davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

Senator Cummins denies that he Is
sued an order for the withdrawal Of
c. c. Dowell in the Seventh district.
He says he had no hand in the mat
ter whatever. Naturally he is pleased
that there is to be but one pro
gressive' in the race against Con-
gresham Hull
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21


The death OF King Leopold of Bel
GUM has recalled the portrait of him
limned in William watson's stinging
lines of long ago. Its accuracy viii
not be questioned b anyone acquaint-
ed with the dead monarch and his
absorbing passion for gold:
No zeal. no faith inspired this Leopold
Nor any madness of half-splendit
birth.
Merely he loosed the hounds thai
rend and slay
That he might have his fill of loath
some gold.
Embalm him. Time. Forget him not
o Earth,
Trumpet his name and food his deeds
with day
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

Early in his careev Mr.. Beverage OF
Indiana was a book agent. If the
Chicago Tribune is to be believed, II
was while he was following this oc.
cupation that he acquired the per.
suasive eloquence which has since
made him famous.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
EXPOSING GOOD GOVERNMENT

Thought for the day in the language
OF William Allen White: I believe
the work before us is. after all. rather
the work of the exposer OF good
government than the exposer of bad
government. II is afirmatively rather
than negatively that We must succeed.
The stress should be laid upon educat-
ing the people
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

Speaking of names, there's Captain
Loose, for instance. His cognomen
and his statements correspond per-
fectly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
Ever Hear TI.ese Old ones?

There ID an appeal to these express
sions and certain clearness that IS
apparent once one gets an idea Of
what is sought to be conveyed
For instance. the convalescent Mis-
sourian. when asked concerning the
state OF his health, replies: oh, I'm
en- the lift an mendin''
"A neigfbOr on horseback rides
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
GAftjro Nearer.

Getting Nearer.
Christmas comes upon its way;
We are not far from it.
It looms bigger every day,
HE n romet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

P. A. Y. E. cars have been installed
in Peoria. The P. D. @. cars are yet
to come
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
HITS EMOTIONAL PlETy.
convocation Sermon at Y. Of c. De
cries sentimentality in
Reifni0n


CHICAGO, Dec. 21-Superstition,
sentimentality and ignorance were
given as characteristics of much mod
ern religion by Rev. William Coleman
Biting, pastor of the Second Presby-
terrain church of ST Louis. in q ser
mon to the fall graduating class of the
University of Chicago yesterday at
Mandel hall. THE convocation preach
err called brains In religion a pres
ent want, and spoke for ethics in
stead of neurology
Rev. DR.. Biting attacked religion
that finds its expression in Luxurious
emotion, pious phrases, sanctified in
reflections and lachrymose rhapso-
dies The church, he said, should
not be an aggregation of "sentimen-
talists, the predetermined, the lazy
Our Lord did not come to establish
kingdom which should be a para.
disc where men were to waste them
selves in reveries, not an asylum
where the mentally weak or indiffer-
ent were to avoid the responsibilities
and rain of thinking while they rest.
ed in the authority of human beings
like themselves, nor home in which
the worlds consecrated idlers were
to be cared for while waiting fol
translation to celestial elysium," he
said
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

One way to get rid of Chicago ;
(in) famous First ward ball would be
to wipe out the First ward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
pAILY BY MAI

DAILY BY MAIL - -.
One year 300 Four Months ...si'yxs
Six months 49,. L5oOne month .....- -
Entered in Keokuk postofiice as secoh1
Postage prepaid: terms in advance.
All subscription orders should gixe IL \
p. o. address and state whether " - =
new or renewal order. II change OF au
dress is desired. state eotn the o1u - =
Remit By postofice money order. e Re
press money order. registered ies'
The date printed on the address q eaca
paper notes when the subscription
pfres. .,.,- ma.
giving notice of the fact
THE GATE CITY COAP-ASy \.
No Is North Sixth St. keokuk, lowe
THE GATE CITY Is on sale at the los-
lowing news stands: r,,
Hotel Keokuk, cor. Third and JohnsoA
c. II. Rollins & Co, 62s Main street
Ward Bros. SIS Main street
Depot News Stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
pecries sIoveniy Thinking.

