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PUATTHMOUTH, NKIIKAHKA
Entered at the postoffice at Flattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska,
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Plattsmouth Telephone No. 85.
January,
And now the Dick Mctcalf boom
for the democratic nomination for
the U. S. Senate has broken out again.
It would be spoiling a good news
paper man to make a democratic
statesman.
Candidates for congress up in the
third district arc beginning to loom
up for the shoes of Mr. Latta. There
are several good ones who ought
to be able to make that gentleman
go somo and we think that most
any of them can land the plum.
The name of Peter Mortenscn has
been . suggested for the nomination
for state treasurer on the republican
ticket. Mr. Mortenscn made a mighty
good state treasurer when he was
holding down the office before and the
republican party could go much
farther and fare a great deal worse. In
fact "Uncle Peter" would so far
distance any fellow that the demo
crates put up that he would not
know he was running.
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The papers this morning stated
that Clyde Barnard will be a candi
date for secretary of state. Good
for Clyde. Mr. Barnard would make
a fine officer. Ho haa had plenty
of experience in the lines which a
Becrctary of state has to deal with
and is so well acquainted over the
state that his selection would mean
his election without a doubt, lie
is at present secretary of the republican
state committee and he has made
good in that work just as he has made
good in every thing he has undertaken.
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The opposition papers arc endeavor
ing to make great stuff out of the
fact that President Taft notified the
president of one of the great railroads
that there would be "no indiscriminate
prosecution of corporations." The
democratic press would be happy
to Bee the president do something
which would throw tho business
interests of the country into a panic
The president is no grand stand player
He is looking to the interest of the
country and will bring about the
reforms needed wothout precipitat
ing upon the country a panic.
It is rather amusing to pick up
the World-Herald anil note that it
devotes a couple of columns to stuff
published by the republican papers
of the state which tend to make the
average democrat feel that there is
a future which may not be all dark.
A great many of those republican
papers .print the stuff when in
progressive frame of mind, little
thinking that they are lurnislung
political bullets which may be fired
at their own party later on. Pro
grcssion is all right but it (should not
extend to blundcrgression.
The follows who are pinning their-
faith to t!io idea that when House veil"
retur.'.-t he will R;e Tuft particular
fits, I..
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;-,lit just as .veil l ol l their
The probabilities are thai
when bo hears the inside of the Piuehol ! be. played that one woman convinced
controversoy, l:o will figure it 'out; her husband that four mMitiuns
that tho i rcuuor.t wa.v hr.w in just i la llio family t one visit of the biiio;
one thin!, and that is that he did j legged bird vas according to Iioyl,
not fire the ..oi.tlciiian i-oonor than uo : and the b'.ufi worked. 1.; s Anj-clts
dil. Col. Uoos.-wlt 1 as seem enough 'we understand is tho same as "Lost
of military un.l pjl.tical lii'e bot'i Ango!s,"und if so it is well named.
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OF CASS COUNTY
Editor
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31, 1910.
to know that insubordination on the
part of an inferior will not go. Pin
ehot's advice to his former subordi
nates upon his retirement for them
to remember that they were serving
a much greater master than the
department of agriculture or the
administration, is sufficient evidence
that he was a trouble maker and
should have had his little old head
chopped off long before he did.
And now comes the investigation
of tho beef trust, and it is to be a
thorough investigation from the
bottom to the top and nation wide.
Paris is suffering from too much
water. In the past she has suffered
from too little. As a consequence
not being used to it they don't know
what to do and some of them claim
it is due to the comet.
The commercial club of Lincoln has
purchased a site for its new build
ing at the north east corner of
Eleventh and P streets. It is a good
location on the corner of the street
just across east of the Savoy hotel.
It is rumored that the Count
Boni deJCastcllane is to take chances
on another American heiress. This
time it is Mabel Gerry, daughter of
Commodore Gerry. Boni -is taking
ots of chamccs this time for if he
doesn't walk the chalk pretty straight
with Mabel, the Commodore can
bombard him with an American
battleship.
Governor Shcllenbcrger has at last
madejup his mind that he will call
no extra session of tho legislature.
The Governor is no fool. He knows
well enough that to get that gang of
of incompetents together again they
would put up such a job at law making
that it would be good by Ashton and
the democratic party in Nevraska.
Some how that announcement of Mr'
Whedon that he would be a can
didavc for the senate this fall has not
created a very Rrefrt hubbuu in the
state. Tho fact of the mctter is that
a few people jure not going to'feoljike
taking something new that they know
nothing about when they have a man
already in Washington whi? is far
above the average in the body of
which he is a member.
Those fellows out at Los Angeles
must be' an easy bunch. It has
developed that there are in that city
at the present time four hundred
ready made babies which have been
palmed off on the easy husbands by
the cute wives of that city who
would rather patronize the hand-me-down
strork stores than to have the
real article with the name blown in
the botile. It is said that nearly
every man is Los An'reles who had an
infant of tender age spends most of
his time examining the featuies
of
Ids offspring to try and
discover if:
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there is any family rosHublciioo. ! associate with tho opposition, throw
i The game wrs such an iasv one to'1"" t'1' raiment of your own party
MORE WRONG DOPE.
In discussing the publication of
the dope sent out by the M. & M.
association of Omaha, the Blair Pilot
after commending the course of the
editor of this paper takes occasion
to let loose the following information
which if true might be important:
"We agree with Editor Barrows
for once, anyhow. Wc don't
like his stand-pat tendencies and
can't quite understand how an
intelligent man, more especially
an editor in Nebraska,
who has a mind and soul
all his own, can possibly line up
with the Cannon-Aldrich crowd
unless he wants something from
that crowd or is a puppet for an
other who Wants something."
The editor of the Pilot, like some
other individuals cannot under
stand somethings which do not exist.
The editor of this paper is not now,
never has, nor can the editor of the
Pilot show that wc have been an
advocate of the Cannon-Aldrich
crowd. Neither do we want any
thing from that crowd or any other
crowd in a political way. If the
Pilot man knew us better he would
know that wc are not the "puppet"
of any man. As wc have said time
and again and now we repeat it.
The man who thinks that ho can
dictate to us wants to try it once
and he will have occasion to know
that he has made a wrong diagnosis
of the case.
We have been accused of being
an advocate of Joe Cannon. We
have also been condemned because
we were not an advocate of that
gentleman. The records and files
of the Daily Xcws will show repeat
edly that we have said that we did
not believe that Cannon should be
retained as speaker. We have how
ever said that as between Joe Cannon
and a man dictated by the conglom
eration of democrates, bushwhackers
and insurgents which were fightung
the administration of President Taft
that we would cast our lot with
Speaker Cannon and we now stand
upon that platform. The progressive
republican who believes that the
reforms needed citn and will be given
the people by the republican party
is right. That is the kind of a stand
patter the editor of this paper claims
to be. We believe in the adminis
tration of President Taft and we be
lieve that any man who gets cold feet
on the administration at this time is
not a sound republican and should
not expect republican support at
the coming election.
As far as Joseph Cannon is con
cerned our contention is that when
any man has got to that point in his
political history that his retention
in office is liable to menace the suc
cess of his party, that he should
voluntarily retire. If he is too bull
headed to sec the point the point
should be shown him in such a way
that his retirement would be con
elusive. Joseph Cannon has done
great service for his party in the past,
but he has got to that age where he
is too blind to see and too bull headed
to understand. He should therefore
be retired and some other man given
his place. To accomplish that end
it is not necessary to begin a bush
whacking campaign on President Taft
and his administration before - it
has fairly started and insure the
election of a democratic congress.
There is such a thing as being
progressive to that extent that it
contracts an acute case of foolishness.
There is no occasion for any man
going to that extent. There has been
nothing in the past history of the
republican party which would give
any man excuse to carry his acts
so far that it might tend to place
the country in the control of the
democratic party. The man who
does go that f ir is either doing so
for selfish ends or would much better
bo over the line. We have no use
whatever for a half breed politician.
Bo a republican or a democratic.
Be one or the other, but cease sailing
under false colors. If you have lost
"Villi in your own party and want to
and put on that (if the oilier. If
democratic vcWs look bcttir to you
than iviuMica:i votta, your p'ace is
in the democratic ( ally.
At this .-lace f the game tloro are
ju.-t two sides. (!( t or ore or the ether
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LEST WE FORGET.
The meeting he'd at the Parmcle
theatre last night for the purpose of
getting the people awakened to the
problems which will confront us as
a city and which have been con
fronting us during the past years was
a start in the right direction. The
seed has been planted and now will
the necessary moisture be applied
to make it grow. The seed has been
planted many times before. Not
in '.his same way, but in the minds
of every citizen of the city, but last
night it was forced upon us in such
a way chat good ought to come from
it. It is a matter of history that
those with whom we mingle day by
day may talk the same things which
Mr. Irving talked last night, but
nobody will take enough notice of
it to even give them a second thought.
The editor of this paper might offej
the people a good investment for
their money, but no one would take
enough interest in it to invest a
dollar. However let a stranger come
to the city and make the same pro
position and he will find both sides
of Main street lined with men falling
over themselves in their eagerness
to grasp the opportunity. It was
ever thus. It will ever be. The
question before us now is to put
into effect the things which we become
convinced should be put into effect.
