Itralism and centralism Is not demo-not satisfied with the consciousness
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can gain anything by putting in
power incompetent men or men who
place party above law and Justice.
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THK CARDIXAL'S LETTER,
The Democrats of Otoe county did
not do as well as the Democrats of
Cass. They only got three out of the
nine candidates. We are pleased to
note, however, that W. W. Wilson
for county Judge, and A. P. Young
for county clerk, are re-elected, and
J. A. White was elected commis
sioner. :o:
The successful candidates on the
Democratic ticket owe Dr. J. S. Liv
ingston, chairman of the committee,
a debt of gratitude for the efficient
manner in which he managed the re
cent campaign in this county, while
he failed in securing the election of
several that should have been, he
done all In his power to elect the .en
tire ticket.
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If Iillly Andrews, who has so long
held down the Job of auditor of the
treasury at Washington, who has
so long been drawing at the public
teat, conies back to Nebraska and
becomes a candidate for the gover
norship on the Republican ticket,
even Jim Dahlman would And it easy
picking to land the plum he's after
The public get tired of men like gue, for it has taken the pains to
Andrews. secure the cardinal's consent that
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uie great slump in tne Kepubll- In another respect the lutter is no-
can majority in Massachusetts Is suf- table. It Is amone the vpi-v fPw
ficent to convine the people that the earnest and emphatic
Icracy and consequently It is not re
presentative government. The people
cannot afford to allow the seed to
get a start; It must tie dug up and
its power destroyed
It becomes more and more ap
parent that the rules of the house
must be changed do allow represen
tatlves of the people a free hand to
prevent the re-election of Cannon,
the seed of centralism which means
individual power. We do not admit
that the defeat of Cannon will kill
off Cannonism but it will clip the
wines of the danger that lurks
about us.
Under Cannonism the constitution
The letter of Cardinal Gibbons to hM become bo twisted and disfigured
the National League of Civic Educa- that lt la aim0Bt unrecognizable
tlon for women, in which he ex- xiiere 1b not such equality as was
presses opposition to woman suf- lntended by the makers of the gov
rrage, is a notaoie contriDuuon to Crnment. The poor man has not the
the debate on the subject. onnortunltv of the rich man. The
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The cardinal's views on the ques- ravored few are represented by the
tlon have been expressed before, but power behind the throne; the many
not so directly and with such em- are denied BUCn representation as
phasls. Of course what gives im- lntended through the gagging and
portance to his utterance Is his throttling of their chosen represen
character as a thinker and the posi- tatlves. The party which upholds
tfon of reverence he occupies in the Cannonism must finally answer to
regara or minions or people, em- the people. Waterloo (la.) Times-
braced in an organization absolutely Tribune, Rep
opposea 10 uivorce ana wno there- :o
fore would be supposed to be predls- We are wiping to wager that Pol-
posed to pay great heed to any warn- lara ,3 not tlie Republican candidate
Ing having for its motive the protec- for congress next year
tion of the happiness and integrity
of having done his duty he wants
results that can be cashed in at the
bank. And so the association gives
him such results, but their volume
and their value depend very largely
upon the individual member and not
upon the amount of his dues. That
is to say, the association provides
means for accomplishing certain re
sults, but the member must use these
facilities intelligently, else he' will
not get maximum results.
"What Is there in it for me?"
Credit information, for one thing
knowledge that will make you
money or prevent you from losing
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of the home.
The statement of the cardinal can
not fall to have i;reat power. This
was undoubtedly realized by the lea-
The late election denotes that the
people of Nebraska are getting tired
of the Hayward-Rosewater regime.
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Fred Patterson is elected after
all. The final count gives him 6o
the annulment of the non-partisan
Judiciary law.
There are still weightier and
larger reasons, however, entering in
to the result. These reasons were
given free play because the unim
peachable character and splendid at
tainment of the Democratic nominees
made it not only possible, but pleas
ant for progressive Republicans to
vote for them. And they seized the
opportunity to register a vote of pro
test on state and national issues with
which the Judiciary, properly speak
ing, has little to do.
