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HI.ATTHMOUTH, NIC11WAHKA
Entered at the postoffice at Plattsmouth. Casa County, Nebraska,
as second class mail matter.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CASS COUNTY
THE NEWS-HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Publishers
A. BARROWS
E. QUINN
Editor
Magager
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PlBttsmouth Telephone No. 85.
Nebraska Telephone No. 85
April 28. 1910.
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Yesterday was "Tuberculosis Day"
in the churches all over the United
StatcH and the pastors tlicreof were
expected to preach upon the "Great
White Plague."
It looks to the editor of this paper
that the solution of the matter of se
lecting a candidate for the republi
can nomination for governor could be
solved in no better way than to call
upon George L. Sheldon to again
lead the party in the campaign this
fall. There is no stronger man in the
ranks of the party than George Shel
don. It is true that be has some en
emies. Every man who ever presided
over the destinies of a state lias made
his enemies. Ex.Governor Sheldon
went out of the executive office of the
state of Nebraska the most popular
governor the state ever had, and his
popularity should make him the
strongest candidate at this time.
We believe that upon a county option
platform be would win the election
with little trouble and his candidacy
would lend strength to the legislative
ticket.
It is amusing to see the satisfaction
which the wet advocates try to get
out of the late municipal elections
in Nebraska. As soon as the cue is
passed out by the Omaha World-Her
ald the smaller papers over the state
take up the cry and it is passed along
down the line. The fact that 211
towns with a population of 197,642
voted wet and 121 with 111.0G9 voted
dry gives them reason to think that
things are coming there way. There
is one very important factor which they
forget to figure on in their estimate,
and that is the vote of the country
and the small towns which have not
sufficient population to vote on sa
loons. Those towns and the farming
communities hold the key to the sit
uation, and they will find that in mak
ing up their estimates of the dry strcn
gth that if they leave out that factor
their figures will be sadly unreliable
when the votes are counted.
As the time draws nearer to the No
vember election, though yet far away
it becomes evident that the countv
option agitation must be met squarely
The party which dodges it or leaves
it out of their platform will find that
they have made a great mistake al
over the state. There may be a few
counties in Nebraska, notably Doug
las, Platte and others in which a dec
laration in favor of county option
will mean defeat to the party, but
take it throughout the state nnl if
fought on the square and openly, wi
mean a county option legislature
The matter cannot be put off any Ion
ger. The liquor interests are leiving
no stone unturned in an endeavor
to win the legislature. They know it
means death to their plans if county
option legislature is elected, and while
they try to make people believe that
under county option or prohibition
they can sell more of their product
than under license, yet they are try
ing to kill county option and every
thing which tends in that direction.
It will not work. The hand is writing
on the wall and the inscription will
read "County Option in Nebraska."
REPUBLICAN SINCERITY
Congressman hongworth hit the
n:iil .S'uarely on the bead when he aid
that the time of adjournment is unini
portant tocongnss ;is compared to the
redemption i -v rv pledge riude ti
the people end the fulfillment of the
entire Tuft proirram. Tin- r, uitry
cares little whether congress adjutirns
in June or July, but it cares much
what congress does beore it adjournes.
The people must want the Tuft
program carried out or they would not
have said so when that program was
handed to them in 1908, and the fact
that republican leaders on the floors
of both houses of congress are taking
the position of Mr. Longworth will
doubtless sustain public confidence
against the democratic campaign which
has set in a little eearly this year es
pecially when the republicans have
made good so many of their pledges
already.
The republican party cannot, as the
Ohio congressman pointed out, aJTord
to have its good faith questioned at this
time. While their is no occasion for
flying the danger flag, there is every
reason for sober, cautious action,
for the party is coming up to a contest
in the fall elections which not only
involves the continuance of its majority
in congress, but it may involve the in
tegrity of the party. Of course scnti
ment plays a part in every election
and it is a difficult factor to meet with
an argument, but if the republicans
go into this campaign with the con
sciousness of duty done, so that they
may be able to point to their pledges
before election and to their redemption
after, they will have nothing to fear.
An honest anaylysis of what has
teen accomplished since Mr. Tuft and
congress went into power March 4,
1909 can reveal nothing but a clean
late of public service and it is this fact
and nothing else that is disturbing the
democrats, who pretend to be deriving
great comfort from other sources.
