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( The Plattsmouth Journal 1TIIUMIKI WKKK1.Y AT rLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. U. A. liATT.S. rnii.iMiKU Klilervtl hi the (hMtiulltt't ftl lMitltMmniHi, lp:tkti. us mvoihltl;i' initltiT. Nr- DEMOCRATIC TICKET. NATIONAL. For President, ALTON It PAIiKKK, ur New York. For Nice I'lesldenl, iii:ni:v c. davis, nf West Virginia. FUSION STATE TICKET. For (Jovernor- - (IKOPCii; W. HKIMiF, Lincoln. For Lieut enant- love i nor 1K. A. TOWNSF.N D, Franklin Co. For Secret ary of SI at e - lU'DOLPH V.. WATK K, lluinholt. For Treasurer - J. M. ONllOltNK, Pawnee O. For Auditor J.S. CA NADAV, Mlnden. For At lomey-iieneral - KDWAltD W11ALKN, O'Neill. ForSupt. Pnlille Instruction - A. A.SOFTI.HV, Per I, ins Co. For Land Commissioner A. A.'oi:SF.LKV, Unite. For I'onu'M'ssuian- First, District lll'iill LAMASTKU, Johnson County. l'r u favors lioosevelt for F.mpcror and Jude Parker for President. Dkmoi hat, he sure and attend your primaries next Monday nllit, Septem ber l'.t. .Yo fn'ion ( n iii i h tjiiih' (lie niiiii mi fi'ioiiii ((' irnr. lioosevelt. .ll 'c (if (1.1 Theodore P.V'sinis men are drifting rapidly to .ItnL'e Parker; a fact which means well for Parkerand business. Titr: public debt was Increased over i.oon.m'odurlin; I be inontbof August. Our strenuous president Is costing t lie country dearly. Skn atoi: I,oiok. reiterates that lie will make no display of oratory any where but In Massachusetts. Chair man Tannnrt reiterates that therefore lie has hH's of carrying the state for Parker. Tin: Journal don't know of a demo crat in Cass county hut that w ill sup port Cieor'e YY. 1'ieiye for governor, but if reports are true there Is a lare number of republican fanners w ho w ill not vote for Midget Mickey. "On one side there is a man with his ((Hit on the constitution and a sword in his band. On the other side is the Jude with his foot upon the sword and the constitution In his hand." -Sena tor llailey in lirooklyn speech. Tkukv s letter of acceptance makes about ten columns. Is it possible that this Is the same philosopher who has repeatedly assured the American pen pie that words are unsubstantial and gaseous and that it Is only deeds that counts David 11, Hill exhibits his usual audacity in saying, "Our candidates are level -leaded, cotiser vat I ve, safe and .sane. They are neither arratlc, spec tacular, theatrical, self-conceited nor vain-glorious." If this Is not treason, let them make the most of it. It was lioosevelt who slandered President McKinley durlnir the Cuban war by saying that he t McKinley ) "had about as much backbone as the choco late man on the street candy stand And McKinUVs slanderer receives the plaudits of the shunters and otV.cc holders. rKN Am it n:iMitoK announces an thorltlvely tht "the west Is entirely safe for lioosevelt " This may be dc 1 t i penned on uvau-e a man who was driving cows out in Montana wher the train stopied tor water, rode up to the car window and confidentially told him so. Mit. HruoElsa clean candidate. He Is a nood cltiz.'n and a Kood lawyer. He has the JelTersonlan nualltlcatlons of honesty anil competency. To the popullstie and democratic sticklers for regularity he me -is the requirements of nomination from each of those par tics. To I he Independent voter he meets the lequlieaients of Rood faith, sincerity and capability. Judge J. 11. Broad. (EMf f tn ''t.n i ri Ik lIlflKJ" I 'l jf '- iii j itiiIi' oinsfif iife'iw, nfi.. -Theodore lloovvclt. Dkmim hats, don't fall to attend our primaries next Monday evening. lU'inrinU-r this Is a very i 1 1 1 1 r t cam paign, and thai we must perform the duty of iiouilnatiiiK' a u-ihh) t icket. Tin: I.oid M'eins to In' part icularly pleased tins year to shower liievsin's on t lie democrat ic pai t ) . Frank Jami s aiiiiniiiu i s that he w ill support Kuost-- ll. It Is supposed thai if (,'uantrel was alive lie would le dointf the same. Tim: fanners of Cass county don't want any more wall-Howcrs or Uiipiet cliaiiners to represent, them in the next legislature, hut men who have the moral courage to stand up and defend the rights of their constituents, re aidless of the railroads and the ele vator coinhlne. IIavk you old fellows foiyotten the Incident of 1H7H, when Old Moxa Mor ton of Indiana, who was In California for his health, telegraphed to Old Zack Chandler to "claim everything." The tcpuhlicansare trying to work the same old 1)1 u IT this year. Hut the people won't he "hlull'ed" hy the "claims" made on the returns from Maine and Vermont. Almost at the same moment when l!o isevelt is declaring that "the ex penditures of the nation have, heen managed in a spirit, of economy" and that "the public work of the Culled States lias never heen conducted with a higher decree of honesty," we tlnd liitiirjlssuinti a inu.lliitf order to