Tiie Plattsmouth Journal
rUHLIMlKD WEEKLY AT
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKASKA.
K. A. BATHS, Publisher.
Eif)rJ at the postofllce at Plattsmouth. N
hraka. as ecoiidclatt matter.
Are you going to attend the Farmers'
Inr.titute at Plattsmouth, Monday and
Tuesday, February 3 and 4? Of course
you are.
The inheritance tax of the Creighton
estate at Omaha, is $160,000, as fixed by
' the appraisers and will be paid to Doug
las county.
The administration band wagon has
its brass bass band still complete and
its same old driver, but the cymbals
have been left off. the drum since week
before last.
Ir the motto is restored to the coin it
will be because congress knows that the
country needs something better than the
republican party to trust in.
As all the reading out of the demo
cratic party this year will be done by
those who are inside the party and in
ten to stay in, there will not be enough
of it to charge to profit and loss.
As Thomas W. Lawson condenses his
own explanation of "Why I Gave Up
the Fight," he may boil it down to the
point where he will appreciate the mean
ing of the White House maxim that the
mo3t humiliating thing in the world for
a self-respecting man or nation is to
bluff and not be able to make good.
The Rose water plan has been adopt
ed by the republicans of Otoe and Rich
ardson counties. Wonder if " Cass re
publicans will follow suit? Victor seems
to be the "whole cheese" when it comes
to running Willie Hay ward and the re
publicans of Nebraska. At the first
crack of the Rosewater whip, Willie be
gins to prance like a young horse in the
.show ring at a county fair.
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I HERE is no rule for making a cente
narian. James Oglethorge. who found
ed the Colony of Georgia in the year af
ter George Washington's birth, though
a philanthropist, was a soldier and a
m.i!! of wrath who would resent in?ult
even to the shedding of blood. And yet j
he Sivai nearly as long as the Texas
mir.ister who has just died after preach
in his last sermon in the hundredth
ycjr of his life.
Ths Nebraska City News says: The
Nchawka Register, published at Con
gressman Pollard's home village, is still
opposed to the ship subsidy bill and is
ftf the opinion that Pollard is shaking
4a:;l3 with his political death when he
favor. it. The Register says it cannot
publish Pollard's letter in full "because:
mt compete with the papers in the large j
citiei." The Regiter is right.
The: News says that the fusionists of
"Nebraska fear the nomination of Willie
Taft. The editor of the News was never
mire mistaken in his life. The fusion
ists would hail Taft's nomination at
Chicago with almost as much enthusiasm
as they will Bryan's endorsement at
Denver, but in an entirely different
spirit. Out of all the republican presidential-candidates
that have yet come
-to the surface, Senator LaFollette is
-the one mostly feared. The federal of
ficeholders are Taft's main support, and
-they are the ones who expect to rail
road his nomination through by the same
gag rule as adopted by some of the con
gressional committees in Nebraska.
If what the Nebraska City News says
h! J good, our eminent congressman is
getting in his work on the franking
privilege to a fare-you-well. Says the
News: 4 'Congressman Pollard seems
to be working the franking privilege al
most to a limit, judging from the num
ber of letterslie is sending into this dis
trict. His last letter, received this
morning, is addressed to some individ
ual.? whom he is confident supported
hirn the last time he was a candidate
and urges the gentleman addressed to
look "well after the precinct" and see
that no effort is made toward "causing
opiosition to him." Pollard seems to
think that some people are camping on
his trail and will try to defeat him for
the nomination. The party- in this city
-who received the letter stated that Ire
ight be. induced U support Pollard
gain provided' lie was given the post
office, but would accept no other office."
Farmers' Institute at Plattsmouth
Monday and Tuesday, February 3 and 4.
Everyone interested in tilling the soil
should attend both days. Remember
these institutes are held purely in the
interests of the farmers, and they all
should be present and hear something to
their advantage. Remember the days
and dates Monday and Tuesday, Feb
ruary 3 and 4.
Gov. Folk, of Missouri, has announc
ed that he is a candidate for the seat
now occupied by W. J. Stone. The gov
ernor has a bigger job than he ever un
dertook before to defeat Senator Stone
for re-election. No man is better known
or more beloved by the democrats of
Missouri, and whenever he is a candi
date for an office you will aways find
the "bare-footed democracy" rushing
out of the brush to vote for .him. We
would advise Governor Folk to wait for
Senator Warner's seat, who is sure to
be succeeded by a democrat.
