The Plattsmouth Journal
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for heavy work. Theodore Roose
velt. Tmkkk must be something to
this man I'oilard after all. News
Well, he must ie a rather poor
man if there isn't.
Tin-: official vote of the First
congressional district shows that
there was not near half the votes
polled at the election on Tuesday.
July IS.
President Roosevelt has in
truded his assistants to "uncover
all culprits." The directions are
broad enough, but the example of
whitewash is more tempting.
Tin; official count of Otoe coun
tv shows that Pollard received n5S
votes and I'.row:: n'7. a majority
l"..r IN.Ilard of M. lhirkelt last
M-ir carrie" I the coiintv bv near 7i '.
In Whawka, Mr. Pollard's home
town and which is a strong repub
lican precinct, Mr. Pollard received
1 ! t voU-s and llrowti 5.'). In Liber
ty precinct, which adjoins Xehaw-k;-.
on the Mth, Pollard received
57 voUs a:il I'.inwii H'7. That
docs not speak very well for Pol
lardat home. XelrakaCitv News.
Till". News wo.i'.d like to make it
appear that this city is democratic
bv a big maiorit-.-, in order to ease
down the
I.:rt;.
who made the
claim that 1"
at lea -t
that was se
f urn 1 h i-
11 , ,-. !
rried it bv
When a claim like
it to Xehawka, the
cau-e to feel highh
uratif;-. d over the result in this city?
Wi: T ottroteemed conteinpoarv
cliotKS to call ""Pollard's little
gang" that "couldn't do much"
aj, arc'itly .nave tne tiemocrntic
Ints" a pretty lively chase for
their money . Xews .
Kvideiitly yen didn't do what you
expected, or you wouldn't have tel
ephoned to Xehawka about the
"pin majority s'.:re" that Pollard
would have in thiscitv. That 34
majority didn't show that
lively chase for t'leirmone-v.
houestlv, did it?
pretty
Now,
The Omaha lice says that the
executive committee, which is
charged with the duty of selecting
a temporary chairman for the state
convention, has decided on Hon.
George I,. Sheldon, state senator
from Cass county. The selection
has been made by mail, letters from
the various members of the commit
tee being forwarded to Chairman
Burgess at Lincoln, notifying him
of their choice. The convention
meets at Lincoln on September 14.
Since the November election in
1S76, when Tildcii was elected
president, and Moxa Morton, of
Indiana, telegraphed Old Zack
Chandler, his old side partner in
political scheming, "to claim every
thing," the republicans have been
following his advice. Wonder if
that was not the reason for tele
phoning to Xehawka that, "Pollard
had carried the city by lOOmajori
ty, sure?" Too bad that they
slipped a cog in their calculations!
If the newely elected memler of
congress, Mr. Pollard, keeps his
promise to his local managers,
Messrs Helvey and McCartney will
not le applicants for the position
as postmaster at this point. His
local managers w ho are not mem
bers of the ring say that they will
pay a few debts which they owe to
certain republicans when the time
comes. Xebraska City Xews.
It is different here. The mana
gers of Pollard's campaign in this
city belong to the ring, but most
of the ring wouldn't play in the
game this time. Consequently it
is hard to tell who will pull the
strongest. I he older memljers ol
the ring are great friends of Sena
tor Hurkctt, while the "lesser lights"
are aboard the Pollard bandwagon.
It is a "pull Dick pull devil"
game, with'chanccs about even
for winning out. '
JacHying Board of Equalization.
The state board of equalization
has been doing considerable jocky
ing with the returns sent in, and
last week made an increase in the
assessment of horses from 55! i in
I oiighiss to five per cent in Cas.
In many of the counties the in
crease- ranges horn 1 to .
cent. The action of the board is
based upon the fact that the asses
sors did not come up to the Si 4
standard of assessment of some
other counties.
The returns from Douglass coun
ty show that there are 12,021 horses
and the average valuation is placed
at $11.19. The board took the
view that the horses of Douglass
ought to le more valuable than in
a purely agriculture county, and
raised them accordingly.
In the rise Cass conies in for an
increase of 5 per cent. Under the
new law, the power to equalize by
classes is conferred on the officials,
and the per centage increase order
ed must be charged up to the asses
ment of each horse owner. For
that reason every horse owner in
Cass county will have to pay taxes
on a two tenths greater valuation.
The same principle applies to all
the counties of the state.
The same process of equalization
will be undertaken with reference
to other species of property. An
effort is being made to take up
about sixteen ofthe more important
personal property schedules in the
same way. Merchandise will prob
ably be included, although there is
some question as to what will con
stitute a standard.
It is very evident that the state
board proposes to provide ample
revenue for the most extravagant
dispensers of the public funds.
The lesson here taught is that
the people must selectmen for office
w ho will practice economy both in
st. lie, county and municipal affairs
to make a lower assessment possi-
Scolding
The Xews regrets to observe that
one- or two democratic papers are
doing considerable scolding over
the result of the congressional elec
tion and claim that the campaign
w as not properly conducted. These
papers do not seem to take a very
comprehensive view of the matter.
