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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS.

The old proverb of the lion and the lamb ly-
ling down together is being amply exempllfled
Iby Smith Brookhart, candidate for United
States senator from Iowa, and w. f. kopp,
candidate for congress from the first district
No man in this section of the state, unless 1t
Ibe Clifford Thorne ever fought the railroads as
hard and persistently, and is still fighting them,
ias Smith Brookhart; while, on the other hand,
IKopp is and has been for years paid railroad
Iattorney, and has fought their battles valantly.
Now they are hitched together like a span OF
mules, pulling in double harness. But unfor-
Itunately their combined energy is not directed
in an effort to pull this country back into the
paths of peace and prosperity; they are endeav-
oring to pull it toward the pitfalls of socialism,
class Legislation, strikes, paralyzed railroad
transportation; in fact all the attendant evils
that Will necessarily follow if the program put
forward by few radical, so-called reformers
ever secures control in the state and nation.
In order to secure votes on which to ride into
office, Brookhart has shown that he is willing
to sacrifice his long-standing reputation as a
railroad fighter and help elect to Office man
who has always fought for the railroads, and is
still fighting for them-or at least drawing a
salary for that work.
In order TO secure votes, Kopp has in the past
few weeks demonstrated his willingness to
smite the hand that feeds him, and work to
eject to Office man who has always been an
tagonistic to his employers.
It cannot, in the very nature of things, be a
matter of principle with them for they both re-
pudiated the principles for which they have
always stood and are grabbing and grasping,
in every conceivable manner, at anything which
Will hoodwink the people, and place them IN
public office.
We cannot believe that the sober, serious
minded people of this state, who desire moth
ing so much as to see conditions back again on
Il normal plane, will for a moment consider the
idea of forsaking such men as Albert B. Cum
minis for United States senator and Fred S.
Holsteen for congress- in order to east their bal
lots for such wobbly, wild-eyed plans of pro
cedure as are outlined in the platform subscribe
ed to by Brookhart and Kopp,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
AN AMATEUR ERA.

In that surprising address Of the president to
the officers Of the navy which Secretary Daniels
brought to publicity, Mr. Wilson is reported to
have said that as between a professional and an
amateur he backed the amateur every time. 1t
seemed right to take this as piece of encourag-
ing war talk; but on close examination of fact,
it appears rather as a declaration of policy
There is ground for believing that the presl-
dent does prefer to trust the amateur, the
thcorist the doctrnaire, the professed path
finder to the experienced professional who
knows what he can do by having done it before.
From the beginning Mr.. Wilson has had pur-
pose to entrlst amateurs with responsibility
and rather an inclination to get rid Of any of
fcals in his family who showed evidence Of de-
velopng professional skill and standing. He
had to get rid Of Bryan because he was too rank
an amateur to get on at all with the problems
Of the state department. Then he got Lansing
on his hands and Mr. Lansing began to betray
professional abilities and disposition. lie had
to GO Lindley M. Garrison a secretary OF
war with vision and ability. He contended for
efficient preparedness. He had to go. Secre-
tary Baker was theoretic pacifst; he is secre.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Deserved All She Got

Des Moines Capital: President
Wilson has ordered the release of
Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare, who was
sentenced to five years in the peni-
tertiary at Jefferson City, Mo-, for
reasonable talk during the war
Mrs. sOaHare was tried in North Da-
kota before Federal Judge Martin }.
Wade. of Iowa. She deserved all
she got She said in one of her
speeches, and this fact was clearly
proved, that mothers who raised
their sons and permitted them to be-
come soldiers, were no better than
brood sows'
Mrs. O'Hare was a glib talker and
as an orator was the idol of large
bunch of foul-mouthed traitors. There
| is no possible excuse for liberating
Mrs. O'Hare except that she is the
. mother of four children. If the gov
eminent compelled her to give a
pledge in writing that she would
talk no more treason, but that she
would assist in taking care of and
bringing up to decency and useful
ness her four children, President
Wilson's pardon might be condoned.
But the danger is that this pledge
was not exacted and there is the
further danger that Debs and all the
other socialists may be liberated in
order that they may stir the hearts OF
men and women who pretend to have
grudge against the government.
but whose real purpose is to make a
living without work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Tragedy Of a Turkish Harer

