The Plattsmouth Journal
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PL.ATTS MOUTH. NEBRASKA..
II. A. MATES. I'uiimshkk.
Kilrtl unlit pimiofllceitl l!ttimouth. Ne
braska. antcoorlrlaH mutter.
Damkl's comet, which i.s now travel
ing with its tail foremost, may be
switching from the system to some other
line.
"Fakk food inspectors" are reported
ut large, and goodness knows there is
plenty of fake food on the market to
keep them busy.
It is doubtful if even the three hun
dred million dollar Theatrical trust wil
dare to make grand opera any more ex.
jiensive than it is already.
Skckktary Koot gained over twelve
pounds at William Muldoon's sanitarium
That ought to be a good place to send
Ieslie M. Shaw's prisidential boom.
Oock a mountain labored and brought
forth a mouse when something larger
was expected. Once a son-in-law labor
ed and brought forth a temporary re
naissanee for a waning and ill-advised
boom for a third term. Nothing larger
was expected from the son-in-law.' In
fact nothing at all was expected from
him, but his abortive attempt recalls
that beautiful old song, "Alice, Where
Art Thou?"
On his return from Europe, Mr. A. R.
Stickney, who is one of the most valued
railway presidents in Chicago, has re
ported that Europe is well aware of the
meaning of "Yankee antics" intended
to induce it to unload, at its own ex
pense, investments in permanent Amer
ican prosperity. This is sound finance.
Still it would sound better if Chicago
financiers spoke more respectfully of
financial methods in some other local
ities. A mktkopoliton newspaper recently
had this for a headline: "Oil men take
big tine to heart.", ami the Indianapolis
Sun (Republican) though it is. says in
vomment: "We should like to see the
oil men taking that big fine to the clerk
of the court." That clerk's bond should
1
e increased ;it once in anticipation of
le immediate custody of :-o much money.
Hie public d'es not forget the danger to
:u tud c:sii when guarded I y any mem
ber of "the party which does things."
Thk simple fact that Prof. Searson.
of the Peru normal school, "is receiving
hundreds of letters from prominent ed
ucators from all over the state express
ing absolute and unqualified cofidence in
the belief that he is innocent of the
charges brought by Miss Hudson," does
not indicate his innocence altogether.
It's a jxxr profession that would not
stand by each other in the hour of
misfortune. There is always two sides
to such cases.
Ir. Bryan and Secretary Taft contin
ue their longdistance debate. Mr. Bry
an's latest shot is to term the mouth
piece of the president the "Great Post
pone r. " This is because Taft wants to
postpone giving the people many of the
j imposed reforms until after the next
presidential election. Twelve years ago
the republicans promised reform after
the election, and are still promising.
Something better than promises ought
to be forthcoming by this time.
Now comes a large array of eastern
financiers with assurances that "there
is not going to be any picnic." What
Corporal Nym would call "the humor of
it" lies in the fact that the west simply
would not get panicky at Wall street's
frantic efforts, and now that the fact has
been demonstrated the Wall street men
come forward with their "assurances."
These prophets of the past will really
have to excuse the western people if
the thanks extended for their kind
words are tempered with some irrepressi
ble mirth.
To Make Living Cheaper
The New York World calls attention
to the high cost of living and ten ways
by which the cost may be reduced:
1. By lowering the tariff.
1. By further development of machine
production and farming science.
3. By graduated income tax and grad
uated inheritance tax to shift part of
the burden of taxation from weak
shoulders to strong ones, and by local
tax reform in cities.
4. By enforcing the "square deal"
against monopolistic trusts.
5. By economical government, especi
ally in cities.
f. By waging relentless war on
"graft" in politics.
7. By enforcing honest methods upon
retailers.
8. By a broad and intelligent fores
try policy.
. By enforcing the laws upon rail
roads. 10. By better and cheaper transit in
cities.
The World places lowering the tariff
first in the list, and there is where it be
longs. The most effective means for re
ducing the cost of living is to reduce the
tariff.
Insofar as the price in a factor, the
Cotton Goods trust is doing all it can to
make calico fashionable.
Takt is on the western coast and the
east has not tipped up yet. His hot-
aired boom must surely have gone awry.
Chaklik Jordan, of Alvo, was in
town Tuesday, and made a pleasant call
at this office. Charlie is the democrat
nominee for county commissioner, and is
a mighty fine fellow for a democrat.
Notwithstanding the two cent law
and the probable reduction of freight
rates, the Missouri Pacific finds it is
making so much money that it has in
creased the salaries of its station agents
and clerks.
Ovkr at a neighboring town in Iowa
they have organized a club whose mem
bers pledge themselves to attend to their
own business and not gossip. The mem
bership will necessarily be very small.
We know it would be in Plattsmonth.
It is not generally known, but the
state officers draw their salaries quar
terly in advance. That seems to be
rather small business and can only be
accounted for from the fact that they
want the interest on the money they
have not earned.
Artist Earuk, millionaire and other
wise disqualified, who put away his wife
that he might marry his soul's affinity,
was rotten-egged out of town one day
last week. Three hit the mark and he
was notified that the town was too small
to hold such cattle as he.
