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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
NO COMMON LAW RIGHT.

One of the leading advocates of po-
litical equality for women submits the
arguments that women have right
to vote without any amendment TO the
constitution because they were &C
corded common law rights and priv
ileges when the colonies were turned
into states. The Buffalo News points
out that the weakness of this conten-
ton is in the fact that several times
since the thirteen colonies became
states they have adopted constitutions
in which they described precisely who
shall and who shall not be permitted
to vote and 1t is the constitution
which governs and not any element OF
the common law carried over into
our Jurisprudence. However, the
News is disposed to be charitable
with the woman suffragists for their
mistake. Continuing it says:
1t is not surprising that the consti-
tuition is supposed by some to be OF
less consequence than mere legal hab-
it or tradition. but when We notice
what disregard of the constitution is
/ displayed by statesmen on occasion
I there is no just cause for blaming
the woman who raises the point that
4 under the old common law, and de
spite the provisions OF the state and
national constitutions, women should
have the tight to vote.
No dol.5t the right to vote will be
accorded to women in due time but
never OIL account of trumpet UP ano
baseless arguments founded upoI
legal fictions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
"pad, Here's to YOU"

We happened in a home the other
night. and over the parlor door saw
the legend worked in letters of red:
What is home without a mother"
Across the room was another brief,
God bless our home.''
Now what's the matter with God
bless our dad?" He gets up early,
lights the fire. boils an egg, and wipes
the dew of the dawn with his boots
while many a mother is sleeping.
He makes the weekly hand-out for
the butcher. the grocer, the milkman
and baker, and his little earnings are
anticipated before received.
If there is noise during the night
dad is kicked in the back and made
to 60 down stairs to find the burglar
and kill him. Mother darns socks,
but dad bought the socks in the first
place, and the needles and the yarn
afterwards. Mother does up the fruit;
well, dad bought it all, and jars and
sugar cost like the mischief
Dad buys chicken for the Sunday
ulhHed, Cdl NeS IL AliioCii, oiiu
the neck from the ruins after every
one else is served. What is home
without mother?' Yes, that is al
right, but What is home without
4 father" Ten chances to one it is
boarding house, father is under slal
and the landlady is a widow. Dad
here's to you; you've got your faults
you may have lots of 'em-bu
you're all right and we will miss yol
when you're gone.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
4 Miseouri story.

Lippincotts: A live grasshopper
will eat dead grass hopper. A Mis-
souri, farmer mixed Paris green and
bran together and let grasshopper
eat it. 1t died, and twenty ate it up,
and they died Eight hundred ate
those 400, and they died A hundred
and sixty thousand ate those 5000, and
they died, and the farmer was trou-
bled no more.
What became OF the twenty?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

Members of the Republican Edito-
rial association of the Twelfth con-
gressional district of Illinois. in an
nual convention in Chicago on Satur-
day, voted endorsement of President
Taft, the Payne tariff law, the Repub-
lican senators and congressman from
Illinois and Governor Deneen. Con
gresham Charles E. Fuller of the
Twelfth district, during his address to
the editors, declared:
Uncle Joe Cannon is the fairest
man that ever sat in the sneakers
chair--there are no insurgents in the
Republican party. This talk about
insurgents is all nonsense. A man
can not be an insurgent and Repub-
lican. He is either Republican or
a Democrat"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

Des Moines advices say that unless
John Dennison of Dubuque enters the
race for the Democratic nomination
for governor it will go to Rev. S. H.
Bashor of Waterloo without con-
test. Mr.. Bashor is in the race and
has been actively at work some time.
There was some discussion of other
candidates at the conference held Fri
day, but the only other name sug-
gested was that of Mr.. Dennison. 1t
is said by good authority that there
was at no time possibility of either
Wade or Sullivan or Porter getting
into the game.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
THE DAILY GATE CITY

fair to embitter one denomination IN
this country against another or TO
stir any feeling against Roosevelt OF
the pope, we are given occasion more
fully to appreciate the religious
freedom of America which protects
alike every shade of religious beilel
which any mind or soul in its infinite
individual shadings is disposed 10
adopt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

of taxation, and in doing this to trans
fer the burden more and more to the
property values as the rich can hide
from the tax gathsrer, but the poor
cannot. ! therefore am heartily in
sympathy with the effort you are max
ing to secure fair revauation of real
estate values in this city, and shall
promote such policy with whatever
means pertain to my office. .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

