-The Plattsmouth Journal -
Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, Nebraska
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
. Never fancy you could be
J something if only you hail a
I different lot ami sphere as-
signed you. The very things
that you ino,t. deprecate, as
fatal limital ions or ohst rue-
l lions, an; probably what you J
most want. What you call J
hindrances, obstacles, dis-
couragcnicnls, are probably !
J Cod's opportunities. Ilor-
aco Mus Intel I. J
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It is almost impossible to hide
a hammer, no matter how some
fellows try hard to do so.
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Tin man who attends strictly
lo his own business never has
the headache next morning.
With six weeks more of such
weather as this the people aro
not going lo kick very hard.
A man may know he Is right,
but does not possess sufficient
( ourage to go ahead. What then?
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The patent office, has just closed
its busiest year, and yet no ono
has invented a brass collar button
that will nut mark the nock.
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Widespread interest is being
taken in the "Made in Nebraska"
convention to be held in Omaha,
beginning March fi and continuing
twelve days.
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Turkey declares that all Europe
is arrayed against it, which is
practically true. The right mom
ent has therefore arrived to yield
gracefully.
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The Uartliug Sunday base ball
bill is now up to tho house for ac
tion. Will the house pass it? Wc
can tell you belter sometime in a
future Issue.
It is the price that sells the
article. Advertise the prico and
thus invite palronage. That iS
the way the catalogue houses get
their Irade.
A Kansas paper points with
pride that whiskers were almost
entirely absent from a recent par
ade of Kansas men. Kansas evi
dently is improving.
Amending the constitution of
tho United Slates is not as dif
ficult as has been supposed.
When the people make up their
minds thoroughly the methods
now prescribed work like a charm.
Congressmen who voted to
build a road instead of a monu
ment to Abraham Lincoln, missed
out, and may have a like experi
ence when they come to run
again for Congress.
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President -elect Wilson .still hi
lieves in the old-fashioned prin-
( iple that the first duty of a new
teacher is to lick the bully who
lias been terrorizing the school
and bossing the teacher. Stay
with it, Wood row.-
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A resolution was introduced in
congress the other day to make
"The Star Spangled Manner" the
rational anlheni of America. As
is the case with other patriots
Francis Scott Key had to wait a
! ng lime for popular recognition
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After the legislature has ad
journed you will have to study
your primer over again to learn
what the school and road laws
are. Just as we gel to know
them, Hie legislature comes in
:nd chancres them.
What an immense difference it
makes occasionally as to whose
ox is gored.
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Senator liart ling's Sunday base
ball bill passed the senate yester
day by a vote of 2 i to 8.
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Don't you begin to think that
winter is anyway near over, with
jtfareh right at our heels.
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there is no occasion lor a
panic, even though there are some
drastic anti-corporation bills in
the legislative hopper.
Senator Norris Urown has made
Nebraska famous in being father
to tin; income tax resolution,
which lias now been ratified by
states sullicient to make it a law.
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"Let's all pull together for
I'laltsinouth!" would be a good
motto to pin on the coats of every
good, enterpriisng citizen, who
has the true interests of our city
at heart.
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Those who oppose a new county
jail do so through prejudice, and
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the funny part is they know it. No
level-headed citizen can deny the
fact that we need one bad
enough.
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The protective tariff barons arc
fieltinir ready to make some
trouble for President Wilson
They want to proceed slowly, or
Ihev miiiht "bite ofT more than
they can chew."
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Don't misconstrue Senator
llartling'a Sunday base ball bill.
There is nothing in it to compel
you to play ball on Sunday, if you
don't want to. But if you prefer
to go fishing you can do so.
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Building quick fires with coal
oil continues to be a hazardous
undei I akinu, a it ha.- always
een.
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SI. Valentine's day one week
from lodav. That's the day 1( get
m Muir .spite-work on your
enemies.
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The Lenten seavii is here, a
reason respected, even il not
scrupulously observed, in eery
Christian land under the sun.
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An income tax will no longer
The democratic party is on i facts are clearly drawing to him
In comparison with salaries in
other slates, every sensible man,
be he republican or democrat,
knows that the governor's salary
in Nebraska .is not sufficient and
lat it should at least be in
creased to douuie tne amount
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If the removal of the university
is not a good thing, why aro tho
regents in favor of it? That is a
question that demands an answer.
