PLATTSMOUTII SfJMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
MONDAY," OCTOBER 12, 1914.
PAQE 4.
Cbc plattsmoutb journal
Published Semi-Weekly et Plattemouth, Nebr.
Entered at the rostofflce at riattsmouth. Nebraska, as second-class mall matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
Subscription Price: $1.50 Per Year In Advanoe
di:mo nine tkkkt.
Fur Ciovornor John II. Mooroliea-l
Kr I. iout. -governor James IVarson
Fit feri otrv of State. .Charles V. I'ool
Kr State Aiiditcr Wm. II. Smith
For Stale Treasurer ... .lieoise K. Hall
For State Su jterinteiident
1-. M. Wliitolifad
For .t!"in-v tJencritl ... Willis I'.. Iieel
l'or I-mi'I I'ommissiuii. . . W. It. Kastham
For Kailwav c'onirni ssioner
. Will M. Maupin
For Kejrents of I'nivcisity
Jolm I . Millar
W. Noi.le
. . Joliti A. JIay;uire
For '
Su Ji rne J ud tre N'uii-l'a rtisan
T. M. II. Keei-o
j Conrad I lol U'libeck
Ji;-tt Mlri' t Coint Non-rartisan
lames T. liegley
Float l:etrs.-in.Ttive Cass and
Otoe Counties W. H. 1'llls
Count v Judge Xon-I'artisan
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1: pi t-.-rntat i Sev tit ii LUstrict . .
M. tJ. Kimo
St.ito Sena t or Seeond litrn t
.. lo! ti Mattes. Jr.
County l.ik Frank J. Id tx-r.-lia 1
"oui.iy Tiia.-uier V. K. l'ox
Coantv Si.eritt )o;n C. Wii nd"il iili
'Mititv Su mt . ii. 1 ii t . . Ma ry 10. Foster
it-r of I"f!s . J. Snyder
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'ojtity S'lrvpvu;- Fn-d I'atterson
Coiititv .ni'iii.-.-ii'uer -S'"-nd I is-
ti it t . II. Spolm
Count v Coininissioi-r Thinl dis
trict Henry Snoke
THOUGHT lOIi TODAY.
y- What 1 aspired D be,
V And was not, con. forts me.
5 Robert Drowning. -I-
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If you cannot afford to buy a bale
of cotton, buy a cot'oii gown for
your wife.
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Wi- still-have something to be
thar.kful for. There has been no ad
vance in the price of postage stamps.
Sam Illythe has di.--coered that
Napoleon was a Frenchman. Isn't
that funny, that Sam should find out
o soon ?
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The mobilization of troops in Si
beria was expeditiour-Ty performed.
Everybody was eager to get away
from there.
It will take a bigirer war than this
t' get ahead of Mr. Edison. When it
shut off his supply of carbolic acid he
made some himself.
Even if you are dead broke and
hen pecked, you havo much to be
thankful for this fall i". the fact that
this country is at peace with the
world.
The demand that Mexican mine
owners pay all fees a second time
shows that governmen by blackmail
is resuming its way it: that country.
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People will get used to anything in
time, if it is far enough away, and
Americans do not seen to be losing
Comparatively little t'eep over the
war in Europe.
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Tl.e democratic candidates arc
busy presenting thei:- claims to the
IcopIe. They are to a man men of
tterling integrity, and worthy of the
support of the voters of Cass county
and all arc well ouaiiiicd to fill the
offices to which they aspire.
Successful men hunt business.
Others wait for it to hunt them.
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The talk about denr-crats bolting
Governor Moorchead is all moon
shine. The republicans are circulat
ing such reports in order to keep
their courage up. The democrat who
would bolt Governor Moorchead.
and thus assist in the election of a
great blowhard like Howell, is cer
tainly not worthy even the pretense
of a democrat. So yo i can just note
it down in your day book that no
true democrat has even thought of
voting against our popular governor,
and reports to this effect are simply
8uch schemes as the republican cam
paign managers have adopted. Pay
no attention to such reports.
There will be five separate ballots
at the November election. That ought
to be plenty.
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As Mr. Bryan has announced his in
tentions of supporting Governor
Morehead, now will Ldgar Howard
fall in line?
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We know several congressmen
who are seeking reelection as rubber
stamps. But it will prove their last
effort.
