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    The Plattsmouth Journal
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Democratic Ticket
Supreme Judge
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District Judge
HAIiVKY I). TRAVIS
County Judge
County Clerk
K. ROSKNCKANS
Clerk of District 0urt
C. K. MKTZGEIt
Treasurer
KliANK K. 'SCI! LATER
Assessor
II. M. SOKNNICHSKN
Sheriff
A. J. BOX
Superintendent of Schools
MARY K. FOSTER
Commissioner
CHAS. R. JORDON
Surveyor
Coroner
K. RATNOUR.
Jakk Rkkson got in by the "skin of
his teeth." Rut then nine plurality is
letter than none at all.
Tl K.NKK ZlNK. candidate for commis
sioner, wins the nomination by two plu
rality. A very close shave. Turnor
lives in Weeping Water.
What Nebraska needs in a railroad
commission more than anything else is
members who are not afraid of putting
in enough time on the job to earn their
i;y- ;
ii:oi:;K L. Loomis is a sure winner.
So some of the republicans up at Lin
coln say. His record -is as bright as
new silver dollar. Quite to the contra
ry is that of Judge Reese.
Thk busy Secretary Taft made a short
speech in Denver this week and during
that one speech he mentioned Mr. Bry
an's name thirty-two times. This is
not bad for ore speech. Mr. Bryan
could have been referred to of tener had
he been in an automobile accident.
Cass cotr.vr y ill sure have the next
district judge, II. I). Travis, nominated
by the democrats, and Jcss'e L. Root,
republican nominee. Root carried Cass
while Warren carried Otoe, but the for
mer failed to cany his own county by as
big majority as Root did Cass, which
gave the latter a majority. There was
n- opposion to Judge Travis.
W. J. F.ryan is waking them up to
their interests down in Oklahoma and
Indian Territory. His speech -it Okla
homa City, which was his opening ad
dress, and was a reply to Taft's speech
delivered in that city a few days since.
He opened the eyes of his hearers to the
double-dealing iolicy of this great big
bag of wind, who is simply the mouth
piece of Roosevelt.
Is IT a bluff, or can it be meant for
honest intention to actually prosecute?
Attorney General Bonaparte has asked
for money from Congress with which
to hunt, find and run down and prose
cute the trusts. The trusts can now
quake, or what is more likely the
grandstand will be treated to a splendid
exhibition or "How Not to Do It, Even
When the Money is -Provided and the
Evidence is at Hand."
The president must be a very, busy
man. While not writing speeches for
Taft he is writing a set of speeches for
himself, one to tit each stop upon his
fall swing around the circle. These, to
gether with his message telling of the
great work upon the canal, must surely
occupy most of the time not given over
to roasting nature fakers and "Dear
Marias."
We conversed with a republican far
mer Saturday who incidentally remark
et! that he intended to support Miss
Foster for county school superintendent,
because he knew she was qualified for
the place. And another reason he gave
for supporting Miss Foster was the fact
that four-fifths of the teachers of Cass
county were females, and he could see
no reason why one of their number
should not be at the head of the schools.
There are many other republican farm
ers who feel the same way. '
While in the city yesterday," Chair
man Allen of the Nebraska democratic
committee, informed the Journal editor
that he is arranging for a gathering of
the clans and a banquet to be held at
Lincoln, the afternoon and evening of
September 24th. This is the day set
by law for the meeting of the commit
tee to draft the state platform. At the
same time this democratic gathering
will hear the doctrine propounded by
several national leaders, among whom
will be Mr. Bryan, "Governor Campbell
and Senator Culbertson of Texas; Gov,
Hoke Smith of Georgia; Gov. Glenn of
North Carolina; Gov. Broward of Flor
ida, and perhaps others; an aggrega
tion of talent as here memtioned will
call out the democratic workers. Mr.
Allen expects to have the details all ar
ranged for announcement within the
next few days.
Now, according to the plutocrats, it
is a plot of labor against capital in the
trial of Senator Borah for land frauds.
When Hay word was on trial for con
spiracy to murder at Boise City, the la
borites said it was a plot of capital
against labor. It always depends upon
whose ox is gored.
