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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14
THE 4czAR" IN CONGRESS.

Joseph G. Cannon, in Harper's
Magazine: Speaker Thomas B. Reed
led a parliamentary revolution in the
ffty-first congress and created the
greatest riot ever saw In the house
of representatives The speaker
overturned the precedents or hun
dred years, counted a quorum, killed
the flibuster. and then. two years
later, compelled its champions to
choke it to death after they had re-
vived the old parliamentary fiction
that member of the house could be
present for obstruction and absent
for business at one and the Same
time.
Reeds revolutionary ruling precipi.
tated a riot which continued for sew.
eral days and converted dignified
statesmen into a bowling mob, who
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

an Incident IN lifo than 1t Is an
end in life. It Is not q travail,
the approach OF which Is to be
faced with fear and tho endur-
ing of which calls for either for
utude or patient submission.
It is really a blessed adventure,
to be entered upon TRANQUILITY.
peacefully, expectantly, conf
IDENTIFY, with the assurance that
tho experiencing Of it will be
frought with neither pain nor
distress nor disturbance, but that
1t will DO an experience the
blessedness Of which will be
treasured as long as the heavens
endure and the Son OF Righteous
ness sits upon His throne. For 1t
ushers into joys and blessedness
and benedictions no man can
know until these are conferred
upon him in that blessed realm
which is the sours true home,
reached only in this placid sleep
through which angel hands reach
down to crown life $nd effort
with immortal quality.
To doubt the truth Of this is
to doubt ,all truth. To refuse it
IS to refuse all that Is worth
while in human nature and its
effort and aspiration. To deny
1t Is to deny every promise Of
our human quality. 1t is! 1t must
be! It cannot but be! And, praise
God, we have his own word that
1t shall be!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

scntatives of industry, finance, and agriculture
Oh the immigration problem an officer Of the
council said: Immigration before the war
and otter the war are two entirely different
propositions. They are SO different that Amer.
lea is 100000 men short as result OF the
dwindling Of immigration. Thousands Of immi-
grants are going back; other thousands are mi.
grating to Canada South America, Australia
and other countries are maxim organized efforts
to attract immigration. The United States is
not
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

q atyrant greater than any M /.
ruled in ancient Rome. hec.ns. e Z
had smaaAed precedents a o,S 8
pIltiamcnts and vanquisbeS !, =
gscosest giant OF obstruction sun. -
vented to paralyze public bun,n..a
but that was thirty years agn -
It would be impossible now IT, an an
outside the walls OF an insane asvL Ia'
anybody who would deny thar aa'
car" OF the ffty-first congress. u y,
not perform one OF the greatest :. ny
most important parliamentary ama'
tations In cutting out the hoarv ~
giant filibuster. W
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14
Lowden States Plain Fact.

Quincy Wing: Where Iec,,
Wood generalizes. saying the oa aa!
nently safe thing about w vn,
variety of subjects, and VIII hau'
Hiram Johnson attacks the "Mo nell
Power or Wall Street" (somatbis
that always sets a western croa
yipping) Governor Lowden consn nav
himself to few plain facts in M
campaign which he drives home y
y
The evil Of duplication Of worl I
government departments, the necej
sity of a national budget, the dane
OF the present tendency toward
strong Capitalization of goyernms,,
these are the governors main ars,1
ments. He has forgotten more abo,1
farming than Leonard Wood evsI
knew, he is distinctly not depepdinl
upon any Wall street crowd to maa|
his campaign expenses, but he \
saying comparatively little aboul
agriculture and the vested Interest,"
There is about as little buncombe h
the governors campaign speeches n
in any that have been delivered i
A short temper and q long heal
rarely go together.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

The character of claims the United States
government is sometimes called upon to pay
was illustrated by a report upon bill few
days ago to pay for cattle which had been dip
ped by the requirement of government officials
and under their supervision The evidence dis
closed that the dipping liquid was too strong
and caused the death of the cattle. The COM
mittee on claims acknowledged the liability of
the government but inquiry failed to disclose
whether the department of agriculture had dis.
missed the employe who was responsible for the
dc ath Of the cattle.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