"Slovenly thinking is immoral. To
decry the honest use of brains in re-
ligion or in any other realm is vir-
trally to charge God with folly in MAX
ing our noblest powers only to be
unused. God does not found His re-
ngion upon ignorance. errors and
superstition. He does not need and
cannot use these to advance his king
dom in the world. There is more
piety In honest and intelligent In
terrogation marks than in all the ig-
norant exclamation points that ever
came from amen corners. Heaven
does not mock earth by having a sep
arate dictionary. Gods vocabulary Is
the same as ours, else there can be
no fellowship.
/ Religion is not luxurious emotion
I that vents itself in pious phrases OF
sanctified intersections or lachrymose
rhapsodies and exhausts itself in
these outputs. Nor is it merely the
mystical passion that ecstatics have
coveted, and that has been tried of
ten irreverently, We fear, to adapt te
the deity the endearing terms approp
rate to the holy intimacies of human
life.
1T is not a matter of neurology
but OF ethics. 1t is not a vague. raptur
Gus feeling far too often sought mis-
takingly for by many who are reall,
anxious to make actual in their liyei
the ideal that Jesus presented.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

Shop as early as you can now.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25

The principal trunk lines operating
in the state Of Missouri, according to
the report Of the state Railroad COM
mission, earned more money per mile
In 1908 under the 2-cent-fare law than
they earned in the previous yea when
they charged 3 cents. The report is
only partial and does not cover the
earnings on some of the smaller roads,
but the data offers encouragement to
the state authorities who have been
ighting in the courts to uphold the
2-cent fare.
II is notorious that 1908 was one
Of the poor years in the tr%ansporta-
ton line, while the first ten months
Of 1907 were the most prosperous in
railroad history. In spite of the gen.
eral business depression throughout
the country the earnings OF the big
lines doing business in Missouri
showed a handsome increase over the
previous year. The showing is par
ticularly important, as the ruling OF
the federal courts on the validity OF
the 2-cent fare law was reserved.
pending a trial and a report by the
railroad companies of their earnings
under the new law.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
HettH Green's Good Sense.

Humorists and -near-humorists of
the American press who have written
q total OF volumes about Mrs. Hetty
Green, the richest oma in the
world, and her blunt way of refusing
to live up to the standards set by
smart society folks, should suppress
their fun-making ~propensities long
enough to give her credit for another
display Of her cold, common sense in
the conduct of her daughters we'd
ding.
The newspapers have made a brill
liant effort to create something of a
sensation of the event. Engagement
rumors we're created and then denied.
coupled with stories to the effect that
Mrs. Green opposed the match. be-
cause Of the young mans poverty, he
being worth only a few millions. All
the time Mrs. Green was planning the
event in her own way, outwitting the
newspaper men, as she had often done
before. She told them frankly that
she liked the young man, but wanted
to get better acquainted with him and
would make the proper announce
ments when the time came. The an
nouncement comes in the fact OF the
wedding. Mrs. Green and her daugh-
ter left their modest apartments in
Hoboken, lodged a gang of curious
society folks and hoodlums, took a
train for a New Jersey point, where
the marriage was contaminated.
els not that better than a mob
lighting the police at the church and
a champagne drunk afterwards
asked Mrs. Green. Isn't it better for
my daughter and l to be attending tc
our own affairs and duties than to be
Eplaying bridge and wearing our lives
and health away as they do in so.
ciety?" Mrs. Green has scored on so.
ciety again and her daughters happi.
ness Is probably the better assured
for IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25

Americans interested in the future
development of the country must feel
gratihed at the enthusiasm shown
by Canada and Mexico over the
plans suggested by President Roose-
welt for conserving the natural re-
sources of the continent. The repre-
sentative men of Canada to the north
and Mexico to the south fully realize
that nature recognizes no natural
boundary lines and the protection Of
the resources of the continent must
benefit all three Of the countries.
Neither Of the three countries a
prosper greatly without the others
showing the benefit and neither can
continue its devastation of natural re-
sources without injuring It's neighbors.
The United States Is still O young
nation, but it has burned timber,
wasted water supplies and destroyed
enough other natural resources to
make an ordinary world reasonably
rich. The union of the three govern
ments of North America in this work
is certain to set the pace for a world
conference on the subject, which is
one Of President Roosevelt's ideas, to
the end that there may be some fixed
international agreement to prevent
the waste of natural wealth and save
1t to its most economical use.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
Who Called the Militia

