The - Plattomouth - Journal
t h Seml-WMklj it Plittsxoot., KebriskiCZTD
R. A. DATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, aa second-class
matter.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Another trouble with Mr,
drlch's Central Wank scheme la that
he regards Rhode Island aa the
nter.
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President Taft remarks that he
tade "two hundred odd speeches"
cn his recent trip. And the oddest
f these was delivered In Winona,
Minn.
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The difference between the sugar
trust robbing ttie custom house and
a man stealing coal lsNthat on steals
lump sums and the ether steals
inmo lumps.
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Taking it by all In all, Senator
Aldrlrh was ltiky to get through
tie west as he did. He must have
a gicnt deal of reaped for the wild
nd wroly westerner, after all.
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The federal court has found an
other new Idea. A man at Dennlson,
bi.f leased a business house for a
Urm of Ave years. Shortly after
iiklng possesion of the building it
Burned down. The owner of the
building sued the renter for his five
Al-jtal laws of righteousness, without
obedience to which our cvilllzatlon
can not permanently survive. There
Is profound wisdom in that wish of
the seer of Patmos, recorded in a
letter to a friend: "Beloved, I pray
that in all things thou tnayest pros
per and be in health, even a thy
soul prospered." Whether with com
binations or with individuals, pros
perity is always more dangerous to
all that is beet in human life than
even sore adversity.
It is, however, cause for devout
thanksgiving on every farm, that the
awakening of the public conscience
begun under President Hoosevelt
till continues and is manifesting it
self in many different forms. The
federal government is now looking
after land thieves, water thieves,
coal thieves, and ajl t hat class of
respectable robbers, as It has never
done before.
People are realizing tlio rights of
the unborn to the natural resources
of the nation, which Is their natural
heritage. They are beginning to real
ize the necessity of civic righteous
the present form. Put a man on
his honor. If he won't observe that
he won't observe "So help me God."
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Speaking about the weather, one
wiseacre who writes prognostica
tions asks: "Don't you remember
that the winter of 1703 was a very
cold one?" From the memory of
two hundred years ago he argued
that this winter would be a cold one.
The writer must have been one of
the "oldest inhabitants."
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A St. Louis surgeon operated up
on an 8-year-old boy lor adenoids,
claiming that It would Improve his
morals. After recovering, the boy
stole a horse and buggy, drove six
teen miles Into the country, put th
horse in a stable, burned both the
barn and beast and then tried to
burn the Jail at Clayton, where he
had been taken. Otherwise, the
operation was declared to be a com
plete success.
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Here is a farmer who has at last , in their work on the capitol remov
got an understadlng of the real tar-'ing question. They are talking new
iff situation as It relates to the con
sumer. Ana ne isn t alone in nis
conclusions. He will be Joined by
thousands of conservative Republi
cans who have become tired of feed
ing the trusts and combines who are
hidden behind the high tariff walls.
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"WE INSURGENTS.-
Our genial and foxy Senator E.
J. Burkett has all through his poli
tical life straddled on every subject
where it was possible. It is "Good
Lord, good Devil" with Slippery
Elmer. He may fall short In ful
fillment of some of the apostolic
examples but he certainly is like St.
Paul, in that he is "all things to
all men."
On the tariff in his senatorial re
cord he tried hard to straddle by
voting sometimes on one side and
sometimes on the other, but he lost
his tally card after a while and in
the end it appears he voted with Aid
rich and the Interests seventy times
and as an Insurgent fifty-eight times
Is it any wonder that both sides
have claimed him? Or that neither
capitol building up around Lincoln,
and now is a good time to advocate
the removal of the capital when a
new building Is required.
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Nebraska City will have a fiddlers
contest Wednesday night, December
1. Such contests create considerable
iiterest and much sport when open
to all classes of fiddlers the old-
fashion as well as the new-fangled
violinists. - Nebraska City has held
several of these contests. Why not
try one In Plattomouth one that
will be open to the entire county,
and Including adjoining counties!
What to you say 7 Let it come off
during the holidays. '
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Aldrich closes his fruitless trip
The Hasting Democrat nres a
broadslder at the South Omaha Dem
ocrat, which is published by Sena
tor Tanner, thusly: If Governor
Shallenbcrger is to blame for the
1,800 Republican majority that side has wanted him?
