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About Plattsmouth weekly herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1882-1892 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1891)
' fx v "4. The Flatui-!i E-ril K NOTTS nH';s, t-'ut.ii'i r PUiltHtlnil fVHi I'Hl (1:,t'JT KVI-IJ aftlcMiir tr i!Kini- -,i! .ni'irh tv-1 . s i ,tll trt,iiii(l 1.1 1 ' Omc flortifr Vina mid Kiltu tHrn. Tlphuii .IK. TrHMH rod mki.v, h copy, linn year. In h Ivhmc .... . 1 M iu "i'y. ' y 'nr, nn! in a lv nee .. . ion Out) copy, six nmntlif. tu nKiiif TS Ouo pv. i !i rt-i ii" n'li. in ,nl'n ... 40 TF.KMH fit IIMM On ip .me y '.r In i'lv i,ch t 0 One copy iM-r wi'k, liy rvri'-r ... Uif Miy, ir innntp M TIIUKSDAY, OCTOHEK. 20. 1801 ' STATE TICKET. Km Aswaiitfe .T n 1 1 "( llie Nupirme Court. a. u. rim r mu. Kor Krgnl nf tlia Mum l'i It'thUV II. I' MIUM AT of liliun. C II. MARPl.Kut I uu REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. For hlnrlet .Iwfce : S. M. CHAPMAN. Km rifrK of t In- lntrlct Court : A. SALISMURT. Vut r iimiri-r : Kor Hhf rif ; C.KO. KDSON. Kor Cmiinv cifik : I'U'ANK DICKSON. Kor Cnunly .!"iU'i' : CALVIN U'USSKI.L. PorCouu:y Siipfrlnli'iiili'iil ; J. K. I.IiYDA. Kor I'ormii-r ; J. 1. MNKUII. Koi'Funi JT" ; A. C. M A Y I vS. Kor I'omml-slnii.'i' l'il-t llM'ict ; S. W. DITTTON. THu nwrvjm.icAN TLATFOHM. The ii'inl)Iii'.in in.rir (if t'tf Mute of Nrbr;iKa jivi's reui-wctl cxj.Ve ion of il-t ilfvui ion tu the iiiuri ib'M (il till" iVitiMuwi piirly ;iiul Hares lli.it tliose iriiu'iilr.-, in ex ploded by tin- ii.iliuii.il republican convention, .-hould lie tlh' ttnii point (il union between nil rcpub licuii in tin- ntate of .Nclinisk j. We riuiratuliiU' tin- peuple upon the inurvcloiiM prosperity utb-mliii" the development and rowlli n ilie utateof Neliru.skii during its twenty four year ot utatcluxid under re. jMililiciiirt liiiiiiistralMiii, and which Mil brought 1 1. to the front rank aiming the leading Htaten of the onion; and we oui fearlessly asnert that no Hlate which Iihh brn con trolled by democratic puwrr,durin nuy considerable time of the n.iiiie period, can compare with un in the economical mutiaireineiit ol public allair,iii the rapid ratio of inereane in r:opulation, wealth und general prosperity, notwithstanding the lct that there ure within the borders of the mate a number of 1iiialiidird person who took ul untiige of the general financial do lrHHiuii wliich 8we)t over the en tire country to jiave their way into temporary prominence by declaim 'J HffiiiiiHt the welfare of onr peo ple and slandering the fair name of our mate. The rains from lienven and the rich noil, vigorously culti vated by the energetic handrt ot our farmers, have produced sucli bount iful crops ami Hiieh unrivaled proH v perity that shall silence all cnlarn nty talkers and udd to the strenjjth and enthusiasm of the republican party. We coniinlu1aie President Harri son upon hia euiiueiitly wise, loyal nut! courageous ndtninistrnlioti.and declare our absolute contidence in his integrity, ability and patrio ' tisni, and pletle him our cordial support in the discharge of the duties devolving upon him us the chief magistrate of the nation. We rejoice in the restoration of dignity, vijfor and statesmanship in the conduct of our foreign affairs muler the guiding hand of Arner- ica'a favorite son, James G. Blaine. We approve ot the silver coinage act of the pn-nent administration, by which the entire product of the . silver ininen of the United States ia Nitdded to the currency of the people, Init we denounce the democratic doctrine of free and unlimited coin age of silver nfl a Iinancial policy hable to precipitate the people of every city and every state in the Union in a prolonged and disas trous depression, and delay the re vival of business enterprise and prosperity so ardently desired and now so apparently near. The free and unlimited coinage of silver would tend to the hoarding of gold and to force the use of cheap money in the payment of wages in every workshop, mill, factory, store and farm, and tend to the scaling down of the wages of the toilers and weakening the purchasing power of the dollar which would be used to purchase the products of the farmer. We are in favor of having every dollar us good as iv other dollar. We demand the maintenance of the American system of protection to American industry and labor, the policy that has been identified with every period of our national pros perity. We admire the ireuius of that heroic statesman, William MeKiit ley, Jr., whom the people of Ohio will iiinke thfir next governor as a recognition of his mai;iiiticent ser vices to the eountrj. also com mend and endorse that policy of re ciprocity by which the Central ami South American nations and the Spanish Indies are being opened up to our trade upon favorable terms ami by which nil the surplus products of our country may find a 4 market and by which all our people w hall receive in exchange therwfore a long line of products which do not produce ruinous competition .mioiig our o a il people nor d-Mroy tin- dwetopisig industries of our country. ure heariily in favor of the neial provieioim "1 the. interstate ri Pi"ti-' net, and we demand Hit nidation of all railway aiidtraus poi iatiou lino i'.i sucl; a manner as to insure lair ui d re;.roiial!e ratt h to the producers and consumers of the country. We favor such legislation as will Ipnvenl nil illegal combinations 1 and unjust exactions by a- yregated capital and corporate powers. We I insist upon the suppression of Jill ! trusts, combines and echemes de ; signed to artificially increase the price oi me uecessaiier m m . We regard the world's Columbian exposition as an unponaiu cvem in the world's history, and we are in hearty sympathy with every elfort to make it a success. We nhould make a creditable exhibit of Nebraska's products, and we favor un additional appropriation by the next legislature for this purpose, that our prosperity and greatness may be fully exemplified. We take pride in this state We recognize that its growth and power, its pros perity and good name have been the fruits of its industrial people, and we believe in such policies, state and national, as will promote justice and widen the opportunities Hinong these classes. It) their sup port in the future, as in the past, we pledge our most intelligent judg ment and most sincere endeavor. We denounce the Grand Ifdand platform of the democratic party us framed with tho deliberate purpose to misl. ad and deceive; wherein sympathy is expressed where none in felt; wherein help is proposed where none is rendered; wherein purposes are avowed which are not entertained. In support of this in dictment we point to the pretended friendship for the soldier, while nt the same time the democratic party has always proclaimed against the granting of liberal pensions; to the freesilver plank, intended to deceive the supporters of free and unlim ited coinage of silver, when it is known that many of the leaders of the party are opposed to the doc trine; to the failure to give the re lief from cxhorbitant freight rates while it was afraid to either ap prove or censure the action of its acting alien governor for vetoing the Newberry bill. We denounce the democratic paitv for its insinuations again.-.! the integrity of the supreme court of the state as an elfort to make the j'jdieial iovers subordinate to polities, parties and as disgraceful to a political o:';ani.alioii. We denounce the democratic parly for ils double dealing wit b the civil and political rights of Un people, wherein it appears to favor free and tiutraminelcd elections in the slate ot Acbrasna, but never raises its voice against the political outrages practiced against the re publican voters, while and black, throughout the democratic slates of the south. We iirrnii; n the democratic party as the enemy of labor, scheming t. break down (he defense of protec tive laws, to block the wheels of home industry, and to degrade the masses of the people- a party con trolled by aristocratic and sectional tendencies, the legacy of slavery. The republican party of Nebraska appeals to the intelligence and to the integrity of the people of this state ami from all good citi.ens we invite support. A COMPLETE VINDICATION. Shortly after the World-Herald published its villainous attack up on Judge Post, the Lincoln Journal sent a representative to I,con with instructions to ascertiun facts in the case as viewed by the repre sentative men of the village. In a four column article heshowa conclusively that it is a campaign fake of the first