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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
JUSTICE TO TEACHERS.

Davenport school teachers. as a re-
suit of meeting on Feb. 3. establish
ed legislative committee which is
sending out literature to the press and
TO Iowa teachers asking support for
the CoWles-Ritter bill now pending in
The legislature. The bill approved by
the Davenport teachers provides that
ali five-year and two-year state GER
tlicates, special state certificates, also
certificates issued by other states and
validated in Iowa, shall be renewed
for life after FIVE years successful ex-
perience;; that all first grade, second
grade and special uniform county GER
tificates shall be renewed for life upon
proof of five years successful service
and professional study. Third grade
and provisional certificates do not
come under these provisions.
The Davenport teachers have sum
med up their facts and arguments in
favor of the bill thus:
Teachers who can meet the stand
ard established in this bill are both
competent and efficient. This being
why they should be required to renew
their certificates from time to time,
is sufficient reason why this should
not be required OF them.
The teacher who can satisfy the re-
quired conditions has moral right to
recognition, without further question
Of her fitness and her legal right to
teach.
The teacher who has been on proba-
ton for five years is either success
or failure as a teacher II she la a
success, it is unjust TO question fur
Their her right to teach; IL she is a
failure, she should not be permitted
to teach another day,
The necessity of repeated renewal
of certificates is an indignity offered
no other profession that belongs in
the same class with teaching. In fact,
the only other instances of such a
thing are found in those occupations
which the state is seeking to regulate
or curb because of criminal tendencies
inherent in them.
The present status of the teacher
rests on the antiquated theory that
self-improyement is best brought
about by compulaion-the certificate
being the club In this case. lie self
Improvement of teachers is in no wise
dependent upon the regulations Of the
state board Of examiners, and such
regulations are more apt to prove an
impediment than a, help.
The moral effect of elemental JUS
tice applied to the status of the
teacher will be to yitaIize the teach
ing profession more than any unnat-
ural, unjusts and unbalanced plan can
hope to do.
In actual aeaching. successful ex.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
CHANCE TO HELP
STARVING CHINESE
Seattle Commercial Club Appeals for
Aid for the Sufferers in
Far East.

The Seattle Commercial Club sends
the following letter to the Gate CITY.
which is self explanatory and may
lead some Keokuk people to action in
the matter:
You are perhaps familiar with the
work which this Club, cooperating
with the Red Cross Society, is con
Quoting for the relief OF the famine
sufferers in China.
More than million people are
starving at this time and will need
aid for many months. Those on the
ground and familiar With the situa-
ton, state that two dollars contribut
ed now will save the life Of some
man. woman or child VIII you not
appeal to your readers to lend us
their assistance in raising the funds
needed for the work which we have
taken in hand?
Contributions Of any amount will
be acceptable and will help in
humanitarian work of the very first
importance. They should be made to
the order OF the Seattle Commercial
Club, Seattle, Washington, and those
contributing may rest assured that
their gifts will be used in the most
effective and economical way.
Thanking you in advance for any
aid you may give us In this matter
and with best wishes. I am,
Yours very truly,
r. r.. WILSON
Sec'y. China Relief Committee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
NEW DISTRICT JUDGES.

Word from Des Moines is to the ef-
feet that there is something more than
a possibility that the legislature will
act fayorably upon the bill providing
for three new district judges
in Iowa. II such action is
taken new and additional judges
viii be provided, one for Polk
county. one for Lee county, and one
for the seventh judicial district, in
which are located Scott, Clinton,
Jackson and Muscatine counties. The
Waterloo Reporter in an editorial ref
erence to the matter says:
II is evident that the district court
grind is too heavy in these districts
and more judges are needed. If this
be true, and certainly no other in
centive would occasion more judges,
the relief should be furnished. OF
course it will be up to Governor Car
roll TO appoint and he will perform
the task in capable manner The
question is will the progressiyes pro-
gress or standpat in the case at is
sue''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
WHAT THE POET BROUGHT.

WHAT THE POET BROUGHT.
He came and went that day SO quietly
| scarce knew he had come ere he
was gone,
But, turning, saw that he had left
upon
My heart a casket with golden key;
And in the box that he had brought
to ME
] found crimson sunset and a dawn,
A cloud, a rainbow and grassy lawn,
a cloth Of moonbeams and honey
bee,
Al rose, ribbon and lock of nair,
"A woman's picture and signet ring,
A silver stream within a woodland
wild,
a dewdrop on lily frail and fair.
The music of bluebird in the spring
And best of all. the laughter of child.
James William Callahan in the
Smart Set.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

One OF the papers in the interior
of the state predicts that if the day
light saloon bill becomes law the
drouth in Iowa next summer win be
more serious than that OF 1910. Doubt
ed If liquor cannot be obtained from
those authorized to sell it under legal
restrictions it will be obtained from
others who will supply it without re-
strictions of any kind. Liquor will al
ways be obtained where there is de-
mand for it. and the demand will CON
tinue until mems appetites are re-
formed. Any reform, to be effective.
must begin with the individual.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
There's a Difference.