Douglas county gave to the Kcpub- in Nebraska the senator was not
llcan ticket thi3 year as the South rlaimed by the insurgent sympathiz
Omaha Democrat says he Is, who Is Crs since his desertion at the final
to blame for the 3,000 majority that vote had disgusted his constituents
Douglas county gave the Republican and while out here he was an apolo
Judge in 1907, two years ago?
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Tho Wayne Democrat most truth-
fully remarks: "In these, days
when there is so much red tape
for laying the foundation for a new
United States bank, by warning the
country Against the ghost of Andrew
Jackson, who killed the old bank.
Nevertheless, Jackson's ghost, like
Banquo's ghout, will continue to
haunt AM rich, both awake and
asleep, as long as he shall attempt
to revive the monster which Jeffer
son denounced and' Jackson destroy
ed. A much greater man than Aid-
rich met his political death by a
similar attempt. ,
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gist but now that he has gone east
he has been posing as an insurgent.
On his way to West, Virginia he
was interviewed at Cleveland by a
reporter of the Cleveland Leader.
The senator is quoted as saying:
"They don't like Aldrich out my
"They are es
ness. Tho farmer is deeply inter
. . . . . . I ent.ed In reforms In the eovernment 1 n.. i v - .i j.
ars rent, ana tne reaerai court at - jupuu iu imn ui iuo iiubiuuhv uc-
I m i I 1. ... I au4 I . V i . . .
Ccsacil Bluffs has held that he must Ul 1 ' luai- ,n lucm BU partment with reference to adver
pay the rent, not monthly, but all manf of thelr 8on8 and daughters tlalng anjr gamo of cnance or lotr way," he declared
ra a lump, amounting to $2,300. m 8ek t0 """ke their fortunes, and torT, u doe8 8eem Btrange that the pecially against his: policies : regard-
in which there has been imminent worBt game of an( automobile and tion. He has no business traveling
danger of going fashion will do plano newspaper contests are allow- around the country advising a sub-
mu.u iv maiuiaiu a ivwuiuu '.ij ea B rree and ea8y neia. A mercnanu a8 favored in the Republican plat
spirit.
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CongrtHsman Magulre of this dis
trict, is one of those men who be
lieve that the corporations have such
a controlling majority in congress
It is a great thing for the I Hnil tn form. No one man can expect to
BYt nnratnai t f r ana t 1 n cr nla anna I i i. . . . . I " . . V
- i ""o ma customers, out a newspaper cau control us In tne senate and suc-
and daughters with their children roisn hne1 In tho whole countryside ceeded in not letting us touch cer-
that they wil nans the ship subsidy . ... .... , . .... ... ... ..tain schedules of the tariff bill."
aiuuuu in a laujo laueu wiiu iuu utrai bv r v ne something for notll HK." Vnw Un't that
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bfll. There are a great many who
will coincide with him in that be
lief. When Pollard voted in favor
fit that measure lie did so in op-
rich? Aldrich
of the season's offerings, and af tor nearly all if not all, the suckers wouldn't let him?
Invoking the Divine blessing "on the getting nothing but experience ta tho The reporter was misguided or
family rather than on the food, to n..anon..r Vmoinoau had not scanned Burkett's record
have this opportunity of giving good
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fnsklon to the instructions of thojcoun8t!i to the young people who will
Republican legislature and the He- j)enr his name, whether in honor or
publican party of the stale, llttlt I dlHhonor.
did he care because he was in ac
cordance with the wishes of the Now
England people. It is now predict
ed that the nhip subsidy bill bo
Hushed tq the front this session as
itever before and the indications are
that it will become a law. When
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lon the tariff for he says:
Government ownership and opera
tion of telegraph lines has Just re
ceived a forward impetus in the
news of the acquisition of the West
ern Union by the Bell Telephone
company. Tne postal people deny
that they will eventually also be
"absorbed," but Just how much re
liance can be placed in the assur
ance time alone will tell. If the
country finds Itself at the mercy of
one company In the matter of tele
graphic communication it will not
take long for the development of an
irresistible demand that the govern
ment take over the telegraph lines
and operate them as a part of the
postal system. This would result
in cheaper rates and better service,
two things that are sadly needed
in telegraphic communication.
out of the field, and it became es
tablished in that part of the coua--
try early in Colonial history.
