The Plattsmouth - Journal
GZZZD Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, Nebraska
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoffice at I'lattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-clang
matter.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Scientists are now figuring on the
go of the earth, yet not a mother's
rem of them can tell us the age of
Ann.
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Governor Aldrlch wants more than
i)y other governor wanted, notwith
standing the constitution says he
vMi'i have it.
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Another new manufacturing entor
frtoo Is about to materialize In
rinttsniouth and will come to the sur
ioe In a few days. Good!
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The non-partisan Judiciary bill has
passed one branch of the legislature
Mill no doubt will pass the other
branch and become a law.
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Plattsmouth people who want an
Omaha paper prefer to take It first
banded, and not wait till it Is folded
In with another paper to bo Kent out.
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The Hon. Buffalo IUU Cody thinks
ho would like to bo one of the United
States senators from Arizona. Why
doesn't ho speak to the Southern Pa
cific about It?
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The suffragettes ought to me
morialize the legislature to pass a
law placing nippers under the head
of concealed weapons. A mere man
has adopted a pair of wire nippers as
d means of protection from hatpins.
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Tho federal corporations tax, the
validity of which was upheld by the
supreme court Monday, should not be
ronfused with tho lncomo tax, al
though It will yield tho government
an Income of $25,000,000 a year.
Now we understand what Gov
ernor Aldrlch meant when he told
the people at bis boyhood home In
Ohio Just after his election that he
proposed to "make the state one to
be proud of." Who would not bo
proud of a state which would violate
its constitution to pay the governor's
family board bill? Lincoln Star.
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Of course we have never blown our
own horn very much, while others are
blowing their's continually. Now we
would like to Bee the color of the
man's hair who will say that I'latts
mouth ever boasted of a newspaper
that worked harder lor the best In
terests of the city than the Journal.
It has never saw the day or the hour
tiiat It was too busy or did not hove
room to say something that was di
rectly In the Interests of our people.
The Evening Journal is p.irely a
home paiyr. It has always been and
will continue to be, opposition or no
opposition.
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srnscnin io contests.
There are two bills In the present
legislature, the passage of either of
which will do away with all subscrip
tion contest. They are house roll
107, by P. M. Housh, and Benale file
54, by Bartllng. The language of
cadi Is Identical and both provide
that any gift enterprise or the be-s-towal
of any article or thing for
nl .lit consideration of the purchase
by any person 'of any other article or
llil lid whether the object shall be for
Individual gain or for the benefit of
any Institution whatever or for any
purpose whatever, shall be deemed to
bo a gift enterprise and the punish
ment Is fixed at a fine of not exceed
ing $T.OO or In.prlsonment In tho
county Jail not exceeding six months,
This effectually does awuy
ly appreciated. The Journal has never
been pushed to resort to anything of
this kind to secure plenty of readers,
prefeiing, rather, that our paper
should speak for itself, and up to the
present time we have had no cause to
complain. The Journal is highly ap
preciated by the people In every sec
tion of Cass county, as our large and
rapidly Increasing list can fully
testify.
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(JOVKKN.MK.Yr AM) LABOR.
The wage workers of this country,
and- they Include nine-tenths of the
people engaged In the production of
wealth, are Inquiring more than ever
why the government except In some
Indirect way, never does anything for
them. They point to the fact that
whole departments of the govern
ment, and especially the diplomatic
department, are devoted to assisting
the business man, the banker and the
manufacturer, and not even a bureau
tiles to Increase the wealth of the
workers. There Is a department
called the department of commerce
and labor, but It Is all commerce and
labor receives none of Its attention.
The diplomatic department keeps
an agent in every business center and
port of the world whose whole time
Is given for the benefit of trusts and
corporations that have goods for sale,
telling them the sort of goods that
will find a market there, how they
should be packed, the price they can
be shipped, the credit that must bo
extended, what sort of agents should
bo sent, the language in which cor
respondence must bo carried on, the
manner of the collection of payment,
the character of the competition ex
isting, the products of the country
that can be Imported and every other
sort of Information that a seller of
any kind of goods, from tho makers
The Missouri Pa ific "slate" was
so badly smashed this week that it
is feared the wreiklng crews will be
busier than ever.
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The democrats made no mistake in
renominating Carl G. Fricke for ity
treasurer. He has proved the riUt
mar. for the place.
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Note the city ticket at the head of
this column. Every name upon that
ticket Is worthy of your support, from
Mayor Sattler down.
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Are you for Plattsmouth at all
times and under all circumstances?
If bo, speak a good word for the
town both at home and abroad.
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"A Hot Time in the Old Town"
will beplayed by all the bands In
Lincoln from now on till the tlty
election. And they will have a hot
election.
