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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
THE SALOON QUESTION.
Correspondent Questions Wisdom Of
Bill to Investigate the Liquor Traf-
fic-Nuts for Bryan to Crack.

HAMILTON, H., July 27.-During
the days of the Hon. S. NJ. Clark
there was column In The Gate City
under the heading "A Pulpit Where
Everyone Can Preach" This meant a
place where anyone could express his
views on any public question and
stand alone responsible for what he
said
In the interest of government OF,
for and by the people, beliving there
is similar space there yet, if the
editor please, would like to say a
few words to the many readers on
the saloon question. II seems to me
if all that has been said against the
saloon in the last sixty years could
be put on paper it would cover Amer
lea and have to be turned in all
around. Then think of the bill to APP
propriate money for the government
of the United States TO investigate
the LIQUOR traffic and find out what it
is and what it is doing, when there
is not boy in America when at his
commencement he is handed his di-
ploma and told TO hitch his wagon to
star that will say he ever intends
to become intoxicated or drunkard.
Then when he becomes intoxicated
or a drunkard and while intoxicated
commits crime that puts him in
prison for life for the government to
investigate and find out if the tempta-
ton and the environment of the sa-
looms had anything to do with him in
reaching that end.
We are told not 10 despise the day
Of small things but to feel grateful
that the people are trying to be sane
and in their right mind one day in
the year and protect the boys. men
and all, in their right to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness When
we try TO convict and imprison men
\ for voting for United States sena-
tor, for money, when they would not
vote for him without It, and have a
law that gives a man leave to offer
as much money as he wants to for a
license TO keep saloon and the PEG.
/ pie by their votes accept 1t when
they would not vote for the saloon
without the money, 1t looks to me
| like shooting at pole cat in the al
ley and keeping skunk in the front
yard for pet. You may change the
name from bribery to revenue, but
| the fact remains it is the same cat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
THE DAILY GATE CITY
ways viii be pleased to be classed as
christian citizens

ways will be pleased to be classed as
christian citizens
But tfose sturdy pioneers whose
memory we revere came not to bar
rem wilderness. Iowa. was then the
frontier bur in all the world there Is
not section the size of Iowa that,
in all things. is to be compared with it,
and tits is said without disparage-
ment to adjoining states which with
Iowa comprise the great and incom-
parable middle west
let fertile as were the valleys, hills
and plains of Iowa. their wealth was
attainable only by intelligent industry
and the abundant prosperity of ou-
farms. villages, towns and cities is
proof conclusive that the good quai-
ties of our pioneers have been trans
mitted to their children and their il
dren's Children
Attention is further called to the
fact that among these excellent quail
ties IS a desire for constant intellect
ual development. and while our schools
and colleges have graduated brilliant,
resourceful professional and business
men In all lines, our agricultural col
lege has advanced agriculture to a
place among the sciences, and it is laid
down as a postulate that cannot be
denied tfat agriculture is the basis of
our prosperity. making possible the
many Iowa jobbing houses and factor
les whose aggregate business runs into
the hundreds of millions annually.
1t is with pleasure. says Mr.
Holmes in conclusion, that we may
safely contemplate the fact that Iowa
is certain to maintain her most envi-
able position as the best state in the
union. . The assurance is one all
Iowans can take to themselves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
Tho Locomotive Business.

Davenport Times: Advertising is
the locomotive of retail business. It
pulls trade. It pleases patrons and
store owner alike Modern mer-
chandfsing without advertising is as
anomalous as railway without mo-
tive power. And the best advertis-
ing is the only kind that the modern
merchant considers. The best ad
vertising is that of the daily news
paper--in few hours ell possible
customers in community are reach
ed with the latest store news. The
paper circulates just the same in sum
mer as in winter and people are as
anxious to get bargains one time as
another. The modern merchant would
no more think of disseminating his
advertising in summer than a rail-
way president would think OF sending
all of his engines to the round house
in summer Things do not move
when the motive power is cut off.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28


