The Plattsmouth Journal
I I ;r.!.lIIKI WKKKLY AT
I HiUOUTH, NEBRASKA.
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I: r. !. : .il. I p ' 'iill.-f . I ri.tlt-.ti. i u t ti.
tr;tik.i. an -nii'li'la-s ricittiT.
Tm; st.-iU- IkmUIi inspector i-. the
ii!v 1:1:111 in t!ie state who is now
working t r his health. Thelejis
latuie forgot to provide him any
salar .
THE COUNTRY EDITOR.
Tiic publisher of a cheap iiiaaiiic
Tin- iiilejenlent elevators and
the rain producers of Nebraska
liave volunteered tocontrilute$10,
hm to assist Worrall in his f ijlit
against the old line elevator trust.
Tm: Lincoln Journal says that
Senator Ilurkett does not deny the
.statement that he has received in
formation from 1'resident Roose
velt that a sjnrcial session is to le
culled for Xovemfjer 1 1
Jri;i-; I Ioi.com 11, reports say,
w ill accept the democratic nomina
tion for re-electson, if tendered him.
We have no objection. He has
filled the position acceptibly to all,
and should Ik.- re-elected.
I'KJ.SIUKNT Roo.SKVKI.T will
need a pcrniaiieiitscrubbin briiiade
to do the necessary cleanini" fed
eral departments. Scandal evi
dence appears by the hogshead ful.
I. k;htnin; struck a coal oiltank
at Humble, Texas last week and a
million barrels of oil was consumed.
Will consumers have to make jjood
this loss to this Standard Oil Co.?
If so, jet ready to liquidate.
Tin: advice of the president to
parents tobriuj; their children up
to work is sound. What this coun
try imperatively needs is a system
by which men can net money only
by earning it. The other ways are
bri ninn all our institutions peril-
ouslv r.ear destruction.
THE NEW NEBRASKA IDEALS.
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1 lie patriot wno apires to an
uii in Wisconsin has a LTouchau-ainst ! appointive olMce under Governor
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rouutrv clitors of which he delivers
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1 lie evcrajM- countrv euitor is a
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;unl lie must not
A St. Lor is paper was sued for
$61 mi, mho yesterday for quoting
something Attorney General Had
ley said concerning the plaintiffs.
If the newspapers could only lx?
terrified or muzzled half the trouble
of the boodlers, the gamblers, the
"brewery interests" and Standard
Oil would le over. Kansas City
Star.
A 1.1. country ne'.vspapaiers favor
able to .government regulation of
railroad rates should watch their
patent insides with special care
just now. Having failed to catch
any ude;eons with their Columbia
news bureau the railroads are be
Kinuinjr to buy space for their ar
guments from the ready-print
houses.
In some states the law requires
the statutes to le published in two
newspajers in each county. Hy
this means every citizen of the
state shall have knowledge of the
laws. Such a plan should be
adopted in this state, and we be
lieve it will Ik." adopted at the next
session of the legislature. Colum
bus Telegram.
Som:; of the most prominent far
mers living south of Louisville
bitterly complain of not having the
lK-nefits of free mail delivery. The
reason is that most of these men
are democrats, and according
to liurkett's lelief, are not entitled
to that privilege. We hope our
new congressman will think dif
ferently and will assist these men
their mail the same as other farmers
no matter whether they are demo
crats or republicans.
low. groveling cur, who will in
hesitate to use his type and press t
injure the weak and'assist thestrong
he will unblushingly paint patriots
of traitors, and statesmen of fools
He will domineer over those be
neath , and crings before those
above him. He will fawn over am
truckle to the blear-eyed politician
while toward the dav lalorer he
will assume an air of lofty con
tempt. In brief, he s a natura
truckler, whose good opinion no
man who knows him well, will ever
court or cultiuate. His enmity is
preferable to his friendship.