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The Commercial club has several
propositions on hand that are for the
betterment of Plattsmouth which
will materialize as soon as the sea
son opens.
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According to Mr. Roosevelt all that
tho United States demands in Mexico
Is Justice and good order. Isn't there
danger of Mexico replying that a
little more Justice and good order In
the United States wouldn't hurt?
Well, what do you think of thl3?
Lincoln wants to get rid of the head
quarters of the Anti-Saloon league
Ponlson and all. Some of them
ilaim It has been a detriment to the
business interests of that city.
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The supreme court's decision
sustaining the validity of the corpora-
of chewing gum to. the manufacturers ; tio) tax aw ,,. a num,)Pr of
datory gentlemen in the east to won
der whether the fourteenth amend
ment has ceased to be their never-
Later advices are to the effect that
the Goulds have not entirely lost con.
tul of the Missouri Pacific, although
there Is still some hopo that the prop- or both
erty may pans Into tho hands of rail-; with the giving of pianos or autorjio
rnad men. , biles in connection with newspaper
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The Journal has never had to do- may bo contemplating a contest may
jx nd upon donations to keep up and not like the provisions of these bill:,,
pay Its debts. It started In with a but the Democrat has always been o.n-
wnall plant and by hard work has posed to tho giving of anything on
fceon fairly successful. Ain't that the the side as an Inducement to secure
kind of Industry Ihw people of subscriptions. In addition to the
of locomotives, could want to know.
But there Is not one office, except
those established by states, that is
giving the laborer any assistance a falllng gllelter ,n me of 8tonn
to where he can sell his labor to ad
vantage, or Is devoted to furthering
his Interests In any way.
Men who do not come In friendly
contact with those who do tho work
of tho world have little knowledge
of how much these things are talked
among them, or what a powerful ef
fect It Is going to hare on future elec
Hons. These masses are looking to a
d niocratlc congress to Increase the
puroiaMng power of their wages by
lowering the tariff on the necessities
of 1'i'w. That would be doing some-
tlilny for labor World-Herald.
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Flattsmouth believe In supporting?
A sensible person would think so.
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The distinguished Archbishop
Ryan evidently did not believe In
nulsanco of being bored to death by
canvassers or their friends there la a
broad principle that If the paper Isn't
worth the price, the subscriber who
INFANTILE PARALJSIS.
If the exxpectatlon1; of Dr. Simon
Flexner should be realized and a cure
for Infantllo paralysis should be per
fected within' the next few months,
tho Rockefeller Institute will have
added another remarkable achieve
ment to Its record. This disease oc
curred rarely In the United States be-
has It put over him against his better
laying up treasures on earth, for hl Judgment through the Importunities
siate only amounts to $4,031. He of friends, will never ceaso to regret
used his Income as he redved It for It and thereafter prove a detriment
tho betterment of men, women and rather than a help to the business. I fore 1S07- Si,ire that time It has
children. His small estate Is a Wo have no fault to find with the bill. ! claimed many victims, and last year
significant commentary on his life. If tho Democrat Isn't worth the price' 11 a8 epidemic over a large area.
:o: ask for It, no ono Is under obliga-l The discovery of a cure would mean
It Is now rumored that the army
has been sent to the Mexican border
to be ready to protect the Interests of
Guggenheim, Morgan and Rockefel
ler In Mexico. Has It not come to .a
pretty pass that the United States
army is called out to protect those
who have already stolen millions
from the common people? It Is also
hinted that Brothers Taft have In
terests In Texas and Mexico both that
need looking atfer. It makes a good
deal of difference whose oxen are
getting gored Just now.
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For nine years the present man- tlon to continue a minute beyond the ; tho Prevention of a vast amount of
Meirent has published tho Journal, Period for which he Is paid Wahoo ' ""fforlng.
sud during that time we havo never Democrat.
sukcd for advertising from Omaha j Tho above expresses our sentl
rwrclmntK, Always depending upon ments. The News has never given
home merchants for support. Tho any presents In order to secure sub
business men know the paper that scrlbers, and as long as we believe as
tiA been their friend. J we now do we will never have a sub-
:o: j scrlptlon contest. The News wants
Senator Sklles' bill to prevent every person In the state or any other
amft In rldgo contracts and tr pro-' place to be a subscriber, but we do
vide uniformity In bridges was passed not believe In getting a number of
y tho senate Wednesday morning by young ladles to go all over the
ft vote of 28 to 3. Tho bill hits at j county asking for subscriptions, In
the alleged bridge graft when It com-1 order that they might win a prize.
rds separate bids on all county j We do not believe In that principle If
bridges costing over $500, thug cut- the News Isnot worth subscribing
' llrvg out the blanket bids covering a for It Is not worth taking at any price,
number of bridges and which are , And If you do subscribe and do not
made, It Is said, tho vehicle- of graft.
The state engineer Is to furnish uni
form plans for all bridges.
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When Governor Aldrlch told the
university students a couple of weeks
n'H that he was kept busy keeping his
hnnd8 on the unruly democratic legis
lators, who were obstreperous as don
keys he must have told the truth, for
when he took his hands off enough
slBte money almost stuck to them to
pay his family board bill Lincoln
Star.
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wlsh to continue as a subscriber your
paper Is stopped when your time ex
pires Nebraska City News.
If a newspaper man will put In the
Whether the governor shows the'tlmo he consumes In getting young
people of Nebraska "how to do ladles to run around over tho county
things," he has evidently shown tho i getting those who do not want the I
legislature that be wants more money j paper, but take It for the friendship
to furnish more necessities than any they have for tho solicitor In her ef-othc-r
governor has been able to do, : forts to secure an automobile, piano
and he Is not ' from MlHourl" either. ' or like prize, in trying to glvo the
And the state constitution prohibits' people a paper worthy of their sup
Biwh legislation. j port, their work would bo more high-
To the small list of specific rem
edies for the disease Dr. Flexner,
working In the Institute, already has
contributed the successful serum
treatment for spinal meningitis. His
colleagues have undertaken a hopeful
series of Investigations In the growth
of organs apart from their natural
habit, which promise to be of the
greatest service to medical knowl
edge. Other Important series of
studies are now under way.
Medical progress must depend
largely on patient and prolonged In
vestigation conducted with ample re
sources. The physician In private
practice can hope to do little work
of this sort. The Rockefeller In
stitute, with Its Interest bearing cn
dowment of nearly $6,500,000. Is the
one adequately 'equipped Institution
In the United States to carry on the
experiments devoted to alleviation of
suffering from disease. It is likely to
become the greatest monument to the
name of Its founder Kansas City
Star.
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The legislature has only two more
weeks to complete Its labors.
We do hoie the legislature will
pass all the laws In accordance with
the democratic platform pledges, and
then adjourn and go home before
they do something rash that they will
wish they had left undone. Too many
would-be bailers are liable to get
reckless and spiteful.
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That was a great blow the gov
ernor made about suuch glaring
frauds in tho Omaha elections last
fall, but how soon ho closed up like
a clam when he found out ho had
been wrongly Informed. Perhaps the
governor would like to hav seen
Omaha placed In the corruption class
with Adams county, Ohio, but he
couldn't quite cut It.
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, The trade tributary to Plattsmouth
Is rapidly getting Into the notion
that the farmers can do Just as well
In buying In this city as thiy can to
go to Omaha and at tho same time
pay railroad fare to and from the
metropolis. Among the large crowd
In the city last Saturday were two
farmers that live twelve miles west of
this city, who acknowledged this fact
to tho writer and. one of them, we
know, purchased a big bill of goods
here.
A gentle-man remarked to us the
other day going to Lincoln, that "i'
everyone in Plattsmouth was boom
ing the town as hard as the Journal
is and has been there is no cause for
it not booming." That's what we are
here for. We have always believed in
the motto: "Home first the world
afterward," and every reader of this
paper knows how close we have hewn
to the line.
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Henry Watterson, one of Ameri
ca's great journalists, is said to have
the following creed: "To print
nothing of a man which we would not
say to his face; to print nothing of
a man In malice; to look well and
think twice before consigning a sus
pect to the ruin of a printer's ink;
to respect the old and defend the
weak, and lastly, at work and at
play, day time and night time, to be
good to the girls and square to the
boys, for hath It not been written,
'Of such Is the kingdom of heaven!' "
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GKXTKKIi GRAFTING.
While voting for an Increase of
the emoluments of the governor's
office and allowing the present gov
ernor $2,500 for the board of him
self, family and servants, members of
the legislature frankly stated that
they were doing something that was
unconstitutional. And so they were.
Not only were they performing an
unconstitutional act in allowing the
largely Increased compensation of the
governor, but the governor will be
violating the plain letter and the all
prevading spirit of the constitution
in accepting It. Inasmuch as he Is
said to have asked for It, he will
probably accept It. Here is what the
constitution says about the executive
compensation, as found In section 24
of article V, constitution of 1875.
The salaries of the governor,
auditor of public accounts and
treasurer, shall be two thousand
five hundred dollars each per an
num, and of the secretary of
state, attorney general, superin
tendent of public instruction and
commissioner of public lands
and buildings shall be two thou
sand dollars each per annum.