Mayor Jim Dahlman, of Omaha,
must be a thorn in the sides of some
fellows in Nebraska, or they would not
be so ready to believe everything that
is reported detrimental to his character,
and publish it for the truth. When the
truth became known regarding the Sioux
City affair, the first report seems won
derfully magnified, but not too much so
to suit the purposes of his enemies. It
turns out that the Omaha mayor was
not drunk, neither was he ejected from
the opera house. Tell the truth, but if
it is impossible to tell the truth, tell the
truth as near as it is possible for you
to tell the truth.
The, Lincoln News in discussing dem
ocratic congressional possibilities in the
First district says: "H. H. Hanks of
Nebraska City, and Henry Gering of
Plattsmouth are prospective candidates
in the First district. Hanks is a large
land owner and stock raiser, dividing his
time between his 2,000 acres of land, his
herds and a bank at Nebraska City, of
which he is an officer. Gering is a drug
gist and the mayor of Plattsmouth."
The Journal wants Mayor Gering first
as one of the delegates from this district
to the Denver convention, and after
that wa will have ample time to discuss
probable candidates for congress and
their fitness for the position.
The Nebraska delegation in congress
failed to agree on an appointment for
I collector last Saturday in Washington,
j and adjourned to meet again next Sat
i u:lay. Pollard voted for Senator
Brown's candidate, when he could have
just as well have settled the matter by
voting fur Ross Hammond, the gentle
man who mostly deserves the position.
If the matter is not settled at the next
meeting, in all probability a new Rich
mond wi enter the field in the person
of Uncle Dan Nettleton, speaker of the
i house of representatives. It makes but
little difference which way it is settled,
i but if Mr. Pollard fails to side in with
Senator Burkett at the meeting, the
Senator's little hatchet will be greatly
in evidence in this congressional district
ere nominating time rolls around.
There seems to be a few democratic
papers out in the state who have 'it in"
for George W. Berge, and they can give
no plausable reason for their acts . He
is an honorable, upright gentleman, a
good lawyer, able speaker, and is every
thing that goes to make an excellent
citizen. He is an original populist, to
be sure, but has always acted in good
faith with the democrats of Nebraska,
which is more than some of those papers
that are deriding have done. George
Berge is a good man, and the day is not
far distant when he will be elected gov
ernor of this great commonwealth by
democrats, populists and liberal repub
licansa few blatantjpapers to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Mayor W. F. Brown, of Lincoln,
says he wants to go as delegate at large
to the Denver convention, and then he
intends to step down and out of the po
litical arena. Mayor Brown may not
have all say-so about this matter him
self. As good and as popular men as
Frank Brown are always "in the hands
of their friends" and they are generally
the ones who decide when the hour for
such men to quit their usefulness in party
lines has arrived. No,, no. Brown, your
time for "stepping out" is not here yet.
We expect you to go to Denver to rep
resent the dmocrats of Nebraska, and
you will' go with their unanimous con
sent, and ori your return 'we may con
elude to elect you to congress or to the
place now occupied by Geo. L. Sheldon.
The state superintendent of schools,
Mr. McBrien, asks that the birthday an
niversanes of Abraham Lincoln and
George Washington be observed on Feb
ruary 21. Why not the 22nd, just as
well?
Senator Hansbrough is the mouth
piece for the announcement that if the
republicans elect the next president he
will call an extra session of congress for
reforms next year. This promised as
the only available means of preventing
the country from deciding in its own
way what ought to be done for its own
welfare.
The gag rule being used in several of
of the congressional districts by Taft's
henchmen in Nebraska, means that they
do not intend that the republican voters
shall have a voice in the selection of del
egates to the Chicago convention.- The
fact is creeping, out daily, that the rural
republicans are for LaFollette, and that
Willie's friends have adopted the "gag
plan" to defeat their choice. Whether
they will stand for the congressional
committee selecting delegates for their
districts, remains to be seen. It is cer
tainly a maneuver to defeat the will of
the republican masses in the state. But
the Lincoln republican gang have so de
cided, and orders have been Inssued to
all congressional committeemen in the
state. If this pian is pursued in all the
states, where does the common people
have a voice in the selection of a repub
lican candidate for president?