They registered a vote of protest
against the treachery of their own
money every business day. But don't party pa8Sing the Aldrich tariff
expect your fellow members to do it law (
all. When you get an association iaf0r,.t vote nf protest
request for credit, give it Immediate agaln8t the acti0n of their own jrsal
attentlon. That is the way you want dent ,n holding up Aldrich as a lead
er for himself as well as his party
to follow.
your requests handled.
"What is there in it for me?"
Co-operation of live merchants In
fighting your battles In fighting for
things you want and ought to have
They registered a vote of protest
against Cannon and Cannonism, and
the fast-mountinc reactionary in-
and in fighting against those that . .. . . .,,, ..,
fluence which is bending the party,
are harmful. But it takes two or
more to co-operate. Nobody else
can take your place or do your work
in any co-operative mevoment. It
is decidedly up to you. Your dues
help but your personal work Is of
even greater value.
"What is there in it" for me?"
Profit and satisfaction if you give
your brother merchants a square deal
by doing your share cf association
work. You may not be able to write
articles for the press. You may not
in state and union, to its sinister purposes.
They registered a vote of protest
against the proposed central bank
issue and the proposed shipping sub
sidy.
They registered a vote against
Rosewater bosslsm and Rosewater
Ideals governing the party organiza
tion in Nebraska.
And, since the record of the pres
ent Democratic administration and
the late Democratic legislation was
but he never got nearer ii candi
date of his party for president thau
t) say "we made no mistake in our
work at Chicago." Those who heard
Mr. Cannon then were always sur
prised that the name of neither Taft
nor Roosevelt ever passed his lips.
Now it is different. Mr. Taft has
come into the fold. But his coming
in has not prevented the line of cleav
age within the party from being
driven deeper. The carrying of the
war against the insurgents into Min
nesota, Iowa and Kansas has made
no change. The insurgents no long
er constitute a faction. They hare
grown to a minority and they are
still growing. 'Mr. Taft read them
out of the party to -no avail. Mr.
Cannon has charged them with trea
son without effect. Reed Smoot baa
expressed his abhorrence of them In
ingenious confession that peace is
Impossible. But despite the efforts
at smothering the only noticeable
thing is that Mr. Taft has taken
sides. He is no longer the party
peacemaker.
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HOW SUGAR IS TAXIED.
majority for surveyor.
Fred.
Hurrah for
The people do not want the Aid-
statements rich robber tariff, and are speaking
robber Aldrich tariff is cutting con- that have been made on the question out in no uncertain tone against
fidcrable figure In the east, as well by men of equal prominence. Connonism
as uie west. Tne majority for the oria-neraiii. :o:-
Kepublican candidate for governor
is comparitlvcly small, and Is get
ting down to where the Democrats
and tariff reformers will stand some
show next year.
BA.MJEHS OF CAXXOMSM.
If anything were needed to en-
The people of Nebraska are getting
pretty tired of Bill Hayward's sym
pathetic manner of running cam
paigns. In the late contest he has
be an orator. You may not feel able brought zealously lnto the campaign
to contribute more than your dues. by the RepubiIcan machine as an is-
But .there is one thing every live gue the resuU may be taken a8 a
member of the state association can yote of commendation for the ad-
do and that is to get nnother live
member.
"What Is there in It for me?"
In seeking for the answer consider
some of these wise old laws: "In
ministration and the legislature.
The returns indicate conclusively,
even should the standpat cendldates
pull through by a narow margin,
that Nebraska, when the lines are
union there is strength." "United and thfi ,s8ue ,g jolned ,8 a
WHY NOT III: HONEST?