It needs just such men as Mr Irving
who is not afraid to say what he
thinks to make us wake up to our
ncedsand the needs of the city. In
our estimation he brought out no
more important fact than the one
of patronizing home industries and
home institutions. Money taken out of
of the city is money gone forever.
We never see it again and get no benefit
from it other than in the purchase.
Take a dollar and scratch a mark
upon it and go to the store of one of our
merchants and spend it for something
you want. If you should watch the
journeyings- of thao daily, would
see it paid to a clerk for a
portionof hisdaily labor. It would
then go to the shoe man for a pair
of shoes, then to the bank for deposit,
then to the shops and be paid back
to the man for his work, then back
to the merchant again and make the
same trip over again the following
week and probably return to you
in some avenue of trade and you would
recognize it by the mark you placed
upon it. It is being done every day
of the week. The dollar you received
yesterday if spent in Plattsmouth
is liable to pass through your hands
again before the week is over in its
duty of loyalty standing up for Platts
mouth and her institutions. But
take that dollar to Omaha, or send
it toChicago and it is gone forever.
You have got to get another somewhere
to take the place of tho one which
was performing its duty of doing
business in Plattsmouth.
Let one hundred men take their
little old silver dollars and mark
them and start them going next
Monday morning in Plattsmouth
Could their trail be followed one would
be astonished at the immense business
those one hundred silver dollars woule
do during the week. But take them
to Omaha or Chicago and set them
afloat, how many of them would
ever return to do business in our
city. We have a polulation of five
thousand people. On an average wc
spend to say the least five dollars a
week. Suppose that was put in
continual circulation here in this city
performing the functions for which
it was intended, it would mean twenty
five thousand dollars in constant
circulation doing its duty and enliven
ing trade. Send it to Omaha or
Chicago, and it oerforms the act
of enlivening business in those cities
when that of our own city is deprived
of its birthright..
Will the three hundred or more
noonle who bv standing en their
feet last night and saying that they
would cut out the pernicious habit
of putting tluir money in circulation
away from home stick to their good
resolution, or will they forget it
when the first opportunity presents
itself to spend it where it will bcneiit
some of tho largo business frms el'
the big otitis .who are sucking the
life blood of thousands of tow in
like our own. The proepcrity of
Plattsmouth is your prosperity.
The prosperity of her merchant
moans a rni'O in tho price of your
real estate. The merchant who spend
his money in Omaha for some of the
things which he can buy across the
street of his brother merchant should
set the example for the rest and cut
it out even if it does cost him a little
more. Get the crowd to going to
your establishment by setting them
a good example. Will you do it?
START HER UP. . j
There is no time like the present to
begin the work suggested by the
speaker at the boosters meeting this
week. If we allow the time to pass by
without at once caking action of some
kind in the matter the first thing we
know the emhisiasm will die out and
we will be back to tho old position.
We know whai we oughc lo do. The
thing to do is to do it and do it now.
There were many things said at that
meeting which ought to be carried out,
but we cannot expect to attend to
them all at once. Certain lines
should be drawn and after
being drawn followed. Do not
try to pull too many strings at one
time. Select the line of work and then
follow it to a successful termination.
Get into the game. If a home run is
needed to win the game lets put in
the batter who stands the best chance
to make that home run. If only a
little bunt is needed to bring the
winning tally over the plate let us
have the bunt. But whatever is
needed to win the game let us proceed
to have that thing.
The Wahoo Wasp says that Hon.
Charles II. Sloan may contest with
Congressman Hinshaw for the re
publican nomination for congress in
the Fifth district. The editor of
this paper used to live in the same
senatorial district with Senator Sloan.
In fact we had the pleasure of support
ing him for the state senate at the
time ho was elected the game year of
the celebrated Majors-IIolcomb
fight for governor. We want to say
right here that Charles II. Sloan is
the best man in the fifth district
for the office of congressman, and
mean what we say. He is not a
knocker, nor a kicker, but believes in
the republican party and the prin
ciples it advocates, and he doesn't
get cold feet on the proposition either.
If we lived in the fifth district our
coat would come off for Charlie
Sloan and if necessary the midnight
oil would burn all night.
Up in Butte the other day Carrie
Nation went out on a bust the furni
ture crusade, havidg heard that there
were some pictures on exhibition
down in the prescribed district which
would n it look well in a Sunday School
and she concluded to make a personal
examination. The woman who run
the resort concluded that Carrie
should not harm the pictures and
proceeded to pull the hair of the
Kansn3 woman. Mrs. Nation is well
along In years, but she swung her
good right on the jaw of tho woman
and the game was at an end.
