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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
"AcQUlTTED."


Des Moines Tribune: Jack Demp-
sey has been acquitted of the tech
nical charge of Stacking" and the
jury seems to have been entireI. sat
isfied that he did no more than Claim
his rights under the draft law
That has all along seemed the like
ly outcome, but it has little to do
with the complaint against Dempsey.
Whether Dempsey went the limit
in claiming exemption or not, whether
he strained the truth in putting his
claim on paper, whether he posed as
a patriotic shipbuilder when in fact
he was nothing Of the sort-these are
incidentaIs.
The important fact is that Demp-
sey, fighting man by profession,
with youth and wonderful physique
as qualifications. with proven phys
ical courage of the kind that serves
a man in a ring, and with no real de.
pendents who would be put in the
way of suffering by his absence, did
not go to war.
1t is not that he had to go under
the law. 1t is that he could have
gone and didn't. 1t is. above all, that
he Is a fighting man"
The public feels that fighting
profession has obligations, and that
the first one is not to shun fighting.
Carpenter, the Frenchman, will
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
THE SLANG OF POLITICS

derived from the Dutch--English
speech in South Africa shares it
with us--took on political mean
ing. It is clear that it did SO
before Doodle a word from the
same source.
Boom" is one of the few terms
whose exact moment of birth we
know-it appeared in the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat in 1878,
and its inventor has told how he
was struck by the likeness of
Grants rising popularity to what
pilots called a booming river.
The word 'poll'' for voting
place, is used wherever Anglo
Saxons vote, but Americans near
~ always use it in the plural,
Britcns often in the singular.
Lobby" in the political sense Is
our own, SO is primary" SO are
dozen others.
What sentence could be man
ufactured to shock Macaulay's
fastidious friend, Incorporating
snap convention. floaters" and
all the rest And political mana
gers will give small fortune to
anyone who will invent new
phrase as good as "the square
deal" or 'snivel service reform"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
AN ECONOMIC CYCLONE.

| Eliot Wadsworth, recently returned from
Europe declares in booklet which he has writ
| ten on Economic Chaos in Mid-Western
Europe that people in this country who agree
with Senator Borah S demand that Europe get
| to work and help herself do not realize the
~ economic cyclone which has swept that con-
tinent. Before the war business, finance trade,
were carried on between the nations OF Europe
much as they are between our own states. Rail
roads ran freely over frontiers and carried COM
tnlerce; it was as easy to send money from Lon
don or Paris to Warsaw or Budapest as it is to
send it from New York to San Francisco. Trade
was between great corporations and establish
ments well known to each other. Currency
problems had all been solved.
Now there are number of new nations; from
tiers are, many of Them barriers to trade; there
are as many currencies as nations and all are
ldebased in value Markets that were the back
bone of great trade systems are closed, or II not
closed are impossible because money and credit
to pay for deliveries are lacking. All this is
added to the internal difficulties so much ex-
ploited, and truthfully enough, by proponents
of Europe's need for aid. Mr.. Wadsworth very
sansibly suggests that there is plenty of need
and opportunity for American aid Independent
of political alliance What European nations
need most is restoration of their normal indus
trial and trade life; from this their citizen life
viii return to normal; and this is the necessary
basis for the effort required to pay their war
debts The league of nations is supposed to
keep the peace. If it did this without us we
Icould well aid by cooperation in business and
finance. If it does not do this without us, it
would not with US except as we furnished the
police power and financial support for armed
compulsion.
How would it do simply as common sense
and wholly on-political program for Europe
to stop fighting, compose its disputes and take
stock of what is needed and where? Then If
respective of world peace empires, this nations
business backed by the good will of its people
could and would quickly give strong co-opera-
ton
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