We know why so many in Lincoln
are opposed to it. It is dollars
and, cents in their pockets.
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)e unconstitutional in the United
Slates, no matter what the su
preme court, may think about it.
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If by any chance the ground
ing did fail to notice his shadow
ast Sunday, he's gone back into
his hide to nurse a quartet or
frost-bitten toes.
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The initiative and referendum
is i:o good with the present legis-
ure it refuses to let the peo
ple have a voice in the removal of
the slate university.
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How many of the bills in
troduced by tho house and senate
will be approved? Who can
guess t uur guess is oiie-iuiru in
the 1,'12H passed by both houses.
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It is hard lo think of sonietniug
that hasn't been thought of by the
legislature in those 1,300 bills. If
ou know of something that has
been overlooked, don't mention it
as it might make some of the
members feel bad.
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Senator Norris says he will not
ally himself with either party in
his future acts in the senate, lie
will be a free lance and vote in
dependently on all measures. If
Joe Cannon was in tho senate, we
would not believe Norris in what
he says.
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Congress is not very much in
clined to vote $2,000,000 to-tin
anama-Pacifie exposition, and
the people will stand by them in
refusing to squander the money
he canal has cost this govern
ment enough, without spendini
more lo graft enterprizes.
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The talk about a bill in the
record as being the daddy of the
initiative and referendum, yet the
j democratic house of rcprescut-
I ! I I 1 .. I'.l f II ...1 I , . II I I III H 111.. IS.
III II I - 1' Ul.-l , Itr .-.lll'ililt
lion of the removal of the stale
university to a vote of the peo
ple. That would have decided the
question forever.
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American hens earn a million;
dollars a day every day in the
year. They never strike except
when they want to set and they
keep right on through holidays
and Sundays. When one hen lays
off, another takes her place.
Hence we should be kind and ten-
ler to the gentle hen, and eat cold
orage eggs in pious confidence
nut nope.
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High society people in Wash
ington seem to no an nroKen up
over ttie simplicity oi tne in
auguration of President Wilson.
le says he is not longing for an
ig show and does not care for
a reception, while Vice President
Marshall will live at a hotel with
lis wife and will not entertain.
here is no need of spreading it
too thick, no matter even if Uncle
Sam does foot the bill.
Superintendent Manuel's $30,
000. deficit at the Kearney In-
ustrial school should be sifted
lo the very bottom. There are
perhaps deficiencies in other stale
institutions (hat need some pry
ing into.
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The present legislature is far
ahead of any in tho history of No-
iraska in the number of bills in
Iroduced. The twenty-day limit
for the introduction of bills closed
yesterday and the number ran up
near the 1,200 mark.
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The Hue winter weather we aro
enjoying prompts tne inquiry
What has become of the old
fashioned blizzards that frozo
people to death bctweon the house
and tho barn?" Tho severe bliz
zards seem to bo things of the
past in this God's country of to
day.
Joseph Patrick Tunnulty has
been chosen as executive sec
relary to President Wilson. Ho
is 33 years of age, been married
for ten years and is the father of
six children. Ho is said to be an
exceedingly bright young man
evidence of which fact is iu his
selection by Mr. Wilson to one of
tho most responsible positions in
the gift of the president.
egislature prohibiting the sellin
of "blue-sky' reminds us
that, some fellow might make a
ecord by introducing a bill pro
libit ing the useless escape of
hot air." Would such a bill be
treading on the Iocs of some of
the members?
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The lifty-lhree gentlemen Gov
ernor Morehead has selected to
accompany him to the inaugura
tion of President Wilson are all
good-looking and will add tone to
the exercises. Cass county will
e represented by our friend,
George W. Towle, of Wabash.
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"Compulsion" is a hard word
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Ihe confidence of the public gen
erally. And the prediction may
well be ventured that, an amend
ment by the house making it pos
sible for him to serve a single
term of six years will meet gen
eral approval.
