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The Plattsmonth Journal
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
C. W. SHERMAN, Editor.
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braska, as second-class matter.
Official County Paper.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
For IT. S. Senator T5I. J. BRYAN
For Governor SILAS A. HOLCOMB
For Lieutenant-Governor JAS. N. GAFFIN
For SecfaUryof State.... FRANCIS I. ELLICK
For Auditor of State. ... JAMES C. DAHLMAN
For State Nreasurer GEORGE A. LVIKART
For Attorney-General D. B. CAREY
For State Superlntandent W A JC5XES
ForSupt. of Buildings SIDNEY J KENT
For Representative II G LIVINGSTON
For Conty Attorney HARVEY D TRAVIS
For Countv Commissioner JP FALTER
IioL'KK Cockran has uade h is peace
with Tammany and will again be a
candidate for congress from tbe tenth
New York district.
Mr. Foltz don't want to urn for
representative, but he ought to, never
theless. The people's wishes ought to
rule in this case.
The supposition is that Senator Hi II
will be the democratic nominee for
governor of Jfew York at the ap
proaching convention. It would be a
good thing to have him beaten out of
his boots, just to take the conceit out
of him. If there ever was a complete
hypocrite in politics Dave Hill is the
man.
Tub fact that the contract for the
coal for Casa county, recently let, will
cost the county f 50 more than it would
if it had been given to the lowest bid
der, makes it quite apparent that a
different person than Mr. Dutton
should be elected county commissioner
this fall. Mr. Falter will be found to
be honest as well as competent.
The democrats of the first district,
in their congressional convention at
Tecumseh last week, tendered the
nomination to Mr. Weir, tbe mayor of
Lincoln, who is the populist nominee.
This action was a great disappointment
to Mr. Strode, who supposed he had a
walk-away, but now finds it a serious
question whether he will be elected.
Mr. Weir is a strong man, and will
make an active canvass of the district.
According to the Independent, Ne
braska City has an intelligent republi
can who gives as his reason for being
against the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1 that the present
size of the silver dollar was "large
enough." "If the government M'ould
make it sixteen times larger than it is
at the present time," says this bright
political economist, "it would be too
large, as a man that was lucky enough
to have five or six of them would have
too much of a load to carry."
Editor Polk is to be congratulated
As a populist leader he is a success.
On Saturday last he was again at the
populist county convention and bad the
Plattsmouth delegation vote to suit his
wishes, and his delegation exercised
the deciding vole in the convention.
The only thing he failed in and that
was the main reason for his taking
such an active part in the matter was
in getting the populists to put up a
candidate for county attorney against
Mr. Travis.
TnE New York democracy gave
David B. Hill the gubernatorial nomi
nation yesterday, and there is hardly
any doubt of David Bennett's triumph
ant election. Here is a smooth politi
cian. He knows that to carry New
York state this fall will make him a
formidable candidate for the presi
dency in ,9G. To carry the state under
the present adverse circumstances will
give considerable weight to his claims
and perhaps secure his nomination two
years hence. You can bank on Dave
Hill every time.
For a cool, courageous liar the Ne
braska City News man takes the cake.
In speaking of the action of the free
silver democrats in the county conven
tion the News says: "They were
clearly out-voted." According to the
report given of the convention in the
News, as well as in every other paper,
they had no chance to vote, the chair
refusing to give them an opportunity
to show their strength. Singular that
they should have tbe strength to nomi-
nate every man on the ticket over a
Mortonite, and still not have enough
votes to elect a state delegation, isn't
it ?"
feed lots. douOIB curir .
leea iuio. i...oflia owvi bear-
caoaclty or "Vi.tr-..
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AN ATTEMPTED POLITICAL FRACD.
. For the past two weeks the Nebraska
City News, wbish professes to be a
democratic organ, has been printing a
notice of which the following is acopy:
Democratic Float Convention.
The democratic electors of the counties of
Cans and Otoe are hereby requested to elect and
sand delegates from their respective counties to
meet In convention in Nebraska City on Satur
day, September 83d, at I o'clock p. m., for the
purpose of placing In nomination one float rep
resentative, eighth district, and for the transac
tion of such other business as may properly
come before tbe convention. The respective
counties will be entitled to delegates as follows,
representation being based on the vote cast for
Hon. Frank M. Crow for secretary of state in
1892. giving one delegate for each 80 votes, or
major fraction thereof :
Cass 80
Otoe 1
C. P. Li.oto, Sec'y.
It seems that up to the date named
in the above notice nobody in Cass
county paid any attention to the mat
ter taking it as a matter of course
that the call was regular and duly au
thorized, even though it was only
signed by the "sec'y." A few, how
ever, who have long memories, got to
thinking that it was not right. It was
remembered that 1. E. Ituffner, of this
city, was made chairman of that float
central committee, and C. D. Grimes
was a member and when Mr. Ituffner's
attention was called to it he denied
having authorized the call or agreed to
the basis of representation. It is ap
parent that the basis for a float con
vention should be on the vote cast for
float representative at the lastelection,
but it seems that the democrats of
Otoe "slumped" or sold out to the re
publican candidate two years ago, and
they don't want to stand by that
record in the float convention this year,
so Mr. Lloyd was induced to issue that
call in hope that the scheme would
work, and the men who conspired to
perpetrate that fraud had better own
up and ask pardon of their fellow dem
ocrats. The republicans have not
nominated John Watson this year.and
there is no apparent reason why the
Nebraska City crowd of professed dem
ocrats should sell out or give them
selves away to the enemy. The vote
for float representative two years ago
was as follows: for the democratic
nominee, Jas. M. Stone: Cass, 1331;
Otoe, 1303. On this note, which by all
rules is the correct one, Cass county
would be entitled to IS votes to 13 from
Otoe, and when the convention is ac
tually called it must be on that basis to
be satisfactory.
It is the fashion of republicans to
abuse the last congress for being slow
in its work, but they should not forget
that the 51st congress, with all its
'business methods" and .Heed rules,
was until October 1st before it got the
McKinley bill passed. Furthermore
the recent congress had an honest
house of representatives, and there was
no robbing or plundering of tbe
treasury perpetrated; every measure
going through on its merits and with
out the aid of lobby. Laws were
passed in the interest of economy', and
today there are at least 2,500 less clerks
in the departments in Washington to
be paid for out of the treasury than
there were when congress met. Rob
bing the treasury was uot rampant as
in old republican days. The record of
the 53d congress is au honest one, and
every patriotic citizen can justly be
proud of it.
PAITEK LA ItOK IN NEW ENGLAND.
The general strike of cotton opera
tives at New Bedford. Mass., appears
likely to develop into a notable labor
struggle, says the Springfield Republi
can,the foremost republican newspaper
of New England. That city is one of
the first cotton manufacturing centers
in the country, and its varied interests
have come to depend as much upon
this industry as formerly they rested
on the whale fisheries and ocean com
merce. It seems to be the purpose of
the associated cotton operatives in Fall
River and elsewhere to make this tight
their own, and contribute funds to help
the New Bedford strikers win on an
issue of such general consequence to
other workers in the same Geld. Thu3
it only remains for tbe manufacturers
to stand firm in their intention to re
duce wages to bring on a contest of
some moment. Sympathy among the
people at New Bedford is said to be
with the operatives entirely. We can
not much wonder at that. The wages
in our cotton mills are quite notoriously
low and still tending downward. The
state bureau of labor statistics in 1889
gave this classified summary of average
weekly wages paid in the cotton mills
of the state:
Receiving Males. Females.
Under 15 a week 8,898 13,004
15 but under K 3,1H6 6,204
16 but under t7 .'...2,9m 4,177
$7 but under 18 8,905 1,979
13 but under 19 1.945 488
9 but under $10. 1,741 143
flO but under tl2 1.363 52
f 12 but under CIS 7C.9 13
C15 but under M0 677 23
20 and over 275 15
That was iu 1889, since which time
wages have been cut at least 10 per
1 1 lies wra m
t:
. jr7oorip nresroerlOT
in New Bedford and Fall River, and
now another cut is to be made at New
Bedford. But the wage rates above
enumerated are not what would be
munificent.They come very close in
deed to the "pauper" rates of Europe.
More than one-halt the male employes
received less than $6. Taking both
sexes together 60 per cent received
under $8. Those do not seem to be
wage rates that can stand much cutt'ng
now after a 10 per cent reduction was
only recently made. Nor is the neces
sity of it apparent. The manufac
turers got about what they wanted out
of the tariff hill and the stocks of these
mills are among the best paying in
vestments in New England.
The friends of free coinage in the
democratic party will control the
coming state convection. That much
is settled, and by a big majority. After
the most exciting and hardest-fought
contest ever engaged in in a party
primary Mr. Bryan's friends carried
Douglas county by a most decesive
vote on Thursday, carrying almost all
the wards in Omaha by two or three
to one. It was a most notable victory.
Six months ago the authorities of
the only two democratic clubs of Om
aha refused to iuvite Mr. Bryan to
speak in that lon unless Ire would
consent to talk upon subjects which
they might dictate. Today he is at
the head of the democracy of that
town as well as of the state. It is a
victory for steadfastness to principle,
for uncompromising firmness of pur
pose, for honesty in politics, and for one
who champions the cause of the com
mon people, of which the greatest and
proudest man on earth might well be
vain. Despite all the power of a hord
of administration office-holders, the
plain, common, every-day sort of demo
crats, the men in tbe ranks, stand with
Mr. Bryan and free coinage. They
appreciate and admire honesty, candor
and the boldness and courage of truth,
and for these reasons the man Bryan
is invincible. May the right ever pre
vail :
The Louisiana sugar planters have
left the democratic and joined the re
publican party in a body. The Lord
be praised ! They have for years been
banging like barnacles on the skirts of
the democratic party, endeavoring by
that connection to secure special fa
vors for their business. During the
lato session the democratic delegation
in bath houses laid themselves at the
feet of these men in the endeavor to
secure protectiou for the planters.
The senators even threatened to vote
against the bill, with its 40 per cent,
duties and 18 and one-tenth ot a cent
differential on refined sugars, and still
this crowd of leeches are not satisfied.
It's a good thing for the democracy
that they are gone. We can get free
sugar next year sure. Louisiana
democrats can win without them. They
have gone where blood-suckers belong.
The new tariff bill is already win
ning the good opinions of the people,
and saving them big rnuney on their
fall purchases, ilerold & Son got in a
large invoice of goods this week which
they are offering 50 per cent, off from
old prices. A housewife in town who
looks after details iu the purchase of
clothing for her children, bought three
suits of clothes for her boys this week
for less money than one suit was priced
for a year ago. F. S. White was show
ing us a piece of dress gooos, the price
of which was 40 cents last year and 50
cents the year before, which he now
sells at 2-5 cents. So it goes, all
around. The Wilson bill before long
will be the most popular measure
passed within two generations. It fits
into the present hard times to perfec
tion, and will make living at least 25
percent, cheaper this winter.
Foit the second time iu recent years
the Ohio democracy has done the right
and the brave thing in its platform,
and it ought to win for its courage.
Its state convention yesterday passed
a resolution favoring the free and un
restricted coinage of silver at its pres
ent ratio of 1G to 1. Senator Brice
also got a deserved roasting for his
perfidy to democratic principles. It
was a great day for true democracy.
Ohio democrats are all right as to the
tariff, as well as on the silver question,
and sustained Mr. Cleveland, Chair
man Wilson and the house in their
advocacy of lower duties. Frank Ilurd,
the courageous free trader, was chair
man of the convention, and made a
characteristic speech. The Ohio dem
ocrats have a platform worth fighting
for.
Judge Scott, of the Douglas county
district court, has ruled that hereafter
all applicants for final citizanship
papers must come before the court to
make their application, and must show
themselves to be acquainted with the
spirit of the constitution they are
sworn to support by having read it and
become familiar with it. And their
witnesses must do likewise
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WHAT IS UkMOCBAtVI
Democracy is the rule of the people.
In Nebraska the voice of democracy
this year is in favor of forming a com
bination with all the elements of oppo
sition to republican rule. The great
majority of the party throughout the
state has already spoken in unmis
takable lauguage in frfvor of that
policy. Every man who believes in the
democratic rule of the majority within
the lines of the party as well as in
general governmental affairs is in duty
bound to staud by that decision of the
majority of his party associates and
help to accomplish the result of over
throwing dishonest and boodle govern
ment in the state. There should be no
hesitation about it no baiting be
tween two opinions. Patriotism as
well as party disciplii.e demand this
action. As J. Sterling Morton said in
1800 "the elements of opposition to
continued republican rule should get
together." No "middle of the road"
policy is justifiable. Let us clean out
the robbers' roost at the state house
and elect an honest representative of
the people Wm. J. Bryan to the
senate.
TtiEdemocratic state convention did
well to take the course it did. The
nomination of Ilolcomb and Gutlin was
the only logical result of the situation.