One report says that Mr. Bryan has
expressed a willingness to withdraw
from the presidential race if he can be
convinced that any respectable number
of democrats prefer another candidate
Another report says that Mr. Bryan has
made no such statement. In the politi
cal field a man can have any kind of
news he wants. Kansas City Post. Of
course the desire of Mr. Bryan's ene
mies is the outcropping of the first re
port, and the republican press, which
would rather see any other democrat
than Mr. Bryan would make the race,
and they are only too anxious to give all
articles detrimental to his candidacy as
wide publicity as possible. And in this
they are joyfully assisted by those dem
ocrats who have voted the republican
ticket since 1896. The Great Commoner
will neyer force himself upon the demo
crats at the Denver convention. Rath
er the democrats in national convention
assembled, will force the nomination
unanimously upon Mr. Bryan. Mark
well the prediction.
The republican party has sinned away
its last day of grace for correcting the
iniquities of the Dingley tariff. It had
from the great reciprocity convention
held in Chicago two years and a. half
ago notice unmistakable that the west
was tired of the robberies it suffered
through that unconscious law. The only
reply from the republican congress was
that the Dingley act was the fountain
head and the foundation stone of all our
prosperity. One election of congress
men has been held since that time, in
which the republican party stood pat on
the tariff and the majority in the new
congress is still standing pat. In view
of this record, promises by republican
leaders in the senate and house that
something will be done to the tariff right
after the election are not worth the
breath that utters them. If revision of
the tariff is clearly seen to be neces
sary there is no better time than now
to revise it. An ounce of performance
is better than a pound of promise in any
market, especially when past experience
convinces that the promise is insincere.
If the republican party wishes the peo
ple of this country to believe that it is
honest in what it says the goods must
be delivered before the votes. If the
republicans cannot lift the crushing load
of tariff taxation before the elction the
democratic party will endeavor to do it
after the election.
FROM THE ANTILLES
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Bene,
fits City Councilman at Kingston,
Jamaica.
Mr. W. O'Reilly Fogarty, who is a
member of the city council at Kingston,
Jamaica, West Indies, writes as fol
lows: One bottle of " Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy had good 'effect on a
cough that was giving me trouble and I
think I should have been more quickly
relieved if I had continued the remedy.
That it was beneficial and quick in re
lieving me there is no doubt and it is
my intention to obtain another bottle.
For sale by F. G.- Fricke & Co.
Who will get the coveted prize Ham
mond or Rose? Don't all speak at once.
The days and dates Monday and
Tuesday, February 3 and 4 are the
days that all farmers should attend the
Farmers' Institute at Plattsmouth. Be
sure that you are on hand.
Is the republican party in Nebraska
in favor of centralization? Itwould look
that way if they allow Victor Rosewater
to dictate the persons who shall repre
sent the state at large at the Chicago
convention.
The Journal does not desire to be
classed as a "calamity howler," but it
will come to those who wait long
enough. The republicans done their
howling during Cleveland's administra
tion and we are doing ours under the
twirling of Roosevelt's Big Stick
As Judge, Judson Harmon begins
to come back out of his Ohio retirement
into national prominence, the joke will
be on the republican party when it is
found that he comes back in the inter
est of Bryan and democratic harmony,
with a big H.
The union is a lawful association and
if a man be dischared because he belongs
to a labor union, by the same logic he
can be discharged if he belongs to a po
litical party objectionable to the em
ployer, or to a church against which the
employer is prejudiced. W. J. Bryan.
Victor lacks several blocks of being in
the big man class. Republicans who
have minds enough to do their own
thinking do not need nor want a boss,
and - will not tolerate ' one. Norfolk
Press. Vicky tries awful hard to wear
his father's shoes, but his feet are
as much too big to wear them as his
head is too little to wear the old gent's
hat.
The Lincoln Taftites are sending out
telegrams over the country that "Ne
is solid for Taft." How could it be
otherwise, when congressional commit
teemen are permitted to select the dele-1
gates for their districts, at the dictation
of the federal officeholder of the state,
In this the rank and file of the republi
can party are not consulted, and it is not
intended that they should be, either.
It is said that twenty-five or thirty
newly overhauled engines are lying- ad
Havelock without anything to do, and.
the local Burlington shops here hav
closed down for the balance of this week.
on account of no work on hand to do
Has Teddy's Big Stick had anything to
do with this magnificent outlook for the
present and future prospects for pros-
erity? A democrat sitting in the White
House would get the credit for the pres
ent state of affairs why not the Roose
velt administration?
When the Indian office at Washing
ton puts all who report Indian outbreaks
in the far west on the list of Ananiases
and nature-fakers, it is too sweeping.
Indians still try to break out at times
to get something to eat on their own ac
count when they can get it no otherjway.