The world is school; pupils in this schools;
Gcd is its builder and ordaner. And He has raised up
for its instruction and teachers and gudes
maryred lives, and sacrifcia tolls and and
blood been it. The teaching,
the greatest e the affecting, heart reaenerating
sacrifice that of Christ This school Of life regard
the infant school of eternity The pupils believe will
20 forever Iearning-orviIle Dewey.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

The treaty and the treat are both to be cam
paign issues, SO it would seem. In the older
days of Americanism-be Uncle Sam was
afflicted with the drying up of one of his great
arteries of enthusiasm-the national campaigns
were for the selection Of presidents.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

No really big boss ever objects to
having someone do his work for him.
The big boss can always find some
thing bigger to do.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14
Standardization Calls
Are the Cheapest and Quickest
Long Distance Telephone Service

Two principal classes long distance telephone serv
They known "STATION-TO
STATION" "PERSONTO.PERSON" service
Standardization service should be used when you
willing talk anyone the distant telephone
called service is intended for when
wish to talk to particular person persons.
Standardization service only cheaper
rapid subject person-toperson
service. On station to-staton service the call be
completed the distant telephone answered,
while persontoperson service the particular
wanted must be located and summoned to the telephone.
Tho charge for station o-staton call not be
reversed; be charged the telephone
called for in that the telephone operator would have
particular party to the charge which
would make it persontoperson call.
HOW sTATioN-TosTATIoN CALLS SAVE MONEY
Stationto station calls doubt, can always
for large business social calls but
may able to make greater OF this lower-prced
service IT, Just before place your CALL will
iyze the probable conditions office home Of
person wanted.
For example, il It possible Mr. Brown may be
out give you information you want
station-tostation call will your Or you
are reasonably Jones will a GER
stationtosation call could be made advan-
tageously.
Then, by making previous arrangements, per
you could be the telephone time you
put in your call.
For example. if Mrs Jones calls her daughter regularly
week. it could be arranged between them that
call will be made at specified time that the
can be telephone call. Or il It s
occasional call. postal card could be
daughter telling her what time the will
HOW TO MAKE A CALL
When making NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CALL you
say, example, ~ make Station-o
Station call to George Smiths store. (give
state and If known, the street address telephone
number).
l you PERsON-TOPERSoN service you
would for example. Il want to make Personto
Person call to John Smith at George Smiths
give state and. il known, address
telephone number.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

APPOINTMENT AND MESSENGER RATE
Appointment calls and Messenger calls special
kinds of persona operson calls
An APPOINTMENT CALI, rate, which is about so per
cent higher than the rate quoted
service when appointment is made by the calling party
TO talk at particular time
When person who have a telephone is
called long distance messenger must
to summon the party to the telephone MESSENGER
CALL rate which is about SO per higher than the
Standardization rate is charged this is added
the necessary messenger charges. A
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14
IOWA rREss COMMENT.

\
Anamosa Eureka: It has beer
claimed that Mr.. Hoover is not q
| politician. A man who can teeter on
the democratic jackass long enough
to get democrats yelling for him, slip
gracefully to position on the non.
partisan fence and then ninbly and
without q jar land solidly on the
back OF the 8. Q. p. elephane is some
politician
a Marshalltown Times Republicans:
Mr.. Hoover is an important figure in
American minds, but Is he important
enough to have q presidential nomi-
ration brought to him on a platter?
Iowa Falls Citizen: Palmer is now
after the coal profiteers" He has
been after quite number OF
things. but always gets out Of breath
before he gets anywhere. He is not
big enough.
Waterloo Tmes-Tribune: There
may be little discomfort for the
public, freight may not move with
the usual dispatch, but in a strike
such as we are witnessing men loyal
to the elected leaders will win the
day. They will break the strike by
taking the places OF the strikers. It
is their business to break it. They
must break it if their organization is
to hold together.
Charter Oak Times: It begins to
look like Deems, and--well--he was
surely mans size in the war loans
problems. He got the cash for his
country and at the same time put
our fair state ON the map in clean,
bright colors. The man who could
do that has some claims to ability.
Shell Rock News: Senator Cum
minis is Sin bad" with many who hero
tofore have been his friends. This
writer thinks Cummins has the best
Of the argument He is a conserva-
tive in his three score and ten years,
whereas in his early political career
he emitted brilliant sparks as radi-
cal. This writer has never been
at the Cummins shrine,
but we are on his side now, because
some government is better than no
the direction in which
the nation seems to be headed now.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

