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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
GIVE ILLINOIS CITIES A CHANCE

Leading Illinois newspapers or Dotn
political parties are calling on Cover
nor Deneen to incorporate in ms
forthcoming call for special session
of the legislature the commission
form of city government" as one OF
the subjects to be considered. And
thew are adducing number oil
strong reasons why he should do THIS
one reason, II not the most potent,
is that majority, If not all, OF the
cities of the state that could avail
themselves of the system demand such
a law through their press and many
of their public men. Other cogent
reasons are thus concisely stated In
the editorial columns of the Spring
field Register:
Another reason is that commits
sion form OF city government bill was
passed almost UNANIMOUSLY by the SEN
ate at the regular session, and would
have been passed by the house had It
not fallen into the hands of an adverse
committee whose chairman pocketed
It.
still another reason is that a COM
mission form of city government
law is needed in the interest of good
city government This is evidenced
BY the fact that in Iowa and other
states. where such permissive law
exists. cities are rapidly adopting it,
and are obtaining radical beneficial
results by the change from the old
system Illinois cities need this COM
mission system and should have, at as
early date as possible, the privilege
of adopting H. so that they may keep
step to the music of municipal reform
and gain the advantage It bestows,
And still another reason. and the
one allsufficient reason, If there were
no others. why the governor should
4 provide for the consideration OF a
/ commission form of city government
I law nj the special session Is that it IS
j the right thing for him to do, The
Law is right one. good one. and
the opposition TO II comes mainly. i
not entirely. from the grafters and
that class Of politicians who fatteT
off municinal Jobs, and various Other
kinds Of partisan sno'ls. Mt the ex
j nense of the taxpayers. The neanI'
4 Of the cities OF Illinois are sufferins
from scandalous n3sgovernment un
der the present system
The experience of Iowa and pthe
.,,.ic- where tho comrnission form o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
The cosson Law and Other Imper''-
nences.


Cedar Rapids Republican: After all
has been said. the Marion Sentlnel IS
right when it calls the Cosson Ia"
atrocious. And it is right when II
saws that it is in line with the recent
tendencies in state and nation toWaru
"the concentration OF power IN tne
hands of few men" Judge Wade also
is right when he denounces the law
as an invasion of the historic right OF
trial by jury. They are all right VINO
denounce this law, for the law is prin-
cipally wrong.
OF course we comfort ourselves
with the thought that 1t is blow at
the drunkard, and we all hate drunk
enness, especially in Office. But 1t was
really safe to leave that question en-
tirely with the communities which
elect officers If the mayor OF Maren'
60 was in the habit of getting drunk
the people of Marengo might have
! been trusted to defeat him for ONCE.
/ If we cannot trust our communities,
] our towns and cities and counties to
/ select decent men for office, then let
us give up the republic, for our whole
system of government is based on the
! theory of elections by the people II
we must have an attorney general in
Des Moines who is the guardian OF
such things then, let us quit having
/ elections and look to Des Moines for
government
The Cosson law does not represent
any substantial progress. 1t repre-
sents mostly that form of imperti-
nence which passes under the name
of a benevolent dictatorship OF other
/ mems affairs. 1t was the conception
of bigotry which Is probably the pro
duct of brain not more than quar-
ter of an inch between the eyes and i
was the enactment of legislature
which was ready to do any foolish
thing that any bigot might suggest.
What we need in Iowa now quite
as much as anything else, is declar
alton in favor of the return to the
first principles of local self-govern
ment. Not a school teacher even car
now be employed anywhere withou
leave from the government in De-
Moines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

government has been tried has been
wholly satisfactory. Not one Of the
communities operating under the new
law would willingly abandon it and
go back to the old arrangement The
Gate City is in full accord with the
Springfield Register that Governor
Deneen cannot confer a greater boon
upon the cities Of Illinois than by
aiding them in securing relief from
the heavy burdens and the accom-
panying scandals Of disagreement
which they are now compelled to en-
dure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

