The - Plattsmouth - Journal
Published Semi-Weekly it PlaltsiJioalh, Nebraska
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
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Don't forget the great celebration
In Plattsmouth July 4th.
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Tomorrow, June 14, Is Flag day.
Unfurl Old Glory to the breeze.
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Republican orators might as well
prepare to explain that the railroad
bill was "the best we could get."
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State candidates are now filing
right lively, and from present Indi
cations there promises to be plenty of
them.
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The fact that the tariff was revised
by Its friends Is not sufficient reason
why the railroads should be super
vised by their friends.
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Preliminary to the proper observ
ance of a safe and sane 4th, It may
be advisable to Impress upon Young
America that the celebration does not
begin in Juno.
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James Schoolcraft Sherman, the
vice president, Is to make speeches
against LaFollctto in Wisconsin. Isn't
LaFollctto JuHt about the luckiest
' man in public life?
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A recount of the votes In the 1 3th
Pennsylvania district had cut Dal-
zell's majority to a meager 207. And
whereupon the Honorable Dalzcll got
out an Injunction to prevent any fur
ther recounting.
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The Red Men of Plattsmouth are
preparing an old fasloned 4 th of
July celebration at that city. The
Reds at Platts are a strong order and
u live bunch, and they will have a
"time" worth going miles to see. The
world Is Invited. Lincoln Herald.
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All the towns situated within a ra
dius of twenty live or thirty
miles of Plattsmouth will please take
notice that this city will celebrate the
4th. When they understand this fact,
they know that it will be the biggest
celebration that will be held In south
eastern Nebraska this year. Don't
forget It.
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Ralph Clark of Stella, Richardson
county, was filed for lieutenant gov
ernor. Mr. Clark Is a member of the
there will be no question as to his
finalities for presiding officer of the
senate. He Is one of the ablest men
of Nebraska, nnd displayed groat
ability In the last session of the legislature.
We see that the chairman In call
ing a meeting of the Republican state
committee for June 16, has Invited
editors of Republican papers to be
present. That shows the chairman
appreciates the work done by the
pack-mules of the party. Why did
not the Democratic committee do the
same? Are not the Democratic edi
tors to be consulted on matters per
talnlng to the Interests of the party?
Do they not do their duty when It
comes to fighting In a campaign?
What kind of campaign would It be
without the press? Poor manage
ment on the part of the chairman.
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That the Democracy of Nebraska
Is a militant organization these days
Is In evidence by the continued sue
cess of the series of county Demo
cratlc banquets. These county ban
qucts are more largely attended than
the recent state-wide Republican ban
auet held in Omaha. Custer and Bur
falo counties are the most recent ex
amples of enthusiastic organization
The banquet at Itroken Row, preced
ed by a rally in the afternoon, was
attended by 200. At Kearney on
June 9, the largest available dining
hall was crowded to the doors. Gov
ernor Shallenberger was the chief
speaker on both these occasions. The
other speakers were Mayor Dahlman,
W. 11. Price, R. D. Sutherland and
others.
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Robcrt M. Hmemlng of Custer
'ounty has decided to file as a candi
date for the Democratic nomination
as commissioner of public lands and
buildings. Friends of Gilbert M.
Manso of Buffalo are urging him to
celt the nomination for Btate treaS'
urer. Mr. Hasse has been treasurer
of Buffalo county for several years
nnd has made an enviable record.
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' President Taft has given another
exhibition of extreme narrow minded-
mess by a refusal to receive Repro
Bentatlvo Harrison, Democrat, of New
York, at the white house, because
tho congressman publicly criticised
the president's connection with the
back-dat(ng of the Wlckorsham re
port In the rinchot-Btlllnger contro
versy. As Mr. Harrison aptly re
marked, If everyone who Justly criti
cises the Taft administration Is to bo
barred from the white house It will
, become a lonely place.