The party has faith and all it has to
do now is to keep its head and not to
jceome stampeded. Omaha Bee.
'IT IS SAID."
Generally when a newspaper man
desires to attack the character or stand
ing of someone he know is beyond his
reach and which he also knows is un
true and a base insinuation, he stoops
to the little expression "it is said" as
his foundation for the attack. Such
an expression is nothing more or less
than acknowledgment that he knows
the stuff he is printing is untrue and
also that he has not the sand to back
up a statement made in an open
fight.
The local exponent of democracy
attempted lust week to cast reflec
tions upon Hon. E. M. Pollard in a
way which was uncalled for. It at
tempted to convey by insinuation
that "it is said that if he was a candi
date there would be revelations re
garding the manner in which he be
came interested in the lumber industry
and that it was secured by the influence
of Joe Cannon in congress," or words
to that effect. The democratic author
ity then goes on to tell how much Mr.
Pollard has done for Plattsmouth and
how desirable he is as a citizen and all
that. But it had fired its cowardly
dart of insinuation and then attempted
to soften its full with the latter infor
mation, which by the way was about
all the truth there was in the whole
column and a half tirade. It admits
however that Mr. Pollard was the best
compliment the first district ever hud
with the exception of W. J. Bryan,
which while possibly intended as a
congressman, might be taken by some
as a very doubtful one.
Referring to the above insinuation
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n'K.iruiiiK "is connection Wltn Air.
Cannon being the means of securing
the lumber concession in Ilavti.
Mr. Pollard says he does not believe
that Speaker Cannon knows that
he has any such concessions and that
the statement is false in every particu
lar. In an article the following day this
same reliable (?) ublic information
bureau attempts to give the inside
reasons for Mr. Pollard's withdrawal
and also for his visit to Plattsmouth
and the outcome thereof ami also the
policy of this paper from now on.
As usual the "it is said'' authority is
given and as usual it, is just as reliable
as such information usually is. "It
is said that the paper will now suing
out. strongly for llayward where the
sympathy of the editor has long known
to lie," is just as near the truth as the
Journal can get. Such declaration
on the part of out unrelialle and
unsophisticated contemporary is only
evidence that it knows nothing about
the matter and is jilst simply trying to
make the public believe that it knows
more about somebody's else business
than somebody knows himself, when
the facts of the matter are it is only
an attempt to guess with poor results.
What the policy of this paper will
be in the future is our business and
will be known in due time. At
present those who think they know
have the liberty to keep on guessing
until such time as the paper gets ready
to announce that policy. There is
no telling what it might do. It
might change to a democratic paper
for all we know, as several prominent
democrats have told us, "so it is said,"
that a reliable democratic paper
would be a big help to the party in
Cass county.
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES
"Out of the confusion of the liquor
question, the senatorship and corpor
ation interests," remarked an astute
participant in public affairs the other
day, "heaven only knows what kind
of legislature Nebraska will draw at the
fall election." Ex-Senator Patrick
wrote recently that the brewers would
pay the campaign expenses of his op
ponents in case he were a candidate
for the state senate. There have been
hints from other sources that business
interests such as used to control con
ventions, are now busied in bringing
out candidates before the primaries,
relying on gratitude for campaign
funds furnished to make the candidate
duly amendable to suggestion when he
has become a legislator.
The danger that undesirable men
may slip into the legislature under
cover of the great interest in special
issues is not imaginary. A confusion
of issues is the fog under which the
"black horse cavalry" of politics makes
its most successful charges.
And yet the danger can be avoided
by the use of a very little common
sense and the expenditure of a small
amoujit of effort on the part of a few
disinterested people in the various
legislative districts, In each party and
on each side of the various leading
questions are men of high character
und good ability whose standing would
guarantee them support such ns cam
paign funds cannot buy. Such men
are not much given to seeking office.
They do not need office, and there is
doubtful honor in public preferment
gained by one's own efforts. But there
is real honor in being sought out to
perform a public service, and men sel
dom refuse when the office seeks tin
man. Disinterested people should see
that such candidates are brought
out at the primaries ns against the
candidates whom interested persons
may be bringing out.
