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THURSDAY, MARCH ft, 1912
In the last presidential elec
tion the great effort of the trusts
and other favored interests was
to defeat the democratic candi
date. Progressive democrats
and we helieve the rank and file
of the democratic party may be
properly designated as progress
ive ought to see to it that their
candidate for president is not
nominated by the same interests
that have so long controlled the
republican machine.
By request of United States
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock
the first assistant postmaster
general has compiled a list of
the fifty Nebraska towns that
did the largest pott office busi
ness in the past fiscal year. O
maha heads the list, of course,
with receipts amounting to more
than a million dollars. Hebron
is at the foot of the list with re
ceipts of less than $700. Alii
ance comes 16th, with receipts
amounting to $14,670.17, coining
just under North Platte, which
has a lead over Alliance of less
than $600. Scottsbluff i.s JJOth
in the list, Chadron 83rd, Craw
ford :10th, and Sidney 4!ird.
A Washington correspondent,
writing from the stand pat view
1oint, says of the investigation
of the election of Senator Du
lont of Delaware which Senator
-lames A. lieed of Missouri has
demanded, "There is nothing in
the world that the membership
of this great body is more tired
of than this class of iiiyestiga
tions." The standpat corres
pondent to DO doubt l ight, and
there is a reason. So many of
the machine made United States
senators secured their seats in
the upper house of congress by
41 ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain" that the less light
there is thrown upon their elec
tions the better it suits them.
are enterprising, generous and
honorable. It is a pleasure to
transact business with them, as
well as to note the progress they
are making in building up a
jrreat western city as a comtntf
cial and industrial center. The
year 1911 was a record breaking
year for the city in factory out
put, wholesale business, bank
clearings, etc We hopes to see
1913 turn out to be another
record breaker for the "Market
Town" on the Hig Muddy.
As the campnlgn preceding; the re
publican and democ rn.tdc national con
ventions progresses, a few things
become evident to the thoughtful and
unprejudiced observer of current e
vents. Whether the candidacy of ex
Presldent Roosevelt was lOtS&dSd
primarily to flim-flam the candidacy
of Senator Ia Follette, that i Whl
is has already done. There was a
rabidly rising tide of sentiment in
the ranks of the republican lnirty In
favor of the nomination of the Wis
consin senator, with some prospect
that he might secure it, when the
Roosevelt Ikotii was projected, with
the result that La Follette is now
practically out of the race. Anoth
er thing that is evident is that, with
La Follette safely shelved, the spec
ial interests are not showing the
anxiety about the republican nomi
nation that they are In regard to
the democrat lc nomination. It is
also evident that their bitterest fight
is directed against Wood row Wilson.
Whether this ts because they dislike
him more than they do any other
progressive democratic candidates, or
because they believe there is more
danger of his nomination, we are un
able to ay at this tmlc.
We do not think it makes much
difference Just who is nominated' by
the democrats for president, but It
la very important that the demo
cratic nominee shall be a true blue
progressive, anrl not a man who can
be controlled by the favor seeking
trusts.
The city election held in Seattle
on Tuesday, March 6, shows an a
wakenlng on the part of voters in
thai great city. Whether their de
cisions were best or not, they stliow
used editorially la termed a "trope",
that Is, the use of a word or expres
sion In a different sense from that
which properly belongs to it. Thus
"we" used editorially Is a trope in
which It Is assumed that the senti
ments or opinions of the readers of
the publication coincide with those
of the writer, hence, In a modified
sense, when an editor says "we" he
means the readers of the paper and
himself, It being assumed that a
majority of the readers hold the
same views that the Writer does.
It Is not proper for a correspond
ent of a periodical to use the edi
torial "we". If he has occasion to
refer to himself In his writing he
should sny "I". Tin- same rule ap
plies to public speakers, unless the
discourse is such that it is clear that
he Includes his hearers with him
self. It is not proper for an editor to
use the pit; ftl pronoun In referring
to matters that concern himself per
sonally, bucIi as references to "our
family," "our wife," etc. Ordinarily
It is very poor taste for an editor
to refer to his personal affairs thru
the periodical which he edits.
NEWSPAPER AT NORTHPORT
The village of Northport has a
newspaper, The Northport Herald,
the first umber of which was issued
Friday, March 1, with C. D. Caaper,
ex-county clerk of Morrill county, in
charge as editor and manager. Mr.
Casper Is a veteran newspaper man
of the progressive democratic stamp.
Many years ago the Butler County
Press gained a state wide reputa
tion while he was editor of It. Al
though becoming somewhat advanced
in years, Mr. Casper has lost none
of his old time vigor as a progress
ive political writer and we dare say
The Northport Herald will soon take
front rank editorially among the
newspapers of western Nebraska.
There has been a strong demand
for a long time for another newspa
per in Morrill county, this demand
coming principally from Bridgeport
and Northport, located on opposite
sides of the North I'latte river.
Heretofore Northport has had m
newspaper. For the last few years
Bridgeport has had but one paper,
and that edited by one of the rank
est standpatters of the newspaper
that the people are thlnkinc for
themselves on public questions, which1 Maternity in this part of the west
is a hopeful sign. Hiram C. Gill
former mayor who had been rot-ailed
and was a candidate Tor re-election
and In favor of an "open town',
was defeated by about 1,500 major
ity. The single tax proposition was
voted upon and defeated by a large
majority. The socialist candidate
far corporation council polled 24,000
votes and was barely beaten for the
place.
Hon. S. C. Bassett of Gibbon
is a candidate for the republican
nomination for commissioner of
public lands and buildings. He
is at presents member of the
state legislature from Buffalo
county. During the session of
the legislature last year he
raised a "tempest in a teapot'
. t i .mm i a i
ttown in itunaio, uuu ami nuams
counties by refusing to be Inveig
led into the capital removal
proosition, which after all was
only a political trick that most
people outside those three coun
ties could easily see through.
Mr. Bassett homesteaded in Buf
falo county in lrt71 and still re
sides on the homestead. He ba
a record of usefulness to his
home community and county as
well as the state. He is eutitled
to the republican nomination for
the office to which he aspires,
and also to election to the ottice
unless the democrats nominate
a better man.
We are always pleased to add to
The Herald any feature that will be
of interest to a considerable number
of our readers. The First National
Hank of AUlaaee has undertaken at
considerable expense to compile da
ta con corning business, trade and
crop conditions throughout the coun
try, and will furnish the ame to us
twice a month for publication In The
Herald. The si mi-iiu nthly reports
dfifer from any uch articles pub
lished by the newspapers of this
country in thai the contents are not
haphazard guesses but carefully com
piled Information which has been
gathered from reliable sources and
may be depended upon to set forth
the exact conditions Of what it pur
ports to represent. These reborts
will be of particular interest toVbus
iness nun and stockmen. They will
be published in the first and third
i.-sues of The Herald each month
during the coming spring and sum
mK. The first of this series of ar
ticles appears iu ths i-sue.
Persons who have differed In opin
Ion with the editor of the Bridge
port paper, and especially those who
believe in and have the temerity to
advocate the principles for which
eminent statesmen of unquestionable
sincerity, such as William J. Bryan
and Robert M. La Follette have
stood, have been subjected to in
sulting innuendoes by the Bridge
port editor. Of course, persons of
progressive sentiments, both demo
crats and republicans, have become
tired of such treatment and have de
sired a county paper that would do
tin in justice. Even those who have
not been the direct objects of the
reactionary editor's slurs have been
disgusted with them and wished
some relief from the same.
Taking into consideration the prin
ciples represented by the two editors
of Northport and Bridgeport, we
consider it fortunate for the pro
gressive i Btfcneni of Morrill county.
republic; i , as well as democrats,
that C. 1 . Casper's trenchant pen
now has a portunity to do editorial
work i:i behalf of the people of
that cc: i y, who have grown tired
of editorial endorsement of things
grossly unjust and reactionary, and
the condemnation of progressive prin
ciples and those who stand for them.
Mr. Casper may be depended upon
to sincerely advocate the rights of
the common people, as opposed to
the special Interests which have so
long dominated In machine politics
in this country.
THAT STRAW VOTE
The straw vote taken by The Her
ald and reported last week was so
one sided In favor of Champ Clark
that it seems to have discouraged
others from voting. There was not
OnOHSI 04 a ooataat abuit w to keep
p the interest. It is uot necessary
to publish the vote this week as it
would be practically the same as
last week.
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It is a pleasure to again call
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THE EDITORIAL " WE"
No doubt many readers of this pa
per have wondered, a many others
have done, why an editor in refar
ring to himself uses the plural per
sonal pronoun we" instead of the
pronoun in its singular form. "1", We
that Is. the editor, who ib one per
OS) have often thought of giving
our readers an explanation, and tuk.
occasion now to do so.
According to the usage of recog
nized authorities on the Knglish lan-
like and cannot stand for, but .
from a t ouituerejaJ viewpoint it
is a good city to tie to. Tin-
is acting as editor; but the use of
the word "vw bj A public speaker
:ti referring n himself is i,t toaaid
leading business men of that city 11 Bood form in rhetoric -we'
GRADE DAMAGE SUIT
Jury Allows Sarpy County Man Eight
Hundred Dollars Damages.
Several important cases were dis
posed in district court just closed at
Papillion, one of which among the
civil aitlons that attracted special at
tention was the case of Winkler
against Harpy county for $800 dam
age to his residence property by rea
son of the grading Of the county road
In front of his property. Winkler had
tuilt his residence in a low place,
twehe feet from the county road,
about two feet below the grade al
leady made by the county. When the
county raised this grade four feet ad
ditional It made his pioperty appear
much lower and the grade shut out
his view The jury allowed Winkler
ItOQ damages.
The county has done a great deal
of grading lately from the inheritance
i tax received and the question the peo
j p'e are asking now is. will the county
now be liable to property owners along
auch graded roads for damages for the
I nits and fills adjacent to their farms?
La Follette Will Tour Nebraska.
Senator I. a Follette m v'niitnula
announced that If would campaign
Nebraska Oreon and Washington In
April, previous to the preside oral
preference primaries in thos states
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