1T requires but little power of dis.
cernment to see the difference be-
tween the two plans. Were the con-
stitution SO amended as to provide for
the election OF senators by direct
vote of the people the legislature
would thereby be entirely relieved Of
all responsibility or connection there
with. The election OF candidates for
legislative positions would not be in
volved and there could be no charge
OF an attempt to evade the constitu-
ton. all OF which as we'll as other
serious objections exist as to the plan
In question. The proposed measure Is
so clearly antagonistic to the spirit
OF the constitution that It's most en-
thusiastic supporters make no claim
to being able to require compliance
with it except through coercion and
intimidation.
1T is claimed by the friends OF the
measure that ii Is a mere matter of
choice with the legislative candidate
whether he makes any declaration at
all or whether he shall agree to be
bound or decline to be bound by the
popular vote for senator. 1t is quite
clear to many of you that conditions
in your district are such that not to
declare yourselves would mean GER
tain defeat and to sign either state
ment would give little If any promise
OF election. A choice under such cir
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

perlence is one OF the most important
factors. Academic scholarship can
DC determined through examination at
the start; versatility. tact, Intuition,
genius. temperament, etc, though by
lar the most important. are subtle
qualities that only the examination of
experience can prove.
The humilitating restrictions thrown
around the possession OF teachers
certificates turn many competent
teachers into other walks of life and
deprive the teaching profession OF
some who would honor it.
The protection against incompet-
ence under the present system
amounts to practically nothing. Schol-
aTship alone, SO far as it can be de-
termined by examination, is not a
dependable guide in the selection of
teacher Successful experience is
more important factor.
The bill thus endorsed is a reason
able one and should be permitted to
become a law There is no more ex-
cuse for subjecting teachers to re-
peated examinations than there would
be for treating lawyers and doctors
the same way. No one thinks of ques-
tioning the certificates of these after
they have once been fairly obtained,
and the same rule should apply in the
case OF teachers. Nor is there any
justice in mulcting the teachers
meager salary to meet expenses that
rightly should be met by the state.
The Gate City sincerely hopes the
rights OF Iowa teachers will be recog-
nized and the handicaps under which
they labor will he promptly removed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
FOR A GREATER KEoKuK.

keokuk points with pdrdona bic
pride TO the fifteen leading business
men it has selected as directors OF
Its ncwly-organized Industrial Associa-
ton. As the name indicates, the or
ganization is intended to promote
Keokuk's interests along industrial
lines by selling upon the exceptional
opportunities afforded by the develop
ment of the water power and improv-
ing them promptly and to the fullest
possible extent. The gentlemen cho-
sen to manage the affairs of the as
ISOLATION and concentrate and guide
the efforts OF the community are the
following:
c. r. JOY, President
J. F. ELDER, First Vice President
A. E. TOMBSTONE, Second Vice
President
A. D. AYRES, Secretary.
THOMAS II. JOYCE, Treasurer.
THEO. A. CRAIG.
JAMES CAMERON. JR.
j. A. DUNLAP.
FRANK LEBRON.
JOHN NAGEL.
j.. A. HAAiILL
C. NJ. RICH.
JAMES HUISKAMP.
WELLS NJ. IRWIN.
IRA W. WILLS.
The list is not caly thoroughly rep
resentative of Keokuk citizenship, but
of its business interests as well. It
is composed OF men who have made
their mark in the commercial world
and enjoy well-earned regulations for.
accomplishing noteworthy results.
All of them are leaders in their re-
spective lines of activity. The future
of Keokuk is safe in their hands and
they will do all that can possibly be
done to build up here a great indus
trial center without an equal in the
great central valley.
In view of the high character of the
officers and directors OF the Keokuk
Industrial Association and the un-
usual opportunities opening up to-
the community by reason of the de-
velopment here of electrical energy
~ dillOoL uLiiiulLlCu dinOull, TIC uuiy
of Keokuk people is plain and imper
alive. That duty is to give the AS
ISOLATION earnest, enthusiastic, unqual-
fled and unquestioning support The
officers and directors of the Associa-
ton have right to demand this and
it must be accorded them If their eff
forts are to be crowned with success.
Whatever they propose should be
promptly accepted as the best thing
to be done under the circumstances,
and the best energies of the commun-
ity should then be directed as one
man to the attainment of the end in
view. Let us have unity of thought
and harmony of effort, and with plen-
ty of determination and pluck Keokuk
can be made to progress and prosper
as never before in it's history.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
The manufacture of stoves stor