New York Post: We are en-
tering one of the Quadrennial per
iods that enrich the language.
The Manchester Guardian recalls
that the new dignified word con
Stituency" was anathema to pur-
lists eighty years since. When
Macaulay. accepting a noblewo-
mans invitation, mentioned his
appearance before a constituency.
she replied she would admit him
but not the word.
American ears were early Injured
tho political slang. Most people
are familiar with the theory that
caucus" originated in the deris-
i've Tory appelation, "Caulkers'
club" and with the fact that it
was really born much earlier
from an Indian word adopted
when Sam Adams was young and
the Caucus club met, as John
Adams wrote in his diary, in Tom
Dawes garnet.
1t simply showed squeamishness
that half century after it entered
common use. John Randolph, in
uttering it, added, Excuse the
slang OF politics"
1t would be a nice question to
decide just how long ago boss"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
THE REED GUN.

The white house ukase went forth and Sen
ator James A. Reed anti-leaguer, of Missouri,
has been publicly Inundated by the democrat
national committee and denied, by that body, a
seat in the convention as a delegate from the
fifth Missouri district. But his supporters will
make vigorous fight before the credentials
committee for his seat on the permanent roll of
the convention. If he is denied it by this COM
mttee, the fight will be carried to the floor of
the convention on minority report to be fought
out there. His district chose Senator Reed as
a delegate, but state convention controlled BY
federal officeholdcrs annuled it's action and
ordered 1t to choose some more acceptable man.
1t refused to do this and reelected him: and
now the national committee has refused him
his seat on the ground that Missouri district
IS subject to the control Of the party in the
state.
Of couse the real reason is evident and #
was clearly if not choicely stated by the vii
son enthusiast who declared that '',Jim Reed
would get chance at San Francisco TO shoot
off his mouth.' Ordinarily this rather unre-
fined colloquialism would have no place on =
page like this for it is really vulgarism and
a slipshod manner Of speech to compare the hu-
man vocal mechanism to a gun. But if we 50
consider it for a moment, it must be admitted
That Senator Reed possesses the deadliest thin o
OF It's kind to be found in America today. II &c
averitable Lewis gun able to pour forth q ]etb.,
nan OF caustic words, singing phrases and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
Asking For the impossible.

New York World Surely the
American Federation of Labor cannot
be serious in its support of The cam
paign for six-hour working day.
The theory that the shorter the day
the more jobs is one that cannot be
maintained. The trouble with the
world today is not lack OF jobs but
lack Of production and sitting pro-
duction is not going to cure any
thing The eight-hour day has made
steady progress because experience
has shown that in many. IL not in
most, industries men will produce
about as much in eight hours as they
do in nine or ten hours. But there
are limits to the possible reduction
OF working time, and no country has
ever succeeded in sustaining itself
on six-hour basis, nor Is there rea-
son for believing that any country is
likely to sustain itself on that basis.
What the federation OF labor would
do if it could bring about the six-hour
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

agonizing facts. 1t really is weapon OF ter
rife potency Mr.. Wilson has never been able
to stand before it or protect himself against 1T;
and it is little to be wondered that he would
keep it out Of the convention by any means IN
his power.
But Senator Reed is at San Francisco with
an inexhaustable magazine of dumdum and ex-
plosive bullets, and there will be delegations
glad to substitute for him the pure JOY OF wit
Messing a remarkable pyrotechnic display. 1t
will be recalled that Brother Bryan was not
convention delegate at Chicago in 1896 when
he was given chance to fire his heavy smooth
bore loaded to the muzzle with thorns and
crosses of gold
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
Uon't treat Kidneys
Tough, Warns n.
larey, Specialist
Constant Flushing May lnjure 1
Delicate Organism and Seldom,
Removes the Poisonous
Depcsits.

