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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03
Republican Accomplishments.

Gentlemen of lie National Lea, ,e
OF Republican CiLts, | am h ere be-
caise ] believe this league is y most
important aid in the upbuilding and
defense of Republican principles. IS
President, | peter to avoid partisan
controversy, but there are occa stems
and 1t seems to me the present is
one, when 1t is not improper for me
to discuss the issues soon to be con
sidered and decided by the elector-
ate
In the pursuit of promises made in
the national platform, the Republican
party. in the short period of eighteen
months, presented to the public as
accomplished facts, the following
most important legislation and eecu.
tive action:
The power of the Interstate Com
MERGE commission were enlai ged The
commission was empowered to sus-
l,end any proposed increase of rates
until the shipper shall have chance
to be heard as to its reasonahleness.
Interstate telephone and telegraph
companies were brought within the
regulation of the commission.
"a new court of commerce was
provided in order that shippers and
railways might secure prompt deci-
siona
Railway employees were protected
by new safety appliance law.
THE employers liability act was
perfected.
"An inquiry into workingmen's
compensation for injuries received
was instituted.
AN inquiry into the issuance of
railway stocks and bonds was inaug-
urated
"A new customs court was estab-
lished.
"A postal savings bank system
was authorized.
"A corporation tax was adopted,
which is an important source of rev.
enue and new and effective method
of assisting the government in SUI
pervising corporations.
Two battleships were added to the
navy
"a bureau of mines was establish
ed
Seventy million acres of the pub
lie domain were legally withdrawn
from entry.
Twenty million dollars in bonds
were authorized to complete reclama-
ton projects, after board of army
ersineers now at work should com
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03
Art Leads Language and Science.

The fact is that art is working ia.
ahead of language as well as oil sur
ence, realizing for us, by all manner ..
suggestions and exagserations, ehecs
for which as yet We have no name,
nay, for which we may never perhaps
have a direct name. for the reason tnas
these effects do not enter very largen
into the necessities OF life. Hence
alone is that suspicion Of vaguenes,,
that often hangs about the purpose '.
romance: 1t Is clear enough 10 -
in thought; tut we are not used 10 cur,
slider anything clear until we are au :,
to formulate 1t in words, and anaiyt.n" r
language has not been sufhcien.a,,
shaped to that end -. It is not lua
there is anything blurred or lnoei,a, !,
in the impression left with u.s. Nv
just because the impression is SO w..
definite after Its own kind. tina. .ss
find 1t hard to flt 1t exactly WIZ -.
expressions Of our philosopn's''
speech.-RobertL Louis Stevenson
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03

LIfo insurance Figures.
There are ten men with life insur
snce policies for every woman y
'ured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03
Still More to DO.

Il have thus summary stated the
Republican accomplishments of a
short eighteen months. Everything
foreshadowed In our platform, however
there was not time to consider and
carry out.
we agreed to pass law embodying
the improvement of our foreign mer-
chant marine, which everyone will adj
NIT to be in condition of decadence
disgraceful to a country of our size
and power.
We aired to pass law embodying
the best practice in the issuing of in
functions without notice When this
is carried out, it will, believe, do
much to remove a fruitful source of
political discussion, which arouses
prejudice and class feeling and which
is fed by Misrepresentation
We agreed to provide for the max
ing Of limited traffice agreements be-
tween interstate railways, subject to
the approval of the commission
Then there is the badly-needed leg.
islation for additional safety applian-
ces. refer to the bills pending in
congress for the government inspec.
tion of locomotive boilers and for the
elimination by government direction
of danger to employees from overhead
and sideway projections.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03