The manufacture of stoves stops
practically at the Mississippi river.
or 2S6 factories listed by newspaper
correspondent, only fifty are west Of
the Father of Waters. Twenty-Five
OF the fifty are in st. Louis, fourteen
In other parts of Missouri, one in
Kansas. two in Nebraska. two in
Minnesota, and six in Iowa. OF the
eastern states Ohio has 1o2, the larg-
est number; Michigan twepty-eight;
Indiana, twenty-seven; Illinois, sixty
five Chicago thirty-three); and Wis.
consin, ii. Keoliuk was once lead
err in this industry, but no stoves have
been manufactured here for number
of years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

Three very important bills were
passed by the state senate the other
day with but little consideration
These were the Hamill bills relating
to the industrial schools of the state
and the orphans home. They give
state larger control over all children
sent to these places, virtually making
them all wards of the state and pro-
yiding manner of having them placed
out In families. Their passage will
give the state board and the home
finding agents very much greater
chance to handle these children. After
the bills were passed motions were
filed for reconsideration on the theory
that they ought to be better under
stood The bills are favored by the
board of control.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
An AbroaatIon.

THE proposed law, in effect, seeks
TO abrogate provision of the consti-
tuition of the United States without
pursuing the course provided in the
constitution for its amendment or
modification and without regard to
any action upon the part OF other
states.
1T is therefore direct disregard
OF the compact or agreement entered
into between the states.
TT further seeks to subvert that
provision of the constitution with ref
erence to the election OF senators In
the congress of the United States by
the legislatures, In virtually compeIl-
ing the members Of the general as
sembly to surrender that prerogative.
which, If accomplished, is a practical
notification OF an important provision
OF the constitution.
Instead of two-thirds vote Of
both houses OF congress and ratifi-
cation by the legislature OF three
fourtbs OF the state, which are rc-
quired to amend the constitution Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

The annual report of the Northwes-
tern Mutual Life Insurance company
shows that its loans in Iowa during
1910 amounted to over s6,4oo,O0o,
which was almost twice as much as
the company made in Illinois and
three times as much as it made in any
other state in the Union. The ex-
hibit is highly complimentary TO Iowa
property as security for loans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

cumstances would have little Of Volt
ton connected with 1t 1t would be
made not with desire to comply
with the spirit of the proposed la
but with reference to what would
most likely insure success at the
polls. Doubtless large majority of
legislative candidates would decline
to make any statement whatever ex-
cept for fear as to results If they
should refuse. A law which creates
such condition is not only morally
wrong but in this instance is in con
trayention Of both the statues and
the constitution OF the United Saes.
Question for All.
Because of the above reasons, and
because / believe that the solemn
oaths taken by members OF the legis-
lature should be respected and held
inviolate, and because | believe that
the constitution in all its parts should
be immune from practical nullifica-
ton, subversion or evasion, and that
its provisions should be held sacred
until modified or amended according
to it's own terms and requirements,
and because I believe that states, as
well as public officials and private
citizens. should conform to and OBJ
serve the spirit, as well as the sub
stance, OF the constitution, and be-
cause ! believe the enactment of
such laws as the measure in ques-
ton is practical undermining of
the constitution and danger and a
menace to our form of government,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

Des Moines is boiling with indig-
nation at its water works company.
IF it will boil the water and roast the
company results will be more salts
factory-as regards both the microbes
and the utility corporation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

There will be general acquiescence
in the verdict OF an upstate paper
that it is the height of foolishness for
a girl to quit a s4o-a-month job to
marry a thirty-cent man. Unfortu-
nately it is a kind of foolishness TO
which capable girls seem especially
liable
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
A Marrow Escspe

During recent storm at Stoke-on-
Trent, Eng, a young woman had a
narrow escape. Her spectacles were
struck by lightning. The frames
We're split, the glasses broken. She
escaped injury.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

There are large rewards in store for
the man on. men who will place avia-
ton on such a basis as will enable
prize winners to enjoy their fortunes
instead of Immediately letting them
go to their heirs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

Governor Carroll displayed both
courage and good Judgment in vetoing
the Oregon plan bill No single act
in his official career stands out more
distinctly to his credit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

Colorado journal says that con-
svicts make good farmers, and the
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald supple
ments this with the suggestion that
high fnanciers you'd make good con-
yicts
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

and because believe that the effect
Of such legislation will be to lessen
the respect Of the people in general
for the fundamental law of the land,
| herewith return House File No /,
without my approval.
Respectfully submitted.
81. F. CARROLL, Governor.
February 21st, 1911, Des Moines,
Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
THOUGHT For rHE DAY.