In a recent Issue of the Lincoln
Journal we find the following: "Why
force the thougl.t that "Uncle Joe" fully demonstrated that as a cam-
Cannon Is the real ruler of the palgn manager he is a signal failure
United States, it Is supplied by the :o:
'iWtlmony of President Taft him. Joe Blackburn has received a sug-
Bclf. gestlon that ho resign his Job on the
At Baton Routte Present Tf t Panama canal. It pays $14,000 a
wants the Job. Blackburn, you know,
not be honest in politics as in other Bad: ..j.j, agree tQ ke?p punchlng year. The suggestion cornea from a
IhlngB? Now and then a Republican i',1(e joe to the polnt where he may Republican politician, who perhaps
newspaper makes the situation of !ake an admi88on; to accomplish
the party more embarrassing by ad- that feat between St. Louis and New P a Democrat-
vanclng the argument that the plat- Orleans, I will have done something
form of the party-a year ago did not L,iun, t0 the work of n)ak, the
t all for a downward revision of the rjver better."
tariff. It called for that or it called
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Judge Good run well In Cass coun
ty, didn't he? In fact the slim ma-
The president makes admHslon Jorlty by which the Republican can
for onthlng. Nobody on earth was that sppaker cannon is a bigger man dldateB carr,ed the count5r' denotes
Pleading that any of the tariff ached- than hlmself. ,,e make() admfl8on
f i Tta BfAia r 1 Kir Ta nnmlnnA r9 I . .
'"3 ' mat Speaker Cannon is tho dictator
the Republican patty repeatedly al- of illation, the one man in the
ludcd to the need of a tariff less altl-
we stand; divided we fall," "We
must all hang together, else we shall
hang separately."
Ponder a few moments on the
strength of organization. Call to
your mind the victories in every line
of endeavor coming through united
effort. ,
"What is there in it for me?"
Just ask yourself. You have the
answer. Then reach over for that
i
check book and don't forget to do
the rest. Your state association
needs you, but you need the state as
sociation a great deal more. Om
!aha Trade Exhibit.
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progressive and not a reactionary
state.
The Democrats of Nebraska, in
the light of Tuesday's election, will
enter the next campaign, standing
true to the principles and policies
for which they, have .been, contending
these many years, with heightened
enthusiasm and increased confidence.
World-Herald.
country who can say whether or not
a measure will go through. If the
that all the Democratic candidates
ran well. The people of Nebraska
are getting awful tired of Hayward-
Rosewater ring rule.
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The state Judiciary ticket Is elect
ed all the way from 10,000 to 25,000
majority" said Billy Hayward.chalr-
tudlnous, and specifically mentioned
m I, I.... aUa 1. - I 1 I
' I'ltMiueiu snaii persuade him. or
rm tha ffiia Hu U'lthnilt pulnlni, I. a I
" s punch him along where he will make
country. Let's stick to the truth at an adnilH8lon. he B0V8 he ..wlll hnvn
all hazards, for the truth never hurts done 80methlng enual to the work P 01 l"e KepuDMCan Bia" com
any excent those who need hurt- .v. . raiuee me nigni or me election, lie
ui muMiiK mo river oetter.
inea" i lsn t making any such figures now.
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There Is a great deal of truth In 'xon,aiier tn Prt"WenM But It was yesterday. "I believe the
wains, no mauer wnat congress o..ui....- v.. . ..
ivi jiuuiiLaua uaic mill vj a Dlliaii
the above, and we are pleased to see
wants, Speaker Cannon mast be sat-
nnr Tteniihllrmi rnntofnnnrnrv tubal.
Mated before anything is done. And
I nn uian1 ir taa linn a hoi
mc piettiueui uus enusiea in the
work of "punching" him!
isn t it a nice situation? The
king of England, the emporer of
majority."
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speeches made by President Taft on
his last Junketing tour was to the ef
fect that the new tariff law "was the
best tariff law ever enacted" and at
YOU HAVK THE ANSWER.
"What Is there in lt for me?"
Consciously or unconsciously this
the same time he had advocated a p"' ne,ther has such power. lg the aue8Uon that comes to mind
reduction of the tariff in the cam- P"'1 " a n,Ce commentry on free Lhenever a new proposition or aa
nalgn in which he was Buccessful. a"d ,ndelendent government? And Lld a dlfferent guise is present
The close of the campaign In thla thl" a democracy' . ed.
