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The - Plattsmouth - Journal
it::.- Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, Nebraska CUD
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
matter.
fl.SO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
lie a booster.
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To pave or not to pave, that's the
tjufstion.
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The baseball fever is spreading; to
beat the band.
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Almost time to bo thinking about
sharpening up the lawn mower.
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Thc split-log drag is doing wonders
In making good roads In the country.
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Chicago avenue Is getting In fine
shape for dragging. It should by all
means be done before a rain comes.
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The east, It seems, is still able to
hold its grip upon the west, with the
aid of western senators. How much
longer will the voters of the weBt
stand such false representation?
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When Teddy comes marching
home, Just watch the tumbles the
man who succeeded as president will
take. Taft Is trying awful hard now
to hedge get his conscience In shape
so that ho will be able to look Teddy
In the face.
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If the Republicans nominate Sena
tor Aldrlch of David City, for gover
nor, their platform will have to con
tain a prohibition plank. He is an
out and out prohibitionist, and says
he will only run upon that kind of
platform. He is different from most
Republican candidates, who aro al
ways trying to carry water on both
thoulders.
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' ft may be of Interest to the public
to know that the last legislature pass
ed more drainage legislation than bad
been passed before In the history of
the state. At the present time Ne
braska has as complete a system of
drainage legislation as any state In
the union. This matter was given
special attention in the recent session
and as a result, thousands of acres
f valuable lands will be reclaimed,
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girder Governor Shallenbergor's ad
ministration there has .been one re
form thut deserves mention that of
pardons and paroles. The "sob squad"
is no longer In evidence around the
executive offices. Applications for
pardon must go through the regular
channel, and no longer are attempts
made to thwart Justice by appealing
to the emotions. Applications for
pardons n-ceive little consideration
unless the real facts warrant It. As
a result the number of pardons has
been greatly reduced,
The Inst legislature passed a new
divorce law. The new law makes ma
terial changes In the manner of se
curing divorces. It requires personal
service in practically all cases. It
requires that an applicant for divorce
inufit be a resident of the state for
two years. Recognizing the many
abuses of the divorce system, this law
remedies these difficulties by making
it more difficult to secure a divorce,
by so arranging the procedure that
divorces will not be surreptitiously
sranted. Non-residents seeking ven
ues in which divorces are easily ob
tained will pass Nebraska. Nebraska
courts never have been bothered very
much with transient applicants for di
vorces. The last law absolutely pre
vents and prohibits matrimonial sold
iers of fortune in other stales from
securing divorces In this one.
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From a strong editorial article in
that ably edited newspaper, the
Springfield Republican, we quote the
following paragraph as showing what
the tendency of the best thought of
the country Is with refereneo to the
Carnegie foundation: "It la almost
startling to observe the progress
already made by tho Carnegie
foundation, which Is nothing but
a private pension agency, in dlc-
tating educational policy to tho
colleges and universities of this
country. Tho coercive power
lurking In the simple, menace of
being dropped from the Carnegie
list of "accepted" institutions Is
seen to be tremendous in its pos
sibilities. The groveling spec
tacle of our American state uni
versities rushing to share the In
come of the steel bonds, which
Mr. Carnegie graciously divert
ed to the suport of the superan
nuated professor emphasizes the
moral of the situation. Thus
state institutions, supported by
state taxes, are coming to listen
meekly while Dr. Prltehett sug
gests this, that and' the other
education In their educational policy."
Nebraska's university, thanks to
the courage of the late Democratic
legislature, is one of the universities
which is not compelled to "listen
meekly" to Carnelgie's almoner, Dr.
Pritchett. NebraBka's university is
one of those which are still free to
make their own educational policies.
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The efforts of Republicans to claim
the credit for the eight o'clock law
are laughable In the face of the fact
that after being in control of the leg
islature for twenty years the Repub
licans never took a single progressive
step along liquor legislation lines.