water. Prominent citizens of Leon, regardless o f party aflilin lions, d e uoituce the World-Herald in the bitterest term they can with pro priety command. The secretary of the Grand River Lodge A. K. A. M. N. P. Uullock writes a half column letter which he says that Judge Post's letter denying the charge is not ns strong in his own defense as the facts would justify. He pro ceeds to state, as we have before published, that a charge of seduc tion was made, but the grand jury after giving a thorough investiga tion, dismissed the ease at the plaintilT's cost and that he was never expelled from the lodge, lie cites, as an incident of the es teem in which Judge' Poet is held there, the fact that fifty copies of the World-Herald con taining the libel were sent the I,coi; Reporter, the leading democratic paper in the county, but the editor, not behoving the charge true and knowing the sentiment of the citi teus of Leon, promptly returned the papers, accompanied by a stinging rebuke to the wilful fabri cator and champion fake. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the lodge from which it isalleged Judge Post was expelled: Resolved, That we have read with sorrow and regret the malicious and grossly exaggerated charge published in the Omaha World Herald Oct. IS, ISM, against our brother, Hon. A. M. Post of Colum bus, Neb. Resolved, That said charge is in the main false, grossly exaggerated and wholly unjustifiable and being done solely for political purposes, is an outrage on decency; and we hereby extend to Brother A. M. Post and his family our sincere sympathy; and we pass these reso lutions as a "token' of our esteem and confidence in him, and as a denunciation of saitl article. Resolved, That we recognize in Brother A. M. Post a man of honor and integrity; and one who has the entire confidence, esteem and re spect of this lodge, and ot the peo ple generally, in this vicinity, und we denounce the Matement tiiat lie was expelled from this lodge a false in toto. K.-solved, That the secretary of this lodge be instructed to furnish these resolutions, under seal of the lodge, to tl.e Omaha World-Herald, where said article appeared, to the Nebri ska Slate Journal, and to the Ouiuhu liee, for publication. Statu ok low a, ) .. ! Decatuk County, i 1. N. P. Uullock, secretary of the Grand River lodge No. S, A. b. and A. M.. do hereby certify that (it a meeting of Grand River lodge No. 7S, A. and A. M., held October '&), 1S!)1, the foregoing resolutions were unanimously adopted, every mem ber present voting therefor. I further certify that the records of the lodge show that Brother A. M. Post, prior to the time that he went to Nebraska, was a member of Grand River lodge No. "J8, A. F. and A. M., in goodandregularstanding, and that on the ZUi day of January, ls7ti, he petitioned the lodge for a demit, and the same was regularly granted by a vote of the lodge. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and the seal of this lodge, at Leon, la., this 21st day of October, lS'Jl. N. p. Bullock, Secretary Grand River Lodge No. 78, A. F. and A. M. Tho Leon Reporter (dem) had the following cditoriil immediately after the publication of the sluuder in the World-Herald: "The Omaha World Herald oflast Sunday contains a three-column letter purporting to have been written from Leon, making n most villinous attack on Judge A. M. Post, a former citizen of Leon, who is n candidate for judge of the supreme court in Nebraska. Mr. Post lived in Leon for many years, and enjoyed the esteem ami respect of all our citizens. The letter i full of misrepresentations and is published solely for the purpose of inj drying Mr. Post, and if possible to prevent his election. Although politically we are op posed to Mr. Post we condemn such disreputable methods of this polit ical opponents. The Reporter does not believe in carrying on a cam paign of ditty attacks against a man's private character, and bring ing his innocent wife and children into the light. We cannot believe for a moment that the letter was written by any citizen of Leon or Decataur county." The following editorials appears in The Fact (alliance): "The malig nity of Nebraska politics has just been exhibited in a sensational article in the World-Herald, a dem ocratic paper in Omaha, in reviving an old scandal against Judge A. M. Post, formerly a resident of Lew. Mr. Post haa been a district judge in Nebraska for ten or twelve years, and i.s now the republican candidate for supreme judge. In order to en compass his defeat the World-Herald revives the old charge against i him of twenty years ago, and by skilfully working into said charges just enough of truth to give them on apperance of fairness and can dor, produces a defamatory article calculated to do Judge Post great injustice. Our oldest citizens who know the charges made and met, and the general circumstances sur rounding them, pronounce the article referred to, as grossly false and malicious, and a paper to this effect, circulated in our city yesterday, was signed by our citi zens without regard to political be lief. The contemptible meanness of the paper referred to, is shown by its sending a bundle of the issue containing the scandalous article here for distribution. These pa pers were sent to members of the party opposed to Mr. Post, who, to their credit be said, refused to handle them, and returned them to the publishers. In the article, nuiniig other falsehoods, it is as serted that Mr. Post found Leon too hot for him, and emigrated immedi ately. Our citi.ens know this to be false. He was a citizen of Leon for rive or six years after the charges were made. By appointineut of General Grant he was made consul to the Cape Verde island in 1K71, serving until 1S70; moving to Nebraska in the winter of 1S70. He was never in dicted, as the article charges, und was not expelled from the Masonic lodge. We can overlook a great deal in the heat of a politicnl cam paign when used for political pur poses, but the sending of these in famous paper into our midst ex hibits a nialicoiisness and mean ness below the ordinary depths of partisn politics. J inline Post has nothing to fear from a thorough investigation of his character ami reputation in our midst. The correspondent was unable to find more than three of the grand jurymen before whom the charge was made. Here is their testimony: I.W.Yost: "I live two and one. half miles from Leon, and have lived here since 1S00. I was a mem ber of the grand jury before whom the charge of seduction was brought against A, M. Post. There was no indictment brought against him. I know A. M. Post well, and have always thought very highly of him. I have heard the article in the World-Herald read, and know it tis a most scandalous and untruth j ful article. I recollect distinctly ; that the woman making the charge j did not claim that Mr. Post had ! promised to marry her, for I asked j her the question myself." John Kirkpatrick (a democrat): "I j have lived in Leon for thirty-Gve years. I was a member of the grand jury before whom the charge of seduction was made against A. M. Post. The charge that he was indicted id false. The evidence was heard on the woman's side and the charge was ignored. The woman swore that she was engaged at the time of the occurrence to Aaron Frazier and that Mr. Post had never promised to marry her. Mr. Post at all times after the charge had the respect and confidence of the entire community and there was nothing brought out in the investi fiation that shook the confidence of the people in him." S. A. Gates: "I have known Mr. Post ever since he was a boy. I was a member of the grand jury at the time. I know the grand jury failed to indict him. If it is the newspaper that ia doing this it is damnable. If it is a political party doing it, it is beneath contempt. People who know Post and the cir cumstances consider the story as told in the World-Herald as an out rage on decency and justice and an insult to the friends of all con cerned." dipt. W. A. Abbett, who has long been with Messrs. Precival and Hatton, Real Ivslate and Insurance Brokers, Des Moines, Iowa and is one of the best known' und most re spected business men in that city says: "I can testify to the good qualities of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Having used it in my family tor the past eight years, I can safely say it has no equal lor either colds or croup." Ml cent bot tles Tor sale by F. G. Fricke & Co., I In 1 iro-iot u Will you suffer with Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint? 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