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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
SOCIAL LEGISLATION.

America now faces the same prob
lem of providing for the working class
that confronts England, is the opinion,
of DR.. R. j. Campbell, the noted Eng
lish divine, who delivered an address
in Plymouth church in Des Moines on
Thursday evening last on THE In
trusion of Transcendentalism !" He
said that Lloyd-George is responsible
for the adoption of reconstructiye leg
islation in England that has placed
that country foremost among nations,
and he expressed the hope that the
United States will follow the lead of
the mother country.
Mr.. Campbell gave a scholarly lee
ture on the relation of British history
to modern political development and
pointed out that there has been for
ever clashes and contests between con-
servatives and liberals whether they
We're roundheads and cavaliers or
wings and tories. Speaking OF the un.
equal condition Of social life, here and
abroad, he said in part
| England was at first an agrjcul-
tural country and until the factory sys.
tenn was instituted. her civilization
was rural in character But with the
factory system came the division OF
capital and labor and the consequent
SOCIAL problem. The landed aristoc.
racy owns over one.haIf of the prop
e,.y In England, although this money
CLASS numbers but one-geventh OF the
.olai population of the British Isles.
America is rapidly following in the
footsteps OF the mother country IN
creating this unfortunate and uneonal
} condition of social life.
) although the distribution OF wealft,
r in England has kept the corcon
! Norkingman in constant fear Of end.
hn,, MS Gays as pauper In the poor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
CHURCH ADVERTISING.

Rev. Charles Stelzle, superintendent
of the Presbyterian department of the
church in its relation to labor. is a
strong advocate for advertising the
church. He points out that while
America may lead the world in the
matter of commercial advertising. Eng.
land and Scotland are ahead of us
when it comes to advertising in the
field of religion. Rev. Stelzle believes
that the church Is losing it's hold ON
the people, and that IL it is ever to
recover or increase its power. 1t viii
be necessary for it to advertise it's
goods in the manner Of theatres. de-
partment stores and other CONNER
cial enterprises.
This position Is rather extreme. but
ii is an undoubted fact that churches
do lack in publicity for want of ad.
.ertising. Rev. stelzle tells rather
amusing story of trying to find the
First Presbyterian church in GER
tain town. He asked two drug clerks.
a customer in a drug store, young
man on the street and two or three
women, all residents of the town, but
none OF them could enlighten him,
This. too. was concerning church
over one hundred years old, not new
one located in an out of the way place.
but right near one of the most travel
ed corners OF the city. Perhaps all of
these individuals had seen the church
and knew it was there, but they did
not know what church it was
Rev. Stelzle then proceeds with a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
Harvey Ingham's New Cabinet
Des Moines Editor Said to Be Ambitious to
Wear Iowa S Crown.

den! What an awful noise. Uncle Har-
'vey says SO himself, takes several
columns in his paper every day to tell
about it. When they stop to spit and
catch their breath Uncle Harvey pre-
diets very heavy rain, but it will soon
turn to snow. Frame up? Why 1t is
so smooth it makes the smoothest rail
road boss that ever ruled Iowa look
like a jack o-lantern.
And now for the platform. Uncle
Harvey has long claimed to put the
great progressive cause first. So en-
phatic has he been that he forced a
fight on a standpat governor for sec
:ond term when there was no particu-
lar issue and when all the progressive
leaders were against it. Since thei.
he has stood for the Oregon plan of
electing senator's He has also advo-
Gated the initiative, the referendum,
the recall including judges and a
presidential primary. Upon ali OF these
questions we have been with him.
They are still unsettled in Iowa and in
the nation. They are the greatest
questions for political solution today
and We shall be for them until they
win
When Uncle Harvey brought out 3
candidate for governor we expected t..
find all these things in his platform.
But no. He now thinks that Matching
turkey eggs Is more important polit-
ical question than the Oregon plan;
that the question OF raising steer
that will cut the most high priced
beefsteak is a greater political asset
than the initiative and referendum;
that the movement of the soil is more
important in politics than a presiden-
tial primary; and last and greatest of
all subjects is the Improvement OF the
rural home.
These conclusions are all new to
US. We have been actively engaged In
all these questions for several years.
Upon the politics of turkeys, beef
steak, soil and home making, we have
never found a standpatter, either
Democrat or Republican, that dis
agreed with us. We have just finished
managing a short course for Professor
Holden where all of these questions
were treated practically and scientifi.
tcally and never missed class. At the
end we were reelected general man
ager for next year by the votes OF
standpatters and all. Now Uncle Har-
vey wants US to take these same
questions into politics and lick the
same standpatters off the map. No
not for US, no, not today
I'VE like rural homes the best in
the world. We have put our liking
into practice by getting nice little
farm to live upon and large family
of children to live with. No race sui
eide for US, but we have never made
tit political question whether they
should be boys or girls. We can't fight
with you, Uncle Harvey, on these
questions, not in politics. You are
trying to lead us into blind alley
and dump us out among the squashes
and rutabagas..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
An Iowa Combination.

