settled for 250. That additional to Ms taste or the bitterness or ae-
fifty seems to wipe out some of the feat, he had done many things which
beastly Indignities referred to. were commendable. It remains to be
mn m-nthr Governor Shallnhrepr
Senator Banning of this county, heeds the lessons of Gov. Sheldon's
was selected as one of the commit-1 waning popularity, and llstns to the
nwreduhepotofflceai Piatwmouth. ' tee on employes by the democratic demand of the people for a clean
! caucus. This should enable this
The Plattsmouth Journal
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA
R. A. BATES, Publisher
gentleman to take tare of one or
two Cass County people at least as
it seems to be the studied policy of
people's administration.
The Journal believes that Governor
Shallenberger Is too wise not to see
his opportunity, and it does not hes-
the governor and his advisors to Hate to predict that he w ill make
Ignore this section.
good and give the people of Nebras
ka a genuine democratic admlnis-
President Roosevelt's thunderings tration.
against the various republican poll-
cians around Council Bluffs and Oma-
$l,SO Per Year in Advance.
Congress Is preparing to take up
the cudgel and go after Theodore
First. There are a number of con
gressmen and others who are smart
ing under his rough accusations and
they promise to make things lively
w hen they get started.
The Message.
Thn mnva tc in t'uul loala thn 1 1 1 r rf I . . ... . . i I
"v "M ha, mane migmy interesting reve- The messaee of Governor Shallen-
Governor Sheldon's appointees to the a,,nna foP the DeoDle of this section. L . aa i.
, - . ut.rger ,a one WII1UU lUIIllUCUUCU llBCil
It would appear from what he says , ... . th , . f Ne
a nnnnlnr rhnrrt Tho nnnnla tt Va. I . . . i I
" " " ' r that tnere are migmy scam nonesi . . ,. ,HS t th ,.. of a
braska really are entitled to know offlce holder8 , the federal ranks lA 8tatesmanliUe document and ln
wno declares me resuu or election so in twia Kortinn Th thine to have ... . ... . i ,
In this section, ine ining to nae ltg recommendations to the leglsla-
far as constitutional amendments are ...h ,0 tn turn the whole .... ...
done would be to turn me wnoie ture it follows the lines of the demo-
concerned, ir a governor can de- buncn out and put ln BOme demo
dare a constitutional amendment crat3( then thl8 BCandai never would
carried then there is no reason for the have taken place However. It Is
cratic platform and shows that the
new governor is determined to see
that thn nlri?pg which he and his
legislature canvassing me result at nn,v Pmil,llrAn honsec-leanlne and , . . j
onlv a republican nouset leaning aim party mado to the peopie are carried
an unu u u is iuc uiuuig uuuy men thfU ,g quUe comm0n.
he has no business appointing until
the result Is declared.
The attempt of the republican pa
pers ln the state to stir up trouble
me supreme court or tne united among the democratic members of
States has finally put the federal gov- tnp 1(lgIslature fa)1 flat. The
ernment out of the trust busting bus- 0maha nee ,n partlcu,ar , starting
Iness so far as the Standard Oil Com- the C8Tn,,agn wltn ereat vigor, pro-
pany is concerned. In an opinion L,aImlng to the worid that the bos-,
handed down Monday, the Justices B,on ..gtart8 wlth a Row when a
decided that the government was (.art,ful Btudy of tho procwdlnB8 will
wrong In Its contention in the convlnro anyone that the row is
$29,000,000 fine case. The govern- purc,y lmaglnarv with the bright
went' sought to have the finding of y(jung men whom the Dee nas upon
the circuit court of appeals set aside
by the supreme court which was re
fused. It seems dead easy to send
its legislative staff. There Is no row
nor will there be any. This legisla
ture Is going to avoid that very
some labor "agitator" to Jail but al- th,ng flnd mUe y,c mlght jUBt a9
mignty nara to even nne a lite sizeu ., . ,, . thl line of .....
wi.ii 6-- onstration tnan tnis. it provio.es mat
talk. The State Journal has also d nromDt Davment of
out to the letter. This ls as it
should be. The people when they
elected a democratic governor and
re-lnforced him with a legislature of
his own kind of politics meant they
expected the legislation demanded
by the democrats, and he does no
more than right ln hewing to the line
of these demands and Insisting they
be enacted.
