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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

Ebusinesslike methods Of The
ton service which had gone . as
without much regard to the AMEND rasaa
Iof money available and promisa 'vuat
settlers in the west the comn,s.. 70
Of projects at a certain cost II pas'ion
lected in the form of annual = ~. col
rents from the settlers. "a'ef
It has developed there l.
enough money in the fund A.. uo1
from the sale of public land 10 aas
on the work satisfactorily, and II n' =
s2o,oOo,O0O bond law power is nros us
ca to supplement bonds now n y, ~
treasury to complete the work ~
a step toward reform in nolit,o.
provided. the President holds IN rs !, y
law requiring publication of camno,a nv
contributions. Statehood has r ny
granted separately to Arizona ~ ~
New Mexico. Other measures h anu
been passed making for efec,a,
cy In government. 'u
Likes Some Insurgents.
None of these measures. as ~.
President points out, owes its or,s,s ~
or important features to the insns
gents. He does not class all the ,nsu.
gents as hostile to the party.
Such men as Murdoch. Kinko,a
and Hayes, of California, have ~.
gratitude. Their fight was upon ~ ~
rules and organization of the housa
and with such action he has no ma,
rel. It is betraying no secret TO q,
he heartily approves the liberals,
ton of the rules.
But the President decidedly resen..
the action of those insurgents who
have represented him as the tool !,
the interests and ascribed TO him
motives of the basest character
such men cannot expect any consId
Grafton from him.
Cannon No Longer Issue.
With respect to Mr.. Cannon's con.
tlnuance as speaker, Mr.. Taft has no
concern, since it is the house of rem.
resentatives which alone has the now.
er to chose its own officers.
But Mr.. Cannon is no longer an is.
sue. BY no possibility could he be re.
elected to the position he now occu.
pies.
Mr.. Taft believes the party should
be judged by It's acts. Upon the pres.
entation he is able to make he asks
how the party reasonably can be re.
FUSED continuance in power, especial
~ when the party seeking to sup
plant it has demonstrated its inefa.
cheney both in administration and
legislation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

The Keokuk Gate City kept on dis
cussing why is Gallinipper" just
as if there had been no convention
Iowa City Republican.
Why shouldn't The Keokuk Gate
City continue the discussion of the
more pleasing and instructive theme?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

|artichoke, and as for finch, they
never saw a game in their lives and
some Of them think it's new kind Of
corset. When they meet at social
functions they occupy their time In
reading tie Bible and conversing
about the efficacy of the atonement
and the whichness OF the whenness."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Withdrawal Of Land,

This authority has enabled Mr.. Taft
TO withdraw more than 7O,OO0,000
acres of d-water power sites.
coal, phosphate. and oil. This action
has produced a status quo in respect
to which consideration may be given
as to the best methods for the proper
disposition Of this land.
The President holds that the bond
Issue of s2oooO,OOo was made neces.
sary by the extravagant and un.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

All of the political parties will hold
their state conventions in Texas to-
morrow, but the gatherings promise
little OF interest, as the contest for
state offices has already been
settled by the Democratic pri-
mary. The only other politi-
cal convention of the present
week will be that of the North Caro-
INA Republicans, who will meet in
Greensboro to name candidates for
minor offices.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Thinks Law Well Drawn.

He also anticipates that the postal
savings banks will afford depository
70 those who hoard their money at
home and who may be induced by
government responsibility and prom
ise. to repay to turn their money into
the postal banks.
Mr. Taft believes the measure to be
well drawn, conserving the interests
of the depositor, the locality in which
he resides and the government.
The conservation law confers upon
the President the power to withdraw
all lands of the public domain sub
ject to settlement from the opera
ton of law, and to hold them for any
public purpose.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

Ethel LeNeve was reading one of
George Sheldon's novels when taken
Into custody. 1t is quite possible the
pert paragrapher of the Peoria Her
ald-Transcriot is right in his view
that this explains a good deal of the
Crippen case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

DR.. Crippen is doing two very com
mendable things in his own interest
at present-reading the Bible and
holding his tongue Perhaps If he
had done so earlier his situation might
have been different.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

All honor to Helen Could Just
now she is giving four hundred poor
children and their tired mothers a
holiday at her beautiful country es-
tate. Miss Gould is none the less an
angel because she is as yet without
wings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
to the tune of $s21,ooo.ooo, but only
SO per cent of the roads paid profit,

Dave Brant thus tells in his Iowa
CITY Republican how he likes the
platform adopted at Des Moines last
week:
1t can be explained this way: An
freshman was served his first dish of
hash, He lifted the sides, dug into
the middle and pushing it away said:
'Bejabers, let the man eat it who
chawed it. -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

The Des Moines Register and Lead
er remarks 1t as an unfortunate state
Oh afairs when woman arrives at
her wooden wedding anniversary with
the conviction that she married o
blockhead
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

A hired girls union for better
wages has been organized at Orange,
N. ]. The union most commonly
organized by hired girls has for its
object homes of their own and the
employment of other girls at wages
they were no longer willing to ac-
cept
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Think Too Much OF Weather.

