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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1910)
The - Plattsmouth - Journal r i Mlistied Semi-Weekly at Plattsraouth. Nbriski CZZD R. A. BATES, Publisher. Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as econd-class matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE state fair; his driver got drunk and mail than anything else, and Howard his horses could not be thown. The will soon Bee that he has been made following Sunday the driver was still' a tool of by the republic an bosses, who see that Mr. Hitchcock will be the next senator. :o: Fred Xeutzman, tne republican drunk and spent the day in one of the saloons of David City, and from that day for two or three months the saloons kept strict hours. "But they say he has reformed and joined the church. We have had several reformations in Havelock candidate for float representative, says he will vote against county option, if elected. At the same time since the saloons closed. David City lbe platform upon which he accepts DEMOCRATIC TICKET. this department hands. will be in good For United States Scnatof Gilbert M. Hitchcock. For Governor James C. Dahlman. Lieutenant Governor Ralph A. Clark. Secretary of State Charles VV. Pool. Auditor of PuMlc Accounts Thomas J. Hewitt. State Treasurci George E. Hall. SiiHTlnten1cnt of School William It. Jackson. Attorney General C. II. Whitney. Commissioner of Public Lands William U. Eastman. Hallway CoinnilHsloner Hen H. Hayden. For CoiiieHHmunFlrt Dintilct John A. Magulre. lU-pieM-ntallve Flulitli DlHtrlct M. A. Hates. For Senator Fourth District William 1). Banning. For ItcireHentallvcH.-Sevcnlh District C. E. Metger; W. H. Puis. For County CniiunlHsloiier Charles R. Jordan. :o: Yes, Roosevelt Is opposed to "bouses." He wants only one and ho wniits to be It. :o: Every time Mr. Taft approaches tho subject of the tnrilt ho makes no progress very rapidly. :o: The Tariff Rill, which Senator Burkett says tun "defend Itself," la xpected to do so In much the same way that James J, Jeffries did. :o: Every candidate on the democratic ticket is deserving the support of the people. All are clean, honorable men and will do credit to the posi tions which they seek. :o: :o:- Every democrat in this section of Nebraska knows Edgar Howard, the self-esteemed editor of the Columbus ynron hotel." Telegram. Howard, for some time, has been playing Into the hands of the republicans. Do you know why? Several years ago he resided at Papll llon, and while there he received the democratic nomination for congress and was overwhelmingly defeated by Dave Mercer. Mr. Hitchcock then re ceived the nomination and was elect ed. Jt Is said that the eelction of Mr. Hitchcock made Howard so sore that he removed from the Second congressional district. He then want ed to go to congress from the Third district, and because Congressman Latta beat him to It, this opened the old Bore. He h3 waited ten years or more to get even with Hitchcock, as be thinks he will, by his grand-stand play, but we miss our guess If bo doesn't get fooled. Howard Is simply a disappointed office-seeker, who has failed to con vince his party that he Is as great a man as he thinks he Is. That Is all that al's the professed democrat who Is playing his last rnrd In Nebraska politics. :o: has been dry for some three or four years, and I understand it was since It went dry that Mr. Aldrich has re formed. At leat It was since David City went dry that he became very convivial, bibulous and very much wet at a republican banquet at the WHY IT WAS KKVISI I) UPWARD. Senator Drlstow, republican, In a speech at Wlnfleld, Kansas, July 9, 1!)10, made the following charges, every one of which Is a matter of record and can be easily verified: "When the new tariff passed the lower House of Congress, the duty on manufactured rubber was left the same as It had been In the Dlngley bill, 30 per rent; In the Senate, th rate was raised to 33 per cent; the The piece of meat In tho full din-'change was made by Senator Aldrich ner pall Is only one-half as thick as In the room of the finance commlt It was about ten years ago. And the tee. This tariff became a law on Au hand that carries the pall doesn't j gust 5. Within a month, In Septem cIoho on any mote wages on Satur-lbcr of lust year, the news came out "In speaking of Aldrlch'a record, Mayor Dahlman says: "I have Aid rich's record In detail, given me by some of the most substantial men In the state. It Is also frequently re ported to me by good men that he drinks liquor freely, even now, but I am not making a campaign on that kind of b tuff. They are doing that kind of work with me, but I can't believe It will gain them very much. They over-step, make too many rash and false statements. You cannot make thoughtful people believe that a very bad man can carry a great city like Omaha, three or four times In succession by a rousing