The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-18

tectionist-s It's funny, isn't 1t, that a
declaration to an intelligent audience?
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
THAT $4,000 a year for travelling
expenses is not Republican money"
says the Davenport Democrat.
THE movement for La Toilette has
no purpose to strengthen the Repub-
lican party" says the Eagle Grove
Eagle.
Taft, says the Charles City InteIli-
gencer, has shown himself to be a
Republican through and through,
hence should be nominated
But what ii Canada should decide
to annex the United States?" sug-
gests the Webster City Freeman-Trib-
une Had you thought of that?"
The davenport Times says that
Pinchot appears to have gone to Alas
ka to gather ammunition for La Fol
lette, and Fisher to get facts for Taft
The Des Moines Tribune observes
that in city with a tailend baseball
team there is always warm greeting
for the news that football practice
has begun.
"Faville's go called threat is maxi
| ing politics interesting in this dis
trict,' says the Onawa Sentinel.
However, the interest does not seem
to favor Faville."
The Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune says
it is quite natural to suppose that the
Sioux City Tribune would want GO
chance in the Eleventh district repre-
sentation in congress.
The Manchester Dress says 1t would
rather trust the Judgment of Presi
! dent Taft az to the merits of the pend
/ Ing arbitration treaties than that Of
ex-PTesident Roosevelt.
The Marshalltown mes-Republicar
says that cooperative stores fail be
cause the co-operators want the biz
end of the deal st takes money to d.
business" the Times-Republican adds
The Sac City Sun believes that Pres
ident Taft is right and former Presi
dent Roosevelt and the senate wronl
In their points of difference over thu
proposed arbitration treaties will
Great Britain and France
1t Ia announced that Senator /;
Toilette will begin a series of publ,
addresses in October. Begin is no
the word" comments the Ida Grow,
Pioneer; THY should have said tina
he will continue his speeches"
The Burlington Gazette advise
against taking any stock in the rumo
that La Toilette intends to WITHDRAW
In favor of Justice Hughes. "Battl
Bob isn't long on abnegation, an
don't you forget It," the Gazette adds
The Rockwell City Advocate say
: that when the time comes to selee
Iowa's delegation to the Republica
national convention all the talk abou
whether 1t shall be instructed for Tai
or La Toilette may have subsidized an
Iowa's real choice for the Presidenc!
Senator A. B. Cummins, be asked
name the delegation
: ''If the President believes what h
\ breaches" says the Onawa Democra
then he ought to he commended fe
his political gospel sermon II the II
: surgents are demoralizing the Repu|
g lican party by infusing Democrat
: blood into its veins, then Presider
Taft as the head of his party shout
strike at the cause of such INVASION
e The Sheldon Sun comedies that I'll
t insurgents hope to defeat Presider
Taft's denomination. "They hope"
says, that the friends OF the Pres
j. dent will not insist that he be nom
0 mated as long as there Is such bite
i opposition to him and the things
has advocated. The stubbornness, bu
headedness and unreasonableness
Il not all on the side of the insurgent
d To insist on nominating an unpopul;
8 candidate at this time is suicidal
1--WE believe that within six month
Y the Republicans of the nation will
t. almost unit for President Taft" SAL
W the Mitchellville Index. He is gro'
a. ing in favor with the people of the e
tire country as no man has ev'
grown before. We cannot conceive
n. possibility of the great Republics
e. state of Iowa taking stand again
% according him second term. We {
b. not believe any considerable numb
OF Republicans contemplate doing SO