The truth seems to be that we are
IN impatient people and that we de-
:ote entirely too much OF our time
thinking and talking about the wealth.
r instead OF absorbing ourselves in
'ther things over which we have some
ontrol We were far wiser to follow
he example of Riley's contented farm.
r-"When the Lord sends rain. why
aims my choice"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

Love has been defined as six kinds
by President Hall of Clark University:
Emotive delusion, fixed idea, rudi-
mentary paranoia, psychic neuras.
thenia, episode symptoms of heredi-
tary degeneracy and psychic emotive
obsession "You pays your money and
you takes your choice"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

The Independence Bulletin-Journal
says the man who would mortgage
his home to buy a buzz wagon needs
the attention OF the lunacy commits
sion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

The Democratic Dubuque Telegraph
Herald incidentally refers to Senator
La Toilette as a statesman. Isn't tlis
CARRYING euphemy to g dangerous ex-
IRENE?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

The party ticket will now proceed
to take the place of the convention
call as convenient filler" in sundry
Iowa newspapers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

The papers tell of Seattle man
who cured himself of stomach trou-
bles by fasting thirty-nine days. He
was buried on the fortieth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Woman,e Way.

Every woman who moves claims
that she cleaned the house she LETT
and then had to clean the house sns
moved nto.-Atchison Globe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
kopp Loyal to Kennedy.

The fact Of the matter is that the
gossip sent out from here is hot
air. Mr.. Kopp is not pluming himself
for the congressional race. He is
loyal to Mr. Kennedy and will sup
port him heartily in the campaign.
and will be instrumental in his cleo
ton. There is no doubt that two
years hence there will be number
of Republican candidates in the leld
for the Republican congressional
nomination There is no man in the
district better fitted than Mr.. Kopp
for the place, and there is no reason
why he or any other Republican in
Henry county who is as we'll qualified
for the Office should not aspire to it,
That is the privilege Of all free born
American citizens But whether or
not Mr.. Kopp intends to be a candi-
date Is not known by those most in
innate with him. The very fact that
the gossip" sent out from here has
produced surprise and interest among
Mr.. Kopp's friends clearly shows it's
lack of authenticity. The writer OF
the gossip" certainly knows no more
about the situation than Mr.. Kopp's
political friends.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Proud Of Work Done.

So far as what has been accom-
plished is concerned, the President Is
proud of it. There ought to be no
doubt on this score And some of the
pride he feels is founded on the fact
that the legislation was enacted by the
regular vote of the Republican party.
1t IS true some changes were made
in the various bills at the instance OF
the Insurgents and Democrats, but the
President asserts they were few in
number. The main features, with the
exception of the tariff law, were
fore-shadowed in speeches he made
before congress assembled lest De-
cemoer, IL his several messages and
in bill; which were especially prepar-
ed by his direction Fer the considera-
ton of congress-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

Over in Illinois they have a self
constituted political organization
known as the Legislative Voters
League. It's main object seems to be to
bring about the defeat of Republican
candidates for the state legislature.
In a recent issue of the Washburn
Leader Editor Patterson of that paper
pays his respects to it in these words
Well,
TIE L. v. L.
Does very well
For the L. V. LIS
For the l.. V. L.
Then
To H. E. L.
With the l.. v. L.
For the L. " LIS.
For the L. V. L.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

The dove of peace will be a game
bird If it survives its present exper-
fences in this state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Be strong!

1t has been suggested that news OF
the aviators should be printed on fly
paper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

The Des Moines News finds that in
the colonels editorial on prize fight
ing Il" occurs twenty times and
myself once
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

The Waterloo Reporter declares that
one endorsement at the polls is worth
dozen at a state convention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