This isn't fair. The average coun
try editor wiil compare favorably
with the average man in any other
occupation. Nor is he neccessarily
a truckler. If he is a sensible man
and he generally is or he couldn'
make a go ot it at all lie lias no
exiiectatioii of making so strong an
impression upon the world as to
greatly modify industrial or socia
conditions. His first intelligent
purpose is to print the news am
make a living. He must have the
good will of the public in order to
merit and secure its patronage. In
order to have that good will h
must avoid lcing abusive in his
treatment of his fellow citizens or
the discussion of the vital problems
of civilization. If his paper is the
recognized organ of a political par
tv, it is his business to abide bv the
verdict of the party in convention
assembled and stand by the nomi
nees even if the task does make
him feel seasick. When it is more
than he can stand up under then
he can keep still, and let nature
take its course and had better do
that than to sacrifice his business
and have his plant auctioned off by
the sheriff. Lincoln Journal.
"Xkmkaska," said Mr. T. M.
Gorham of Hastings, at the Riggs
house. in Washington. I). C. the
other day. "is going to eclipse all
records of its own this year in the
matter ofa big yield of crops. Last
year its products of the fields and
stock farms made a total of the
enormous sum of 54.15, 000, 000, but
this year the figures will be a good
deal higher. I do not believe there
is a state in the union where pros
perity' is more generally diffused or
where there is a higher standard of
living. It may seem that I am
somewhat prejudiced in its favor,
but I think the time is coming
when Xebraskr will be generally
alluded to as the banner agiculture
state of the union.
Ykars ago when Jesse James
was riding through Missouri on
horseback he stopped for dinner
with a widow. She gave him the
best she had, but she seemed very
sad, and Jesse inquired the cause.
After some weeping she informed
nun tnat an ola skinflint uacl a
mortgage on her place for $2,000; it
was due ami he would be after it
that day, but she had not the mon
ey to pay it. She was sure he
would dispossess her. After some
further questioning Jesse went
down in his pocket, and from a roll
counted out $2,000 and gave it to
the woman to meet her debt. He
waived aside the woman's thanks
and after asking which wav the
rich man would likely come and
the way he would return, Jesse
James rode a wav. The creditor
came and was surprised to receive
the money, but took it and rode
away through the woods. Some
distance from the house he met
Jesse James, who, in his character
istic way, not only collected back
the 52,000 he had given the w idow,
but got 52,000 in addition. Per
haps the motives of Mr. John D.
Rockefeller's generosity to educa
tional and religious organizations
should not le called in question but
there is a striking similarity be
tween his methods and those em
ployed by the noted bandit.
Thk Columbus Telegram wants
Judge Harry Dungan for supreme
judge on the democratic ticket. He
is a young man of considerable
ability and a gentleman of consid
erable following.
Sknatok Mitchkll, of Oregon,
has been sentenced to pay a fine
ot l.OOO dollars and to serve six
monthsin the penitentiary. Worse
than all from his standpoint, prob
ably, is the fact that he never can
again hold office in the United
States.
ka must not driul
swear.
It is an exalted standard that
Xel raska .sets, and four generations
of American statesman were lucky
not to be judged by it. Certainly
it would have excluded Washing
ton from office. He swore with
dignified emphasis on occasion.
Moreover, he drank port, and some
times spiced rum, which is worse
When he flew into passioti as he
often am, Alexander Hamilton is
said to have sworn eloquently, and
Jefferson imported French wines
by the cask for his personal use.
Andrew Jackson could swear like
a stevedore, and he drank anything
he wanted to drink whenever he
wanted todrink it. As for Webster
the less said about him the better
With his alternating propensity for
gin and brandy, there would have
leen no office holding for him 1111
(ter tlie l'untian dispensation ot a
twentieth century Nebraska. Henry
Clav, we are sorrrv to sav, was no
better than he should have been,
and poor Franklin Pierce could
not have been a clerk in an
insurance commissioners office un
der Mickey. Kven Tippecanoe and
hard cider would have been frown
ed on.
As for some of the more recent
figures on the scene, they would be
crushed to earth by the Mickey
standards. Grant drank whiskey
and Lincoln wished some of his old
generals would use the same brand.
If Sherman drank moderately he
swore lmmocleratelv. Mierman
not only drank and swore, but he
is said to have chewed tobacco.