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Hon. C. H. Busch, chairman of
the deficiencies committee, has
asked the house to appoint a
special commit lee to draft legis
lation making the executive officer
of every slate institution liable
on his bond for deficiencies ex
ceeding 5 per cent of the biennial
appropriation. The deficiency of
the Kearney Industrial school has
brought forth such legislation.
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George A. Newell, editor of the
Senator Dodge of Douglas
ounly has a bill before the
egislature to prevent a consult
ing physician called in by your
devoted family physician from
whacking up" with the latter in
the matter of the price charged
for consultation. Now we are un-
ible to see any justice in such a
iill. It has been the custom for
many years mat when a lanuiy
physician comes across a very
serious case, in which he becomes
very undecided as to what course
to pursue, would it be fair to the
patient or justice to the attending
physician to prohibit him from
calling in to consult with him an
other physician, which might be
the means of saving. the patient's
life? When serious illness over
takes one, and he desires lo get
well, he cares nothing for worldly
possessions and feels like giving
all to be well again. But when
some members of the legislature
get out of anything to do, they
want to strike a blow at some
thing they least know anything
about .
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The enthusiasm displayed at
the Commercial club banquet
Ishpeining (Mich.) Iron Ore, en
joys the distinction of having
been sued by Colonel Roosevelt
for libel. It will be remembered
as an incident of the campaign
this editor published what was
w idely talked concerning the can
didate and his sobriety and the
colonel immediately brought ac
tion. Newelt has tiled his .answer
lo Hie petition and in it he says
be made his statements iu good
faith, believing them to be true.
The sensational part of tho an
swer is in the following: "De
fendant will further insist in his
defense that at, and before tho
lime of publishing- the words com
plained of the plaintiff had been
and was guilty of the facts and
acts charged and that the state
ment so complained of was and is
true in substance and fact." The
colonel hasn't recently gone to the
mat with any country editors, we
believe, and it will be interesting
to see how he comes out with this
one.
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The following from Wallace's
Farmer contains some good sound
advice to subscribers who have
trouble in stopping papers, sent
thtm after the time for which they
have been paid for has expired:
".t this season of .the. year we re
reive a good many communica
lions from subscribers who want
to know how they can get rid of
never-stop papers. Some of them
send us duns received from col
deeper' its roots were traced and
the more difficult it became to
solve the problem. Finally, the
eomiiiitlee was unable, to agree
and Mihniilted two measures. On
(his one subject men of experience
and ability .spent as much time as
this legislature can get for its
thousand bills.,
"The legislature would be do
ing well if in its three months it
dealt ellieiently with the three
great subjects of roads, university
removal and appropriations, and
in addition framed a constitu
tional amendment permitting of
the adoption later of other
amendments freeing such sub
jects as taxation and revenue for
legislative action. But the legis
lature cannot limit itself to a few
large matters. It must plow
through its thousand bills.
"The effort to do that results
necessarily iiv legislation without
deliberation, legislation appall
ingly superficial. How to dispose
of this deluge of minor bills and
get time for the large questions
of slate is the biggest problem
confronting the legislature."
It is "legislation without de
liberation, legislation appalling
ly superficial" that sensible mem
bers of the legislature will resolve
to avoid, even though it involve
the sacrifice of a great many
meritorious measures. The
trouble with our state legislatures
is not that they pass too few
laws. It is that they pass too
many, mere is a glut ol legis
lation" as well as a "glut of
bills." The tendency should be
in the cast of bills not thorough
ly understood, and theneed for
which is not plain, not to pass
them "lo get rid of them," but to
defeat them. Belter a policy of
"do nothing" than a policy of "do
everything" without knowing, ex
cept very hazily, what it is, why
it is done, and what the effect will
be A few essential laws, that can
be honestly and fearlessly en
forced, are worth far more than
several hundred new laws that are
not understood even by those who
enact them, that tend still further
to clutter' up and confuse the ex
ecutive and "administrative de
partments;' to jam and clog the
courts, and'that are subject only
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lection agencies ior suoseripnons ment World-Herald.
which have been continued after
ttie subscn&er ordered tnem dis- . PIANO; BARGAIN I have a
continued. Others send copies splendid piano which I wish to
.,f whnt nnmort in h , snbscrin- sell to someone in the vicinity of
or some people to understand,
mil it is a hard thing for those
w ho do understand its meaning to
enforce its meaning in this frco
country, where liberty and free
dom are inscribed upon that great
emblem, "The Star Spangled
Banner." which means so much
to every American citizen.