Why does w. J. Bryan and the An
ti-Saloon League with local option toll
crate that kind of a law II we will
do away with high license and all
like laws our state and nations guy
ropes that protect the saloons and
let them stand out alone on their
own merits and let the people vote
for them. believe that before all
the jewels of intelligence that spar
kle from ninety million people in the
light of advancement in free America
the saloons would not last much
longer than a cake OF ice under q
July sun. hold in this way we can
and ought to get rid of the saloons
and NIL up their space with the
spread of liberty. happy homes, in
telitgence and good government Then
give all the money we have been
spending in the saloon war to the
poor and needy. But We are told we
are not educated yet on the saloon
question. and as l am not too old to
learn. if W. J. Bryan or any other
reformer can explain where am
wrong and why my position on the
saloon question is not well taken,
that gentleman should have the floor.
j. G. RAYBuRN.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
one Editor,s View Of panoina.

Burt Monitor: Down at Livermore
the Baptists gave a dance in the par
sonage. My. what a horrible shock
this must have been to some people.
While we do not dance, we'd rather
go to a dance and watch Jim Jones
hug Tom Smiths wife than to attend
a gathering where Jim Jones' wife
tongue-lashed Tom Smiths wife and
all her neighbors. More people will
dance their way into heaven than
viii ever reach heaven by the gossip
route. Yet some Of these long-faccd,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
AURoRA's NEW HEALTH LAWS.

AURORA'S NEW HEALTH LAWS.
The board of health of Aurora. IL,
has just promulgated some rules in
the interest of the. public health, and
has given notice that they will be
strictly enforced "Violations,, it is
declared, will invite prosecution to
the fullest extent of the law The
notice bears the names of the health
officer and the chief of police, who
are quoted as saying that every resi-
dence will be visited once a week to
see that the rules are being strictly
obeyed. The requirements are as
follows:
Take bath once week.
Do not spit on the floors, even OF
your own house.
Sinks, wash bowls, etc, must be
kept strictly clean
Keep out the flies.
Sweep the floors thoroughly eacf
/ day and scrub them at least once
/ each week.
| No more than two persons NAY
sleep in small room and not more
! than five in room of moderate size
All rooms, especially sleepins
rooms. must be kept clean and vel
ventilated
Windows must be kept open in al
bedrooms.
Bed clothing must be thorough,
/ aired at least once a week.
Yards must be kept free from dis
1 ease breeding rubbish and refuse.
/ Place garbage in regulation cam
1 and set them out on day of collee
/ ton.
II has not been determined as ye
just how the health officer on his in
spection tours will be able to satisf.
( himself whether the one-a-week batl
has been taken BY everybody, bu
this OF course is mere matter 0
detail It is reported that ever,
portable bath rub In Aurora wa
bought up within an hour after tn
proclamation was made and that deal
ers in plumbing supplies all sent II
rush orders for bathroom equipmen
and hot water attachments for kitch
en- stoves. which is presumptive evi
dence that the people of that city ar,
disposed TO meet the new require
ments in good faith. In the warfar,
on flies 1t has been suggested tina
parents offer rewards Of say, fy,
cents a hundred 10 stimulate tn,
activity of their children with folde'
newspapers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
The Carroll Indictment.