Marshalltown Times Republican:
Merchants in Iowa cities report that
this Christmas was the best they ever
knew from merchandisers' standpoint
Des Moines stores say their Christ
mas business was record breaking and
an increase of from 25 to 40 per cent
over last year. Merchants generally
report large sales of practical pres.
ents.
People bought early this year, EARL.
er than in previous seasons. Stores
were thronged for weeks, not mobbed
for days. Merchants took care OF
their larger trade easier. They were
astonished when they saw the totals
of the business of the earlier shop
ping days.
We are learning many things to-
gether one year after another. The
early trading" movement carried on
by the newspapers for several years
has brought results Trading early Ia
a sensible and humane thing to do
and the American people inevitably
accept the humane and common sense
view sooner or later. 1t is creditable
to general Judgment that while more
money is being spent in Christmas
time because we have more money to
spend, that it is being devoted to the
purchase of practical and useful ar
ticles.
Really there isn't much the matter
with Iowa. Her people have humanity
and common sense and generosity
and money. That is fine combina.
ton, all right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

+ WASHINGTON, Iowa. Dec 3d.
This weeks issue of the Washington
Press, a paper recently acquired by
a company headed by Col. Smith w.
Brookhart, contains red-hot editorial
anent the efforts OF a coterie OF poll.
ticians, headed by Harvey In gham and
Henry Wallace, to defeat Clarke for
governor by the bringing out of Pro
lessor Holden. The editorial is from
the pen OF Colonel Brookhart and fol-
lows:
Last week we predicted something
doing when Uncle Henry Wallace put
On his most innocent look and started
humping roads and schools and taxes
and politicians. Was it politics? Yes,
we knew it, but we did not suspect
the scheme, nor your great big Uncl.
Harvey Ingham. So sweetly he told
us that Clarke would have no opposi-
ton for governor and now it seems at
the very time he had It all framed up
and tucked away in his insidest inside
pocket
Long years ago we served in a
kitchen cabinet and Uncle Harvey was
its prime minister and we all listened
while Uncle Harvey talked. Finally
fate took Deliver away and winter
was coming on and Uncle Harvey
needed Delivers shoes. They did not
fit SO Uncle Harvey gave them to an
other man after LATE had swiped them
for ninety days. Incidentally Uncle
Harvey turned against kitchen cabi-
nets and made us all ashamed that
we had been in one with him as prime
minister. But there is the rub. We
didn't know it then, now we know;
prime minister is too small Job, the
crown for Uncle Harvey.
And so it goes that in these De-
cember days, your Uncle Harvey Ing
ham slips out and builds kitchen
cabinet all his own. Quietly, yes very
quietly and with your Uncle Henry
Wallace; slyly, yes, SO very slyly, as
its prime minister.
Then says Uncle Harvey to his cabi-
net, We need governor who is right.
No more senate appointments for
Lafe, the next vacancy belongs to me.
Then replies your Uncle Henry and
says. Here is where start something.
Wen run farmer and his name is
Holden, P G. And for a platform. Just
watch me- All the cabinet then voted
aye, and the day was set for the cleo
trio shocks.
The Christmas bells are just about
to ring. the sky is clear, the winter
calm and bright; there is stiffness
everywhere; listen. It is loud and
2hilosophic wall from Uncle Henry.
He bemoans the taxes, the roads, the
schools and the politicians. Every.
body hears. Next day your Uncle Har-
iyey takes hand. He republishes all
that Uncle Henry says and editorial
ly he tells you to follow this wise adj
vice. But stop, another and a bigger
noise is heard The kitchen cabinet,
Uncle Harvey's own, is now in public
session Three or four friends have
Joined them and they all shout, Hol-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
a BAD YEAR FoR RAILROADS.