Now that Dr. Carey, kidney ard
bladder specialist, has retired from
active practice, he generously warns
people that even the smallest symp.
toms Of kidney trouble should have
serious attention.
Backache, for instance, puffiness
under or specks floating before tte
eyes, heavy feet and dry skin, are
also danger signals.
Thousands die yearly because thee
neglect their Kidneys says DIR.
Carey, land feel upon retiring thas
should tell all who even suspect
kidney or bladder trouble about rny
prescription, Marshroot, which, dar-
ing my active practice, has cure.
thousands OF all kinds of kidney all
ments."
This prescription has been given
to pharmacists generally throughout
America and is dispensed by them
under the name Or. Carey's Marsh.
root, a name that every sufferer
from kidney trouble should remen.
Der Scott & o'Reiliy can supply
you.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
DEFINITIONS COME HARD.

| Omaha World-Herald: This is the
day of the psychological shark. He
| is having the time of his life with
blame near all the nation for labor.
atory. Does a bright youth want 10
skip" grade? Give him the Binet-
Simon third degree. Do you want to
| know whether this raw recruit can
best hunt the Hun by splitting him
with boyonet or sweating in the
hold of ship unloading timed
salmon? Sic the psychiatrist onto
him. Does the burglar realize that
he is a thief? Soak him with the
mental test.
Such a test was recently given per-
sons charged with participating in the
recent Chicago ,iots, with results Of
this character, as chronicled in the
Chicago Daily News:
What is a horse?'
You got me wrong mister. don't
know what horse is
What is chai.?'
''Why. a chair is chair. That's
iall l know what a chair is"
What is tablet
Jest table"
II the psychiactric expert would
Just confne his line of investigating
to such simple questions as How
old is ANN" or 'eWho hit Billy Pat
!terson?" we might hope to class
fairly high as a nation. But when he
expects US to tell offaand, without
preparatory cogitation, in concise and
comprehensive English what post
is, for example, he calls our bluff and
finds US holding four clubs and. a
spade.
Try it yourself Pick out some OF
the commonest words you know and
try to define them in brief language,
which will isolate all other words
and give a person, presumably ignor-
ant OF the word you are trying to de-
fine, a clear, all inclusive idea of that
word You will find yourself four-
dering around in a morass of Ian
guage, and if you split fifty-f1fty with
the professor you are doing we'll
Take f'rinstance about the com
monest word in the English language,
the verb to be or one of its forms,
and see what kind of mess you can
make OF defining it. Or tackle some
thing like dish or light or person or
glass or time. When you stop 10
think Of it some of the commonest
words are the hardest to frame def
nitions for. Metempsychosis and elo-
phantiasis and Standardization are
lead pipe cinches compared with
them.
After all, the framing of definiti ions
is one of the most difficult of intel
lecfual jobs. The best the dictionary
maker can do is to start in the middle
of a circle. He defines one word by
the use OF other words, and then uses
others to define them and gets right
back to his original word and so on
around and around and around. He
cannot get outside the circle because
he cannot get outside the limitations
OF language Let US not blame him,
II some 'of his definitions sound some.
thing like this:
What is mind?'
No matter"
What is matter?"
Never mind"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
GHOST OF THE PAST.

From Monte Ne, Arkansas, comes postal
card offering to give The Gate City book en-
titled Common Sense, or the Clot ON the Brain
of the Body Politic,'' by Coin Harvey. Few of
this generation know anything of Coin Harvey,
but twenty-five or thirty years ago he was a
noted character and somewhat Of power in
American politics. Harvey purported to CON
duct school for the propagation of the free
silver doctrine, and one of the diversions in
every small town was argument as to whether
he really was a schoolmaster or merely pre-
tended to be one His book Of that day, Coins
Financial School, was circulated by the mil
lions and undoubtedly had much to do with
creating the sentiment which sent Bryan on his
first journey white houseward With the de-
cline of the free silver craze Harvey dropped
into obscurity, but it appears that he is still
pegging away at his old trade of prodding up
the American electorate
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
1T COMES UPON ME IN THE WOODS.

