The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-07
Seventh Annual Dinner Given Last
Evening in the Hotel Iowa Was
a Brilliant
Affair.
FINE SPEECHES MADE
n
Pleas for Americanrsm and Support
of Our Constitution and
Institution Pre-.
scented.

1 viewpoint, mingled with eulogies on
nature and after dinner stories at the
seventh annual banquet OF the High
Tension club, which was given last
evening at the Hotel Iowa Over 125
members OF the club and their guests
were seated at the three long tables
set in the main dining room.
! We have drifted a long way from
the republic with our leagues for this
and that" declared George B. Ste.
wart of Fort Madison. 1T is up to
us to get out and spend some time
In combating such ideas. If these
things succeed then the government
of Washington and Franklin ends.
That government which has existed
for oversa hundred years should be
good enough for real Americans"
If we did not get new sense of
values out of the war we lost much"
declared John S. Sprowls. I'VE shall
better ourselves not by change in
government, but by the change in our
sense of values"
THE greatest evil of our public
| life today and has been is our intol-
erance,' declared E w. McManus.
Let us get back to the simpler con
ditions of things, let us get back TO
fewer laws and let US take away the
war time restrictions that are hold.
| ing back business. Let us teach in
Idulgence and remember the sacrifices
| of the patriots of our government in
! its establishment"
| J. l.. S. Scadding, president OF the
! High Tension club, presided at this
banquet and before the assemblage
was seated, called on the Rev H. Il.
McElree for the invocation. Following
the banquet Mr.. Scadding read let
tiers of regret from Phil Dallam of
Warsaw, H. II. Edgar and c. w. KEEL
logg. He then introduced J. o. Boyd
as the POSTMASTER for the evening
Roberts Praises keokuk.
f. M. Roberts, the new manager
of the Keokuk Electric company,
spoke first. He, compiimented keO-
kuk on it's fine hotel, declaring there
was none finer than the Hotel Iowa
in any town of its size and larger,
too. He spoke OF the warm hospi
tally in which he had been received,
and declared that this was the best
community he had ever been in"
The cooperation of the people with
the public utilities was one reason
for the success Of these he said.
John S. Sprowls spoke next on "A
New Sense of Values" In introducing
Mr.. Sprowls, Mr.. Boyd said it was
more than fitting that one who 'help.s
ed establish our new sense of values
by his service in France should be
honored.s He introduced Mr.. Sprowls
by his army title of lieutenant
'If we didn't get. a new sense OF
values out of the war we lost much
of it's lessons" Mr.. Sprowls said. He
spoke Of the attitude men overseas
took toward the comforts of life OF
which they were deprived. He spoke
of the attitude of the so-called
foreigner towards some of our ideas
as being more tolerant than our own,
and referred TO John Drinkwater's !
views of Lincoln. He urged getting |
the proper sense of our system as it i
exists in order to bring about better
conditions.
From the Oasis.
In introducing George B. Stewart, |
Mr.. Boyd spoke Of him as coming
from the oasis of the north OF Keo-
kul, and said that Mr.. Stewards sub !
ject was prohibition" MI. Stewart
promptly declared that he couldn't
speak to that subject as it was
against his mental makeup to talk OF
things. He referred to i
Judge Wade's definition of an optim- J!
list, as one who carries an opener on
his key ring, and said he had taken
his off months ago. L
Speaking seriously, Mr.. Stewart
reused his audience to a sense of it's
in the affairs of govern
ment today. He defined the line Of
between republic, which
our government is, and democracy.
which he claimed every l. w. W.,
bolshevik and anarchist wanted 70 II
establish. He drew a word picture OF
he anarchy that existed in the days
before the constitution was adopted, I
If the problems before the infant u
1ation, and declared that we had
cached our lowest depths when the i
Shay rebellion kept the courts from 1
sitting and when we paid tribute to q
he Tripoli pirates. la
He declared I'VE have drifted a 1,
ong ways from the republic with our :.
eagues. IF their principals are I
Ldopted our government must end"
lie thought the government of Wash !.
ngton and of the constitutional con-
rention was good enough for Ameri-
ans today and urged his hearers ?
for Gods sake to get out and work
or it, j
Brady's Fine Talk.
Joseph L. Brady spoke on the benc-
it's of the organization of such a club
S the High Tension club. He spoke
f these both from inside and outside \
f the club. The work for good and
he cooperation of the organization
yere stressed in his talk.
Mr.. Brady in a very clever manner
old of the finding OF the Kolinoor
etween two gem fields, and drew IN d
nalogy of Keokuk between the Gem