Statistics for 1911 relative to railway
affairs in the United States, Canada
and Mexico, compiled by the Railway
Age Gazette, disclose an almost unpre-
cedented decrease in Improvements as
compared with recent years. Only 3,066
miles of new line were built during the
year in forty-three states. This COM
pares with 4,121 miles constructed
in 1910. and is less than for any year
since 1897, when 2,109 miles were
built. Texas heads the list of states,
with 413 miles of additional line.
There were only 7O,931 freight cars,
4,246 passenger cars and $3.50 loco
motives built in 1911 The record for
1910 shows the construction of
180,945 freight cars, 4,412 passenger
cars and 1855 locomotives. Thirteen
roads, with capital stock of s12,-
SIS, 400, We're sold at foreclosure with
in the year. and five others. including
the Wabash, went into the hands of
receivers The latter five had a
funded debt Of s116,351 ,496. Regarding
the year that is drawing to close the
Railway Age-Gazette says:
Railway men will see 1911 pass
into history without any regret. They
will feel that nothing in its life be-
came it like its taking off. 1t has been
in many respects one of the worst
twelve months in the annals of the
railways OF the United States. All
through it permanent improvements
on most lines were restricted within
narrow limit. The halt in railway
development has been largely due to
business conditions in general. While
there is no prospect of revival OF
new construction, 1T seems probable
that on the whole orders placed by
the railways in 1912 will be larger
than in 1911"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

The Cedar Rapids Republican tells
Senator Cummins that if he wants the
Iowa delegation he will have to an
nounce himself as candidate. An
Overwhelming preponderance of Re
publicans in this part of Iowa will
agree with the Cedar Rapids paper
that
He should not ask for the control
of the delegation, if he is not a can
didate in his own name. The delega-
ton does not want to be controlled in
the interest of any trades or dickers.
Let the whole thing be in the open.
No man is entitled to boast that he is
carrying delegation in his vest peck
ct. delegation that he can vote at
his own pleasure. The days of polit-
ical ownership ought to be past, at
least in Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

Farmers elevator companies that
attempt to impose penalty on their
members who sell grain and stock
elsewhere cannot do SO under the law.
Heretofore it has been customary for
farmers cooperative companies to
adopt bylaws requiring all members
selling hogs or produce to any other
individual or company to pay into the
treasury of their own concern GER
tain penalty in varying amounts This
IN effect compelled competitors of the
farmers concern to bid that much
more if they wanted the stuff. Judge
Hobson, Of the district court at De-
corah has held this arrangement to be
in restraint of trade and therefore
Illegal. Farmers companies must en-
ter the open market for business the
same as any other concern
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

j. B. Hungerford has purchased
the Carroll Herald from Saul & Son
and will assume control tomorrow. A
year ago he gave up the paper on ac-
count OF poor health His condition
has improved in the interim and he
will again take up newspaper work at
the old stand with renewed interest
and vigor. Mr.. Hungerford has given
the best years OF his life to the up
building of the Herald, and all his
many friends will welcome his return
to it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

