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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
RISE OF AN IOWA BOY

A. B. Funk, in Des Moines Regis
ter: The choice OF Congressman
Frank ". Mondell as republican floor
leader is substantial recognition of
a former Iowa boy and a matter of
peculiar qualification 20 the elder
residents of Dickinson county.
Wyoming's very capable congress
man was born of parents well worth
while. but cruel fate defeated their
kindly purposes toward unfortunate
children. The mother died when
Frank was too young 10 understand
bis loss. When he was about six
years old the father died. A very
loyal little ste2inother, under cir
cum stances most disheartening, en-
deavored 10 make good on her prom
Use TO the father to care for his
children and keep them together, but
she soon fell victim to disease and
Frank was doubly orphaned
In the year 1869, l think II was,
the lad was brought to Dickinson
county by the Rev. j. r. Upton.
graduate Of Amherst college, quaint
Congregational minister, who took
up a homestead and contributed to
the spiritual needs Of the pion se-s
III luC IcSioho iCuhu oSoue- Va
some nine years Frank Mondell was
ON terms of intimacy with actual toll
and serious pionaer experience. He
could a tale unfold of .he days vhen
he was a cowboy on the lonely plains
OF southwest Dickinson when the
grasshopper was a burden in the
land, of the more than seven lean
years in the shadowy seventies.
He doubtless beguiled the diffident
prairie biddy, overcame the wary
goose, out-maneuvered the predatory
gopher, apprehended the redolent
rodent. under the rules of the pio-
neer game in those days made and
provided. All this, however, was
with due and timely regard to the
demands of conventional toll in the
field and with the herds. He had no
risk to run from over-indulgence or
coddling in any form or degree. HIS
singular advantage was in access to
a fine range of literary matter and
association with family of unusual
intelligence, though not on terms OF
actual intimacy. 1t was in 1878, l
think, when young Mondell quit the
homestead and set out for chicago
TO begin an independent career. All
Ms worldly possessions were in
1ank bag. In a red bandanna he
carried grub He went on foot out
alone to the west end of the MliWau
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
POLITICAL BIGOTRY.

The doctrine of the verbal, even literal, IN
spration of the scriptures died hard. For cen
turtles people who openly questioned 1t were
anathema while they lived, which usually was
not long, and what they were thereafter does
not appear At last however, the view gained
ground that the writing as it came down to US
was not necessarily and absolutely inerrant and
might properly be interpreted and even amend
ed corrected and explained.
But the literal inspirationlsts are not all
dead We have some of them with US still,
though it is different writing which they now
set up as sacrosanct and not to be altered by a
title or jot 1t is the league of nations constl-
tuition which must now be accepted as it stands
in its unamendable perfection The bare sug-
gestion that the senate might properly change
If is denounced as a hateful heresy. 1t must be
taken, so some rancorous partisans tell US, IN
its inerrable entirety, and to venture the opln-
ion that it mi ght be improved in some partlcu-
lar often invites a bespattering of mud.
Political bigotry is quite as common as re-
igious bigotry, and has less to plead In the way
of excuse for its existence But it is rather late
in the centuries to maintain that anything that
men have had a hand in making is infallible,
unimprovable; and there is little doubt that
even the literal inspirationists of the league
will come to see that as amended by Europe
and by the United States senate, it will be of
far lore value to the world than it could be as
it stands today. ss..,ets~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
THE BILL SHOULD BE PAID.

The intimation from Paris and Washington
that the United States has no intention OF ask
ing Germany to settle our claims against her
is not likely to be received as enthusiastically
as it might have been before the present
revenue measure went into effect. Either
guilty Germany or innocent American taXpay-
ers must pay the hosts of our citizens who have
suffered through Germany's criminal war and
naval practices. Which shall it be- We
should present our bill to Germany and give
her no reason to assume that we do not expect
to have it paid. If we consent to defer our
claim until after impoverished states like Bel
GUM have been recompensed, that may be a
generous and proper course for us to take But
we shall gain no credit as nation and no graft
tude from Germany by waving our legal and
equitable rights. 1t really puts us in the po-
sition of justifying her indefensible practices;
and our allies may even consider as something
of reflection on them or an assumption of SUI
perior charity or righteousness that we put IN
no bill.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
Happiness depends much more on what is
within than without us-Lubbock.
JUDGED BY IT'S FRUITS.

