The-
Plattsmouth - Journal
Published Seml-Wssklj at Plattsmouth, Nebraska
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Poatoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
matter.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
in lw,lhih :im1 his aids have!
started the fight n I he Huokeyo
stale.
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Some people can't seem to
joy their Happy Now Year until
they got the now resolutions safe
ly buried.
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Taft is Id attend a Jewish ball
in New York soon, but we hope lie
keeps away from I ho sign of the
throo halls.
People who received a new
poekel book Christmas are. apt to
he embarrassed for some time, to
krmw what lo do with it.
We have not much hope that
the, shoe machinery (rust, can be
dissolved, but. possibly it. can be
ml, up into shoe strings.
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The, rod-haired man who has
received a yellow necktie from his
best Rirl should bo warned in
time., or we fori wo ft sojourn in
Heno.
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The most practical use wo can
suggest for (ho lied Cross stamps
would bo to soul up the mouths of
the men that spit on" the side
walks. :o;
After a low more Christ inases
it, may become customary lo sum
mon people to court for failure, to
swap oven and obtaining presents
under false pretenses.
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Now that the holiday festivities
will soon hi' over, there will be no
social events to record save a few
'fuiet homo lynchings in various
parts of the country.
The first impresison made on
Hie visitor from the count ry is
frequently the donf in his skin
coaled by (bo speeding nuto
mobile.
Turning over that now loaf is
now in order.
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Having looked over carefully
the holiday announcement of the
book publishers, we are greatly
surprised to tind that the Shooting
Show (iirls have not yet entered
the ranks of authorship.
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If all our theatrical companies,
like the Irish players, only had
some friends along to throw
vegetables and break up the show,
it would no longer be necessary lo
hire any press agent.
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Y. A. Selleek, present state
senator from Lancaster county,
anil one of the most, prominent re
publicans of Lincoln has tiled for
congress. 1'aul Clark will have lo
get up and hustle to beat, Senator
Selleek.
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About now Mr. Lamb marches
down into Wall street to acquire a
belated Christmas present in the
shape- of a bearskin overcoat trim
med with bull's hide. Result, all
the little cubs and calves have
hoop food next day.
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Stale Senator C. M. Skills of
David City has filed for the demo
cratic nomination for congress in
the Fourth district against Con
gressman Sloan. Judge Skilos is
a Cass county boy, and they noar-
alwnys win anything they go
1 f I it. Success lo Senator Skilos.
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Only one more issue of the
The man who "can't help it"
doesn't want to.
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The Aldrich currency plan may
be all right, but it has such a
standpal name it may never get
anywhere.
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Now that the Stokes case is out
of the way, the twentieth century
girl can allow her mother to see
the newspapers.
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The newspapers used to give
lots of time to writing up golden
weddings, but the divorces take
up all the space now.
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What has become of Old Joe
'Cannon, the original standpatter?
(lone into his hole and pulled the
hole in after him? F-hl
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Hello girls on the jump nV i t h
holiday lalk." It's no trouble for
anv woman to talk a blue streak
on an electrically charged wire.
'Tuckers are grasping at some
last straws." That's a fact;
they've boon heeling about this
prosecution now for nearly nine
years.
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"Hoof barons stung by bitter
words." Hut that isn't a circum-
Kveryono will tind the taritr
board report colored to suit his
iwn political spectacles, and few
will be able to look at it through
plain window glass.
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The complaint continues that
Shakespeare's plays don't pay. It
fakes a society girl blacked up
for a negro tos tir an audience to
its inmost depl lis.
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Before many years it would ac
uornplish more to quit trying to
Ihrow LoriiniH out of the senato
and try to find some means of
preventing his re-election.
Lincoln is lo have a $ i -'5,000
Klcelrio park, and a deal has boon
completed for the purchase of live
acres of ground in the south part
ft the city, (lood for Lincoln 1
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While no more fooling should
tolerated from Russia, it is
probable IhM the. Hebrew vote
would still bo captured, oven if the
zar was given a few days lo think
H over.
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Moth factions oft he republican
side take such intense delight in
making up faces at each other
that it seems almost hopeless for
them to do smything to their op
ponents. ;o:
Many of (he commercial travel
ers are adopting now resolutions,
one of which is to slop giving tips
after the first of January. Wo
would advise our drummer friends
W put a number of ham sand
"""IffirlTir in their grips to guard
signing tlio hungry days lo como
after their roHOlution goes into
ffV.el.
stance to bow they
stinging the people
prices.
have been
with high
Journal until the New Year will
have dawned upon us, and it be
hooves t In boys lo hurry up if
they expect to adopt those now
resolutions.
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An Omaha life insurance agent
was held up by a highwayman the
other night, but before the agent
could get the fellow's signature
to an application he broke away
and ran to cover.
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No paper will be issued from
(his office on New Year's day.
Persons having notices and other
business will govern themselves
accordingly. The olllee, however,
will be open all day.
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Having exemplified throughout
the Christmas season that
glorious principle, "When you
haven't got a cent, spend it," we
fool qualified to become chairman
of the congressional appropria
lions committee.
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Taft again suggests that it is
nine io insiiiute economics in
government and great saving
could be effected. He ought to
have I bought of this last fall
when ho spent 2.r),000 of the poo
pies' money in his swing around
the circle fixing up his fences for
a re-nomination.
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The Nebraska City
of the best edited
papers in eastern
Among other advantages of the
holiday recess of congress, it
gives the president a brief respite
from his one-mossage-a-day
activities.
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One of those California woman
juries decided a case in twenty
seconds. Probably they wailed
that length of time just for the
looks of the thing.
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"A man's tongue usually fol
lows (lie inclinations of his
mind." Well, doesn't a woman's?
And sometimes it doesn't wail
even for inclinations.
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The While house Christmas
was a quiet family parly, and if
Mr. Taft, deposited the turkey in
Mrs. Tafl's lap, the public will
never know it.
Frank Currie of Hroken Mow
succeeds Farnie Pollard as sec
retary of the Taft boom com
mit toe. Don't find Farnie playing
unless he can be "the whole
cheese."
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"Taft is denied police protec
tion in .New York." Hut then i
should be remembered that lie
hasn't yet incurred the dis
pleasure of the militant suffraget
tes.
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Russia talks about our tradi
tional friendship. Very good, but
we dislike to be seen walking down
Main street with a friend who oc
casionally stops to place his
spiked brogans on the neck of
someone he does not like.
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Press, one
republican
Nebraska
i speaks its piece very plainly as
follows: 'jThe unspeakable Cal
derhead, the olllce-seeking Pol
lards and Murkelts, Makers am
llelvoys. the arrogant Rosowater
machine and the whole kit am
kahoodle of the pie counter
brigade wore gathered at Lincoln
to show the administration that
Nebraska is "safe I" Just think of
it! One hundred and fiftv nost
masters, postmaster editors and
perennial ofilce-seokors and office
holders shouting and howling for
the spirit of reaction and yelling
down any attempt on the part of
decent republicans to save the
party from a lasting disgrace."
TARIFF WILL BE ISSUE.
Every attempt to create a new
issue for the next national con
lost that will overshadow the
tariff seems to have failed and
from the way things are being
shaped up in Nebraska it now
seems as if the issue between the
senatorial candidates, which will
ho the closest approach to the na
tional issue, will be the tariff.
The republican contention lias
boon until recently that the pro
tective tariff should be high
enough lo cover the difference be
tween the cost of production in
this and other countries, with a
reasonable profit for the local
producer added. That was I ho re
publican declaration in the last
national platform.
Mut in making his filing for the
republican senatorial nomination,
Senator Brown, if he has been
correctly quoted, is disposed to
overlook that little joker about a
reasonable profit for the producer.
He avows himself a protec
tionist, but says that the pro
tective duty should measure the
difference in cost of production at
home and abroad, and where there
is no difference in such cost there
should be no tariff.
Aside from this, he is for
the direct primary, direct
legislation and direct elec
tion of United States senators by
the popular vote, for an incomtf
tax upon individuals as well as
corporations, enforcement of the
anti-trust law, restrictions upon
powers of federal courts, a pen
sion bill and a liberal reclamation
and conservation policy.
All of these sound democratic
except his portective doctrine. Of
course "enforcement of the Sher
man .anti-trust law" may mean'
any. one of several things. He
does not say that he favors send
ing trust magnates to prison as
criminals umler that law, ami i
might, be suspected, in I he absence
of such a declaral ion, thai he is
only in favor of just such enforce
ment as the trust magnates them
selves favor.
Again "liberal reclamation and
conservation policy" is extremely
vague and indefinite. The policy
of -Mallinger and his supporters,
among whom was the president,
would doubtless be by them con
sidered "liberal." The question
is, to whom should the reclama
tion and conservation be liberal.
Senator Mrown may have in mind
liberality toward the Morgans and
(lUgenheims, as others of his
party have had.
Hut altogether the Hrown plat
form as announced, although
rather vague, will do for a repub
lican to stand on. It is going to
be difficult for Oeorge W. Norris,
as the progressive candidate, lo
go farther. Ho cannot forsake
the protective tariff principle, and
expect to secure recognition as a
republican.
Undoubtedly ihe democratic
candidates for senator will stand
for all of the things which Sen
ator Mrown lias declared for, ex
cept the pciili olive tariff. They'
will bo for a l iriiV for revenue
onl, and for only such revenue as
may be needed lo administer the
government economically. They
will be for direct primaries, direct
elections of senators, direct legis
lation, an income tax that reaches
the individual of wealth, as well
as the corporation, for a rigid en
forcement of all provisions of the
anli-lrust law, Including Ihe
criminal section, ami for restric
tion of the powers of federal
courts. They have shown by their
vole in congress a few days ago
that they favor liberally pension
ing the old soldiers. Thev will
favor a reclamation and con
Nervation policy administered in
the interests of the whole people
Aside from the vagaries in the
Hrown declaration, it must seem
that the sole issues in this state
must be upon the tariff, for upon
every other question the repub
Mean party of Nebraska has be
come so democratic that it is hard
for a democrat to get up a fight
with its candidates. Lincoln Star.
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by law. In still larger number
I party organizations have provided
for the expression of the indi
vidual voter. Tiie state demo
cratic executive committee of
(leorgia, in line with this policy,
lately declared for a presidential
primary next summer an action
that meets with the approval of
the entire commonwealth.
In this connection, the doings
of the national republican com
mittee at its recent meeting in
Washington are significant. That
committee voted for primaries to
be held in those states where
such primaries are prescribed by
law, but in other states it per
mitted the old convention plan to
stand.
The democrats should make no
mistake, either through their na
tional organization or through the
action of their slate committees.
The primary plan of selecting
delegates to the national conven
tion should be adhered to per
sistently and consistently.
A deinocralic presidential can
didate chosen by the people in
stead of the politicians will start
out with a big advantage in the
race. He will occupy at once a
high place in the confidence of
Ihe nation, for the nation will
know that he. is backed, not by
bosses and boodle, but by the en
dorsement of millions of voters.
Great is the presidential pri
mary. Let its path be made
smooth.
Herman Greeder,
Graduate Vibiiary Surgeon
(Formerly with U. S. Department
Agriculture)
Licensed by Nebraska State
Board
Calls Arswered Promptly
Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth
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Lands for Sale.
140 acres in southeast Green
wood county, Kansas; fenced and
cross-fenced; 8(1 acres of rich
creek bottom land in cultivation,
balance, finest native prairie grass
(limesoil). Fair 5-room house
stabling, etc. Some bearing or
chard. Lots of fine living water,
which is furnished by a large
creek which runs through north
side of ranch. Creek is skirted
with limber; cattle come off' grass
into deep water. This is consider
ed to be one of the best little stock
ranches in Ihe county. Schoo
close by; fine smooth road to
lown. Just 3 1-2 miles from
ranch to town; a nice well im
proved country all Ihe way. For
quick sale $18 per acre buys this
4 40 acres; no trade taken on this.
Has a mortgage, of $3500 that has
el three years to run. $ 4 420 buys
the equity. Nothing better for the
money. Give me to your friend if
you don't want me, I must sell.
W. A. Nelson, Real Estate
Broker, Fall River, Greenwood
County. Kansas.
NOMINATING A PRESIDENT.
The time when a president was
nominated by a machine-made
boss-ridden national convention
made up of delegates chosen by
machine-made, boss-ridden slate
conventions, has gone, or is fast
going.
The people are now thorough
ly acquainted with the trick
and machinal ions of such con
vent ions. They know how often
in Ihe past their rights have boon
trampled upon and their will
turned aside for the promotion
of private interests.
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i no presidential primary is
coming to supplant the old slate
convention, and delegates that
are to bo chosen thereby will
be commisisoned to do the wil
of the people and not the will of
the bosses.
In a number of slates presi
dential primaries arc prescribed
Do You want an
AUCTIONEER?
If you do, get one who has
Experience, Ability, Judgement.
Telegraph or write
ROBERT WIMNSON,
Dunbar, Heb.
Datea made at this oH:s or thj
Murray State Bank.
Hates Reasonable
OltllF.lt TO SHOW CAUSE.
IN T1IR DISTRICT COURT OF CABK
County. Nebraska.
In the Mutter of the Estate of Lena
Welshelt, Deceased.
Tli in cause came on for healing upoa
the net 1 1, ion of Herman Luetchens, ex
ecutor of the estate of l-ena Welshelt.
deceased, prayinK for a license to sell
the northeast quarter of Section 12,
Township 10, Range 10, East of the 6th
1. M., In Cass County, Nebraska, or a
sulllclent amount of the eamo to bring
the sum of $1,200.00, for the payments
of debts allowed against said estate
and cost of administration and special
devises in the will of said deceased
there not being sufficient personal prop
erty to pay such debts, expenses and
devises.