They complain because there was
not several meetings of the con
gressional committee held. It was
not neccessary. ICach committee
man was consulted and requested
to do all he could toward getting
out the vote, and was kept fully in
structed to what was being done by
the chairman and secretary.
The committee and its officers
are not to be scolded, because they
are not deserving of it. The mem
bers of the democratic party are the
ones who are lax. They did not
go to the polls and vote. l nat is
the reason Mr. Brown was not
elected. Xebraska City News.
The News probably has refer
ence to a little article that appeared
in the Journal last Thursday. Not
withstanding the Xews thinks
otherwise, we reiterate that the
campaign was poorly managed
from start to finished. Our candi
date contained all the essentials
that any candidate couid possibly
possess. ICvery republican who
wanted Pollard went out to vote
while the democrats, who could
have been gotten'out with little
effort, remained at home. Some
one is to blame. And if it is not
the leaders who is it?
The better the home town can be
made the better it is for every one
living in in it; also all residents of
its immediate neighborhood receive
a leiiefit that cannot be overesti
mated. The farmers ofthe comunity
look to the home town for the edu
cation of their children. The im
portance of the town or city is
guaged by its business. The more
business that can be made tor a
town the more rapidly it will ad
vance and the less will le the bur
den of all residing in its corporate
limits , and also the taxation will
be upon the farmers.
Ir the railroads insist that the
State Board of Kqualization shall
raise each class of taxable property
to its highest market valuedivided
by five, they should also have in
sisted that the State Board of Asess
nient set the example by assessing
the railroads on the same basis.
Omaha Bee.
Reciprocity Movcrrjent Strong.
Xo wonder the administration
and its stand-p it friends are in
alarm over the expansive reciproci
ty movement which will attain ex
prcssion at the national conference
soon to l)i- he'd at Clycago. The
administration professes to recog-
pcrnizc the importance ol .merican
torcie.li trade relations, but is much
more given to considering the wel
fare of the g. o. . in campaign
time and to protecting the heavy
contributors in the interim. The
land-wide demand for reciprocity,
voiced by the comprehensive organ
ization of agriculture, live-stock
and business forces will le sounded
within the whole world's hearing
and standpatism will have to give
ground.
There is no alternative; and the
privilege interests and their politi
cal protectors may as well accede
gracefully. Dingley schecules
have had their day and the politi
cians who cannot recognize the
truth will have to go to the wall.
American commerce in the aggre
gate is too strong for any set of in
terests and American commerce has
awakened to the impositions which
have been for many years practiced
upon it in the name of protection.
American commerce commission in
the aggregate can make politics and
unmake legislation.
Threatened foreign discrimina
tion by the way of retaliation against
our excessive tariff rates are the
only real cloud upon the horizon
of prosperity. Naturally the busi
ness of the nation feels that it is
time to conciliate the foreign mar
kets offended. Germany's an
nouncement that it would virtuallv
discontinue American purchases iu
the nearfuture has been the imme
diate moving cause behind the
business agitation for reciprocity.
That we must at least make
reasonable treaties of give and take
as to tariff or content ourselves
with the home market is now plain
to producers and merchants. Our
commercial expansion j w ill not
brook any longer the restrictive op
eration of ultra rates, and revision
and reciprocity in the near future
are the onlv logical outcome.
Tin-: election over in the first dis
trict went to Pollard. There is ab
solutely no reason why any other
result should be expected. ICvery
county in the district is republican.
Last fall in the congressional elec
tion Burkett carried Cass county,
Mr. Pollard's home, by 677. Tues
day Pollard carried it by about 200.
It looks like kicking against the
pricks for a democrat to run against
a republican in a district made up
of counties with a normal republi
can majority in each county rang
ing from 200 to 5,000, unless the
republican nominee is rotten and
everybody knows it. Beatrice Sun.
Thk Weeping Water Herald has
had so much to say about blood
hounds . employed in capturing
criminals, we wonder if it has ever
occured to Mr. Olive upon whose
order the bloodhounds were brought
here to assist in the capture of
Ploehn? If it has not we would re
fer the over anxious editor of the
Herald to commissioner Marshall,
who hails from his own citv. If
he can't get the desired im forma
tion from Mr. Marshall, then we
will take the trouble to give it to
him. This is one time Sheriff Mc
Bride had nothing to do with the
employment of bloodhounds. It
was the other fellow.
" Wki.L," said one of the staunch
friends of Senator Burkett last
night, "Burkett elected Pollard,
and the Senator will naturally run
the affairs of the district, just the
same duringPoll ard's two years of
incumbency." That's justthe way
we figured it out before the election.
Si-ckktary Shaw says tfiat de
ficit does not disturb him, but what
may stir Mr. Shaw's successor con
siderably is the question of how new
taxes can be imposed to make the
receipts equal the expenditures.
A rioNEER republican says "that
every republican who wanted Pol
lard was out to vote, and those who
didn't want him remained at home."
It looks that wav.
Official Favoritism.