The Pennsylvania Hard Coal idea is
that it is even-handed justice to take
from Nebraska and other states in per
manent high prices everything that the
supposed exigencies of the campaign
fund call for to carry. Ohio and New
York for the cause of permanent pro
tection against lower prices.
DlNGLEY statisticians at Washington
admit that it costs the average family
$18.32 more for clothing this year than
ten years ago. But they claim that the
average father of the family has so
much more money in his jocket now
than he did ten years ago that he feels
better thart ever. The best way for the
father of the average family to test his
feelings is to feel into his pocket.
Hon. George L. Loomis, the gentle
man who delivered one of the addresses
in Plattsmouth on Labor day, is now
the opponent of Judge Reese for sup
reme judge. There is not a cleaner,
brighter, or a better qualified man in
Nebraska for this responsible position.
A supreme court judge should be a clean
man, and the voters of Nebraska can
depend upon having one in the person
of George L. Loomis.
The money with which Mr. Cortelyou
hastened to succor the distressed banks
may or may not have been the money
contributed to save the country from
the wicked Democrats in the last cam
paign, but the banks saved were the
banks which "gave down" so hand
somely when the fat-fryer came
around and hinted at future favors for
present contributions. A square deal
is a square deal and all Republican
office-holders are not necessarily crooks.
The contest between Judge Reese and
Judge Sedgwick, while ended so far as
the primary is concerned, is not ended
until Judge Reese has been defeated at
the polls, as we firmly believe he will
be. Judge Sedgwick's literary and cam
paign bureau did good work for their
candidate, but they couldn't cover the
weak spots of Judge Sedgwick, although
it did exjose the weakness of Jndge
Reese. He never can get the republi
can vjte and surely will not be entitled
to the vote of any democrat.
Since the absolute unfitness of M. B.
Reese as supreme judge, by reason of
age and other disabilities, has been so
forcibly set forth during the past few
weeks, it is now time for those who
place the judiciary above mere party
spoils to get busy and see to it that a
man who is qualified for the place be
elected. This should not be a political
issue. The state needs a strong sup
reme bench. It is not a question of
public expendiency. It is of more im
portance to the people that a sound,
clear-minded judge be elected than that
Chairman Rose be given a fat job.
The primary law is more of less of a
nuisance to many, but it gives every
body a chance to help nominate candi
dates. A great deal less than one-half
the vote of the county came out, which
shows that the people took very little
interest in this way of selecting candi
dates. Of course it may be different at
the next election, but we doubt it. Ex
pressions come thick and fast that the
primary system of nominating candi
dates is not satisfactory. But in an
other year it may be different, when
the people more fully understand the
law.
President Roosvelt's letter in
which he graciously agrees to refrain
from meddling any further in the af
fairs of New Mexico and Arizona, is
received with contempt and derision.
Seeing it was none of his business, eith
er personal or official, to try to coerce
those two territories into unwilling
joint statehood, and inasmuch as both
territories have repudiated him and his
unwarrented officiousness, his letter re
minds one of the assertion of the youth
whose sweetheart's father kicked him
out: "I will not again visit a house
where I was so obnoxious to the
owner.
The republicans have now made their
nomination for supreme judge and if
everything is true that has been said
during the primary campaign by the re
publican editors over the state, then it is
truly proper that the people should rise
up in a solid body at the polls ' on - elec
tion day and annihilate the entire state
republican ticket and especially so as far
as the supreme judgeship is concerned.
The whole bunch have been in collusion
to defraud justice and the people can
only look for relief through the election
of the democratic candidate. By doing
this the people can expect and will be
given some relief.
Notice to Parents.
All parents or guardians, who expect
to start children into school for the first
time this fall must do so this week. Af
ter this week unless started, the be
ginners will have to wait until the time
of starting the beginners class in the
spring. Thi3 is important, and unless
the child is started this week, they will
loose the time until the beginning of
the spring' term. '
Until After the Election.
There seems to be a sort of difficulty
j in agreeing with republican authorities
j who discredit stories of radical legisla
I tiou in the coming session of congress
J and declare that the republican majori
! ty will be unusually moderate and dis
j creet in what it does.
j With the presidential election only
a few months in the future, when con
gress meets the strange innovations
which the president has urged will be
laid on the shelf until after the election.
