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Plattsmouth Telephone No. 85.
DECEMBER
BARTIIOLDT READY TO FIGHT.
One of those members of the regular
organization who thinks that the time
has rome for meeting the insurgents
in the open, just as the speaker has
been doing, is Representative Richard
Bartholdt, of St. Louis. Mr. Bur
thoklt said today:
"I have stood, and am now stand
ing, by Speaker Cannon for good and
substantial reasons. While the speak
er is a national man in the best sense
of the word, he is at the same time a
westerner, imbued with the idea in
contradistinetion with some of our
eastern friends, that there is a vast
amount of territory west of the Mis
sissippi which needs the' attention of
congress and the nation. This is one
of the reasons why the speaker's pol
icies have always appea.cd to inc. Hut
there are many others. Speaking for
Missouri particularly, it is well to
remember just at this time that there
never was a measure during the past
sixteen years in which Missouri was
vitally interested which did not have
the BUpport of Speaker Cannon. I
refer, to all previous appropriations
for our waterways and also to those in
support of the world's fair. From the
beginning of his career, Speaker Can
non has acted the part of "watch dog"
of the treasury, and if any single man
could claim the credit of preventing
the granting of the many unreasonable
demands upon the treasury and bank
ruptcy of the country, he is that man.
Yet, when we asked for. 85,000,000 for
the world's fair as outright donation,
and later for $4,000,000 as a loan, he
came to our rescue after he was satis
fied that the enterprise was one worthy
of the nation and of great benefit to
the American people.
"When, during the last campaign,
Speaker Cannon came to Missouri,
and learned that a tariff on zinc as a
protection against Mexican competi
tion would be of vast benefit to us, he
promised his aid in securing such pro
tection, and the new tariff law is evi
dence of how well he kept his promise.
While the republican delegation from
Missouri was a unit on this vest ion,
it is doubtful whether they would have
succeeded in obtaining the one rent
per pound on zinc but for the valuable
and untiring efforts of the speaker and
the exercise of his powerful influence
with the house and senate committers
having tha metter in charge. I pre
dict here and now that when the pro
per time comes he will also be found in
line with the other friends of the deep
waterway, and the necessary appro
priations for the "Missouri. These and
other reasons should impel every good
Missourian to be the speaker's friend.
"As far as I can remembe the in
terstate liquor bill was the fust pre
text for the opposition to the speaker.
It was charged that the speaker hud
used this influence to prevent a report
by the juduciary committee on that
measure. But in this, Mr. Cannon is
ln-ing done a great injustice as I,
being one of the main opponents- of
that bill, know best. I often appealed
to him to aid me in the defeat of that
measure, but he was always non-com
mittal, and I believe the members of
the judiciary committee will testify
that he actually declined to interfere.
That bill, if enacted into law, would
have caused a his? to St. Louis which
I calculate at about ' 00,000,000. It
was for this reason that I opposed that
iniquitous measure day and night, and
used i very legitimate means at my
command to defeat it. The fact is
that the judiciary committee, after
listening to the arguments of learned
counsel, came to the conclusion that
the bill was unconstitutional, inasmuch
as it proposed to stop the shipment
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OF CASS COUNTY
Editor
Busintaa Magagar
Nebraska Telephone No. 85
I, 1909
at the boundary line of the state,
while, as a constitutional requirement,
it must be delivered into the hands of
the consignee. And it was this doubt
as to its constitutionality which caused
the judiciary committee to withhold a
favorable report upon it. But the pro-
libitionists, without any inside infor
mation of the situation, proceeded to
blame the speaker and to start a cru
sade against him.
"This brought up the fight on the
rules and on the man whom the house
itself had elected to administer them.