'fase y4l9e 81 the new tariff law as
e ffsffsSs producer is shown by the
f}aql Titat 1@s' month ii brought ST.
oup'ppO tai1g ~ the same time in
tefnai 'aNes are yielding handsome
increases ell around During March
npsfe Was az actual surplus of about
sas99Vp9Q 90 The income of the gov.
eminent over lfs ordinary disburse
;istS 5ae treasury deficit, concern
ING M'atea - much has been said ant
written, now amounts only to a trif,
sszni&Te taan s16.oOoOO0 for the year
he same date in 1909 il was NOR,
$6S,Ooo.00o.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
keokuk, Iowa ......... April IL, 1910
"eooDRYE, GOD BLESS YOU"

"GoODBYE, GOD BLESS YOU"
/ like the Anglo-Saxon speech
With its direct revealings
1t takes hold and seems to reach
Way down into our feelings,
That some folks deem it rude, know.
And therefore they abuse it;
But have never found it So
Before all else | choose it.
] don't object that men should air
The Gallo they have paid for,
With "Au revoir,' "Adieu ma chere,
For that's what French was made for
But when a crony takes your hand
At parting to address you,
He drops all foreign lingo and
He says. Goodbye, God bless you"
This seems to me sacred phrase,
With reverence impassioned;
A thing come down from righteous
days,
Quantity, but nobly fashioned
1t we'll becomes an honest face,
A voice that's round and cheerful;
1t stays the sturdy in his place
And soothes the weak and fearful
Into the porches of the ears
1t steals with subtle JUNCTION,
And in your heart of hearts appears
To work its gracious functions.
And all day long with pleasing song
1t fingers to caress you;
I'm sure no human heart goes wrong
That's told, "Goodby, God bless
you!"
I love the word perhaps because
When | was leaving mother
Standing at last in solemn pause
We looked at one another,
And IL saw in mothers eyes
The love she could not tell me,
A love eternal as the skies,
Whatever fate befell me;
She put her arms around my neck,
And soothed the pain of leaving
And though her heart was like to
break
She spoke no word of grieving.
She let no tear bedim her eye,
For fear that might distress me.
But kissing me, she said "goodby.'
And asked our God to bless me-"
Eugene Field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

The senator from Indiana and sew
eral other senators are candidates
for President. As the Des Moines
Capital explains they think they must
wipe Taft off the map before begin
ming the game Politics continues to
be a great game
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

The state supreme court last Sat
urday held that the Iowa liquor law
is constitutional, passing on the ident-
ical question which is TO be decided
soon by Judge Mcpherson in the fed
eral court. The law was attacked on
the ground that the iniunctive fea-
ture Is a discrimination. The state
court refused TO entertain this view
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
DAILY BY MAIL.

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THE GATE CITY is on sale at tho
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
Sell Not Responsible.

Waterloo Times-Tribune It should
be understood that good old Iowa soil
is not responsible for some of the
dirty politics in the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
, REPUBLICANS MUST CHOOSE.

3 Every Republican must =
3 choose whether or not he was .
. with the Republican party and =
q the President. .
= He that hath no stomach for e
. the fight, let him depart. The .
q time of running with the hares .
= and the hounds is over =
= Treason has ever consist .
. ed in giving aid and .
. comfort to the enemy. If any .
. one wishes to join the Demo =
. cratic party, let him do so; =
. but let linn not claim to be a =
. Republican and work in and out .
= of season to defeat Republican =
= measures and to subvert the in
. fuence of the Republican Presi- =
, dent, Attorney General Wick
= ersham in Chicago address
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

An Illinois man predicts that Bryan
will soon be at the head of the Pro
hibition party. Not until Prohibition
party prospects are a sight better
than they are at present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