The Creston Advertiser truthfully
says that it is not expected that
President Taft will criticize the sen
ators and representatives who did not
vote for the tariff law to which he
lent all his influence; he would be
foolish to so antaeonlze q large ele-
ment of the party But
at is to be expected that he will
speak in defense OF the law which
these men tried to defeat, for it is the
first important act of his administra-
tion and in common honesty he must
defend 1t or admit that his admins
tration has fai'ed II VIII be no evil
dence of a quarrelsome disposition for
him TO defend the law as whole
while criticizing perhaps some of its
schedules and the efforts OF some
= r-.,--- 1890 ---',''- 49, tf- -.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

The Captain Of the Rocking Chair.
Oh, some may go a-sailing in
schooner or a yacht,
Or a-steaming in steamer DER the
sea;
But our Laddie sails away for a voy-
age every day;
He goes to seek for treasure, and al
ways finds a lot,
Yet he never misses coming home
for tea!
For Laddie is the captain of the good
ship Rocking Chair
That boldly plies about the kitchen
floor.
He travels to and fro, wheresoe'er he
wants to go;
It's Greenland in the dining room,
Peru is over there,
And China just beyond the pantry
door.
o captain of the Rocking Chair
want to travel, too!
To see the sights that fill your eyes
with joy.
/ want to hunt for treasure, and be
sure of finding pleasure;
Pray, won't you take passenger from
China to Peru?
o Captain. Captain Laddie! ShiI
ahoy!
Hannah G. Fernald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

In one OF the obituaries of Harti-
man It is affirmed that he was daring,
tenacious. indefatigable, thorough,
self-confdent and able TO inspire 10y
atty in others. Abe great railroad
organizers case is an exception to the
general rule, according to the Shake
spearean standard. What evi' he did
in life was Inferred with his bones,
and newspapers and preachers have
only good words for him now that he
is gone.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
A Mighty Streak Of yellow.

Burlington Gazette: Commander
Peary with characteristic blow and
buster announced to the Associated
Press yesterday that Il am the first
white man TO reach the north pole. :"
But is the commander white man ?
His conduct when he confiscated
Cooks stores and his disgraceful and
boorish treatment of DR.. Cook be-
speak a mighty streak OF yellow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
G. w. Franklin of the State Reg

G. w. Franklin of the State Reg
lister and Farmer once owned an Iowa
farm for which he paid SIG an acre.
He sold 1t for $50 and thought he was
getting all 1t was worth. The man 10
whom he sold it recently sold 1t for
$1O0 per acre and that man In less
than a month sold 1; for s115. Mr..
Franklin concludes that If man does
mot wish to sell farm In Iowa these
days he had better not put price on
liz.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
Name II.

Canton Register: Pick name for
the farm Have It neatly painted on
a signboard and place It in conspic-
nous place where 1t may be seen from
the road. II will interest the passer-
by and identify your place and will
prove wonderful incentive to you to
spruce up bit and make the place
look as good as the name you have
picked for t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
Golf Gabble.

The Eskimos call uae pole the Big
Nail. They never heard of Roosevelt"
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Well2 Is he the Big Nail?
What is profanity Baltimore
Sun.
oh. ask some OF your local golf
players for copy of their vocabulary.
Des Moines Register and Leader.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
An Unamerjcan Shirt

Philadelphia Record: The conten-
ton that Re who does not speak is
therefore liar is rather difficult to
sustain, The principal critics OF DR..
Cook brand him as falsifier not be-
cause of what he has said, but
because of what he has not said.
There is no place like America for The
exhibition OF an un.American spirir.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
World Not Half Bad.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The world
has forgotten most of the evil laid at
the door of the great Hartman. and
is remembering only the good he did.
The world is not half bad nor wholly
unappreciatiye.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

Some schoolhoys of Denver are go.
Ing to appeal to the courts for win
dication of their natural and inalien-
able right to be enrolled in the ancient
and honorable fraternity of Alpha
Sigma Sigma" The Gate City agrees
with its esteemed contemporary, the
Springfield Register, that there ought
to be spanking machine connected
with the Denver courts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

The conspicuous figure in the
MCCAIN trial in Chicago is ]. Hamil-
ton Lewis. ]. Ham never fails to IL
illuminate whatever scene he appears
in, without spotlight or other aGven-
titious aid. He is peculiar. unique,
exceptional singular and extraordi
nary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

The annual report of the Young
Mems Christian Association at
Omaha, Just Issued, shows that of the
1913 senior members III, or almost
exactly half, are members OF no
church. The figures throw an inter
esting sidelight on the makeup of the
organization.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
Assurance 10 conoressman sml,b.

