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NOVEMBER II, 1009
It looks at this writing that the fight
was on for U. S. Senate between Sen
ator Elmer J. lUirkett, the present in
cumbent, and the Honorable William
Jennings Bryan, the three times candi
datc for the presidency. There ought
not to be any hesitancy on the part of
any republican when it comes to a
choice between these two men as to
whom he desires to represent Nebraska
in the United States senate. There
have been times to be sure when the
acts of Senator Rurkett may not have
. met with your favor. There may have
been times when if you had been repre
senting the state of Nebraska that you
would have taken a different course
than did Senator Burkctt. There may
have been times possibly, that if you
had been representing Nebraska in
the U. S. senate that you would have
taken exactly an opposite position
than did Mr. Burkctt. But the ques
tion is, would the stand taken by you
been of more service to the state at
large than the positions upon different
matters which have been taken by
Senator Burkctt.' The senntor may
have made his mistakes, but has there
been any man in public life who has
not made his mistakes? Suppose Mr.
Bryan should perchance be chosen to
represent Nebraska in the United
States senate, with his record of the
past behind him what assurance have
you that he would be able to represent
Nebraska? It is true that he might be
able to work the wind jammers stunt
to his intense satisfaction, but wo havd
plenty of wind onjjiandjm Nebraska
and a man who will spend his time
while in Washington working instead
of talking will come nearer earning his
Biliary and representing the people even
if he does get a little out of touch with
his constituency once in a while. No
man can represent his state to the sat
sfaction of everybody. As far as we
have been able to discover, after sizing
up the records of the two men, Elmer J.
Burkctt has donejnorejfor Nebraska
while in the senate than has William J.
Bryan in all his public life, and there Is
o reason to think that UryanMn the
senate would be any gerater success
than Bryan a'privateYitiisen.
some of the others decided otherwise,
on the popular side of the question,
does not signify that they were looking
forward to paving their way to a sec
ond term. Occasionally there is a man
who cannot be trusted, who gets to
be a judge, but that is no reason why
our whole judiciary should have to
stand riticism. There is no profes
sion but what has its undesirable mem
bers, but we believe that the supreme
court is so far removed from that class
that very few ever attain to it. The
"non-partisan" idea sprang from poli
ticians who were out and sought to find
sonic way to get in and thought by
arousing the prejudices of the people
that the way would be aved to the end
that their desires would be grutified.
It has served its time and is dead.
democratic Jcandidate elected in the
county. Remember that while we hav
lost a few offices, we were not defeated,
not by any means. The vote polled by
the republican ticket from top.to bot
tom should be a source of encourage
ment to every republican voter in the
county, and shows that under equal
conditions the republican party of
Cass county has nothing to fear.
What's the matter with our supreme
court anyhow? Nothing. When any
one gets so narrow minded that he
thinks that just bccauseJacourt de
cides favorably toward the party to
which that judge may happento b
long that he is deciding that way from
political motives, he is. wrongThe ed
itor of thispaper Iwlieves that when a
judge has by his fairness and experi
ence arrived at that position where he
is chosen ns a member of the supreme
court of Nebraska, that that man is big
enough and broad enoughjto decide
a! I ...1 ! t 1 1
nui-Miuini wiucu come ociorc nis
,court without stopping to think wheth
er they are favorable tohis political
party or not. There is now we believe
one member of the Nebraska supreme
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couri w no is a democrat, juugc uimv
If Judge Dean is big enough for su
premo judge he is big enough ahd
iroad enough Jo decide the questions
which come before himjon their merits,
"and not from any particular political
: motive. There is altogether too much
criticism of our supreme court
There arc seven members of that court
It is not supposed that all of them will
l)c of the same mind on cases of close
eas. And bccausc'thcy are not it is no
tight to believe that any . of them
were biased in their opinions from any
political motive. Became some of the
present court decided recently on a
;CV3? r.-Vi'eh was favorable to the party
to wl.ii li tbiy l.clmsul.i'r'" v.: '"n:
POLITICAL BASEBALL.
Last year optimists thought to beat
Speaker Cannon in the Danville dis
trict and thus savo the country from
art unpopular speaker. They failed.
The latest news from Danville indi
cates the usclcssness of ever trying
again. Mr. Cannon is said to have
arranged to buy the South Bend base
ball team and move it to Danville
With such a weapon of popularity at
his back, a Cannon ball team as it
were, nothing but death or his own
will can have much chance to sepa
rate the speaker from his seat in
congress.