The Farmers & Merchants Bank
of Alexandria in Thayer county closed
its doors yeaterday. Too many banks
in a small town was tho cause of the
suspension.
Prohibition In Canada.
(Ddriot Journal.)
The result of the recent election in
Ontario leaves no doubt as to where
that provience stands on the temnnp.
ancc question. The "drys" have made
seventy-one gams, so far as the re
turns have conic in, and the wets"
only two. In only nineteen munici
palities did the "wets"get a clear ma
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REAL ESTATE. Town residenc
pay rent any longer. ou can own your own dwelling e)vtirer
Let ire show you somo iroo.l chances to acquire farms in Nol
brnska. South and North Dakota. Missouri or Tuvn I-'IlfP
i..'uiv.iin,ii "iiiiin in m. m mi! iiesc companies
SUHEl Y BO vDS. Got your lands from the Aiunii 'an Pu-ctv ('
ACCIDENT INSURANCE. The risk of personal injtirv iV"o
,t times as rout as that of losing your property by th e " Secure
, a policy of the London Guranteo and Accident Company hnd
be sure of an income wnilo vou are onablo to work.
jority, fifty-four being lost to the tem
perance cause by the majority under
the Ihrec-fifths required by law.
That the temperance people should
have won u victory is not surprising,
but the extent of that victory certainly
is. It does not presage total pro
hibition throughout Canada, how
ever, for the French-Canadians are
strong numerically and so united
ill their opposition to prohibition that
they could and would defeat any gov
ernment that attempted ti. They are
in a minority, but so strong is that
minority that no govenrment could
hold power without their consent.
Premier Laurier did put the question
of a vote of the people at a general
election, and every province but
Quebec declared for prohibition. But
while a majority of the people of Can
ada and a large majority at that
favored the total abolition of the
liquor trade, even so popular a man
as Sir Wilfred Laurier dared not pes
it through in defiance of the wishut
of French Quebec. Another deterrent
is the loss of revenue implied a loss
which Laurier estimated at $7,000,000.
This loss would have to bo made up
by imposing heavier duties on im
ports and the people of Canada feel
that the duties are fully high enough
already.
Thcss two obstacles are likely to
stand in the way of prohibition in
Canada for many years to come, for
no government could face the storm
and live. The support of the "drys"
is not by any means as united and
consistant as is the opposition of the
"wets."
THE TERRIFYING BARBER.
Do You Tremble When You see
Him Glare at You.'
Have you ever been frightened when
you were young and bashful, by the
choice of men put up to you in the bar
ber shop? Some people are, according
to one of the profession. He was asked
why they all stand by their chairs with
an anxious don't-you-dare-comc-and-sit-hcre
look when you walk into the
shop. "I guess we stand like that"
the chin artist Baid as he dropped his
victim into a position of vigilant
repose, "because it looks more dig
nified than bowing or waving our
arms or doing a buck dance to attract
the customer's attention. Don't want
to scare him any more than is neces
sary. Besides, we all take even
chances. It 's against the rules of
the union to wink at a customer or
give any other sign of superior breeding
"Scared Why sure! Some of them
are scared enough to sit down on the
first chair with their hats on and ask
for a haircut. A country lad with a
six month's invisible cotton wool
growth on his chin came in here one
day. We were all lined up in three
seconds, ten of us. And that fellow
took a seat on the waiting list and
gazed into his empty hat like a bashful
girl expecting to be asked for her
first dance.
"Yes, it makes some folks nervous,
I reckon, to have to choose a cigar
even, and of course we're all liable to
catch his eye at once. There was one
man came in the other day looking as
if he'd committed some unpleasant
crime.
"He gave a look round the room an
was saved from a nervous breakdown
by the porter taking his hat and coat
and collar and tic, one after the other
Then he looked round again and took
his vest off for a tonic, wound up his
watch and heavens knows what he
wouldn't have taken off if the porter
hadn't slipped him quick into my
chair.
"How do men choose their barber
Well, there seems to be just one rule.
It goes by weight, I guess, or height.
A man most always'll take the chair
the slimmest man is standing by. Ever
see a fat barber Sure, plenty
of first-raters but never popular.
Customers like a man who can lean
over and shave the other side without
walking round. Don't like the notion
of the comfortable fellow who can
rest his elbow on his stomach in be
tween his walking tours round the
patient. Most popular assistant I
ever had was double jointed.
Face massage?"
Mrs. George Dalton, living across
the bridge who has been quite sick
is reported somewhat better at this
time.
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