-The Plattsmouth Journal -
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President
WOODROW WILSON
of New Jersey.
For Vice President
THOS. R. MARSHALL
of Indiana.
For L'liilcd Stales Senator
A. C. SH ALLEN BERGER.
For Governor
JOHN H. MOREHEAD.
For Lieutenant Gov-crnor
HERMAN DIERS.
For Secretary of Stale
JOHN W. KELLEY.
For Auditor Public Accounts
HENRY C. RICHMOND.
For Slate Treasurer
GEORGE E. HALL.
For State Superintendent
R. V. CLARK.
For 'Attorney General
ANDREW M. MORRISSEY.
For Commissioner Public Lands
WILLIAM B. EASTMAN.
For Railroad Commissioner
CLARENCE E. HARMAN.
For Congressman
JOHN A. MAGUIRE.
For Stale Senator
WILLIAM B. BANNING.
For Rcprcsenlal ive
JOHN J. GUSTIN.
For Float Representative
CHARLES H. BUSCH.
For County Assessor
R. W. BRYAN.
For County Commissioner
JULIUS PITZ.
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Which are you for the bull
moose or the American eagle?
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I K days hen also, "swat llio
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The winning state ticket is
headed by Hon. John H. Morehead
for governor.
With but one single exception,
no party ever placed u better
ticket in the field than that head
ed by Hon. John II. Morehead.
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"J'aft is "tiring" all postmasters
who are not with him in this
light, and he might have cause to
do a little weeding out in Cass
count y.
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It still looks like a squabble
over the slate chairmanship at
the Irand Island convention. The
Journal was greatly in hopes that
nothing of this kind would occur
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We'll bet (hat neither Aldrich
or Paul Clark rest well of night
They will fare well if they escape
nervous prostration ere the ides
of November.
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The people of this country have
arrived near enough to cen
tralized government without giv
ing Roosevelt another show to
make it more so. He is a Hamil
lonian of Ihe first water.
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Fvidently the Roosevelt candid
ates in Nebraska are weakening
on Ihe stand taken from the start.
Hut it is too late for Aldrich, Nor
ris and Paul ('dark to "pull the
wool over the eyes" of the Taft
people.
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It is reported that cx-Congress-
tnan Pollard made the remark at
ihe dinner table in Weeping Wa-
tcr the day of the republican
county convention, "that Wilson
will carry nearly every stale in
Ihe union."
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The rule or ruin policy adopted
liy some men won't last always,
and soon their political lives
vm be forever blasted. When
i people find out that their policies
are purely selfish Ihey will desert
. them like rals desert a sinking
hip.
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"Both Marshall and Wilson, as
provernors of their own states
fought hard for my policies, und
Plattsnoutb, Nebraska
Publisher.
they have my support." It was
Hot, Iloosevelt that tillered the
foregoing, but Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley, late of the pure food de
part nieiil. of Ihe agricultural de
partment, and a former repub
lican. Muzzle your dogs or keep them
at home. Dog days, you know.
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A sure enough wise man always
lets the fool do the talking.
Uneasy lies the head that wears
no hair in lly lime.
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Woodrow Wilson is a real pro
gressive, and will get the support
of progressives in all parties.
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The slate candidates pursued
the proper course in refusing to
lake part in tin; chairmanship
controversy at (irand Island.
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Jack Johnson avows In
never light again and that
will
e is
worth -'0i,(ioo. Well, that ought
lo be enough for any nigger.
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Uncle Sam is pictured as a wise
old guy, hut as a mailer of fact a
lot of very cheap politicians
bunco him.
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Ft may cool you off a little (o
know that South American trains
are experiencing some difficulty
with snow blockades.
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The split in Ihe republican
party of Nebraska was complete
in Lincoln yesterday. Aldrich has
made his own political grave.
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The populist slate convention
endorses Wilson and Marshal.
Morehead, Shallenberger and the
state nominees.
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All that is needed now is har
mony and the way to secure that
is for all democrats to pull to
gether.
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The man who is not as loyal lo
his party when out of office as he
is when in olllce is not the kind of
a democrat to tie to. We have
some such people.
From the appearance, of the
corn llelds in Cass county there
will be some big husking slories
this winter to tell Ihe Journal
readers.
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Ihe bull moose candidate also
proposes lo try to break into the
solid south. As a fountain of
hope Teddy is considerable of a
gusher.
W. D. Wheeler was unanimous
ly elected chairman of the county
central committee. Well, Billy
has seen enough campaigns to
run the DHL' battle successfully
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The Journal is for harmony in
Ihe democratic party at all times
and under all circumstances
There are hundreds of democrats
in ('ass county the same way and
then there are some that are not
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la ft will be president for
seven months longer anyway, if
Teddy don't take a notion to "tire
him before that time. And the
his successor will be Woodrow
Wilson.
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With only one senator apiece
Illinois and Colorado continue lo
do fairly well. And there are
number of other ways by which
the government expenses might
be reduced.
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Let's wait till after, the elec
I lion to do our quarreling then
we can quarrel over the office
which the republicans will be
compelled to surrender to Hie
democrats.
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Senator La Follette proposes to
do a little camping on Roosevelt's
train when the ball opens. The
bull niooser is groin? to have a
hard road to travel, and lie
knows it.
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The republican party favors
protection, while the democrats
are for tariff for revenue only.
Now it is in order for the bull
moose candidate to declare that
they are both wron?.
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We can't have everything just
as we want it every time, and the
fellows who expect it are doomed
to disappointment. So pull your
selves together and get in line,
and keep in line and victory will
be the result. Mark that I
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The man who gave the preach
er who married him a worthless
check and took good money in ex
change should not complain if he
finds his wife wears department
ore hair and has a pneumatic
form.
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The state food and drug de
ar! ment is one of the most ef
fective and important depart
ments of the slate government.
Inch has accomplished wonders
in the interest of the public
all h.
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When Teddy starts out to sway
ie people to his way of thinking,
W. J. liryan will be right on his
trail and show Cic people what a
lull'er the bull niooser is. W. J.
is just Ihe fellow that can do the
work to perfection.
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When a "bull moose" gets
tarted he goes some and you can
iet something is going to happen
when he gets there. He may not
know just where he is going, but
everybody " ou , the ranch, is
aware he's oa his -way. ,
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We hope now that all democrats
will throw aside their past ill-
feelings against one another and
get together and work in harmony
for a great democratic victory in
November. It can be secured by
all pulling together. Remember
that strength is obtained in unity.
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If Paul Clark doesn't run any
better out in the district lhan jie
did in his own precinct in Lincoln
al the recent republican primaries
he had better withdraw. With
out, even an attempt at organiza
lion, tne latl supporters came
within seven votes of defeating
Clark in his own precinct.
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As slated in these columns a
few days ago, Aldrich is still
ledging ami is now willing to
make any kind of concessions to
the Taft people, even lo support
ing Ihe Taft electors. Thus the
wily governor has come down off
his high horse a few pegs.
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Champ Clark has appealed to
the Missouri democrats to loyal
ly support Wilson. Old Champ is
a daisy. He lias 'never bolted a
ticket, nor knifed a friend. The
manner in which he can return
good for the most heartless evil
stamps him as one kind of the
finest men in public life.
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It is planned for Governor Wil
son to speak at St. Louis with
Speaker Champ Clark; at Cin
cinnati with Governor Harmon; at
Boston with Governor Foss; nt
New York with Mayor Gaynor; at
New Orleans wilh Congressman
Underwood, and at St. Paul with
Governor Burke. That will bo
nice, won't it?
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W. II. Thompson of Grand Is
land, candidate for U. S. senator
before the primaries, was elected
chairman of the stale central
committee nt Grand Island yester
day. The "Little Giant" is all
right. His democracy is "all wool
and a ard wide," and be will
prove "the right man in the right
place."
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The house of representatives
has found articles of impeach
ment against Judge Archibald,
and the president's "recall of
judges" is in motion. Just now
an example is wanting and it is
likely to go pretty hard with ex
hibit A.
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The democratic campaign is
going to be financed without the
aid of the corporations or trusts.
Governor Wilson has already re
ceived checks, money orders and
dollar bills lo the amount of (55,
(00, and the money letters keep
coming. Nearly all the checks
and money orders are made pay
able to the governor himself.
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Republican papers now put it,
"if Wilson is elected." They
should put it, "after Wilson is
elected." What after Wilson is
elected? Why, all the bad post
masters and indifferent rural
route carriers will be removed.
That is what progressives stand
for and Wilson is a progressive.
Oh, it is sublime to think of what
is coming after Wilson is presi
dent! :o:-
II is presumed that the law
books are for the lawyers. A Lin
coln republican writes the Star to
suggest that "George W. Norm
i:. delivering himself of disquisi
tions on stealing. The people
should read how he stole the
judgship from Judge Welly, re
ported in i(5 Nebraska reports,
page (i(5S." If you've got a law
yer, you may gel nun to Iook it
up for you. Lincoln Star.
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We note from reports from
various county democratic con
ventions that they all commend
Hon. John II. Morehead, candid
ate for governor, in the very
highest terms. They will never
have cause to regret their action,
for Senator Morehead is composed
of the proper stuff to make one of
the best governors the state of
lo read.
Some
of those
republican.
papers which are casting in-
sinuations regarding Senator
Morehead's record should either
produce the record or stop their
lying and forever hold their
tongues. Johu II. Morehead's
record is clear as crystal and his
career through life is an open
book which everybody is at liberty
Nebraska ever boasted of.
Harmony should prevail at the
(irand Island convention tomor
row. Every democrat of prom
inence in the slate, whether a
delegate or not, should be Jlherc
to. use every effort for harmony.
When this is accomplished, which
the Journal prays will be, the bat
tle is won. A united democratic
party is all that is necessary to
bring forth victory. Remember
that "United we stand divided
we fall!"
"If Woodrow Wilson is elected
president and (his newspaper
opines that he will be he will not
have to depend upon Nebraska.
This state's electoral vote will
neither make or break him," says
Will Maupin's Weekly. That may
all be very true. But then he
should have it just the same. It
is just as easy to carry tho state
for Ihe national ticket as it is to
elect the state ticket, and we
should buckle on our armor and
tattle for the whole business.
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"Home Coming Day" is becom
ing very popular in many of the
leading cities, and we know of no
pioneer vtown in Nebraska that
could have a more successful
home coming celebration than
Plattsmouth. Why can't we
adopt some day in October and
send out invitations to all former
residents to attend and partici
pate in a genuine pioneer day?
Former residents of Plattsmouth
and Cass county would come hun
dreds of miles to participate in a
celebration of this character.
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While everything looks more
favorable .for Wilson and Mar
shall and the entire slate ticket
every day, there is no use for
democrats to think that they are
going to haw; everything their
way. Hecause we are not. There
may be a great change before Ihe
ides of November, and it will be
just as well lo count on the entire
strength of Ihe party to give us a
democratic victo'rv.
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Whenever retailers forget their
differences of opinion on
numerous more or less unimport
ant matters long enough to join
hands in a co-operative etl'ort to
boost their town as a market
place, they find that whatever
brings increased trade to their
town benefits every retailer in it.
There are any number of things
to be done, by. retailers col
lectively that will boost their
towns and boost their business.
Hut merely wondering about them
accomplishes nothing. It takes
intelligent action to deliver the
goods. Omaha Trade Exhibit.
Governor Aldrich loves to de
nounce the Sanborn decision as an
attempt to deprive states of the
right to control and regulate their
own internal affairs, yet he directs
the manager of his press bureau
to denounce John II. Morehead
for opposing Senate File 128,
which bill sought to deprive Ne
braska municipalities of the right
lo regulate and control their own
public service utilities. If con
sistency happened to be a com
plete suit of clothes and Governor
Aldrich had nothing else, he
couldn't appear on the streets
without being arrested for in
decent exposure.
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Senator W. B. Banning attend
ed the democratic convention here
Saturday' and . mingled with the
democratic hosts, with the most
of whom he is acquainted. Sen
ator Harming has served two
terms. in. the state senate and no
man can point to an act of his in
lhal'l)()1 lhal was ,K)t m lhe in
t(MTst 0f the common people. He
is a candidate for re-election
and should receive the support of
every voter who desires a fair and
square gentleman in the senate.
He was a leader among leaders,
and his record in that body is suf
ficient to demontsrate lhat he
proved himself "the right man in
Ihe right place."
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No man or any set of men havo
any license to set themselves up
as bosses of the democratic party
in Nebraska, and the sooner they
disabuse their minds of this fact
tho better it will be for the party.
Most of the democrats of Ne
braska would be truly loyal to the
principles of the party if not in
terfered with. But they cannot bo
driven to do something they don't
want to do. "You can lead a
horse to water, but ' you can't
make him drink." But somo
would-be bosses believe in mak
ing Ihe common herd of demo
crats drink whether they want to
or not. But this will be too big
an undertaking for those who may
attempt it.
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There is no use worrying, fret
ling and losing sleep because
someone finds fault with what you
do. 'This Ihe common lot of a
man in business. The merchant
does not please all his custom
ers; the postmaster is cuffed and
kicked for alleged mistakes; the
railroad agent Is frequently back
ed up in the corner and given to
understand this and that and the
other thing; the butcher is for
ever reminded of tho tough steak,
and even the minister finds it
hard to please all the congrega
tion with his best sermons. If
you don't believe this you can ask
Ihese men. Such things are not
pleasant, but they always have
been and doubtless will be, and
the man who goes through them
easiest, is the one who pays the
least attention to them.
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Governor Aldrich has announc
ed that he is still for Roosevelt
and that Mr. Taft is deserving of
no support from republicans or
words to that effect. This is the
same position assumed by Con
gressman Norris, who is a can
didate for United States senator,
and Hon. Paul Clark, who was
nominated by the republicans for
congress in this district says,
"Me, too." Things have come to
a pretty pass in republican poli
tics when three of the leading
candidates on the republican
ticket are willing to sacrifice their
candidal e for the presidency to
further their own personal am
bitions. If asked to give our
honest, unbiased opinion of the
effect on the candidates of their
latest manifesto we should un
hesitatingly say that each man
has dug his own political grave.
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The democrats of Cass county
have a most excellent ticket in the
field, and one that should bo elect
ed in November. Our candidate
for representative, John J. Gus
t in, is a farmer and one 'that
fully understands the desires of
the people, and will be found bat
tling for their interests in the
stale legislature at all times. He
is a gentleman and scholar, and
highly respected by all who know
him. Julius Pitz, candidate for
commissioner, was reared in Cass
county and has spent all his life
on the farm. He is a gentleman
abundantly well fitted for the
position. The taxpayers are in
terested in having a well-qualified '
man as member of the board of
county commissioners, and they
can depend upon having a gentle
man of that caliber when they
elect Julius Pitz.
QUIT INSINUATING.
Mr. Morehead keeps making a
noise so the people will think he
is alyed-in-the-wnol progressive,
but if anyone wants to know his
record they can get it by looking
up his record while in the last
legislature. Bloomington Ad
vocate. The Bloomington Advocate,
having received its proportion of
the constitutional pie, seems to
labor under the impression that it
must reciprocate to Governor
Aldrich by misrepresenting John
H. Morehead. The Advocate, and
other republican Journals served
by the state house press bureau
managed by an Aldrich appointee
refers to Morehead's record
regularly, but to date not one of
them has dared to print that
record. It is easy to insinuate
and lie by indirection. Why don't
they print the Morehead record
if it is jmch a bad one? The an
swer is that Morehead's record
is absolutely clean, and the re-t
publican organs dare not print it,
knowing full well that if they did
it would recommend Morehead to
Ihe voters of the state.
Senator Morehead voted for
every progressive measure that
passed through the last legis
lature. He voted for every pro
gressive measure that had merit.
He voted against some measures
labelled "progressive" or "re
form" because he, in his clear
headed, business-like way, was
quick lo see the "nigger in the
woodpile."
John II. Morehead is perfectly
willing , to have his opponents
"show up his record." He will
furnish certified copies of his
vide on every measure, together
wilh a synopsis of each measure
he voted on, if Ihe republican
organs will print Ihe same with
out garbling. But they won't.
They will content themselves with
trying to deceive the voters by
insinuations and innuendoes.
That is I heir fixed habit en
couraged during this particular
campaign by the .thought of
participating in the distribution
of the $50,000 constitutional
amendment pie. Will Maupin's
Weekly.