.'The politicians seem to be getting
wise to this opening with a good dea
of rapidity. The Philadelphia Na
tional league team is now owned by
the gentlemen who run the city for
the sake of contracting with them
selves to lay its pavement, cut its
boulevards, build its filtration plants,
erect its public buildings, grant its
franchises. In several other instances
politics and baseball are doing har
monious team work. President Taft's
brother, who aspires to be senator
from Ohio, is part owner of the Chi
cago National league team.
The Roman politicians gave the
populace bread and circuses. Ours
are to give us baseball. As to the spe
cific methods of turning their com
mand of . the game to their personal
political advantage, that is yet to ap
pear. The lack of railroad passes, a
painful bereavement to the profes-
sional politician, may be remedied by
baseball passes. In case of political
need the managers of a snap so lu
crative as the Pennsylvania contrac
tor's ring could well afford to throw
open the gates free in honor of their
candidates. That would indeed be
death to reform. Should Mr. Cannon
finally retire from congress he will
not be Out of a job. He would make
ono of the firmest of umpiresfor his
own team. State Journal.
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There is no use of republicans
getting cold feet on the vote in Cass
county this year. The democrats have
f won out on some of the county offices
but it Bhould be remembered that they
had license to win. Every man who
won out on the democratic ticket was
well known all over the county. Twi
of them were up for re-election, whiel
in a close county like Cass alway
means a great deal for that candidate
One was a deputy seeking promotion,
and in that case he had u great deal of
prestige. Then on the other hand near
ly all of the candidates on the republi
can ticket who were defeated were new
to the voters of Cuss county. That
means a great deal to the average
voter, who dislikes to turn down a man
he knows for one he does not know.
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i : .'.'lie nM I.J il.w.-' would Cut h.v: been
Don't get uneasy over the outlook.
If Nebraska is not cutting enough of
the congealed article down at Wash
ington, it is not wholly the fault of our
senators and congressman. The trou
ble with Nebraska is that we elect a
man to congress and give him to un
derstand that if he doesn't raise thun
der right away he will be relegatd eto
the rear and another man sent down
who will. If Nebraska would keep a
man down there long enough for him to
know which was the cupitol building
and which the white house, we would
get better results. But just as soon as
a man bucks the line and doesn't make
again the first attempt then we com
mence to holler for the coach to t:ike
him out and put in another man. It
would be a good thing if W3 would elect
a man and then give him to under
stand that if he made an nttempt to
carry the ball and did not succeed the
first time, that we would give him
another chance, and another until he
made a gain that would carry him over
the goal line. If we have confidence
enough in a man to elect him, then let
us have confidence enough in him to
give him a chance to make good.
The "non-partisan" idea was con
ceived for a purpose, and failed. It is
now up to the opposition to think up
something new for next year. They
will have to do it. This conies of pat
ronizing the bargain counters for is
sues. They are all right just as long as
they arc new. But they don't last.
We would suggest for the next issue
for the opposition,"We are tired and
hungry."
A second look at thercsult"f the
election should make republicans feel
better. We have carried the state for
the republican ticket and that puts
us on the map again where we belong.
Last year the democrats carried the
state by something like 5,(100, this
year they lost it by something like two
thousand. That is a gain for republi
cans that for an off year is not to be
sneezed at.
SHE WAS MARRIED
ONLY SIX TIMES
But Finally Comes to the Conclu
sion It Is Time to Quit.
Sheldon, Hayward, Aldrich, Hope
well, Andrews. What an array of
good talent from which to choose a
governor Every one of them a good
citizen. Every onr of them the riuht
kind. Every one of them men who
are big enough for the governor's
chair.' Every one of them men who
have a principle and stand by it.
Shallcnberger, Berge, Dahlman One
of them condemned by his own party
because he failed to keep a promise to
the men.who elected him, but because
he thought something else more pop
ular, broke his word to those with whom
he had associated with for years and
is now no longer recognized by them as
part of their party. Another, in the
words of a democratic officeholder, has
"shot.is wad." The other can never
receive the support of his party as a
party and is.herefore of no avail. It
ougnt not to ue nam, tor the young
voter to choose the party to which he
should give his allegiance in the future.
The record of the past should be the
rule to follow. Hrf
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Omaha papers cannot get over tak
ing a fit every time they read, about
some fellow over in Lincoln getting
drunk. They persist in saying that
Lincoln dry is a failure. Thoy know
that most of the drunkenness, which
exists in that city is the result of Have
lock booze purchased in the shop town
and just getting its work in good
shape when the holder of the booze
gets over to Lincoln on the street car.