Its spread to other sections was
slow, however. It was not adopted
In New York until 1817, when tie
first thanksgiving proclamation by
Governor of the state vas lsued. In
1858 only eight of the southern
states has been converted from the
notion that the appointment or re
commendation of a day of thaalo
giving was more appropriate to die
churches than to the Governor. tTe
many patriotic and devout peoale
thaaksgiving by civil proclamation
seemed to much mixing church aa4
state, politics and religion, to gain
general acceptance. When, in 18&J,
Governor Wise, of Virginia, was re
quested to issue a thanksgiving prs
clamatlon he publicly declined,
the ground that the governor waa
not authorized to interfere wifli
religious matters.
.Oar earlier presidents seem to
have held views closely akin te
these, for the predecssors of Presi
dent Lincoln Issued no thanksgivlag t
proclamation except upon momeaV
ous national occasions. Thossjh
Thanksgiving Day by the appoint
ment of. congress was an anntal
event during the Revolutionary fir.
It ceased after the thanksgiving fisr
peace In 1784. It was only by be
request of congress that President
Washington, In 1789, recommended
a day of thanksgiving for the adap
tion of the constitution. Washing
ton's only other proclamation of tfce
HOW TO 1KK)HT.
Senator Burkett was one of the
insurgent Republicans who strove
Encourage every home enterprise. for iower tariff. He fought for re-
Talra an Jntorcot In ovorv hntn. in. QUCtlOnS all along me
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When hard pressed for paragraphs
t is always permissible to remind
ju to do your Christmas shopping
ally.
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It may be some comfort to Mr,
dustry, invest liberally In the stock for final passage. He said last
r,f fnith nnrf rnn,l will, and dlstrlb- night that he felt it his duty to take
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"Uncle Joe" Cannon is putting a
line, but Prety severe strain on the crednl-
voted for the bill when it came up,Ry of the public when he asks it
to believe that a delegation of news-
the final vote was taken two years Ueney to know that San Francisco
ago it was defeated by only a small will regret not having allowed him
majority, and now it Is claimed that! to finish the Job
President Tufts tour ol tne west :o:
was for the purpose of securing a
number of congressmen who would Thanksgiving proclamations make
favor the measure. The Indications mention of the price of turkeys.
ore that Taft hN .won, because, the :o:
extreme west has come forward In Bring in ' your advertising for
lavor of the meassre. Nebraska! Thursday's weekly not later than
:fcy News.
action after he bad done all in his
ute it all over your city, In every p0wer to gain lower rates bn many
factory, every workshop . every busl- Bchedules Jfe sak I people , in the
the tariff bill as finally passed al-
divldends, and will cost very little, tnougn tney were protectionists.
tYO no lUr fiutcvuuu vuv nvDv
It can never depreciate in value. It t,nt not for a high tariff that will
will always be above par. Buy Permit monopolies to secure advant-
ages, ne sum. r e uniciu oums
home made goods. Ask yon mcr- schedules were placed too high. The
chants for them. Wear home mad tariff is better than before, but not
ftutte sood enoutrh ret The Deo Die
I tyo r m mn t m oaf tinmo ma rift n rt rt 1 . A - ..vIdIaii
It will be observed that none of the" ' rro.Y- .""".i
food, Sleep on home made beds, read "--" .Z
r vTi turj nryuuuvau v v. v suu
home made newspapers. In this way they should have had it as we In
tho money you spend is only loaned, surgents desired It to be."
"We Insurgents!" Now Isn't that
But evidently tho senator
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TIIK FAMII.r THANKSGIVING.
It win come back to you again with
interest. Praise up your city rich?
don't run It down. Stand by your nas seen reat light since be came
merchants and manufacturers they back to Nebraska
r tkn hone and sinew of your
, . , t v Roosevelt's Illness, like his trust
uiuaieiyni oiruiiuic. otauu u vui i
, . , I DUnllnK. Too VUIJ tonai u.
churches and your schools they
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are the hopes of your future. Stand
by your press it is the tireless senti
nel that guards your Interest.