the heads of departments at Washington: "lly direction of the President, ollleals will neither discuss nor jrlvc out any information rcaiilin the annualestl niales until furtherorders." Tin', republicans at national head quarters have a way of compelling fed eral olbceholders to make a trip east and then return, net Interviewed re- ardiiik' the political situation, and have his views published. This Isnnc of Cortelyou's Important acts on the program, and the latest olllceholder to make the trip wasCapt. Palmer, post master of Omaha. He learned Ids part in the play to perfection, and it Is very aiitfliable to read his Interview In the P.ee of last Saturday inornliiK. His story is so Improbable as to appear ri- llculous. Put then it has come to that point that most anything will now be resorted to to bolster up the drooplnir spirits of republicans even here in the tax-ridden republican state of Ne braska. Foil more than a century the consti tution has served the purposes of the American people excellently well. It has heen put to the extremest tests of wars Internecine and International. Hut no constitution would withstand for lontfthe disturbing and weakening innovations to which "Teddy, the Terror," has In three years subjected it. No constitution Is proof against the destructive power of the man who wields the treat executive function. The tendency of the execut ive function lias been of late years toward encroach ment upon the co-ordinate functions, but it was not permitted dangerously to overbalance and bear dow n upon the other powers until the Imperialist and militant Teddy began to brandish his authority and crush down the limita tions which surrounded Its exercise. The life and endurance of the constitu tion depend upon the removal of this menacing executive and the election of one who will keep within the proper and defined bounds of his olllce. Isn't the constitution good enough for the American people? In any event, insn't It better than the big capital 1 and the eocksureness of the rash paper hero? The PacKlng House Strikes. The w ell Informed and brilliant edi tor if the News in a very edifying pro duction on the recent strike, has this to say In the Issue of last Friday even ing: "These troubles are usually settled by each side making some concessions. Kach side has to twin "give and take, but Mr Donnelly was not willing to let good enough alone. He was going to make t he packers "walk chalk," and to his music, tint by such proceedings lost out In what the Mewshelieves was a good cause. The unions w ill have to charge their Tailiue up to the blunders on the part of their leader rather than to any mistake on their part or because their demands were unreasonable or unjust." In his hypocritical pretentionsof be ing favorable to organized labor, he should at least endeavored to have posted upa little on the question. He seems to think that the late strike was under the direct Intluences of the one- man power. He blames Donnelly w ith the whole business, when a man who has nothing morctodo than sit around and read the papers, as he has, should have learned U'tter. Mr. Donnelly simply acted according to orders from a higher source. Individually he had no more to do In directing llie strike than the editor of the New s has In con trolling the columns of that paper. Donnelly acted In accordance with the wishes of those In authority the same as the News speaks out the wishes of the Plattsmouth Republican lln. Ills editorial created considerable merri ment among the union men of thlsclty to know that such a damphool was still on earth. iiii'iiiJ 'ii.im. it iiiniy Beauties of Republican Rule. P.el.ttive to the obnoxious features of the present revenue measure, we In vite the attention of the readers of the Journal to the following, which ap pears In the Sunday State Journal, and from that radical republican wht elln ise.Chas. O. Wheedon, of Lin coln. Tlie Slate Journal, in attempt ing to answer Mr. Whi edon's article, admits the result of the revenue act, but justilics it on the ground that the odious "lax-skulkers" meaning the poor people of Nebraska did not pay their taxes. The Journal re-hashes the argument used by the railroad cap pers who bumfi oled our legislators two years ano. Here is what Whee don says: Lincoln, Neb., September 10. To the F.dltor of The Stale Journal: The following are some of the results w hich How from the new revenue law: The state levy or taxes has been In creased this year is nercent over t'.MHt. ThecounlyKeiieralfund lias been in creased 1 1 per cent. The county bridge fund has been In creased 4'J per cent. The county road fund has been In creased 'JS percent. The county sinking fund has been in creased 2 1-- per cent. The soldiers' relief fund has been de creased 42 per cent. The latter fund Issmall, the levy last year producing only 2,.")7!,42, and this year l, 472 W. hach and every Increase in the levy t his year over last was unnecessary and Is excessive. OI.UI'AKISON Oh' TWO t'Ol'NTlKS. I'ndertheold revenue law the as sessed valuation of Lancaster county for l'.MO was s,)!)S,o;7.l4. Under the new revenue law t his year the assessed valuation of this county is $l4,"2!i,Hti!i. 2, an Increase of 71.3 per cent. Last year the assessed valuation or Douglas county was $2.'),.r)!i;i,(IU) This year, under the new law, the assessed valua tion of Douglas county is 2m,ms,:i;jo,wi) and Increase 12.7 percent. Here are the most populous and richest counties In the state. In one the assessed val uation, for the purpose of taxation, Is Increased more than 71 percent, while In the other the increase is less than 111 per cent. The state levy In each coun ty is the same, (i mills. It Is Immate rial to the taxpayers whether the fault lies in the law or in its execution; the result Is the same. N KITH KK TIIK LAW NOK ITS ADMINISTRA TION CAN 15 K JCST1F1KD. CI I AS. O. WllKDEN. When the Cass county fanner wakes up and linds his VM)'t tax roll about twenty-live per cent greater than ids l'.HU roll and about lifly per cent great er than his bank roll, he will lay awake "of nights" to vote for Hanker Mickey and another railroad republican legis lature. Have Silenced His Tongue. It Is generally known that fully one third of the republican voters of Ne braska do not care a continental as to whether Midget Mickey is re-elected or not, and they know at republican state headquarters they w ill almost have to move heaven and earth to pull the old hypocrite through even in this presi dential year. Everybody knows that w hile Harry Lindsey was not re-elected chairman of the republican state cen tral committee he is virtually the guid ing star at republican headquarters If Harry says "thumbs up," up they go; If Harry says "thumbs dow n," down they go just the same. Twoyears ago Mickey was allowed to roam over the state promiscuously making speeches that would not be creditable to a ten-year-old school lad An effort was made several limes to pull him olT the stump, but he wouldn't be pulled, but tills year It Is different. Mr. Lindsey lays the law down to the midget governor in great shape. He told him that if he wanted to be re elected he must give up his feeble ef forts at speech-making, keep his mouth closed, his tongue bridled and remain In his olllce at least until after the stli day of November And Mickey Is fol his orders to the letter, lie Is very obedient to Mr. Llndsey's wishes, for he sees in (ieorgo W. lierge, the fusion candidate for governor, a most formid able opponent. The apprchensiveness already dis- played by the party leaders denotes the extreme weakness of their candidate and should encourage every democrat and every populist In the state to put thelrshoulderstothe Herge bandwagon and land that gentleman safely in the governor's office on the eighth day of November next. His Aiviukscy has placed the seal of secrecy upon the Hps of government officials at Washington regarding any information concerning the- annual es tlmates. This made "by direction of the president," and "officials will net thcr discuss nor give out any informa tlon regarding the annual estimates until further orders" Is the way it I stated. Coming so quickly after Judge Parker's spieeli to the democratic cd itors charging extravagance and cor ruptlou under republican rule, this message from Oyster Hay Is of political slgnliicance. Heretofore it has been possible to obtain an excellent idea of the amount of estimates In each de partment. Departmental censure and probably dismissal menace any govern ment official or employe who makes It possible for the democratsto gain from the cstlmatesammunitlon to continue the campaign lire against the "extrav agance of tho Roosevelt regime." In other word, "Damn I he people they havo no right to know what's going on In the governmental hcadquartcrs.any how," according toF.mpcror Roosevelt. The Vermont Election. Tiik News Is inclined to think that the republican majority in Vermont is sigmticant. Now, if our nelghlxr feel consoled over t he election returns from Vermont, be is certainly wel come to it. In view of the fact that th adiiiinist ration concentrated all its i tf uts and resouices in that Mate, hold ing in th" previous week to the elec tion: over 2i'U meetings. I'onsiilel ing lYd'l.v ma le an urgent appeal, and the secretary of war, speaker of the house of representatives, Cni ted States senators and congressmen, assisted by a host of lever lights, made urgent ap peals to the republican farmers to go i the polls, we can't perceive where the republicans have any cause for re- oiclng. Moreover, it was proclaimed throughout the state that lioosevelt had promised the candidate for gover nor to attend his Inauguration In case he obtained a majority of 4D,iK)u. In view of these efforts, never made by liny party In a September election, it Is remarkable that the administration did not succeed in increasing the re publican majority. Indeed, It did not even Increase the republican vote. It does not this year exceed 4H,o,ji), while in lXii; It was .r).'l,2.'