lions have been greatly ameliorated
by such measures as the old age pen
sion and the workingmen 5 Insurance.
acts which have been placed upon
the statute books by ,nat 1dolized
Welshman, Lloyd-George, whose
achievements In behalf of the lahoring
classes are the eliminating feature
OF the struggle begun In the sixteenth
century, y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
THRusTlNo THE SALOON INTO
pOilTfCS

f q
The Des Moines Capital, under con-
spicuous headlines, points out that the
Moon law, in giving city councils pow
er of choice in the matter of saloon
licenses, plunges the saloons into
politics neck deep. One fact upon
which especial emphasis is placed is
that the Moon lay is in absolute con-
travention of the mulct law, which was
enacted to take the saloon out Of city
politics by giving the people the right
to say whether there should be saloons
in their particular communities. II
65 per cent favored the saloon then
all that city or town council had to
do.was to grant the resolutions of con.
sent. Now comes the Moon law as in
terpreted by the supreme court and
limits the number of saloons to one
for every thousand. This puts the bur-
den of selecting those to be favored
with licenses absolutely upon the city
or town council The situation, is thus
concretely stated in the Capital:
The council can, say those who
make the charge against the Moon law,
say to John Jones: You are friend
Of the administration, we will give
you saloon license, one of the few
licenses to be granted in this city,
And in the next breath the same coun-
Gil can say to John Smith, according
to the charges of the friends of the
mulct law: No, Mr. Smith, you fought
our election, YOU are against the pres
ent administration, therefore, you get
no license
BY granting licenses to saloon men
who WELD political power, the city
councils, according to the claim of
those making the charges against the
Moon law, can perpetuate themselves
in political power. All they have TO
do in a city of 10000 for instance, is
to give the licenses to fifty men who
have political power. and presto
change. fifty men of political influence
become sponsors for the council which
grants the favors They claim that
this tends to organize the saloon men
who are given licenses, and the brew
cries from which they obtain their
supply of liquors, into perfect ma
chine, which must do the bidding of
the council or lose their licenses the
next year.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald finds
no flaw in this argument. 1t agrees
that the saloon and brewing interests
are driven into municipal politics by
selfish interest The facts suggest to
the Dubuque paper that the zeal of
the reformer is not always the wisdom
of the statesman
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

If the Iowa City Republican was
hunting for a governor in the vicinity
of the State college at Ames IL would
pick out Professor Curtiss, who II
says, has done great work for Iowa
and has modesty and ability to back
him. One of the things that makes
choice of a governor difficult is the
superabundance Of good material
There is literally an embarrassment
of riches.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

Evangelist BILLY" Sunday has Just
concluded a six-weeks' 1 meeting at
Wichita, Kansas, with a total OF 6,245
converts and a free-wil1 Offering of
$lo,114. The meetings closed last
Sunday evening, and the day witness
ed 500 converts, almost new record
for one days work. Mr. Sunday be-
gins his: next series OF meetings at
Canton, Ohio, today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

DR.. Max Staller, OF the Mount Sinai
hospital, in Philadelphia, has made
the discovery that the inside mem
brane of hens eggs can be used sue
cessfully as substitute for human
skin In grating operations Experl.
ments made during the past three
months now demonstrate that this
method is successful in every case
where 1t was tried The new cuticle
formed on this plan is said to he finer
than the old one, but is strong and
healthy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

The prohibition state central COM
mittee, in session in Des Moines on
Thursday, refused to give its endorse
ment to the candidacy of Mr.. 0. D.
Ellitt of Marshalltown for the party
nomination for governor. Mr.. Ellitt is
to understand from this that he Is ex.
pected to go away back and sit
down. e
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

Angels are illogical says a matter
of-fact college professor; judging
from the pictures a pert paragrapher
concludes they are ornithologieal,
which seems quite probable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