1T COMES UPON ME IN THE WOODS.
1t comes upon me in the woods,
OF all the days, this day in May;
When wind aud rain can never think
Whose turn It is now to have its way.
1t finds me as lie alone,
Blinking up through the swaying trees,
Half wondering if q who reads
Blue sky in books that color SEES
Sa fathomless and pure; as if
All loveliest azure things have gone
To heaven that way,-the flowers, the sea-
And left their color there alone.
Hark leaning on each others arms
The pines are whispering in the breeze,
Whispering,-then hushing, half in awe
Their legends of primeval seas.
The wild things of the wood out,
And stir or hide, wild things will,
Like thoughts that may not be pursued
But come if one is calm and still
Deep hemlocks down the gorge shut in
Their caves with hollow shadow filled,
Where little feathered anchorites
Behind a sunlit lattice build.
And glimmering through that lace of boughs,
Dancing, while they hang darker still,
Along the restful river shines
The restless lights incessant thrill.
Those birds would hold no more aloof:-
How know they am here, so well?
TITS yon woodpecker's warning note;
He is their seer and sentinel
They him, but his faithfuness
Perchance in human fashion pay
Laugh in their feathers at his voice,
= And ridicule his stumbling way.
That far-of fute-note-hours in vain
I've followed it, So shy and fleet;
But if l found him, well l know
His song would seem not half sweet.
But still pirate of sight and sound:
All, well, t is always so in rhyme;
The idle fancies find voice,
The wise thought waits-anOther time
Edward Rowland 81
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

day would be to stifle industry, de-
crease production, increase the cost
of living, lower the standard of living
and finally bring the whole economic
structure to the verge of a complete
collapse. There are certain laws that
cannot be disregarded even by pow
erful organizations. There are GER
tain facts in human existence that
cannot be set aside by resolution. In
asking for a six-hour day the fedora
ton OF labor is asking for the impos-
Sible
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
Women at pes Moline,

|evs'-r' eaoSo women at les MONIES.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch: The ma
tional gathering of women at Des
MONIES, Iowa, was singular in that it
voiced no frantic appeal to Washing
ton to assist us in combating misce-
laneous woes, wherein it differed from
almost all the large representative
gatherings of the entire country in
late years A federal censorship
of film shows was discussed, but the
subject was dismissed, in part because
of distrust of censorships of all
sorts, but principally because It was
held to be matter for state, not fed
eral action. The old subject of uni
formity in marriage and divorce laws
was considered. 1t was decided that
the end should be sought, not through
the familiar proposal that the benefi-
cent Washington government should
add matrimonial department to ac-
tivities already wellnigh universal and
all-embracing, but through a move
ment to induce the several states to
enact uniform laws ON the subject
Past movements for legislation in all
states having uniformity in respect to
various business instruments and COM
mercial procedure have had renlarka-
BILE success
1t may be that the women are be-
ginning their political careers with
better idea OF proper governmental
functions and the essentials to admin
istratiye efficiency than most of pres
ent-day men have.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
There's No Picture Like the
Picture Of Health

Could Nature have taken you for her model!
Suppose you study yourself in the mirror Of
the present and compareyour looks your feel
ings and your condition with the general
characteristics Of this picture of the human
body in perfect working order. all parts of
which are sound. weilorganized and disposed.
performing their functions freely. naturally.
If you fail in any single point OF RESENT
blance. you are not the picture OF health.
It's imperative, then. that you look to
means to rebuild your strength, energy and
vigor-to bring your body up to normal
state Of efficiency in all Of its parts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

If it isn't one thing, it is another Just as a
person begins to accommodate his palate to the
harmless delights still permitted by the feminine
and masculine refor1ner, the sources of supply
must fade and wither The lime juice crop for
the last year has committed hari-cari and shows
a decrease Of seventy thousand barrels What s
the use?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29


