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The News-Herald PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. Entrrftl t the ittcffic it I'latf-mouth. Cum Ccuntjr, Ndiraska. u it-ond-clait mail nmtu r. OFFICIAL PArT.K OF CAS9 COt'STY A. L. TIDn... Editor. R. O. WATTERS Manager ! RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Om Tew Id Advanc $1.50 la Mratha 75 TELEPHONES riattsmouth No. 85 Nebraska No. 85 CITIZENS' AND REPUBLICAN TICKET. For Mayor DR. E. D. CUMMINS. For Trcasurer- C. G. FRICKE. For Clerk - E. J. R1CIIEY. For Police Judge- M. ARCHER. For School Board- DR. C. A. MARSHALL. II. N. DOVEY. FOR (.Ol'NCII.MEN. First Ward- GEO. E. DOVEY. J. I'. FALTER. Second Ward- FRED RAMGE. Third Ward- L. G. LARSON. Fjurth Ward- C. M. PARKER. Fifth Ward- AUGUST GORDER. Municipal Corruption. During the early years of this century two men living in a great city of the southwest epitomized so entirely much of the good and most of the bad in our municipal life that the story of. these men, in so far as the story illustrates the parable of politics in the great j cities of the land, should be set down here. One man was rich. He had a family. His father was a personage in the state and in the nation forty years ago. The other man came up from the people. He was no one in particular. The rich man kept out of politics; he was in business and society. He was a pillar of society. The poor man went into politics, perhaps with the idea that some day he might become a pillar of society. He went to the common coun cil for the glory of it. To go he went and asked the city boss to send him. A city boss always helps men who are in politics for the honor it brings. And after the poor man had been in the council for a time, he found-did this common councilman- that to get results, to get favors for his ward, he would have to tie up with the "combine." And the boss cinched up the girth of his control on the common councilman two holes when the common council- man joined the gang. Then when the j boss fixed it so that a little money might be distributed among the faithful. the common councilman accepted the common practice and took his share. And the other man, the pillar of society, the rich man, knew it. Also he knew that much money wfts distributed among the counclmenby the boss and his , great cities, cheering the flag, robbing i expressed in the greed rf politician.! friends. For put of the money came ; our neighbors, and selling our votes to whether it is for his supporters, or' Irvm funds which the rich man was ; mammon in the ballot box, in the com- j bribes for his vote; and the common, guarding He knew how franchises mon council and in the directorates ofidis expressed by the capitalist, were bought, for his clients and friends ; public service corporations. Whatever ! whether in his desire to build a tcoal were in the market. j prog .i-ss our American cities hav cellar under his sidewalk or to steal a But .t came to pass when things ma le, has be, made in giving our as- su,lVay. That is the problem of munie-1 reached their worst, t at the pillar of pinions a practical turn, through the j,,,,, government in America, whether1 aonety grew disgusted with the miser- conquest of the common ignorance, and New York. San Frxu uoo.New Orleans, able business. And when the member the common greed of the multitude. Cleveland, Chicago. Ca veston or Port of the common council heard a great For the rich were as ignorant of duty i ,rtnd, whether i:, the carge cities or in orator tell of deed, upon the l,attl,fieW to the city a, the poor, and the poor !, he country towns-it is o,e problem, of Gettysburg the councilman ne were as greedy i their relafo,, to the the task of clearing awaN ignorance while the band played tne Star-Spang-; commo;, city government as the rich. ! and fettering greed. - William Au.kv led Banner and saal as his eyes filled Thc , u vt ewviy , and his voice choked: "Oh, if 1 could . aspired to hi.) the people reform their : only die f ,r ' my country." And city; but he was not willing to reform "B .Mster" envelr.es ttrJ th hte-t- ' then the crash came. .Arrests for bnb-, himself. The member of the c,mmon i Irwins. i The Bchool board is one of the im- i portant departments of the local gov-1 cinment. Dr. C. A. Marshall and II. ! N. Dovey have been tested on the; school board and their services have demonstrated that they are the right men in the right places. Vote for them and maintain the present high ! standard of the schools of this city. 1 Keep the school. out of politics. j Why did the Journal shed so many j tears for the rank and file of the re-1 publican party? It was self-evideat I it was getting; pay for 6 issues where 2 was sufficient. The Journal liked the pay for the 4 extra issues. It was your money that was leaking out of the city treasury that made the Journal weep for the rank and file of the republican party. In its whole history the Journal never before loved the rank and file of the republican party. It certainly has never loved any candidates ever nom inated by the republican party in the years gone by, for it has always con demned them. Evkuyhody knows Emmons J.Richey and he always treats you right. He is honest, pays