Mason City Globe Gazette: Every
one who knows anything about the
Carroll-Cownie matter knows that
the indictment of Governor Carroll is
purely for political purposes. and
when the leading Republican paper in
coarse cartoon glories In the indict-
ment of Republican governor whose
official and personal life has been
honest, faithful and above reproach 1t
does not take very astute parson to
see the motive for the Indictment at
this time and the purpose which it is
hoped will be accomplished. These
same influences and same forces of
uplift will not be content to wait for
| Carroll to be tried through the usual
source OF the courts, but from this
time on will prate about assailing
honor, while assailing honor them
selves, and will fill the state with hot
air about the situation, suggesting the
the resignation of the governor and
kindred tommyrot SO as not to en-
barrass the Republican convention,
for the sole purpose of giving en-
couragement to the Democratic candi-
dates for governor and for congress
in the three southern districts in
Iowa.
1t is now up to Governor Carroll to
fight and fight hard, and he has never
yet failed to defend himself against
special interests or grafters. Any
fair minded person will be content to
wait till the courts convene and the
governor has opportunity to secure
legal vindication, but by cartoon and
innuendo and criticism Of an honest
official who has given the state a
good business administration, the
, campaign of comfort and aid to
democracy will go ahead. and that
means beautiful political mess all
over the state before the November
election.
To the ordinary observer 1t would
seem as if the political scalpfest has
just begun, and that by the time the
Iowa legislature gets into session
there will be Investigations and coun-
ter Investigations which will strike in
most unexpected places and reveal an
immense amount of sham which Just
now Is cashed in as uplift.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
.WlnNEHAeo ANNUAL PoWWoW
Sacred Rites Conducted on Reserva-
ton Near Sioux City.

/ Sioux City Tribune: Carrying out
one knows how long the Winnebago
Indians have just held their annual
! powwow at the reservation across the
Missouri. Many Sioux City people
motored over the scenic road to Win
nebago and found themselves fully re-
paid for their journey in witnessing
the picturesque dances of-the redskins.
Contrary to general belief, these pow
vows are not drunken orgies but sa-
cred rites, conducted with all tie Sc
robustness germane to the nature Of the
Indian.
There are two divisions among the
Winnebagoes. due to political or re-
ligious differences, which for conven-
fence may be called "standpats" and
! 'progressives. The old timers of
more primitive tastes, held their cele-
bration around the flag pole out past
the agency near the graves of their
departed chieftains, while the younger
men. together with coterie of games
of chance proprietors and other street
faklrs, held forth on the big hill near
the town. At the 'standpat" powwow
one found tradition less tinged with
modernity and the show consequently
more interesting. All about the flag
pole were camped the Indian families,
with their multitude of fat squaws,
bright, black-eyed children and hungry
/ looking dogs. Within the pavilion sat
the leading men of the tribe, singing
1.-The weird airs and beating the drums,
while agile youths and some older
men who could not resist the music,
danced in all their war paint and re-
gala. The squaws, young and old,
gazed in admiration.
Evidently the fondness for the
ancient customs Is deeply inbred. John
Beaver, Carlisle graduate, who
works as a clerk in the agency office
talked entertainingly to the Sioux CITY
visitors of the habits of his people and
pointed out the old warriors. some OF
whom have passed the century mark
He used excellent English, with a
slight eastern accent. When he dis
appeared to return in all the glory OF
beaded tunic. feathered headpiece and
sleighbell anklets, 1t took a keen
eve to recognize him among the
dancers.
Over at the other celebration. where
the popular music from merry-go
round organ clashed with the beatins
OF the tom-toms, the dances wer,
much the same, but the atmospher,
was lacking. 1t savored too much o
a county fair, with the Indians as
sideshow attraction. To see a drum
mer clad in glorious beaded vest
wearing tan oxfords and smoking
cigaret was just one of the fncongrui
ties.
That the Winnebagoes- as ar,
good Indians-are prosperous is re
vealed by their fields of waving graf;
and their sleek-coated herds. If the,
, could overcome their dirty domesti
habits and SO be more immune from
! the ravages Of tuberculosis, the hook
/ worm and other parasite diseases
, there might be more hope OF thei
, development into position of valu
, to humanity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

1t is not supposed that many immi-
grants come to this country from the
British Isles. and, compared to the i'm
migration from other sections, the per-
centage is quite small. Yet there is a
steady stream of people coming from
that section to the United States, more
coming to this country than going to
Canada. In 1909 there came from Eng
land and Wales to the United States
50,TT2, and to Canada 60,261. From
Scotland there came 21,462 to the
United States and 1s,464 to Canada
That the United States is still a favor
lite with Irish immigra ants is shown by
the fact that 1851 came to this coun-
try, whilst 400 went to Canada.
While Englishmen rle.er Canada, the
Scotch and irish prefer the United
States, making thu I, tai from Grea.
Britain to the Unitei States greater
than that of Canada.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
NOcIuRNE.

