THE NEWS-HERALD
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Entered at the postoflice at Plattwnouth, Casa County, Nebranka,
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF CASS COUNTY
T THE NEWS-HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Publishers
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Plattsmouth Telephone No. 85.
Nebraska Telephone No. 85
DECEMBER 6, 1009
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Here's betting that one yeur from
this date, the fellows who have hecn
criticising President Tuft will he falling
ver each oilier in their enthusiasm
for the president in order to knock
aome "stand patter" out of a post
lice.
Tlier is one thing which ought to
Make a fellow who has been grumliling
at the mud feel good. And that is
that when the ground thaws out next
spring it will he in rattling goodjshape
for the crops. And that is the main
thing anyhow. Let the farmers have
good crops and good prices, and the
rwt of us poor mortals will not need
to worry.
Kditor Harrows of the Plattsmouth
News, who recently assumed editorial
Miitrol of that paper and immediately
opened a ginger jar, is "talkin' right
out in meetin' " to some of the breth
ren who have refused to be pacified
bscau.se some of the insurgents were
aot insurging violently enough to suit
them. Kditor Harrows remarks with
truth that there is nothing in the sit
uation at this time which should make
any man show disloyalty to the repub
lican party. As for himself he believes
in the republican party because it is
he party of progress and has never
failed to meet the problems confront
iag the people and to solve these prob
lems right, (iuitc right. Talk to 'em.
Kearney Ihiily Huh.
The dickens is to pay. We have
killed the cat that laid the golden
goose. The editor of this paper got
mo mixed in his geography that he
thought Nicaragua was down in South
America Bomewhcre, and now I'rank
Harrison of the State Capital has
taken occasion to expose our ignorance.
Woe is me. Woe is me. We plead
guilty to the charge of ignorance in
this case and can easily explain by
aying that we knew Mr. Harrison
kail spent some time down in Nicar
agua, and his conduct since that time
has been such that he acted like a
ative of South America, so the mis
take on our part. We humbly beg
the pardon of the self appointed critic
and beg leave to continue in the news
paper business yet a .little longer.
Cupuhlanca, the great chess player
was in Lincoln this week and gave the
local fellows there an exhibition of
what he could do, playing the whole
chess iranii to a standstill. We failed
to se
those
pretty good to have a subscriber drop
in and lay down a year's subscription
to the paper, but there is a great deal
more satisfaction in having them drop
into the sanctum sanctorum uud take
the editor by the hand and congrat
ulate him on the stand he is taking
and the tone of his editorials. This
has happened several times within
the J past week and we are feeling
pretty good over the matter. There
arejsoine things connected with the
running of a paper in which the editor
is interested besides the salary. We
have taken the stand we have because
we really believe and intensely believe
that it is right. We have that confi
dence in the party to which we belong
that we are willing to wait awhile
before we knock on the men who as
members of the party have done
things in the past which have counted
for the prosperity of the country.
Ah we look back over the history of
the country, wc see nothing in the
present attitude of the republican
party which should lead any man to
turn his back upon it, or assist in
any way the opposition by laying
obstructions across the track which
would hinder in any manner the work
which as a party it has to accomplish
ami will accomplish.
Some men are bravest when far
from the field of conflict. They have
done terrible execution and have been
tho instrument used to win many a
hard fought battle, to hear them tell it,
after it is all over. During the cha
tauiua season the insurgents have
fought Joe Cannon and have defeated
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lino ticvcrai limes, l ne country lias
been saved times without number
The eliatamma circles have rung will
the plaudits of the multitudes who
listening to the great men who were
saving the country at long distance
at so much per speech. They have
returned to Washington now. They
are far away from the scene of their
hot air deliveries. They have got the
money for those clTiiMons which re
minded one so much of "the boy
stood on the burning deck," and are
now where in a short time the battle
will wage the hottest. According to
Washington dispatches, Joe Cannon
is not such a bad man as he was during
the c!iataiKua season. Somehow or
other he has shed his horns, the vicious
look has gone from his eye and the hot
air congressmen are now slyly trying
to get into the graces of the only Joe,
Doe Hixby's name in the list of ' 0' year they will want to run
who waged war on the great ;' congress again, and they will
player. Hixby has alsa.. been fu.nui lavi to go back to their constituents!
where the bulle ts Hew the thicki-M, so : with a record of deeds perfornud for j
to speak, whenever there was any their districts. They, begin t;i seel
chess glory to be gained, l'.ut souk- that while there i.i money in I'mhtingi
how he has failed this time to get into Joe Camum on the lectin, j laiionn '
the game. His words of advice t , during the arin s',in,ii.. r dayv.hat
others who are plavimr. the came and. 'hey want to earn th-ir sala'-i. s a
his amiable disposition which never : congressmen and m ;, aeon, ph..
get milled when nther hint in v.iih
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hllg'.'i sllolis W.cn lie is p.. I.:,
made him invaluable nr.!! '
are;. mi when a hard man : l:v.ii
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able failure. It is decidedly refresh-j
ng and is an acknowledgment that
they themselves recognize the fact
that the session of the last legisla
ture was nothing but a waste of time
and more characteristic for its raid
upon the treasury than for anything
else. This paper has repeatedly
charged that the democratic legis
lature ofpast winter was a failure.
The fact that W. J. Pryan and other
leading democrats are urging upon the
governor to call an extra session to
pass laws which the regular session
should have passed but failed to do,
is an acknowledgment that that ses
sion was a failure. If that bunch of
men elected by the people to pass the
laws which the people demanded
and which they promised would be
passed, failed to keep their pledges
what assurance has the governor or
anybody else that they would do any
better if they got together again. The
last'session cost the taxpayers a good
wad of money. Is it right to tax
them again for the purpose of giving
the same men the same chance to
do what they failed to do before.
Would it not be wise to wait a year
longer and elect a set of men who will
do something It seems that the tax
payers cannot get over the idea that
any kind of a man is good enough for
theTlcgislature. He may be a rank
failure as far as conducting his own
business, and yet some people think
that he is able to assist in doing bus-
iness for the state. There are very
few good business men who can afford
to spare' the' time to go to the legis
lature, but frequently we find them
who are willing to sacrifice time and
money in an effort to give the pe pie
good legislation, and yet when they
get down to Lincoln they find them
selves up against a bunch of political
nondescripts who have been failure?
in everything else and arc sent down
there to make laws, but instead ham
per the work of the men who are able
to make them. The legislature of
three years ago was a working leg
islature. That body of men accom
plished things. They gave the tax
payers what they promised them they
should have, but when it came to
sending them back again, the people
chose a lot of political failures and ex
pected them to do something. They
showed themselves incompetent at
every turn in the road. Would they
do any better if given another chance?
SURE THING.
People who have been getting "cold
feet" regarding the ability of Pres
ident Taft to handle some of the
problems which will confront him
during his administration should read
the following taken from the editorial
column of the State Journal. If
there is any set of fellows who watch
things and the drift of events it is
the ones mentioned below:
The stock market reflects a
wholesome fear that President
Taft will be found to have a stiff
ami straight backbone on all ques
tions relating to the merger of big
corporations. In a single day's
review of trading in New York
it is related that the proposed
copper trust seems to have been
nipped in the bud by the Stan
dard Oil decision and that a vio
lent decline in copper warrants
has taken place in consequence.
Pear is also expressed that con
gress will lie stimulated by thex
president to the passage of new
anti-trust laws. The effect of the
sugar prosecution has been to seng
sugar t rust stocks down to the low
est price of the year. The com
pany hears iiiquieting reports of
"iimlesirai !e prominence" to bo
fivi n its a IT: si.-- in the coming pres
idential tucs-sne. AM around
t here i- a feeling i: Wall si ivi t
he knows to be false or else he knows
nothing about it. The following
taken from the Sioux City Tribune
is a sample of the kind of stuff that
is being circulated:
"Traveling men who make
Lincoln, Neb., declare there is
more intoxicants sold and drank
in that city now than there was
before the saloons were voted
down, and that it an easy matter
to secure all a person wishes to
drink.
"Kvcry other little shop in the
city is an improvised saloon,"
said one traveling man yesterday,
"while drug stores are doing a
land office business in the liquor
traffic. The people there arc sorry
they voted out the saloon, many
declaring that, if the authorities
were going to allow the sale of
intoxicants 'on the quite,' they
might as well have the licensed
saloon and secure the revenue
therefrom."