.(i, and in lli)t) It was H.441. It is certainly a very small straw that the News Is grabbing at. The democrats at national headquar ters are very well pleased with the re sult in the rock-ribbed republican state of Vermont. "Nothing else was expected," says John Sharp Williams, "Vermont Is so hopelessly republican that they have noteven elected a democratic consta ble there for twenty years. In fact, Vermont is so Isolated that in 18!2, when the democrats swept the coun try, the wave of public opinion did not permeate into Vermont far enough to bring about the election of a county official Why, even in the 'solid south' the republicans elect state and count y officers. Down in Alabama they car ried a couple of counties the othe day. The size of Vermont's vote means noth ing. Down in Texas the democratic majority. Uncinates "i0,0i)0 to loo.OiH) sometimes, and no one thinks that the state Is any less democratic. Vermont is Ironclad republican, and the size of the majority only shows how many are voting. It docs not show how the rest of t lw Count rv 1 irnilur l.v n Imii.t thi.t ,( Concerning the Vermont election, Mayor Harrison of Chicago says: "The Vermont election has no signilicancc Vermont liasa populationof .141,(541, of which but U.Oitil are foreign born. Of this number 2.1,0(10 are Canadians riiere are but 7,000 Irish, Germans and Ilohemians in the state. The issues in this campaign are Imperialism and militariaism, subjects in which the foreign-born voters are intensely inter ested. Such issues did not appeal to Vermont. That is why I contend that the Vermont election Indicate. nothinir concerning the rest of the country." These views arc very sensible ones, and should convince any one that our neighbor is yelling before getting any where near out of the woods. Where's the Cinch? The Outlook, w hich pretends to be neutral, but which has strong republl can leanings, has this to say about New York and the general election in November: "It Is a truism that the republicans can carry the election without New York, but this Is always accompanied by the supposition that they will be able to hold all the other so-called republican states. Hut sup- pose that conditions w hich sweep New York out of the republfcan column al so effect New Jersey, Connecticut and West Virginia? It is already admitted that Maryland is probably democratic and there will be a close tight in Indi ana. New York, of course, becomes once more the pivotal state. The state went for Grant In 1S72, for Til den In 187(5, for darlleld in ISM), for Cleveland In 1"S4, for Harrison in lxss, for Clevelannd in l!i02and for McKin ley in ISiMi and r.MX). The democrats have carried It only once since 1M12 that was in lsu,, wnen rarker was elected chief judge. Hut they came perilously near it in lMis, when Koost velt was elected governer, In a total vote of more than 1.200,000 by a plur allty of about I7,ooo,.and again in 1W2 Odell had only 8,0u) plurality In a to tal vote of nearly l,:iiK,ooo. The theo ry of the democratic campaigners is that the democrats, who left their party in lMHiand lnoo, helping to sw ell McKinley's plurality in the forme year to 2ti8,(HH and In the latter to 143, 000, will now support Judge Parker In order to strengthen their cause the republicans may nominate for governor ex-Secretary Klihu Root. In spite of repealed declarations on the part of Mr. Hoot that he could not see his way clear to make further sac rifices to the party. The democrats, on the other hand, s.'em very likely to nominate Daniel S. Lamont, if Mr. Root be the republican nominee. Mr. Lamont Is also a former secretary of war, having served In theciblnct of President Cleveland, and he Is one of the best-known and most popular dem ocrats In the state. The republican state convention has been called to meet In Saratoga, September 14, and the democratic state convention will be held at the same place otic week later." nourishing corn. It hns the ilavor that is so highly tender, dated by Uiobo who know'whnt good meet is. It is lasting, juicy and delicious. Choico cuts for broiling or rousting. Our prices invito purchases. Also bear in mind that our GROCERY DEPARTMENT is up-to-date and that tho quality of our goods cannot be surpassed nor our prices cuimot bo bent. We divide our profits with our customers, becuuso we give thorn tho best goods for the same money that you have to pny for poorer quality. Don't bo backward, but give us n trial. 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