Fifty-seven members of the United States
senate voted to ratify the treaty with the
AUGMENTATION reservations. The president
opposed ratification, and it was defeated. Speak
ing of ''wilful men,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14
THE REPORT CHARGE

THE REPORT CHARGE
When you place call for particular per-
and for any they reached
Gay at the address given, will talk you make
call and you ready when the other per-
son is ready within hour, REPORT CHARGE is
made The charge the station
tosation rate. is intended to part Of
Of handling the uncompleted call.
SPECIAL EVENING AND NIGHT RATES
The EVENING rate. between go D. M and IL mid
night, staontostatio calls, about onehaf the
day The NIGHT rate, between midnight and 4:30
is about oneourh day Standardization rate
However, evening night rates quoted on
Standardization calls where the day less than rs
cents On such shorthaul calls the day applies For
longer distances special and night rates are
quoted
Because 1t is difficult reach particular persons at
night when away from their homes and places
CT business there special evening night rates
quoted for person-toperson calls
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

The peace treaty is Germany latest ''scrap
OF paper
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14
IS OF DIFFERENT RATES


Following examples showing staton-to station
and personoperson rates for distances up sixyfour
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14

A short temper and a long he.
rarely go together.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-12

And in the past these 2s varieties shown in the
picture only half third the total
number OF unstandardized containers for such pro
ducts.
Congress possessing constitutional authority to fix
weights and measures used in the United States.
prefers not do This Is only one OF the many
problems congress likes 20 regard a state rights
issue and to ignore persistently as possible.
However. some progress has been made in
ing the public from this evil. At time congress
Prescribed the dimensions OF four standardized
boxes with a capacity OF one two. three and four
quarts respectively These standard containers
to be used for interstate trade. They have since
been almost universally adopted and have prac
tically supplanted the IS or so containers OF other
days.
II might be good thing for the public TO bring
little additional bear when 1t
meets again for further Standardization OF weights
and measures. so that false bottoms and fractional
variations in dimensions can longer be used by
dishonest dealers cheat the the long
run everybody from the market gardener and the
retail dealer 10 the consumer will benefit by such
actions
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-12
THE ADVENTURES OF 4 PALM
BEACH SUIT.
i am a Palm Reach suit
was put on earth for the nurrOsI

am Palm Beach suit
was put on earth for the purpose
OF keeping some poor fellow cool
] used to cost 50. but now they re
making me I'm thinner material and
| cost twice as much.
j love to keep my owner cool. but
dirt Is my god and I worship IL with
every thread of canvas IN my being.
/ never fail TO 20 out of my way
TO pick up the smallest particle OF
dirt. All day long, / plot with my
self TO keep my owner rolling I'm dirt
IL is an easy life for me. Take for
instance, me and my owner entering
a street car. There are two seats
left on the car. one Is as clean as
can be and the other seat has Just
recently been occupied by cliff Lontz
who must have had a basket OF soft
coal IN one of his pockets, because
he went out and left most of the
coal on the seat.
Ny owner complies welcoming my
two seats. Slyly, i whisper TO my
owner. Take that seat up In front
farther. Il Is nearer TO the door"
VI yowncr complies, welcoming my
suggestion gladly.
II Is the seat formerly occupied
by Mr. Lontz.
Immediately / am covered with
coal dust. l am in high glee, but
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-12
DEMILITARIZINC MEXICO.