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Harry E. Sackett, progressive can
didate for governor is making a
clean-cut campaign, and if he is not
elected he will show the other fellows
that he was in the race.
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IJack of all the international rea
sons urged against the transfer of
British ships to American registery
is a relutance to see a decrease in the
British merchant marine.
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Herr Krupp is making some bigger
guns for the German warships. May
be it is the desire of the Kaiser to be
able to shoot from ibz Indian Ocean
to the Bay of Kiao-Chow.
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I ho ifis .f this icinilv arc
iul i d InTing Ty much about
woman's suffra".". Most of t f i -iiidiriid
iiM'n lliink a woman snf-Ici-
t'iioioi hf way it is, with
out jotting into politics.
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Some alarmists aio lolling us
Japan wauls war with Hit' United
Stah s in Iho near future. Let us
bop.- w will conliiiui' to havo
YVooilmw Wilson for president
when Mr. Jap gts n-ady for the
fray.
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In supporting John G. Wundcrlich
for sheriff, you will be voting for one
of the best and most reliable citizens
in Cass county, a man who will per
form the duty of the sheriff's office
without fear or fayor. He certainly is
well qualified for tne office in every
way. And withal a gentleman and
clever to a fault.
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M. G. Kime, the democratic candid
ate for representative of Cass county
makes friends wherever he goes, and
is just such a citizen that the more
you see of him the better you like him
Mike Kime is a gentleman of sterl
ing qualities and one who will repre
sent the interests of his county at
all times in the house of represent
atives.
II on art- rooking for any
nasly Hint's at man. bird or beast,
don't read the Journal we have
none of (he polecat's propensities
of making (he air obnoxious for
decent people. With faith in God
and man this I foghorn of free
dom js radiating messages of
r'"l will and good cheer with
peace in Ibis ' Eaud or the Free
and Home (,f the Jirae."
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The members of the republican
senate two years ago know who is
responsible (or the big appropria
tions made by the last legislature.
And they know, also, that they are
responsible for their approval by
Governor Morchead. It was perhaps
an enbarrassing situation for the
governor, ' but anyone with good
common sense knows that the senate
can do a great deal in a way to
influence a governor and that the
largest of the appropriations were
carried through the senate unan
imously by the republican majority.
Now, put the blame where it belongs,
will you? They are not only respon
sible for the appropriation bills, but
they are responsible in forcing their
approval.
OUR ARMY IT'S TRAINING.
A word about our army. It is the
largest army in the world. It num
bers more tan 20,000,000, of . whom
nearly 16,000,000 are daily on the fir
ing line, commanded by more than
half a million devoted officers, guard
ing the standards of knowledge. For
our army is an army of children in
the public, private or parochial
schools, getting ready to be sovereign
citizens. And although, we do not
spend upon it as much as most
nations spend upon machines for
murder, still it costs much in the
public schools about $5 a year apiece
for every inhabitant; $36.30 for every
school pupil in daily atendance; half
a billion dollars in all. We are proud
of this army and rightfully, but by
a few changes we could much irf
crease our reasons foi pride and sat'
isfaction. The inspector general of
this grand army, Uncle Sam's com
missioner of education, has recently
pointed out how easily we could im
prove it. (1) By reshaping its tactics
so as to nave six years of elementary
and six years of high schooling, we
could do better for the 75 per cent
who now cannot afford to go into high
schol at all. They could thus get two
years of high schol instruction and a
taste for more. Better organization
here would save some time now
wasted. (2) In stead of having
teachers staying year after year in
one grade, always dealing with new
children, by moving the teachers up
with the children we could get closer
sympathy and better understanding of
each child's needs. (3) By fitting the
work of country schools to country
life, so that pupils in them might
learn more of plant and animal life,
farm methods and machinery, the
business side of farming, the wide
circle of knowledge which bounds the
wondrous operations of nature in the
production of food, we could make
them not only more interesting than
they now are but also very much more
helpful. (4) By keeping the young
folks indoors at study not more than
three hours each school day and hav-
under good guidance four or five
hours in gardens, say, or at some
form of hand labor, wo could increase
their health, their happiness and their
practical knowledge. Add to this, as
they grew older, shop or farm work
of a higher skill, for which they
would receive pay and many could
then afford to stay in rchool through
out the high school years and even
throughout college. In the mere
matter of school gradening alone,
Commissioner Claxton figures that if
one-third of the city school children
who are now idle and uneasy in sum
mer were put to guided work, they
could produce from the soil food
worth $300,000,000 a year, to say
nothing of what they would learn.