1t is due to Sheriff Bradley and to
Chief of Police Briggs of South Omaha
that the public should know that they
had nothing whatever to do with the
recent %summoning of the militia after
the riot at South Omaha had all
ceased. The notice to a company of
militia to assemble and stand in readi-
ness for service at South Omaha came
from the governor without any request
or demand whatever from any local
authority, and If the state finds itself
with an expense bill for militia service,
which it turned out was not needed,
the responsibility will rest IN the gov
ernor and his adjutant general. What
seventy militiamen would have done in
a mob of 5000 or 1000 is problemat-
ical, and 1t is doubtless fortunate that
they made no appearance on the scene.
Fol- future emergencies we venture to
suggest that before issuing orders to
the militia the governor consult with
the local authorities and ascertain If
troops are needed and, IL SO, how
many.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
TIL N


Arthur Chapman in Denver Republican
Sence the Country Life commission calle'
upon our rival town
There's a heap of old-time notions thatl
nevermore go down;
We've cut out the type OF rancher-and OF
all types he's the worst
Who thinks that irrigatin' meant
a-quenchin' OF his thirst.
We nave told our shootin' sheriff of our
back-to-natur' needs,
And he's used the hoe, promisc'us, on
our growt of human weeds;
We have closed the gamblin' places, and
the goodbye sign we slips
To the youth whose sprlngtime fancy
lightly turns to poker chips.
We have had a boss thief raisin'. and the
neighbors all agree
That a more upliftin' session this here
place will never see;
And we've painted, sence we started, sev'ral
pairs of high-heeled boats.
All the pairs containin' Tribes OF our
gun-fightin' galoots.
So we've put our bid in heavy for free
seeds from Uncle Sam,
And we're goin' to have a college and an
irrigatln' lam: .
Well show 'em that for farmin' that Is
scienced and way up
Cactus Center's got the deadwood on
that measiey Spotted Pup,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
PERSONAL NOTES.

w. Bayard Cutting. jr., just appointed
been v~ice-consui at Milan. and is a %son-in-
law Of Hamilton John Asmondesham
Cuffe, fifth earl OF Desart.
The Amherst IN. HI farm on which
Horace Greeley was born is now owned
by John A. Hanson. An old cradle in
which Horace Greeley may have been
rocked was sold not long ago for $40 to
Rev. DR.. F. NJ. Clendinen, his son-in-law.
Pat Crow hobs up occasionally in Chicago
as a reformed kidnaper in the role OF
preacher and exemplar for derelict boys.
At a recent exhibition of the reformed re-
former, Pat divided oratorical honors with
Fannie woodmansee. who is given credit
by the newspapers with having rescued
Pat Crow
Among the Lincoln relics in Tacoma,
Wash, is a valise carried by Lincoln
more than fifty years ago on his debating
tour in Illinois with Stephen A. Douglas.
1t is a plain box split in two and covered
with black cowhide leather, with thin
iron bands thickly studded with large
headed lacks like buttons.
Tuesday OF last week was election day
in Berwick, Pa. 1t was also Peter Keck's
hundredth birthday. He went to the polls
in an automobile (his first ride of the
sor) and voted the straight republican
ticket. His eldest daughter is So" says
the dispatch, land there are living seven
children, tw~enty-four grandchildren, thirty
great-grandchildren and four great-great-
grandchildren.
Once when Thomas B. Reed was with
the late Senator Wolcott Of Colorado. and
Joseph Choate, Mr.. Choate, when asked to
take a drink, said that he never drank,
never smoked to excess, and never gam
bled in his life. Wolcott, who was a sim
ner in every one Of these lines, looked pa
thetically at Reed and said: 81 wish I
could say that" Say IT," said Reed,
"Choate did"
President Obaldia of the republic of
Panama, has-a unique record Of adventure
and romance. A brakeman on the Panama
railroad, in the days when the fever and
the scorpions of the Jungle were piling I'D
an annual death list of one man In every
five from the company's payroll; a cow
boy or a Mexican ranch, where he who
shot best and shot first was the victor in
all points of dispute; these were the early
stepping stones of his career, leading fin
ally through the fortunes OF revolution to
the governorship of the province of
Panama.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
THE PRESIDENTS ROUNDUP.
Closing Impetus to the square Deal
Policies.
Kansas City Star.