It is true that there is some booze sold
in Linco'n, but the occasion is ,so rare
that when a booze joint is pulled it
always caused much commotion and
crowds throng the streets to sec the
sight as in the case last Saturday,
when a prominent druggist of that city
thought to take advantage of the big
crowd in attendance at the foot ball
game to do a little business on the sly.
Election is over, but there is another
one coming. As far as the editor of
this paper is conce nxl we do not pro
pose to lay down eleven months and
then get busy the other one. We be
lieve that the voter should take the
time all the year round to keep him
self posted on political doings and then
when the campaign came along he
would be in a position to know just
what he wanted to do because hp had
kept himself in touch with political
events. The worst, or rather ono of
the worst things in politics is that the
average voter pays no attention to
those things until just about the time
he wants to make the choice, and then
he is not in a position to judge. Keep
posted all the time.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. . Mrs.
(iraee Rittcr-Chaney-Ktc., who was
released yesterday after being in cus
tody on a charge of bigamy, said : "No
more wdeding bells for inc." The poor
woman should not have been discour
aged so early in the game as the last
ma'n was only her sixth husband and
she is only thirty years old at that. Her
husband found out that he was not
the only pebble which had been wash
ed up by the tide when he discovered
one day four marriage certificates neat
ly tied up in a bundle among his wife's
souvenirs of the past. Very foolishly
he called her to task and the officers did
the rest. By and by it will be so a
woman can't have any rights whatever.
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Our line of Sterling Silver and Plated Ware com
plete and up-to-date. We carry the product of four
or five manufacturers of standard ware and the pat
terns are new. Your choice is here.
KNIVES AND FORKS
Try our 16dwt goods. They will give you perfect
satisfaction and will cost you only $4.50. Others
for $3.50 to $8.50. We have a nice line of pearl
handled goods. Our line of Sterling Silver for the
Christmas trade will be the largest ever shown in
Plattsmouth.
J. W. -CRABILL
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
Burlington R. R. Watch Inspector.
Don't forget our repair department.
$2,500 for Judje Sullivan.
LINCOLN, Nov'. 10. Judgo Sul
livan will be somew hat modified by
his defeat when he learns that the
court yesterday allowed him $2,500
for his fee in the express company
suits.
Have You Attended?
Have you attended any of the
special meetings being held this week
at the Methodist church? If not, you
aro missing a whole lot of good t hings.
These services arc for men, women,
young ladies and young men and chil
dren. They are being conducted by
Rev. Austin who thoroughly under
stands how to interest his audience
and at the same time he tells them a
lot of wholesome truths which really
sound new, coming from him. He is
assisted by many singers of local note
whose efforts arc a great help at the
j meetings and the music adds mater
ially to the enjoyment of the services.
Just go tonight and see if you don't
enjoy a most pleasant and instructive
time. Services commence at 7:30
o'clock.
Odell Fees Good.
Prof. E. E. Odell desires that the
voters of Cass county who stood so
nobly by him as a comparative stran
ger to them, should know that he ap
preciates very much the support given
nm in the last election. Although de
feated, he desires the News to say that
le appreciates their support and feels
that the friendships gained throughout
the campaign have more than recom
pensed him for the loss of the elec
tion.
Appreciates the Vote.
Martin Friedrich wishes us through
the Daily News to express to the vot
ers his sincere appreciation of the sup
port given him at the late election.
On account of the fight made on him
he feels that his friends should be ap
prised of the fact that he truly appre
ciates the support given him and he
proposes to show the people tint in the
future as in the past he will be serving
the public to the best of his ability.
Don't Go to Oklahoma.
(irTHIHE, Nov. 10. The supremo
court of Oklahoma decided yesterday
that they will grant no divorces unless
the applicant has good and sufficient
cause, and that "extreme cruelty"
must mean "physical violence" and
not just common "cussing"
Third Degree.
The local lodge of Masons will hold
a special meeting this evening for the
purpose of doing work in the third de
gree. All visiting brothers are cordial
ly invited to be present, and all local
members are urged to attend.
Notice Dance.
Don't forget the Redmen's fifth
grand ball Friday night at Coates' hall,
November 12. Itner's Redmen orches
tra of Omaha will furnish the music.
An Indian war dance and a clog
dance will be given by the Indian.'
Also a moonlight waltz will be render
ed for the benefit of all. Everybody is
:nv:tr and a ano ! tim? is assured
t VVVVWAV'"V'
E.G. DOVEYfcS
According to reliable democratic
authority the"non-partisan" idea did
not pan out from a democratic stand
point. Another paramount issue goic
where the woodbine twineth. ,! What
will be the next pne?.
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