Chickens are selling at nineteen
cents pound on foot No wonder
they crow
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

salary .. -. .... so 90
1871 H. Tigue. February sal
ary.. ......., 5000
1872 C. Samuels, February
salary ...... 1900. L 50
1878 Chas. Franks, February
salary -. 90, ii
S574 Joe samuels, February
salary ..... 80. ~. Il % !
1915 John Given, February
salary ~. 49,. $1,000. l. 5o
1916 D. w Anderson. Febru-
airy salary .. .,.... II %
3577 VIM. Rokey. February
salary 49,. ....ae II 81
1913 II. Miller February sal
airy -... ...s... ..,.... II oV
1919 H. Harris, February sal
airy 1885,. ...... L oV
$3.50 j. W. Nichols, February
salary .... ...... -. % oo
1851 H. T. Moore. clerk, emer-
gency allowance !. $50 %
Total ........t...,. ....S4s6O 70
Received and filed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
OFFICIAL REPORT
OF THE COUNCIL
Published by Order of the City For
the Benefit and Informal
ton of the citi-
FOR THE LAST MEETING
The Proceedings of the Last Session
are Herewith Given in IS
Full Detail and
Complete.
FOR THE LAST MEETING
tContinued.)

1851 Ed. cahill, February
salary 49,. ......... G5 90
1852 H. schevers, February
1858 Owen Real, February
salary -. -. 1865 SO 90
1854 J. w. LaFeber, February
salary -. 81. ...... sc 90
1855 L c. Fuqua, February
salary ......... ..... 60 90
1856 VIM. Bremen, February
salary ~ ...... 60 90
1851 John Tigue, February
salary $500. .....a 60 90
1858 F Baldwin, February
salary $3.50. .... ....... SO 90
1853 Thos Freeman, Febru.
airy salary ... ~. ~. go 10
1860 Glen scoheld, February
salary .. ..... rs 90
1861 VIM Murphy, February
salary 80. ..s.. .. "a 90
1862 John McGillis, February
salary ... rs 90
! 1868 Harry Watson, February
! salary 80. ............ 60 90
1864 T. l.. Grogan, February
salary - 800. ... 60 90
1865 Bud Dillon, Februarv
1 salary ... . @ 50 90
! 1866 Mike McAndrew, Febru-
! airy salary 1890. 49,. so 90
1857 Geo. Carmichael, Febru-
4 airy salary .. ..... so 0C
1868 Peter Mas, February
salary . 500. so ot
1868 Geo. Yaeger February
salary s ..,.. 60 Of
1870 John Gray, February
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
Respectfully submitted,
GLEN SCOFIELD.

MILAN oCoi 49,
Received and fled.
Keokuk, Iowa, April 2, 1917. 4
To the Hon. Mayor, and City Counch
of the City OF Keokuk, Iowa.
Gentlemen: herewith report the
amount of moneys collected by me az
clerk OF the superior court during tne
month of February and March. lslo'
as follows, to-wit:
Fees in Civil cases 49,. ...s I.
Fees in city cases .......... 20 ~
------
Total 81 is
Paid city treasurer as per receip'
attached.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES BREHENY.
Clerk Superior Court
Received and fled
(Continued)
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12
Total
Received and fled
Report Of , aIaboose keepei

Report OF dldpooSc NoSPct'
Recapitulation
Whole number fed from March ] 70
March 81, inclusive. liz; whole num-
her meals from March 1 to March Sl'
inclusive. 2S3; 2S3s at 20 cents pei
meal. being $1,000.
Whole number locked up, 10S.
For being drunk .}....... ......., %
For being diso~derly .....,.......,'
For disturbing 9 peace ......'.. :
On suspicion ...... .............s
For lettering ......... 1890.
For investigation -. ...........
For night prowling ..............,
For yagrancy ................. =.
Complaint of wife '................
Complaint of depot master 1865, :,
Sleepers go. 49,. !. .,........o OF
IOLd1 ....' - :
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-12

Read The Daily Gate city
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-27
~ PAT.