ought to get a body-blow from the
next legislature that will knock it so
far it will not have breath enough 10
come back.
! Marshalltown Times Republican:
Some of those who were cantent to
give Senator Kenyon free rein to fol-
low his preferences as to presidential
candidates are asking why the sena-
tor SO willingly and actively engaged
for Johnson shouldn't have boosted
for Cummins at home And the latter
seems to be fair question calling
for an answer.
Algona Upper Des Moines-Republi-
can: Ed Meredith is a big man and
all Iowa is proud of him, but hope
he will decline any nomination that
might be rendered him at San Fran
cisco.
Manson Journal: All the isms that
were offered to the republican con-
vention at Chicago and rejected by
that body, will be taken to San Fran
cisco and laid before the democratic
convention. If rejected they will be
returned to Chicago, where they will
be accepted by the wild eyed COM
mittee of forty-eight.
Davenport Times: W. R. Hearst is
out 10 wreck the old parties and
establish a third party, if he can do
so. His sole object is merely to make
his papers the organs of this new
movement. because he thinks in this
way he can create new circulation
Hearst appears to be pushing the
new party movement solely as a
money making proposition for him
self. His policy seems to be wreck
things and profit by the disaster"
Manson Democrat: At this dis.
lance the only impeachment to demo-
cratic success at San Francisco and
at the polls is the quadrennial demo-
cratic plague, Bryan. Wherever Bah
bling Bill and his talk is, there is
discord and trouble.
Perry Chief: Nearly everyone
makes a fool of himself at some time
in his life, but few will admit it.
Nicholas Murray Butler is among
the few.
Estherville Vindicator and Republi-
can: II automobile owners would
drive one hundred miles less a month
than they are in the habit of doins
it would go long way toward solv-
ing the problem Of the high cost CT
gasoline.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

If Helen Keller with all her Affections, could
educate herself through courage and persever-
ance, what excuse is there for person with
faculties unimpaired remaining ignorant9
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

work. II it be to protect the rights OF the
weak, objects do it. II be to help powerful
corporation better the people, whatever the opo
siticn Expect be called standpsster, but
don't sandpatter. Expect to be called demaeosue,
but don't demasosue Don't hesitate to be as revo.
lLtionary science. Don't hesitate to be reaconary
multiplication table Don't expect to build the
by pulling the strong Don't hurry to iegislste
-Goyernor Calvin Coolidge
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

Silk shirts are being reduced to prices at
which a college professor may be able to pro-
cure one to hand down to his grandchildren and
create the impression that grandpa had private
means and was as rich as plumber
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

1t cost the government eighty thousand dol
sars to give Jack Dempsey million dollars
worth of advertising.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

There is time for everything
except knocking.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

The greatest masterpiece in the
Art Gallery Of Life is Natures
picture Of Health.
It is a marvellous portrayal Of the human
body at its best. One beholds in its composite
detail true symbol Of strength. 1t presents
afigure of striking appearance in it's erect car
rage, clear skin. sparkling eyes. strong limbs.
steady nerves and firm muscles; fairly vibrat-
ing in animation Il keen. alert. fresh, and
spirited; with an air of unbounded confidence
and face radiant in color and illuminated
with glow Of hope and cheerfulness.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

not have an unfriendly crowd when
he steps between the ropes to meet
Dempsey. For Carpenter fought.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
GOLD MEDAL
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

There are few things in the world more de-
lightful than a splendid meal that takes you
by surprise.-Clarence Burlington Keiland.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29

mcnt Show others. Positively wonder1u.a,. -rnts
KhTALNo at the drug store; or scna ~ -
Jam Hart BritsaIn, Sta. +. New Ysrk
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
OIL,
For Your Hair

Ycu s,srsy anso q bald {ndidn-
They don't use perfumed lotions.
For ages they used bear oil with
other potent ingredients from
the fields, r,oors and forests or
Nature. "A reliable formula -
koTALko. Indiana elixir for
hair and scalp. Astonishing sue
cess in overcoming DANDRUFF,
stopping FALLING HAZE: and
Inducing NEW GROWTH in
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-29
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Anita Record: Iowa's primary law
ought to get a body-blow from the
next legislature that will knock it so
far it will not have breath enough TO
come back