Special rebates and discrimina
tions in favor of individuals and
corporations to the ruination of
the competitors is clearly shown in
the case of the advantage gained by
the Kansas Salt Trust over the in
dependent salt producers of that
state. The Interstate Commerce
Commission in its investigation de
veloped one of the most llagrant
cases of rebating and law-breaking
that the members of the commis
sion have found since first this sub
ject engaged their attention. Hear
ings in this case were held in De
cember, 1903, and a decision was
promptly rendered in January, 1904,
and the commission found the facts
complained of "plainly illegal."
As required by the criminal sections
of the act to regulate commerce the
commission referred the evidence
and its findings to the Attorney
General of the United States for
prosecution in the federal court, but
no action appears to have been taken
by the Attorney General or his sub
ordinates. The evidence produced before the
commission showed that two broth
ers of Paul Morton, the late Secre
tary of the Xavy, are the officials of
the salt trust and the rebates were
granted by Paul Morton as Vice
President of the Santa Fe railroad
with especial supervision over traf
fic agreements. The fact that At
torney General Moody has taken no
steps to prosecute the Morton
brothers may not be due to the fact
that Paul Morton has been a mem
ber of the Cabinet, but it certainly
looks that way. It "can hardly Im
possible that President Roosevelt is
protecting the whole Morton fami
ly in the unlawful acts, although
he did exonerate Paul Morton from
personal complicity in the other
I Santa Fe re bat
e cases.
The duty of the Interstate Com
merce commission ended when they
referred the case to the department
of justice, and whether their work
is to count for nothing remains
with President Roosevelt, who has
shown no signs of compelling his!
Attorney General to prosecute these
offenders andallow a square deal
between the salt trust and its com
petitors. Wk have no complaint to find
with the railroads so lon.tj as they
play fair. They have done a p;reat
deal to develop this country, and
they are entitled to a full share of
the profits in the way of increase
of-business. " But the farmers have
done much to develop the country.
They have done a great deal to add
to the business of the railroads.
They have opened up the Tcountry
and made homes, and the railroads
have come here todo business with
them. The value of farm lands
have advanced, and the assessed
valuation have gone up with it, al
though the soil does not produce
more, the cost of production has
increased, and the marketvalue is
not so much better thanjt used to
be. What the farmers want is to
see the valuation of the railroads
raised for taxable purposes in pro
portion to the stock inflation. No
body wants to do injustice to the
railroads, but all want the railroads
to do the right thing by 'the peo
ple.
Thk defeat of Mayor Brown, al
though not unexpected, was great-
1- due to the stay-at-home demo
crats. In Plattsmouth precinct,
where the democratic majority is
about 75, only about 72 votes were
polled, and the majority 16: while
in Eight Mile Grove, where the
democratic majority is almost 60.
but 70 votes were polled, with 8
majority for Brown. If the demo
cratic precincts had done as well as
Mt. Pleasant and Liberty, Mr. Pol
lar would have lost his own coun
tv. Prices are regulated by supply
and demand, shouts the republican
organs. Certainly. By whatever
supply the trust keeps on hand and
the demand it choose to make.
The Xews booms Windham for
governor, while the Xehawka Reg
ister wants Senator Sheldon. Xow
watch and see which wins out.
We'll bet on the Register.
The Man in Charge!
Tlicici'. i!" I.i I l.-i way to iiial:- tin- 'al ifoi nia trip than
to join t lie- i in rJitiu't in's ci-mhi:iII conducted Tlnouidi Tour
ist SIc-pcr Kxcursioiis, which le.t I "hit t sinout h c ci y Thurs
day and 1'riiiav at .'!:.''o p. in. Tin- Conductor, who Is in per
sonal charge, is an employe of t In- liui liuton Knad. Jh'im-ets
you at the station, cares for you your haine, looks after
transportation in fact, his sole duty is the care of pasM ncers.
The route is through I lenver. hy da vlinht through scenic:
Colorado ami Salt Lake City, thence San Francisco and tin
Coast Lino to Los LngeU's.
See that your return ticket from from California reads
over the ihirlinuton, that you may likewise he hooked in our
oast-hound excursions; and if you return via Portland and tin"
Putret Sound count ry and you should do so hv all means.
There are Burlington ticket agents at Portland, Tecotua and
Seattle who will make all your arrangements for the home
ward trip.
All classes of tickets are honored in these through tourist
sleepers: the cost per birth is but . 7.1.
Daily through standard sleepers (imaha to San Francisco
and scenic Colorado.
RATES Unusually low rates for the round trip on fre
quent dates during the summer to the coast, and back.
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J. M. Greene, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Can be reached by 'phone night or day
Manley, Nebraska.
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Great Week in Silks
In order to close out quickly we offer the
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must go to make room for new fall stock. There
fore these offerings.
Imported wash cords of .'JO colors
Japanese fancy wah silks of
2" patterns, fancy white wash
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Plain Pongee silk. 27-in. wide,
SI. 2.5 value. rou?h pongees. 27
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frreens, srrays and natural, 1.50
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Our entire line of Foulards con
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Just a few choice patterns of our
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