Governor Harmon may not get the
Democratic presidential nomination,
but no one will question the correct
ness Of the St Louis Globe-Democrat's
observation that he is doing as fine
job of walking on eggs as anybody
cares to see.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

strong advocacy of advertising church
functions In the daily newspapers. He
would use space advertising, paid To-
Gals, and general write-ups. and in the
summer season bill board advertising,
while street car advertising could be
used in the winter time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
An Example Worth Following.

baltimore American: The moral ef.
rect OF the action OF the United States
IN resenting Russia's discrimination
as to Its citizens is soon shown In the
agitation in England over the same
thing, and the suggestion made TO fol.
low the American example. This is
the age OF fair play, and the nation
which denies it Is bound to get into
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

The decrease in the number of sa.
looms tomorrow will fail Of its intend.
ed purpose if it does not bring about
an increase in the number of water
wagons and lessened liability of falling
of them
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

There will be general acquiescence
in the verdict of the Marshalltown
Times-Republican that useless thing
Is always dangerous thing. and on.
of the most useless with most posi-.
bility of danger Is town loafer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

According to Abe Martin, mo matter
now you set in tn back seat o. a
tourins car you allus look like you
thought TIL rest O. tn world wuz
waitin till you got t. your office"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

For we know not every morrow can
be sad;
So. forgetting every sorrow we have
had,
Let us fold away our fears,
And put by our foolish tears,
And through the coming years
Just be glad.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

For coughing, dryness and tickiins
IN the throat. hoarscness and all
coughs and colds, take Foley,s Homer
and Tar Compound. Contains no OPT
ates Wilkinson e. ca.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

Lillian Russell is to be married for
the fourth time. This will beat Nat
Goodwin's record-but maybe not for
long.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
keokuk. iowa $4,000. Dec. 81, 1911

GOD OF THE LONELY SOUL.
God of the lonely soul,
God of the comfortless,
God Of the broken heart-for these,
Thy tenderness!
For prayers there be enough,
Yea. prayers there be to spare.
For those Of proud and high estate;
Each hath his share.
But the beggar at my door,
The thief behind the bars;
And those that be too blind to see
The shining stars.
The outcast in his hut,
The useless and the old;
Whoever walks the city's streets
Homeless and cold
The sad and lone of soul
Whom no man understands;
And those of secret sin, with stains
Upon their hands,
And the stains upon their souls;
Who shudder in their sleep,
And walk their way with trembling
hearts,
Afraid to weep;
~ ~. -<Ev
For the childless mother. Lord,
And. ali, the little child
Weeping the mother in her grave;
unreconciled-
God of the lonely soul,
God of the comfortless,
For these, and such as these. ask
Thy tenderness!
Whose sin be greatest, Lord;
II each deserve his lot;
II each but reap as he hath sown-
ask Thee not
only ask of Thee
The marvel of space
When these forgot and blind may look
Upon Thy face.
Ella Higginson in Scribner's Maya
zine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
Deep Thought Here.

If a man were as cheap as almost
any woman can make him feel, no wo-
man could resist him merely as
bargain = Pick.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

Scratch Roosevelt man and Won
will find a-beat-Taft-by-any means in
dividual.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
Two Sufficient Rsasons.

Iowa City Republican: The Repub-
lican is opposed to Roosevelt for two
reasons first. because IT Is not IN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31
Beware Of Paul Prv

There is a maxim OF unfailing truth
mat nobody ever prizes into another
mans concerns, but with design to
do him mischief. South.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

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favor Of third terms, and second be-
cause It is friend Of representative
democracy and not one man power.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

GOD OF THE LONELY SOUL.
God of the lonely soul,
God of the comfortless,
God OF the broken heart-for these,
Thy tenderness,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-31

For prayers there be enough,
Yea, prayers there be to spare,
For those Of proud and high estate
Each hath his share.