How the rules can ever be so changed
as to compel a committee to report a
bill which its best judgment rejects
as unconstitutional is beyond my com
prehension. But that is exactly what
the insurgents are driving at. The
rules of the house are a growth and ifh
evolution. They have stood the test
of almost a century, and how, with
the growing membership of the house,
equal protection to all can be guaran
teed without adhering 'to the very
safeguards now provided in our system
of rules is a conundrum to me, and I
believe I can say that I speak from
experience.
"Such a proposition as advising
Speaker Cannon to step down and out
is nothing more or less than an imper
tinence, and I don't believe that it
will ever be seriously made. The speak
er has been elected by a majority a
majority not only over democrats
but over democrats and insurgents
combined and majorities stilV rule
in our country. The sentiment cre
ated against the speaker is mostly
based on misinformation and is" fos
tercd by interests inimical to our wel
fare on the one side and with designs
of systematic raids upon the treasury
upon the other. The time will come
when the American people will view
this unjustifiable attack on an honest
man of principle in the same light as
I do."
SOME FIGURES.
The State Journal of last Sunday
publishes some figures which are in
teresting, and some statements which
are more so. We clip the following:
The sub-joined tables will be
of interest in determining the ebb
and flow of political opinion in
the various districts; the first
two sets showing the vote direct
on congressman and the last being
a subdivision into congressional
districts of the vote east on su
preme judge for Barnes and Sulli
van at the last election.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Rep . Deni .
1100 14,771 11,070
1008 18,710 19,057
1909 13,345 11,890
Maj.
3,701
941
1,449
SECOND DISTRICT.
Rep. Dcm. Maj
1900 11,130 11,044
1908 10,200 19,781
1909 10,810 8,399
THIRD DISTRICT
Rep. ' Dcm.
1900 18,830 18,540
1908. .....24,805 26,832
1909...... 17,525 18,855
508
2,575
1,417
Maj.
290
1,967
1,330
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Rep. Dcm. Maj.
1900...... 19,032. 15,211
1908...... 22,074 21,819
1909 17,070 17,238
FIFTH DISTRICT,
Rep. Dcm.
1900 10,450 13,031
1908 20,049 20,027
1909 15,538 15,484
SIXTH DISTRICT
Rep. Dcm.
1900 18,007 13,147
1908 25,780 23,317
1909 19,208 18,220
3,821
855
168
Maj.
2,419
22
54
Maj.
5,520
2,469
9S2
While the results this year are
calculated to please republicans,
a careful analysis of them shows
that danger exists. As a fair com
parison with last year is impossi
ble, owing to the great difference
in the total vote and the slump
- HERALD
being well distributed, the figures
of two years ago, when the total
vote was approximately the same,
reveals some interesting facts.
The First district was safely re
publican, due to the fuct that Lan
caster again swung into the repul
lican column, her thousand major
ity of last year being almost ex
actly reversed. But it is still
plain that the republican nominee
must be right, or there will be
trouble, since the anti-Cannon
sentiment in Lancaster is strong.
Even then there is a falling off in
the republican votes compared
with 1906 of nearly 1,500 votes
and an increase in that of the dem
crats of 800.
The anti-Cannon sentiment in Lan
caster, as the Journal pleases to call it,
is a sentiment which to say the least is
peculiar. It is the same sentiment
that sent democratic Bryan to con
gress and gave him a good start in
politics. It is the same sentiment
which gave Bryan the county when
he ran for president the last time. It
is the same sentiment which sent a
democratic congressman to Washing
ton last year. It is the same senti
ment that wanted a non-partisan
supreme court the last election. It
is the same sentiment which thinks
two terms are enough. It is the same
sentiment which stands back and crit
icises the republican party because it
does not do exactly the things they
want and in their own peculiar way
It is the same sentiment which wanted
Mr. Whecdon to challenge Senator
Burkett to a discussion of the tariff
and then suddenly hushed up when
Bryan refused to do the same thing
with Senator Bailey of Tcaxs. It is
the same sentiment which would rather
see a democratic congressman from
the First district, provided he was a
Lancaster product, than to sec a re
publican represent this district if he
hailed from somewhere else.
There are a whole lot of good,
sound loyal republicans in Lancaster
county. Plenty of them. They
work hard for the success of the re
publican ticket, but are handicapped
by the followers of a couple of so
called republican papers which are
more democratic than otherwise.
What the First district should do
and do it just as soon as the oppor
tunity offers, is to get a man in con
gress to represent us who will do some'
thing besides draw his salary am
knock. The district was well off once
but that "sentiment" wasn't satis
fied, being possessed of the idea that
it was better to get a little glory by
knocking rather than to get something
for the district worth having.
If there is one thing that the World
Ilcrald excels in more than anything
else, it is its ability to set up a straw
man and then turn in and knock him
over. The World-Herald has been in
that business so long that it has be
come expert in the art. In its issue
of last Saturday it tried to make out
tils' t the "stand pat" newspapers were
trying to harbor the idea that the peo
pie were getting over their anxiety
in the matter of the tariff. It then
goes to work and tries to prove by an
article in the Kansas City Times that
they are not. If the people are get
ting over their interest in the tariff it
is because they are beginning to fee
that the republican party is able to
handle the matter,as it has handle
every other matter of consequence
to a successful termination. The dem
ocratic press of the country are adept
in the way of starting something in
' the way of an agitation, and while
the people as a general thing hav
become worked up over the matter
they soon see the flimsiness of the
whole thing and settle back contented
with the knowledge that there is
nothing to alarm them as long as the
republican party has control of the
affairs of the government. A man is
known in business life either by his
success or hU failure as a business man
If his life as a business man has been
a success, no one fears to trust their
affairs to his judgment. If his bus
iness life has been a failure, no one
cares to trust their business affairs
in his hands. It is so in political life
The republican party has always
conducted, the affairs of the govern
ment successfully and after the peop
begin to sec that the democratic press
is again working its old game, they
settle down satisfied that as it has in
the past, so will it now and in the fu
turc carry . out its record of success in,
every undertaking.
The setting of the dates for the
corn show which is to be held in Omaha
the coming month has caused a storm
of protest to go up from all over the
state. It is claimed by many that it
a scheme on the part of Omaha peo
ple to get trade from the state during
the holiday season which by rights
belongs to the smuller towns and cities
the state. On the other hand the
omaha people claim they had nothing
to do with the setting of the dates and
mt the fact that they are made at
he time they are was not done for the
purpose of catching the holiday trade.
Be that as it may, the fact remains
lat the metropolis will be a great
gainer by the show being held at that
time, and that the inner towns will be
corresponding losers. . The commercial
pirit which is abroad in the land is
responsible for this condition, and to
some extent it is a selfish spirit.
When such, a spirit prevails men are
not likely to look very far into the
future, neither are they apt to pon
der what effect it may have on oth
ers. It is a fact that a spirit of enmity
prevuils against Omaha by the outside
towns, for which the big city is a great
deal to blame. It is hard work to
forget the past, and the state at large
probably never forget many
things which are past history and
which will continue to appear like
Banquo's ghost to haunt the future.
t is too bad that such a condition'
exists, and if the time ever comes when
these things will be forgotten it will
e when Omaha takes a tumble to
herself and gives the interior a living
example of what the people out in the
state might call "being good."
There is considerable agitation in
and around the state university at
Lincoln toward the securing of Johnnie
Sender as coach for the Comhusker
bot ball team next year. There is
certainly need of something along the
inc. This thing of having the state
university of the best and most pros'
perous state in the union represented
by a foot ball team that goes down to
defeat every time it goes up against a
team which has outgrown its high
school clothes is decidedly humiliat
ing. If the state of Nebraska is go
ing to have a foot ball team, have a
good one. If it is going to have a
base ball team, have a good one. If
it is going to have anything else w hich
will conic in competition with other
state universities, then let it hae the
best. There is nothing too good for
Nebraska and its state university,
and if it is rich enough so that.it does
not need a Carnegie fund for its pro
fessors, it is rich enough to hire a goo
couth for its foot ball team. King
Cole may have been a good coach
some day, and may be now, for that
matter, but he isn't good enough for
Nebraska, and the sooner the board
takes a tumble to that fact the better
A fellow dislikes to travel half a day
to see his college team play against
a rival college and have to come back
home feeling that he wishes he hadn't
gone. It is time to wake up and do
something. The Nebraska foot bal
team needs a gingcrcr, and Johnnie
Bender is just that kind of a fellow,
Give him a chance.