And doing it would be play, not
drudgery. True, to develop these ideas
might mean more and better teachers
and a larger school plant. Uut
shouldn't we be proud enough of our
army to want it to become as efficient
us possible, at any cost? What do
we live for, if not for our children?
n addition to the regulars in our
army there arc about 0,000,000 strag
glers or deserters boys and girls of
school age who don't or can't go to
school. If it's their fault, there is need
of discipline. But if It's ours (which is
more probable) then the greater the
need of making thesi improvements;
so that every child may have its
chance. Remember, upon the fitness of
our army depends the future of the
nation. It's the place to make our
patriotism tell. It is democracy's best
safeguard.
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That man George, candidate for re
election to the office of state treasur
er, and chairman of the republican
state committee tries to be very foxy
by sending out misstatements
and all manner of false reports he
hopes to defeat Governor Morchead.
But Mr. George will find out before
the election, that he is going to have
a hard time to pull through himself,
let alone trying to defeat Governor
Morehead by foul means.
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If the pen is mightier than the
sword, it must be taking a Carran-za.
flKPVBLICAN TICKET.
Governor. It. B. Howell
Lieut.-Governor ..Walter V. Hoaglanri
Secretary of State Addison Wait
Attorney General Charles W. Sears
Treasurer F. L,. Hamer
State Auditor Walter I,. Minor
State Superintendent. .. .A. O. Thomas
Land Commissioner Fred Beekman
Kajlway Commissioner T. L. Hall
University Kegents
i:. P. Brown
.I'eter Jansen
Supreme-Judge Non-Partisan . .
. . . : : . . : M. " B. Tieece
Conrad Hollenbeck
Congressman First District
C. Frank Iteavis
Judjre of the District Court Non
partisan. James T. Begley
For State Senator Second District
A. F. Sturm
Float Representative Otoe and
Cass Counties F. L. N'utzmann
County Clerk John M. Creamer
County Treasurer Major A. Hall
Sheriff Carroll D. Quinton
Register of Heeds Mont Rohh
County Attorney V. G. Cole
County Superintendent
l-.da Marquarut
County Surveyor Fred Patterson
County Coroner B. I. Clements
representative Seventh District. . .
C. K. Pool
County Commissioner Second Dis
trict Charles K. Heebner
County Commissioner Third Dis
trict J. W. Colbert
County Judge Non-Partisan
C. I.. Graves
A. J. Becson
THE WAY OF THE KAISERS."
The Louisville Courier-Journal re
cently contained a column editorial by
its noted editor, Henry Waterson,
who is one of the very few old
school editors left, on "The War of
the Kaisers."
It is so old fashioned you may en
joy reading a part of it: "Perhaps the
war of the Kaisers was sent by the
Great Jehovah to tear up Europe by
the roots, to snatch the world from
Satan and to recreate it on fairer,
sounder, surer lines. Already it has
told us that war is not only hell not
only insanity but murder by whole
sale and in the first degree. The heart
of man as he surveys the slaughter
from afar grows sick and stops its
beating, the word he fain would speak
passes silent from his lips and dies
upon the empty air. That is why the
poets seem so insufficient the very
Kiplings limp and stark the singing
drowned by the wailipg. Christ! That
any man should gloat that any wo
man should glow before such ap
palling savagery. Wolf of the world
and yellow-footed kite alone are
gleeful, nor out from the tower of
Bruges, across the low country to
the dome of Cologne, by Ghent where
the Peace Treaty was made, and Aix
where Charlemayne sleeps the dream
less sleep, and Liege the immortal
and up and down the vales of the
beautiful river nowhere any ringing
of bells, nor shouts of glory; only
moans over the dying and mourning
for the dead; from Vhite Hoods of
Flanders and Rhenish maiden; from
palace and cottage; the smoke of
Louvain ascending still from earth to
Heaven even to the Throne of God
in awful awe inspiring indictment. To
your prayers, ye fools of warrior
birth and blood, to your prayers!
You know not what you do!"