Not one of them could have been
a colonel on the staff of the gover
nor of Nebraska.
The ideal public servant, from
Governor Mickey's point of view,
would seem to be a combination of
David Bennent Hill and Chuncey
Mitchell Depew. Mr. Hill does
not drink and Mr. Depew does not
swear. New York World.
WEST FOR THE TARIFF REVISION.
The Oregonian stands with those
who believe there ought to be a
considerable revision of the tariff.
Moreover, it ought to be under
taken soon.
The president is committed to it,
yet his purpose and influence may-
Hi rendered ineffective by the stub
born resistance of a certain element
in congress which professes to see
grave dangers in every proposal to
open tne subject to discussion.
They cry out in fear that if the
gates should le open even a little
way, the floods would rush in, the
gates would le soon flung wide op
en, and protection would soon be
utterlv destroved.
This is the argument merely of
interests that have special favors
tinder the present laws. It is
not sound; for if it were, there
never could be anv revision. Be
side, the very fact that there is fa
voritism in the tariff as it stands is
one of the leading reasons whv it
hould le revised.
This question is part of the great
economic issue of the dav. There
is world-wide economic agitation,
which is growing continually and
cannot be kept down. It is the
demand of the universal human
proletariat forthe right of existence.
t is upon us in a mostaccute form.
Portland Oregonian, rep.
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FACING A DEFICIT.
lT:i(ier the above caption I,cs
Weekly criticises the republican ad
ministration very severely for its
miserable failure in handling the
govc rnnu nt finance. Leslie's is us
ually a thick and -thin supporter of
the republican parte, and it must
be in a bad wav indeed when such
papers become alarmed and mak
such confessions of its shortcom
ings. Leslie's admits that if tht
democrats were given a chance they
would put matters right and cor
rect the abuses which have !ecn
practiced by the republicans, thus
giving them credit for sinceritv of
purpose while the republicans have
been derelict in the performance of
their duties. Following is the
article:
The republican partv must call a
halt on the treasury deficit, just as
President Roosevelt called a halt
on the grafters, or the people will
turn the republican partv out. For
the fiscal year ending June 30 ,1905,
the government expenditures were
524,500,000 above its revenue.
Last I)ecemler Secretary Shaw fig
ured that the deficit for the fiscal
vear would ie Mtt.noo.ooo. it is
far above that amount, and the
shortage is embarrassingly and dis
creditably large.
The government's outgo must be
deniinished. Much of it is need
less. Some of it is mischievous.
A crisis confronts the republi
cans. .Let the republican leaders
in Congress understand that the
countrv is not eternallv and niev-
vitably wedded to the republican
party. The republican party was
placed in power because the Amer
ican people thought it would give
better government than its oppon
ent would or could furnish. For a
time it justified this confidence.
But in the management of the gov
ernment's finances recentlv it has
been lax. This laxitv. if contin
ued, will be criminal, and will de
serve and receive the popular con
demnation. Unless the republican
party acts promptly, intelligently,
and decisively just as soon as con
gress meets, and ends this deficit,
the Democracy will elect a Con
gress in 1906, and a President and
Congress in 190.S.
A failure to act promptly, and
to act right, will bring disastrous
and deserved defeat to the republi
can party.
Will Messrs. Cannon, Payne,
Babcock, Lodge, Spooner, Aldrich,
Foraker, and their Republican as
sociates bri ng back the govern ment ' s
finances to sane lines, in the ap
proaching session? Or, will they
shirk their duty and force the
American people to choose a Dem
ocratic Congress next year to begin
the work, and a Democratic Presi
dent and Congress three years hence
to finish it?
The Man in Charge!
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SIP1
Some Improvements.
While there has not been many new
residences springing up in our city
this summer, nearly everyone has done
some improving and the homes in
riattsmouth can be said to be neat
and attractive, with very few excep
tions. The large number of new walks
have added not a little to our beauti
f al town. lOld fences have been re
moved or repaired and taking all in all
the town will compare favorably with
any town of like size in the state.
Oxk of the most interesting facts
that has been uncovered in the row
among the harvest trust is that har-
esters that retail to the farmers at
$125 can 1e profitably sold at $57.
