The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-24
Famous Debate Which Was Held at
Y. w. C. a. Yesterday, Leaves
plenty Of Room for
Argument
SPEAKERS WORK HARD
Judges Decided That the Ford Won
Out In The interesting
and Witty Arsu-
rsnts.

ne l. W. u A. AUDITORIUM was
Packed TO sufocation yesterday at the
afternoon kensington where the Ford
Packard debate was the big feature of
the program. rs j. P. Horuish,
chairman Of The social committee. ure-
slced- The program opened with q
delightful solo by Mrs. J. VI. FurIong
Somewhere Voice fs Calling she
responded very graciousIy tn an en-
core Mizs Rayburn read in very
pleasing way, "Jimnie's Prompt Obed-
fence" and responding to an encore,
gave Whatever is, is Right Before
calling the debaters and the judges to
the platform. Mrs. Hornish explained
that the Ford and Packard people were
meeting for the first time, ordinarily
not being in the same set.
The Judges, Messrs Edward Ford
Carter. j. o. Boyd and John SprowIs,
Med In, followed by the debaters. Miss
Hornfsh, Mrs. Charles and Mrs. A. J.
/ Wooiley, Ford champions; and Miss
Estes, Mrs. s. A. Dennison and Mrs.
HarTie Collins, who defended the
merits of the Packard Miss Dinsdale
was appointed time keeper, the rules
(; of the debate explained, and at the
drop OF the potato masher, the CAB
fest was on. The question debated
was, Resolved that the Ford is super
Tor IN every way to the Packard.
| Automobile Debate.
| Miss Hornish was the first speaker
She said, Most worthy, wise and hand
some judges, your decision Is fore
gone conclusion, because everybody
knows the Ford always gets there 1t
has not climbed the north pole or
I come down a fire escape, and until
today 1t has not been in society but it
has gone every place else. The Ford
ministers to happiness, safety and
wealth. 1t brings happiness to the
greatest number because It is within
the reach of the greatest number: it's
rattle warns pedestrians and so makes
it cafe machine for those who ride
and those who walk; 1t ministers to
the wealth because 1t ia cheap. Any
article which does these three things
Is certainly superior to any COM
tpetitor.
Miss Estes was the first speaker on
the negative side. She set forth the
beauty and grace and dignity OF a
Packard, and said: Some econom-
( ical person has said that speed
ometer is an extravaganza ON a Ford
He says it is easy to gauge your speed.
when you 60 ten miles an hour, your
lamps rattle, at twenty miles the
tenders rattle, and at thirty miles
your bones rattle"
Mrs. Charles, who is a new resident
in Keokuk, demonstrated that she is
an experienced speaker and made a
very favorable impression on the aud.
fence. She said: 1.-THE Ford is the
best machine on the market Henry
Ford says SO himself The tin Lizzie
lis as broad as the U. S. constitution
itself, 1t is a car for the people and
run by the people. All who love the
minstrel and the vaudeville owe a
debt Of gratitude to this machine be-
cause they no longer hear, Why does
a hen cross the road? but at every
performance have crisp new Ford
jokes dealt out to them over the foot
lights
Mrs. 8. A. Dennison quoted Web
ister's definition for superior and said
that the whole weight of the debate
rested on that word. and she then
argued that in every element the Pack
ard was superior. Mrs. Dennnison's
knowledge of logic crept out for she
stated premise and drew a conclus-
ion. thing no one else was guilty of.
Mrs. A. J. Woolley talked fast and
furiously She said when man like
Ed Carter will, in his mature years.
choose the name Ford as his middle
name 'nuff said. She dweIt at
length upon the benefits to be derived
from cranking a Ford and told of its
seating capacity, that seventeen had
right here tr Keokuk, ridden In ease
and luxury In so called five passen-
ger car.
Moses Rode In a Car.
Mrs. Harrie Collins said that Ford
advocates had argued that their car
dated from Biblical times because
Moses went UP on high, she said
there was no strength to that argyll
ment; 1t might have been a Packard.
She closed her argument by saying: