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PLATTSMO UTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAC
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1913.
Cbc plattsmoutb journal
Published Sam l-W a e k I y at PlattmouthT Nbr.
Entered at the Postoffice at PUttsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class mail matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
ubsorlptlon
Prloei S1.SO Per Year In Advano
Well, the legislature has finally ad
journed.
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LOBBIED TO DEATH.'
THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
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l We need a revival of the in- 4
J dividual. The question is not,
I- What are they doing? but,
I- What am I doing? Not, Why v
I do you not do this, that or the !
J- other? but, Why am I doing -I
J- this, that or the other? Jeken !
J Lloyd Jones.
IF A BREAK COMES.
The jinty and the dude are so much
alike they ought to go together.
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The fall acreage of wheat is the
greatest in the history of the country.
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Speak well of the dead, and if you
can find time, speak an occasional good
word for the living.
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How many people do you know, in
cluding yourself, who can repeat the
ten commandments?
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Recent figures give the number of J
pleasure and commercial automobiles
registered in this country as 1,733,369.
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The next interesting collection will
be the war talk slang from the bleach
ers. A little more neutrality, Mr.
Umpire!
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It is a good idea to take a little
clean-up intoxicant at this season of
the year. It will also refreshen your
appetite.
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Omaha will vote next month on the
question of permitting Sunday base
ball in that city. You only need one
guess as to the result.
In figuring out whether one can af
ford an automobile or not, it is
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customary to include the amount one
can borrow on a mortgage as part pay.
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Caruso is now said to be getting a
salary of $7,000 a night, not counting
what he cleans up writing testimonials
for smoking tobacco and such like be
tween acts.
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If Huerta gets back into Mexico
rnd begins to raise more h 1, either
army should capture him and hang
him to the lamp post. The United
States don't want him hanging around.
His presence bodes no good.
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The short ballot bill was defeated
in the Nebraska house Saturday. This
is the bill that also extends the term
of all county officials to four years. So
the boys will have to run again next
year if they want their terms extend
ed. However, we believe in the four
year proposition.
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In all reasonable probability, with
interest on what he already has tucked
away, "Dilly" Sunday will be a million
dollars better off at the end of a year
to rome. Sunday never was a great
1 all player. In fact, he was a rather
indifferent one, but he has won fame
and fortune and has won it by using
the methods of a base ball coach in
evangelistic work.
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The Lincoln Trade Review, in an
article on cleaning up, makes the fol
lowing wise suggestions: Commercial
club organizations in the hundreds of
towns and cities of Nebraska, cannot
do a more important work in the next
thirty days than to inaugurate in their
different localities, clean-up and paint
up campaigns. There will come from
this kind of work a sure satisfaction
and the better the job is done, and the
rgore that new paint is used, the more
attractive every town will be to those
from outside who visit it. Clean-up
time means good health, good appear
ance and good advertising.
If a break eomes between Mr.
Bryan and the president it is likely to
be occasioned by the prohibition pro
clivities of the secretary of state.
President Wilson hitherto has held the
ground very firmly against doctrines
which Mr. Bryan seems disposed now
to make his own.
Undoubtedly the secretary will find
a large response from democrats to
his recent appeal in behalf of prohibi
tion, but it will be by no means a gen
oral response. The old doctrines of
democracy are too ingrained in the
fiber of a large body of its disciples to
permit them to extend hospitality to a
doctrine at cross purposes with its es
sential spirit, which is indeed a clear
denial of the very essences of that
democracy, for if democracy means
anything it means individual avoid
ance of evil. Mr. Bryan would adopt
the argument of authority and impose
upon the individual such morals as the
majority may choose.
And, of course, if the majority may
impose one set of morals on the
minority it may impose any other set
of morals at will. - There is no place
where the line may be drawn, once ad
mitting the right or the authority of
the majority to deal with moral ques
tions. From morals it is a short and
logical step to religion; and when
morals have been regulated to suit the
majority, the regulations of religious
opinion and modes of worship will fol
low in order. There is no escape from
the logic.
In none of the writings of the presi
dent which have come under our notice
do we find any indications that he is
hospitable to the notion that the regu
lation of morals is any part of the
duty of the state. Certainly it is no
part of the duty of the federal govern
ment. He has everywhere manifested
the keenest sympathy with the spirit
of free institutions and the largest ap
preciation of individual liberty and
responsibility. And so he must have
undergone a very great change indeed
if since quitting the cloister for the
forum and the seat of executive power
he has become sympathetic with the
doctrine which flatly denies all he had
before taught and sincerely believed.
It is on this issue that we may fairly
expect the president and his secretary
of state to reach the parting of the
ways. The president is perhaps as
strong an advocate of sobriety as Mr.
Bryan. He is as earnest in his desire
to abate the evil of drink. But he is
likely to be unwilling to pay the price
for the abatement of the evil that Mr.
Bryan seems more than ready to offer.
Johnstown Democrat.
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get tired out chasing it,
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It is hard to forget the hospital
round of that word "intern.
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Is it not the pyschological moment
to spring Mr. Willard's presidential
boom?
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The United States has accumulated
almost enough material to get out a
red, white and blue book about the
war.
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The past winter was of the well
known hard variety, but much more so
in Europe than in this home of the
brave.
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The man who confessed to poisoning
eight people has been discharged. He
must consider it a humiliating reflec
tion on his reputation for veracity.
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There is something strange about
the story that Monsieur Jack Johnson
sought an American passport at Ha
vana. Is he afraid of being captured
ty the Germans?
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Mr. Wilson says that no man is wise
enough to pass judgment on the
European war. Is the president try
ing to make enemies of the folks who
have passed judgment?
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It seems to be hard work for the
rrembers of the legislature to get
away from Lincoln. After setting
several days for adjournment they
have finally made their departure for
their various homes.
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"Several causes contributed to the
dpfpflfc of ths lnciirnnp Kill wVlfm it
You don't enjoy pleasure when you I finaUy came up on tUrd reading the
house yesterday. The deciding factor,
in the opinion of some well informed
sentiment' in the gallery, was that the
bill was literally lobbied to death."
Lincoln Journal.
That is the plain and simple truth.
Our Lincoln contemporary should
have been frank throughout and
named the lobby that opposed the bill
and killed it.
It should have named the big line
elevator companies, and the big line
lumber companies.
It should have named the Standard
Bridge company and its astute chief,
iur. " lioo urake, one oi tne cleverest
and most resourceful lobbyists known
to the legislative history of Nebraska.
It should have named our good
brother in democracy, Mr. Charles W.
Bryan.
Nor should it have allowed modesty
to restrain it from naming as one of
the contributing factors, the Lincoln
Journal and its adjunct, the Lincoln
Evening News.
It was the powerful combination
thus captained, with the assistance of
many able and determined lieutenants
that misled the busy llwer house of
the legislature, in the closing days o
the session, to stick the knife into the
progressive and reform measure that
would have enforced the square deal
in the insurance field in Nebraska.
The motive of this lobby was plain
It was actuated by that most power
ful of all incentives, self-interest
the big line elevator companies,
thanks to influence, large volume of
business and keen bargaining, are en
titled, under the present discriminat
ory system, to buy their insurance
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Tf it is Psspnt.ial to havn thp sewer- 101 ,uuul ,,ali "I,al- ",t;,r 1
The legislature passed 308 bills,
which is a sufficiency for all practical
purposes.
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The house of representative's spent
u wild day, following the formal close
of the session.
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Senator Hitchcock gave a fine talk
to the legislature. lie's just the man i
who can do that.
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While the good roads talk may help
some, a road drag is more essential
and efficient.
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There are many needs to help
Flattsmouth out this season, and the
Commercial club should get busy.
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Now they are going to investigate
the bread trust, and the defendant in
the investigation will probably be John
"Dough."
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International marriages are claim
ed to be the cause of the war. The
allegat:on, however, could be much
more general.
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If the United States should get in
to this war, it is believed that our war
ships would at leas'; be useful to haul
ccal to our allies.
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Senator Hitchock has been secured
to deliver the address to the gradua
tion class of the Flattsmouth Hig'h
age done on both Chicago and Wash
ington avenues, why do one before the
other? If the work is needed, do the
work on both at the same time and
save any dispute or trouble among the
councilmen.
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Huerta ays he don't intend to re
turn to Mexico. He is in the United
States attending to some important
private business and will return to
Spain the first of May. The old man
has a very reasonable excuse for not
returning to Mexico.
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There are a great many things that
can be done this season that will add
to the beauty of Flattsmouth. Let all
join in the procession. There is cer
tainly something ahout your home or
your place of business tnat can be done
to add tone to the place.
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It is said that Speaker Jackson is
using the steam roller on some of the
bills. If he had had his steam roller
out from the beginning of the session
perhaps it would have been better for
the taxpayers, as there are numerous
bills that should never have passed.
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The rumor that the snow banks in
the western part of the state are
rapidly disappearing is good news in
this section. Maybe after they are
gone we will enjoy fine, balmy spring
weather. Stoves are a real necessary
article here yet, and the coal supplies
I are getting very low, in view of warm
er weather.
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William R. Nelson, one of the
greatest newspaper men in the United
States, and for many years editor and
owner of the Kansas City Star, is no
more. He had been ill for several
months, and passed awiy at his home
in Kansas City Monday morning at the
age of 74 years. He leaves behind
him a fortune of several millions, and
one of the finest newspaper plants in
America.
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Last Sunday's Stat-3 Journal con
tains a picture of both Senator Mat
tes and Senator Saunders, as probable
candidates for. governor next year.
Mattes on the democratic ticket and
Saunders on the republican ticket.
Senator Mattes
make a good governor, and if he
should be nominated and elected he
the farmers' elevators, pay.
The big line lumber companies aie
enabled, thanks to the same tystem, to
buy their insura for about half
what thei" little locil c.ivpetitciM pay
Lincoln and o-ner favored com
munities are enabled to buy their in
surance at a much lower rate than is
exacted in other communities which
accounts for the keoi activity of
Brother Charles and the Lincoln Jour
nal, eager to ret-vn for their city the
oenefit of a special privilege
And the unfavoied buyer, the un
favored community, pay the fiddlar.
They pay the fair c--.z of their own
insurance, and in addition are leaded
with a part of thi co-it that should be
charged to thoso enjoying special
favors.
If there was a genuinely progressive
measure considered ny Hi.? legislature,
if there was one that would have
vorked a real and needed reform in
Nebraska, that mc.vur. was the anti
discrimination insurar.c-3 bill. It would
have put every bujc of insurance on
an equal footing with every other buy
er. It would have assured the weak
the same treatment as the s'-ong. It
would have reduced th? fire rik and
(he total fire losses. If. made for
economy as well as fj.- fairness. It
would have put the ir-.surancc business
under public contn.l and c. iiializod
rates, while at the same time" guarding
against any increan in the sum total
of insurance charge. Eventually ii
would have resulted in materially
lower rates all around.
More than one mod', .-rious measure
is defeated, in the '.ait few honrs of
a busy legislative session, in all in
nocence and good f urh so far as thv
harassed and preple'd legislators are
concerned. So it has i.een with thio
measure. The housj has been misled
by as cunning and adroit a lobby as
ever camped about a legislature. But
the reform is only delayed not de
feated. It is as -u--v to come as the
people of Nebrask-i vxa sure to stand
for the square deal ror equal rights
to all and special privileges to no one
once they undci'-strm l the issue.
World-Herald.
What has become of the old-fashion
ed suffragette in England? Evidently
war has some comforts.
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Who says education doesn't
educate? A graduate of a university
almost always "knows it all."
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Headline says: "Colonel Roosevelt
Shares Day With Violets," and the
contrast must have been awful.
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The legislators were doing busi
ness at the old stand Sunday, in order!
to get through Monday and go home.
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Several building lots have changed
ownership in the past week, which in-
at
dicates the erection of several more
new residences this season.
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King George is willing to quit
strong drink if it seems desirable,
which it does, but it is mere import
ant that those who have the teal work
on hand should get on the wagon.
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the popular demr.nd by reducing the An exchange says, the ladies can be
price of bread again to 5 cents per in style this season if they wear
loaf, the loaves being quite two ounces nothing but a bathing suit. That's
smaller.
more than some of them wore last
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that the
Although it is claimed
salaries of public oflkials are pitiably.
lew, yet moat of them would be willing
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;son.
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Marry of tho members of the pres
ent legislature want, to lake a long,
io accent even a longer term of re- lingering look at the sats they oc-
clection. possibly, even if their salaries curded, for they will never occupy
were reduced.
them again.
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It is reported that a dozen appiica-
t'ens have been filed with MayoT
Kichey fcr the appointment of chief
Ko doubt Governor Morehcad will
feel great relief when the legislature
adjourns. It has been a strenuous
of police. The mayor cannot be too thiee months for him, but he has
careful in his selection, as it isn't proved equal to the emergency.
every man who can nli tne position :o;
successfully. Emmeline Fankhurst refuses to join
'n: . lane Addams and other peace-loving
FIFTY YEARS AT APPOMATTOX, women in a session at The Hague.
Emmeline, it will be- recalled, has
something of a reputation for milit
a ncy.
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The fiftieth anniversary April 1) of
the surrender of Lee at- Appomattox
was not observed mqch by public cele
brations. It is -one of the great his
torical events o? 'American life. Yet
few northern men care to "rub in''
these memories. They can only have
sympathy for their tragic desolation
of the south. To the older people the totaily when 'lt coes to womcn smok
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memories of that portentous day will ,Ub UIt-in
never grow dim. The gulf between
the two sections seemed as high as
heaven and as deep as hell, ghastly
with skeletons, ruined homes and for- Panama exposition to the mooted sub
unes. Yet time heals all wounds. itct of making good with Colombia for
Th nro srars visihlp. hnt flowers certain aiiegea injustices cione io ner
have grown over the graves and the in our acquiring the Panama canal
mins. Perfect harmony can never be zo"e riffhts. Still the matter will have
expected between wildly separated to be adjusted one way or another
sections of any large country. The sooner or later, and the public discus-
fact that differences exist does not Uion of il mi-ht -"ust as wel1 Proceed
prove that the relations are not cor
One in twenty women in Chicago
borne cigarettes. There is where a
welfare board is badly needed, as the
cigarette nuisance should be abolished
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Vice President Marshall is being
criticized for addressing himself at the
If v.e were only as good as we
would have others to believe us, what
a giand old world this would be.
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Jitney service is also proposed in
Xew York, which still has horse cars
in spots, although possessed of all
other forms of transportation, includ
ing the well known high rollers who
don't know where they are going.
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This world is on a trot, and it is
borne trot. We have the fox trot, the
turkey trot, the dog trot, the gold trot
and the- silly trot." And everybody's
retting. If we don't trot for one thing,
we trot for another. The young man
trots along in the wake of the dainty
maid. The bald-head trots around
hunting for any kind of a skirt. The
millionaire trots in harness with his
affinity. The dude trots in the halo of
his own silliness. The miser trots af
ter his gold, and the grafter trots the
road to hell. The politician trots in
the limelight of publicity, and the
voter trots at his beck and call. The
hypocrite trots around in the cloak of
religion, and the godly man trots after
the souls of men. Death trots in the
trenches of Europe, while misery and
starvation trot over the hearthstrings
of the women and children left at
home. Everybody's on the trot, and it
is a fast and furious trot, with every
man for himself and satan take the
hindmost trotter. If you would suc
ceed in this life you must trot, for
only the trotters reach the goals of
today. It is the day of the trot, and
we are essentially a people of today.
For we trot.
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The senate adopts resolution com
mending President Wilson, but goes
has the ability to no farther.
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Many men would be glad to get up
school on the evening of May 2G. Trof. j would prove a good man at the head and see the sun rise these lovely
Brocks has been very fortunate in se- (of the state government. Like Gov- spring mornings, were it not that their
curing-such an eminent statesman for ornor Morehcad, he would be gover-' wives miglit find something1 for them
this DlirPOSe. I nrr in tVio fnllocf car cn if iAM ! A Ur kBnnl,f0f '
to do before breakfast.
oal. The east and the west have their I
sharp conflicts, almost as much as the
south and north. A nation that spreads
ever so vast an expanse as the Unit
ed States has many divergent interests
to reconcile. It can never be as J
harmonious as a small and compact
country. It gains all the power and
freedom of bigness, but pays for it
with the divei sities of ideas and points
f f view-. These diversities arc often
sharp, yet they need never te Serious
or threatening.' If it was only pos-
ible for the great mass of the people
to travel freely all over the country.
friction between sections would be re
duced to a small minimum. Most of
the differences referred to result from
a lack of personal understanding of
the people and problems of other sec
tions. The heroism of the two armie:;
that finally joined hands at Appomat
tox is the joint heritage of all the peo
ple. Their endurance and their daring
arc an expression of the idealism and
determination of American character.
Any man who hud an ancestor on that
Held has a right to rejoice in the glory
of his blood, regardless which side he
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