Upon the question of bank guar
anty, tho governor is full and explic
it. He favors a bank guaranty act
which "will make every dollar de
posited ln a Nebraska bank, abso
lutely sure of Its being returned to Its
lawful owner upon demand." There
can be no clearer or ringing dem-
expect from as able a man as Ashton
C. Shallenberger, brave, fearless
and democratic. It surely reads well
and will meet with public approval
Col. Henry C. Richmond won out
a Job with the legislature Just the
same. It is hard to pry Henry C.
away from the public trough.
Paul Morton and his rebates and
the steel trust and its mergers were
all right but Ben Tillman and his
suspicious company, and Walter I
Smith and the land sharks were all
wrong. Strange and curious distinction.
II
There ls now a real, live, demo
cratic administration In Nebraska,
the first since the state entered the
Union. No wonder the air seems
clearer and more fresh and there are
signs of an awakening of nature.
It certainly seems good to De a I
Nebraskan this morning.
IT IS EASY
TO USE
IPI JAPALAC!
USE ITJFOR
If a man isn's a partisan of Theo
dore First, he had better go In the
straight and narrow path or the se
cret service will get him. Teddy had
the sleuth hounds on the trail of
Senator Tillman it seems. It ls well
for the sleuths that Benj. R. didn't
know it at the time or there would
surely have been some lurid head
lines in the papers. What he would
have done to' Theodore and his min
ions would have been something
scandalous. And he may let out a
little yet.
Gas Pipes,
Water Pipes,
Wire Screens,
Iron Fences
Refrigerators,
Furniture,
Shelving,
Stairways,
Tables,
Chairs,
Trunks,
Floors, .
Chandeliers
Iron Brackets,
Linoleum,
Doors, Etc.
In Fact for Everything!
ering
m Go. I
That Juries do not always err Is
proven by the action of the Jury in
the trial of Mrs. Erb and her sister
Mrs. Beisel for the murder of Capt.
Erb, at Media, Pa.
ful lextracts of the
eran leaders like Stone and less to
J. W. Folk and other reformers of
his ilk, they would likely be ln com
plete control there now.
trust.
It will be several days before the
legislature gets down to business, the
preliminary work occupying usually
the flrRt week of the session. After
detected a plot to "seize" the su
preme court. The fact in this case
ls that Governor Sheldon at the be
hest of political tricksters who seem
to be able to control hla actions
lever since tho people turned him
the several messages have been dis
posed of and the organization of the hM a,ready cwded blB au.
thorlty and packed the supreme
two houses concluded, comes tho de
luge of bills with pet theories and
ideas from practically every member
und this usually takes several weeks
after which the sifting and grinding
out process is called into action. It
can be, set down as a safe proposi
tion that It will be close to three
weeks before any substantial progress
In the direction of needed legisla
tion will be made. But at that it Is
better to take time and do things
slowly and right than to waste time
by rushing through imperfect and
bad leglulatlcn.
Lincoln Is modest. She says she is
not asking for an appropriation to
build an addition to the capltol
building. In fact sne does not want
an addition built,, but what she does
want Is an entire new structure prob
iibly one that would put New York or
Pennsylvania completely in the shade.
When the main building of the uni
versity was first built, it was only a
nhort time before the cry went up
that it was unsafe and It was neces
vary to put in a new foundation;
then the Insane asylum. was in such
condition that It was destroyed by
fire, and that It waa one of the black
est crimes that ever disgraced Ne
braska. Now It In the capltol build
Ing thai U too small, that shakes
with the wind, that Is considered un-
aae, representative hall not being
atrong enough which, to hold the
Inauguration ball. Trult there seems
bench with republicans. All the
members of the legislature have ever
tried to do Is to protect their consti
tutional rights ln the premises, and
if they do that they are but doing
their duty, if the control of tho su
preme court would pass to tho dem
ocrats as a result, It is a purely In
cldental one. No there will be no
row nor do the democrats Intend to
"seize" anything they are not en
titled to. But they do intend to as
Bert their constitutional rights wheth
pfit suits Victor Rose water, the
State Journal or Governor Sheldon.
deposits shall be a feature of the
law which is the only question upon
which the legislature bids fair to
argue. lie makes other recommen
dations which relate to the banking
laws, which are good and pertinent
and which are all designed to aid in
securing the safety of the people's
funds in the banks.
He refers to the present system of
electing assessors by the entire coun
ty and makes a declaration in favor
of the return to the system of elect
ing precinct assessors. This was one
of the planks which aided so largely
in carrying the state last fall and
which meets with the full and candid
approval of the people. He also fa
vors limiting the powers of the state
board of equalization so that they
cannot fix the property valuation and
also the tax levy for state purposes
as this enables them to levy exces-
Senator Culberson of Texas ls at
tacking President Roosevelt's sub
servience to the steel trust merger,
From the very struck a popular chord. The sena-
evidence pub- tor quite rightly characterized his
llshed in the press it was evident action as "another arbitrary and
that the slain man was one of violent lawless act of the chief magistrate"
temper and dangerous moods and it and founded, his opposition to such
is equally plain that at the time he actions upon- solid ground. It is
was killed he was attempting to kill to be regretted that there are no
Mrs. Beisel and was slain ln the at- more Culbersons ln the senate to at
tempt. The acquittal was a measure tack unwarranted and lawless pro
of justice clearly.
The movement now on foot in con
gress to increase the president's sal
ary will not likely meet with much
opposition. In these days of huge
ceedlngs of the president or any other
officer who oversteps his authority.
There can be no doubt but what
the recent cold snap in the large cit
ies would have proven much worse
salaries for able men, the salaries I and caused a great deal more suffer-
pald government officials, especially ing had it not been for the numer
the presidency, are very small. It is ous charitable societies and lnstitu-
no more than commensurate with tlons which have been engaged in
the dignity of the position that a preparing the people for it. Every
salary of one hundred thousand dol- large city now boasts of numbers of
lars per year be paid the occupant such societies which do a great deal
of that high position. It is not be- of good and there are a world of
lleved that the people would oppose philanthropic people who spend much
this increase. time and money in taking care of the
needy. The poor we will always
new legislature makes the fire and
police commission appointive by the
mayor. It seems to believe this
means something terrible for that
city. The general opinion is that
when the people of Omaha elect a
mayor they know whom they want
and why they want him and if they
had chosen some of little Vic's
henchmen there Is no room to doubt
but what the charter provision which
the Bee now so loudly howls about,
would be Just to its taste. But there
is hardly much reason to believe the
democratic members of the legisla
ture will pay much attention to the
republican national committeeman
from this state.
The trial and conviction of eight have with us and as long as men and
slve taxes which may be ate up in of the partleB acCused of particlpa- money exists there must be good
tlon in the night rider outrage ln souls to stand to the fore and avert
extravagant state administration.
This also the people will endorse
He refers to the cost of the state effect upon the iawieBa element which
government in tne past rew years hag bee maklne that Dart o( tho
country literally a hell on earth for
several years. It now remains to see
Governor Hhullenborger.
Today Governor ABhton C. Shallen
berger 'commences his administra
tion of the governor's office. He en
ters uponuthe .duties of the office and urgeg tne utmost economy in
under circumstances which ; should administration commensurate with
enablo him to make an exceptionally I the work done. This Is another
good executive. Sustained by a dem- thing which the people endorse,
ocratlc legislature in both branches, ue (av0rs authorizing the railroad
there seems no reason why the ney I commission to appraise the physical
governor cannot secure tho needed I value of public service corporations
legislation tq make his administra- 0f the state and to control their debt-
tlon a complete success. ( making power. If the board has this
He Is recognized by even thoso powPr aiready, he favors giving them
who opposed his election last fall aa a sufficient appropriation to enable
a level-headed, safe and conservative tnem to carry? these powers out. He
man. He has no wild or erratic Ideas I suggests several good methods by
on government so far as has ever I which this appropriation can be
Tennessee, ought to have salutary
as much as possible the bitterness
of winter.
The astonishing Information
which President Roosefelt has given
tnat tne majesty or tne law is vin- tho Benate t0 tho etfect tnat ne
dlcated by the execution of these
condemned murderers. , If the men
could be convicted In that locality
there can be no doubt whatever of
their guilt and their speedy execu
tion Is necessary to make the decree
of the court effective. ,
The cheering intelligence Is given
by the press today that Messina has
passed upon the merger of the sev
eral steel companies with the steel
trust, and has decided that the mer
ger was all right and good, and that
there could be no prosecution of
i
this trust, should excite deep Inter
i
est the country over . The steel
trust seems to be one of those which
Theodore classes as a "good" trust.
The Harriman lines and the Standard
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" . .1 , -rr-r; . I nOW Plenty 01 PTOTIBIOUB Utt tUUlU- I ' v'l '
been known. Vet he has that sense raised without resorting' to faxing ,ng for ,t8 etrtcken population. This 011 ComPanT r denounced by him
Is good news and everyone can re-
as "bad Because
the Identical things
steel trust has been doing and of
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they
which
do
the
of fairness and honesty In him, which I the people for It, any of which are
will (nable(hlni to weight carefully fair and equitable.. On this plank, olce wJth ou:r Lallan friends that
.1 i ."I ,.',. M rights .of the people as against the people are with him and will if "rrtlef has been air-
iv ire Buuiwiuiviiru iu wiuvm, ' i - i w w - j . - i - . . . J III- U. anil
the pretensions of any special inter-! stand to his support. . .. , L thnm la t0 the credit wh b has.approved., HUflneand
""""" . I . ' 1 ' ' : . ' I " ' I I.J.n.nl la DImiiVll
est. it was tne commence or tne He favors borne rule for tne cities I . ..j i.. .i u.i. ,k.,iuioiuiu.u.u..6 ju,,.u,
, , I ,t ; . r....i . . I Ol Amcntk nuu iib mu oajwchco iu
In .tho damage suit case ( of , the j peoplo In his good-judgment at the I of Omaha and South Omaha, a meas-1 tQ8 nag come ah0ut. The public
Herald editor against G. W, Lcidlghj time when a crisis should confront ure of Justice which tbos two cities 8Ubgcrl'ptlons coupled with the do
of Nebraska Clrr', "now Pending in the I the state which VRd to hls ejection, were promised In tho democratic natlon 0f the federal government,
district court cm uancasier county, There Is no doubt that his lead platform and to which they are en
K. J. Murfln o( J.lils,clty. claiming to I will bo followed by the members of titled
represent tho defendant, offered us tho legislature unless he should un- He suggests reforms ln the prl-
1200 In settlement last Saturday but jexpectedly turn out to entertain Ideas mary law which are both wlao and
tho offer was Indignantly spurned. I at variance with those upon which I valuable as there are so many manl-
Xloney Is a small consideration with he won his election. In such a cane test mistakes and errors In tho pres-
puzzling to the ordinary finite mind.