plete its investigation of existing pro
jects.
Enlarged appropriations were
made to survey public lands.
a definite commitment was made
against the piecemeal, or barrel
system of rire- and harbor improve
msnt
New Mexico and Arizona were sd
vancsd toward statehood.
"A peace commission was autso-iz
ed.
An investigation into business ne
shods o. conducting tie sorsransa,
IVES begun
Tie appropriation soy TIE eur-ea,
rear we're CIT sss.0l.7 90 essov TIE
appropriations q the rear hsso-s-
IRE Tariff Re.isso7.
Tie sz-s@ rs revlsss wtthcus ne
usual disturbance q a1ssnsss Because
q rs Setzcetcc q rar.E rates. iss
-la1l-z2 and Es1i-uu provisions,
ths t-se t-s5s It secures for he Phil
2z.ss. rs me rsveausprodpcErg
Qualities. tie Payne law Is coming
gs1s-alty "a D. recognized as cred
liable hin
C7-- pla-to-z promised TO revise
The -arTG iE1s5t2tsly and also 70 re-
rise Z 20 accord with The difference
between the cost OF productfon at
hele sn5 abroad These TWO prom
tsas Fzuve6 somewhat Inconsistent, IN
that immediate revtsion conforming 70
srca plan vas iapEac.icahle because
tie Information ,esded vas not at
once available: bur he Inconsistency
was NET by the provision of tariff
board 10 report the necessary facts.
The new tariff commission, To- the
work of which $4,000 was appropri
ated. has already completed its pre-
liminary report, and the commission
is now at work in this country
have authorized the chairman to make
a public statement of the purposes and
methods OF the commission, but ]
have directed him not to make that
statement until after the election, be.
cause insofar as possible, / desire the
tariff commission from it's inception
to be kept free from the vicissitudes
of partisan politics, SO that it will gain
the respect of the whole country, re-
CARELESS of party lines.
Finally, since the bill passed. /
have recommended nearly every Re.
publican candidate for congress and
have declared that hereafter when the
tariff shall be revised by Republicans,
is shall be revised one schedule at a
time, instead of by general revision
of the entire tariff
We have provided the machinery
for further revision on the protect
i've principle when the necessary in
formation has been secured. In my
Judgment, the country will hesitate be-
fore entrusting further revision of
the tariff to the Democratic party on
free trade or tariff-for-revenue prin-
ciples. That party has not, within our
memory, revised the tariff, without
creating profound business disturb
ance, and it's revision was immediate
" repudiated by the country after a
short, but bitter experience.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03
Progressive Parry.


The record for the past eighteen
months, he declared. was 81 earnest
plea OF the desire OF the party to full
fill it's platform promises and obliga-
tions. He promised that If the Repub-
lican majority in congress should be
continued at the coming elections,
the work thus far left undone, would
be carried through.
Twice the President mentioned Col.
Roosevelt by name in connection,
with the campaign against corporate
abuses and third time by inference.
when he referred to the New York
situation. He did not take an alto
gether sanguine view of the direct
primary experiment.
President Taft announced that he
had directed the tariff commission to
make no report of its work until af-
ter election. He declared he took this
step to lift the commission out of
politics. He referred to his suggested
future revision of the tariff, schedule
by schedule and declared the Payne
law was coming generally to be recog-
nized as most creditable bill
He favored putting all postmasters,
collectors of customs and internal
revenues, surveyors of customs and
appraisers on the permanent rolls Of
the government.
He ridiculed the assertion of the
Democrats that three hundred million
dollars would Is saved in national
expenditures each year if that party
were placed in power
He spoke rs follows:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03

gress may fairly be said to be part OF
a great Republican movement. 1t is
not the work OF one man, or of one
faction. AS all shared in the work so
we all must share in the satisfaction
of accomplishment. 1t is the work OF
Republicans. 1t marks the rising tide
of progress that began at the end OF
Democratic panic when William Nc
Kinley was our leader, and that con-
tinued throughout the two adrninistra-
tions of Theodore Roosevelt.
1t is truly a Republican distinction
that our party has been able to place
on the statute books far-reaching
remedial legislation, touching the very
yitals of our social and economic
structure without involving the coun-
try in financial disaster. A party OF
true progress is not party Of radi-
calism. 1t is not party OF ultra
conservatism. A progressive Repub-
lican is one who recognizes existing
and concrete evils and who is in favor
of practical and definite steps to
eradicate them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03
Needed Laws.

I'VE need the enactment of laws au.
thorizing the disposition Of coal,
phosphate, oil and gas land of the gov
eminent, and the water power sites
owned by the government along
streams in which there is valuable
water power, now uncontrolled and
Incorporated, under leases or grants
which shall induce investment of pri-
yate capital in the development of
those lands; but shall continue the
government as ultimate controller of
the properties with an equitable pro-
vision for readjustment of terms at
comparatively short periods. Indeed
the affirmative part of the whole pol
icy of conservation awaits action,
and the Republican party is pledged
to give this subject the affection it
deserved
I'VE need new government for
Alaska, with laws properly protecting
the government domain in that vast
empire which we agreed to supple
ment and strengthen the antitrust
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03
Evils to Combat.

Now what are the specific evils
that have reused our people? l be-
lieve that they have been growing in
this country for years and years, and
they can be briefly stated thus:
"First-The corrupt control or leg
isIative and governmental agencies
for the establishment, maintenance
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-03

NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-President
Taft Saturday night made what will
probaly be his only public address in
the present campaign at the banquet
of the National Republican league at
the Hotel Aston. The speech IS IN
doubtedly intended as the keynote OF
the administration position in the
present campaign, and as such is g
strong and vivid utterance. In il the
President squarely planted himself in
the open and makes clear 10 the poll
ticaI world and to the country sener
ally that he is Republican to the
backbone, and believes in true Re
policies which bear the Roosevelt
name, but that those policies unde.
the wise and efficient administration
Of the Republican party VIII BE CIT
ried out. not in whirlwind ot death
to business interests, but Sanely. loS--
casly and equitably.
The political Toss sccaIsi-
meaning the corrupt Eeil6s- e power
In party lines, and the srtl eo-nstra-
tons OF great wealth. meaning those
trusts and business tnEsrss.s wAtca
prey upon the welfare q ne people,
and not the great -sso-zsE o. t151s-
tries of the United safes wascs
form the backbone al Inc cczat-Es
business stability al1 E-oGess- aaTe
no lurking place IN President TatEss
scheme of administrative
The speech Is Rs11alicaz- shro1gh-
1t shows the pa-1g 10 be c0a a great
and efficient progress
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-29

home Wednesday afternoon at three
thirty. The large yard with its grand
old oaks was an ideal place for the
children TO play and here they in
dulged in games until they were in
vited into the dining room. This was
decorated with autumn leaves and
huge pink and white chryansthemums.
One cake was decorated with ten can
dies and the other eleven and as they
were lighted the children received
many good wishes from their little
, guests. Those attending were: Grace
Wilbur, Joe Norwood, Sarah Thomp-
son, Harriet Adams, John A. Werts,
Ned Purcell, Jas. Lane, Mildred Pur-
cell, Harry Summer, Marguerite
Matthews, Bertha Galiman. Sophie
Neil Crotwell. Thelma CrotWell, Rosa
! lie Summer, Julia Summer, VIM. WaTd
Cora Ewart, Leland Summer, Jr.
May Tarrant, Mildred Tarrant, John
Chappell, Oscar Blackwelder, Ruth
! Blackwelder, Daggett Norwood, Eddie
May Parr, Azalee Parr, Helen Purcell!
Caalie Boyd Parr, Nat Gist, John
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-29
SOCIAL.

% o .
The Misses Davidson entertained
5he Bachelor Maids Wednesday after
,aoon. The special feature of the ait
ssrnoan was an initial contest" Upon
cutting for the prize, Miss Elizabeth
Dominick won a dainty bon-bon dish.
The members present were: Misses
Lucy Mclaughlin, Elizabeth Domlnlck'
Cora Dominick, Lula Waldrop, Ger
trude Carwile, Banna Neel, Lucy
speers and Mrs. W. c. Schenck.
On Fraiday afternoon Miss carrie
Lon Connor delightfully."- entertained
the "wednesday Afternoon club, al
the home of Mrs. Simmons in CalhouI
street.
Little Miss Nancy Fox and master
Jnnirs Bost Fox entertained aoou
IS children at their beautiful neT
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-29

Vatican" Mrs. R. H. Wright. Discus
sion: "The Works of Leonardo da
Vinci," Mrs. Scott.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-29

Heath-W Welch.
The following invitation will be read
with interest in NeWberry, Mr..
Welch's former home:
Mrs. Mary Rouse Heath
requests the honor Of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Antoinette
to
Mr.. Robert Holland Walch
on Wednesday December the four
teenth
al twelve o'clock noon
The Methodist Church
Girard, Georgia.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-29