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The "Oregon plan," briefly stated,
Is that candidates for the legislature
sign one of two statements. State
ment No. 1 Is to the effect that the
candidate "will vote for that candi
date for United States senator who
has received the largest number of
the people's votes at the general elec
tlon next preceding the election of a
senator In congress without regard
to my Individual prefernee." State
ment No. 2 Is to the effect that the
candidate will consider the vote of
the people for United States senator
as "nothing more than a recommen
dation, which I shall be at liberty to
wholly disregard, If the reason for
olng so seems to me to be suffl-
clent." Democrats are favoring the
widest possible application of the law,
while Republicans are Bhowlng a dis
position to Ignore or evade It. The
Oregon plan" merely means that the
people may elect their United States
senators Instead of turning the mat
ter over to the hands of corporation
agents and machine politicians as
heretofore.
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ustlfied. The former plan would
give the people the advantage- The
latter plan gives the advantage to
the railroads. On account of this
provision of the senate bill, and be
cause he believed the senate bill in
every respect a better bill than would
come from the conference commit
tee. Congressman Hitchcock made
an earnest plea for the acceptance
of the senate bill by the house.
To fight to accept the senate bill,
which was supported by all the house
Democrats but six, and by a number
of Republicans, was bitterly opposed
by the railroads, by the standpatters,
and by the white house. The senate
bill was objectionable to the rail
roads because of the radical amend
ments which had been Incorporated
Into It by the Democrats and such
Insurgents as Senators La Follette
and Cummins. It was necessary to
send the bill to conference la order
to kill those amendments and make
the bill conform to the assurances
given the railroad presidents of the
United States. , And bo the bill was
sent to conference.
The conference committee, of
course, consists only or tne uepuo-
llcan members. The two Democrat
ic members are helpless, and are
not considered. The Republican
members are all standpatters, all un
der the Taft. Influence, all friendly
Interests and at their head Is Aid
rich. Aldrlch and Taft, In effect
constitute the conference committee
with a bare possibility that Con
eressman Mann may maRe some
trouble.
And the conference committee is
doing Its work In the dark. All the
long weeks of hard work and earnest
debate In the house and In the sen
ate have been wasted .weeks. The
bill the house prepared, the bill the
senate prepared, are little better
than so much waste paper. The
concessions that were made to the
Democrats and Insurgents, In both
the house and senate, were fjr one
purpose only, to get a bill through
either house, and into conference.
Then the conference committee can
preserve such features as it wishes,
eliminating the others.
The conference committee Is mak
ing the railroad bill, assisted by
President Taft, who held his confer
ence with the railroad presidents.
And the conference committee Is
doing its work in secret, behind clos
ed doors.
It remains to be seen what the
country will get out of law making in
the dark.
It remains also to be seen how the
country will like the kind of law
making thus obtained. World-Her
aid.
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July 4, 1910. Remember the big
celebration at Plattsmouth.
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Glfford Pinchot told some inter
esting facts in Lis great speech at St.
Paul, Minn, the other night.
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The base ball fan's Idea of a cata
clysm is w hen there's a game on and
his wife makes him go to a church
social.
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Wonders never cease. A Vermont
man has committed suicide with a
safety razor. Next we may hear of
someone getting a clean shave with
one.
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As the logical outcome of Colonel
Roosevelt's efforts as a peacemaker,
It Is reported that English regiments
have been warned to be in readiness
for a call to Egypt.
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Vive President Sherman says there
Is no trouble In the Republican party
of the west. Of course, their isn't
with the crowd he associated with
while out here the federal office'
holders.
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Great Fourth of July celebration
in Plattsmouth. Everybody knows
what to expect when they have a
celebration in this city, and that Is
the reason they are all coming to
the town this year.
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A united Democratic party means
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The federal officeholders of Wis
consin on Thursday had a meeting,
at which President Taft was endorsed
and the new tariff defended, and the
Republican party extolled. The Re
publican party in Wisconsin Is In a
ritinble condltiou. A largo part of
It has gone over to the Socialists.
The federal officeholders of course
keep tho Republican flag flying.
Outside of this bread-and-butter brig
ade, tho Republicans of Wisconsin
are led by LaFollctto, who condemns
What Is happening to the railroad
bill?
The Washington dispatches tell
that the conference committee, hav
lng the bill in Its tender keeping, Is
conducting its deliberations in pro
found secrecy. Hut one man outside
the committee knows what is going
on President Taft. And he has
been "asked to refrain from mention
lng the work of the conferees to
other members of congress" be
cause the other members might get
mad and raise a ruction if they
knew what is happening to the bill!
Nobody knows what promises tho
president made the railroad presi
dents, w hen they agreed to withhold
tho advances In freight rates till the
new law takes effect, and he agreed
not to enforce the Sherman law
against them.
Nobody knows, therefore, wliat the
changes are In tho bill, except that
It is already announced that the pro
vision to prevent the issue of water
ed stock will be eliminated. This,
perhaps, Is only the beginning of the
evil that is to be done.
Tho Benato bill provided that the
burden of proof shall be on the
railroads to ustlfy Increases in the
freight rates. Under the present law
the burden of proof la on tho ship
per, or on the government to show
Is It possible that the anti-saloon
league had to import a man from
Ohio to run their organization? -Then
after a few months residence In Ne
braska his salary was nearly doub
led? Who Is this Poulson, anyway?
he who comes to Nebraska and en
deavors to run the politics of the
state on such short acquaintance?
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a glorious victory for the party in
Nebraska this year. And we believe
this will be the result as sure as
the sun rises and sits on election
day. The Democrats know what
they have to do to obtain a victory
and will organize in every precluct
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the selection or Grand island as
the convention city was made for the
sole and simple reason that it has
been six years since a Democratic
state convention was held in the
central part of the state. Th
charge of Republican organs that the
selection was made as a result of va
rious tie-ups between prospective
candidates Is ridiculously false.
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It has been decided to proceed
immediately with the organization of
a State Democratic club, patterened
somewhat on the Bryan Volunteers
of two years ago. A committee of
seven was selected, one from each
congressional district and one from
the state at large, to formulate the
plans. This committee is as follows:
Chairman J. C. Brynes, ex-offlclo; J,
C. McCarthy of Auburn, First Dis
trict; Harvey Newbranch of Omaha,
Second District; W. C. Beum of Te
kamah, Third District; Tom Smith
of York, Fourth District; R. Wahl
qulst of Hastings, Fifth District;
Arthur Mullen of O'Neill, Sixth Dis
trict. The club will act with the
state central committee In the pros
ecuton of the campagn.
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who Is now posing as .the local op
tion candidate, is making strenuous
efforts to secure the nomination.
"Peruna" Andrews hasn't been heard
from lately, and It Is presumed that
he is keeping quite and bracing his
political nerve on his favorite blood
tonic preparatory to coming Into the
race later.
The loss of confidence In congress
does not apply, of course, to the
men who really represented their
constituents and who are making so
fine a fight for the conservation of
self-government. As soon as these
men have won their battle and con
soltdated their victory, confidence In
congress will return. uirrord rin
chot at St. Taul.
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Will I lay ward has resigned the
chairmanship of the Republican
state central committee, which means
that he Is going to make a strenuous
effort to capture the congressional
nomination in the First district.
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DR .-
Herman Greeder,
Graduate Veterinary Surgeon
(Formerly with U. S. Department
Agriculture)
Licensed by Nebraska SI ate
Board
Calls Answered Promptly
Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth.
We are willing to bet a coonskln
capture the coon and skin it ourself
that Senator Aldrlch will never touch
side, edge or bottom in the race for
the Republican nomination for gov
ernor. The Republican party is not
after county option candidates In any
form. Vlcy Rosewater is dead-set
against Aldrlch, and that means he
had Just as well Btep down and out
of the race.
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A Republican who voted for Taft
says he Is making the most unpop
ular 1 president that ever occupied
that high and lofty position. That
Instead of being a servant of the
masses, he Is a perfect tool of the
classes. There is great disatlsfac
tlon to Taft all over the west and
It Is growing dally. You can fool the
people a portion of the time, but
you can't fool them all the time.
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Ex-Governor Sheldon Is still main
talnlne the "Barkis Is wlllin' " atti
tude towards the gubernatorial nom
Inatlon. But it has been some time
since he said anything about his
three-fifths vote proposition on the
license question. There are a lot
of Republicans who have not yet
forgotten the Sheldon action after
his defeat, and they say they have
little use for such a poor loser as
he showed himself to bo. In the
meanwhile Mr. Aldrlch, the gentle
man who was depended upon to de
fent county option In the leglsla-
il ture three years ago and did so, but
Depart for Colorado.