The determination of the demo
crats to force the supreme court to
go on record In the matter of Gov
r
has made this country easily the
leader In the relict work and the
. " ' . . v ' I ernor Sheldon s appointment or tne
Italian government has not bcenr'""' DUWU "
four supreme Judges, is to do com
slow In recognizing this fact.
mended. Whether the court decides
rrcss dispatches this morning as-1 whether he has the power or not. it
some men In this wjrld. Honor, dig-1 the members of tho legislature arc lent law as to render it not alone Inert that Senator Wm. J. Stone of I u a question which the people should
nlty and sensibility have a strong I thoroughly capable of making him I unfair but very nearly worthless as Missouri, will be re-elected, tho ex- have decided once and for all. While
Dlace with some men that money I stand hi hi euna and rnrrv nut thn In mnnna .f nhmlninv an ixnrenHlon I nected contests by which the repub- many nrofrsH to believe that the
cannot touch and no amount of mon-J precepts of tho democratic platform, of tho w ill of tho people. Means hoped to obtain control of the I case cannot bo made ngalnnt Gov
ry alone could assuago tho beastly In- Governor Shallenberger's predo- Ho recommends the creation of leglslatureanddefeathlmhavlng fall- crnor Sheldon's appointee", there are
dignities heaped upon us, mo and my I censor waa in many respects a most la non-partisan board of control for cd to materialize. This Is quite Just.
family, by tho defendant In this case excellent man. His administration the several stato Institutions and tho Senator Stone has made a good sen
during our pleasure trip to our old was the moBt progressive repugltcans taking of tho same out of politics ator for Missouri and the nation de-
home last fall, and It was adding In- havo given tho state and tho very I and to this recommendation every spite the charges which have from
suit to Injury to ruaVe any such sur- elements which went to make bin good citizen can say amen. time to time been mado by so-called
rcptltlous proffer. Bonio men have popularity were thoso filched front There are other good and whole- reformers. He made a gallant flRht
rxccedlngly vague conceptions of the democratic platforms. Since hlsLomo recommendations In tho mes- In Missouri and won a deserved vie-
manhi od. 1 Jncoln Herald. Blnce the I defeat he has dono many things I sagu which well repays careful study, tory. Had the democrats of the
above was written Kdltor Hucklns which tarnish his record but previous! It Is such a messago as ono would I state paid more attention to the vet-
still many who hold otherwise among
them being many good lawyers, and
the question must be settled In somo
manner so that all may be satisfied
Let tho case proceed by all means.
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The Omaha Bee Is considerably ex
crclsed because the new charter bill
which will be Introduced Into the
Sheldon's Vengeance.
There will be more Nebraskans
than before pleased that George L.
Sheldon's term as governor has
ceased after they hae glanced over
his parting message. Because of its
interminable length and dreary
prolixity very few will have the pa
tience to read it.
A physical valuation of bachelors
and maidens appears to to outgoing
governor to be of more pressing Im
portance that a physical valuation
of railroads. There should be no
marrying hereafter, he thinks, unless
the prospective bride and groom shall
be able to satisfy a critical man of
medicine not only that they are
sound and healthy, but that they are
capable of producing healthy off
spring. Since experience has demon
strated that this latter qualification
Is not invariably susceptible to proof
in advance of the fact, it would have
been interesting if Mr. Sheldon had
furnished plans and specifications for
carylng his'ideas-ltfto'practlce. . ,The
trend of the ex-governor's argument
Is plain, however. Had we had two
more years of him in the executive
chair there would probably have
been supplemental recommendations,
before the expiration of that time, to
properal penalize young married poo
properly penalize young married pec
convicted themselves of having de
ceived the doctor.
Since all those who have proved to
be confirmed criminals are confined
In the penitentiary or hanged, while
the Incurably Insane are shut up In
the hospitals for the insane, and kept
there, the neod . for their "steriliza
tion" Is not, at first blush, apparent.
But then, neither Is the need for
state-wide prohibition apparent. This
latter recommendation Mr. Sheldon
makes to punish the state for hav
ing committed the "crime" of de
feating him. It may be his sterllza
tlon and medical examination pro
gram ls a strip off the same bolt of
cloth. That is to say, Mr. Sheldon
may have worked ihmself up into
such a stato of mind that he has
concluded that It wbb the confirmed
criminals, chronic lunatics and mol
lycoddles who deposed him from,
power, and he wants all of them, to
gether with the brewers, to be se
verely castlgated.World Herald.
Shaving sets Gerlng & Co.