The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-17
The CHAU7AUQUA
At kAHOkA MO-.
Opened Saturday Under the Most Fzv-
orzhle Auspices and Has an
Excellent Program for
the Week.
CARRIE NATION THERE
The Woman With the Hasehe. Made
an Address on Sunday Afternoon
and Was Heard BY
Large Crowd.
CARRIE NATION THERE

noka chautsnQua was opened Satur-
Gay afternoon under most favorable
auspices Rev. W F. Laidiey intro
duced Rev. Geo. j. Barker. the plat
form manager, who made few re-
marks. Rev. Barker especially invit-
ed the ladies to come out to the chau-
tauoua and TO bring the babies He
told the mothers that If their infants
became unmanageable they were at
liberty to leave them with Mrs. C. L.
Lang. local manager. at the gate.
Rev. W. F. vanderlippe was thin in
troduced and said invocation.
4 The Castle Square entertainers,
composed of four young gentlemen.
were on the program for the prelude.
both afternoon and evening. They
gave most cridible entertainment
! Hon. James E. Watson. Of In
diana. whip of the house. was in
troduced and was listened to with
great interest by the large crowd in
attendance. Mr.. Watson spoke on the
subject. THE National and Individual
Ideal" The speaker said many excel
lent things and incidentally took a rap
at VIM. ]. Bryan and Senator LaFol-
lette. He said these two gentlemen
were going over the country telling
the people they were lifting burdens
from the peoples shoulders, but in
reality they were speaking at chau-
tauquas for the same reason he was
the money there was in 1t. The
i speaker paid Mr. Lloyd, of this con-
gressional district, very pleasing
compliment and said that during his
fourteen years in congress he had
not found or heard of member OF
that body that could be bought The
speaker said that money was not the
ideal of man or nation, and cited IN
cidents to prove the assertion Char
acter was the individual ideal, and
that success and happiness depended
upon what man was and not upon
what he had.
The lecture of Mr. Watson was a
strong one and made hit with the
people
In the evening Col G. A. Gearhart
of New York, spoke. Mr. Gearbart Is
one Of the most forceful public
speakers on the American platform
. today and his lecture Saturday even
ing and also Sunday evening were
fully up to the expectations of oul
people and highly appreciated.
Carrie Nation.
Sunday afternoon a tremendous
crowd, estimated at nearly 1000
4 gathered under the big tent to SEE
and hear Carrie Nation. Mrs. Natior
was brought from Keokuk by D. H
Sage in his automobile and arrived II
/ town about 2 O'Clock. After mos
interesting and enjoyable prelude b,
Miss Rachel Steinman, yiolinist, O.
Des Lioines, accompanied on tbs
piano by Miss Gertrude Trump, O
Kahoka, Mrs. Nation was greeted b!
her large audience with much ap
plause, and Immediately Launched
forth on her lecture, which consumed
I nearly two hours. Mrs Nation sais
she had been in jail 80 times ant
gave a descriptive account of he
career from the time she went Il
Kansas in 1856 up to the presen
time. The first smashing" Mrs Ma
ton did was al Rivera, Kansas. where
she put three dives out of business
after futile attempt to get the OF
hcers to do their duty.
Mrs. Nation declared smashing wal
bible doctrine. and quoted scripture
4 TO prove her contention She wa,
4 especially bitter toward the republi
can party, whom she claimed wer.
4 responsible for saloons. she ais
said the democrats would have dom
no better had they been in power. Sh'
/ likened the republican party TO
serpent with head and the demo
cratic party to one without head
She denounced tobacco In all it
forms. At the conclusion of her ad
dress she offered her book an
hatchets for sale She said she sol
800 worth of hatchets the day pre-
vious. Shortly after the lecture. Mr.
Nation returned to Keokuk Inf Nj
Sage's auto.
The Monday Afternoon PR
! gram opened with prelud
4 by the Midland Jubilee SIM
ere. This company appeared her
4 last year. and are the best of tn
4 kind to be secured. They gave
4 very delightful program. Rev. G. ]
Z Barker, platform manager. then d.
Z livered the lecture Of the afternoon
4 Rev. Barker is forceful talker an
! his audience was especially please
3 with his lecture.
4 The following is the program &c
B the balance Of the week:
E Tuesday. August IL.