Senator Wlltse Is not entitled to the
credit of having introduced the eight
o'clcckWlI. All he had to do with it
was to introduce a bill closing saloons
on primary1 election day. All save
the file-, liuiuber and the words "be
it enacted by the legislature of the
state of Nebraska" were striken out
and the present eight o'clock law sub
stituted. Senator Wltse knew nothing
about It until the bill was reported
out of the house committee and put
on pnssage. The eight o'clock law is
the result of Democratic progresslve
ness along liquor legislation lines, and
was enacted by the first Democratic
legislature in the history of the state,
after eight or ten Republican legis
latures hnd stood still on the ques
tionand all the while the C. 0. P.
party was standing still it called it
self the party of "God and morality"
and tied up hand and glove with the
liquor interests. All this Is history,
and those who are deceived by Re
publican hypocrisy are those who wel
come deception If only It furnishes
them an excuse for partisanship.
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A competitive examination to select
candidates for admission to the Unit
ed States naval academy will be held
at 9 o'clock a. m., Snturday, March
1!), 1910, at the office of civil service
ommlssion In the postofflce, Lincoln,
Nebraska. From those taking this
preliminary teat there will be nomi
nated one principal and three alter
nates who will be required to take
another examination at Lincoln, Ne
braska, April 19, 1910, under the su
pervision of the civil service commis
sion for appointment as midshipman
In the United States naval academy.
Only actual bona-flde residents of the
First congressional district, Nebras
ka, between the ages of 16 and 20
years will be admitted to this exami
nation. Each candidate must pre
sent to the examiners, on the day of
the examination, a certificate of good
moral character from the principal
of the school last attended; also a
certificate from his family physician,
testifying to his physical condition.
Examination will bo held in the fol
lowing subjects: Arithmetic, algebra,
geometry, engllsh grammer, geo
graphy, United States history and
general history. Circulars of require
ments and regulations of the navy
department for admission to the Unit
ed States naval academy may be had
by calling on E. R. Slzer, postmaster,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
aitl IDLD'S TKNTIMOXY.
James R. Garfield, former secretary
of the interior, In his testimony be
fore tho investigation committee, ad
ded another link to the chain of dam
ning evidence against Balllnger.
He testified that Balllnger submit
ted to him, at the time Garfield was gress Mr. Taft is making in his efforts
secrtary an affidavit signed by Clar-jt0 accomplish the task he Bet himself
ence Cunningham, declaring that 'the for congress at the beginning of the
Guggenheims had no interest what- term. His failure. In whatever de
ere in the Cunningham claims, which gree it comes, he will lay at the door
Balllnger was trying to force to
patent. On the back of the affidavit
was printed the name of Ballinger's
law firm. .
The records now show that prior
to the making of this affidavit and
its filing with Garfield by Balllnger,
the Guggenheims had been given an
option of a half interest in the Cun
ningham claims.
Bailing will have to go. He
stands before the world thoroughly
discredited.
The question will remain, though,
why was he ever appointed? Why
was Garfield, the champion of con
servation, the enemy of the pillaging
syndicate, turned down at the elev
enth hour to make a place for the at
torney for the Cunningham claimants
and the friend of the GuggenheiAis
for Balllnger, who had stopped the
unearthing of land frauds in order
that he might get campaign fund con
tributions for Taft and Sherman!
Why has President Taft shown a
plain determination to go to any ex
treme, risking even the wrecking of
his administration and his party, to
punish Plnchot, Glavls, Shaw, Gar
field and other honest public servants
who stood in the way of the land
grabbers? World-Herald.
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A DO-XOTHIXG CONGRESS.
When congress convened President
Taft had no less than nine measures
upon which he desired prompt action
that public criticism might not 'find
this session a do-nothing one. These
nine bills were:
Postal savings banks.
Amendments to Interstate com
merce act.
Federal incorporation bill.
Antl-lnjunctlon bill. .
Conservation bills.
Ship subsidy.
Alaskan government bill.
Campaign fund publicity bill.
Here was an array of legislation
the accomplished passage of which
would have given the president some
thing to boast of, and put a whip in
the bands of the party leaders that
would have held voters In line when
the fall elections come.
But the program has hung lire
more or less all down the line. The
postal savings bank bill has come to
grief on the stubborn disagreement as
to the disposition or depositors, and
seems hopelessly stranded.
The Interstate commerce act modi
flcatlons have been introduced in both
houses and are being virulently dis
cuseed, though action on them is con
ndently expected later on.
The federal Incorporation bill is
likely to go to pieces, or at least be
held over until next session, by the
Idea that this federal license may be
stretched into a blanket to cover the
interests of monopolies. The argu
ments on tho question have been full
of fire and vehemence.