majority." Aldrlch's morals, like his legal and political record, will not bear up. un der Investigation. :o: ' "Re regular" is the cry of the po litical green-goods man. Regularity Is a shibboleth that has lost Its power with thinking, conscientious voters. :o:-, Last Saturday night a Dahlman club was organized In Nebraska City, the enrollment at the first meeting being over 400, and they were not all democrats either. They expect a membership of over 1,000. :o: day night. f, 3 ( ;g: ' ' 'Mr. Consumer, never forget that whatever tariff tax la laid on the for eign artlclo 1h added to tho price of the home artlclo and when you buy It you pay tho Increased cost. Tnat Is what protection Is for. Ultimately the consumer pays It. :o: Two years' Bgo Col. M. A. Rates madu promises to the voters of Otoe and Cass counties and In the lcglsla ture he was true to every promise lie made, lie has been faithful to the trust reposed In him, and all who stood by blm two years ago, have no cause for changing tlulr support this year. :o: C. E. Metger, condlduto for rep resentative on tho democratic ticket, Is a young man w ho can be depended upon. He will represent, tho Inter ests of the people If elected. Reared on tho fnrm, nnd still a farmer, he knows well tho wants of that cluss. A vote for Chris Metzgcr Is a vote cast for the proper man for repre- ecntatlve. :o: . A good republican voter remarked tho other day that as his party had Joined hands with the prohibitionists, that would let him out. Tho with drawal of the prohibition candidates In favor of the republican candidates, showed conclusively to him that county option was prohibition under the guise of county option. :o: Col. M. A. Rates, who Is the demo cratlc candidate- for float represent atlve, will step down and out as cdl tor of tho Journal during tho balance of the campaign. Ho has been bo busy with lita campaign that It Is impossible) for him to do Justlco to the editorial department and his campaign at tho Bame time. It Is unnecessary to Bay, however, that that a rubber company was being or ganized. Within three months the organization was complete; Its capi tal la $40,000,000, Its managing head Is the son of Senator Aldrich. Sen ator Aldrich himself Is a director and When you cast your vote for W. B. Banning for senator, you can bet vnur lidtlnm Hnllni vnn ara vntinir for a man whose reliability Is beyond question. He will not let his preju dices deter him from doing his duty to his constituency. :o: The story of a cat leapnrg upon a chanticler hat and destroying the fair wearer's ml'linery Is not bo Improb able. If any one of the ladies walk ing under that later creation, the new fangled barrel hat ever stumbles and falls Into one of them It w ill take a derrick to fith her out. :o: W. II. Puis, democratic candidate the nomination declares for county option. How can a candidate side step In this manner, and expect. the county optionlsts' support? What do the voters think of a candidate who attempts to "carry water on both shoulders" in this manner? :o: Republican officials and politicians of Gage county are of the opinion that Dahlman will carry that county, or at least break even. Dan Kellen, republican member of the legislature from' that county, and at one time very prominently mentioned as the republican candidate for governor, Is quoted as predicting that Gage will give Dahlman 500 majority. Dan Killen was the republican' leader In the last legislature, and a man who would have been a power as the re publican candidate for governor. :o: The Weeping Water Republican is opposed to taxing the people of Cass county to build a new jail. Well, that Is no surprise. We expected as much from the Republican, but Its argument against the proposition Is very poor. If the taxpayers are con tent to let matters go on as at pres ent, all good and well, but we believe the majority of taxpayers will favor the erection of a new Jail, notwith standing the opposition of the Re publican. Those who know the con dltion of the' present jail knqw that it Is not fit for prisoners, and several county prisoners are In Douglas county jail for safe keeping. So far a3 the city prisoners. aie concerned i I the city pays for every one placed therein. And If the proposition car ries, and a new jail Is built, It Is altogether probable that Plattsmouth will purchase the old jail and repair It for the confinement of city pris oners. :o: Closing Out ca Mi' ENTIRE STOCK OF FII11E, consist;ri of Kitchen Cabinets,,' Extension Tables, Kitchen Tables, Stand Tables, Buffets, China Closets, Side Boards, Dressers and Comodes, Dining Room Chairs, Rockers, Sates, Iron Beds, Matress and Springs. Steel Couches, Carpets and Rugs, 15 gal lons cf paint and 10 Child's Go-Carts. D.P.JU, South Side Main Street, Plattsmouth, Nebraska holds 25,000 shares; among the other for representative, Is making friends large stockholders are Simon Gug genheim, senator from Colorado, with 10,000 shares, and four of Sen ator Guggenheim's brothers, with tu aggregate of 38,000 shares. Within three months after its organization. the new rubber company had paid dividends aggregating 18.2 per cent." The people are thus given an In sight Into tho work of the tnriff- tlnkeiing that explains why U was revised upward. Instead of down ward. And remember, Mr. Nebraska oter, that Senator Buikctt and every cpubllcaii congressman from Ne braska voted for this increased rubber tariff which enabled the Aldrlchs and Ciuggenhelins to organize a rubber trust to plunder the people. If you can not lndorso such infamous legis lation, vote the democratic ticket and help turn the rascals out. :o: Till: MORALITY OK ALDRICH. O. A. Keith, a former citizen of David City, a republican, writing to tho Havelock Times gives tho fol lowing Information regarding the "highly moral" republican candidate for governor: "As I hnve Bald before, the lid was wherever he goes. He is one of, the best young men In Cass county, hon est as the day Is long, and if elected, will do his duty faithfully. Relng a farmer, and being well posted as to the needs of that class, he should receive their support. :o: Reware of the man who accepts the nomination for representative on a county option platform, and then goes over the county and tells the voters that he will vote against coun ty option if elected. What do the county optionlsts think of such a candidate? :o: It Is reported that rresloent Taft will not speak again during the cam paign. Teddy, who ts behind the ad ministration, will attend to the wind storms. T. R's silence Is . golden at about a dollar a word In the mag azines. That's something of an In centive to spout. :o: Tho death of W. H. Cowglll, Btate railway commissioner, removes one of the most genial officials of which the state ever boasted. While an ex cellent business man, ho was always pollto to those about him. The entirely removed during Mr. Aldrlch'a writcr knew Mr. Cowglll well, and administration ns mayor. Lewdness we have often remarked that he was gambling, and with It all hours for one of the nicest men It had ever tho saloons, wos tho order, and wheu been our pleasure to meet. Tcace to Mr. West, the marshal, asked for his ashes. authority to act, Mr. Aldrich said, ;0; . nanus otTl ll tako care of that.' Congressman Hitchcock's reply to ne personally Bpent as mucu or tne Kilgar Howard's charges, made Sabbath day and late hours in the through the Instrumentality of the saloons as he desired. republican managers, ts all that Is "I think It was the first fall af tor necessary, to prove tho charges he was elected mayor, Mr. Aldrich great boomarang and fako. It looks had a string of trotting horses at the more like a case of attempted black- the case. The whole detail of this IW I OIIK UK "RIIORMKR." The following Is from a republican, who resided for many years In David City, the home of C. H. Aldrich, and who knows the true history of this great reformer, who only reformed when he thought he saw a chance to bo governor or Nebraska: "Editor Times, Havelock, October 10, 1910 About the only opposition that has been strenuously argued against Mr. Dahlman Is that he Is supported by the breweries. Possibly that would be sufficient If the opposi tion had a peg to stand on. Mr. Dahl nian's executive ability does not seem to be questioned. He nipped the bud before the frost and saved the opposition the trouble of advertising his private life. Mr. Aldrich does not Beem Inclined to follow this ex ample, and we will add another chap ter to his reflection in the public mir ror. "A few requisites for a good piece of timber for executive are true prin ciples, ability and stamina enough to hold them together, Mr. Aldrich being utterly lacking In all of these; his boosters have little grounds for ques tioning his opponent In this line. The state press is rather liberal w 1th Mr. Aldrlch's name and his explanation of county option, is that all we as republicans have to look for or ex pect In the next two years, If Mr. Aid rich ts elected, is 'Mr. Aldrich and county option?' . Put this in your snuff box and look at It two years hence and see If that Isn't about all you will get If he Is elected. That celebrated dlvorre case which we have referred to before. Why Mr. Aldrich left Rrooklyn in post haste, etc. "Mr. Aldrich succeeded to a busi ness several years ago that was hand ling considerable money for an elder ly lady In Rrooklyn. This lady tired of her husband and concluded to di vorce herself. Sometimes this Is not a hard Job sometimes It Is. This seems to have been one of the times when 'It Is.' Acrordlng to the evl deuce It took a year or two to Inveigle the old man to Nebraska to work up case from beginning 10 end, owing to the position of Mr. Aldrich at the present time, might be Interesting but not essential. The point In this rase that we are to maks Is 'why Aid- rich got out of Brooklyn In a hurry.' "This was some eight or ten years ago when Mr. Aldrlch's extensive legal practice had not grown so ex tensively but that ne had time to look after the Brooklyn lady's inter ests In Nebraska, including the pure ly whole cloth manufacturer of the grounds for a divorce. The old gen tleman arrived In David City and was hotclcd and cared for by a special at tendant hired for that special pur pose. This attendant was quite a handsome damsel of about twenty autumns, with a reputation as dark as her eyes. After some two or three weeks the old gentleman returned to Brooklyn and the divorce mill began to grind. The old man (I have for gotten the name) had received his noti e and prepared to fight the case in earnest. To do this he employed Judge Matt Miller, of David City, and Judge Richard Norvll, of Seward. The case was carried as far In Ne braska as it could be and trans ferred to Brooklyn for the finish. The attorneys, Aldrich, Miller and Norrll, with affidavits and a few witnesses, hied away and met In the court room in Brooklyn. "The case was only faif.y under headway when Mr. Aldrich, with an oratorical flourish undertook to offer the affidavit of the main witness, the dark-eyed damsel from Nebraska Mr. Norvil reminded the court of the rule ot law that affidavits were not the best of evidence when the witness was in court, and Mr. Aid rich fainted. The witness was pro duced and refuted the main points in her Nebraska affidavit. When the trial judge asked her, "why she made this affidavit if it was not true? she replied, "Because I was paid for It," and the Judge said, "We will dismiss this case and somebody ought to go to the penitentiary." Mr. Aldrich didn't faint, but he faded Into Jersey- City in about fifteen minutes. And this Is why, as published in several of the New Y'ork papers at the time. Mr, Dahlman's why? In Texas seems to have been a matter of honor. Mr. Aldrlch's why? In Brooklyn seems to have been a matter of dishonor. It took Mr. Aldrich and his boosters In this case about a week to reach David City, Nebraska, from Jersey City. There was strong talk of disbarment proceedings at the time and the only apparent excuse for not proceeding was the filth that such a proceeding would uncover and the utter worth lessness of the end gained. The game was not considered worth the ammunition. Is this prejudice or a personal matter that Mr. Aldrich Bays 1 am prompted by? I am sure I had no Interest In those people or the case. "Is this the brand of broad-minded, stable, efficient honor that the re publicans of Nebraska, or anyone else wants for executive? Not your Uncle Dudley. "Take his record as an attorney, smelling strongly ot blackmail; as mayor, with open saloons all hours of the night and Sundays, licentious ness of all kinds and the lid blown clear out of reach; as a legislator four years ago, he voted against coun ty option and all forms of state school DR Herman Breeder, Graduate Veterinary Surgeon (Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Licensed by Nebraska State Board t Calls Arswered Promptly Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth. assistance; as a politician who abuses in the vilest terms all who do not come under his brand of approv al; as a temperance advocate, as big a farce as any of the rest of that class who would be out of a job If prohibi tion was literal, and this Is the brand of executive ability they are trying to make a governor out of. In the name of all decency what grudge have the citizens that they want to play so criminal a joke on Nebraska? "He confesses to former wayward ness, but professes reformation. Well, what of that, must he be given the office of governor to keep him from backsliding?" -:o:- Romarkable Family. From Tuesday's Dally Uncle Peter Perry, who returns from the hospital today, Is the head of a remarkable family of 47 per sons. He Is sixty-six years of age, his wife Is sixty-five, and they are the parents of eleven children, all living, and all, except one, are mar ried. There are twenty-three grand children, one of them married. There has not been a death In the family, which Is a remarkable clrcumtsance in bo large a family. Their family physician, in all of his years of ex perience, has never observed a simi lar circumstance. Mr. Perry, him self, has not been In the best of health for a year or more, but his numerous friends hope to see him Improve from this time on. Mr. Ferdinand Hennlngs and daughter returned from a two weeks' visit with relatives and old neigh bors In Wisconsin. While absent Mr. Hennlngs visited Belolt, Appleton and Merrill. 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 off.ee or the Murray State Bank. Good Service Reasonable Rale AT ONCE We want all the Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Turkeys that we can buy. We pay the highest market price for farm products of all kinds.