Some idea may be had of the estimat
ed value of the farm crops of Nebraska,
when it is stated that in the neighbor
hood of twenty-four tons of gold will be
shipped out of the banks of Omaha alone
within the next two months to care for
the mammoth purchases of the local
grain men.
An Illinois judge has decided that "it
is perfectly proper for a man to want to
kiss a woman if she is pretty." And
the ungallant Toledo Blade is mean
enough to say, "if she isn't pretty we
assume that a fine of ten dollars and
costs would be a!out the proper punish
ment." Do you know that under the new road
law every taxpayer will be charged
S2,oO in cash and will be paid to the
county treasurer. Then the money paid
in from eac h precinct will be turned over
the one road supervisor in each precinct,
and the roads worked by him or such
men as he calls to do it.
It is a hundred years since the slave
trade with Africa was prohibited by ac
tion of congress under democratic admin
si ration at Washington. The news from
the Pacific coast continues to show that
in this hundredth year, with a republi
can administration at Washington, the
cooley trade with Asia is in process of
establishment.
This from the Kansas City Post: "A
bank at Plattsmouth, Neb., was robbed
of $2,000 in daylight. Perhaps there has
been a 'reorganization' of the police
force at Plattsmouth, also." There has
been no bank robbery in Plattsmouth;
neither has there been any 'reorganiza
tion of the olice force. And the bank
robbed was at Manley.' twenty miles
away.
With clothing 22.9 per cent higher
than in 1897, fuel and lighting 39.4 cent
higher than in 1894, metals and imple
ments 41.8 per cent higher than in 1898,
lumber and building materials 41.4 per
cent higher than 1897 and house furnish
ing goods advanced $21.40 on the $100
worth in ten years, there is another
class of "fakirs" we are ready to have
exposed from the White House. They
can "believe three impossibilities before
breakfast" if they really believe the
speeches and messages they write after
breakfast to persuade us that we will
be happier, richer and more desirable as
citizens by continuing to pay Dingley
prices until they get ready unanimous
ly to reform them.
O. W. Meier, of Lincoln, who was a
candidate forjudge of the supreme court,
before the primary, has issued the fol
lowing statement: "George L. Loomis,
of Fremont, has been elected as the dem
ocratic nominee for supreme judge. The
aspirations of individuals should count
for naught. The principles for which
men stand should be the guide in politi
cal action. The men who participated
in the primary election as democratic
candidates for the nomination stand sub
stantially for the same principles. There
has never been any conflict between the
aspirants for the democratic nomination.
George L. Loomis possesses the qualifi
cations, the mental and moral courage,
the democratic spirit and stamina of
character so greatly needed on the su
preme bench. The object to be sought,
regardless of party affiliation, is the ele
vation of the standard of the supreme
court. The people of Nebraska will
make no mistake in electing George L.
Loomis supreme judge. He should have
the united support of democrats and pop
ulists and draw added strength from the
epublican ranks.
The weather, not the calender, sound
ed the knell of the "nifty" straw hat.
Nebraska is experiencing a taste of
the "advance sheets" of centralized
government.
The man who sends a telegram still
has to guess whether it will be clicked
over the wire or sent bo mail.
Gov. Sheldon threatens to call an
extra session of the legislature to "fix
the railroads" for their audacity,
t
This is an age of progress. What is
Plattsmouth doing in the way of an ef
fort to keep up with the processien?
People who buy things to eat and
wear at present prices are beginning
to doubt the old adage that "what goes
up must come down."
The Order of Red Men has barred sa
loon keepers from membership. Prob
ably got a tip from Uncle Sam, who has
been trying for years to keep "red
eye" and red men on different reserva
tions. Charles H. Treat, treasurer of the
United States, predicts that money will
be easy by midwinter. The fellow who
robbed the Manley bank yesterday in
broad daylight seems to have found it
very "easy" right now.
The president's son-in-law, Nicholas
Longworth, says his father-in-law will
not accept the presidency for the third
time unless tendered unanimously by the
whole people of the United States. The
son-in-law needn't worry that'll never
be done, and no one knows it better
than Nicholas' father-in-law.
It is reported that a Seattle girl rode
3,000 miles in an ox wagon to marry a
Connecticut preacher. This waste of
fidelity and loveliness upon a Nutmeg
incensed the Nashville American to say:
"Hang a pair of pants on the North
Pole arid it will become a fashionabie
watering place. ' '
Every democratic candidate with the
exception of Miss Foster was present
at the committee meeting last Saturday.
And every precinct was represented by
one committeeman and some of them by
two. The meeting really resembled
that of the old-fashioned county conven
tion more than a committee meeting.
Senator Burkett got turned down
very beautifully last Saturday by the
Lancaster county republicans. He ask
ed to be appointed delegate to the state
convention which meets in Lincoln Sep
tember 24, but this was left to Judge
Reese to say, and he immediately ap
pointed W. B. Rose. Evidently Elmer
is losing his grip.