That is what it costs the farmers on
one item for voting the protection
party ticket. This paper has al
ways contended that protection,
as advocated by the republican par
ty is what has built up every trust
in the land. Kill protection and
down goes the trusts. The far
mers of Cass county are paying
double price for every piece of ma
chinery they use while the foreign
er gets the same goods at half
price.
Rate to Gleowood.
The Burlington announces a rate of
50 cents for the round trip to Glen
wood August 1 to 6 on account of the
Gleowood Chautauqua.
ADVERTISEMENT READERS.
Much has been said and written
about merchants advertising. From
any and every point of view it is
shown conclusively that failure to
advertise means failure in business
Little has been said, however
about the part the consumer plays
in the matter of advertising.
The American people are edu
cated in the matter of reading ad
vertisements. Thev look in the
newspapers for advertisements
1 ney realize tnat tne newspapers
are a medium through which is im
parted to them facts relative to
ware and prices that they cannot
obtain so satisfactorilv in another
way. The people of the United
States can look into a newspaper
and tell who are the enterprising,
business-getting merchants. Mer
chants who show that enterprise
and progress, and who thus com
municate with the public are look
ed upon as the merchants who un
derstand how to meet and satisfy
the public demand. The people
know that a man who does not ad
vertise, does not want business and
they naturally and justly shun him.
The people are too considerate to
impose on any merchant who does
not want their patronage.
All people read advertisements.
If you want to get close to the peo
ple and want the people to buy
vour wares, advertise.
Governor Mickey is reported
as saying that he did not meet Tom
Lawson at Fairbury, simply be
cause he did not approve the means
by which Lawson acqnired his
wealth. And yet it is of record
that Governor Mickey traveled all
the way to Omaha in the night
time to hold a conferenence with
Tom Dennisou.
There i.s-no better way to make tin- California trip tban
to join the l!ni Huston's personally conducted Through Tour
ist .Sleeper Kxcu r.sions, which leave riattsmouth every Thurs
day and Friday at :i:.'lo p. in. The Conductor, who is in per
sonal charge, is an employe of the lliirlington JJnad. He meets
you at, the station, cares for you your baggage, looks after
transportation -in fact, his sole duty is the care of passengers.
The route is through Denver, by daylight through scenic
Colorado and Salt Lake City, thence San Francisco and the
Coast Line to Los Lngeles.
See that your return titket from from California reads
over the Burlington, that you may likewise be hookd in our
east-bound excursions; and If you return via Portland and the
J'uget Sound country and you should do so by all means.
mere are isuriimrcon ticket agents at i'ortland. Tecoma 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 " "'.
Daily through standard sleepers Gmaha 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.
Apply for I'ortland Imposition fold
ers, California excursion folders,
berths, information. etc. Describe your
proprosed trip and let me advise you
the most desirable way to make it at
the lowest cost.
L. W. WAKELEY, G. P. A.,
1004 Farnum Street, Omaha, Neb.
777
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J.M. Greene, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Can be reached by 'phone night or day
Manley, Nebraska.
R. B. WINDHAM
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Estate Litigation
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aril t-xarniiilni; title to real ale a special
ly. Work properly done ami charge reason
able. ( tllce: liooms i ami 7. .lolin Ound
Uuildlng. near Court House. Plattstnoutti,
Neliraska.
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MEN'S SUMMER SUITS
Worth $7.50 to .$12.."0 at. .
MEN'S SUMMER SUITS
Worth 512.50 to 515.00 at.
Our new Fall and Winter Cloth
in? Catalogue will soon be ready
Write for it.
A GREAT SHOE SALE
The Entire Sample Line of the
Celebrated Crown Oxfords
Purchased from the Crown Shoe Co., at prices which
enables us to sell them to our customers at prices
- - Less Than Cost of Production - -
M:N'S FINE OXFORDS in all the newest 1905 lasts in patent
Calf. Patent Colt, Ve'our Calf and Vici Kid, regular
$3.50 and $-.00 values, now CjJJ 96
$3.
on sale
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