Judgment be able to obtain the COM
plete information which is necessary
to reach correct conclusion, since it
would antagonize merchants and
manufacturers and dispose them to
block It's efforts to get at the truth.
Moreover, the President, Of course.
as he points out, is not the lawmak-
er. Congress, under the constitution,
alone has the right to make laws,
and it is questionable whether it
could delegate it's power to any body
of men.
Professor Emery, chairman of the
Taft tariff board, has reported that
the experience Of Germany has OPP
posed that country decidedly to the
tariff commission plan.
Sees Real Benefits.
Real and immediate benefits, in MI.
Taft's view, have flowed from the
legislation enacted. In the regulation
of railroads the principal improve
ment, he thinks, attends the institu-
ton of the commerce court in the de-
termination of the legality of orders
made by the interstate commerce
commission.
heretofore appeals have been TAX
en- through the circuit courts to the
court of appeals and thence to the SUI
preme court. This procedure has lent
itself to confusion OF Interpretation
and to woeful delay.
Work More Effective.
The President believes the crea-
ton of a single court, empowered to
deal with questions arising from the
action of the interstate commerce
commission, it's members versed in
the principles and precedents CONTROL.
ing the application of the Interstate
commerce laws, will result in the es-
tablishment of uniform system OF
practice, making the work of the
commission much more effective than
ever before.
The railroad law also gives the
commission power, of its own motion, |
to investigate the reasonableness OF |
rates and II found unreasonable to fix |
those which will be reasonable.
Rights to Shippers.
The commission is empowered to
readjust classifications- power It t
did not have before, or which at least
was doubtful.
The shipper now has the right to |
demand written statement Of the ,
rates from the authorized agent OF /
the railroad company. The new law
authorizes the interstate commerce
commission to suspend the operation
Of increased rates until it can look
into the question of the reasonable I
ness OF the increase.
The President is rather doubtful az
to the effect Of the long and short
haul clause.
1t may give little more power to t
the com mission and be little less
liberal to the railroads in fixing I
higher rate for a shorter distance,
but he is inclined to think the differ
ence is not great
In addition the commission is CIV +
IN power to establish through routes
md joint classiications and to estab-
ish joint rates, and the shipper has
he right. as between joint routes, to
select the route over which his mer-
:handise shall be carried.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
BIZ STRONG.


Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream,
to drift,
We have hard work to do and loads
to lift
Shun not the struggle, face it!
'Tis Gods gift.
Be strong!
Say not the days are evil-who's to
blame?
And fold the hands and acquiesce; o
shame.
Stand up. speak UP, and bravely,
In Gods name.
Be strong!
1t matters not how deep intrenched
the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day,
how long.
Faint not, fight GA! Tomorrow comes
the song,
Maltbie D. Babcock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

More drunkards have been reform
ed by faithful wives than by all the
Carrie Nations civilization has pro-
Nced," says the Dubuque Telegraph
Harald
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
NOTES AND COMMENT,

The Cedar Rapids Republican OBJ
serves that Kansas and Iowa are now
the two wild west states.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

1t is observed by the Iowa City Re
publican that there are few Iowans
who care for Republican President
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

"As speaker Of the national house
Mr.. Cannon has had to contend with
great deal of hot air. says the Des
Moines Capital, "but the brand which
swept over him out in Kansas was
little more than he could stand.''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Antitrust Activity.


II the government be beaten, then
there will be a universal demand for
the Strengthening Of the antitrust
law, or at least the provision of a
remedy which will force huge combi-
nations of capital to conduct business
more In the interest of the people
than is the case today.
The President already has framed a
solution in his federal Incorporation
plan for all corporations doing an in
terstate business, which he submitted
to congress in special message last
winter.
The tariff experts will submit to
the President within two years rec
concentrations for revision of certain
schedules of the tariff law. The prob
lem of currency reform must be dealt
with courageously. Effective govern
mental control of railroad capitalIza-
tion must be secured. The demand OF
labor respecting the issue OF injunc-
tons must be considered wisely and
with due regard for the effect Of the
action taken upon all the important
interests involved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Opinion of Investigator.

So far as the necessities of life, in
the way Of food products, being at.
fected by any change from the Ding
ley to the Payne BILL the investiga-
tor concluded. "the changes made
are all downward, and we need nave
no fear of taking radical position
in that respect
The President never has made any
secret of his dissatisfaction with the
wool schedule and the cotton sched-
ule. These, by his direction, are being
scrutinized by the board of experts
he has appointed With the appropria-
ton placed at its disposal the board
viii be able to make a thorough and
comprehensive inquiry, and is certain
to get results, the President believes.
which will be highly advantageous.
Doesn't Favor Cononn;esion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

keokuk, Iowa. .......... Aug. 8, 1910
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Hopes Party viii Win.

