THE NEWS-HERALD
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Entered at the poetoffice at Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska,
as second class mail matter.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CASS COUNTY
THE NEWS-HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Publishers
P. A. BARROWS
E. A. QUINN
Editor
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Plattsmouth Telephone No. 85.
Nebraska Telephone No. 85
JANUARY 13, 1010
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HOWELL'S FIRST CAMPAIGN.
The recommendation of Frank S.
Howell to the appointment as U. S.
District Attorney for Nebraska calls
to our mind a little ancient history
with which he was connected and
which Mr. Howell will probably
remember with much amusement.
Mr. Howell struck Albion, in Hoonc
county this state a long while ago and
entered into partnership with Nelson
C. Pratt now a prominent attorney
of Omaha. At that time Howell
was just as cood a republican as he
is now, and while probably not as ! wt'" KI)Put- As he left them he said
Another very amusing episode of
that same campaign happened one
day when Howell made" a still
hunt for votes out in Bonanza pre
cinct, the extreme western precinct in
Boone county. He had met several
people with more or less success, and
finally after riding a few miles came
upon a thrashing outfit just at dinner
time. He was invited by the home
steader to stop for dinner which of
course he was glad to do ami during
the dinner hour he elect ionered that
bunch to a frazzle, let them smoke
all his cigars and felt that it was time
good a lawyer as he is now, for a
young man starting out he was above
the average. Frank was a good
speaker, in fact about the best wc
hud in Boone county and when the
republican party was looking around
for timber for the nomination for
county attorney, he was chosen to
make the race. It so happened that
the populist party was also looking
for material to run for county attorney
hut at that time there were no popu
list lawyers in the county. However
a young Irishman who had been
teaching school out in the country
the name of McCian had
just moved to town and had hung
hung out his shingle as an attorney,
though at that time what he knew
about law was measured by his
library which consisted of nothing.
Beinge the only available timber,
McGan was given the populist, nomi
nation for county attorney and every
thing looked swimmingly for Howell.
Being a good speaker Howell con
ceived the idea that it would be a
gvd thing to challenge McGan to a
join debate and have a school house
campaign and show the pops what a
dub they had nominated. That was
where Howell made his mistake.
It was during populist times, and it
didn't matter whether their candidate
for county attorney knew anything
about law or not, he would probably
get the vote. Howell seemed to think
however that when he turned loose
his eloquence his audiences would
be so impressed with it that the
support of McGan would come to
him.
We remember the first debate well.
McGau opened the debate but his
appcarcance was against him. He
was hoinlier than Howell by several
points, which at that time was saying
a great deal. He didn't know any
thing about law or the subject he
was trying to tackle, and after he had
floundering around awhile he sat
down in despair. Howell then got
up and turned loose his eloquence
upon the audience. They listened
spellbound for half an hour and when
the future U. S. District Attorney
sat down things were all going his
way and he felt happy. However
McGan had the ready Irish wit
characteristic of the race and Howell's
speech had opened a chance for him
to get started with a story. Of
course it didn't matter to the populist
paly whether their candidate knew
anything about law or not, he could
tell mighty funny stories, and before
that meeting was over McGan had
captured the audience as he did in
most of the places where they spoke,
and the result at election time was
that Howell was not elected county
attorney.
That campaign was the start for
for McGan which later landed him
in the Nebraska State Senate.
Possibly we might also say that
that experience was what paved the
"Well boys, I hope you will all vote
for me on election day." "We cer
tainly would, Mr. Howell, answered
the thrasherman,"if we could, but
we all live over here in Greeley
county."
YES, ITS EASY
A day or so ago this paper took
occasion to correct the figures pub
lished by the Journal relative to the
value of the products raised by the
Grand Island Soldiers Home. The
figures quoted by the Journal were
sent them by some individual at
Lincoln who under the guise of "spec
ial correspondent" tried to deceive
the people into the belief that the
institution during ihc past year under
a democratic administration had added
more to the treasury by reason of
products raised than had any previous
administration. In answer to the
published statement of this papc
the Journal on Saturday said:
"It isvery easy for a man to manufac
ture figures to suit his taste in making
a point. The editor of the News was
around the state house long enougl
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to learn inai iricK. uur ngures on
the cost of the state institutions for
the past year came from one who knows
and wc will place him up against the
editor of the News for truth and vera
city any old day in the week. And
don't you forget it".