Major-General James G.. Harbora !.
the Worlds Work: The Amer;,.la
mission to Armenia visited savas.,
missionary institutions, notably -,
where there are one hundred and sa ~
brides" Armenian girls of an ava,
age age of seventeen who were for,
bly, married to moslems at the tina !,
the deportations and have since hsas
rescued. Many of these are still =
more than children, and the stor,a.
Of the treatment received by these n
tie girls of tender years would be bs
yond belief in any other part of N.
world. Teachers and students alhs
of the once fourishing normal school
have been scattered throughout M
east, outraged, starved, and murdnr
ed. One of tho teachers, senis
refined Armenian girl, speaking En-
lish well and knowing music, youn,
woman attractive by the standards y
any land. was forcibly married to In
hey of neighboring Kurdish yillass
"a filthy, lousy, white-Learded Kurd
old enough to be her grandfather Sbs
has since borne him a child and 4
still held by him He is the han
civilized under-chief of a nomad tribs
and murderer, and efforts to rescus
the unhappy girl have so far failed
The baby complexities the situation
She does not wish to abandon it; The
Turkish law gives the child to him
and he says unequivocally that he|
will kill her if she goes away. Itb|
a situation that could exist only N
Turkey.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Watkins Logical Candidate.

! Donnellson Review: Almost as TAR
back as the memory of man runnetn
! 1t has been customary in Lee county.
with both political parties, to accord
to the deputy in any OF the county
offices, the first place on the ticket
at the expiration of the term or terms
OF the principal to that office, provid-
ing, of course, that he had demon
Istrated his capacity for the place.
We do not believe that any fair
minded man or either party will
make the claim that J. B. Watkins
has not amply demonstrated his
peculiar fitness for the office he
seeks. 1t would have been accorded
him two years ago had not the ext
gencies of war made 1t unadvisabie
to change the chairman of the draft
board. and as the law forced upon the
sheriff that undesirable job, Mr. Wat
kins gracefully stepped aside and con-
coded to Sheriff Scott another term.
No such conditions now prevail,
and Mr.. Watkins is asking for the
nomination, not only upon his record
o. having conducted the affairs per-
tanning thereto in an transformations,
economical and business-like manner,
but, as before stated, custom of long
standing comedies him the nomina-
ton
We understand that if he Is nomi-
mated and elected there will be no
change made in the Keokuk Office,
and we believe that the voters OF
Lee c<lnty are satisfied to leave well
enough alone, and not experiment
with any new and untried material
in times like these.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE LONG DAYS JOURNEY.

THE LONG DAYS JOURNEY.
By thine own souls law learn to live,
And if men thwart thee take no heed,
And if men hate thee, have no care;
Sing thou thy song, and do thy deed,
Hope thou thy hope, and pray thy prayer
And claim no crown they will not give
Nor bays they grudge thee for thy hair
Keep thou thy soulsworn steadfast oath'
And to thy heart be true thy heart;
What thy soul teaches learn to know,
And play out thine appointed part; .%
And thou shalt reap as thou shadt SOW
Nor helped nor hndered in thy growth,
To thy full stature thou shalt grow,
Fix on the futures goal thy face,
And let thy feet be lured to stray
Nowhither; but be swift to run,
And nowhere tarry by the way,
Until at last the end is won
And thou mayst look back from thy place
And see thy long days journey done.
.-.. -Patenham Beatty
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
Jobbina Price of Shoes.

Senator Sherman, OF ILLINOIS,:
senator told me few days ago that
some member of congress, | do net
know of which body. went into u
shoe shop here to buy a pair or
shoes. They asked him $40 for the
pair he wanted. That IS here N
Washington. 1t is a shop directly
east of Woodward & Lothrop's de-
partment store. I will identify it that
much so that it can be located with
out a search warrant. He did not
buy them, but he wrote to the manu-
facturer of the shoes and wanted 10
know what they were 1obbed for u
this dealer. They were tobbed 10
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
PASSING OF THE FAMILY LIFE.

Man created the political state; woman Gre
ated the family and the home. Already now
that she has other interests the home is not
what it used to be- 1t is in state of transition,
of decsdence, in all civilized countries as many
observers believe; and it is a very serious ques-
ton how far the change will go. Certainly the
home ideals, influence interests are not what
they used to be. Who can doubt this who
watches the throng upon the streets even Of our
own city Of Keokuk? The enfranchisement of
woman had to come. Every position in life that
she can fill to the advantage Of society and her
self is hers by rights. But is it we'll that the
change shall come in foan1ng torrent which
sweeps the barriers of the home and family life
away?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
COSTLY AND USELESS PRIMARY

Davenport Democrat: Oregon re-
'publicans perpetrated huge and ap-
Iparently unconscious joke when they
voted a primary ticket on which
William Grant Webster and Elwood
Washington. whoever they are, ran
against each other for the presiden-
tial endorsement, while Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge appeared on the
ticket as a candidate for vice presi-
dent
The fact is. the primary election IS
the most useless and the most costly
Joke ever laid upon the American
ipeople. Testimony being taken IT.
Washington shows that millions OF
dollars have been spent upon it. Ana
yet the delegates of both big parties
will go to their conventions to fight
lit out just as if there had been co
primaries at all. and most political
prophets hold that the leaders in the
primaries will be the losers in the
conventions.
AS Davenporter put it today.
THE primary does not provide for
the people choosing their own can.
didates. It gives them choice be-
tween certain self-selected candi-
dates. If only a moron and a yellow
dog have filed papers, the public is
left to choose between the moron ann
the yellow dog =
That may be an extreme illustra-
stion, but in more than one state this
spring voters have had their choic.
confined to William Grant Webster
and some local celebrity for presi-
dent, and perhaps some other I'M
known for vice-president, the primary
laws compelling the delegates to cast
at least their first vote for sucn
worthless, who are unknown hun
.dred miles away from home and
stand absolutely no chance OF being
nominated or elected.
Under the old convention system
the delegates might fight it out owe,
Grant and Blaine as Chauncey NJ.
iDepew told of their 1880 fight in 1asr
Sundays Democrat, but in the end
by switch to Garfield they united
on candidate who was just as salts.
factory to the people as II several
millions had been spent on a pri-
mary. And that is the way they
found Grover Cleveland, and the
way both parties will have TO find
their candidates this year
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

tary of war; Secretary Daniels was not even a
theoretical naval observer; he was an ideal
amateur and he functions still to Mr.. Wilson s
pleasure Then there are Burleson, Creel and
dozens of others who came in as amateurs as
to the business they were given TODD. The lat
est, of course, is Mr. Colby, whose fitness to
handle state problems is vouched for as like
ness in mind to that of his chief 1t is an anna
teur era. The president distrusts experience,
tried ability precedent; he trusts only himself.
And amateurs bend more easily to dictatorship
that appoints them to office than professionals.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
The Bonus cancer

Editorial in the Worlds Work: The
several plans which are now before
congress, granting a bonus to the
youthful and healthy veterans of the
world war, show that IT has taken less
than two years for them to reach the
point which the civil war veterans
reached in fifty. For the bonus is
the service pension in all essentials.
1t contemplates free gift of money
to soldiers simply because they were
soldiers; the question Of injuries or
disabilities is not to be considered,
and the financial need of the applicant
is nothing to the point The pro-
posal is shocking not only for what
it does. but also for what it implies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
this distinguished retail merchant,
this great light of the commercial
world in Washington, at s..
PhHoso phy Of the Dinner Pail.

New Bedford Standard: After ov-
erals, the dinner pail
That is only natural. The two go
together or used to before lunch coun-
tiers became so numerous. II Coupon
Cutter is going down town for the
days work, dressed in blue jeans or
khaki, why shouldn't ne carry his
dinner? All he would need then
would be a paper cap to become a.
real proletarian.
The lunch box is in some ways a
better idea than the overalls. Each
one to his taste, of course, but in
many cases a light repast such as
could be packed in box would be
better for the worker than meal
grabbed off the counter of restau-
rant.
II man lives any distance from his
work it takes most of his meal hour
to go back and forth and even then
he has to hurry.
Where going home is impossible.
recourse to restaurant means quick
lunch, or, if he goes at it leisurely,
the loss of good deal of time while
his order is being filed and temp
tation to eat more heartily than is
good for him. Nothing is SO con-
ducive to afternoon lethargy as a
heavy dinner-nothing, that is, except
alcoholic indulgence.
The danger of dinnerpail lunch
is that one would be inclined to eat
1t quickly and then resume working.
The noon hour is even more essential
for rest and repose than it is for
sustenance. II man would eat
sparingiy and then devote the rest of
his hour to a walk or a rest, the din
ner-pail fashion would have its adj
yantages
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

Traer Star-Clipper: The governor
of Nebraska gets an annual salary Of
$500. The executives of four other
states get $4,000. Yet we are told
that every track walker must receive
at least $4,000 to enable him to main
his family lin health and reasonable
comfort"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Marshalltown Times Republican
It's mighty poor Advertising for the
sane and solid state OF iowa to have
| the impression get out that It may
by possibility send mau like 3Iok
hart to the senate of the United
States. But it would be worse IL we
stayed at home on primary day and
let raid on the primary nominate
him.
Davenport Democrat: Jim Pierce is
out strong for Brookhayt for senator,
and against Senator Cummins. Even
those who don't like Jim admit Ee
controls a lot of woes. Thousands
of people read what he says and be-
lieve it. Not many of them eve:.
were republicans, perhaps, but Wen
bet lot of them Vot3 in the repub-
lican primary next month.
Iowa City Citizen: Very little can
be done while Mr.. Wilson remains in
the white house, unless it is done
his way.
Cedar Rapids Republican,: The
main trouble with Mr. Gompers is
that he is a workman for The Wilson
He worked with that
administration during the war and
presumably got what he wanted and
now he does not know how to demo-
bilize himself.
Webster City Freeman Journal: II
would look strange to see tho farm
ers of Iowa who work all the way
from 80 to 100 hours per week when
it is necessary to produce crop
joining hands with men who want TO
work only from thirty to fortv-fouI
hours per week, no mater whether
production lags or not
Waterloo Times-Tfbuue: Edwards,
it develops. has no campaign fund to
speak of. He assumes that bucket
of suds will do the business
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

admire has been good, but admire
has been good as he tried TO pc
desires is better thar to reach
the heights dreams There is always something
more reached. Happy is the man who knows rms
looking forward It is the good yet to be acneVeo
world The secret forces at work IN our
country destruction to be found wnere men
dark where they conspire behind shutters aho
where they do their dirty work in Whispers ana
donald.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

Under the treaty Of Versailles as modified by
the allied governments, Germany must pay in
PREPARATION a billion dollars a year for thirty
years The total had not been fixed hitherto,
but Germany now knows what her militaristic
adventure will cost her in addition to what she
has spent Kaiserism comes high: The larger
part of this indemnity goes to France. Belgium
and Italy will get their shares. England gets
colonies and some ships America gets some
ships, some German owned property in this
country and unless there is some hitch in the
proceedings, the idyllic island Of zap
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

A great many men are just now more inter-
ested in having the price of garden tools and
seeds come down than in reductions in the
prices of silk shirts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

The United States senate has reduced it's
committees by forty-two. 1t is announced that
these are the unnecessary committees that
seldom meet and yet have to be provided for on
schedules and doubtless in appropriation bill
planning. This is good beginning at congress
sona reconstruction and in the interest of
economy of time and money and for the general
move to Legislative efficiency that is so much
needed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

A guilty conscience is like a whirlpool,
drawing in all to itself which would other
wise pass by.-Fuller-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

Waterloo Times-Tribuue: Edwards
it develops, has no campaign fund to
speak Of He assumes that bucket
of suds will do the business
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-04

Iowa City Citizen Very little can
be done while Mr.. Wilson remains in
the white house, unless it is done
his way.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-16
MOTHER GAVE IT
Virginia Lady Suffered With Aches
and Pains Until Mother Began
Giving Her cardui.

Dublin, va.-Miss Mary Alice
Hurhett residing on Route 2, near
here, recently told a visitor Of her
interesting experience with Cardui.
Miss Hughett said: II had been sur
lering for some time With painful i.
I was pale, didn't feel like going
Would Just drag around. and couldn't
rest 10 do any good. would suffer
n c a month with my back, Ptdee
and head. My limbs would ache and
/ didn't know what to do, but I knew
/ must do a0methlnE for I didn't get
well by letting II run on.
my mother Is a believer In Cardub
,or she sew what Il did for others as
we'll Ms herself, 70 she began giving
III wasn't long before I saw a
change. II was Just what | needed.
II regulated ne. ] began to eat and
sleep, and the pain stopped.
"Cardui is without doubt the best
female tonic made. and | am glad ]
ran recommend II TO others"
IL suffering with symptoms such o.
Miss Hughett mentions, or other all
\ ments Deculiar to women, why not be.
Elm Cafdui at once? Its merit Is well
established BY successful use for more
than 40 years.
Try Cardui! -,
Your druggist sells II. Nc-lss
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-16
Chicago Also Conducting q
From Porch Campaign From
The Historic Auditorium Hotel
womsn's Division Of Kepubfcxn National COMMITTEES Using Famous
Gallery for Direction Of Campaign Activities Of Millions Of Re
: publican Women Throughout Central and Western States

tary OF the committee and In that
office one finds dainty photos and
flowers in a particularly honey cor
ner that places Mrs. South "a n reel
home maker. rive 1uet got 10 have
it home-hke.'' said Mrs. South, ''or I
win get too homesiok for my Ken
tucluy home" With Mrs. South Il
another Kentucky woman, Miss Julia
Husbands. Going farther one comes
to the busy front porch campaign
launched by Mrs. MaEiev 4. Eos
seen, who Is chairman or tho wo-
men speakers whom h Is sending
all oven the country. Mrs. Mary Jcs-
ter Allen In assisting Mrs. Fosseen.
Then another busy department
thai is doing all Il can Tor The cam
paign-the women's publicity de-
partment-with Mrs Nediil McCor-
mick In charge. In that front porch
office sits Mrs. Addie Farrar Inmnn
doing her best 10 put over all the
big stuff she can. In h last OF the
porch offices one finds DIR. Bryant, a
Boston woman who II IN charge OF
the postoffice, and yer in the cor
ner II Mrs. Smith at the cashiers
desk.
Anyone who hasn't an idea what
front porch campaigning may be Tx
and cannot take time 60 30 10 Mar
ion might drop In any time OF day
or night for hat matter. and find
out in the various front porch Of
fices of the auditorium.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-16
Democratic Administration Is +
Failure by Every Test, Writes
Hoover to Mrs. Burdette

CHICAGO, III. Oct. 16.-Hcrbert
Hoover, who's Red Cross activity
made him n OF tho country's fore
70 letter to Mrs. Robert A. Burdette
Of Mountain View, California, In
which he pens a powerful Indictment
Of the democratic party for Its COM
plete failure. In part Mr.. Hoover
says;
since the armistice the admins
trution has made n failure by all tho
tests we can apply.
ut has obstinately held up the
peace Of tho world for eighteen
months, with fearful costs to our
selves and the world.
1T has woefully neglected and
failed upon great reconstruction and
administrative measures.
There are great domestic issues,
delayed by or accommodating out OF
tho war, that have been mistakenly
demanding solution ever since the
armistlce.
1T was the business OF the demo-
cratic party to have assembled the
best brains in the United States be-
fore each OF these problems. to shave
prevented the advanced cost OF liv-
ing. TO have found solution for tho
difficulties of our agricultural indus.
try, to have inaugtirated construc-
tics methods OF resettlement of tho
land, development of our industrial
employment relationship, the protec-
lion OF child life. the solution OF our
deficient housing, the reorganization