The News-Herald
PLATTSMOUTH, NIMRA8KA.
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Plmttsinouth No. 85 Nebraska No. 85
The Citizens' ticket did not win, but
had every man on the ticket been
elected not one would have gotten bo
drunk that it would be necessary to
load him in a huck and take him home,
clerk the News-Herald would get the
city printing, and another messenger
suggested that John P. Saltier was
about to remove the present city attor
ney and apMint me to that office. The
readers of the News-Herald can ap
preciate how badly I wanted the city
printing or the appointment as city
attorney from reading the past few
issues of this paper. I may say further
I have never deserted my wife. I stood
for decency, and I shall continue to
stand for decency, the Journal to the
contrary notwithstanding. A. L. Tidd.
ment had arranged a system of pen-J says: "Without the slightest exaggera-j ore is placed upon the free list, which ! rights of one may run counter to the
sions or retiring allowances for public ! tion we may assert that, with very I will promote the steel industry on the I individual rights of another, then both
servants who have outlived their use- few exceptions, the city governments I seaboard somewhat at the expense of j must make the necessary compromises,
fulness, the process of putting tfli-' of the United States are the worst in j the vast development of steel manu-jThisis what is known as the social
ciency into every detail of the public jchristendom-the most expensive, thejfacture beyond the Alleghar.ies. The ' compact,
business would not involve so many most inefficient, and the most corrupt. " j duties on iron and steel manufactures! "
disagreeable incidents, -view
of Reviews.
From the Re-
Gov. A. C. Siiallenberger will re
ceive the almost universal commenda
tion of the State outside of Omaha and
South Omaha for his official act in sign
ing S. F. No. 283, by Wiltse of Cedar
county.
Independent of the city govern
ment, the, business interests should
take up the matter of pushing this city
forward. Hundreds and thousands of
dollars of your money paid as taxes
may go to pay political debts, as has
been done in the past. Leakages in
the city treasury may bo expected to
continue until the business men of this
city cease to fear and tremble when it
comes to the matter of standing up for
decency and good government. We can
say to every business man and good
citizen that the editor of this paper has
taken his position in favor of decency
and honestly and has no fear. We be
lieve in an honest push for Plattsmouth
Are you in favor of an honest push?
The Journal would like to make its
readers believe that I was running for
office in the city election or seeking an
appointment. Before any tickets were
put into the field or any conventions
were called messengers came or were
sent to me with the suggestion that if
Dr. W. B. Elster should be elected city
THE NEW STANDARD IN FED
ERAL OFFICE.
In Mr. Roosevelt's period, a remark
jbly large number ot men of high char
acter and exceptional attainments have
been brought into subordinate public
positions. Naturally some of these,
particularly those holding the rank of
assistant secretaries, will have made
place for new men. But the standard
of efficiency and and zeal that has been
fixed will undoubtedly be maintained,
and the remarkable development of the
scientific services of the government,
under scholars and experts, will find in
Mr. Taft the same support and en
couragement that it has had in Mr.
Roosevelt. The Agricultural Depart
ment, for example, is full of brilliant
scientific experts who have made the
work of that department the wonder
and the envy of the whole world. A
similar evolution has been brought
about in other departments and branches
of government work; and, for the most
part, the efficient scientific personnel
of these public services will not be
changed with the incoming of a new
president. The President and the cabi
net chiefs alike must depend for the
most part upon the experienced and
brilliant workers in subordinate places
for the results that will reflect lasting
credit upon the new men at the top. In
some bureaus and branches of the gov
ernment service, the process of moder
nization is as yet far from complete,
and thus Mr. Ballinger and others will
be under the painful necessity of trying
to introduce new men and new ways
where old men and old ways obstruct
the public business. If the Govern-
Remember that the Journal has
branded all persons who supported the
candidates on the Citizens' ticket as
Night Riders, Ku-Klux, and Mollie
Maguires, in other words the Journal
has branded you as a criminal. Keep
this in mind, the Journal hopes you
will soon forget it. When it comes to
such a state that a newspaper will
brand such men as J. M. Roberts, J.
N. Wise, Rev. J. H. Salsbury, Rev. A.
A. Randall, Rev. H. B. Burgess, C. C.
Parmele, George E. Dovey, Judge W.
H. Newell, J. P. Falter, Silas Long,
Chas. r Guthman, C. A. Rawls, and
three hundred other good citizens 83
criminal bands like the lawless Night
Plattsmouth is no exception.
are reduced about one-half, but the; MOTHERHOOD,
remaining protection is ample. Hides j What a sweet, good old Anglo-Saxon:
are placed upon the free list, which 'word is mother. How preferable is
will benefit the New England shoe in- sounds to "Ma" or "Mamma." There
dustry; while the considerable reduc- is a softness about the word that mukes
PRESIDENT AS HIS PARTY'S
EXPXDNENT.
Taking Mr. Taft's inaugural andress
as a whole, it is not only a lucid and ' tior. of duty on shoes and other manu-1 it precious to us from childhood to old
practical manifesto of his working
views as a contemporary statesman,
but it also expresses remarkably well
the constructive views and policies that
characterize the repubican party in its
aims and plans as the party now in
power. If the Sixty-first Congress
lives up to Mr. Taft's program in good
faith, it will merely meet its obliga
tions, in view of its strong republican
majorities in both Houses. If it thwarts
Mr. Taft, and falls far short of the last
republican platform and of Mr. Taft's
inaugural program, the country will
factures of leather will not subject this j age. Mother! The very word hallows
line of manufacture to anv real daneer the lips that utter it The world has
iti
view of Reviews.