Marshalltown Times Republican:
Congressman Smith does not need to
worry. A bunca of newspapers in
Iowa are doing all the worrying need
ed And what is all the worry about
anyway?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

81 Peary's forthcoming books will not
be Pearyodicals. The reference to
them as such by certain photographers
simply illustrates the depth to which
their art has fallen in these degener
ate days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

The Peoria Herald Transcript
claims that a woman In that city has
saved money out of her allowance
every month for seven years. She 10
paralyzed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

Gene Debs says: 1T remains for
the American people to say whether
I shall ever be President" 1t certain
ily does. And Judging from the habit
they seem to have formed the answer
will be in the negative-with big
~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

Battle Harbor seems to have been
appropriately named for arctic OK
plorers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

An upstate paper reports that
~Sheriff Boots was seen in these parts
last week" On foot, presumably.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
superintendent is given enough for
one copy to each school in his county.

one copy to each school in his county.
No less than 1893 paragraphers nave
referred to the fact that Wellman's
north pole goose was Cooked, and at
least oil have forecaste1 the produc-
ton of two new brands Of cigars. the
Cedar Rapids Gazette concludes para
graphers are onto their job.
Commenting on the absence OF
places Of worship for Jews at holiday
resorts, writer in the jewish Chron-
icle Of London says: How different
are the Christians. Gross the ocean
and the sweet strains of hymn OF
praise from the saloon of the steamer
on Sunday morning strike the lonely
Hebrew with sense of rebuke. Pene-
trate to an oasis in the desert and the
Church Of England service is founu
there as natural provision for the
Sabbath needs of an English gentie-
man. Ascend the mountains and ~
the stiffness of the glorious helghts
the sentiment of the ancient Hebrew,
i lift up mine eyes to the hills. from
whence cometh my help stirs Tue
reverence Of the alien to the faitn %
the Psalmist and leaves tiis legltllna.e
heirs untouched"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

"A st. Louis plumber has gone into
bankruptcy. 1t certainly requires real
genius for a plumber to do that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
DAILY BIZ MAIL.

h5 DAILY By MALL.
uoma war n OOFour Months ...N.G
6ix months $500. l.60lOne month
Entered In Keokuk postofhcc - secon'
Postage prepaid: terms in advance -.
AL subscription orders shouia siwe "a
-. D. address and state whether
new OF renewal order. II change q a1
dress - desired. state both the o'e
Remit BY postofnce money order. e. :.
press money order. registered 10y.
Z The date printed on the address Of ea .as
nAper notes when the supscrip'ion
&tree. .h.,r ra.
ners promptly will confer q FAVOR "
Siying notice Of the fact
Address all comm1 I7Gv o1nnsm "a
No. II North Sixth st.. keoKuK'
THr GATE CITY is on sale At the for
1owtng news stands: y.nn.on
Hotel Keokuk, cor. Third ana Jonns
s q, ii. Rollins & Co., 629 Main streos-
Ward Bros, 625 Main street
Depot News Stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

Alex Miller says he can always tell
man who has had his mustache
shaved off late in life. He always
looks the part.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

The Sioux City Tribune is undoubt-
eddy right in its declaration that the
real fight will not be on until Mrs.
Cook and Mrs. Peary meet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Southern Iowa Editorial Asso-
citation will be held at Charlton. Thurs
day and Friday. Oct. IA and 10.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

ship OF the tariff law to make 1t ap-
pear that this will be the case are
ridiculous
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