Naturally, he desires Republican
success in November, less because of
the personal qualification he will en-
JOY from the confidence which there
by will be expressed in him and his
administration than in the opportun-
ity Republican majority will afford
to write into law, far-reaching res
forms he contemplates.
The people have little idea of the
Importance of the legal problems
which will press for solution during
the next congress-the last of this adj
ministration.
Before the congress elected in No
vember shall meet the supreme court
will hand down its decisions in the
Standard Oil and tobacco trust cases,
and II the contention of the govern
ment be sustained, as the President
believes. a vast reorganization of pusi-
ness will follow, and legislation must
be provided to enable the government
to grapple with the new conditions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

Doesn't Favor Commission.
he does not favor a tariff commits
sion. Such a body, vested by law with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Party Has Kept Faith
Says President Taft
Pledges OF 1908 Fulfilled and the Tariff is the Best the
Country Has Ever Had Approval by Voters is Urged

+
The Chicago Tribune prints a com
munication from its staff correspond
ent, John Callan O'Laughlin. which is
considered an authorized statement
OF President Taft's views of the pres.
ent political situation. 1t is In full as
follows:
Beverly, Mass, Aug. 6.-Under the
rule which applies to interviews with
the President OF the United States 7
am not permitted to quote Mr. Taft
Dut ! am authorized to say that the
following expresses clearly the views
ne entertains of the status of the Re
publican party today:
The Republican party is a party of
progress, party of execution.
1t has fulfilled Loyalty its cam
paign pledges.
It has been efficient and effective
in government
It has enacted wise and progress
slve legislation In the interest of the
people and in accordance with the
platform adopted by its convention in
1908.
Under the circumstances it is meet
that the public should give it their
formal endorsement by continuing
1t in power in congress at the COM
ing elections.
The chief executive does not speak
vaingloricusly of the achievements OF
his administration and Of the major
ity in congress. So far as he himself
is concerned he feels he has done the
best that is in him for the people, IT.
respective CT political faith and he
proposes to pursue those policies
which in his judgment. will insure to
their benefit in the future.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

suggests, is truly wonderful show
ing.
The President is not concerned
about the effect of the elections upon
his personal fortunes. He Is not look
ing forward to 1912, not directing bis
acts or his policies toward securing
denomination and reelection to the
office he now holds.
Seeks to do Things Right.
He is seeking to do things at hand
and to do them in the right way. If
his course be approved, we'll and good.
If it be not approved, we'll and good,
also. That this is his state of mind is
shown by his decision not to take any
managerial part in the approaching
campaign
He will do what he can to assist
the party, but he will not permit poll
tics to interfere with his work. For in
stance, he has to make such import
ant appointments as chief Justice
and two associate justices of the Unit
ed States supreme court. He must or
ganize a commission to reform BUSH
ness methods in government depart
ments. a universal peace commission.
He must appoint five lawyers as
judges of the United States circuit
court bench, who shall constitute the
court OF commerce created by the re-
cent railroad law AS one of the men
selected will be a member of the in.
terstate commerce commission, an
able successor must be chosen.
Wants the Right Men.
Nothing, in the judgment of the
President, is more important than the
appointment Of the right men.
In addition, Mr.. Taft desires to
have his annual message drafted be-
fore he returns to Washington. He
will have to consider and pass upon
the recommendations of the army
board of engineers, formed to select
the reclamation projects which shall
be carried without delay to compile
ton.
Every department has its large
questions of policy which constantly
are being placed before the President
for decision.
The Washington bee., 1910-01-15
PEARYS BIRTHPLACE
Explorer First Saw Light of Day
Near CreSSOn, Pa.
Love OF Sea and Adventure an inner
tied Tralt-Ambitious to Find Pole
Ever Since He Was Young
Naval Officer.

Iohnstown, Pa.-The movement from
Maine to Cambria county, in the fifties,
which brought to this district the
prominent Barker and other families,
also made 1t possible for Cresson,
nearly the highest point In the county,
to claim the honor Of having been the
birthplace Of Lieut.. Robert Edmund
Peary, most daring and most per
sistent Arctic explorer Of modern
times and claimant for the title of
Discoverer of the Pole. The father of
Peary was not bothered about polar
discovery. The building of SHOOK
shops" and the manufacture and ship
ment of shook and slaves to many
distant points was his life work.
Maine afforded ample opportunity for
the lumber industry with it's vast tim.
Der acreage, but for some reason the
elder Peary thought Cambria county,
Pa, also virgin wooded land, better
suited for his purpose, so he located
at a point now generally admitted to
be on the outskirts of Cresson.
Peary's naval career sheds an inter-
esting light on the question Of in
herited traits and predictions. The
elder Peary, an Englishman, trans
planted to Maine, came from forbears
who loved the sea. For some reason
he did not share this fondness for the
bounding wave and deliberately left
the shore line for a life far in the In
terror, away from even inland lakes.
But after his fathers death Robert
q. Peary, then little boy, was taken
back to Maine by his mother, and as a
result Of his life on the coast and his
education the youngster instinctively
went back to the life of his ancestors.
The whaling industry from New Eng