The anti-Injunction bill, Introduced
in both houses, is being treated to a
spell of intentional neglect. Party
leaders are either too busy or too as
tute to push this matter just yet.
The conservation bills, several In
number, have no doubt been retarded
by the Balllnger investigation. The
country as well as tho lawmakers
wish to know the true status of mat
ters in this department before any
final laws are enacted. Thus little
has been done except to report the
bills by the committee.
The ship subsidy measure, that
bug-a-boo of the inland west, has
drawn the sharp fire of the represen
tatlveB from that section and also of
the insurgents. So united are these
two elements in their opposition that
no safe harbor is ahead for the bill
The Alaskan government bill, un
der the attacks of Borah and his fol
lowing met no success In the senate
where it was declared "a measure to
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turn tho whole of Alaska over to the
Guggenheims." In the house Us fate
will probably bo reported to the house
before very long.
The campaign fund publicity bill
has been heard before the committee
and will probably be reported to the
house before very long.
Thus we see how little real pro
0f the Insurgents.
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Let us hope at least that the base
ball players won't go on a sympathetic
strike.
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The tobacco trust's profits last year
were over 130,000,000. And this is
no pipe dream.
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From present appearances Platts
mouth will boast of a government
building one year from now.
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The doctors say pork is hard to di
gest. However, that may be, the
housewife knows it's hard to buy.
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Congressman Macon, who wants to
be shown the Peary proofs, comes
from Arkansas, though he talks as if
he was from Missouri.
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It's frequently hard to get an in
dicted trust to make any other admis
sions, but they are always willing to
confess as to their strict honesty.
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The meat barons claim they are all
independents. Well, ho one denies
If the beef trust Is not Independ
ent, we don't know the meaning of
the term.
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Chicago avenue has been dragged,
and presents an entire different ap
pearance than it did last week. Keep
up the good work.
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"Hips are coming back into style,"
says a fashion paper. Those who
have saved their hips may now get
even with the high cost of living.
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A man's life Is about as valuable as
a Texas steer in the opinion of the
Cherry mine owners, who are settling
damage claims of the widows of the
miners who perished in the Cherry
disaster at the rate of $100 a head.
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A Washington grocer tells the high
cost of living investlgationg commit
tee that a family of five can live well
with an expenditure of $30 a month.
He neglects, however, to tell how to
get the 30.
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After many years two of the Penn
sylvania state capltol grafters have
been forced to don prison stripes..
Others died while fighting to the last
ditch the hand of justice. The mills
of the gods grind slow, but they grind
exceedingly fine.
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Billy Sunday is now doing Danville,
Illinois, the home of Joe Cannon. If
it Is that gentleman he is after he
should open in Washington, where he
would have an opportunity to re
form a few other corrupt Republi
can members of congress.
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There are three things that If fol
lowed out to the letter will insure
Democratic bucccbs in Nebraska. The
first Is harmony. The next is the
best men for the various positions to
be filled. And third is a united ef
fort on the part of every Democrat
to secure a victory. There should
be no logging In the ranks, but all
must march in one solid phaloux to
obtain the desired results.
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Congressman G. M. Hitchcock has
anounced as a candidate for United
States senator. It has been surmised
for several months that he would be
a candidate but he has never before
declared positvely. Mr. Hitchcock
has served six years as congressman
from the Second district, and is
acknowledged to be one of the best
members In the lower house from
tho west. Ills eelctlon to the senate
would reflect great credit to the peo
ple of Nebraska, and would prove
a great improvement over Slippery
Elmer Burkett, who has never de
monstrated in the least that he has
had the interests of Nebraska at
heart.
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Commander Peary must submit
proofs of his having reached the
north polo before the house naval
committee will recommend any re
ward for him by congress. Such Is
the decision of the sub-committee, by
a nearly unanimous vote. The many
friends of Peary cannot with Justice
find fault with such a determination
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Neither congress nor the public at
large is desirous of with-holdlng
from Commander Peary one whit of
whatever measure of credit and glory
may be due him. But, after the re
markable fiasco , at Copenhagen in
the case of Peary's rival, Dr. Cook,
they cannot be blamed for assuming
an attitude of reservation until proofs
of Peary's claims are forthcoming.