Cook and Mrs. Peary meet.
1t seems to the Sioux City Journal
that If it were known whether Uncle
Joe" Cannon is for Cook or Peary 1t
would be easier for some folks to
make up their minds.
ATTORNEY General Byers sometimes
wonders why We Lave supreme court
anyway" sa.'s the Ida Grove Pioneer.
With Mr.. Byers in office there is
h;ldly any u.s. OF having the court,
for he can settle all these little mat
tiers for u.s.
Only seven members OF the Amer.
lean Press Humorists' association at
tended the annual convention in Buff
falo. The Des Moines Register and
Leader suggests that the others prob
ably couldn't borrow the money for
taeir railroad fare.
The Prussian diet has passed a
law which makes all people who are
given a title pay tax before they can
assume 1t. 1t costs duke $4,000 to
drop his last name, a prince has TO
pay $500, a count 5000 and baron
5000 This is much cheaper than the
rate charged American fathers.
The Charles City Intelligencer Is OF
the opinion that the loud talk about
opposition TO Congressman Smith, oil
the Ninth district, is mere buncombe
The people OF the Ninth" the In
tellinger continues. ARE fully aware oil
the value OF Judge Smith as a repre-
sentative, hence will be very slow &c
make any organized effort to defeai
aim
Every rural school in the state is t.
get copy of the Iowa Official Reg
lister issued from the office of the sec
rotary OF state. The office is nov
busy sending out copies to each OF th'
county superintendent for distrjbu
ton to the rural schools. The vol
umes when placed in the school Il
braries become valuable books OF rel
erence on state matters. Each count,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

1t seems to the Sioux City Journal
that If it were known whether Uncle
Joe" Cannon is for Cook or Peary 1t
would be easier for some folks to
make up their minds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

What the Marshalltown Times-Re-
publican wants in the pole controver-
sy is more cold facts and less hot air
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-16

keokuk, Iowa y. September IS, 1909.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-12
Publishers Win Fight

The publishers win their fight
for lower wood pulp and print pa
per, the rate on the ordinary news
print paper being fixed at 50.
rs per ton instead of 500 as I'M
der the Dingley law, and on the
higher grades of print paper S4.75
instead of $500. Mechanically
ground wood pulp is to come in
free of duty instead of paying one
twelfth of ! per cent pound, as
under the Dingley law, but provis-
ions is made for a countervailing
duty in case it becomes necessary
to protect this country against Can
ada's inhibitions upon the exporta-
lions of woods to the United States.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-12
Gold is Washed
From the Yakima

Ten dollars in gold nuggets was pan
ned from the sands Of the Yakima riv-
er in three hours yesterday afternoon
by Ed. Kingery, w. r. Lewis and O.
@. Felkner, of this city The gold was
panned from the river about g. lie
above the bar, where several thousand
dollars was taken from the river 20
years ago by parry of chinese.
The party left here yesterday morn
ing with the intention of hunting for a
ledge, as indications of quartz have
been found lately along the bank OF
the river. a quantity OF rocks and
sand was dug from the bank and wash
ed out in miners pan, The first
washing left slight traces of gold in the
BOTTOM of the pan. but it took three or
four washlngs to get any appreciable
results The work was kept up during
the afternoon. The amount Of gold TO
a pan varying from to 10 cents.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-12
ARE The PAN TANS GUILTY?
DeWolt Thinks There Exists
A State Society of Corrup-
ton in Which Republicans
and Democrats are One.