The lieutenant governor shall
receive twice the salary of a sen
ator, and after the adoption of
this constitution they shall not
receive to their own use any
fees, coMs, Interest upon public
moneys in their IihikIh, or under
their control, iterquisites of
office or other coinH'iisat.ion,
and all fei?s that may hereafter
be payable by law for services
performed by an officer, pro
vided for in this article of the
constitution, shall be paid in ad
vance Into the state treasury.
But as if that were not enough, the
constitution further provides, In sec
tion 16 of article III, under the
classification "legislative," as fol
lows:
The legislature shall never
grant any extra compensation to
any public officer, agent, servant
or contractor, after the services
shall have been rendered or the
contract entered into. Nor shall
the compensation of any public
officer be Increased or diminish
ed during his term of office.
It may le true that the salary of
the governor is not sufficient. He did
not so consider It when he ran for
the office, or at least did not con
sider It so sufficiently Inadequate to
Justify him In refusing to run. nut
whether largo enough or not, It Is
what the constitution provides.
Augmenting It In any way out of
state funds, or even changing It dur
ing the term of office of any gov
ernor, Is one of the determined In
hibitions of the constitution. Be It
said to the credit of ex-Governor
Crounse that when an over-generous
a lawlessly generous, If you please
legislature sought to Increase his
compensation to the extent of $2,500,
he vetoed the bill, showing that he
was not. only a lawyer, but a man
of conscience and of pride In evading
even a semblance of graft.
Again are we reminded of the days
wherein the populists of this state
were held up to ridicule because one
of the heated legislators sent down
to Lincoln by that party was under
stood to shout In the mldcst of de
bate, "Damn the constitution." It re
mains for a safe and sane democratic
legislature and a safe and sane re
publican governof to simply Ignore
the constitution In ruthlessly violat
ing it.
fc'one may attempt to justify thin
gubernatorial raid upon the state
treasury by the suggestion that con
gress has from time to time is
creased the salary and allowances of
the president. There is a difference.
The federal constitution places bo
specific limitation upon the exeeutia
salary. Here Is what it says:
The president shall, at stated
times, receive for his services, a
compensation, which shall
neither be increased nor dimish
ed during the period for which
he shall have been elected, and
he shall not receive within thai
period any other emolument
from the United States, or any
of them Lincoln Star.
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political pko;ki:ss.
There are dark days when It seems
that the good old times were better
than the degenerate present, that de
mocracy is going down hill instead of
up, and that the world is going witk
It. And then, again, there are mo
ments of Illumination from the past
that make the glory of modern popu
lar government shine brighter than
ever.
One of these little illustrations is a
quotation from the diary of Presi
dent James K. Polk, in which he com
ments on the fact that John Qulncy
Adams, a former president, lived -hi
Washington and was a member of
congress during the Polk ad-
ministration, but never met the
president. They were political op
ponents, and in those days men could
not be political opponents and per
sonal friends at the same time.
If Theodore Roosevelt, while vice
president, had challenged William J.
Bryan to fight a duel to the death
with pistols, and If Mr. Bryan had
felt that the sentiment of the times
were such that he was compelled to
j partake In this form of murder, we
should have had a specimen of the
good old times. If every democrat In
Washington passed by on the other
side of the street when he saw a re
publican coming, it would be another
specimen. The good old days had
their drawbacks World-Herald.
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Both city tickets are now In the
field and you have your choice be
tween some good men, but we think
the ticket nominated by the demo
crats Is a little bit the best.
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"What we want," says Gabriel Ma
dero, speaking for the insurrection
ists, "Is honest elections." Apparent
ly the Mexicans have become tired of
being governed the way Penn
sylvania and some other states arc.
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A bureau has been established In
New York to deal in titles and ar
range international marriages, al
though the ambitious New York
members seem to havo succeeded
very well along this line without as
sistance from any bureau
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The revolutionists In Mexico say
that all they want is better govern
ment and that as soon as this Is as
sured them they will throw down
their arms. Diaz Is a tyrant and his
tyranny over his own people has beea
more than they could stand longer.
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John P. Sattler has made a most
worthy and efficient official and the
people generally seem very well satis
fled with his administration. He
certainly has been an Incessant
worker for the best Interests of
Plattsmouth.
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Bailey of Texas has -become a
thoroughly hated man. He is dis
liked by the democrats, Ignored by
republicans and disdained by the peo
ple because of his persistency In serv
ing the moneyed Interests rather than
Ms ow n constituency.
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Phone 311 Murray.
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