Mr, Roosevelt may say what he pleases
j in his message, but congress may be
expected to follow the lead of Secretary
Taft and postpone everything that
might widen the breach already exist
ing between the party's voters and the
monopolies which control it.
With one eye on the voters and the
other or the "good trusts" which are
to supply the campaign slush fund, the
republican majority will steer a middle
course. The income tax which Presi
dent Roosvelt and Secretary Taft fav
or in public will not be exploited, though
Mr. Roosevelt or his successor is likely
to have opportunities to make new ap
pointment to the Supreme Court of
Judges agreeing with the minority of
the court at the time when the income
tax of 1904 was declared unconstitu
tional. The graded inheritance tax by which
the President and Secretary of War
would check overgrown fortunes, while
depriving the states of a source of rev
enue 4which ought to remain theirs, will
not form a part of the campaign legis
lation enacted by the republican con
gress. The congress will dodge or straddle
every question that has not the sanction
of time-honored republican tradition.
Though Secretary Taft is emphatic for
tariff revision and believes that it should
be immediate, the republicans in con
gress will cheerfully accept his view
that it had better be postponed until' af
ter election. And in this course they will
have the heartv approval of Speaker
Cannon and of dozens of "leaders" who
know that a majority of the voters in
both parties want it right away.
The long session of the Sixtieth con
gress will be taken up with sparring be
tween the parties for advantage in the
presidential election.' The policy of the
majority will be one of procrastination
and caution.
THE BURLINGTON
CROP REPORT
Our Corn Yield Will Be Lighter
Than the Average.
According to the Burlington crop re
port the corn yield will be lighter than
the average this year.
On account of a lack of moisture at
the proper time corn has suffered more
or less damage on all divisions and most
seriously on the McCook division, in the
vicinity between Kenesaw and McCook
on the main line, where the ground is
even now dry in great need of rain. In
this territory there are places where
the corn crop will be practically a fail
ure and other places where the yield
will probably amount to half an aver
age crop if favorable conditions exist
for the rest of the season. West of
McCook corn was not damaged by the
dry weather to any great extent, al
though this is not a corn country and
very little is raised, except on the Im
perial branch, where the crop is looking
well.
Corn is said to be in fairly good con
dition in the Republican valley, Oxford
to Red Cloud, and on ' the Oberlin
branch. It is estimated that the yield
of corn on the St. Francis branch will
range from a fair crop to two-thirds of
a crop. In places on the Concordia
branch of the Wymore division corn is
badly damaged, also on the DeWitt
Holdrege branch west of Edgar. Else
where on the Wymore division corn is
in fair shfcpe, taking into account the
late planting and the unfavorable con
ditions in the early part of the season.
On the Lincoln division there are several
places where corn has suffered from
dry weather, especially in the vicinity
of Sutton. With favorable conditions
from now on com along the Lincoln
division may amount to 75 per cent of
an average crop, but not better.
Conditions have been favorable during
the past week for fall plowing, except
in a few places on the McCook division,
where the ground is too dry to plow.
Much . plowing and seeding - of .winter
wheat has been done and indications are
that a heavy crop of winter grain will
be put into the ground this fall.
Potatoes are not generally yielding as
well as was anticipated several weeks
ago.
W. C. T. U. Elect Officers.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of this city held their annual
election of officers yesterday afternoon,
j at the home of Mrs. Schildknecht. The
following officers were elected for the
coming year: Mrs. B. C. Kerr, presi
dent; Mrs. L. A. Moore, vice-president;
Miss Olive Gass, secretary: Miss Ella
Kennedy, treasurer; with vice-presidents
for each of the three churches.
For the Methodist, Mrs. J. Lyman Kil
dow; Christian, Mrs. A. L. Zink; Pres
byterian, Mrs. P.E. Ruffner. .
WHY COAL IS HIGH
Why is coal so high in price, is a
question that has come with a great
deal of force occasionally to the con
sumer, especially when he comes to pay
his bills for the coal he consumes. That
it is high, cannot be denied or contro
verted. We remember when coal sold
at $2.",() to $:5..!0 per ton, and was
easily obtained at that, but times have
changed. The ways of large commer
cial concerns have materially altered
during the last decade, for in that time
new systems have been inaugurated,
and the conditions which obtained then
are now relegated to the rear, with a
good prospect of going to oblivion.