The above is the usual method of the
Journal in answering an argument after
it has discovered that it has
been caught in its usual way
of trying to deceive its readers. As
to its being easy for a man to man
ufacture figures to suit his own taste,
we will admit that fact and the
Journal has cause to remember it for
the election has not passed so long,
but what there are a few who can
remember the manufacturing enter
prise which worked over time during
the late campaign.
As to our being around the state
house long enough to learn the trick
we will say that we were around the
state house long enough to know that
the figures put up by the Journal
in its issue last week were manufact
ured. The figures given by the
the Daily News were taken from the
printed report made to the governor
of Nebraska at the close of
each biennium and correct. If
the Journal cares to veryfy the
figured made by this paper he can
easily do so if he wants to.
Wc do not want the editor of the
Journal to place his "special correc
peii.lc'it" up against us or ruth
and veracity. The Journal insists
that the editor of the Daily News is
somewhat of a liar, but thinks its
"special correspndnent" has been in
the state house up at Lincoln long
enough to have us frazzled when it
conies to that. If the figures he
furnished the Journal are to be the
judge we will admit that as a liar wc
are not in his class.
There is one thing we wish to say
and that is th: t the statement made
regarding the amount of products
raised each year were taken directly
from the reports furninsed the dif
ferent governors for each biennium
and arc facts which can be substan
tiated by the records. The Daily
News is not in the habit of making
statements it cannot back up, and
we wish to say right here if the Journal
wants any more facts regarding the
Grand Island institution as it has
has been run under the present mana
gement wc have them and they will
make mighty interesting reading too.
We do not care to get into any con
troversy over a matter of this kind
but whenever there is such a bald
statement made as appeared in the
Journal last week which is so far
from the facts that it is absolutely
false, this paper proposes to say a
word in defence of truth and justice
in the matter.
he has done nothing more than the
president must do if he expects to
retain his self respect and uphold the
dignity of his high office.
WHAT WILL TEDDY SAY
Since the Pinchot episode in which
that gentleman was given the grand
bounce by President Taft, a great
many people and several papers
have given expression to the above
and many have been the wails which
have gone up because the President
saw fit to fire a man who had de
liberately put up a bluff and was
just as promptly called.
Those who know Theodore Roose
velt know full well that if any ap
pointee under his administration had
deliberately set himself out to dis
credit the administration of President
Roosevelt, he never would have been
given half the rope that Mr. Pinchot
has been given. No matter whether
right or wrong, Theodore Roosevelt
would not stand for insubordination
on the part of any official under him.
We believe that when Theodore
Roosevelt has heard the matter and
has given it full investigation he
will say that President Taft did what
any other man would or should have
done.
Mr. Taft may be wrong. He be
lieves he is right. He may have been
given the wrong hunch in the matter,
but be that as it may, right or wrong,
That "special correspontent"
from Lincoon is still feeling bad if
one is to judge by his letters to the
I county democratic papers. His latest
I wail is because a republican is drawing
I x salary as secretary of the banking
board which was created especially
for a democrat. This wail is deeply
amusing when one is in a position to
know the inside workings of the scheme
which was put up to capture this and
other offices for democratic patriots
to fill. The office of secretary of the
banking board and the other positions
connected with it and the loss thereof
to the democratic patriots has been
a very sore spot on the body of Neb
raska democracy since the law relating
to the appointment of democrats to
these positions was declared with
many others to be null and void. As
has been mentioned before in this
paper, as soon as the democratic
legislature met last winter they pro
ceeded to take from the boards which
control the different departments of
business of the state, the power to
appoint the secretaries and clerks
working in connection with that de
partment. The reason for making
this change was that all of the
boards at that time were com
posed of republican state officers
with the exception of the governor
who was and is a democrat. Some
bright democratic statesmen conceived
the idea that it would be a good bus
iness proposition to take from these
boards who were responsible for the
work done by their appointees the
power to appoint those nppointees
and give it to the governor. That
is, one man should appoint the officers
of the boards but the boards them
selves would have to be responsible
for the work done. In other' words
one party would supply the goods to
do business with and be responsible
for the business while another party
would recieve the profits and have
no responsibility. This idea was hailed
with delight by the democratic mem
bers of the legislature for it meant all
the income with no responsibility
attached for the democratic party.