If that is done a legislature domin
ated by high character and regard for
the general welfare may be secured
despite the perplexing shuffle of par
ties and special issues. Partyjcaders
and1 promoters of special issued would
do well to observe, in this connection
that this seems an off year for the ye
low dog in politics. They will help
themselves and their cause by seeing
to it that their candidate has character
and ability to recommend him as we
as right opinions on one or two
leading issues. State Journal.
TO THE FRAY
There are a few people whotappcar
to have caught a severe attack of
"cold feet" upon the county option
proposition. We discovered one or
two in our recent trip to the capita
city of the state. They claim that the
late municipal elections have shown
that county option is not popular. This
is not the first time that people hav
contracted cold feet upon the great
propositions which have come up in
the state of Nebraska in the past
Neither will it be the last. It is not
a question which should be taken up
because of its popularity, but because
it is right. Some have said that if the
republican party adopts a county op
tion plank in its platform that it woul
go down to defeat and the victory
would go to the democratic party
If the republican party has got to that
stage in its career when it has become
a question of "expediency" instead
of "principal" it has arrived at that
portion of its history where it shoul
go out of business. In its long and
eventful career its battles have been
fought upon principle. Some of them
have been lost, but many of them hav
been won. I hose which have her
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him weie lougni upon a prillClp
where later developments showed i
feat was a victory, for the next eh
tion proved that the people of t.l
country loved its stand and that its
principle was a true one. Victory
came hack and the party was made
stronger than ever before, because the
people recognized that it had a prin
ciple and fought for it. If tht repub
lican party, after its long and pros
perous career is now going to sacri
fice principle for votes; if it in getting
ready to lay down because it thinks
that the democratic party with a
whiskey platform can win the victory,
it is time that some other party was
formed in order that the great and im
portant issue which now confronts
the people can be fought out by an
organization which will have the sand
to go into battle and fight it- out
until such time as victory shall come.
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ican people is not the tariff. The
great battle of the future which must
be fought is not Aldrich-Caniionisin
or anything like that, but it is a fight
against the powers which at the pres-
nt time have gained such a foothold
upon the country that every attempt
to curtail its power has been met with
deluge of money and graft which
las made it almost impossible to
overcome, hvery day that the li
quor power is given to longer hold its
sway over the people, will make it
stronger entrenched and harder to
control. Every election which passes
y and the question is not made an
issue will make it harder to be made an
issue at the next election.
The party which shows cowardice
at this time will go down to defeat
and never again be a power umong the
people. If the republican party,
which has always been to the front
in every great question which has
confronted the people in the pust
shall now refuse to come to the rescue
of the country upon the greatest ques
tion it has ever known, it will sec the
day when it will never again be a power
in politics ana never again have the
confidence of the people. The time
has come to strike a blow in the de
fense of right. Is the republican party
to stand hack and forget its time
honored record and close a brilliant
career which has made it honored all
over the worhl,with a cowardly retreat
to the rear and mar its history with
a disgraceful rout before even a gun
is fired? The battle will have to be
fought. The battle will be fought;
and if the republican party will not
take the initiative and uphold its
record of the past, the fight will be
made anyhow and such a step would
mean its downfall. '
The people arc not satisfied with
present conditions. Some claim it
is one thing and others claim it is
another. In any event the coming
battle will be such as the country the
never witnessed before. The two old
parties need net think that they can
force the temperance question to the
background any longer. It is coming
to the front. For years it has been
steadily advancing. It is but a short
time ago that its approach could be
dimly discerned in the distance. It
came on only to be driven back. But
each year its skirmish line advanced
just a little farther; just a little ston-
ger was the army coming up in its
rear, until now the skirmish line is
on the ramparts and the main army
is ready to scale the great wall of po
litical expediency and no power on
earth can keep it from entering the
city and winning the victory. The
question which now confronts the re
publican party is, will it join the ap
proaching army and hast en the victory
or will it hold buck in fear and trembl
ing and be trampled underfoot by the
approaching victorious hosts.
twenty or so degrees north and prob
ably from two to five degrees west
of the planet Venus. The latter can
easily be located as the morning star,
slightly to the south of east and ap
pearing as large as the electric light
at the intersection of Sixth and Main
streets. Better, those who arc inter
ested in the comet, get out and look
at him, as when he comes back next
time you may not be here.
Local Items
(From Wednesday's Daily)
D.L.Dwyer was a business traveler
to the Gate city this morning.
ing on their way to Omaha where
they expect to spend a day or so.