Kansas City Star.
In a splendid and admirable way PTesi-
dent Roosevelt is rounding up. so far as
possible, the primary policies OF his ad-
ministration. He has set in motion great
things that are still progressive, some of
which will continue to progress, it is hoped,
throughout the life of the nation. And
now that he is about TO retire from the
presidency he is doing his utmost to give
these movements as much new impetus as
his influence can furnish.
The president has Just submitted to con-
gress a new and special report on the
Panama canal, together with a message
setting forth the present status OF that
great project. He has received and trans
mitted the report OF his Farm Life COM
mission, together with one OF the most i'm
portant messages he has ever written. The
first meeting and report OF his national
conservation commission will soon be fol-
lowed the report of the continental COM
mission, composed of delegates from Mexi-
CO, Canada and the United States. And to
complete the scope of his conservation pur-
poses he will call an international commits
sion to be held at The Hague, the informal
approval OF which call he has already re-
ceived from the principal powers.
Each nation owes It to itself and to
civilization to safeguard its natural re-
sources. Therefore, each nation, because
of its obligations to civilization and hui
manity in general. should be ready to CO.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
No Answer.

A few days ago The Bee called at
tention to the fact that under the i'm
mediate and compulsory" purchase act
passed six years ago the Water board
will have no option except to buy the
plant under the proceedings already
begun, unless some further legislation
is had giving the board or some other
body power to negotiate for a settle
ment of the controversy.
The Bee further made public the
current rumor that the members Of
the present Douglas delegation in the
legislature are under pledge not to
permit any bill to pass in any way
modifying the existing law relating to
the Water boards tenure, emoluments
or power.
The fact that no measures have
been introduced at Lincoln either as
separate bills or as part of the charter
amendments touching the law govern
ing the Water board affords circum-
stantial evidence corroborative of the
supposed pledge exacted from the
Douglas county lawmakers. 1t is sus-
ceptible OF proof. toe, that emissaries
speaking for members of the Water
board undertook to get such a pledge
from republican candidates for the
legislature last fall. The fact, also,
that not a word of denial has come
from a single member Of the delega-
ton constitutes additional corrobora'
ton, and there seems to be no disposi'
tiop on the part of the Water board
members to release the ~do-nothins
agreement.
II silence gives consent, then no an
swer in this case must be taken Il b,
admission of the charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25

operate with other nations in such inter
national policies as may be helpful to all.
without being injurious to any. In such n
meeting tho nations may leatn much from
one another. The United states will be an
especial beneficiary, for it may learn much
more than It can hope to teach. II Is the
richest and the most wasteful OF nations,
1t has much to learn from those people who
have had to conserve their natural wealth,
incidentally, though scarcely less poten-
TALLY. the good of the world would be
promoted by such a conference through
the mere fact Of meeting. comforting and
cooperating; for whatever brings nations
into common undertakings makes for in
ternational tolerance, peace and security.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25

Municipal home rule is a great slo-
gan for the democratic fakirs, who
want to use it as a cover to put the
fire and police departments back into
politics. In the meanwhile they are
introducing bills down at Lincoln by
which the legislature would prescribe
in detail for all the various minute
questions OF city government from
raising the salaries of the faithful on
the payroll to limiting the deposit of
city money to favored banks that come
up to prescription. This is letting the
people rule.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
The steel Corporation Weakens