have not the slightest doubt
mat there exists in the state of
" ashlngton a state wide secret po-
lltiCal organization whose purposes
are to control appointments and TO
profit corruptly by the actions of
state and county officers, - said
Herbert n. DeWolf, the lawyer
whose charges against the supreme
court OF the state oil Washington
have aroused interest throughout
the nation today. I don't know
whether or not the Pan Tans, the
Spokane organization whose doings
have just been brought to light,
has any connection with the state
organization, but it seems extreme
~ probable to me that it has.
have found constantly, when
practicing before the bar of this
state. ever since took up cases
against certain interests, that was
being opposed by powerful and
far-reaching combination and |
soon found that this combination
exercised the ultimate control OF
courts and the officers OF the state
government.
Il am of the opinion that this
state society of corruption, which
I believe must number in its mem
bership both democrats and repuo-
leans. makes a business OF collect
ing brides from the interests which
il protects and distributes pay tor
corrupt services to those oihcers
who perform them or perhaps III
some cases compels them 10 40 .he
bidding of its officers as pay tor Sc
cunning their jobs or on pain Oh
dismissal.
II have cited publicly ten differ
ont cases in which the decisions OF
the state supreme court OF the s'a'e
Of Washington were Absolutely
rank and which | think were uh
doubtedly dictated by this eorr'p,
organization. The Sullivan VIII
case is just one instance. NINE
ONT Of ten men in Seattle VINO
know something of the case VIII
tell YOU that they believe most Oh
The money from this estate went "
the political ring which runs ' !,
.,ate Offices and many OF '"e
courts Tacoma Tribune
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-12

their friends, the Stalcup family,
who were neighbors in Missouri.
Chas. ID. Hendry has sold his
Teanaway ranch to the Cascade
Lumber company. We have not
learned for what sum this ideal
farm home was disposed of, but
the place is worth all that was paid
for it.
The water meter ordered by the
city to put on the water supply OF
the Milwaukee railway, has arriv-
ed and will be put in commission
at once. This meter will enable
the city to know just how many
gallons of water the railroad con
sumes and thus be able to make a
lust charge for all over the mini
mum price per month agreed upon.
Gle Elum Echo.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-12

a. Yes; he said that he had call.
V' III Frank Post. Frank Croves
ana Judge Chadwick and showed
.,'e'h the entire correspouderce
TANK Post told me that he had
seen The correspondence, and he
was guilty, He said the corre
'Pohuence was conclusive as III.
correspondence between Archbold
o' the Standard Oil company and
foraker. And Frank Graves a1so
'oId MIR. Happy and myself that he
n'u seen 1t and that he was guilty.
.. Who was guiltyo
a. Root. And Graves said
'h't Koot was guilty and the Great
Northern officials were guilty
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-12
Roslyn News.

J. A. Bradbury, one OF the old
timers here, but now of Granger
Vile, Idaho, spent some time here
this week. He is now manager OF
the Inland Abstract & Trust Co.
Quite a ripple of excitement was
caused in town Wednesday alter
noon on account of three OK teams
passing through here. Some peo-
Die who had never seen an ola
fashioned OK team before were
much interested in the sight. They
were bound for the Middle Fork OF
the Teanaway where they will be
used in logging camp tor the
Cascade Lumber company.
MANY new buildings have been
erected in the city the past year
and building operations are stu
very active and our carpenters
seem to be busy most OF all the
time Almost all of the houses
that are being put up are or much
better character than they were
few wears ago, and if the owners
will only paint them as they put
them M we will soon have a very
pretty little city.
There will be seventeen teachers
IN the public and high schools here
This wear and but eight have been
occurred so far. 1t seems di1llcul'
+oet TO secure teachers and TINS
citv requires a bunch of them
1,ha denartment of manual train
.,o aud domestic science being ADD
- ,,otes more teachers necessary
,,,. This IS a step that everyone
sbould be glad has been accom-
plished.
A riding horse owned by 'he
poe1vn Fuel company was ruli'eu
and had to be shot Wednesday oy
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-08-12
DIRECT PRIMARY
PLAN FAVORED
Southwestern Delegation Holds
Caucus-Decide to Support
Bill Amending Law.

Olympia, Aug. 11-When the
house of Representatives meets to-
morrow morning a bill will he in
t1oduCed by some member friendly
to Governor Hay amending the
direct primary law, providing for
the filling of vacancies III congress
caused by resignation or death of
incumbent, by the direct primary
law. The bill will be passed, as
those who seem to favor the old
convention plan, openly admit that
they have not enough votes to de-
feat it, nor do they dare to oppose
state wide measure that the peO-
pie fought for.
The decision to nominate the
successor of the late +. w. Cush-
man by direct primary was reached
after a conference tonight between