Sometimes, too, they are compelled to
break out when a real estate boom is
ready to break into the reservation.
This is usually the time when the most
enthusiastic demands are made in Wash
ington to shoot them into civilization
before they get back.
Senator Burkett's bill to secure as
sistance from the federal government
in preparing teachers for teaching ele
mentary agriculture in the common
schools, is meeting with widespread
favor. This movement originated with
President J. W. Crabtree, of the Peru
Normal, and the most active man in the
country today in urging the matter be
fore congress and before educational
conventions has been State Superinte'nd
end J. L. McBrien. Prof. Crabtree is a
former citizen of this county, which re
minds us that every thing good originates
in Old Cass.
Northwestern Seeds.
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It fills the arteries with, rich, red
blood, makes new flesh, and healthy
men, women and children. Nothing
can take its place; no remedy has done
so much good as Hollister's 'RocS y
Mountain Tea. 35c, Tea or. Tablets:
Gering & Co.
REV.TR0UTMAN SENDS
BEST WISHES FOR PE-RU-WA
Rev. George A. E. Troutman, Ml. ,,JcW "
Washington, Mo., Writes, : ;&
"My Wife anci I Are Strong
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Cs.lr.rrh and La Grippe.
Rev. (ii-o. A. 1. Troutm.m,
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I was cured of a bad case of catarrh when
nothing el so that I tried had any effect.
My wife was cured frm a' severe case
of la grippe, and wo fVel that the least
we can do is to gratefully acknowledge
the merit of Pcruna.
"My wife Joins me in sending best
wishes for yonr success."
Throat Trouble.
Kev. H. W. Tate, 920 Lincoln Avenue,
Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, writes:
"For several years 1 have been troubled
A Card.
This is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your money if
Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure
your cough or cold. It stops the cough,
heals the lungs and prevents serious re
sults from a cold. Cures la grippe
coughs and prevents pneumonia and
consumption. Contains no opiates. The ;
genuine is in yellow packages . Refuse j
substitutes. For sale by F. G. Fricke
& Co., druggists.
Advice to Mothers; Don't let your
children waste away. Keep them strong
and healthy during the winter with Hol
lister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It is the
greatest tonic for children. Pure and
harmless, does the greatest good. 35c,
Tea or Tablets. Gering & Co.
Is your baby thin,
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Make him a Scott' r Emtifoion
baby.
Scott r Emulsion is Cod Liver Oil
and Hypophosphites prepared so that it is
easily digested by little folks.
Consequently the baby that is fed on
Scott'jr Emtjfion is a sturdy, rosy
cheeked little fellow full cf health and vigor.
ALL DRUGGISTS: SOc. AND $1.00.
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with a peculiar ppnsmodi affection of
the throat. It world wize inotiddnly
and for a few minutes I would be un
able to tpeak audibly, and my breath
would be greatly interfered with. I
would be obliged to p tor breath.
"I finally conHudfd that it was some
catarrhal affwtion which probably ex
cited the pam. It interfered with my
vocation as a prcr.cher, attacking mo
occasionally in the j-ulplt.
"I had heard much about Peruna
as a catarrh remedy that I determined
to try it. After taking two bottles, my
trouble has disappeared. I feel tsure
that Peruna has greatly benefited ine."
Rev. P. K. Swanetrom, Swedish
Baptist Pastor, Box 228, Grantsburg,
Wis., writes that from the use of.
Peruna he is perfectly well, entirely
cured of chronic diarrhea and catarrh.
Peruna In Tablet Form.
For two years Pr. Hartman and his
assistants have incessantly labored to
create Peruna in tablet form, and their
strenuous labors have Just been crowned
with success. People who object to
liquid medicines can now seruro Peruna
Tablets, which represent the medicinal
ingredients of Peiuna. Kach tablet is
equivalent to tii average dot-e of
Peruna.
John "What kind of tea do you like
best?" Priscilla "Go-tees, some, but
Rocky Mountain Tea best." John
"Why Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea
beast?" Priscilla "It speaks for it
self, John." (Makes lovely complex
ions.) Gering & Co.
The Price of Peace.
The terrible itching and smarting,
incident to certain skin diseases, is al
most instantly allayed by applying
Chamberlain's Salve. Price 25c. For
sale by F. G. Fricke & Co.
For Sale at a Bargain!
A fine Kimball piano, mahogany case.
In splendid condition.
Enquire at the
Journal office.
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