Gen. Obregon, head of the recent successful Mex
Scan revolution and probably the next president or
Mexico is quoted saying:
Il would rather teach the Mexican people the
Of tooth brush than the ability handle "a rifle
I would rather them In schools than upon bat
tlefeds prefer any day a good electrician.
chinlst, carpenter or farmers to soldier"
this statement is authentic and sincere. there
is hope for Mexico. The main trouble with the
country heretofore. Ibanez. the Spanish author.
pointed it's "militarism." He insists that
in this respect Mexico has become about bad
Germany before the world Everywhere in
Mexico says Ibanez. he found too great interest
IN military matters too much Prestige IN military
life. much regard for military men, too much
pride in military records. Mexico City seemed TO be
fun Of generals colonies and captains. who though
in civilian uniform retained their titles and
permitted associates 10 forget their army careers
War seemed to have become the dominant pursuit
in Mexico. other occupations had lost standing.
II Obregon. himself admirable specimen OF
the military man. overcome this attitude by
force of example and precept, he will go far to-
restoring his country o peace sanity
Nothing could commend him more to the favor OF
our Ovyn
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-12
JUNE II, 1920.
THE FARMERS CHANCE.

spite the talk about the hopeless scarcity
OF farm labor the New York state Department OF
Farms and Markets announces that the farmers
obtain all the help they need if they are will
ing to the price All that is required, according
this authority is pay sufficient to compete fay-
orabIy with that offered in other industries
Farmers are disheartened and alarmed by what
they have to pay their men. Wages have really
risen great deal on the farm. but perhaps not as
much they have eIsewhere-certainly no more.
According this view the thing for the farmer to
do is 20 go ahead boldly and pay than
tories II necessary, in order 10 win back from
the cities and make adequate OF his land
This. doubt, is easier said than done. Most
farmers may find it impossible to carry the ad-
vice literally, because farm hands generally expect
cash in hand every week or month, and the average
farmer has not enough cash finance a seasons
work before hts returns begin come in. It helps
little say provision ought made for such
financing Except in the case Of cotton. sugar and
certain other exceptional crops It is not customary
for farmers to operate on credit This year it is
harder than usual to borrow money because credit
everywhere being restricted. rural loans are
held up pending decision the validity Of the
law But surely farmers able to command the money
may go ahead with assurance along the line sug-
gested
There is question the rrodtableness OF
any staple products the farmer can produce and
market this year. All authorities agree that food
prices will fall more slowly than others and will
hardly fall appreciably for another year at least
Standard crops bound to big profits to
any farmer making full and intelligent use Of his
farm, even If he does have pay what an ex-
brilliant price for labor.
Let ham pay, other business men do and take
a chance. Farming has been held back too long by
conservatism. This is the farmers year to be
aggressive and enterprising
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-12

igan delegation now incline TO
repudiate. much of the wrath OF
the Johnson BOrah-H COM
binatiOn.
The above quotations, perhaps
rather crude in reproduction OF
dialect, will answer for every
German restaurateur interviewed.
and there were nine. They also
liked the way in vich Meester
Clemson as vOuGh the surrender
of Cherman gollomez" the ole
'og Nrance' being especially
bumped for taking Alsace-Lor-
raine and for demanding those
concessions along the Rhine and
in re zarr basun."
''Meecter Chonson. will make 10
ezzy vor Chermany," they de-
clared AS IL in a chorus. not one
of them ever having n good word
10 gay for the Californian In be-
half of anything that might be
construed as Iro-American-ex-
cept, Of course. 10 them everything
pro-German must be profoundly
American.
Wherefore II is safe TO antici-
pate that when "Meester Chon-
son" sends the word back nome"
OF any delegates that desert him,
H. Will, OF course. see 10 il that
the word gets especially 10 the
Gcrmans-and isn't II queer that
the Sim Fein lobbyists here should
be So attached TO the same can
didate. perhaps for different rea-
son, but attached? To their credit
they are a little more open and
above board about il. maintaining
headquarters. holding mass meet
inSs. and talking IL right out loud,
even 10 demanding platform rec
ognitiOn-but they are in league
with bad company behind HI
johnson just the same.
And 20 think that at its worst
IL Is only A mobilization behind
Johnson. OF sentiment that the en-
tire republican party has been
prOpagandizinE for party advan-
tage. ever since the day that the
armistice was signed-and now
that they have II, they don't know
what 70 do with ~
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-12
JUSTINE.