NocTuRNE.
The bee to the hive, and the bird
to the nest,
And the weary sun to the waiting
west;
The opened bud to its close again,
And sleep to the heavy eyes of men.
Night bringeth the hour of all the
It bringeth the babe to mothers
breast.
The owl to the tree, and the stars to
the sky,
And the silver moon to IFS journey
high;
The beetle lurcheth in humming
flight
While the FREELY flashes across the
night.
Then cometh the hour of softest
charms
It bringeth the babe to mothers
arms.
The night foldeth in as a drapery
soft
As the far perfumes that the breezes
watt;
The world is there-but we are here
With lullaby, lullaby, low and clear.
Night sendeth the hour of all apart
1t bringeth the babe to mothers
heart
w. D. Nesbit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
The Bald EaoIe,s Nest.

n u.
Among birds the home of the oad
eagle is perhaps the most striking, pos
si3ly because Of the majesty OF the
bird itself. 1t appeals TO the magma
ton. Built Of huge sticks loosely ID
terwoven and situated on some lofty
and inaccessible ledge, with the bones
of the eagles victims scattered round
about 1t. 1t gives d sproper setting 10
the stern and savage character OF It's
builder. Here the eagle reigns sn.
preme. and here year after year he ana
bis mate rear their. young. This Is
the merle from which be can scan the
whole countryside and. like the robber
barons Of old. levy toll on all who pass
his door.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

Vacation for an employe is a good
thing for the employer, says -4r
Rockefeller. 1t enables him to md
out just how much an employee is
worth. And. of course. it may show
an employe how easily he can be re
placed" There is a world of wis
dom in the remark. and the benefits
are not circumscribed by tie limits
set by Mr.. Rockefeller The great
lesson taught by vacations is that
no one, whether employee or employer,
is Indispensable Rightly Interpreted
vacation makes for modesty and
humility.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
Jud WclIivcr Classified.

Kewanee Star-Courier: Judson C.
Welliver, whose name as Washing
ton correspondent is familiar to
readers of some Iowa newspapers has
been discovered by Hamptons Mag
azine which carries an article by him
on Roosevelt in the latest number. In
1t he threatens Mr.. Roosevelt and
does other things that make 1t easy
to classify Mr.. Welliver. He is OF the
genus Raystannardbaker
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT old scandal
mongers will howl and howl about
the evils OF dancing when they them
selves carry around more tanks of
gossip than could be loaded on an
Anheuser-Busch beer wagon, The
most faithful helper the devil has is
the gossip.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

Speaking consolingly to Peoria. the
Springfield News SAYS that. anyway,
1t may be said in favor OF Joseph A.
Proctor, the absconding Peoria lum-
Der merchant, that he remained in
that city long enough to be enumerat-
ed by the census man. The plant OF
the people of Peoria is that SO many
of their citizens are either fugitives
from justice or are safely incarcerat-
ed in some penitentiary, that the 1910
count was necessarily unsatisfactory.
The Kewanee Star-Courier suggests
that Proctor should be given an i'm
munity bath for his thoughtfulness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
Hsr Lost .J.v,,s.

Backlotz- What's this hear about
Mrs. Swellmnn being robbed Of her
jewels? Subbubs-- Fact. They're gone.
and Mrs. Krnft Is the guilty party.
Backlotz- What! You don't mean TO
say she stole Subbubs-- What else
can you call It? She offered the cook
Is shillings week and the chamber
maid 10 shillings. and now she's got
'em. London Tit Bits
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

