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MONDAY, JUNK 19, 1916.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLT JOUBNAC
Cbe plattsmouth journal
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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY 'AT PLATTSMOUTU, NEBRASKA.
Entered at Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Neb., as second-class mail matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION PKICEt l-50
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
I think we should treat our
I-minds as innocent children
-I- whose guardians we are be J
V careful what objects and what J
subjects we thrust on their at-2-
tention. Henry D. Thoreau.
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And still it is a little cool.
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But corn seems to be doing well.
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The
biated.
biggest
Flag day ever ccle-
:o:
Lock your advice in your heart and
keep your friends.
:o:
The supply of common sense seldom
exceeds the demand.
:o:
Because there is" so much to talk
about we are all xipt to talk too much.
:o:
- Some people dress so delicately that
they appear to be right in the swim.
:o:
May Old Glory remain the emblem
of America's liberty forever, and then
some.
:o:
Some men never make mistakes
pimply because they never do any
thing. :o:
If yoiimind your own business the
chances are your neighbors would do
the same.
:o:
Mother's most i persistent critic
usually is some old hen who never
was a mother.
:o:
It is difficult to take last year's
straw hat and try to make it look
like anything.
:o:
A real optimist is the man who has
both feet cut off and is glad because
he hasn't any corns on his toes.
:o:
So far no announcement has been
made of the congratulatory telegram
sent by one William Barnes of New
York to Mr. Hughes.
:o:
Twas a case of hands across the
continent when club women assem
bled in New York elected a Los An
geles woman president.
:o:
If the average man had as much
faith in God as he has in patent medi
cine, Billy Sunday and all other such
iellows would be out of a job.
:o:
Notwithstanding these war times
and high prices of everything, the
matrimonial market remains brisk
and June brides are plentiful.
:o:
In the case of Dr. Waite is estab
lished the fact that no man is so in
human or degraded hut mere is one
woman who is willing to stand up for
him.
:o:
Any time one's memory fails as to
the more celebrated medieval heroes
one can always brush up by reading
the names of the winners at a dog
show.
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It took many years tor the late
James J. I i ill to make himself under
stood bv the general public. At first
his onward strides -in the financia
ruih were interpreted to mean that
he would follow the course of Harri
man and other railway promoters
But instead of despoiling the physica
T-.iVinortv of the roads, he built. Hil
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builded them up and kept them im
moved. He also contributed largely
M
to the higher development of the com
. initio: his roads traversed and
thereby endearing himself to thou
sands, of people. Mr. Kill was not
enly a promoter and financier, but he
was a community builder of the high
ect type.
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advance:
THE SECRET GETS OUT
Leslie M. Shaw was secretary of
the treasury under Mr. Roosevelt. He
made a very remarkable speech ' at
Indianapolis recently in which he ex
pressed grave doubt as to whether or
not the republican party could de
feat, even if it should try, or whether
it ought in fact to try, to defeat the
party now in power in view of the
notable record it has made in the last
four years. He stated frankly that
the democrats had really done in four
years more than the republicans had
done in forty years.
"If we have a small and inadequate
army and navy," said Mr. Shaw, "the
republican party is SO per cent re
sponsible for its inefficiency, for the
republican party has been in power
SO per cent of the last century. If
our coast defenses are silly, I submit
it does not lie in the mouth of the
republican party to say much about
it."
That seems to cover the political
situation fairly well from an honest
republican point of view, and the case
might very well go to the jury upon
this plain statement of facts. Upon
he facts, not the misrepresentations
of self-interested campaign subscrib
ers, the people will judge at the polls
n November. There is absolutely
t
not one honest argument that can
be made in favor of the restoration
of the republican party to power. The
evidence is conclusive of democratic
efficiency and republican failure
ess than four years of efficient
democracy against forty years of re
publican incapacity!
"Take the record all over the coun
try and compare it with the record
made by the republicans in business,
in commerce, in industry7 and the bal
ance is all in favor of the democratic
administration. Naturally, the party
in power has caused very serious dis
tress to certain interests entrenched
in power, but that was precisely what
the administration was elected to do
not to destroy any legitimate in
dustry, but to place the rich and the
poor on exactly the same footing be
fore the law, to destroy the machinery
by which the very few have grown
fat upon the very many, and to bring
about that happy time when all the
people will be placed upon the same
level.
The Wilson administration has been
a constructive administration, lhc
president was not elected to destroy,
but to save, and he has performed his
whole duty. Without his masterly
leadership, his uncompromising devo-
tion to a great cause the popular
opportunity in popular government
his party could not now appeal to the
country for its approval of the work
that has been done, and done so well
that while the rest of the world is
involved in the sorest distress the
human race has ever known, the
United States was never so prosper
ous as it is today.
With the banks fairly bulging with
money, the mills and factories run
ning overtime to fill their orders, with
labor never so well paid as it is today,
and peace within all our borders, with
labor and capital working together
hand in hand, with bread for all the
hungry and with the fields never
yielding so abundant harvests, the
voters might well ask why they
should be expected through their bal
lots to swap the man who brought
about the present happy conditions
in this country for any amateur in
statecraft or any "experienced" ad
ministrator who has only his dis-
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credited work to commend him to.
their favor.
t Day after day the reports from al
parts of the country encourage the
belief that Woodrow Wilson will be
retained in the service of his people
There is, in fact, no charge of in
competency that can be made against
Him. He cannot be charged with any
PER. YEAR
partisan treatment of the great ques
tions with which he has dealt. He
has saved the United States from
participation in the European war.
The people praise him and trust him
for his courage and patience and fair
dealing in all of our foreign relations.
Throughout the great western part of
the United States his services for
peace and humanity have increased
his increased strength. Take the re
cent primary elections in the west,
and note the president's increasing
popularity in that part of the United
States. In Milwaukee county, Wis
consin, the president received at the
late primary election very nearly as
large a vote as the combined votes
of La Follette and Phillip, republican
candidates for delegates at large to
the national convention. A careful
observer of political conditions writes:
In the Scandinavian counties, which
have always been rock-ribbed repub-
ican counties, President Wilson made
tremendous gains as a rule over the
combined Wilson-Clark vote in 1912."
In North Dakota the president
polled at the recent primary election
'a large percentage of the total vote
cast at this election than has ever
been received by any other candidate
at any of the state-wide primaries
held in the state."
Out in Minnesota, in the Duluth
district, from which Mr. Miller comes,
the president received 678 votesmore
than the three republican candidates
combined. Mr. Miller will be remem
bered as one of the severest critics of
the president and his work, and even
he, according to recent reports, has
reached the conclusion that Mr. Wil
son has gained by leaps and bounds
every day. '
In Montana Mr. Wilson is exceed
ingly strong, and it is generally be-
ieved that he will carry the state,
even if Roosevelt is nominated; and
so the story grows every day. There
is not an argument that can be made
seriously against his retention in au
thority and the more the people
think, the less they will be disposed
to take the chance with any of the
candidates who have been nominated
by the opposition to succeed this
strong and self-reliant man who ac
complished in the space of three,, years
what the republican administration
could not do in -forty.
J. C. HEMPHILL.
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The "rube" in Plattsmouth is one
who does not know the number of all
the trains on the Burlington.
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When the world finally learns that
America is indivisible, then the world
will learn how truly great and pro
foundly great and powerful America
is. Woodrow Wilson.
:o:
A smile, a cheering word and a
helping hand costs the giver nothing
and brings riches of the most endur
ing kind alike to the giver and the
one on whom bestowed.
:o:
If you are feeling a little superla
tive, call your girl "dearest" if you
like, but you will find her still dearer
when you take the job of buying her
hats away from the old man.
:o:
It seems that words of more than
two syllables are not common in the
monkey language. When a monkey
talks- all the other monkeys within
hearing understands what he says.
:o:
This is the season when the wise
county seat girl puts off her summer
trip until August, when there will
be no normal institute girls in town
to keep her beau from getting lone
some during her absence.
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The Journal is pleased to note the
interest Mr. Bryan is taking in the
St. Louis convention, notwithstanding
he is not' delegate. He is enthusi
astic in the convention's procedure,
and says Wilson will surely be re
elected.
Arthur Mullen, who was elected a
member of the national committee of
the democratic party from Nebraska
at the recent primaries, made a rec
ord this week at St. Louis. His elec
tion was no mistake, as he has al
ready been looked up to for advice
among his fellow committeemen, and
his name prominently mentioned as
the future chairman of the committee.
It's Wilson and Marshall again.-
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The greatest convention ever held.
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Favorite sons stood no show at St.
Louis.
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Keep that lawn mower in tune ' all
the time.
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Maybe Hughes would, have re
signed, anyway.
' :o:
We may have some real warm
weather by the first of August.
America asks nothing for herself
but what she has a right to ask for
humanity itself. Woodrow Wilson.
The razor is an old invention, prov
ing that the fight against whiskers
is one of the earliest evidences of
civilization.
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Under the safe and tried rule that
nothing succeeds Kke success, Wood-
row Wilson will make way with it in
November.
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Dentists assert that one's gold tooth
is not necessary a mark of beauty.
Why rob some of us homely people of
our consolation?
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Does anyone know for sure whether
Mr. Barnes of New York has thawed
out sufficiently to smile since the Chi
cago convention?
Once again we withdraw to watch
the test of whether a man with a
middle name can be elected president
of the United States.
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The committees are organizing and
getting ready for work with a vim
that is bound to make "Home Com
ing" week a great success.
:o:
Some men hate all bosses except
theones who double wages and com
mand employes to take a week off
and fish or lose their jobs.
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Great Britain plans to 'turn the
clock ahead in order to save daylight.
But a European night with its bad
dreams is too long, anyway. ' -
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In a convention demonstration there
always is considerable doubt whether
the delegates are cheering or the
candidate they hopeo elect or the
jobs they expect to get.
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THE BULL MOOSERS
It would be possible to feel for
the bull moosers as they see their
house tumbling about their heads, if
they had only not built their house
upon sand. Four years ago they met
in response to a call for social justice.
It is true Mr. Roosevelt's ambition to
again be president had much to do
with the meeting. But there was
more than that, much more, in the
coming together. Nobody will deny
that the protest then uttered 'against
machine domination of politics, and
against many of the abuses of our
political and industrial life has pow
erfully affected the programs of the
republican and the democratic parties.
Every platform adopted this year will
have unmistakable earmarks of bull
moose influence. But where was the
social reform program as the bull
moosers were called together this
year? Mr. Roosevelt had seen an
opportunity for himself in the war
situation, and challenged the presi
dent because this country had not
gone to war, or was not getting ready
to go to war, he attempted to focus
the opposition to Wilson upon him
self, and the bull mooseA allowed
themselves to be led. The bull
moosers were just as far wrong this
year as they were right four years
ago, and they will disappear from
American politics because they al
lowed a one-man leadership to take
them into the ditch. It must have
come home to" Victor Murdock, and
William Allen White, and Hiram
Johnson as they read the telegram
from their leader proposing Henry
Cabot Lodge as the man upon whom
all could unite. The lesson of it all
is that no man is bigger than the
cause, and the moment any aggrega
tion of men forsake the cause for the
man, they are headed for ruin. Never
in our history has a new movement
begun in earnest and for a great
cause broken so completely.
AVAR APPROACHING OLWAX
June is only nine days old, and it
has already witnessed five military
events, either one of which would
have been sufficient to decide nine out
of ten former wars. These are, in the
order of relative importance:
1 The capture of Fort Vaux.
2 The sea fight off Jutland.
3 The Russian offensive in south
eastern Galicia.
4 The Austrian offensive against
Venetia.
5 The Turkish offensive, under
Mackensen, in the Caucasus region
and JTurkish Armenia.
In four of these huge operations
Germany, Austrian and Turkey have
been victorious. In the other one,
Russia has been victorious.
It will be noticed that severe fight
ing has occurred simultaneously, on
the sea and on all the fronts, with
the exception of the German-Russian
contact on the Riga lines. And it is
no secret that Von Hindenburg is
ready to launch a most powerful as
sault upon that line, with Petrograd
as the final objective. '
Practically, the full strength of all
the combatants has been flung into
the enormous battles now in prog
ress, and if neither side decisively
defeats the other in this campaign,
the most inveterate optimists must
admit that no decision is possible.
Wrhat we are witnessing is the last
desperate effort of each, into which
each is putting every available ounce
of strength and striking power to
gain a decision or to accept a stale
mate. The war has reached its climax of
powe? and intensity, and when this
summer's campaign is over, neither
side can again duplicate its supreme
effort.
The conflict will either end sudden
ly with this campaign, or it will
steadily dwindle to less nnd less pro
portions from sheer lack of resources
on both sides. Because it is perfectly
evident that none of the combatants
can go on burning up wealth and de
stroying men and resources at the
rate they are now going for an in
definite period.
There always , comes an end to the
time when any people will endure
further punishment, and Europe will
reach that period at the close of this
summer's huge and fri ghtfil fight
ing, unless reasonable reckoning is all
wrong. New York American.
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It is just one rain after another.
The weeds seem to have the best of
it in some parts of the city.
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Mr. Bryan's speech at St. Louis
was a great appeal to the people, and
it makes one feel that the great com
moner is still for the people.
:o:
Even if a person has a finished
education, when he bucks up against
the old hard-headed world he soon
finds out that he has a lot yet to
learn.
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On account of the scarcity of dyes
white is likely to prevail in men's
summer clothing. We don't mind
that just so that they don't put lace
on 'em.
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Chicago got- about $1,365,000 ofj
hard-earned money out of the con
vention visitors. Now we are won
dering how much St. Louis succeeded
in fleecing from visitors that attended
the convention there.
Gum-shoe Bill" Stone was right on
the job every hour in the day or night
at St. Louis. Senator Stone is one of
the ablest men in the country, east,
west, north or south. We always
loved him for his staunch principles,
and we have known him ever since he
entered politics, many years ago.
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They are saying in some parts of
the country now that the withdrawal
of Roosevelt was planned several
weeks before the Chicago convention
and was a bargain and sale. We can
tell more about it after the close of
theSf.. Louis convention in a few
days. One thing very certain, Roose
velt is not going to carry the pro
gressive party with him into the re
publican party, headed by Hughes and
Fairbanks.
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in use for over SO years, lias bornotho signature of
rtw and lias been madeundcr his x?r-
LdS&ffa--.' sonal supervision since its infancy.
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All Counterfeits, Imitations and "tTust-as-gooil " are but
i:xicriments that triilo ivitli and endanger tlio health of
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goric, I)rop3 and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, 3Iorphino nor other ICarcotie
substance. Its a?re is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
r.nd allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
lias been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarriuea. It regulates the Stomach and liowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
TIio Children's Fauacca Tho .Dlotlicr's Friend,
GENUINE -CASTORIA ALWAYS
'Eears the
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
the ceriTAun comrany. new york city.
When it comes down to brass tacks
the young man of fiber and quality is
not very apt "to choose a cigarette
smoking girl for a wife not if he has
brains enough to grease a gimlet.
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To the republican bosses: We will
take four more years of Wilson, peace
and piosperity. Wc "let well enough
alone." We take no chances in these
perilous times. Signed: The People.
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June bride?, we note, continue to
run true to form and the old society
page formula: "Charming and sweet
the recipient of well known here
to strains of will be at home best
wishes of all."
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The public in general does not
want to get so much interested in
these national highways as to neglect
their local roads. These are the ones
in which "the towns in the counties are
directly interested.
7 .o.
It has been fully demonstrated that
more people get the benefit of the
band concerts on Main street than at
the park. The two that have been
held you couldn't tell down town that
there was a band concert in town. -
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Colonel John I. Martin of Illinois,
who was sergeant-at-arms of the St.
Louis national convention this week,
has served in that capacity in every
national convention since that which
nominated Samuel Tilden in 187G at
St. Louis, forty years ago.
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May Manton says the time is not
far off when the short skirt may be
worn without attracting attention. As
a matter of fact, that time is here
now. It is not the short skirt that
attracts attention. We don't recall a
single time when it was the skirt we
were looking at.
NATIONAL PARK SUMMER
The Yellowstone Park
1916
1 want to tell you about the wonderful scenic mountain tour you can mat e
on the $34.50 rail excursion ticket to Yellowstone Park. You can go to Cody,
the East and Scenic automobile entrance. You can return from Gardiner,
north entrance. $35.20 additional covers the cost of a two and one-fourth day
tour of Yellowstone; this includes the ninety-mile scenic automobile rido from
Cody over the "Government road through Sylvan Pass, one of the world's most,
magnificent view-points, to the Lake Hotel including hotels at the Lake ar d
the Canyon, and Park transportation to Gardiner. Or, you can buy a complete
through ticket embracing the rail fare, the Cody scenic auto journey, , Park
transportation and hotels for sojourns of from three to seven days at a total
cost of from $65.00 to $'J5.00.
Here's something more! You can make this mighty mountain tour from
Eastern Nebraska via Denver and enjoy Scenic Colorado Este? Park and Colo
n'wV-,"jrv',?'r?.?"n:
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Local News
J. C. Smith was a passenger this
morning for the metropolis, looking
after a few matters of business in
that city.
Phil Ilirzar.d family were among
the visitors in the city Saturday,
where they were called on some mat
ters of business.
Heiiy Ilerold, Jr., came down from
Omaha Saturday evening, where he
is employed in the II. R. Gering
Chemical company, and visited here
over Sunday.
Mrs. Adam Schantz was among
those going to Omaha this morning,
where she will visit for the day with
her husband, who is in that city tak
ing treatment for an affiction of the
eyes.
Thomas Murtey, the Weeping Wa
ter banker, was in Flattsmouth today,
attending to a few matters of im
portance in the county court.
Attorney C. E. Tefft of Weeping
Water is in the city today, attending
to a few matters of importance in the
county and district courts.
Fhilip A. Hild motored up from
ifis home near Murray Saturday and
spent a few hours looking after some
business affairs.
Mrs. Bina Kitzel of Alvo, who has
been here attending the Cook family
reunion, departed this afternoon for
Omaha, from where she will return
over the Rock Island for her home.
This paragraph, taken from an ex
change, has gone from coast to coast:
"After ordering the grocerym'an to
drive out a mile and a half with a
yeast cake, the members of the wo
men's club listened to papers showing
that the increased cost of living is
due to trusts, tariffs, war and the
increased gold supply."
rado Springs. Let the undersigned tell you the "Tour-ing-thc-West"possibilitesof
the Burlington and what
the Park tour via the Cody-Scenic auto gateway, U
going to mean to you.
R. W. CLEMENT, Ticket Aent
L. W.-WAKELEY, General Passenger Ageot,
1004 Farnum Street, OMAHA, Neb.