The arch enemy of democracy, of. the
rule of the people for the people, and
the friend of combines, trusts, pools,
monopolies, corporations, and of cor
rupt practices in politics is the repub
lican party. Every man knows this that
knows anything of public affairs in
this country. It has been under the
rule of that party that these things
have grown up and prospered and have
got their grip on the throats of the
people. The mushroon sort of pros
perity which has been forced by the
extraordinary era of railway building
and of a protective tariff policy, which
enriches a few while making paupers
of many, has promoted and fostered
and built up all these evils. Democ
racy and the democratic spirit i3 a
standing protest against the contin
uance of these systems. A minority
party in Xebiaska.the nomination of a
third ticket would have kept votes
from Ilolcomb and insured theelection
of Majors and his ticket the railway
nominees. Such was the situation and
such the responsibility that was thrust
upon the democratic conventiona re
sponsibility that lose above mere par-
tizanism and into the realms of pure
patriotism and it was accepted man
fully and courageously. Ilolcomb, Gaf-
fin and some others of the populist can
didates were regularly placed in nomi
nation, and the doom of Majors was
sealed.
A teak ago, by the aid of railwav
passes and postoffice promises, the
democrat'c state convention wa so
constituted as to pass resolutions en
dorsing the president in promoting the
single cold st.itidiird. and practically
condemning the course nf the only
democratic member of coniirKs from
this state in advocating bimetallism
all because men in its leadership were
seeking or holding government oflices
After a year of discussion, and when
the offices have all been doled out, the
democrats of the state have come to
themselves and now are found by a
large majority on tlie side of 1 he peo
ple-and against gold monometallism.
The masses have been heard from.
They don't propose to be driven bodily
out. of the dt mocratic party, but pro
pose to be heard in vindication of their
own right to rule and to honestly ex
press their sentiments in behalf of
fundamental democratic principlesand
the coinage of the constitution gold
and silver at 16 to 1. For a whole year
they have stood under the odium of
favoring a policy repugnant to their
wishes and destructive of their inter
ests. But now, thank God, they are
freed from that sticma, and in the
coming state convention will declare
to the world the true doctrine of the
democratic faith, in favor of the money
of the fathers.
Juihie IIolcomu is making an
earnest, dignified campaign. He is
not a calamity shrieker, and the charge
that the credit of the state would be
ruined by his election is 11s foolish as
it is false. Tom Majors and his gang
cauuot defeat Ilolcomb by slander and
misrepresentation. Tbe judge has a
warm place in the hearts of Nebraska
people, and no amount of -railroad
abuse can stem the flood of favor with
which Ilolcomb isevery where received.
Fapillion Times.
The pie-biters and railway creatures
to the number of about 75 sneaked out
of the democraticstate convention last
night, after it was over, and organizt d
what they called a bolt, and nominated
a ticket, which its members will not
vote for. Tobe Castor and the cuckoo,
George Marvin, were leading spirits in
it, and eight counties participated. It
was a rump affair.
Tobacco, Opium or "tv nr d rcthT T;y niail. I
Miser, tWZXSio cure or A J.
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There's one good way
land of the living buy your
Furniture, Stoves and
House
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HIS PRICES will not admit of Competition
they're so downright low. Give him a call.
PEARLMAN, The House . Furnisher.
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE, PLATTSMOUTH.
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THE EVER-RELIABLE
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Is distinctively the place where the Farmer's Dollar Goes the
Farthest. We lead, as ever, in
Buggies and Carriages
This year's line is larger than ever and the prices
cannot fail but suit.
As to Implements,
Our two large store-rooms are brim-full of the BEST and
MOST PERFECTED to be found in the Implement
market.
SPEAKING OF rT r-. We Manufacture
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For the Money, and are the only firm using "Old Fashioned Oak
Tanned Leather" in Cass County. Consult your own interests and
Deal with an Establishment which conducts Business on the Plan of
Giving Real Worth in Return for the Buyer's Money.
FRED GORDER & SON,
30?-:i0,. Main Street.
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Right Arm Paralyzed!
Saved from St. Vitus Dance.
"Our daughter, Blanche, now fif
teen years of age, had been terribly
afflicted with nervousness, and had
lost th6 entire use of her right arm.
We feared St. Vitus dance, and tried
the best physicians, with no benefit.
She has taken three bottles of Dr.
Miles' Nervine and has trained 31
pounds. Her nervousness and symp
toms of St. Vitus dance are entirely
pone, she attends school regularly,
and has recovered complete use of
her arm, her appetite is splendid."
MRS. Ii. R. BULLOCK, Brighton. N. Y.
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Cures.
Dr. Miles' Nervine is sold on a positive
guarantee that tbe first bottle will benefit.
AU druggists sell it at fl.tt bottles for $5. or
it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price
by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, lnd.
Sold by all druggists.
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This Mill has been rebuilt, and furnished with
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in the world. Their
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merely compares the old pull
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will exclaim: "Ought to have
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Itcan't be twisted offthecase.
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Filled and othercases stamped
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Send for a watch cast opener (free).
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