The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-05
1NsrALLMENT xI.

-HAT SO many of the strikers had had
the narrowest kind Of an escape from ON
) being blown to pieces by dynamite, did
not make their feeling for Kehr and his men
any friendlier. but one thing was certain II
harm came to the girl who had ris p meF
have to come to her over their dead bodies.
wherever she went among the strikers she
was welcomed with q kind OF gallant aoora-
ton Something about her seemed, when she
entered room to pull the rudest and the
most ignorant men to their feet Every
where she went she preached nes gospe,,
hopeful OF better things. Her rostrum was
the kitchen. the front steps. the shade Of
an elm She was indefatigable. No mind.
however feeble was unworthy Of her great
est pains. Little children she took upon her
knee and talked sense to them. And pres
thirsty and who loved violence for its own
sake, talked openly OF attacking the stockaoe.
1t seemed to Celestia that the strikers de-
mands were not unjust, and she determine9
to end the strike by persuading Kehr and
the men he represented to meet their de-
mands.
Z Elections were coming on and the best way
to secure the labor vote was to see that Ia
boris envelope was better filed than ever
before With new form of government
in control OF the nations most disinterested
OF national waste that doubling the pay OF
every laborer in the country would be but
q drop in the bucket.
Tommy could not see any possible good In
Celestia's form Of millennium.
He felt that innocently of course. and with
the best intention, she was trying to betray
labor into the hands of capital, and ne fought
her doctrine tooth and nail. But what sne
seemed to offer was SO glittering and allur-
ing to the poor and needy. that iommy
opposing arguments found few listeners In
Bitumen.
Celestia preached that government Of the
people by the people, for the people has been
proved gigantic failure, for two exceilen IN
reasons % It Isn't by the people a svho s sci
down some very noble aspirations In black
and white were instantly succeeded by pom :
ticians who twisted those aspirations 70 .nea ~
own ends We are to-day government OF
the people by the politicians and LOT Sne
politicians. Patriotism il it isn't dead, mas
gone to sleep There are patriotic virgln, ANS
patriotic vermonters too but there are very
few patriotic Americans II the great CITY
Of New York under the threat OF the enemy
guns was mulcted of billion dollars IN ,r rn,.
ute, do you think the states far from salt
water would care? They'd make q loud noise
with their newspaper. but a majority OF tneir
patriotic inhabitants, THINK, t Wo OF th,nS r.
the fault OF the politicians VINO nave De-
clouded all the clear issues.
That every city Of the size OF Pottawotauni
should have post office twice too Dig Ior or, IL
powerful enough to protect the Atlanuc
Coast and the Pacific Coast from any enemy
Or group Of enemies would De doing some %n,,
gressmen and Senator'S and pensions paio
without reason or justice would go far TO-
ward eradicating consumption. AS 1t Is. the
money is absolutely wasted. II some Con-
gressrnen and Senators are able and patriotic,
ninety per cent. Of them are the opposite
and render really able and patriotic legisla-
ton out Of the question.
No business run as these United States are
run could possibly be success NO en-
ployee of such business could be blamed
for falling in respect for his employers or
in loyalty to them. So we want our coun-
try to be respectable and success or don't
we? Let 1t be run with the same American