Did the Spring e'er fail of its mission
sweet
After the rush of the Northern SHOWS?
Then why should we care, since I'M
der the snow
Sleeps the Summer rose.
Charles Hanson Towne.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

A Kansas City paper suggests that
Lord Decies joined the union to get
his wage scale increased
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

Deemer, Kenyon or John Doe?-
Waterloo Reporter.
Looks like John Doe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

a Pittsburger and his wife were
found wandering together and an
nouncement is made that they are in
sane. 1t occurs to the Sioux City
that this is what might be ex-
pected; that no sane Pittsburger
would be caught with his wife.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

Miss Jane Adams is considered
the highest authority on children in
this country. Miss Ida Tarbell is
likewise the highest authority on
mothers. Don't Miss the point, :"
urges the Minneapolis Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

An Illinois paper tells of young
bride who cooked quarters worth
of wax tapers for maceroni and the
groom said that while it didn't taste
exactly natural, it was SO much better
than that his mother used to make
that he was delighted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
The State Foundations.

"Our state constitution provides
that before it shall be amended the
proposed amendment shall be agreed
to by majority vote of the members
elected to both houses of the legisla-
ture. 1t shall then be published for
three months preceding the next gem
eral election and shall thereafter be
referred to the succeeding session OF
the general assembly and must re-
ceive the affirmative vote of major
ity OF the members of each house It
shall then be submitted to the voters
of the state to be passed upon by
them and must receive a majority OF
the votes cast before 1t becomes a
law.
1T will therefore be seen that
there exists both with the state and
the nation, as with all governments
and all organizations governed and
regulated by constitutions, an inyaria-
BILE rule that constitutions, being a
PRONUNCIATION of the fundamental prin-
ciples upon which government is found
ed, shall not be open to amendment
or modification 80 easily or SO read
lily as statutes may be amended.
Hence the more exacting requirements
and the Limitation az TO time within
which amendments may be adopted,
in the state requiring more than two
years, and in the nation an indefinite
period which by reason of other re-
ctr;n.;nne ,,ovof nacec "a riIv no IF cou-
siderable duration. The purpose OF
these limitations was doubtless to pre-
vent any hasty or iil-adrised changes
in the fundamental laws OF the state
or of the nation, to render them more
secure by reason Of these require
ments and to afford sufficient time
for careful and mature deliberation
and consideration of suggested amend
ments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
An Opening Wedge.

IF this proposed law gains favor
throughout the states of the union,
may we not reasonably expect that
other means will be devised for cir
cumventing other provisions of the
constitution and that sooner or later
the whole fabric of our fundamental
law will be open to attacks? Already
some OF the friends OF this measure
are advocating the election OF Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United
States by direct vote of the people.
How long win it be before an effort
will be made TO require the candi-
dates for presidential electors to sur
render their constitutional and statu-
tory rights to vote for the candidates
of their party and TO agree to vote for
the presidential candidate who re-
ceives the largest popular yote?,
IT has been suggested that the pro-
posed law simply confers upon the
people of the state the right to elect
United States senators by direct
vote. That question is in no wise in
voived in this plan and everyone
knows that If it were, the measure
would be clearly unconstitutional. The
effort to make it appear that the en-
actment OF this measure into law Is
equivalent to comforting upon the peo-
pie the right to name senators is
only for the purpose Of trying to give
standing and credibility to an other.
wise indefensible attempt to get
around a requirement of the constitu.
ton, to justify virtual notification
and an invasion of the rights and
duties OF the members of the general
assembly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23

British Children Insured.
Two-thirds of the total number Of
children under ten years OF age in the
United Kingdom are insured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-23
NOTES AND COMMENT.
Greensboro. n. c., has adopted the
commission form of government.

1t seems to the st. Louis Globe
Democrat that reciprocity in climate
has already been established with
Canada
Some men would rather be poor and
honest and it is the observation of the
Des Moines Capital that most OF
them are allowed their wish.