TLATTSMOUTH S12MI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1915.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Try to do the others as you
would have them do to you, and ,
do not be discouraged if they
fail sometimes. Dickens.
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The councill still stands six demo
ciats and four republicans.
:o:
They say dead men tell no tales, but
.the evidence left behind often chokes
up.
:o:
Women may be vain, but who ever
taw a man who is as handsome as he
thinks he is?
:o:
Plattsmouth is now entitled to the
commission form of government if we
want it. Do we want it?
:o:
Another law partner of Lincoln has
just died. And George Washington's
nurses are' still 'dropping off' oc
casionally. , . . A,,
:o:
Why not try the proposition of oil
ing the streets in Plattsmouth this
reason? It worked successfuly in
many towns in Nebraska last season.
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The state of Nevada, which is fit
for nothing else, has stopped all
prize fighting there, which has been
the mccca of bruisers and the butt of
divorce jokes for so long.
:o:
Some of those fellows in the legis
lature will soon lay aside their
duties of pleasure, don their overhalls
and get down to real hard work in
the cornfields. But they will be in
their element there.
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Eagle has voted out its two saloons
which each have been paying ?1,500.
This will result pretty seriously upon
the taxpayers of that village, which
has just voted bonds in the sum of
$8,000 for waterworks.
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We are consoled for the late cold
spring with the knowledge that
down east they are having sleighing.
It is always a good deal worst some
where else and not as good in most
places. Do you get that?
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A letter from Senator Hitchcock,
who is sill a very busy man in Wash
ington, informs us that he will be at
home some time this week. The sen
ptor has certainly been a very busy
man, as he also will be for many
weeks when he reaches home.
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The days of "Beyond the Alps Lies
Italy" arc approaching, and in a little
while High school graduates will
again proclaim that fact to the world.
Just at this moment Austria
recognizes this fact and is perfectly
willing that she should continue to
still lie there very still.
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Down in Albama the newspapers
cannot print advertisements of liquor
establishments, as it is against the
law, which was recently enacted. If
that should go to the supreme court
the chances are that it would go glim
fcring, as being an abridgment of the
lights of a free press. Simply that a
thing is advertised is no criterion
that you have to buy.
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Last year about this time the citi
zens of Auburn began a movement in
the direction of a Fourth of July cele
bration, and they were rewarded by
enjoying one of the biggest gatherings
every, held in eastern Nebraska. Now
we do not expect our people to break
ihcir necks in getting into the move
ment right no'v. but. it is just as well
to put on your thinking caps and be
gin to agitate the proposition.
WHO PASSES ON EMERGENCY?
The supreme court of Oregon, by
a vote of 5 to 4, has apparently
abandoned its former position as , to
the sole right of the legislature jto
determine when the "public peace,
health or safety" requires that an act
go into immediate effect. When such
emergency is not declared, the act
does not become effective until ninety
clays after it is signed by the gov
ernor, and it may be suspended still
further by use of the referendum,
with the possibility of its being vetoed
at a special or general election. The
close division of the court, it is to be
presumed, was due less to an unwil
lingness to set aside a former decision
than to an honest difference of opinion
as to the wisdom of depriving the
legislative body of the right to which
it seems theoretically .entitled. The
court will doubtless be charged with
usurpation.
The previous decision has been fol
lowed by the supreme courts of Okla
homa and Arkansas and the genera
opinion among Missouri lawyers has
been that it would be followed there.
The attempt of a faction in the last
general assembly to attach the emer
gency clause to certain measures, not
because they were obviously of an
emergency character, but solely to
prevent a referendum to the people,
made the question one of more than
purely academic interest. Consequent
ly the change of views by the Oregon
supreme court is especially interest
ing here and wherever else the intia
tives and referendum are in use.
Strong a3 the theory that. the legisla
tors' disregard of their oath in paus
an emergency may be the legisla
tors' disregard of thei roath in paus
ing on individual cases has been so
general and notorious as to make the
new decision of the suyreme court
welcome. In some states it has be
come almost a custom to attach the
emergency clause to any measure for
which a two-thirds vote can be mus
tered. The public is not likely to suffer
from the action of the supreme court
in such cases. In cases of genuine
emergency, acts would probably not
be questioned, and when questioned
the court would not set them aside.