Consequently a bill was hastily pre
pared taking from the republican
board the power to appoint a secretary
of the banking board with all bank
examiners attached to it and giving
that power to one man on the board,
the democratic governor. Just note
this please. A democratic governor
was to control a board of four or five
other state officers in the appointment
of secretary and examiners but the
responsibility for the work of these
appointees was still to be on the whole
board. They could say nothing as to
the men who were to fill the positions,
but at the same time were to be held
responsible for their acts. Any rea
sonable man can plainly see that
such a condition would simply lead
to strife and bring a state of chaos in
a board which of all other boards
should be harmonious. The bill was
prepared and passed and signed by
the governor. When it came to make
the appropriation for the salaries of
of the officers of the state of Nebraska
and the banking board was reached
the democratic legislature knowing
that they had fixed the law so that a
democrat would be appointed sec
retary of the board, preceeded to
raise the salary of that position and
put another thousand dollars on.
As was to be expected in a law so un
fair and unjust, the supreme court,
after the matter had been thoroughly
aired in court, decided the law un
constitutional and the old officers are
holding over and drawing the salary
appropriated for that purpose. The
bill passed and knocked out by the
courts had nothing to do with
the salary matter whatever.
The appropriation bill makes the
salaries of the different officials and
they receive those salaries. The next
appropraition bill which a democratic
legislature , passes should contain an
emergency clause to read as follows:
"If democrats are appointed to fill
these jobs the salaries shall be as
shown by this appropriation, but if
republicans continue -to hold said
jobs, the salaries shall revert back to
the former amounts."
A great many people have found
fault with President Taft because he
has not himself opened a fight upon
Speaker Cannon. They say, "0
if we only had Teddy Roosevelt back
again." They seem to forget that
Speaker Cannon was under the admini
stration of Mr. Roosevelt for several
years. President Taft has ln-en the
nation's executive but a little over
nine months, and before that nine
months had half pat.se d the critics
we-re out with their criticism, the
knockers were out with their hammers,
the fault finders were out with their
fault finding and no man who has
ever occupied the presidential chair
during the past forty years has
been up against so much bellyaching
from . members of his own party as
has President Taft. Such a condition
of affairs and such persistent knock
ing would ruin the administration of
any man or ruin the business of any
person, no matter how good his in
tentions might be. President Taft
may have not started in just right. As
to that, can any of his political crit
ics point to their past political life
and say that it had be en above critic
ism? If the President of the United
States has made a mistake, will whole
sale knocking against his admini
stration which may result in the elect
ion of a democratic congress this fall
anel possibly a democratic president
in 1912, help the country any? There
is a whole lot to be thought of before
one goes to letting his ambition for
personal glory get the better of his
love for the welfare of his country.
There is lots of difference between
being a patriot in the interests of
your eountry and being a patriot in
the interests of the chatauejua platform.
The Journal calls this paper "the
joker down the street!" As between
the "joker down the street" and the
"two spot up the pike" we are will
ing the public should judge.
1 Going Out of Business
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In Order to Save the Expense of Newspaper Advertising and to Cut a Long
Story Short we Will Sell Our Entire Stock of
Ladies' Tailor Made Suits, Cloaks, Skirts,
Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing at
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way for Howell to the appointment I by the Daily News in last Friday's
as United States District Attorney. I paper is true. The figures published
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Price Actual Value
We have just finished inventorying our stock and find enough goods
left after our 1909 Sale to BUY A FARM
tnmptliHi(r Mncf ha Hnno to disPose of thcse ,It; is heartbreaking to give them away,
OOmeiniilg MUSI De LJOne but it cannot be helped and I am therefore offering to the public
The Greatest Finishing Sale Of the Century
This stock must be sold during the month of January -as I cannot af
ford to pay rent and clerk hire, besides the hundred
and one other big items of expense.
WOW LflSTEN
I WANT TO SELL OUT BEFORE THE ASSESSOR COMES AROUND
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We still have on hand a lot of Muslin, 10 yards gg
The Best Calico in the store, 10 yards jg
150 Ladies' Trimmed Hats, Closed Out at 98c