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Richard Pierson Hobson. Hie
Mabuina congressman who is
recognizzed as a navy expert, was
recently asked what would be
the result if there should be an
attempted invasion of the Phil
lipines. His reply was that lie
would pity the nation that should
attempt such a rash act. This
must, mean that Uncle Sam lias
placed fortiiictiations around the
rslauds that are thought impreg
nable.
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Beatrice Sun: For Candidate How
ell to appeal to the partisanship of
republicans puts him in a situation
that would be embarrasing to some
men. On the ground of partisanship,
Mr. Howell is no more entitled to re
publican votes than any other can
didate. Candidate Howell is the same
Howell whose removal from the re
publican national committee was de
manded by a number of republicans
of Nebraska who sent telegrams to
the committee declaring that he was
disloyal to the party and was playing
into the hands of another party and
other candidates. He asserted his
right to vote for whomsoever he
wished, even though he was a mem- j
ber of the national republican com
mittee. If a national committeeman
feels at liberty to show such inde
pendence it would not be surprising
if an ordinary rank-and-file member
of the party might do likewise when
Mr. Howell's candidacy is concerned.
THE WATER POWER TOY ISSUE
Republican spellbinders are play
ing he changes upon the water power
possibilities of the state in an ef
fort to make it appear that much de
pends on the election of R. B. Howel
as governor. One of them has sought
to proselyte the Polemec club by ex
plaining the Mr. Howell's plan con
templates the development of water
power by districts, and suggested
that Lincoln might acquire a power
site and develop it by the issue of
bonds, or that several cities might
jointly form a district and develop a
plant for municipal uses.
It reminds one of the pensive maid
en found cryingt before the. glowing
fireplace in her father's log house
and when asked the cause , of her
grief replied that she was thinking
that if she were married and had a
child, "that ham hanging from the
rafters might fall upon it and kil
the poor thing."
There is no prospect that if Mr.
Howell should be elected governor
Lincoln will develop any water power
plant. No other city will do so unti
it shall have been demonstrated that
there will be money in it for the doer
of it.
It has been within the qower of
private capital for years to develop
Private capital is in the habit of go
ing into everything that offers fair
profits. We are advised that the Gen
eral Electric Company has acquired
one of these power prospects. It is
not developing it. That company is
a multimillionaire concern. If it saw
a chance to turn a penny by develop
ing its property it would be doing it
Before anyone becomes infatuated
with the idea of electing Mr. Howel
governor in order to have him push
development of water power in the
state, he should go over to Omaha
and examine how Mr. Howell devel
oped public owership of the water
works in that city, how he committed
the city to pay double the value of
the plant to obtain it, whether it
wanted to do so or not, and how he
managed to freeze to a $5,000 a year
job in the process. Nebraska does
not want its water power developed
in that way.
For years there has existed lib
eral laws encouraging the develop
ment of Nebraska power sites. They
were made purposely liberal to en
courage something like devdapment
But they have not been sufficiently
liberal to induce capital to undertake
any considerable development. It is
easily possible to doubt the ability of
the public to develop profitably such
enterprises when private capital has
so long balked on undertaking it.
There are said to be irrigation
ditches in this state, built under the
paid guidance of this or that Nebras
ka Col. Mulberry Sellers, into which
no water has ever found its way and
the buildin of which has bankrupted
many a confiding investor. Some of
these will probably be called to the
attention of the voters before this
campaign is over. It would probably
be easy for a Col. Mulberry Sellers
to see millions in advance in power
site development conducted upon the
same plan.
However voters who have an eye
to business will, like Governor More-
head, continue to insist that business
be done upon business principles, and
not for the creation of jobs for engi
neers. Lincoln Sar.
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Thc most excellent qualities of
Miss Mary Foster for the office of
county superintendent of schools, are
best known to those who are directly
interested in the education of the
youth of the land. Never in the his
tory of Cass county has the schools
had at their head a more earnest,
energetic and incessant worker in
their behalf than Miss Mary Foster,
and the people who Know these facts
will think several times before they
cast their votes against her on the
2nd day of November. A vote for
Miss Foster means to sustain the
present excellent educational system
she has inaugurated in Cass county.
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"Home, Home, Sweet Home," it is
our guess, wasn't written during the
housecleaning catastrophe.