It Is therefore ordered that all per
sons Interested in said estate appear
before me at my olllee In the Court
House at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, on the
20th day of January, 1912, at 10 o'clock
A. M., to show cause why a license
should not be granted to said executor
to sell said real estate as above de
scribed of said deceased or as much
thereof as may be necessary to pay
such devises, debts and expenses.
It is directed that this order be pub
lished four weeks prior to said date In
the I'lattsmouth Journal, a newspaper
published semi-weekly at I'lattsmouth,
Nebraska, and of general circulation
in said Cass County.
Dated tills nth dav of December, 1911.
HARVEY D. TRAVIS.
Judge of the District Court.
D. O. nVVVER Attorney.
C. S. ALDRICH, Attorney.
OIIOKH TO SHOW CAI SK.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OP CASS
County, Nebraska:
In the matter of the estate of Adam
Inirrnin, deceased:
Tills cause came on for hearing upon
the petition of Edward Ingram, admin
istrator of the estate of Adam Ingram,
ileceused, praying for a license to sell
the west half of the northwest quarter
and the southeast quarter of the north
west quarter in section 19, township
12, range 12, in Cass county, Nebraska,
or a sufliclent amount of the same to
bring the sum of $250.00 for the pay
ments of debts allowed against said
estate and the cost of administration,
and also to pay the expenses of these
proceedings, there not being sufficient
personal property to pay such debts
and expenses.
it Is therefore ordered that all per
sons interested In said estate appear
before me at my otllce In the court
houHC, at I'lattsmouth, Nebraska, on
the 20th day of January, 1912, at 10
o'clock a. m., to show cause why a lic
ense shsould not be granted to such ad
ministrator to sell so much of tho above
described real estate, or all of the same
of said decensed as shall be necessary
to pay said debts and expenses.
It Is further directed that this order
be published for four successive weeks
prior to snld dav In the I'lattsmouth
Semi-Weekly Journal, a newspaper
published at I'lattsmouth, Nebraska
county, Nebraska, will be held at an1 ?f Keneral circulation jn said Cas
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the licit school house in District Dated this 4tli dav of December. 1911.
HARVEY D. TRAVIS,
Jiwlcre of the District Court.
D. O. DWYER. Attorney
Meeting of Insurance Company.
The annual meeting of the
Farniorss' Mutual Fire and Live
Stock Insurance company of Cass
No. 88, on Saturday, January 6th,
at 1:30 o'clock p. in., for the pur
pose of the election of officers for
the coining year and to transact
such business that may come
legally before the meeting.
J. P. Falter, Secretary.
12-21-5nt-wk.
Farm for Sale.
Eighty acres, three and one-
half miles southwest of Mynard
and three and one-half miles
northwest of Murray. Also twen
ty-five head of goods horses. For
particulars call or write T. L.
mick, Mynard, Neb.
12-15-4tw-6td
Iiet Better,
8 Miles South of Plattsmouth
(the Old Martin Farm)
has installed a Saw Mill on his place,
and is prepared to furnish hard lum
ber of all kinds, posts and chunk
wood.
TAU orders promptly filled, and
also solicited.
-The 0. K. Beslauranl-
and Short Order House
Rear of Ed. Donat's Building
Regular Meals at All Hours
Short Orders
We solicit a share of your patron
r ge and will try to please you.
KRHUT & ZATOPEK. Proprietors
LEGAL NOTICE.
Frank Swoboda will take notloe
that on the 9th day of November,
1911, M. Archer, a justice of the
peace for Cass County, Nebraska,
issued an order of attachment for
the sum of $65.35, in an action
pending before him, wherein the
Omaha Iron Store Company is
plaintiff and Frank Swoboda, de
fendant, that property of the de
fendant, consisting of wagon
tongue, fellows, spokes, rims,
singletrees, painted and plain,
neckyokes, doubletrees, bolsters,
buggy tongues, horseshoes, buggy
spokes, plow handles and numer
ous other articles of merchandise
have been attached under said
order. Said causo was continued
until the 4th day of January, 1912,
at 9 o'clock A. M.
Omaha Iron Store Company,
By D. O. Dwyer,
Its Attorney.
Removes to Hamburg.
K. Stewart, who has worked
Ihe second trick at the train dis
patcher's desk at the Hurlinglon
station in this city for some
months, resigned his position re
cently and has been succeeded by
Mr. Thomas of Omaha. Mr.
Stewart has sold bis farm, west
of the city, and will remove ti
Hamburg, Iowa'.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Seybert and
daughter, Frances, and son, Jen
nings, were in the city today from
their home near Cedar Creek look
ing after some trading and visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John McNurlin. Miss Franoes
w ill remain unt il Monday, the rl
of the folks returning home tkm
afternoon.