Mtrte, which Just ended, was dia- the presidents words Cannon- "What 1b there in lt for me?"
sraceful for some of the "dirty" work l8m has become more than ever a That la what the merchant says
done. Some Republicans sent out natlonal l98U0' because it Btrikes at or thinks when asked to become
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titulars attacking the Republican representative government. Wthen member of his state association. The
nomlneoB for supreme Judge, signed a Prudent of all the people admits answer is that there Is Just as much
by "Progressive Republican League." antl advertises that one man holds in the state association as the mer
Of course the Republicans said that the ke'r t0 the situation, he admits chant will get out of it and the
It was the work of Democrats, andand advertises that the government merchant can get out of the assocla-
Hayward even made the bluff of of- 19 00 longer representative. With tlon Just as much as he puts Into It
ferlng 100 for the name of the per- tn'8 thB 8late ot things, there la no plus interest compounded. This
sen who Issued the circulars. In such Ummfnt by the peoplo and our seems somewhat paradoxical but it
matters It would have been better to boa8ted Bel' government, by lndlvl- is true, nevertheless. The merchant
have boen honest. That circular cost duals, collectively asserting their de- who puts in merely his annual dues
the Democrats many votes. Then 8'rp8' ,s but a rnockery. And when will get that much out of It, plus
there was a circular sent from, Om- tl,nt individual by choice, coercoln,
ha to saloon keepers telling how the Intimidation or association, Is the
Democratic party was going to foist t00' of tne protected Interests and
prohibition on the party. It is not lUt? hounds of special privilege,
hard to guess from where these tir- lllere cnn he no gainsaying the fact
vulars came, but they Borved their tliat the people must arise In their
purpose of antagonizing the liquor might, even as they arose in every
lealers against the Democratic noml- otncr great crisis, aud destroy that
nces for Bupreme Judge. power
Why not be honest? No party Cannonism la but the seed of cen
Interest. But the merchant who adds
energy, enthusiasm and personal
work to his dues will be more than
repaid.
"What Is there In It for me?"
The average human Is so const!
tuted that he Is not satisfied with
Indefinite or general results. When
he pays out money he wants to get
something tangible In return. He Is
THE TARIFF OX LEMONS.
The last congress Increased the
duty on lemons. As a natural con
sequence, which our California
friends from their past experience
might have anticipated, the railroads
there have increased the rate on
T , , . v u J lemons proportionately to the In
The Democrats of Nebraska have r
THE RESULT IX NEBRASKA.
crease In the tariff. In other words,
the roads traversing the California
district have handed the California
people a lemon, appropriating to
themselves the Increase In the tariff.
California railroads have a habit
of doing this. On one of our trips
west we ascertained that the price
of hay in Pasedena had been four
teen dollars a ton. The freight rate
was ten dollars a' ton. Hay went up
to eighteen dollars; the railroads
raised the rate fourteen; giving the
farmer precisely the same price for
his hay that he received before the
price went up. This Is the policy
the railroads have been pursuing in
California for years, simply giving
the people who produce the stuff
enough to keep them at work, and
they themselves absorbing all the
profits Wallace's Farmer,
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made a showing in this year's elec
tion, that has surprised even them
selves and astounded the enemy. It
Is the first "off year" election blnce
populism was in its prime in which
the Republican ticket has not won
easily, and by a wide margin. At
this writing it cannot be said, with
aboslute certainty, whether a single
Democratic candidate for supreme
udge Is elected, or a single one de
feated. The result is astonishingly
close. The World-Herald hopes for
the election of all three Democratic
candidates. But even If all three
should be beaten lt would be by a
vote so small as to constitute a great
victory, and this newspaper would
still rejoice.