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One-half the world is fighting, and
the other half is having spasms in
fear of a fight.
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Children Cry
Tho Kind You naye Always
. ia uso for-over SO years,
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AH Counterfeits, Imitations and "Tust-as-good " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health Of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment
What is CASTOR! A
Casforia is a harmless snbstitnte for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Irops and Soothing; Syrnps. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Jfarcotio
substance. Its ag?e is its guarantee. It destroys Svorms
and allays Fcv irishncss. For more than thirty years it
lias been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrluea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving: healthy and natural bleep
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend,
GENUINE CASTOR I A ALWAYS
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'Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years
I K C C NTAU m COMPANY, NEW VOMK CITV.
While "Beachy" Howell has done
nothing more than hover around Om
aha with an eye ever alert on a soft
job, and ever scheming for one:
Governor Morehead has come up from
a poor boy on the farm to that of
merchant, county treasiuer, mayor of
his home town, member of the state
senate, lieutenant governor and gov
ernor, working his way up among the
common people of his state. These
people love Governor Morehead be
cause his experience in life is their
experience, and he knows their needs
and wants better than any man who
has never had such an experience
John H. Morehead is making a good
business governor, the people in every
class of life know this, and they are
not ready to trade him for a man
who knows nothing about the affairs
in which the great majority of the
people of the state are directly con
cerned.
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There is the fine sentiment from
the pen of our noble president,
Woodrow Wilson in response to
letters urging him to stump for his
party and make speeches in defense
of his own administration: "And cer
tainly this is a time when America
expects every man to do his duty
without thought of profit or advant
age to himself. America can not pro
perly be served by any man who for
moment measures his interest
against her advantage. The time has
come for great things. These are days
big with destiny for the United
States, as for the other nations of the
world. A little wisdem, a little
courage, a little s"df-forgetful de
votion may under God turn this de
stiny this way or that. Great hearts,
great natures, will respond. Even
ittlc men will rejoice to be stimulated
and guided and set an heroic example.
Parties will fare well enough without
nursing if the men who make them
up and the men who lead them forget
themselves to serve a cause and set
a great people forward on the path
of liberty and peace."
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A dispatch says there, are 225,000
Jews in the Russian ; ; army, but
somehow people do iict believe dis
patches. ... -. u;tnr hnn of
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want. It does make hens lay guarantrcd -a
do it or- your money back.
Look put (ar Foup t ta; rmr .n." - .,.. r,
For. Sale by ;
for Fletcher's
Bought, and which has been
'lias borne the signature of
ana has been made under his per
sonal supervision since its infancy.
AHott no ono to deceive you in this.
Signature of
WHO PLAYS POKER?
Having frequently directed atten
tion to an unfortunate incident relat
ing to the recent arrest of a number
of men for reputed poker playing, in
to which the name of a candidate on
the democratic state ticket was with
considerable unction drawn, republi
can papers in Lincoln have demanded
quite imperatively that the democrat
involved make an explanation of his
reputed connection with the em
barrassing incident.
Poker playing is an indefensible
habit, or as some term it, recreation,
from a moral and economic stand
point. Especially is it to be deplored
in one who aspires to high public
position. One who was not present
at the time of the interruption is not
in position to. safely say whether Will
M. Maupin, who is the candidate as
sailed by the republican papers of
Lincoln, was among those disturbed
or not.
It might not be a bad thing for Mr.
Maupin to give the explanation de
manded by these papers, and if they
will name the date and place, any
friend of Mr. Maupin will readily give
bond to have him present and ready
to testify, upon one condition.
That condition is that at the same
hearing Mr. R. R. Howell, republican
candidate for governor, be called as
a witness in order that he may testify
whether or not he ever played poker,
and whether or not be has ever played
poker with Mr. Maupin.
This must not be taken as an in
timation that Mr. Maupin or Mr.
Iiowell is a poker phyer. It is just
a challenge flung out as a matter of
fairness to the democratic state ticket
Will the republican papers of Lincoln
be kind enough to accept it? Lincoln
Star.
When you see yourself as others
see you, you will hav6 reached the
age of wisdom.
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William J.. Burns, a detective who
once captured several t hicken thieves,
is now contributing to the Ladies'
Home Journal., .
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Wedding ; ; stationary at ' the
Journal officer 1 .
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