ANOTHER ONE.
D. J. Poynter, of the Albion News
also feels concerned about the editor
of this paper, as the following shows
Col. P. A. Barrows breaks out
thus in the Plattsmouth News:
"Did you ever in all yourjiis
tory know a problem which ever
came up in these united States
which the republican party was
not able to solve.and solve it right"
We might refer to the tariff, ns
a matter of recent date. This
matter lacks a long way of being
satisfactory to a large number of
repubs to say nothing of the great
democratic party. Pel always
did like a joke.
When a democratic editor - wants
to say something real cute he alway
shouts "tariff." It is tariff this am
tariff that. When they want to tel
what a failure the republican party
has been they say "tariff." When
they want to tell what great things
the democratic party has done they
cross their fingers and softly whispj
"tariff." This is no joke. The editor
of the Argus is a pretty sensible sor
of a fellow. He really wants to be a
republican, but that old democratic
tariff which has been pounded into
his head from the time he was a little
chunk, holds on so hard he can't just
let loose. At one time it looked as if
J. W.
Watchmaker
Watches $1.00 to $50.00
Rings 7So to S200 00
Cuff Links 50o to $15 00
Scarf Pins, filled 50o up Gold
....$1.00 up
Cut Glass... ..$1.00 to $15.00
Umbrellas.. $3.00 to $10.00
Please call and examine our stock. Ve have
taken special care in selecting our Holiday Goods.
J. W. CRJBILIL
C. B. & Q. WATCH INSPECTOR.
3cc was going to come out of it. He
supported Sheldon for governor and
wanted to see him elected, but some
iow the tariff iteh was too much for
him and he has fallen back to scratch
ing like a good one.
A man who can't see w here the re-
publieain party hus ever done any
good for the country has simply got
it so bad that there is no use for him
to seek republican salvation.
Now that the effects of that Thanks
giving turkey and mince pic have
passed off, it is time to get ready for
Christmas. There will be something
lesides eating on that day and it
stands readers of this paper in hand
to do their shopping early and thus
get the pick of the good things before
the rush is on. Don't think you must
go out of town to get the things that
vou can eet here just as well. Re
member that the merchants of the
town are the ones who patronize your
hurch suppers, your lodge feeds,
your society dances and the dozen
and one other things which assists
you to make a little money to carry
on the work of your lodge, church or
society is doing. The out of town
merchants do not know anything
about the reciprocity business. They
take your money, but they return
nothing to your society, your church
or your lodge. They pay nothing in
taxes to keep up our streets, our
ights, our water system,our public
improvements or anything of the
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comes back, nj wnen you pur -
base your Christmas goods remember
and look over the stock of the local
merchant first. Then if he has not
what you want it will be time to try
somewhere else. Stand up for the
ionic town. It always pays in the end.
Can an "insurgent" really claim
the right to be a republican and ex-
rect icpubficans to support him when
he conies up for office again next fall.
Is he not contributing to democratic
success when he enters into a combi
nation with democrats to defeat re
publicans. Senator Cummins of Iowa
who has been called one of the chief
nnnnnimts of Senator Aldrich and
KnnnkoP f'.nnm, svs tl.t. if is not
necessary to eo into the democratic
party to get assistance to bring about iv,'r tl,e ,an,P that rau,J the 8
the things which the republican par-! ChlcaR0 fire' was spontaneous com-
ty has promised the people. When a ! btlon of Kmn ha' PIaeed in tIie
,n..i.i;.n n,,frU ;,,t J loft of O'Leary's barn that did
a compact with the democratic party
in order to gain his ends, he is by so
doing giving to that party a prestige
which they do not deserve, and which
should they secure would not have suf
ficient business sagacity to carry out.