The result shows that the argu
ments which were advanced In be-
half of the candidates of Judge Sul
livan, Good and Dean were consld
ered by the people of this state as
weighty and valid. 'It shows that
thousandsofgood.earnest progressive 0f the friendship between Mr
Republicans went to the polls and Taft and Mr. Cannon there can be
rpcorrtert thflr Wen Benin.! thir no further doubt. It was Bhown by
own party nominees because they the "niera In a hundred enapshots
were convinced lt would be best for lit was reflected In the expression of
their party and best for their state their faces. "I'll sit by the old man,'
to do so. said Mr. Taft when Invited to the
The cause of a non-partisan judl- center of the platform, and he de
clary Is strengthened by the result posited himself close to Cannon. Mr
of th'.s election. No matter which Taft with his hand on Mr. Cannon's
candidates are finally Bhown to have shoulder, Mr. Cannon with his hand
won, the verdict Is against a strictly on Mr. Taft's arm made pictures
partisan court. eloquent In their relation of.condl
The verdict Is agalnBt the growing tlons political
Judicial practice of overthrowing Mr. Taft made his Winona tariff
popular laws, by a species of bench J speech after a conference with Mr
legislation, on fine-spun technlcall- Cannon. Mr. Cannon has had a good
ties and for reasons in which par- word to say for Mr. Taft from many
tlBanshlp plays a part. It Is a pro- platforms and in several Interviews
test against the annulment of the A year ago In the heat, the campaign
bank guaranty law as well as against Mr. Cannon was making speeches,
TAFT'S FRIEND, MIL CAXXOX,
The average consumption of sugar
in a year per capita in the United
States is 77.54 pounds. The poor
consume more than the rich, because
they are so many more of them and
anything that Increases the price of
sugar Is a burden on the poor. In
the case of other things on which
a tariff is placed It is not always eo
easy to tell Just what effect the duty
on the imported products, but in the
case of sugar there is no sort of
doubt about it. The amount of the
tariff Is added to the cost of the
sugar and every consumer pays that
much more for his sugar than he
woulc otherwise have to pay.
The McKinley bill took the tariff
ff sugar and the price went down ,
accordingly. When the tariff was
added the amount of it was added
to the wholesale and retail price. Of
all the taxes collected by the tariff
plan the tax on sugar is perhaps the
most indefensible and most unbusi
nesslike.
vnder the new. law the duties on
ugar will run from 95 cents per
hundred pounds on the raw sugar to
51.90 on the refined. The raw
sugars, as was pointed out by Sena
tor Bristow in the tariff debate, are
purposely made of such a grade that
they do not go into common con
sumption, but they go into the hands
of the sugar trust. But on refined
sugars the rate is more than doubled,
so that the sugar trust by importing
the raw sugar pays only 90 cents a
hundred pounds, but when it is re
fined puts on a tariff of $1-90 a
hundred pounds. In addition to
that, on Cuban sugars the trust ae-
cured a rebate of 20 per cent and as
the importation from Cuba amounts
to about a million tons per annum,
almost entirely raw sugar on which
tariff is 90 cents per hundred
pounds, by means of this 20 per
cent rebate the trust cleans up the
handsome profit of more than
$6,000,000 per annum.
This is a tax that falls especially
on the poor. Poor men's families
are the big families. It is no uncom
mon thing for a poor man to have
eight children. That means 10 in
the family, who consume in the ag
gregate 775 pounds of sugar in a
year. The contribution of that poor
man's family to' the sugar trust is
(7.75 per annum.
And why should the people of
this country be called on to contri
bute 170,000,000 per annum to this
gang of convicted robbers? Why
should they put up (127,000,000 in
order to get 153,000,000 of revenue?
Farmers Mall and Breeze.
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W. A. Edmondson, one of the
Journal's good friends from east of
Union, came In yesterday afternoon
to look after some business matters
In the city and Incidentally, to re
new his subscription to the Journal.
Mr. Edmondson's call was much ap
preciated at this office and he Is al
ways considers himself a welcome
visitor. He called upon his old
friends Frank Kauble and M. Hlatt
during his stay in the city and they
were overjoyed to renew their old
time acquaintances with him.
CharleB C. Parmele is spending
today In Omaha looking after busi
ness matters.