hadjin.

Hadjin, Asiatic Turkey May Not withstanding the presence of the troops here, the situation is desper- ate, owing to lack of food and medi- cal supplies. The troops which re- lieved the city came up from Mersina under command of Loufti Bey just in time.
 The Mohammedans outside the walls who seemingly numbered many thou sands, pushed their attacks energeti- cally against the inhabitants, killing and wounding many They were so eager to get inside the city and plum der the place that they did not observe the approach of Loutfi Bey and his men until they were close upon them, Whereupon the Mohammedans fled precipitately, carrying off all the cat tie outside the city.
 Marash, May 5.-A letter received by messenger from Harni says that every man there has been killed. On ly women, girls and boys under ten have been left alive. The churches and houses were plundered and most Of them were burned, The letter, which is from the widow of a clergyman, says:
 We have nothing to eat or wear We are living on grass like animals Worse than this, the Moslems are trying to force the women and girls to become Mohammedans. Already seme of the women have been carried away
 Lucius O. Lee. a missionary here, says: We are trying to send food to Harni, although it is dangerous, and tc bring the women away as we'll"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-06
SHOT DEAD IN A SALOON.
Armour & Go. Shipping Clerk of New
 York-Shooter Escaped.

New York. May 5.-In an argument that began Saturday at a ball game, John Hamill, shipping clerk for Ar IT. our &s O.. was shot dead tonight in a saloon in Eleventh avenue by a character known in the neighborhood as Yellow" The bullet struck Ham, i'll in the temple and he died instantly. Yellow" escaped.
 Hamill lived in West Thirty sixth street with his wife and three chil- dren. Mrs. Hamill. when notified of the shooting. hurried to the saloon and tried to force her way to the body of her husband. but she was prevent ed by the police. She was finally taken to her home in a hysterical condition.
 Hamill when he was shot, was standing at the bar with two friends when a swinging door was pushed open and a man, who the police say was Yellow" rushed in with a drawn revolver. In an instant he was at Hamilrs side. Raising the weapon to a level with the clerks head he fired, then almost with the discharge of the gun he turned and fled.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-06
Again Yesterday it Loomed Up Big in the
 House of Representatives
ADVOCATES RESORT TO FILIBUSTERING
Great Scurying Around the Chamber of Members, who for and Against the Bill and of Men who Repre- sent Corporations and Other Interess-Advocates of Bill Accuse Opponents of Lack of Fair Play.

[ discussed the bill led by Representa- tive Burnes.
 Accused of Lack of Fair Play.
 There was no hesitancv on the part of the advocates of the measure in ac- cusing the opponents of lack of fair play in refusing to delay action until the absentees could be in their seats. The house settled down for a com plete threshing out of the matter un- der guise of the motion to reconsider.
 Representative Dunn got the house to accept a motion to have the vote recorded. Just before 3 o'clock Rep resentative Quintard of Norwalk sud- denly offered motion to adjourn which went through.
 Reconsideration.
 Advocates of the bill at once jumped at the conclusion that under the house rules the legislative day had ended and reconsideration could not be taken up tomorrow. But in the rules was found a ruling by Speaker Barbour in 1897 that if the house voted to ad- journ while debate on reconsideration was in progress the motion was the first business on the next session day.
 Situation Still Unsettled.
 Speaker Banks, it is assumed, will follow this ruling. Then will come an- other contest. of parliamentary proced- ure and Representative Chandler, with a majority with him, may be able to appeal from such g ruling. In this case reconsideration of the vote to re- fer to a special committee may be deemed to have ended. The house, however, in the past has not many times failed to support the ruling Of the chair. The situation tonight there fore is not more settled than 1t was yesterday.
 Spectators Filled the Aislss.
 The debate today was listened to by enough spectators to fill the side aisles. Representative Chandler made one speech in reply to Representative Burnes which brought out great ap plause. He said that much attention had been given by the opponents of the bill to the claim that reference to a special committee was a snub to the senate. He said that the proced- ure was a sensible one and that the senate was too well versed in parlia- mentary lore to feel offense when there was none. He said it was time Con- necticut departed from some prece- dents when 1t meant broadening out. He said that nearly every Legislature followed the committee of the whole means of transaeting business which could not be handled in it's first stages by the houses separately.
 Opponents of Bill Worried.
 It was evident after the session closed that opponents of the bill were worried at the predicament in which they found themselves.
 Size of Calendar Reduced.
 Aside from this debate, the house reduced the size of its calendar by one half which was considerable. The senate in a short session had practi- cally cleaned up its calendar so that tomorrow it may happen that few minutes will suffice to do business. Most of the senators were in the house during the debate.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-06

