The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08

many places being run IN the city
contrary to law but that they were
powerless to do anything. They said
that they had plenty OF chances to en-
force the law but that they were pow
erless to do anything.
Whether or not they we're lying to
me cannot say" said the speaker
"But do believe that we are sick and
tired Of the conditions that have exist
ed here for the last few years" One
speaker said that we wanted to put
clean men in office and then stick by
them and have a clean city. There
was loud applause following this state
ment and then the speaker said: IT'S
easy for you to do that. You ought to
clean up your own alleys and back
yards and then you could not applaud
so loudly There was more applause
following this statement, whereupop
the speaker said that he saw he could
say anything he wanted to.
Sanitary Conditions Bad.
The speaker said that DR.. Fuller was
an authority on the sanitary c0ra..-
Stions of the city and that according to
him the percentage Of tuberculosis
was greater in Keokuk than in Chi
cago. He said that this condition was
brought about by our filthiness. This
ought not to be, said he, but we
should have the cleanest and health
est city in the country. The speaker
said that one of the best things we
could do would be to clean UP our own
alleys and back yards. We should
have general cleaning up as soon as
the snow goes off the ground and then
stay cleaned up.
I'VE are going to have new era in
Keokuk. We are coming into a new
vision. believe with all my heart
that even the short-sighted are seeing
vision of better day." He then
spoke of the need of cheaper rents,
gas rates, and the need Of lower cost
Of living in our city. He said that if
| the gas company here could not fur
nish gas at rates as cheap as are
found in other cities that it should get
out of the way and let some company
come in that could do this. In closing
he said that we would elect three good
men for office at the coming city cleo
ton. That we all wanted them to be
open and above board, and that If they
were we would stand by them. We
want men who will love the city more
than their own pocketbooks."
Calls on Rev. Sanders.
~ Chairman Walden then called Of
1.-THE candidates present and Rev. ]. r..
Sanders responded. He said that he
was glad to be present and to see so
many others present. He was in full
/ sympathy with what Major Collins
had said about the meetings. that such
meetings had been of great help to all
countries at all times. No one man
knows it all or can solve all problems
relating to the city. So that he be-
4 lieved in public meetings and said ne
4 thought all cities would be better II
8 such meetings were held.
The speaker stated that he wished
to say few words regarding the pos
sibilities and opportunities that this
4 city now has. The history of Keokuk
4 shows rnat in the past some of our op-
portunities have slipped by. The
great water power development here
has been the dream Of Keokuk for fif-
!. ty wears. Now. said he, was the time
for dreaming past, and we must begin
to build the Keokuk that is to be.
The speaker said that first OF all we
must have city government. In or
der to have that We must have cap
able honest, saving men. The waste
! has been too great in too many cases.
Men of this day have almost gone mon
ey mad The men who toll are not
paid enough. If the city were run on
business basis there would be more
work, and more men could be en-
ployed at greater wages. The city
exists for the city and the administra-
ton should be for the entire city, it
should be impartial and there should
be no waste.
u
Need Intelligent Expenditure.
The speaker said that the sentiment
today was not toward stealing but to
ward intelligent expenditure. This
said he, lies in the men at the head
Y men with the vision and the know
, how. Taxes in this city, said he, are
s going UP and improvements are coins
y down. The people here have been pa
y tient and long suffering. They have al
s most gladly paid their taxes but the
4 results have not been in keeping will
Q the expenditures. The poor have
s been taxed almost to the utmost, ant
e have been required to pay too much
Y The problem OF today, said thu
g speaker, is that of living together