This is an unusual thing, to say the
least, for newspaper which processes
TO be Republican to cartoon its can
didate for governor. That is what
the Des Moines Register and Leader
did the other day which prompts the
Washington Democrat to say:
We would rather go to Jail than
to have cartoon made of us like
the one Darling made of Governor
Carroll for the Register-Leader. 1t
shows Carroll little bit of a runty
fellow standing as if he had lost his
marbles and big policeman bigger
than U. NJ Downing, the handsome
paper man standing with his club
and inquiring If he had better sen6
in riot call All of which makes
Governor Carroll very ridiculous tc
say the least 1t makes him out as
being foolish, for the irony of the
cartoon is too obvious to be mistaken
and We would rather be counted
Qrnery' than foolish.p
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

Ever notice how much help is offered
the man who thinks he ought 10 die
poor -Marshalltown Times-Republi-
can.
Certainly. We have also observed
the enthusiasm with which it is ten
Sdefed 1t would be rather stretching
things, however, to conclude that alter
ism has become the dominant human
motive in this Year of Our Lord
MCMX.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
The Execution of Junkin.

Bonaparte Record: Junkin de-
serves to die. His hanging cannot
bring to life the beautiful girl, Clara
Rosen, but it may be warning to
others, black or white, whose brutal
instincts predominant. Comparatively
few people will desire to see him die,
but practically all will be glad that
he is gone.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

County option in Indiana has closed
898 saloons, and many OF these have
been closed a year and half. But
the federal revenue from whisky in
the indianapolis collection district was
several hundred thousand greater in
tie fiscal year just closed than in the
previous year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

Alex Miller has noticed that boy
has trouble writing with anything
else than stub pen Even with this
aid he finds it necessary to reinforce
his muscular efforts with his tongue.
The extent of the protrusion of the
latter is a fair measure of his inter
est and success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

The tarin reformers have become
exceedingly shy of figures of late.
Just al present they have an especial
antipathy to the official exhibit show
ing the practical workings of the
Aldrich-Payne law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

The sport writer's say that the
Browns are pursued BY Jinx. If
they are not heard of again 1t will
be understood It has overiaken them.
There. is only one thing more TO be
dreaded than link, and that, of
course, is q Jimplecute.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

While Captain viggero is waiting
for the water to rise in the Des
Moines river, SO that he can float the
Golden Eagle" the Register and
Leader suggests that he should con
slider the advisability of rechristen-
ing his craft the Mud Turtle" If
this isn't adding insult to injury the
feat is incapable Of accomplishment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
The Road'II turn Some Day.


know the road is rocky,
And the hills are hard to climb
know the feet get bruised and sore.
And it takes heap o. time.
/ know the burdens heavy
Oh, you needn't tempt to say;
But just keep a-plodding onward
For the road'll turn some day!
know that homesick feeling,
And the ache you bear alone;
/ know your heart is breaking,
BY the bravely stifled moan.
know the arm you leaned upon
Has now no power to stay;
But just keep a-plodding onward
For the road'll turn some day!
l know the structures you have hewn
OF youths daydreams lie low;
I know you see their ruins stare
Everywhere you go.
l know the sunbeams round your
path
Long since have ceased to play;
But just keep a-plodding onward
For the road'll turn some day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

1t is surmised by the Sioux City
Journal that proba " the spellbind-
ers are trying it first on Kansas with
the notion that what will go there
will go anywhere.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

Speaking of the power of the press,
writer in the St Louis Globe-Demo-
crat declares that nothing is SO effec.
tive in swatting the fly as newspaper
folded properly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

A headline writer in the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat locates Minneapolis
in Wisconsin. Even Jove mods some
times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

The Washington Democrat declares
that to see what real appreciation Of
art is, you ought to see negroes at a
negro show.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

Kansas is insurgent. If there was
anything else says the Castana
Times, Kansas would be that, too"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Every Republican attack upon the
Payne tariff makes a Democratic
VOTE says the Manchester Press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

The Monticello Express says the
probable corn crop is a matter Of
more Importance than the office crop.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

With two doctors in command OF
our army, the soldiers VIII probably
learn to take their medicine. Omaha
Bee.
Also TO practice their profession
secundum artem.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-28

Political life, just at present, ap-
pears to be just one darned insurgent
thing after another says the Bur
lington Hawk-Eye.