his debts, attends to busi ness, and does it right. He keeps his own books straight, and would keep the city's records straight. You can al ways depend on hi j word. He is not narrow minded. He is broad minded, liberal, generous, and would give all a square deal. He is capable, and busi nesslike in all he does. He will not tell this person one thing and deny it to the next person he meets. He be lieves in an equal opportunity for all and stands for a square deal for every body. Vote for Emmons J. Richey for city clerk. ing and accepting bribes were made. 1 Whereupon the prosecuting attorney began to get anonymous letters, fault- lessly typed, telling him what witnesses to summon, what questions to ask them, and in general how to get at the ! truth. Every day came these letters, j and thieves in this city, big and little, were in consternation at the acumen of the district attorney. The district at torney never fathomed the mystery of his anonymous friend's identity. But he found that the information was in variably accurate. So the district at torney followed the blind lead and got results. He knew that some one was aspiring beyond nis courage, that some one saw the fin of bribery, that some man, apparently an educated man, ob- viously a man high in financial and so j cial.councils, was holding out a life line j to the people. And then one day the man who had wept for a chance to die ; for his country fled from his country to , a foroiirn lnnil in four nf a urion oml r " " ,,.,.,,..... the pillar of society died by his own ......v., v, juiiuj widws and orphans. And the day the rich man died the anonymous letters stopped. And that was America in the three decades that followed the civil war: as-1 piration, ignorance and greed. Aspira-' jtion which never saw that heroism means personal sacrifice; ignorance of the great truth that the sin of one brings suffering to all. and greed - com - mon raw greed for wealth and power and position. And there we were in the seventies, eighties and nineties in our DR. CUMMINS MAKES AN AN NOUNCEMENT OF HIS INTEN TIONS IP ELECTED. As a candidate for Mayor, I wish every voter to know ju.,t where I stand on all important questions. First: If elected it shall be my earnest endeavor to give the city a clean, conservative, economical and business administration, assuming that I will have the support of the city council to aid me. Second: I have no special interest other than a citizen in any contract or franchise that may come before the city council and will use my greatest efforts to protect the taxpayers against the lavish expenditures of the city funds, and will insist on economy first, last and all the time. ( Third: I believe in conservatism and NOT radicalism; in equal right9 to everybody and special privileges to NONE. Fourth: I shall insist on equal dis tribution of strett work in all parts of the city. Fifth: I will use my best efforts to bring the street lighting controversy to definite action and secure the best con tract possible for everybody at the earlist possible date. Sixth: 1 have not and will not make any promises of appointments until elected. Seventh: When a license is granted to u man to operate a saloon, I will protect his interests the same as any other business man as long as he com plies with the law. I shall insist on closing the saloons at eleven o'clock every night and all day Sundays just as specified by law and as has bean the custom for several years. ' E. D. Cummins. SIX REPUBLICANS SIX DEMOCRATS council, a poor man, was willing to help ', the people upon the battlefield but was ( unwilling to restrain his own greed; i each was dumb when his conscience ; called upon him to repent of his own shortcomings. And greed killed them both, and so "the dead steered by the; dumb went upward with the flood."! And a third of a century passed while j we sighed at the iniquity of ourinuniei- i pal governments and went on plunder- j ing one another. j Things began to grow better when in j each city a group of men appeared, j sufficiently large and sufficiently wise, . who were willing to put into the vari- i ous campaigns something that was ! evidently not self-seeking; and by their ' example the mass of the voters put something besides self-seeking in the ballot box. And in just such a per ! ct.nt, as the people put in self-sacrifice have they taken out good government. For the igorance and greed which cor-' . 1 i ; r uut uur irme s are umuiex ami uiversi- i r ' , fied. There is the igorance of illiteracy me smallest oi me evils; there is me ignorance of misunderstanding of the ; weight and import of issues and of the major faults and virtues of mfn a j secondary evil, easily eradicated; and there is the big primal evil of ignorance as it exists in party bias, class concious- j ness and caste feeling. And as for the common greed, it is expressed in the j greed of the voter for personal profit or , personal power, whether that power cr j profU be manifest in the nod of the j ; precinct policeman or th franchise for : ! a liirhtini? t.1nt ik. mmmnn ; v.