Floyd, Clark Floyd, Foster Smith,
Caroline Weeks, Junius Kinard, Karl
Kinard, Maize Kinard, Novice Lomin-
ack, Beatrice Lominack, Goode Bur-
ton, John Norwood, Julia Lake, James
Evans, Mildred Evans, Lucille Baxter,
Fred Sale, Bessy Bedenbaugh, Mary
Lou Bullock, Catherine Harms, Lucy
Dunn, Marguerite Spearman, Irwin
Leavell, Margaret Neel, Bynum Neel,
Emily Hoof, Louise Perry, Luth er
Banks, Robert Pool, Frank Wright,
! Geo. Wright, Pauline Sem, Ruth
| Schumpert, Frances Wheeler, Mary
Wheeler, Guy Scurry, Harriet Mayer,
; Walter Lindsay, Mary Kibler and Mrs.
= J. E. Norwood, Miss Mary l.. Burton.
: Miss Katherine Wright Miss Vanessr
, Williams, Miss l::.i garet Burton 2ld
! Miss Miller.
The Woman's club met with Mrs.
Hunt Friday afternoon with the fol-
lowing program: Roll call; "A World
Famous Picture, Lesson Review Mrs.
Sam Jones. Art Treasures of the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-29

John Mayes says:

The Home of Santa Claus was never more
radiant with all the new things in Toys and
Dolls than this season. With such variety as
is displayed, you can not fail to find just what
will please the dear little ones. Bring the little
ones to see Toyland in all its splendor and
hear the heart thrilling, joyous exclamatlons
of invocence-and let them write to Santa and
mail it in the Book Store mail box.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-29
Rug and Blanket Sale.

You all know when Mimnaugh announces
sale what it means Wednesday morning when
the city bell strikes o'clock the great sale begns
cases of Blankets scooped in at half price.
These Blankets are all piled up stairs on counters,
to be sold at almost any price you want to pay.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-29
The Children say:
The Doctor says:

Certainly get them an A
a Velocipede. It takes the1
where they belong builds VI
Gle, arms, legs and back, n
bright eyes and rosy cheeks.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-01

From the Philadelphia Press
In competent hands the canoe IS a thing
Of beauty and delight as it glides over
still water under the full moon Of
threads by. day the course OF some wood
ed. tortuous stream. But. naturally. in
the hands Of the unwary and unskilled
1t is a very dangerous craft
OF the many cases OF drowning which
at this season OF the year are daily oc-
currences, most are sheer accidental or
due 10 foolhardy risk or an inability 70
swim. There is one kind Of casualty on
the water. however. which has become
OF increasing frequency in recent years.
and against which a solemn warning
should be raised. II is the familiar
canoe disaster; the almost inevitable con-
sequence Of permitting inexperienced
boys and girls TO impern their lives in
this unstable craft without having first
learned the secret Of its management.
The science Of canoeing should be mas
tered in shallow water. where an upset
viii do no harm. II should be supported
by a knowledge OF swimming without
which canoeing in deep water is always
dangerous. II IS a fascinating sport, but
IL requires care. steadiness. and sobriety,
and. for its full enjoyment, experience.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-01

length OF such service. At present the en-
listed man must serve thirty years before
he can be retired. although he gets credit
for double time for war service. A man
who is disabled before lie has served
more than twenty years may be refused
the privilege Of re-enlisting because be
does not come up to the physical require
ments. He must be dropped from the
navy. notwithstanding his faithful service
and in spite Of his willingness and even
desire to continue in the navy This
amounts TO a hardship, coupled with In
justice, and when Rear Admiral Dilling-
ham. a commissioned officer OF the navy,
raises his voice in behalf OF such plan,
he is rendering substantial and practical
aid TO the cause Of naval efficiency.
It may not attain TO the technical
standard OF designing ships and devising
new instruments Of warfare. but anything
which gives the navy an enlisted force
which is we'll trained and sufficiently con-
tented to stay In service is an equally i'm
portant function in the whole system Of
preparing for battle.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-01
Enlisted Men of the Navy.