Fremont Herald.
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I Wednesday noon to Insure a change.
Thursday is Thanksgiving,, remenv
ber.
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It would, we thlak, mean much "w wuu
to the advantage of the American tudy of pellagra assures the pub-
people If Thanksgiving should be He that the now disease Is not akin
nenerally observed as it was form- to bund staggers. Nor is it, pre
rly observed in New England, name- sumably, relatied in any degree of
ly, as a distinctively family festival. Intimacy to hollowhorn.
Wc use this word "fismily" not In '
itn narrow sense of one household, " men with brains who have been"
hot In tho wider sense of tho Scotch elevated to places of responsibility ' Last Saturday we talked with a Nevertheless, we have not heard
e4an, the Latia "guns." or a gather- would learn the lesson of dllllgence gentleman whom we have known of any Aldrich campaign clubs for
Ing of the sons and daughters In and faithfulness to promises, they Ver since we have resided In Cass 1912 being organized in thfi west.
fhe ancestral hfttne. would be a power for the better- county, and during that time we
We are becoming entirely too indl- nient of their country. know ho has been an ardent high
.
nlduallstic In these latter years. It I , tariff advocate,
Is literally "every fellow for him- A recent ruling by the customs He showed us an , overcoat that
mlf " Wo are so individualistic inUpPftrtnient declares that a doll is he had recently purchased in one of
HE IS NOW OOXVIXCKD.
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Polltles and sugar make an aw
ful sticky mess when mixed.
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We ' note that the style in snow
shovels are Just the same this year
as last.
paper publishers called upon him
and publicly offered to support his
presidential aspiration if he would
procure a reduction of the duty
on paper. But t is of little con
sequence whether the story la true
or not, save as It affects the hand
ful of individuals who constitute the
alleged delegation, and who of
course 'could commit nobody but
themeslves. The real Issue Is that
"Uncle Joe" and his party friends
made the duty $3.75 a ton, after a
committee of his own selection had
made a thorough Investigation and
reported that a duty of $2 would suf
fice for all purposes of protection.
The additional $1.75 Is "velvet" for
the paper trust and unwarranted
hardship for the paper consumers.
And this is only one of the many
outrages for which the people are
holding "Uncle Joe" and others of
his ilk to a reckoning.
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ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DAY.
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klnd was Issued in 1795, after die
suppression of what was known as
the "Whisky Rebellion." in wester
Pennsylvania.
The request of congress was ne
cessary to the Issue by President
Madison of a thanksgiving procla
mation in April, 1815, for the peace
which followed the war of 1812.
The annual prclamation by the
president dates from the Civil War:
President Lincoln issued proclama
tion for special thanksgiving in 1891
and 1863. The first of the national
proclamations of the annual thanks
givings were issued by him in 18
and 1864; they haveeen repeated
annually by his successors ever
since.
President Taft "appoints" the day
of thanksgiving. It has been ussal
for most of his predecessors to "re
commend" it. When the president
of the United States assumes to ay
point a day for people to go to churck
and give thanks he seems to many
to take on too much of the sacer
dotal powers exercised by Julius
Caesar as Pontlfex Maxim us of the
pagan world. (
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Kills Her Fee of 20 Years.
"The most merciless enemy I had
for 20 years," declares Mrs. JaajS
Duncan of Haynesville, Me., a "mis
Dyspepsia. I suffered Intensely sif
ter eating or drinking and coW
scarcely sleep. After many remedfe
had failed and scvreal doctors gave
ne np I tried Electric Bitters, whtyfe
ured me completely. Now I can eat
anything. 'I am 70 years old and aa
verjoyed to get my health
strength back again." For Indigna
tion, Loss of Appetite, Kldaey
Trouble, Lame Back, Female Cow-
plaints, its unequaled. Only '50c at
F. G. Fricke & Ce.
There is a possibility of being
misled by that part of the Presi
dent's Thanksgiving Day proclama-
... Itlnn which snenlm of the rotnrn of
Women led the moo that lynched i r - ,
the season "when in accordance
two men; black and whlt, at Cairo,
111. And they call 'era the gentler
" i
sex: . .