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Article XVI, just added to the
constitution, . reads: "The con
gress shall have power to lay and
collect taxes on incomes, from
whatever source derived, without
apportionment among tho severa
states, and without regard to any
consus or enumeration." The
constitution continues to bo one
of the best examples of con
densed language.
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Suppose that President Wilson
lenders Senator Hitchcock an im
portant foreign post, and he
would accept, who would be bis
successor in the senate? Tho
story goes that the president-elect
has his eyes on Senator Hitchcock
for such a position but wo pre
fer to wait until the senator re
sign before saying more.
Wednesday night should be suf
vcient to convince the weak-kneed
what harmony in the work of the
organization can do for the good
of Plattsmouth. The Journal be-
ieves that every man, be he mer
chant, mechanic or what not, who
las the true interests of the city
at heart should join the club and
do all he can to assist in its
good work. It has already ac
complished a wonderful amount
of good, and with the aid of all
who should be tributary to its
endeavors, . the enthusiasm and
energy that characterized tho good
work of tho club in tho past two
years will manifest itself with re
newed vigor the coming season.
Then, do your duty. Join tho
procession and assist by your
presence at the meetings of the
Commercial club and have a voice
in its deliberations "for Platts
mouth first, last and all the
time!"
Grand, Island Independent
(rep.): The democrats of the
lower house seem to be dissatis
fied with tho feature of the single
nresidential term resolution
which would prevent President
elect Wilson from serving six
years. The president-elect is
committed, both by his party
platform and by his own ulter
ances to a single term. His
dignifier" course in the matter of
selecting his cabinet; the judicial
temperament displayed in the
matter of announcing policies and
programs of action, and his evi
dent determination to harmonize
his parly with the purpose of se
curing from it the most efficient
action when, in a few month
T1 o I f o mnn I h ' T4 !a o Hifr VanraTi
Hon laws, which seem to compel fof gomeonCi Tcrn pither cash
subscribers to pay for papers or easy payments, as low as five
which have been sent them, dollars per month. Address E. M.
whether ordered or not. The short Wallace, ; care Smith & Barnes
Piano Co.. Chicago, ill.
1-20-wkly-tf
and easy way to avoid trouble with
these never stop papers is to re
fuse to subscribe, for them, and
refuse them if they are sent with
out definite order. Practically
all of the worthless papers in tho
country could be put out of busi
ness in one to two years if the
people would simply refuse to re
ceive them at any price. When
a subscription has been given lo
a never-stop paper, and has ex
pired, the paper should bo re
fused and the publisher notified
that it is no longer wanted. If
this is done, a subscriber is under
no obligation to pay for it, and
should not permit himself to bo
bluffed into paying for it by bogus
collection agencies. A large per
centage of these latter are mere
ly conducted by the papers them
selves under another name. It is
astonishing that people continue
to submit to this gross imposi
tion by never-stop papers.
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THE GLUT OF BILLS.
The Lincoln Journal, coin
mentfing on the unprecedented
glut of bills in the legislature, in
Hnlcres in these sensible and
t imely observations :
"Two years ago a special com
ileal Estate
Bought and Sold
ON COMMISSION!
Insurance Placed in Best
Companies!
Farm Loans and Rental Agency
Virgil nlnllis
ROBERT WILKINSON
DUNBAR
L.J. KALI
UNION
Wilkinson & Hall
-AUCTIONEERS-
The holding of successful sales is
onr linp. Our interests nre with the
mil lee w as appointed to draft and scler wiien jt comes to getting every
submit to this legislature a bill dollar your property is worth. For
a single subject, that of em- open dates address or call either of
vers' liability for employes' in- us at our expense by phone Dates
it
shall be wholly in power these
on
plo
juries. The committee worked
steadily throughout two years
The sub led was investigated m
all its ramifications. The bmpM
the uueslion was studied the
can be made at the Journal ollice.
YJILKIHSOfl & HaLL-