We have heard so much concerning the
need OF Congressional relief for the COM
missioned personnel OF the muitary-navaI
establishment that it is agreeable to OBJ
serve an appeal in behalf Of the enlisted
men. this time OF the naval force, the
contribution Of Rear Admiral A. c. Dill
bingham, L. S. N, lately retired. That
officer was for a long time closely identi-
fed with the system Of training enlisted
men at the beginning Of their careers. He
is in a position 10 have opinions which
are entitled 10 consideration. and these
he has now impaired to the United States
Naval Institute at Annapolis, with the
purpose OF laying before the general serv-
ice results derived from the present sys-
tenn Of training in the light Of their utility
toward increasing the efficiency OF the
fleet.
No one needs to be told that the enlist
ed men of the navy-as Of the army-fur-
nish the means upon which there must
be reliance for the effectiveness OF an
armed force on the water or on land in
time of war. And it is equally obvious
that Importance attaches to any sugges-
tons which will point toward the best
means of training recruits and Of induc-
ing them 10 remain in the service. The
continuous service man is the backbone
Of naval efficiency, whatever may be said
Of the importance Of re-creating the on1ce
Of vice admiral or increasing the number
OF officers in the higher grades or. reduce
ing the age of officers Of command rank.
The public. which is admitted to the con-
hdences Of the naval experts. may easily
have escaped this view and now be sur
prised to learn that there are more essen
tial things for Congress to consider than
line titles for staff officers or an age-in-
grade retirement Much is said OF the
feet" and much is heard concerning this
or that military necessity" but alto
gether too little comes from the Navy
Department concerning the improvement
Of conditions relating to the enlisted men
and the same is true Of the War Depart
ment respecting the enlisted force Of the
military establishment
Rear Admiral Dillingham; has hitherto
gained no distinction as an adviser OF the
Secretary OF the Navy. He has never
been in his active career a chief OF bureau.
and he die not attain to the distinction OF
becoming one OF the recently created aids
But II there shall be legislation along the
line Of Rear Admiral Dillinghem's rec
ommendation for graded retirement Of
enlisted men. he viii have done as much
IN direct and positive way as any other
officer of the naval service for the in
crease OF naval efficiency Graded retire
ment contempiates the transfer from the
active list Of those enlisted men who have
served designated periods and who are
TO receive retired pay in proportion 20 the
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WHERE DOPE CANE FROM.
A North MissOuriRn Credited with
Bringing Out the Word.


c. y V. in the Kansas City Star.
When Mr.. Roosevelt dug from the ash
heap Of provincialism the word ''fraz-
zle" and applied II in an observation
that soon became became a verified pre-
diction. he attracted the attention of
scholars and was hailed as a kind Of
benefactor. When. a score Of years ago.
a Northwest AIissourian pulled the word
dope" from its isolated moorings and
placed 1t where It has been equipped
with more diheren; meanings, perhaps,
than any other word in the language.
he became equally a benefactor. but has
ever remained unknown, ''unhonored and
unsung."
The word dope" is a name that was
originally applied to axle grease. II
was probably coined by some individ-
ual who regarded It an outrage that the
new lubricant should have a longer
name than the tar" which it supplant-
ed. Possibly. too. doping" also came
into use in describing the act OF apply
ing the article Indeed. excessive apph-
cations of anything might thus have
been designated. These, however. were
certainly the only definitions and deriv-
atives Of the word known until It's in
PRODUCTION into other circles by the
Northwest MissOurian mentioned.
The circumstances under which the
word was reminted no doubt accounts to
some extent. at least. for the fact that
its author has remained unknown. while
his fame is still unsung It was at a
sanatorium that the word was given a
new meaning. 10 which constant addi-
tons are still being made. bottle OF
medicine used bore simply the informa-
ton that "a teaspoonful must be taken
every two hours when awake and IL
was while discussing fidelity 70 these
directions" that the lack Of a name for
the remedy was noticed Then Il oc-
CURED to the Missourian 10 refer 10 II
as dope" word which he had heard
typical backwoodsman use in the sense
above mentioned. The name became
popular at once. and when new patients
came they took il up and innocentIy be-
trayed Il to the faculty. An effort was
made 10 find the culprit. and the use OF the
name was forbidden under the penalty
OF dismissal. II stuck. however, and was
soon carried throughout the country.
II IS not surprising. perhaps, that The
name was soon applied 70 the disease
as well as to the remedy designed for It's
cure In fact. as has been stated. &
has taken on many new definitions snC
IS used in nearly every vein OF human
expression. being a handle which fits
widely varied sentences. and afording 4
short cut 10 really important information
on numerous subjects
II is not claimed. Of course. that tn,
incident was an inspiration. nor did IN,
recaster Of the word dream that he wa.
enriehing the language. II seems prop
er, however. that this Incident. givel
on the authority Of one who was Their,
az the time and who has watched tn
flight Of the word into the upper realm!
Of popular speaking. should be mad,
known.