If there ever was a mess of delib
erate falsehoods published worse than
the above, we would like to see them.
They are false from beginning to end.
To be sure, if a man wants a drink
in Lincoln he may be able to sneak
around and find it somewhere. Hut
when it comes to saying that "every
other little shop in town is an im
provised saloon," the statement is as
false as hell. This may seem strong
language to some,but it is a case which
demands strong language;, and fur
thermore expresses more forcibly our
feelings in the matter better than any
other word we can use. It makes us
tired, yes, it makes us darn mad to
hear some fellow who either does not
know anything about it or else is de
liberately lying, make statements like
the above. There is not more drink
ing in Lincoln under the dry system
than there was before. It is true that
drunken men are pulled and brought
to the police station, but in nearly
every case it is the result of a trip on
the street cars to the suburban town
of Havelock, and not from anything
that they have got in the city.
There may be some men who voted
for prohibition last spring who will
vote differently this coming spring.
In fact, we know one or two who will
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, -CRABILL
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
Watches $1.00 to $50.00
Rings ... 75c tiS200 00
Cuff Links 50c to $15 00
Scurf Pins, filled 50c up Gold
$1 .00 up
Cut Glass $1.00 to $15.00
Umbrellas.. .$3.00 to $10.00
Clocks 75o to $15.00
Fountain Pens.. $1.00 to $0.00
Bracelets $1.00 to $10 00
Brooches... .$1.00 to $25. OO
Souvenir Spoons. . 50o to $1 .50
Lockets .... $1.00 to $10. OO
Hair Pins 50c to $2 00
Please call and examine our stock. We have
taken special care in selecting our Holiday Goods.
J. W. CRA.BII
C. H. fi Q. WATCH INSPECTOR.
do that, but we also know some who
voted wet last spring who will vote
differently this spring. Men are con
tinually changing their minds, and
because some have done so it is no
reason for people to believe that it is
universal. It is our opinion that Lin
coln will remain dry and by a very
great increase of voles. We also be
lieve that Havelock will do likewise
and if it does, it will be a big thing for
the capital city.
Such talk as is put up by some of the
fellows who would like to see Lincoln
go wet next spring is all balderdash.
If there is any man in the country
who can go to Lincoln and get all he
wants to drink, he dare not prove the
assertion by doing it. If there is
any person who is in a position to go
and get a drink most anywhere in
Lincoln we would like to see that fel
low and hear him talk. Furthermore
we will give him something to take us
along and show us how it is done, and
we won't give the deal away, either.
We would like to have these fellows
prove to us that we are wrong. We
challenge them to do it.
Notice to Contractors.
Sealed bids will be received by the
county clerk at his office in the court
house at riattsmouth, Neb., up to 3
o'clock p. in. Monday, December ti,
1909, for the construction of wood and
steel bridges for Cass county, Nebras
ka, for the year 1910.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check for $o)().
Plans and specifications now on file
at the office of the county clerk, at
Plattsmouth, Neb.
Hids will be opened December 7,
1909.
County commissioners reserve the
right to reject any and till bids.
W. E. Hosencrans,
County Clerk.
Plattsmouth, Neb., November S,
1909. 59-S
Cass County Mortgages.
The Cass County mortgage record
for November is as follows: Farm
mortgages filed amounted to the sum
of .$1(1,000, released $33,N14. City
mortgages filed $3,i.r0, released $i-
For Sale.
Team of good horses, weight 2,9(Hi.
Price, 5400. (i3-4x D. M. Graves.
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X Quilting Business and r!l (Ms th bo Sold
I am now going to offer you my entire line of Ladies' New Fall Hats.
V ri'ne following prices will certainly close them out with a grand rush. They
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Lot No. 2 Hats that sold from $3.50 to $5.00, will
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X have also decided to force sale on every tailor made Wooltex suit we
X have on hand. It is almost heart-break 'ng for a merchant to sacrifice such a
& beautiful line of goods, all entirely new, but they must be so-d. They are
placed in one quitting business lot, and will go
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