Representative Rainey of Illinois, is
a very inquisitive man. He got him
self thoroughly disliked at the wrhite
house some time ago by asking em
barrassing questions regarding the
acquisition of the Panama canal
rights. Now he has put himself in
bad with capitalistic friends of the
administration by introducing a reso
lution directing the committee on la
bor to investigate conditions in the
plant of the Bethlehem Steel company
at Bethlemen, Pa., where the govern
ment has large contracts for armor
plate and where the conditions are so
intolerable that thousands of em
ployes have quit work. The insolence
from a white house standpoint of
Mr. Rainey's latest request for infor
mation is heightened by the fact that
Charles P. Taft, brother of the presi
dent, is reported to have recently ac
quired an interest in the steel plant
in question.
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A DEEP GAME.
It may with good reason be sus
pected that the big snake of the
century in Washington legislation is
hidden in the postal savings bank
measure. The pompous display of
preparations for investigating the
cause of the enormous Increase in
the cost of living; for prosecuting the
trusts; for reducing government ex
penses, etc., etc., are so many blinds
to divert attention from the deeply
laid plans of Aldrlch and his co
conspirators to fasten upon the coun
try a great central bank of issue.
The Insurgents have as they per
haps Imagine Jarred Aldrlch hard,
and he has meekly submitted to their
attacks. He has permitted the postal
savings bill to go through the senate
with the Borah amendment, provid
ing that there shall be no investment
of postal savings in the $700,000,000
of 2 per cent bonds; with a certainty
that the house will strike out that
amendment, and that the administra
tion will bring to bear all its mighty
forces toward sustaining, in the con
Terence, the house's action. After
this has been accomplished congress
may adjourn, as soon as the appro
priations shall be agreed on, which,
will be rushed through at railrotfl
speed, and the. monster of a central
bank, which Jackson killed over two
generations ago, will in this present
year be restored to life. Aldrlch is
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For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
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For Over
Thirty Years
TMC OtTU IMNIf, MC TOM ORT.
playing the deepest of his many deep
games.
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Married in Omaha.
The many friends of Miss Maggie
Bengen and Mr. John Stones, both
well known young people of Mynard,
will be surprised to learn that they
quietly left the city last Wednesday
and went to Omaha where they were
united in marriage. They kept the
matter very much of a secret and it
is only today that it leaked out. Their
many friends unite in congratulations
o them upon their venture on the ma.
trimonial sea and trust that their
life's voyage will be a happy and
prosperous one. The bride is the ac
complished and refined daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C, Bengen, excellent
citizens from Mynard, and she is a
young woman of great worth and
many talents. The groom is a well
known young farmer of that place and
stands very high in the community.
He is a hard working and earnest
young man and stands well as a very
worthy and good citizen. They wilf
make their future home at Mynard.
Up From Oklahoma.
W. W. Coates of Enid, Okla., is
in the city making a visit with his
family and looking after business
matters. Mr. Coates at present has
one of the largest wholesale and re
tail implement and hardware busi
nesses in the southwest and since his
acquiring the property of the Coates'
hardware company the business has
Increased by leaps and bounds. He
is more than pleased with Oklahoma
and regards it as one of the greatest
sections of the country. Mr. Coates
will remain here for several days and
attend to various matters of business.
Good Roads.
Word reaches us that our friend
Coon Vallery has been doing some
excellent work on the roads along his
farm, in the way of dragging them.
Our informant says it makes a big
difference and put them In excelleat
shape. If every farmer would follow
Mr. Vallery's example, the highways
would be in fine shape all over the.
country. Get out your drags and do
something In this line, and you will
feel better for doing a duty you owe
to yourself, the public and your God.
Another Seed Corn Ttest,
John Meisinger, Jr., living two
miles south of Cullom is another
farmer who recently tested his corn.
He gathered eighteen ears from a field
of corn that had been out all winter,
and took one grain from each ear and
planted them In a box in the house.
The result was that everyone of the
grains came up. This seems to de
monstrate that a good portion of the
corn left in the fields all winter will
do for seed.
Our worthy friend John Busche,
was In the city Saturday from his new
home near Cedar Creek and added his
name to the list of readers of this
paper. John Is an excellent citizen
and the Journal Is glad to be chosen
as the means of keeping him Informed
upon what is going on in the city.
P. H. Meisinger came down this
morning from his home near Cedar
Creek to look after business matters
in the city.
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