II would appear by figures just given out
that one ont of every two families IN the United
States had telephone in 1917 and that the calls
totaIed two hundred for every unit OF our popu-
lation.
Perfection of instruments and better organ
ization and efficiency the part OF the COM
panies were steadily improving the service and
reducing the cost Certain communities still
had double systems which entailed annoyance
and expense on patrons, but influences were
at work to do away with those and the end Of
them was in sight.
Then the government took over the wires and
the change for the worse in the service rendered
and the cost of it was immediate and has been
continuous Tolls scared, service slumped,
earnings vanished deficits accrued. The first
five months OF government operation showed
q loss Of something like million dollars
month; and the situation IS held to call for an
other increase OF twelve per cent. in rates.
This is the showing on which Postmaster
General Burleson was allowed TO take control
Ct the ocean cables. This is the showing on
which permanent government ownership or op-
Grafton is asked by the state socialist theorists
who are so much in evidence as advisers Of the
administration. But what plan or proposition,
theory or system was ever more totally dlscred
tied by its fruits!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

| Charles City Press: II is almost
ipathetic to watch the change OF the
advocates of the league of nations
from their bold assertions that the
! new constitution was the acme OF
! perfection to semi-apologetic state
ments that while the idea is good
one. the present language of the con-
stitution needs extensive revision and
Qualification before it will be work
able.
/ Webster City Freeman-Journal !;
Now that the inebriate hospital at
| Knoxville is empty, due to real pro-
/! hibitfon, the state board OF controi
wants the legisla ture to make 1t
dump for detectives and immoral
characters. OF course, the people OF
Knoxville object. as might be ex-
pected, but if such an institution IS
needed it will have to go somewhere
and 1t is no worse for Knoxville than
some other town 10 have 1t.
Boone News-Republican: Iowa
should take care of her teachers. we
are rated at the least percentage OF
illiteracy in the nation. We should
keep that desirable distinction, and
one of the best ways is by paying
our teachers well.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Suppose your farm had been located
on a paved road from farm to town
all this winter how much would 1t
have been worth to you in comfort
and convenience? Suppose it could
have been had for less than 500 per
annum, would 1t have been worth the
price of six hogs? Deduct wear and
tear on car, tires and buggies and
note the result.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Speaking
of hell, what do you think of the
present condition of Iowa roads?
Iowa Forum: The editor of the
Forum never did like Taft. and he
does not care now TO make smart
remarks about Taft's association with
wilson in a stumping performance at
New York for the proposed league of
nations; but he does hope that the
next president of the United States
may be somebody quite different
from any of them.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The increas-
ing cost of government is the cause
of complaint here and there. 1t is
entirely just in part. OF course when
everything else goes up price of gov
eminent has to advance But there
do seem to be many places where
pruning could be done to good adj
vantage. There is no reason why we
should sauandor money just because
we are prosperous
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
WOMEN AND CIVILIZATION.

Minneapolis Journal: When the
ruling classes of nations are ruled
by their passions womanhood fares
badly. Civilization never gets for
ward faster than women can travel.
The whole history of mankind de-
clares this. No race of men was
ever much better than its mothers.
Before the time of Christ woman
was an inferior in the esteem of
man 1t was Christ who taught the
world that women are on an equality
with men. 1t was Christ who set the
example Of friendly courtesy toward
women which modern gentlemen
strive 10 emulate. The hall mark of
christianity is courtesy toward
women
The one offense against the human
race that he world will never for
give Germany is its brutal treatment
OF women-not its incidental tramp
ling on them as it chased it's prey,
but its congenital beastliness toward
them. And not only it's attitude to-
ward enemy women, but its policy
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21

one to which he went. Wounded men
were not apt TO be sent back to the
companies they had fought with, but
had to make new start. General
Organ considered it a distinct ad
vantage that his men of the 9th had
a locality pride" for under the Brit
ish system the wounded men came
back and strangers were not sent to
take their places.
Senator Wadsworth's opinion re-
garding Germany was that in a mill.
tary sense she was absolutely pros
trate. although her people showed no
signs of remorse or humiliation. If
they were ever led to start another
war, they would, he believed, wage
it in exactly the same way.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21