Plans for the formation Of a
racing circuit 20 include the big
gest cities In tho country between
New York on the east and Los
Angeles on the west. are n0w be-
ing made BY automobile mauufac-
turefn. and before next spring
grand clrcuit. similar in many de-
tails 90 the grand circuit which
controls harness horse racing ~ that's
country. will have been formed. and
the racers started on their first
whiri against records. probably at
the Indianapolis Speedway
TEE grand circuit idea origi-
mated wlfh ~ A. Morruaa. who has
just resigned as director % contests
az The Indianapolis tracks. and who
has interested the manufacturers
and the racing drivers IN bis scheme
lt calls for The building ~ several
nrm motnrd0naem ard a regularly or
EnniEra circuit ali under the sane
ton 81 the racing board % the
American Automobile association.
Sew tracks are 20 be- built IN
Gan Francisco. PifthbufE Denver.
Seattle. Iatania. Ky. just acrosH
from Cincinnati. Dayton. o.. and Al
other points not yet determined
MufrnsH. according 10 one ~ the
best Informed automobile men IN the
country. resigned his position az In
dsAnapolfs 20 aR to b. nhlc to de-
vote hts entire time 90 interesting
local cspitai In the cities placed on
The circuit IN which new tracks will
he necessary. Ia the scheme.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-27
ROLL OVER, JUDGE,
YOU'RE DREAMING

SAN FRANCISCO. July Is
While Judge Thomas 3. Graham
president Of the Coast league, DOS.
sibly takes no stock in the story
that Portland gamblers made an
attempt 10 bride pitchers on the
Oakland team, he said yesterday
upon his return from Portland aud
Sacramento that he will investigate
closely the report which was pub
lished In q Portland Newspaper.
incidentally while in Portland.
Judge Graham took up with Con.
gresham McCredie the proposition
Of extending the Coast league next
year 70 eight teams. putting II on
par with the National and Ameri.
can leagues.
Right now" he said, "the Coast
lengue is playing a better brand Of
ban than the big Eastern leagues
aud the fans ars finding II out.
There we're splendid crowds out
during tho San Francisco. Portland
series. and At Sacramento, where ]
watched the game with Los Angeles
/ yesterday, there was a good attend.
ance. The Chamber Of Commerce
and the merchants Of Sacramento
arc taking the matter up. and the
/ Senator'S win receive better support
from thoir home city fron this time
on"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-27
Tom Sharkey Refused
to Fight for Six Bits

be could DO wna 60 offer percent.
age % the receipts. after taking out
his hlf for expenses.
Seventy. per cent for the ain
ner and g Tor the loser sure The
terms Noticing that the sailor q
hrow was ciouded with doubt the
manager drew four quarters from
his pocket aud explained
See here. Tom. these four quar-
tors represent the purse u you
win you get THREE quarters. n you
lose you get one quarter and the
other mar gets three DO you IN
drraiand -
sure. said TAwm 4 under.
stand 80 fulne that I'm triiin' ye
fair won't fikhi no man for ak
bita
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-27
RACING CIRCUIT PLANNED FOR AUTO DRIVERS
To INCLUDE PRINCIPAL CITIES IN C0UNTn

The idea Is 10 bring Il. -.
drivers In the country iosssss, !.
the same track. lusf the ssns !. !
done Ia the harness horse grs,s -
cuit meets and az thu tad, -.
The gAliopers perform. h 49,.
can Automobile aes0cisties ~
sanction ali meefz apposst Il z.
ficials and award all prizes Mar.
fartursrE who ara inferez,ea = 4.
racing end u the Tame n "A.
scheme. and viii work to naks 4
successful
II the plan goes through ass \
now appears certain II VII. drrsn
like Oidfeid Eurnian. Aifksa IA.
rOun. Robertson, Stranx. Usrss
De Palma. chsvroiet. and iie chr
speed merchants VII be SRA o9s-
peting together. and 4 they svr b
get together at thu ssrs tine :
viii be worth the price ~ z6mssnss
% be % hand just 70 Tote vhsf -
happen. Every man II sks buaA
named nbovs has taken a shlri Il
the exciting game Of marking ~ 1
new speed record, 80 Il Is psst1
safe 10 predict soue records va
be made next season
The protitofers sGy theY hls
been assured by many nAnataftw.
crs who have heretcfws rssrzizx
irons entering their cs-s IL Hssl
events that they wlll PIT track Fae
ing machines in al colnpeslllcs
next season. II IL tcp<1 IA
eventually the automobile ira1h
viii cover the country Ike lhs y
cycle tracks did when bieygss ria
acre 80 popular.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-27
GREAT STUFF ON
TAP 1T AUTO
MEET

