The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-26
.e.,+e avs Render tt imperative
That people should Say Only
Right Thing In These
stirring Times.
FINDS ARE APPROPRIATED
Money voted State to SEQ That Those
Actions Arc Backed Up
Exemption From Military
Debts 10 Made.

II these parlous times nothing but
...r;otic thoughts should be on ones
pw a Should one accidentally, or
n.harwise happen to think along un-
oatriotic lines it would be we'll for
p,n, tn either fasten a clothes pin
n n., his lalial appendages or else HE
Simself far from the ears Of hui
mon Because II he should chance
- drop an unpatriotic remark, the
laws of the state OF Iowa beckon and
SOW. "Six months in Jail and $1,000
fine" ~
last state legislature, there were lots
of bills passed. The legislature wait
cd not on ceremony and passed bills
and appropriated money. They pass
cd bills to insure Iowa's due patriotic
course, and then appropriated ample
funds for Governor Harding to see
that such regulations we're enforced.
Several Of these laws have never
come to the attention Of the public,
MS they have scarcely been publish
ed Yet some OF them become laws
upon publication in some Iowa news
paper. and are hence already in
operation.
Senator Frailey, Of Fort Madison,
was member OF the military affairs
committee and was identified with
the framing and passage Of these
state conduct bills, one of them be-
Ing written by him.
Don't Talk.
The most striking of these laws IA
to curb promiscuous remarks. It is
= 10, ~ t. a,x MI <e,
If any person shall incite an insur-
rection or sedition amongst any por-
ton or class Of the population of this
state, or shall attempt by writing.
speaking or by any other means to
excite such insurrection or sedition.
the person or persons SO offending
shall be punished by Imprisonment in
the state penitentiary not exceeding
twenty years and shall be fined not
less than one thousand nor more than
ten thousand dollars.
ANY person who shall in public or
private. by speech, writing. printing
or by any other mode or means advo-
cate the subyersion and destruction by
force Of the government Of the state
of Iowa or OF the United States, or at
tempt by speech, writing, printing or
in any other way whatsoever encour-
age hostility or opposition to the gov
eminent Of the state of Iowa or OF the
United States, shall be guilty OF
misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be punished by imprisonment in
the county jail not less than six
months nor more than one year and
shall be fined not less than three hun
bred dollars nor more than one thous-
and dollars.
ANY person who shall become
Of any organization, society
or order founded or formed, or attend
any meeting or council, or solicit 9TH
ers to do so. for the purpose Of en-
citing. abetting, promoting or encour-
aging hostility or opposition to the
government of the state of Iowa or to
the United States, or who shall in any
aid. abet or encourage any
such organization, socity. order or
meeting in the propagation or advo-
cacy of such purpose shall be guilty
Of misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be imprisoned in the county jail
not less than six months nor more
than one year and shall be nned not
less than three hundred nor more than
one thousand dollars"