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There may be some comfort, while
paying two prices for foal, in the
to pay for it than to mine it.
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nr religion even that we have large- not a toy. Probably this decision our large cities, He said it cost him
ly allowed family worship to drop can b trwea to the same pro-f $20. He also added that two years
oat of use. a It there were no foun(1 mlnd tbat ruled that frogs' ,g0. he bought identically the 8"e nectlon that' ,8 moro pioa8ant
family life or religion as distinct ,l,RH aro P"'try. coat for $16. We asked him the
from that of the Individual mem- :o: reason for the difference In price.
bers. In our strange mixture of dlf- Are you resdy ror winter? Have tie reiucianuy aammea tnai it was At,out the best that can be said
Irrent nations and religions we are you examined that flue to see his honest opinion that It was due for the BUgar trust j8 tDat ft lfl lm
losing sight of family ideals and whether or not It has a crack in to the tariff. Said he: "I believe parUa, u robbed the government
ondnct This Is a distinct loss to It that may some time Bet your It due to the tariff. When I bought anfl (he fon.unjerg wlth equal can
onr civilization. house on fire? It will take very lit- that coat I paid a heavy tax to the dor
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If, however, we could have a fes- l'e or your time to iook after tnis wool grower. Next l paid a neavy :o:
tlval in which all the scattered mera- matter uow. Tomorrow it may be tax to tne manufacturer or tne One explanation of the 6nortage
bors of tho family group Join: if the too late. cloth. Then I paid the retailer the of the turkey crop this year is that
young people caa catch the spirit! :o: profit he had to pay to the whole- they aro suffering from appendicitis.
of the wise old grandfather and the The courts of the District of Co- salcr. Then I paid the retailer his Well, most of them will undergo an
ever gracious grandmother, whOBO lumbla aro aiming to have congress profit. I believe In a reasonable operation this week that will cure
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wal lovelinewi Increases year by P"S8 a law to drop "So help me tarm, but tne present tarin on wool them.
year; if tho yosng peoplo can have "u in tne administration of oaths, and woolen goods is the rankest :o:
an onDortunltv of taking the tneas- When one thinks how often oaths steal under cover of law I ever Baw Now Is the time for som town in
with the reverent custom establish
ed by our forefathers, the people of
the United States are wont to meet
in their usual placrs of worship on
a day of thanksgiving appointed by
the civil magistrate."
This is literally true only of per
sons of New England ancestry, for
the custom of observing an annual
day of thanksgiving appointed or
recommended by a civil magistrate
has become universal In this coun
try only within the lifetime of men
now of middle age. Such a thanks
giving Is peculiar to the United
States. Tho old New England hier
archy, which maintained a close as
sociation between religion, business
and government, borrowed it from
the Hebrew "feast of ingathering at
the end of the year," which the
Mosaic law required to be celebrated
H. D. Acord, of Pacific JunctUa.
came ever this afternoon from km
home to visit with friends. Mr.
Acord has recently purchased a pott
hall in that place and Is doing a
nice business as he deserves. lie is
an exeprienced man In that line 04
tally deserves all the patronage
which he may receive. It Is be
lieved by him that he can make the
hall a success at least during
winter months and it Is to be hoped
his anticipations aro realized.
J. E. McDanlel departed this af
ternoon for Omaha clad in purple
and fine liuen, bo to speak. The Cl.
had on a brand new suit of Frank
McElroy's finest which was purple la
truth and a swell looking outtx.
His dog "Teddy" was mighty sus
pIclouB of him when he first donaed
the suit and almost refused to be
lieve ha was the right man. Mr.
McDank-1 has been having trouble
with his eyes lately nnd his trip t
the metropolis was made on that -count.
Knglisli Spavin Liniment removes
Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps aid
Blemishes from horses; also Plod
Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeaey,
Ring Bone, Stifles, Sprains, Swollea
Throats, Coughts, etc. Rave $50 by
use of one bottle. A wonderful
Blemish Cure. 8old ny tiering & C.,
ure of the uncles nnd the fundamen- are violated It seems proper to drop (and I am agalnstlt from now on." the central part of the state to get annually after the harvests were all druggists.