Riders, Ku-Klux, and Mollie Maguires, : probably elect a democratic hou:ie next
it is time such a paper should meet year. From the Review of Reviews,
such condemnation as it deserves. j ;
THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE
COMMUNITY.
All communities and nations are but
aggregates of individuals; and as are
the individuals, so must be the nation.
The individual is to the nation what
the atom is to the individual; and each
aggregation expresses a harmony that
is in exact correspondence with the
general development and harmonies of
its constituent parts. Change a law,
and it may afford an opportunity for
growth; but if the individual is not suf-
TllE editor of this paper made a
clean cut fight for decency and more
businesslike city government. We are
glad we made the fight, and we shall
continue to stand for decency and good,
government in local as well as in State
and National affairs. If the local and
municipal governments were clean,
clear of graft, honest and businesslike
in all the municipalities of the country,
then the State and National govern
ments would be clean, and honest and
clear of graft. The State and Na
tional governments are far in advance
of the municipal governments. The
large cities are corrupt and the smaller
cities are following in the path9 of
the great cities in the corruption in the
municipal governments. Plattsmouth
is keeping pace with any in her class.
The English Embassador and histor
ian James Bryce says: "There i9 no
denying that the government of cities
is the one conspicuous failure of the
United States."
Hon. Andrew D. White, the great
scholar, historian, and late embassador
from the United States to Germany
of foreign competition. -From the Re- j not yet grasped its debt to the mother
of mankind. The mother is the luster
and hope of history. From her boscm
flow the impulses that fashion govern
ments and alter civilizations. With
whisper and caress she organizes
parliaments, senates, revolutions and
epochs. She is the central figure of all
human sacrifice. Life is the flower of
hei agony, the fruitage of her pain.
Humanity is cradled in her tears. That
men may be she fronts the grave, yea,
at'each birth endures a living cruci
fixion. What a flood of memory wells up
within us when we pronounce that
sacred word, mother! It calls up a
vision of all that is pure, noble, and
MR. PAYNE'S NEW TARIFI- BILL.
It may be said for the new tariff bill i fieiently developed he cannot take nd- j
introduced by Mr. Payne as chairman : advantage of what is offered to him.
of the Ways and Means Committee on Change the individual, and the laws j loveable concentrated in that face, now
March 17, that is does not strike the will quickly respond to their higher perhaps old and careworn. If the word
country as a partisan measure, and development. The interests of society I mother calls up a pleasant and restful
that the prevailing discussion of it in in general and of the individual J feeling, how great is the contrast im
the newsnaners and bv uublic men is ' in narticular aro fundamentally identi-; plied by its negative motherless. Is
neither political nor doctrinaire. The
discussion is to some extent sectional,
and as to many details it is strictly
local. Many industries and special in
terests are affected, and they show no
timidity in expressing their wishes.
The bill as a whole has been favorably
received by those bep t entitled to pass
judgment upon it. It has not been
framed carelessly, but has been pre
pared with long-continued labor and
with more expert assistance than any
previous American tariff bill. It in
volves an almost countless number of
compromises, as was necessary under
the circumstances. Its prevailing
tendency is to reduce the rates of duty,
especially upon some important lines
of manufactures, while also recognizing
the demand for removal or reduction of
duties upon raw materials. Thus iron
cal. What is of disadvantage to society
as a whole is detrimental to each of its
fragments; and what is essentially
not this latter word one of the saddest
in our vocabulary? Will the teacher,
the preacher, the lecturer, or philoso-
benefitial to the individual is of general j pher reform the world? I think not.
social value. No change in religious, "The child i3 father of the man,"
political, or legal conditions that fai's says Wordsworth. As the twig is bent,
to improve the status of the individual
may be of value to society.
No one may separate his life from
the life of the race. ' His vitality must
ever come from the reservoir of life,
and the supplies he may appropriate
ever bear a constant relation to the
measure of his return. Man can never
quite isolate himself from his environ
ments. The rights of the individual
are pot entirely . superior to the rights
of society. Where individual rights do
not harmonize with the rights of
society, then the individual rights must
be compromised. Where the individual
so will it grow. A great man once
said, "Give me the child until it is
seven years old, and I will make it
what I please." The wisest of all men
said, "Train up a child in the way it
should go, and when it is old it will not
depart from it. " Is motherhood what
it should be in our modern society?
. We shall take the liberty to point out
just two instances in which modern
motherhood fails. First, there is the
slovenly mother, who cares little for
her children's personal appearance and
less for their morals. Such a one is
the first to assert that "my children
EASTER REFLECTIONS
(BY THE OFFICE BOY)
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ESOLVED, That the Easter time is one of the most pleasant seasons of the year. Without-giving any thought to what it symbolizes,
it comes at a time of the year when everything is beginning to break forth into life and beauty and joy when one feels glad that
he is living for the verv iov that lie gets out of living. I heard the "Boss" talking to a traveling man the other day, and from
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what I gathered of the conversation I feel sure that this store will be a very popular place for the next few days. In addition to our regular
line of all the good things that are usually carred in a first class grocery store we are to have lots of nice things for the Easter trade. So
when you come to make up your Easter menn it might be a good thiug to run down here and take a look around.
A FEW SUGGESTIONS Young onions, lettuce, oranges, lemons, bananas, apples, radishes, cauliflower, tomatoes, celery, string
beans, rhubarb, horseradish, sweet potatoes, carrots and a complete line of Curtis Bros, canned goods.
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