shown, however. that the government finances are in need of further support Co meet the current expenditures. the president will adhere to his original proposition that a graduated federal inheritance tax Is the most just that could be levied and would prove tho easiest Co collect. 1T such a ltax shuld not prove sufficient. the president favors as a substitute. or as an addi- tional means of collecting revenue. the imposition Of an excise tax on the div idends ot corporations.
 Decreases 356, Increases 316.
 Washington. May 5.-Stateuinnts were made to the senate late today by Senator Aldrlch. representing tho finance committee. and Senator Gull person. the minority leader analyzinr the tariff bill as 1t was reported to tho senate. and comparing it SO far as in- creases and reductions are concerned with the Dingley law.
 Senator Culberson figured the de- creases at 356, the increases at SIS. and the number Of articles on which the duties are unchanged at 1.27t. Mir. Aldrtch made the reductions 37e. but furnished no figures as to the number of increases made.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-06
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
Strongly Favored Over the Present
 Faster Ballot.

Hartford. Conn.,, May 5.-The Aus traltan ballot in place of the present paster ballot was favored strongly be- fore the Judiciary committee this af- ternoon. The hearing was on the bill of Representative Bennett of Norwalk, who had dummy ballot in evidence MT. Bennett spoke in favor and he presented many recommendations in favor of the ballot which he advocated o. R. Fyler. railroad commissioner and prominent in politics, came out almost unreservedly in favor of a change in the ballot He told of the wide distri- button of supposed spurious ballots in the last election, something like 16O, 900 all over the state, and he thought that when such conditions were pussI- ble it was time to look about for a bet ter method of voting.
 pr. Powell of Stamford spoke in favor also, telling of the experience of voters in Stamford last election with a citizens ballot which was denied a place within the polling booth. Sev- eral others spoke for the bill.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-06
VOTE ON RECONSIDERATION
May Not Be Taken Today-Speaker'
 Ruling Anxiously Awaited.
(speciaI to The Bulletin., :,