During that time, houses which now
have a nation-wide clientele and al
most a world-wide business, were not
in existence. One instance we cite is
that of Sears, Roebuck & Co., who
are hard competition with , the retail
merchant, whatever, the justness or
unjustness of their manner of doing
business, they have, during the time
in which they have been in business, ac
quired the control of the output of an
immense amount of goods.
Of large concerns of every kind there
are many, and they have not any of
them come to the fullness of the ap
approach to business perfection, with
out a definite system to work to.
Where the house is large enough,
they have assumed to dictate the terms
on which they will do business, as
touching those under them in a busi
ness sense, and on the line of contact
there is always a border warfare, of
business methods, and practices, each
seeking as a means of their own pro
tection, to devise some way where the
small losses in one way or another will
come off the other fellow, for to
shoulder or assume the tare or percent of
loss in all cases would mean the bank
ruptcy of the person who did it.
Where a merchant cannot hold his
own with the house from whom he pur
chases the goods, he must receive an
additional percent profit on the goods
when he sells them in order to protect
himself. So it is with people who own
and control the output of our supply of
fuel; all the little losses, which in the
aggregate amount to much, by a sys
tem have been put on the other fellow.
In the shipment of coal, there is always
a liability to a considerable amount of
loss, as is evidenced by one walking
along any railway track and observing
the amount of coal that is scattered
along on the right of way.
To avoid losses in this direction the
people who own the mines seek to sell
the coal for delivery at what they call
mine run or mine weights. This
often times is correct, and often times
makes a small per cent deficiency in
the exact weight. In doing this the
mine owner is looking after his own in
terest, as he has a vast amount of
money invested, and with the expenses
of mining and placing the coal on the
cars, his expenses are enormous; But
by doing a vast business he has a cer
tain and sure profit, when he is getting
a clear percent and has placed the in
evitable losses which must occur on the
customer which he finds for his pro
duct. When the coal comes to the
retailer, for the wholesaler gets in
clear selling the amount that he buys
and at weights he buys, he has a cer
tain amount of loss on the average
taxed up against his coal on arrival.
This morning in conversation with a
local dealer, he told us that some time
ago he ordered a number of cars of
coal, with the understanding that when
shipment was made, it should come in
two car lots. This would allow him a
day to get the two cars unloaded. Of
this order, seven cars came in yester
day, as but twenty-four hours are
given .to unload, demurrage being
charged for all time in excess of this,
he had to make preparation for the
immediate unloading of this coal.
He hired three extra men to shovel
and teams to haul; for the shovelers he
pays $2.00 a day and for teams $4. On
account of things being reduced to a
system, the railroads, in an endeavor
to make all their capital pay as great a
per cent as possible, do not aim to keep
any more engines for use than are ab
solutely required to do the business.
As a consequence, many times im
portant work has to wait its turn. This
was the case with the coal man, with
his extra help sitting around telling
stories instead of working. Yesterday
while waiting for cars to be set, the
three men put in three hours, at 20c
per hour, making in the aggregate
$1.80, which he had to pay to these
shovelers while waiting for cars. The
cars were promised, and he was told by
the railroad people that they would
immediately set the cars, so three
teams went to the coal sheds to load.
Ou account of the rush of business, the
switchmen could not dig out the car
and get it to the place without a sacri
fice of their work, in less than three
quarters of an hour, doing the best
they could. This at 40c per hour for
the three teams, cost another another
90c, making on the cars thus far, not
counting anything for shrinkage, $2.70.
He worked on one car last night and
got it unloaded. With all this there is
a prospect of a demurrage f or 5 some of
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the cars which probably will not get
unloaded in the time limit.
We wonder that coal is so high in
price. We can see some of the reasons
here, but this is only a small part of it.
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Sunday Visitors at Masonic Home.
The following were Sunday visitors
at the Masonic Home: Veca L. Ham
ilton, Neola, Iowa; Mrs. J. V. D.
Patch, St. Joseph, Mo., Miss Zora Con
ner, Omaha, Mrs. Margaret Vallbehrs,
Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Kedmon and
daughter, Omaha; Robert Sherwood
and Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wise, of
Plattsmouth.
NOW.
NEBRASKA