-. JOURNALISM. f "Every owner, editor, or re- jj porter of a c-oi-.eiei:;iou!y and C ably conducted n .wsjiajnr or t periodical is an asset of rral value I to the whole community. It would oe difficult to overestimate I the amount of good w hich can be uone uy tne men responsible for such a publication- responsible for its editorial columns, respon sible for its news columns, re sponsible for its general policy. i We have many newspapers and i periodicals big and little, of this j. kind. But we also have many t that are not of this kind."- f Theodore Roosevelt. You ask "What is the matter with Plattsmouth?" Wonder if it is the) leakage in the city treasury? What do you think about it? Are you so ever-! lastingly partisan that you can't be j square with yourself. Six democrats and six republicans certainly is squi re on partisan grounds. It is fair for re publicans and it is fair for democrats. ! Can you deny that fact? Why should any democrat ask for more? The Jour nal wants more because it has been at tached to the hopper containing your i hard earned taxes, charging for (i ; issues where 2 would be sufficient. j He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will . find a flaw when he may have forgot , ten its cause. Thkre is a fellowship among the virtues, by which one great, generous inpulse stimulates another. T3 ".j; ELECT THE CITIZENS' $ TICKET. Do you want to make Platts- j. mouth a city of enterprise? j THEN VOTE THE CITIZENS' - TICKET. ? . Do you want to see a number f .J. '! a of small factories located in this e city? THEN VOTE THE CITI- t X ZENS' TICKET. f T f 4- Do you want to see the inter- T & urban railway built from this T. city through the county? THEN T VOTE THE CITIZENS' TICK- T SET- . j- Do you want to see the best T city government this city ever f ! had? THEN VOTE THE CITI- f y. Do you want to boost for Riatts mouth? THEN VOTE THE X CITIZENS' TICKET. X Do you want a clean business ; !. t n.. v i administration for this city? .. . THEJJ V0TE THF CITIFNS. TICKET. Do you want lower taxes, Let- !j! ter business, mnrp wnrlr nnrl n X y better opportunity for all? THEN J VOTE THE CITIZENS' TICK- ET. i v,J--MK',5-'J-'5iHJHSiM:";W:v Partisan politics always cause some thing to be wrong in every city where the practice is long continued. Parti san politics made something wrong in New York City, it made something wrong in Philadelphia, it made some thing wrong in San Francisco, and it makes something wrong in Platts mouth. Elect a non-partisan ticket. It will be the best for the taxpayers. It will be the best for the progress of the city. It will stop the leakage in the city treasury to pay political-debts. It will stop wrangling on partisan grounds. It is good business feiiH Vote for the Citizens' ticket. Home is the centre of our airectior.p, I around whi.'h our heart's best wishes t .vine. There-is a constant change going on i in morals the result of suc:esfuli crimes. f7 L mm . Royal Baking Powder has not its counterpart at home or abroad. Its qualities, which make the food nutritious and healthful, are peculiar to itself and are not constituent in other leavening agents. Dr. E. 1). Cummins is recognized as a conservative, broad mirA-d, capable, an 1 diligent busines-i man. lie is rot a ralicalist, but believes in properly guarding the interests of the taxpay ers. He believes in builJirg up the city and not in wasting the city's m ney. Those who have served with him in official positions all s;;y that he is always careful and cautious, and a man of good business judgment. He is diligent and at'.er.tive to all business matters. He is a man of high ttard ing. He would give the vhok people a uslin Underwear! 1 f ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t ? ? ? ? ? ? f ? ? ? ? ? ? We are showing a fine line of med ium priced Underwear. fii Pf V Balking Jlbsolutely Pare The Only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar made from Grapes- sq :are deal, and every r ght and inter est of the citizens and taxpayers would be properly protected. Vote for Dr. ' Cummins for mavor. By common consent Judge M. Archer will succeed himself as police judge. This is a fine tribute and Jud,je Archer fully appreciates it. Thare is nothing so irksum az the luv of those whom we kan neither respect nor esteem. -Josh Billings. "Booster" envelopes at Irwins. ... V f T T ? ? CORSET COVERS Made of fine muslin, double stitched, taped seams, trimmed with Val Lace and wide In sertions, each 25c Same as above trimmed with 6 rows of Insertion run ning up and down 35c Better grades at each. . 40c, 50c, 65c and 75c. DRAWERS Made of fine grade of mus lin, double filled seams, hem stitched ruffle or rows of tucking 25c. Same trimmed with Lace and Insertion or Embroidery Rt 40c and 50c COWNS Made of fine muslin, felled seams, trimmed with rows of tucking and insertion on yoke, hemstitched sleeve and neck ,60c Same trimmed with very fine grade of lace and inser tion or embroidery and inser tion at 75c and $1.00. SKIRTS Made of fine mus lin, trimmed with 0 in. flounce, 3 in. lace, 5 rows of tuck ing on ruflle, inch dust ruflle under fl mnce 50. Some trimmed with very fine lace and embroiderv at 75c, 1.00,1.25,1.50. URL. w t ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? t ? ? ? ? ? T f ? t ? T t t t ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? T ? ? Y ? - v y y