There is nothing like a banquet to
tiring out the social spirit that should
always exist between business men
and others of a town. The banquet
held by the Plattsmouth commercial
club last evening was an eye opener
to all who were in attendance. Too
much cannot be naid of the good that
gathering accomplished in the way of
future results. In all probability men
met and touched elbows last night
who while living in the city for some
time had never felt the social spirit
before as between each other. It
was an occasion which will long be
remembered by all who participated
in it and take it all around it should
be the opening of a new era for Platts
mouth which will mean great things
. for the city in the future.
and Jeweler.
Clocks 75o to $15.00
Fountain Pens.. SI. 00 toSO.OO
Bracelets $1 OO to $10 OO
Brooches .. .$1.00 to $25.00
Souvenir Spoons. .50o to $1.50
Lockets $1.00 to $10.00
Hair Pins 50o to $2.00
And now there is a break in tho
Dahlman ranks in Omaha. Repre
sentative Shoemaker says that when
the proper time comes he will oppose
the mayor and will put forward Con
gressman Latta of the third con
gressional district for the democratic
nomination for governor. This will
mean trouble in Omaha, and if Mayor
Jim expects to land that nomination
he will have to get out his little rope
and get out on the round-up and pull
in the Shoemaker steer. That man
Shoemaker is a scrapper, as many a
member of the Jate lamented legis
lature can testify.
The friends of Lieutenant Peary
are getting considerable satisfaction
out of the fact that on account of the
persecution against Dr. Cook, his mind
has become unbalanced and he is
non-compus-mentis. Walter Wellman
another arctic bug, now conies out and
says Cook is a crook. That's right.
Now he's down, shun him into the
mud, jump onto him with both feet
and villify him all you can. But Cook
crazy or a crook in our estimation i
a better man than the whole Peary
Wellman junk heap. ,
It is said that a sort of a
coolness has sprung up between Labor
Commissioner Will Maunin and fin??
.ernor shullenberger oyer the latter
signing the shirt factory prison con
tract. The public need not worry
about it getting' so cold that Maupin
will lose his job. Ho doesn't propose
tn i :t t .11 11 ti.
1 " S' mm mm. illili, mill'
1, ,1,1 r.rt.. t.,m,i,.i
, ... ...v, . .. iiuimnu u Jtlll IUUH9 IIMI
j to ; tQ pt fl th;
contract get between him and that
salary.
If the World-Herald keeps up its
agitation against the return of Sen
ator Burkett to the senate it will make
his selection unanimous. If Ex
Covernor Sheldon has any intention
of B('ui"K '"to the senatorial game
he would better get busy, for the fight
made by the Omaha paper if continued
will compel republicans to support
Burkett just to show the World-Herald
just how little its influence is out
side its own town.
Aftr manJ' 'Cars !t l found
t,iat Mrs 'Ltary' cow did not kick
the damage. There has been consid
erable spontanoous combustion of
several different kinds in Chicago
ever since.
It is still in a healthy condition.
The state debt, Ave mean. It has
grown in the past few days to $05,
273.40. What will the end be if it
keeps up the present rate Our dem
ocratic administration is surely keep
ing up its record.
The great national corn show will
bo held in Omaha December G to 18
and will be one continuous bIiow.
The corn juice shows will close at
eight every evening as usual.
Will (lovernor Shallenberger please
inform die public whether that little
state debt which he has sprouted is
still living and doing well
Two days have passed and there has
been no account of an increase in the
state debt. Can itbe possible that
the record is not going to be kept up