! kee railway, then resting at Algona
I In his country garb and primitive
| equipment he may have afforded
amusement TO the editor of the Reg
! lister and the Call boys and other
members OF the first families of the
capital OF big Kossuth. AS to all he
did in Chicago am not advised. but
!. for a considerable time he occupied
the forward deck of backward
horse car in his program of personal
advancement
After several years Mondell drifted
to the southwest, exercising the
functions of live wire in various
strenuous pursuits. Settling in Wyo-
ming in 1887, ne soon became in
volved in politics, and after service
in the state senate entered congress.
to which he has been elected eleven
times. Frank Mondell comes as near
being a seif-made man as our record
OF public service has afforded. His
biography discloses no evidence OF
fortunes favor. He has simply
carved out a career of conspicuous
influence and usefulness by sheer
force of character ana purpose. He
is remembered by the old neighbors
III DlCAlASOu COunty d wy VI CA
cellent conduct asd interesting per-
sonality Mondell has warm heart
as well as a bright mind and genial
temperament. After he went to con
gress he was informed by an old
Dickinson county neighbor that
Father Upton was in needy circum-
stances in his old age. He was by
no means rich man, but he prompt
ly replied that the old gentleman
should never feel further want while
he lived.
An interesting incident in the ex-
perience of this congressman sub
stantially exemplifies American OPP
portunity for American manhood.
When he was in the Chicago traction
service he came to know a big blond
man with a mass of light hair whose
duty it was to issue transfer slips
to passengers changing cars at a
given connection. After he settled
down in a Pullman out of Chicago
on his way TO Washington the first
time, his eye fell upon familiar
face and figure in the car. Closer
scrutiny identified them as belong
ing TO his former coadjutor, the
transfer man He. too, was going to
Washington to enter congress. and
he was none other than the noted or
notorious William Lorimer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21

toward the female OF its own kind,
to plan for resorting to polygamy to
build up its crippled fighting ma
chine.
When Germany officially promul-
gated this doctrine. it seemed to be
scraping the bottom of the barrel OF
iniquity. But boishevik Russia has
now outdone the Huns in shame. The
Russian bolshevik, in the light of
his plan to "nationalize" women, may
well be called the Ape-That Walks
Like-a-Man. One must go back TO
the cave man to find a match for
this human animal.
The marvel of this monstrous I'M
morality is that, side by side with
christian civilization as we think we
know it., such prehistoric animalism
could survive and flourish and gain
head sufficient to threaten a whole
people with its unbridled bestiality.
If this threat does not rouse the bet
ter Russia to fight for its family
honor, then Russia is already in
moral perdition.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
FRENCH STAFF SYSTEM.

Senator James w. WadSworth. Jr,
of New York, on his return from
France spoke before the senate on
THE American Expeditionary Force"
covering a broad subject as deeply
as possible. Some points that he
emphasized deserve attention.
To show why the French general
staff system was closely copied he
gave an example of it's brilliant eff
cheney. When the Germans and Aus
itrians threatened Italy in the autumn
of 1916 along the IsonZo river, a
French general officer received tele-
phone order at midnight making him
commander of the army to be formed
to bolster up the southern front By
noon of the first day the first divi4
sion had entrained, fully equipped
and supplied According to reliable
Information it marched up to the
rear of the Italian positions on the
evening of the second day after its
departure from France; the entire
movement was completed in two
weeks, although some 10000 railway
cars were used. The organization
which made this possible was the
pattern for the A. E. F.'s system IF
command and supply.
The army was short of several
items of material and equipment.
most of which was unavoidable. The
French supplied field artillery, shells
to feed them, and often the men to
work them. They supplied also air.
planes and aviators, motors and
trucks, tanks, although these were
usually manned by our own person
mel, light and heavy machine guns,
horses and forage. The English
knew better how to care for their
animals and kept them in surprising
ly good condition; Senator Wads-
worth's criticism here can be
specially relied upon, for he is a
famous horseman.
The 9th and both u s. divisions
which fought with the British did
not have their artillery with them.
They used British rifles and lived on
British rations and were an integral
part of the British army 1t was i'm
possible TO furnish them with re-
placements, but that very fact was
AN advantage.
The regular army has not been
organized according to the territorial
origin of the troops, many officers
saying that a units ability to fight
is in no way dependent on the group
ing OF its personnel on this basis.
No apparent effort was made to main
tain the integrity of draft or national
guard units either. When men were
needed to fill vacancies they were
taken from the companies in which
they had been trained, and were
divided among divisions all along the
line. The experience of the British
and later of the United States armies
showed that this was bad for the
morale OF the man transferred, of the
unit from which he came, and of the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
SOME RAILROAD BUILDING.

The government inherited from private own
crship seventy-one miles Of railroad up in
Alaska; there is now built two hundred and
twenty-eight miles of railroad. The appropria-
ton made for the construction Of the road was
thirty-fve million dollars and it is all spent
with one hundred and twenty eight miles Of
the road yet to be built before it can become
an asset to transport. The estimated cost was
fifty thousand dollars per mile the actual cost
has been one hundred and forty-one thousand,
four hundred and forty-one dollars per mile.
The construction has been made under the di-
rection Of three commissioners, each of whom
draws a salary of ten thousand dollars per year
and two of them have never been in Alaska
The third commissioner who has been in Alaska
never had anything to do with railroad building
III his life before his appointment. The esti-
mates made by the federal railroad directorate
for 1920 are: For salaries, nine hundred anc
sixty-seven thousand dollars; for wages, three
hundred and five thousand dollars (Some peo
pie realize the difference between salary and
wage.") Three-fourths of the money asked
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
THE Y. M. c. ABROAD.

Letter in the New York World:
WEo knocks the Y. NJ C. A? Not
the man who has been in the trench.
es. Not the man who has been un.
der shell fire at the front He is
the man who sits on one chair with
his feet on another while others
stand He is the man who sits at
the piano hammering the keys indis.
criminately, singing risque song
He is the man who takes a handful
OF writing paper and envelopes and
after scribbling few words on each,
Including an address. draws crude
pictures and leaves the table and
floor Uttered. He is the man who,
during a prayer, hymn or lecture,
pulls chair from under a compan-
ion. He is the one who, when a hot
chocolate is being served, stands
talking around the small counter to
the exclusion of all others. He is
the man who wants whole table to
write letter but never finishes It.
He is the man who dissipates his
money and thinks the 'FY" ought to
be 2 free lunch counter. In short,
he Is the original A w. o. l.. man.
II there is anything wrong with the
Y. NJ c. A. l ought to know it, as I
have been in the army since June
20. 1917, end have come in contact
with the ~ under every condition
more than one year in the front or
close to it. Twenty-three years in
newspaper work have made me eau
,tious about endorsing anything with
out careful scrutiny. and the flaws I
have found in the "Y'' are insignif-
cant and incidental. The Hun could
tear down better than he could build,
and these critics of the Y. M. C. A.
should hold their peace.
j. Gardner Minard.
Co. ID. Second Div Supply Train. A.
d. F., Neuwied, Prussia, Jan. %.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
Lemons Beauty!
Make Quarter Pint
of Lotion, Cheap
sss*s...s**s....s....s..::sss..ss..ss'ss:-s

What girl or woman hasn't hea,,
of lemon juice to remove coihPi ~ n
blemishes: to bleach the SKIN anu MS !:
bring out the roses. the lIesnn Ian
and the hidden beauty? But ri ;rr.
juice alone is acid, therefore . In
tating, and should be mixed lin
orchard white this way :. ,r,
through a fine cloth the JUICE ~ ;,ins
fresh lemons into bottle coI'a n.site
about three ounces of orchard VIZ VIZ 4
then shake well and you y" INN
whole quarter pint Of skin anu ON an i
plexion lotion at about the eo orii|
usually pays for a small jar u .traIn|
nary cold cream. Be sure 20 - intol
the lemon juice so no pulp gen rel
the bottle, then this lotion VIZ .,orths /
main pure and fresh for ,neekl
When applied daily to the la0 to,n o|
arms and hands, IT should t hS
bleach. clear, smoother ana
the skin. ,, threcl
Any druggist will suPps Iittlsl
ounces of orchard white at 1ei ,sanons.
cost. and the grocer has the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
Mr.. Bryan Redixiuus

Sioux Falls Press: There never
was time when Mr. Bryan was re.
garded with half the respect or cred
tied with a quarter of the wisdom
that he has since he began to point
out defects in the proposed league of
nations constitution. This high re-
gard and this crediting OF wisdom to
the great Nebraskan is something
new among many who seem so glad
to welcome his suggestion for amend
ments. At the white house we may
reasonably suspect that there has
been resumption of the once-before
Wilson desire to kick Mr. Bryan into
cooked hat.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
Taft's BIunder.
Former

Manufacturers Record: Former
President Taft, in denouncing those
who In congress opposed the league
of nations as men he wouldn't trust
with the constitution over night. has
shown that ColineI Roosevelt knew
what he was doing when he made a
vigorous fight against Mr.. Taft.
Colonel Roosevelt realized that he
had made a mistake in his first judg-
ment Of Mr. Taft and had the cour-
age to change it and to bitterly OPP
pose him. Mr.. Taft has now ruled
himself out Of any. organization of
right-thinking men by saying that
Lodge and his associates couldn't
be trusted over night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
REAPING THEIR SOWING.

Much of the late news from Berlin tells of
the extraordinary ferocity with which the radi-
Gals and conservatives, spartacans and govern
ment supporters and men and women alike,
treat those of the other factions who fall into
their power. Both sides show fiedish merci-
Iessness, brutal callousness and seeming de-
light in revolving acts. But what else could be
expected? As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
The people have been schooled in ruffianism.
Soldiers were allowed and encouraged to give
free rein to their basest passions and instincts,
to main and torture helpless prisoners; and
German women, numberless accounts relate,
We'd with one another in mocking, insulting,
tormenting and abusing captives. When Ger
man soldiers were permitted to commit unmen-
tionable crimes against women and children in
Belgium, what can be expected of them when
they fight among themselves? Perhaps the old
enunciation about reaping what is sown is some
thing more than a scriptural platitude. Per
haps it is not dead letter but an actual, living
law.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
ToDAY's BIZ OF VERSE
HOMES IN THE MOUNTAINS.


Little homes n the mountains,
Little homes in the hills,
Up where the snoT-born fountains
Melt in score Of rills;
81
Reared where the sky uncloses,
Up where the day is born, -
Each with its garth of rases,
Each with its patch OF corn; n i.
Shack of the logger's rearing, n
Hut n the craggy glen,
Cot in the sun-washed clearing,
Yours is a breed OF Men.
Strong with the day for labor.
Calm when the star-vault domes,
Wise in the simpler wisdom,
B1est in their little homes;
Up where the days tranquil,
Up where the nights are cool
Little homes in the mountains
Clustered about SCHOOL,
Arthur Guiterman
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21
How Is Your Imagination !?

Kansas City Times: THE presi-
dent says Mr.. Bryan, has done the
best he could, but he will be aided
by intelligent criticism from those
friendly to the idea" Can you. in
your own private citizen way. mag
inc any criticism of the league plan
that would be regarded by the adj
ministration as being either intelli-
gent or friendly?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21

government price pledge to ,,nr ii
farmers, Growers are hole has
from the market MOI Se fol
been sold in Georgia Io"t soldou!
weeks. The duration or tle ;,sstsad,
depends on cotton purses
Zig the strain.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-21

for to complete the railroad is to go to over
head expenses, one-fourth to construction.
These are official figures, the governments own.
And this certainly is some railroad building.