Cleveland, Ohio, will be the politi
cal storm center among the cities this
fall, as Oklahoma is among common
wealths. The republicans have nomin
ated Congressman Burton for mayor and
the democrats will nominate Tom John
son, who has already been elected sev
eral times. Roosevelt is to speechify
for Burton and Bryan for Johnson.
This insures a hot time in that old town
for the closing days of the campaign,
and assures the election of Johnson.
Next Tuesday the election occurs in
Oklahoma. Both sides are bending ev
ery possible energy to increase tre
chance of winning the fight. The na
tional administration is backing the
carpet-baggers by every means known
to slick schemers and professional elec
tion crooks. The methods by which
Cortelyou and his Teddy bears "carried"
the national election three years ago
will be invoked to "carry" the election
down there next Tuesday. But it will
shoot wide of the mark.
The Fremont Tribune, one of the lead
ing republican papers in the state, has
the following to say in reference to the
democratic candidate for supreme judge :
"It is a compliment to Mr. Loomis that
his old friends at home appreciate no
less than he. He has continued to grow
in public esteem as he has given himself
to public service. His work in the leg
islature four years ago added to his good
name. He came out of that session a
recognized leader of his party. Here in
Dodge county he stands high for his real
worth, and it is no longer regarded as a
crime for a newspaper supporting an
other candidate and of another party to
concede as much."
Whenever the Wall street gamblers
and fat contributors to the campaign
funds get into financial stress by reason
of over-play in the games of highest
finance they call upon the secretary of
the national treasury for funds and he
responds with alacrity and with a due
sense of obligation for recent favors.
And the expirating part of the whole
thing is that the secretary always takes
the country into his confidence and tells
it that he does it to provide ready mon
ey to "move the crops." This has now
become such an old ruse and time-worn
subterfuge that none but the most ig
norant republican can be fooled by it,
while all the democrats and sensible re
publicans laugh the lie to scorn.
W. W. Gamble of Gretna, the father
of, J. W. Gamble, the superintendent of
schools, came in this morning and visit
ed with his son and family, departing
Loyalty to Bryanism.
It would seem that the tital wave in
Idaho has reverted back to Bryanism, as
the following from the Boise Evening
News (Rep.) indicates. The News was
under the editorial management of Milt
Polk, formerly of Plattsmouth, until a
few weeks ago, and has always been
dyed-in-the-wool republican. This is
the paper upon which Noel B. Rawles,
formerly connected with the Journal, is
doing reportorial work. Evidently the
the following from a republican paper
like the Boise (Idaho) Evening News,
certainly "shows which way the wind is
blowing:"
"The speech of William J. Bryan last
night laid down a political doctrine which
spells victory, at least so far as Idaho
democracy is concerned, if the doctrine
is not forcibly adulterated with some
thing else that some individual regards
as more important than Bryan and the
national democracy.
"It must have been a delight and an
inspiration to the democratic hosts of
this state who have been hungering for
so many years to be fed with such doc
trine from a man like Bryan. They
must have felt encouraged as they never
felt encouraged before and they must
have felt more like tightening up the
belt and proceeding into the warfare
for rights as democracy understands
them than they have felt for years.
"There was no factionalism in what
Bryan advocated last night, and there
was nothing to create dissensions ordis
cord in the ranks. It was a great,
broad, inspiring speech a democratic
speech, something that the democracy
of the state likes and wants, one that
makes them line up, as one man for the
party, and one that, when adopted by
the democracy of the state, will make
the republicans tremble as they never
have trembled before.
"Not only was it a speech that met
with the united approval of the democ
racy of the state, but it was one that re
publicans themselves could enjoy and in
almost all of it, give hearty approval.
Republicans of Idaho love Roosevelt for
what he has done, only because he has
done more that meets with their ideas
than any other president and not
because he has done all that they would
like to see done. The great rank and
file of the republican party would like to
see Roosevelt do all the things that
Bryan outlined, and they would love him
more than they do now. This shows
that between the great masses of the
republican party of Idaho and demo
cratic doctrines as advocated and ex
plained by Bryan, there is but the differ
ence that has divided the democracy of
the state itself. When the democracy
of the state is permitted to unite the
Bryan platform alone, then will come
to their aid thousands of republicans
who have been but waiting for the op
portunity to get in and assist in the
triumph of principles thatare elemental
and fundamental in their character.
Let the democracy of Idaho adopt
Bryan's platform and add to it only a
pledge for economical, honest and just
administration of state affairs and no
campaign would be necessary to carry
Idaho, but let it refuse to do that, and
the republicans will again carry the
state by an increased majority.
Should Not Kick
Speaking of prices, a farmer from
Mynard, who has been a Journal reader
from its infancy, remarked that he
used to pay $1.50 for the paper when
corn was only 16 cents a bushel. Corn
is now worth three times that much,
and if pblishers are compelled to in
crease the price of their papers the
farmer cannot afford to kick. If the
price of white paper keeps going up,
this will have to be done to save our
selves. It will be compulsory on the
part of the Journal if we raise the
price.
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