F. O. Egenberger, William Stark
ohn and S. H. Shumaker departed
this morning for Llmon and Denver,
Col., where they will look at some
land with the view of purchasing.
They are accompanied by Colonel
John Frank Swezey who has been In
the city several weeks selling land
for the Union Pacific Land company
The party expects to be gone about
ten days and to get back here prob
ably a week from Saturday. They
Intend to have a good time during
their trip and really don't care
whether there is a diner on the
train or not as Mr. Egenberger had
a sack full of what Shumaker and
Starkjohn declared was pork and
beans. Anyway he had a panic at
the depot when he found that the
Back had been left up town and he
frantically telephoned to have it
rushed down to the depot. From the
manner in which he threw it arouid it
seemed to be full of lead slugs or
something of that kind. He declin
ed to permit anyone to investigate
the contents although many were full
of curiosity to know what the sack
really did contain.
Make Pleasant Visit.
Henry Boeck and wife are enjoy
ing a visit today from old friends
and relatives in the shape of Mr. Ed
ward Gyger and wife of New York
city, Mr. Charles Gyger and wife of
Omaha and Mrs. Blttenger of Om
aha. The party drove down this
morning from Omaha in a large
touring car, coming by way of Louis
ville and will spend the day here,
departing for Omaha this afternoon.
The gentlemen and Mrs. Bittenger
were born in this city and for many
years made their home here. They
have many good friend and acquaint
ances among the older residents here
and undoubtedly will enjoy their
brief stop in the city.
The Goernment pays Railway Mall
Clerk $800 to $1,200,' and other em
ployeet up to $2,500 annually
Uncle Sam will hold examinations
throughout the country for Railway
Mall Clerks, Custom House Clerka,
Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Depart
ment Clerks and other Government
positions. Thousands of appointments
will be made. Any man or woman
over 18, in City or Country can get
Instruction and free information by
writing at once to the Bureau of
Instruction, 79 J, Hamlin Building,
Rochester, N. Y.
Attend Convention.
There was quite a delegation of
Plattsmouth people this morning who
went down to Auburn to attend the
district convention of trye Epworth
league which convenes in that city
today. Among those attending were
Rev. W. L. Austin, E. H. Wescott
and Don C. York and Mrs. Frank
Gobelman, Miss Hazel Tuey and
Miss Margaret Mapes. Several of
these are on the program for the
meeting Including Don C. York who
will be cholrister. Miss Hazel Tuey
Is also upon the program. Mr. Wes
cott Is district president. This
gathering Is the most Important the
league holds as it has no state or
ganlzatlon and the first district is
the largest In the state. The dele
gates have been assured a fine time
by the people of Auburn and they
will find themselves handsomely en
tertalned. The sessions of the con
ventlon will take several days and
their Is a great deal of work map
ned out for the delegates to look
after.
Advice Duly Appreciated.
The Journal's news editor, Charles
Grimes, this morning received an an
onymous communication which had
been mailed him from Havelock,
which Is certainly the richest thing
he has ever received before. He
only regrets that the writer failed
to send his or her name for it con
veys some information which is cer
tainly startling if true and which is
of a highly humorous nature. The
advice which the writer gives him is
duly appreciated by Mr. Grimes and
doubtless he will Immediately get
busy and do as the writer suggests.
The letter will be carefully preserved
and filed for future reference.
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Lame Bhoulder is almost invariably
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This liniment is not only prompt and
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to use. Sold by all dealers.
Alt. Nickels came In this morning
from his home near Murray and was
a passenger on the morning train for
South Omaha where he will look
after the sheep market with a Mew
to stocking up his farm with these
animals.
Wendel Hell and wife are spend
ing the day In Omaha, having gone
to that city this morning on the
early train.
Do you want an
AUCTIONEER?
If you do, get one who has
Experience, Ability, Judgement.
Telegraph or write
ROBERT WIKINSON,
Dunbar, Neb.
Dates made at this office or the
Murray State Bank.
Good Service Reasonable Rate
the new tariff.
affirmatively that the increase Is not