Saturday at the race meet o. the
Seattle Automobile Dsaierrf a-sa-
cation at the Meadows viii be de-
voted % high speed stuff. nothing
less than "a million miles an hour or
80 will even De canridered Cars %
aii rianzsH will b. entered Saturday
20 give the different speed maFfeis
. chance 90 break a few records
sunday faature stuff viii be pulled
or mostly. obatnnele races. racing on
the reverse, stop and start. and iha
i3kr
The coupiess program for both
days II a. follows
Saturday.
LlFht car race. 10 miles. si.1so ana
under
stock cars. stripped. 10 miles.
trre for ALL - miles
Motor cycle race.
Pursuit race.
allie race against time between
every RAGS
Sunday.
Quarter mile on reverse
Driver run 100 yards. start en-
wiue and run one mile
Two mile load and unload panacn-
ser rars
obaiAcis race between barrels. two
classes
Hair mile race. siowcst car on high
scar.
Flyc miles IN 10 minutes. no watch
or apeedomefer.
Ten miles. strictly amateur driver.
fully equipped roadster race.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-27
Overeatine by Ball Players
Is Now Bueaboo of MANAGERS

overratinr BY their high saiarira
artists ta ums - the huEnh eFs ~
she baseball business niE land it
ITO league Managers ear wake 40 any
Old finte and find gf perched uu the
gaag - the bard lrsrinK az th~ma.
DVerrailuR has caused thc iass ~
moro hn6i games than has auF
other habit to which hali players.
like other humans. are uuhirct.
Jim Mcclure. who ln bpsaius ths
Cleveland Mars thia war and max
ing that formerly sleepy indifferent
aggregation get uuf and hump ia
one - the real wiae Old men * the
bath field This IL shat Dc says
alout 0verratlnE
~Overeatlng has dome more harm
10 ball players than almost ans thing
else I Enuw 81 You frequently IND
bali players good ones tp9~wh n
apparently never knaw when Co stop
eating. and then manager has %
keep his eyes on them rnnHiamtiy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-27
HERE'S NEW ONE
By KID mccoy

NEW YORK. July 28.--Nor.
man seIby ("Kid Mecoy"l Is
once more entitled 10 a place
In literature. Some time ago
an epleran Of Mr.. seiby's was
noted. u vas al the time he
was arrested for violation OF
the Excise Law, Of which he
was not guilty.
"lt 10 fine 70 be famous"
said the eminent kid" on this
occasion, "bvt IT'S hell to be
notorious"
At the mayors office, when
he was making his application
for an ali-night license. he was
asked what class Of people
patronixed his cafe under the
.Normandie.
"Amerleans,- he replied.
"But ! have heard IL ehsrg-
ed there are no Americans IN
New York." was the semi
humorous response.
That's In the daytime" re-
piled Mr.. Mccoy. THE Amer
leans come out at night"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-27

"Afhisfis trainers wfN teii she
players. u common scuse durTfi't
fhNi fhfY canuos at nut ana play
AZ good Eamr sf baseball after
eating a hearty fueai 90 thrg ruuld
W theY contrntwd themselves Wifh d
light lunch before q game. 80 90
ford az ala Falling particularly
oyeFeAtins. makes man hwaYy and
apeKy. duila hia thinking mechanism
and takes aWaf hiH aperd
Rack In she nld aayA the good
uid days some iiisr 10 call fheuls-
The manager ~ bali team ha1 60
stand fat drinking and every thinK
eiuu by hts players. but tifncR have
changed and thr hard drtnher is q
rarity among ball players now Bat
tho manager stiil hss thu husky
.ntulrtra Faufmess for the good
things ~ thc table a. fear. and con
aeuucntiy III he d. up 81 the minute
he win watch his players grub LIES
as closely ~ hs does their fi~l8iuE
and baitimN