 Hartford. May 5.-It was Mayor Dunn of Willimantic who made the tactical motion which really brought about adjournment of the house this afternoon and made it possible that the public utilities commission mat ter will not come to a vote tomorrow on the reconsideration of the house action yesterday in passing the mo- tion of MT. Chandler of Rocky Hill referring the entire subject to a house committee of nine members to be chosen by the speaker from among those in the majority vote against the rejection of the bill The house was very, very tired listening to much talk on this subject, Chairman Burnes had wandered far afield from the real matter under discussion, the reconsideration of the Chandler mo- ton and not the public utilities bill Itself, most members had had no lunch, and when it came to 2.30 and Dunn secured the ordering of a roll call vote, making 1t impossible to ad- jcurn before some time after 3, if the roll call was started then, it was easy to secure adjournment
 Now the question arises as to whether or not this adjournment shuts off the taking of vote at all tomor- row and whether possibly the whole matter of reconsideration is ended for good. The rules state that reconsid- eration shall not take place later than the day after the action has taken place The passage of the Chandler motion occurred yesterday and today was the second day beyond which it couldn't be reconsidered under the rules. The house refused to suspend the rules on motion of Burnes and there are many who believe that when it adjourned 1t ended the possibility of reconsideration. even though it is a. fact that adjournment took place in the midst of the consideration of the question of reconsideration and before the vote was taken.
 It transpires that 1t was the plan of Dunn, who is in favor of a public utilities bill to shut off a vote on re- consideration by adjournment and he moved a roll call vote for this pur- pose largely, though in general he wanted the members of the house obliged to put themselves on record.
 It will be up to Speaker Banks the first thing tomorrow to rule as to whether or not the vote on recOnsid- eration is properly before the house and the plan of the insurgents and supporters of the general proposition is to appeal from his ruling if he rules that. it is. Their hope is that they may have sufficient strength in the house to sustain the appeal and thus shut off a vote. The speaker announced before adjournment that if the house adjourned, the vote would be the first order of business tomorrow. but later stated privately that he would be obliged to look up authorities to be sure what his final position on this would be-
 There is a ruling of Speaker Joseph L. Barbour. made in 1897, which cov- CTS this exact point in a situation pre- cisely similar and which declares the vote on reconsideration in order, but it is not yet certain whether or not this ruling was made on the session day on which the action was original ly taken, or the second day That point would make a lot of difference
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-06

Hartford. Conn.,. May 5.-The public utilities bill loomed up big in the house of representatives today. The efforts of its opponents to give 1t a parliamentary quietus were frustrated for the day by the stubborn defense of Representative Chandler of Rocky Hill and it's advocates, who resorted to filibustering owing to knowledge of the fact that the house was about evenly divided with possible advantage in numbers on the side of those who wanted to get reconsideration of the motion by which yesterday it was voted to send the bill to a special com mittee of nine members for redraft- ing.
 Representative Burnes Let Opportunity
 Slip By.
 Representative Burnes, with the stronger position, let the opportunity go by, in the opinion of many, of forcing a vote early on the motion of Representative Hayes of Waterbury to reconsider yesterdays action. MT. Hayes had voted to reject the bill and then voted in the affirmative on the question of reference to special com 1nittee of the house. He was there fore in order to move reconsideration, but after doing so he withdrew the motion to permit of the taking up of routine business which had accumu- lated in considerable volume the past few days.
 Great Seurryins To and Fro.
 Later MT. Hayes pressed his motion, but in the meantime there had been great scurrying around the chamber of members who are for and against the bill and also of county commissioners who attend the sessions regularly of officehoIders who are always on hand during the sittings of the house, and of men who are understood to repre- sent corporations and other interests. Upstairs in the capitol a conference of many of the last mentioned men was held and several times members of the house were in the corridors discussing the situation with men who seemed to be worried over the way things were going or not going.
 Postponement Demanded.
 A discussion was precipitated on the motion of MT. Hayes in which Repre- sentative Burnes and others argued for its passage and Representatives Hall of Wilmington. Representative Chandler of Rocky Hill, Representative Brins- made of Washington and many others demanded a rejection of the motion or a postponement until tomorrow or later because some thirty members had gone with the agricultural committee to Vlslt Storrs school. Representative Burnes was willing to have the house rules suspended SD that the motion might be made the order of the day on Tuesday next, but this was refused.
 Attempt to Adjourn Defeated.
 An attempt to adjourn the house was defeated. so to. 79, indicating a very close vote on any other measure. Af- ter more talk of wide range the mat ter was laid on the table to allow of more business being transacted. Then shortly before o'clock the motion was further discussed and. departing from the motion, members pretty generally
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-06
6attleship Mississippi Anchored of
 New Orlaans

New Orleans, May 5.-After being lost to the wireless station for nearly three days. the battieship Mississippi swung up to the bar at the mouth of the Mississippi river tonight and an- chored. She will come to the South Pass tomorrow and reach the New Orleans naval wharf about noon. All preparations for an enthusiastic re- ception to both officers and men are completed