The announcement of a cut in prices
by the United States Steel corporation
is unq~uestionably the most significant
event, so far as the commercial and
industrial worlds are concerned, that
has transpired since the panic of 1907.
est industrial corporation that the nat
ural cure for a panic is competitive
reduction of prices which stimulates
purchases and appeals to business
With the opening months of 1908
the Steel corporation refused to make
any concession in prices whatever.
AS head of the corporation, Judge
Gary issued a lengthy statement in
which he declared that the depression
was to be short-lived and that any cut
OF steel prices would only unsettle
business n retard the return to
titude prevented a general breaking
up In business and industrial circles,
but railroad managers simply refused
to order new cars and new equipment
at the prices quoted and building
operations were postponed. Begin
ming with the present year. some OF
the Independent companies began
shaving prices and were promptly re-
warded with a rush of business from
all parts of the country. AS a result
prices on structural steel dropped
from $3.50 to S1.25 a ton, steel bars
declined as much as 81 a ton and al
classes of steel products made by the
Independent companies we're reduced
in price and every independent plan.
in the country was swamped will
business.
The statement of Judge Gary, II
announcing the reduction In prices
declares that the steel corporation ha
done the country a good service b
maintaining prices until the stocks o
hand had been disposed of. To hav
cut prices before this time would, h
insists, have a bankruptcy t
multitudes." II appears, however
/ that many of the smaller concern
I have been cutting prices, and eve
, those that have been in favor of ger
-eral cooperation have been compelle
to meet the change. Judge Gary cor
: eludes:
In view OF the circumstances state
, and the further fact that the stocks .
hand at the time the panic occurrs
have been disposed OF. and the contracI
in force at that time have been con
pleted or taken care of so that Il
a necessities for the maintenance of pric,
4. which formerly. existed have been mo,
flied. the leading manufacturers of ire
y and steel ave determined TO prots
n their customers, and, for the present
= least, sell at such modified prices as M
be necessary with respect 10 differei
commodities in order TO retain their IA
share OF the business. TIL prices whis
= may be determined upon and the detail
J. concerning the same will be given
the manufacturer to their consumers d
rect as occasion may require. II
friendiy relations which have existed b
tween the principal manufacturers wi
eontinue. n the intercourse betwes
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25

In computing the annual interest
and tax burden. which the Water
board would throw on the taxpayers
of Omaha at s35s.ssS.S7, The Bee has
computed interest at 4 per cent. when
the probabilities are that the city
would have to pay nearer to AZ per
cent. one-half per ent interest would
add $4,000 a year and bring the to-
tai tax and interest burden up to
nearly 100000 a year. without men
tioning occupation foregone.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
InIand Navy yards.

II is interesting to see that, though the
Mare Island navy yard Is inaccessible TO
battleshipS and that there IL grave doubt
as 20 the possibility Of its ever being made
accessible to them, the senate naval bill
increased the appropriation for that sta
ton. Senator Perkins has managed 70
secure s1B,OO0.0o for the Improvement
and maintenance Of this island naval sta
ton in the last ten years N has pro-
duced something practically useless to the
q however valuable IL may be as a
political asset TO the senator. But why
mention the Mare Island navy yard es-
pecially7 There are others In like case, so
that comparisons are odorous" and Sc
lections invidious
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
PerpIexities of the UpIift.
Baltimore American.

bdithhoFe AHcfASoh'
The problem OF the hard life OF farmers
wives to which President Roosevelt referred
In his message may settle itself II the pre-
cedent established in Ohio is followed. The
farmers wives there are suffering no hard
ships for the simple reason that the farm
ers are complaining they can't get any
wives. as the country girls won't marry
them. Here is another complication for the
commission for making country life happy
10 consider.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25

them for The purpose of giving and re-
ceiving information and the expression
OF opinions concerning trade conditions
will not be abandoned.
The greatest corporation in the
country has finally decided that It can
not nullify the law of supply and de-
mand.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25

Proprietors Of Washington restau-
rants announce that they will charge
only the usual prices during Inaugural
ton week. The usual prices are just
enough to enable the restaurant own
ers to live for another four years.