Justine may almost be classed as
q legal" name. 1t IS derived Il Nm
the Latin word juro, meaning TO
swear or take oath. and is one of
the many such names that show the
strong impression made upon other
languages by the Roman law. 1t sig
miles Just"
In early times there was a st.
Justus or Juste in Lyons. but the
feminine form was directly evolved
from JuSta. a virgin martyr, whose
fame was later eclipsed by that of
Justina. Her martyrdom at Padua
caused that city 10 adopt her as its
patron saint and her purity made
the unicorn her emblem, since il is
said TO lend obedience 10 none but
a spotless maiden.
The Nenetians believe that the
victory of the great battle Of Pepan-
81. which was fought on ST. Justina
day. was due entirely 10 her inter
cession. For that reason. Justina. or
Guistina. as she is called I'm Venice.
is very POPULAR in Italy and France
has made her equally popular as
Justine. The English accepted the
French spelling, but we have adopt
ed both versions in this country. en-
ploying Justine and Justina indis-
Criminately.
The moss agate is Justine's tails
manic stone. 1t promises her cour-
age and victory through all Difficult
ties. Sunday Is her lucky day and
four her lucky number.
Copyright, 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-12

appropriate 20 the purpose is the
German room" at the Congress
hotel. and wOund-up somewhere
out near EVanSton-having eaten
SO often that they were about
ready 10 explode.
We won't Mister Chonson. said
a certain Broadway rcstaurateur.
wi do We Won't inn We won't 'em
because oV is stan uginst tn
way Aeester Wilson took Zhantuung
away vrom Chermany an gave il
10 Zhapan."
\ y Clark st. hash singer had
another reason for vomiting Mees-
ter Chonsou."
"Mccster Chonson Chowed is
vrinship vor 20 Chermans vi OD-
jeCung 10 dis cOontery lending
thrOops into liberia 10 grab ze
draus-Zibcrian railway so ze boil
zhevilli Guild not surrender them
ziN 'uuderd tousan Cherman bris-
oucr took vi Rusty an viCh
Meestcr Trotzky said at Brest-
LatoVsk re kaizer Nigh ave 10
wight mid on ze western vront"
forgotten that such was the orig
forfOtten that such was the orig
inal purpose of American troops
being sent TO Russia. a subject
that has been of so much concern
go Sen. JohnsOn--but those Ger
mans knew IL and hadn't forgot 10.
But for that Siberian expedition.
Germany would have had approx
mateIy 100000 additional men
with which 20 make that spring
drive OF 1918. and with which 20
ward off the signing OF the armis-
tice The Germans appreciate Sen.
Johnson's TRADES against that ex-
petition.
And up at Michigan headquar-
tiers they told Us that Wood went
down 20 Detroit far in the lead OF
Johnson. but the troops sent 20
Siberia having included a Detroit
regiment. they upset all upstate
calCulatiOns.-but now they are
seeing new light. II was the
pro- German vote In Detroit. more
than the vote OF the troops
themselves. or of their genuinely
American friends. that gave he
ant.-Siheria windjammer his
Michigan lead,-which the Mich
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-12
The Horoscope
SATURDAY. June II.

Although the luminaries are well
disposed of those holding positions
subject TO superiors, otherwise the
planetary map is such that every at
tentiOn should be paid 10 busin
matters in order TO Iull them from
out the baneful sway Of some of the
sidereal forces. The chief menace is
from the tempestuous Mars. melting
TO rashness, III temper and vitriolic
words, which may drag one into un-
fortunate litigation OF other form Of
rcprisal or revenge. There is like
wise danger in unprovided-fOr
change. removal or travel. and these
may meet with disappointment or
sorrow.
Those whose birthday Ii is should
not attempt important changes.
They should avoid disputes and liti-
notwithstanding strictly 70 bust
ness. A child born on this day will
be disposed TO be rash. tempestuous
and headstrong. and should be
taught self-control at home.