The delay would not be great in other
cases, provided a majority of the peo
ple favored the acts. It is regrettable
that legislators should have so light
ly regarded their constitutional obli
gation as to make a decision neces
sary.
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If. you are a kicker and see the
shadows of failure in everything
that is proposed to help the town, for
heaven's sake go into some secluded
canyon and kick your own shadow on
the clay bank and give the men who
are working to build up the town a
chance. One long-faced, hollow-eved.
whining, carping chronic kicker can
do more to keep away business and
capital from a town than all the
drouth, short crops, chinch bugs,
cyclones and blizzards combined.
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Omaha Trade Exhibit: Merchants
of towns where the proposition of oil
ing tEe streets is a live issue will be
interested in this item "from Blair: The
result of street oiling was plainly
shown this week, those streets that
were oiled last summer came out
from under the big snow with scarcely
a bit of mud, while the unoiled streets
won t be dried up for weeks. It is
certainly the thing for a small town
where paving is out of the question.
And, besides, paved streets have to be
sprinkled in the summer just the same
as dirt streets, while oiling costs little
more than sprinkling.
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Every citizen should be up and do
ing fcr Plattsmouth.
It is to be hoped we have heard the
last of Jack Johnson. '
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Louisville will be without liquor li
cense the ensuing year.
:o:
The constitutional
and the combination
both are dead.
convention bill
insurance bil
Brave names for battleships got an
other blow when the Lord Nelson was
put out of commission.
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Huerta wants to again get in the
game in Mexico. ,But there seems ,to
be plenty into it already.
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An Oregon judge advocates the
whipping post. Well, what of it? It
is just the thing for wife-beaters.
:o:
On a warm spring day the student
looks longingly at the window, and
is convinced that the only scientific
way to study biology is from the
banks of the Missouri river.
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Vhen it is an established fact that
advertising will sell dope to make hair
grow on a bald head, no reasonable
merchant should be dubious about ad
vertising the eyery-day necessaries of
life.
There are a vast number who two
years ago favored the civil service
system that are opposed to it now. To
ay the least, we have always thought
it a fraud, except in the railway mail
service.
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HANDS OFF.
"The security this country enjoy?
without a great army and navy is the
most profound argument for peace
one nation has ever offered another,
and it is an argument that should not
be refuted lightly," says E. W. Howe,
in an editorial in the National Sunday
Magazine. "For if a citizen may live
his life without killing a man, a nation
may exist without these disastrous ex
periments in statesmanship. Patriot
ism is a fine thing about which most
men become excited, so the difficult
thing about war is not to prove that it
s the greatest fallacy, but to keep out
of it. When the Germans and French
men were singing war songs, and
cheering bulletins displayed in front
of newspaper offices, prior to the war,
the sober second thought would have
done as much for them as it may do
for us now. However brave and cap-
ble a fighter a man may be, he hopes
his bluff will win without the neces
sity of making it good. Probably
future history will agree in laying the
blame for the present trouble in
Europe to the excited and exaggerated
atriotism of Austria-Hungary when
dealing with a .weaker antagonist. And
perhaps all history cannot show a
case where calling a bluff resulted in
equally terrible consequences; no na
tion knows just how much of a hor
net's nest it is stirring up .when a
bluff is called. The people, as well as
statesmen and editors, have a right
to occasionally revel in big boasts, and
if the people clamor for intervention
resident Wilson should know they are
not entirely in earnest; that they ex
pect him to hold them. They may say
in public that Woodrow is too timid,
but they will commend him in private
for being safe and conservative, and
recall that one objection to Theodore
Roosevelt has always .been that he not
only won't hold us, but wants to en
gage in the fight himself. The war
debt of France before the present war
began was $800 per family; each
French family paid $70 a year war
costs. In a single year the French
government paid 60 per cent of its
ordinary revenues for war purposes.
And think of the debt now being ad
ded, and of the greatly reduced num
ber of Frenchmen who must pay it.
Disgraceful as such figures are in
France, cpnsider that we pay more
than do the French or (57 per cent.
We haven't as much war as the
French, but everything costs more in
this country than abroad. We may be
willing to shed our blood in the in
terest of civilization, but can we afford
to give the politicians another oppor
tunity to be ruinously lavish in the
matter of war expenses?"
"TO THE REAR, MARCH."
The republican leaders are no long
er advocating the doctrine of "stand
pat." The universal demand among
them is not to stand pat, but to "go
back." The great speakers of the
party have, in their recent speeches.
all declared that the only hope was
to "go back" to the days of McKinley
and get a presidential leader that rep
resented the principles of the party
twenty-five years ago. That they in
tend to "go back" is shown wherever
they are in power.
A notable instance of the backward
movement is to be seen in Wisconsin,
where they recently returned to power.
In that state a great university had
grown up that was making a reputa
tion for the state all over the civilized
world. The first thing that the legis
lature did was to make an attack on
the university in an effort to force it
to abandon the progressive methods
that has made it famous and "go
back" to methods of a quarter of a
century ago. The bill first introduced
was to create a board of control com
posed of thirteen persons, three of
whom would be business men and the
only ones to receive a salary. That
would put the university under con
trol of "business" a perfected Mark
Hanna idea, but it created such a
furor that it had to be modified. Of
course it would have resulted in the
resignation of Dr. Van Hise, the presi
dent of the university.
However the campaign for the
political and business control of the
university has not been abandoned and
the republican forces of Wisconsin
are marching backward at a quick
step, and wherever they get control
the same policy will be adopted. The
command of the democratic party is:
Forward. March." The command
of the republican party is: "'Bout
face. To the rear. Double quick.
March." World-Herald. .
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Is it possible that Huerta is return
ing to Mexico to give that salute he
forgot about in the rush of his leav
ing? There is an excuse for everything
but a knocker, and he knows he is in
poor business, if he would only ac
knowledge it.
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The railroad companies should not
complain because they are not popular,
when they don't give away any trad
ing stamps or offer any premiums.
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This message . from Walt Mason
should be spread broadcast: "Clean
up! Clean up! On every block, let all
the workers rally! No man should
stand around and talk until he's clean-
r (
ed his alley!"
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New York has a new Solomon. Two
men laid claim to a bunch of pigeons.
he judge ordered the coop of pigeons
brought into the court and then he
ordered them set at liberty and they
all flew to their owner's roost; there
upon the judge said to the other fel-
ow: "The acts of those pigeons is
my verdict. You might be able to
fool me, but you can't fool the
pigeons.
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The ground never was in finer shape
than it is this spring to receive its an
nual crop. There ought not to be an
acre in the state go to waste, as it will
all be needed and the prices are such
that every fellow with some time
hanging on his hands ought to get
busy. An acre gone to weeds this
season ought to bring a fine for
criminal carelessness.
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The sixty-third congress is entitled
to the gratitude of the masses of the
people of this country for killing the
bill exempting the toll charge from
American coastwise vessels that
might want to pass through the Pan
ama canal. The owners of such ves
sels have shown during the European
war that they are a set of graft
ing fellows and have thus proven
they are nominated in such a way
that thoir exemption from tolls would
have established a monster shipping
monopoly. These are the things op
ponents of the repeal claimed would
happen.
Governor Morehead is now putting
in his best licks at signing bills.
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The man behind the gun is now a
poor match for the man above the
aerial torpedo boat.
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Let's see that Plattsmouth is kept
the best town" of its inches in Ne
braska. :o:
Four states New York, Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts and New
Jersey vote on the suffrage question
next fall.
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The state printing plant project has
gone glimmering among the things
that were. It has been a fool proposi
tion from the very start.
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It did not rain Easter, and con
sequently it will not rain for seven
Sundays. Maybe it would be better
for the farmers if it would.
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Since the Chicago election the re
publicans are very eager to assume
that the result is an indication for a
republican national victory in 11)10,
when it is nothing of the kind. Nearly
all of the Harrison forces voted for
Thomas, and this is why he was elect
ed and nothing else. The repub
licans are too eager to grab at straws
that come their way.
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OUR PROTEST TO ENGLAND.
The Washington note to LonJon
dealing with the embargo, places the
emphasis where it belongs. It is care
ful in avoiding admission of the ex
istence of such a blockade as is rec-
ogniceu in international law, and
strong in protesting that, even if
forms and usages had been strictly
observed in declaring a blockade of
German and American ports, the posi
tion of the British government, to
which the note is addressed, would
r till be indefensible, because the order
in council, by including so many neu
tral coast lines and harbors, trans
cends all past experience and re
verses the position the British govern
ment has heretofore taken on many
occasions.
Perhaps the strongest paragraph in
the note is that in which, after recog
nizing and acknowledging, in friendly
spirit, that part of the order which
gives large discretion to prize courts
and naval officers, it says: 'Relying
on the faithful performance of these
voluntary assurances by his majesty's
government, the United States takes
it for granted that the approach of
American merchantmen to neutral
ports situated upon the long line of
coast affected by the order in council
will not be interfered with when it is
known that they do not carry goods
which are contraband of war or goods
destined to or proceeding from ports
within the belligerent territory afTect
ed." The note, at another place, as
serts that even a more formal block
ade than the one declared, with cor
dons established around the ports of
neutral countries contiguous to Ger
many, could not be construed to shut
cut from such ports non-contraband
cargoes from other neutral countries.
The note protests, in strong but al
ways friendly language, against the
obstructions and interruptions to our
commerce tne order must oring ii
strictly enforced, and expresses con
viction thart this will not be done.
Contemplating the possibility that it
may be done, however, it says: "The
United States, if the order in council
is strictly enforced, apprehends many
interferences with its legitimate trade
which will impose upon his majesty's
government heavy responsibilities for
acts of British authorities clearly sub
versive of the rights of neutral na
tions on the high seas," and gives ad-
ance notice of demands for damage in
every such case. This is all that can
be said, and this, as the note strongly
points out, must be said not only in
assertion of the United States right
and interest, but as a duty toward bel
ligerents with which this country is
at peace, and which would regard our
tame acceptance of the British order
in council as an unneutral act. It re
mains to be seen whether our just ex
pectation of fair treatment under the
order will or will not be met by England.
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Exact Copy of Wrapper,
The next job will be to empty the
ice pan.
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Nearly everybody expects two
favors for one.
When a man starts down hill every
body gets busy and gives him a push.
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Kansas has the champion heavy
weight boxer, and Nebraska the cham
pion wrestler.
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When the city man decides to go
back to the farm and begin agriculture
this spring, he usually orders a mod
ern bath room fitted before he buys
any plows, hoes or spade.
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In the appointment of police oflieers
Mayor Kichey should be very careful
in selecting men who will protect the
law in every way, and not put them
selves in a way to be criticised for
their acts.
MONEY TO LOAN
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Irrigated from the newly constructed lateral "A" of the Shoshone
Project near Powell, Wyo., will be opened by the Government for entry
by settlers on some date in April. There are over 465 prosperous far
mers now in this locality one of the most advanced communities of the
various Government enterprises.
Out of the 51 farms described "choice" by the Government experts
on January 1, 1915, there yet remain about 15. Lateral "A" lands are
fine and prospective settlers are urged to act quickly. Watch for the
date these lands are to be opened and be there at Powell ready to file
on that date. Only $52 for perpetual Government right, 20 year's time,
no interest.
Settled lands alongside are now priced at from $00 to $100 an acre
It is hardly necessary to advertise these lands. They will go fast enough.
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The state senate does not seem to
be in a hurry about the adjournment
business. The most of them have
money enough to stay a while longer.
Remember the seed corn proposi
tion, and have the best you can get
when you begin to plant. It won't
hurt to be a little careful about your
selections.
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It may be all right to make fun of
the vanity of women who attend the
spring millinery openings, but it
wouldn't hurt some of the men a bit
to brush the dust off their hats.
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Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
From a small beginning the sale and
use of this remedy has extended to
all parts of jhe United States and to
many foreign countries. When you
have need of such a medicine give
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a trial
and you will understand why it has
become so popular for coughs, colds
and croup. Obtainable everywhere.
GK,
Piattsmoulii, Nebraska
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but we feel it our duty to advise you so that you
may have a fair chance with others who know
about the opening. Write me.
S. B. HOWARD, Immigration Agent,
1004 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb.