The Plattsmouth - Journal
rrm Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, Nebraska
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Poatoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as Bccond-clasg
matter.
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The Ollis stock yards bill was sent I
1 the bill graveyard Wednesday
morning.
In rushing Into the Mexican game
M Uncle Sam remember the trials
of an urn il re.
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Extra session or not, Taft should
remember that the ehatauqua season
i not very far off.
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The dedication of the big Roosevelt
dam ought to be an Interesting cere
irony 1o those who have been trying
e shut him off.
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Hallingcr no doubt feared the next
ingress would not be ho liberal with
1 1 1 whitewash. So he says, "to the
fall timber for me."
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That Chicago ward politician vho
ns arrested for paying $2 for a vote
i-hould be severely punished for
"bulling" the Chicago vote market
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One more week and the agony will
Yt over and many of the members of
he legislature will be wending their
ay homeward, wiser and perhaps
adder hearted.
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Ttoth armleH In Mexico, ac. oriling
to report, are using tti for iliiden
fiiiin-dum bullets. Tlit brlckb.ils,
too, are not upholstered an required
vnder The Hague rule.
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Perhaps the military denioiistra
llons along the Mexican border will
. mitlsfy Representative llohson and
permit the Japanese attack to hang
flpe longer than the original ten
months.
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If Senator Bailey of Texas reads
the newspapers and the unanimity
with which they congratulate th
vuntry on his resignation it may
(Mrve as a hint to him to resign again
and stay resigned.
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plurality for a majority vote. One
objection to such a law is that If It
had been in effect it would have Ii.-
sured the election of Mr. AV. F. Shee-
han as senator from New lork.
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George Dodge, candidate for coun
cilman in the Fourth wuid, la one ot
the best men In Plattsmouth, and
having proved an efllcent a 'id "ailliful
member of the city council lor
several terms, tie snouu ue eiecini
this time on account his previous ex
cellent services. He has many friends
n his ward that will votj for him
this time that never 'ofed for him
before, believing he Is tin rl'Jiht man
for the place.
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Seattle has a council of nine alder
men, elected from the city at large.
They are pledged to give their entire
time to the service of the city ana
each Is paid a salary of $:l,000 a year.
The Seattle plan Is a modification of
the new rule a compromise between
the old plan and commission govern
ment. It Is not believed, however
that Seattlo will find Its plan to be as
efficient as commission government
has proved to be In Des Moine and
many other cities.
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The city campaign seems to be go
ing along very quietly, as It should
do. The men who are running for
councllmen In the various wards have
been resident of the city for a num
ber of years. The candidates for the
city offices, the most of them, have
lived here many years, and their
records are well known to the voters.
There you are. There Is no neces
sity to excite the people and get them
stirred up to the extent they were
two years ago in a similar campaign
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leaving their arms Outside is seized ! of statesmanship reprinted by the
Abe Rut f of Sau Francisco at last
finds himself In prison. What a
change It will prove to a man who'
er years was the political hois of a!
Kreat city, practically Ihe dictator of i
its affairs, and rolling In the wealth
)n- exacted from his position. And
what a warning his fate convevs.
The fishing lh .MiM) hill of lion.
V.. Mlt.ger Is nrit meeting with the
hearty approval of the people. Of
Miro a dollar Is not much, but It
li the pilnclple they ohieit to. If
this lli iiise system I kept up a per
m.ii will mioii have to pay a license
fir iven walking up and down the
1 1 v f r.
Tie late I'aul Morton had an In
ladhable faith in the vival n ass, or
middle class, of the Amcilean peo
ple. "We may have, corrupt, nmlti
n IlllonalrcM," he once said, 'and we
may have anadchistle am! nlhllistl'.
turns, but society, after ull, Is !lke a
J do. There la an upHr mitt and a
lower crust, but the real substance
Pes between."
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If the present bill now before the
U-Klslature giving to titles that want
It, the commission form of govern.
mnt, It Is extremely doubtful If
I lattsnioiith will ' get lu on the
proposition If we want to. We don't
know what our population is, and
can't Hud out from some cause or
other. Under the present bill we
must have 5,000 poplatlon and
liv we go! It T
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Senator Root favors a bill unde
which, In the event a legislature
Nadlocks until March 4 In sen
utorlal elections, the candidate re
eelvlng the largest number of voe
Khould be declared eletled. Thai
would mean the substitution of
I After all, the lame ducks are not
having such a lean time of it. Sen
ators Aldrlch and Hale continue as
members of the national monetary
commission at a salry or J 7, (to (J a
year, as do Senators llurrows of
Michigan and Money of Mississippi.
Senator Flint of California and Sen-
promptly made members of the samo
j com mission when their terms ex
i plred. Some more of the halting
aquatic birds will be taken care of In
tln commission to Investigate dis
P':t" affecting the boundary waters
bit Weill the United States and Can
nda. Senator Carti r of Montana and
Represctitutlve Tawney of Minnesota
are slated for these Jobs at f 10,(100
Per yci.r. There are still plenty of
ood things to go around, but none
f them seem to have fallen in the
lln (lion uf Ihe lame dink, Elmer .1.
turkett of Nebraska.
'Ihe action of the Pennsylvania
etnociai y in ousting .lames M.
Cliffy from the party lendeishin has
been received with great rejoicing In
all parts of the country. This
IcpiMous old traitor has been a mill
stone around the neck of Penn
sylvania democracy for years, lie
worked like a Catalino to prevent
James II. Merry, a grond old demo
crat, from being nominated by the
democrats last fall, whose noniliia
tlon would have meant a democratic
victory and governor. Berry was
afterwards nominated by the In
dependent and came within a few
votes of overturunlng that great re
publican majority. Ho will Im the
next governor of the Keystone state
without a doubt, If ho lives.
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AN I t HO OF (.KAMI ISLAM).
It Is evident from some of the
speeches at the Hryan banquet that
the defeated faction of 1ho Grand
Island convention has not gotten over
Its bltterni'HS nor Its thirst for re
prlsal. When a festal occasion of
that kind n n occasion In which th
blddc n guests usually feel safe In
upon as an opportunity to hurl de
nunciation and epithets at the large
majority of Nebraska democrats, It is
plainly shown how serious a differ
ence of opinion on the liquor issue
may become.
The situation Is a very simple one.
One-fifth or less of the democrats of
Nebraska are favorably disposed to
ward cither state or county prohi
bition, or both. The other four-fifths
are opposed to prohibition, for rea
sons that to them are clear and
enilmently satisfactory. The Grand
Island convention registered the will
of the majority, as democratic con
ventions should. And at this the bit
terness of the overwhelmed minority
broke all bounds. "A bartenders' re
union," was ono of the mildest terms
applied to one of the most represenf
tlve conventions of Nebraska demo
crats ever assembled, over which C. J.
Smyth presided and In which Gov
ernor Shallenberger, M. F. Hartlng
ton and other eminent democrats
were the moving spirits. Then it be
came a convention made up of "tool."
and dupes of the brewers," and final
ly It develops that all who helped do
the work of that convention, as well
as all who agree with them, are
"standpatters" and "reactionaries" In
addition to their other sins.
It would all be very annoying If It
were not so very absurd. The demo
crats of Nebraska are, of course, Just
as good men, Just as good progres
sives, just as true democrats, as they
were In 1908 or In 1896. Their views
with respect to prohibition haven't
changed an lota In that time, and no
more have their views with respect to
tariffs, trusts, monoK)lles, Income
tax, popular election of senators, di
rect legislation, railroad regulation,
or any other reform to which the de
mocracy of Nebraska Is committed
Their one crime, their one great mis
fortune, Is In being unable to flop on
any particular Issue when the word
to flop Is given.
One of the chlefest blessings of the
Initiative and referendum which Is
now offered to Nebraska by these
democratic "standpatters" and "reac
tionaries" Is that It will afford an op
portunity for the people to render a
direct verdict on this vexing prohibi
tion question by complicating Bide Is
sues. When that verdict has been
handed down perhaps It will be re
luctantly admitted that the exercise
of freedom of thought and speech
does not necessarily make a man a
hornet hlef, and that there are, after
all, quite a few thousand good men
and true In Nebraska outside the
prohibition camp as well as Inside it
When that time comes It Is to be
hoped Ihe democratic party will once
more be permitted to devote Itself
to the Issues and policies which have
made It great and useful. World
I Tom Id.
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very able and distinguished attorney
general and those who contend that
there Is no menace to free govern
ment In giving the people the right
to enforce representative legislation
and administration, is a difference of
viewpoint as to the rights of the
"average citizen and his fellow elect-i
ors." Both agree that they have lit
tle time to devote to "the details of
government." But "lack of time" is
assumed by the one school as mean
ing lack of ability to know what is
best for the busy "average citizen
and his fellow electors."
The average citizen has little time
to devote to the details of his govern
ment and he imagines, at least, that
he has no time to devote to the
proper investigation of the men who
stand for election as his "represent
ative." He may be fooled, finally, in
the selection of the man, and
frequently he is. Hut he Is coming to
understand more fully what govern
ment means to him, and it Is that
awakening intelligence that is aug
menting the movement for the recall.
It ought to be clear to everyone
who has the opportunity to observe
the growth of public sentiment that
unless the representatives elected by
the "average citizen and hia fellow-
electors" become impressed with a
deeper responsibility of their obllga
tlon to really represent their eon
stlttients, the recall is certain to be
come a part of our "representative re
publican government." Kansas City
Star.
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The city election in Lincoln Is be
coming rather a "warm" affair, and
there Is no telling how It will result
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The Second juuiiSal district will
hereafter be composed of Sarpy
Cass and Otoe counties, lnbtead of
Cass and Otoe, as formerly.
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Above the rattle of musketry and
Ihe booming of cannon In Mexico can
be heard the exploding of Liman
tour's reputation as a peacemaker.
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Tin: recall.
"Rcpii'scntatlvp republii an govern
ment," said Attorney General Wlck
ershuiii In that part of h's Cleveland
rmli leiiiitiy opposing tin 're
call, "Is founded on a practical
rciognitlon of the facts that in a
bi'sy, prosperous community the
average citizen can give only little
time to the details of his govern
ment. Ho therefore joins with his
fellow electors In selecting rep
resentatives to frame the laws from
which to be governed, and In choos
ing the principal ofllcers who are to
execute them."
Mr. Wlckersham declared also that
it would mean the overthrow of the
whole system of representative gov
ernment to give the average citizen
and his fellow electors the right to
recall the representative they now
have only the right to elect.
If the "average citizen and his fel
low electors" find that the man they
have united In delecting to frame
their laws Is not framing those
laws; If they find that ho Is mlsrep
resenting them by doing exactly what
he was elected not to do the whole
establishment of representative gov
ernment would collapse If they
should replace him with a represent
atlve who would do what the aver
age citizen and his feilow electors
wanted done!
The diffcrcnie between the school
Aldrlch has vetoed the stock yards
bill, just as predicted he would. Now
another attempt will be made- to pass
the Ollis bill, the one he has always
favored.
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Champ Clark was the drawing card
at the Bryan banquet, and many went
to Just "get a glimpse" of the next
speaker of the national house of rep
resentatives. :o: ;
According to the congressional ap
portionment by the legislature, Gagt
(Oiit.ty has been added to the- First
district, making eight Instead of
evm lountles, as formerly.
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Milwaukee, le sides having a social
ist maj or and a soc ialist congress
man. "elected two socialist school dl
reitois this week. And the world
does not seem to be greatly scandaliz
ed, either.
down. They don't have any better
men in any community.
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The Journal Is only 10 cents a
week, delivered by carrier. Remem
ber, it Is strictly a home paper and
devoted to those interests in which
every citizen of Plattsmouth is In
terested. It gives you all the latest
news and is delivered right at your
door every evening except Sunday,
rain or shine.
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The voters of Plattsmouth have
known Bernard Wurl for many years
and they know he Is a gentleman in
every sense of the term, and that
he is one of the best qualified men for
the position of city clerk in the city.
He Is honest, clever, good-natured
and has a good word to say for
everybody.
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Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
lersey ordered the chairman of the
democratic state committee out of
his office the other day. The more
the public sees of that man Wilson
the better it likes him. He has the
courage and stamina to make the
right kind of a president.
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The people all over Illinois are
demanding the resignation of both
Senators Cullom and Iorimer. Last
Monday the voters In the town of
Sidney, Champaign county, by an in
formal vote, demanded the resigna
tion of Senator Lorimer because of
the corruption shown in his election,
and of Senator Cullom for having
voted to sustain him.
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The greatest value of the Initiative
and referendum, as Senator Owen of
Oklahoma said in his Illinois address,
is In Its "making citizens more in
terested in and more familiar with
pontics and consequently more
patriotic." Those who say that the
people are not competent to decide
questions for themselves are In error,
They are at least more competent
than are the 8ecial interests who
control when politics is removed from
the people.
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There Is not a man in the land
that can foretell the outcome of the
political situation, out there are
plenty who think Jhey can. There
are progressives and standpatters in
the democratic party as well as In
the republican party, and much de
pends upon the result of the special
session of congress as to wlileh way
the eat will jump. The standpatters
in both parties will probably unite
under one name, and the progressives
under another, and then It will be
hard to tell which Is which. One
must sail under the democratic flag,
while the other will have to choose
the republican flag,
Hoii't forget that the Evening
Journal is htrlctly a Plattsmouth
paper, devoted distinctly to every
thing that Is best for Plattsmouth
and her people.
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The taxpayers of Plattsmouth
know that John P. Sattler has done
his duty as mayor In the past two
years, and that Is the reason why
most of them Intend to vote for his
re-election.
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Mr. Kenyon deemed himself a
good as elected senator over In Iowa
early In the week, but there was an
other Deemer who deemed otherwise.
"There 1s many a slip betwixt the
cup and lip," you know.
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Opposition to the Arizona constitu
tion seems to come wholly from per
sons who do not live In Arizona, and
many who were never there. Con
sequently, they are not entitled to a
voice In the matter.
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Tuesday, April 4 one week from
next Tuesday is the city election.
Note the names on the ticket at the
head of this paper and you will see
an array of names there, all of whom
deserve your rupport, from mayor
Rev. Lewis, the evangelist, now
holding 'revival meetings at the
Merhodist .church, paid (he Journal
quite a compliment yesterday, whith
we very much appreciate, coming, as
it does, from a gentleman and scholar
who has traveled a great deal and
visited many towns and cities. He
said he had never visited a town of
the size of Plattsmouth that could
boast of as good a dally paper as the
Journal. This Is just what we hear
every day from people who visit our
city, but the foregoing, coming from
a gentleman who Is so capable of
Judging such matters, we have cause
to feel greatly flattered.
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COST OF LIYIMi TO THE F.I KM EH.
We have heard a great deal about
the cost of living of late years. Not
only we, but the civilized people of all
countries, are uttering similar 'com
plaints. Population has simply been
increasing more rapidly than farm
products; too many people in the
towns (oo few on the farms. When
the cost of living Is spoken of, we
naturally think of the cost of things
we eat and wear. This affects the
farmer and all other classes of peo
pie alike, except that the farmer
raises his own food to a great extent,
and hence complains less on this ac
count than people of any other class.
The cost of fod, however, does not
cover m arly all the cost of living to
the farmer. The cost of his living In
olvis the cost of his clothing, the
cot of his machinery and tools, and
he has a light to complain on thU
point. Why should not congress dt
something to reduce the cost of liv
ing to the farmer as well as to the '
people in the cities?
He is paying far too much for his
clothing because of the iniquities of
the wool schedule. He Is wearing
poorer clothing than he should be
cause of the Iniquities both of the
woolen and cotton schedules. He is
paying more than he should for his
fence wire because of the steel com
bination. He does not object to the
price alone, but to the quality and the -
enormous rusting capacity which wire
has.
Why should not congress Inaugur
ate the policy of reducing the cost
of living for the farmer as well as
for the resident of the city? If this
cost of living is reduced, we will hear
fewer complaints from him on Cana
dian reciprocity. He has kicked
against that, not because he does not
wish the closest relations with .
Canada, but because there has been
no corresponding reduction In manu
factured products; that's what he Is
kicking about.
If he wants to buy a suit of all-
wool clothes, for example and he Is
as much entitled to them as any
other man he must pay just, twice
the amount that he would pay If he
were In England. If he would buy-
any kind of steel product, he Is not
given the liberty of buying it at prices
at which the same product Is Bold in.
foreign counties and from the same
factory.
These are things the democratic
party should be thinking about, now
that it is in a position of responsibil
ity. There is no time to talk about
free trade now. We need money for
revenue; but the way to get the rev
enue is to remove tariffs which en
able the manufacturers to form trusts
and sell their products cheaper In
foreign countries than they do at
home. Let the democratc party help
cheapen the cost of living In this
fashion, and they will have the
thanks of the farmers without regard
to party.
Placing the democrats In power
does not end the struggle. It will be
discovered in the next six months
that there is a standpat faction
among the democrats that Is just as
averse to reducing the cost of living
to the farmer as the most reactionary
of the republicans. The goats have
been separated from the sheep in the
republican party and pretty thor
oughly. There will be a like separa
tion in the democratic party; and
then we shall have a chance to count
them.
Let the farmers now demand a de
crease In the cost of their living.
When they get It, they will cheerfully
consent to a decrease in the cost of
living of operatives and nianufactur
e is. The ccst of living is a negligible
quantity In the minds of the men
who control our great fa lories and
business enterprises. They will buy
the thin;- that cost the most nny
way. It Is a serious thing for the
fanner, however Wallace's Farmer.
Five ml persons in Presidio. Texas,
hnvH bi-i ii Injured by bullets from
the Mexii an side. Ioi sn't the Payne-
Aldrlch tariff provide for a high tailff
on ammunition?
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B. F. Bush, who probably will be
the next president of the Missouri Pa
cific, has been a Gould employee for
many years, and rose from the ranks.
What might be called a rose-Bush.
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The tobacco trust declared a
dividend the other day of 62.2 per
cent on common stock, all of which Is
over and above dividends paid on
preferred stock and Interest on $100,
000,000 of bonds. The supreme
court still has the tobacco case under
advisement. If It decides that or
ganization Is not a trust fixing prices,
how will It account for these enor
mous protlts?
TRUSSES
Ihe only rurgiral hnut in th
Went whria .V.I hum n don
bv n uperl. Lurjent nock
of triiHsei in lh West
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