A baby daughter is reported to
have arrived at the home of County
Treasurer Schlater.
The Womans Auxiliary of St. Lukes
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with Miss Verna Leonard.
Miss Margaret Scottcn returned
yesterday from a few days visit in
Lincoln. -
A. J. Schaefer from south of town
left this morning for the metropolis.
County Treasurer Schlater was a
mong the day's callers in the metropolis.
Mrs. Charles Peacock left this
morning to make a brief stay with
friends.
Ed Fitzgerald is spending the day
in Omaha making a combined business
and pleasure visit.
Byron Clark and William Weingar
ten returned on No. 6 this morning
from a short business trip.
A new permanent sidewalk is beinp
laid on the Trility property on South
Fifth street.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Friedrich are
visiting today at the farm of their
son a few miles from Murray.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Robertson made
a trip to Louisville today visiting their
farm a short ways from that place.
Mr. Schriver of Des Moines, owner
of the Coates block, was in the city
today tending to his business interests.
M. Fanger made a brief business
call at the Market town this morning
going up on the 8:15 train.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Martin were
callers in Omaha today expecting
to return home this evening.
Miss Edith Johnson left this morn
ing for a few days stay with friends
and relatives in the Capital city.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Morgan went
up on No. 15 this morning for a day's
visit at .Omaha und South Omaha.
- John W. Amiek of Weeping Wzuter
was in t!ie ciiy yesterday evening
visiting mixing his friends and relatives.
Mrs. A. J. Kunka bought a Burling
ton ticket reading for Omaha this
morning where she went on a days
visit. N
Viewed Haliey's Comet Yesterday
A local party and his wife who are
interested in the movements of the
planets and other parts of astronomy
were out yesterday morning about
four twenty and got a glimpse of the
big comet which is making us a visit
after having been away some seventy
five years.
The visitor which can now be seen in
the east in the morning, is very faint
and presents an appearance of being
a bright star through a slight fog.
The location of the comet, if any
should wish to look for it, is about
Mrs. J. L. Root of Lincoln rami: in
last night from Lincoln and is making
a visit in the city as guest of Mrs. J.
N. Wise.
Mrs. C. S. Forhes was among the
morning passengers who traveled to
Omaha this morning, oxpt cling to r
turn in the ( ning.
Mr. S. A. Wiles and wife ai.i'. (': 'gh
ter boarded the north bound tuning
ton this morning to make n short trip
to Omaha to visit friends.
D. E. Sheesley and son Edward
were in the city last night, signing
up at one of the locul hotels. They
left on one of the early trains today for
their home town.
Rev. Lougnot of Highland,, Butler
county was in the city last evening
with Ins friend father Shine, leaving
this morning for Omaha where he
will return to his home.
David Knee, a rather old gentleman,
who has been suffering for nearly a
year from a stroke of paralysis, was
able to walk down town today for the
tirst time since the stroke.
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j. Mm mm layor punier went
up to Omuha today to see about the
purchasing of tools for the coming
work on the streets. The city supply
along that line is rather low, and the
paving of the avenue this spring will
necessitate the jmrchasing of a num
ver of tools for the purpose. From
Omaha Mr. Will is planning to pro
ceed to Akron, Colorado, a few miles
from Denver where he will remain
a few days looking over the land in
that vicinity.
Mrs. Elmer Monroe and daughter,
came over this morning where she
came over this morning from Pacific
Junction to make a few days stay
with friends.
W. II. Puis who live a few miles west
of Murray were in the city this niorn-
The presentation of "The Burglar
und the Lady" ,y the Willi am (irew
Players next Friday evening at the
Parmele theater will give Mr. William
Grew one of the best opportunities
he has had this season for clever work,
and he arises to the occasion in his
usual admirable manner. While very
siniiliar to Raffles"" this play (nce
starred in my Jim Corbrtt) is more
brisk in action, more crisp in dialogue,
and, in fact, superior in many ways.
Miss Muybclle CuIIens, the new ac
quisition, will be seen to advantage of
the rather trying role of the "Lady,"
and all who see the play will have an
opportunity to pass upon the merits
of a renuitrkably clever und winning
actress. Friday evening's performance
will be the last appearance of this
company in the city, the troupe hav
ing been booked for engagements in
the east.