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The Plattsmouth Journal I l III.IMIH KKKI.Y AT PLATV-SV.UU I'll. NEI.KASKA. I; a. i:.Tl'. l i lii.iMiKu. Km -I .11 1 1 Ill Ml, .'11111. :ni:ir. -.-.: ilLt r K.. vr V. . ' DEMOCRATIC TICKET. NATIONAL. For President. ALTON I! PAKKKH. of New York. Fur Vice President, iiknuy ;. havis. nf West Virginia. FUSION STATE TICKET. For (.overnm - (.p.okci: w, i;i:k;k, Lincoln. For Lieu tenant -(in vornor DK. A.TOWNSF.NI), Franklin Ca For Secretary of St ate - KFI()LF1IF.. WAT.KLllmnhlt. For Treasurer - J. M. osimnNF., Pawnee Co. For Auditor - J.S. CANADA Y, Minden. For Attorney-i.ener.il KDWAI5D WIIALLN, (fNelll. For Sunt. Puhlle. Instruction - A. A.SOFTLKY, IVrklnsCo. For Land Commissioner A. A. WOIISLLF.Y, ltutte. For Connrcssman - First District HCCII LA M AST I'M, Johnson County, Tiik iiitiI of .H-d government in Ne braska Isroat. L'Uravananeehas run riot. I'.ut et-ry tiling that may he said coiiivniiiiK' tin? state situation is fully as true nationally, and every argument that can l.e advanced in favor of 1 i' re.. for governor may als't le advanced In favor of Judge Parker for president. i.k JoK Casmin is even couniig t Nebraska to try to cntltuv' t lu ll! ,Nplng spii itsnf rep:, hi leans Cncle Jm may he utile to do so hv leaving a few thousandof the national campaign fiinds in the cotters of some of the lead els, hut his oratory will never do it. It ain't In hhn. We know Cncle Joe or old GEO.W. BERGE ON TAXATION Why Necessary to Increase Taxation? 'Why it IJecame Necessary to In- - I. . r. . . s rr . t . Speech Before the Omaha Real Es- Friend (Neb.) Tei.gram, one of the tatfl ExChangS oldest republican papers in the state. Sin its last isiiethe Telegram has this Hon. (hvrge V. I'.erge, the lusion 1 1,, , . candidate for governor, delivered the! ani.r as t1(.v iSl.;iI1 llie t;iX hst following address before the ( imalia : f,,r put and aseert.-iin thru thric i-.it,. al estate exchange nn Wednesday of i,.f taxati.m .as verv nearly douhled ist week. lb1 deals with the new rev ,.. ii,,,i...in.r i , it ,-,L. ti aw iu the following manner: t real f.u-ts are as 'follows: lWiinnini' Ckviu Mi a: Your organisation is! ten or tifteen years ago Hie dilTer- ent legislatures began tacking on to "I ham: never met a man," Secre tary Taft went all the way to Vermont to say, "who was so ready to sacrllk-c a previously formed opinion as the president of the I'nlted States." Does ho allude to the alacrity with which the fundamental principles of the De claration of Independence has been abandoned? Sknatoh Faiuiianks weeps greet salt tears when speaking of the deca dence of American ocean shipping, liut as this branch of Indust ry, by the unanimous testimony of shlp-owneis, pays only alxnit one per cent on the investment, the longiiudlnous states man might well shed tears because we have so much. A' (i luniji at imi is lyioi fin ii'i uf (i tie cnyu'i in hi'iiiiii or' ii'ir. Theodore Roosevelt. K kit it i.k '. x anxiety prevails hi Indiana- the reason being that Tom Tag gart also prevails theie. iiii'i'lt cWxM.f it Muni In itiriiwiti il tn ("( ci nb: wmslitutiim;'. In ilisn tin i ll 'rrf- V'm. -Toeodore Ilo isevelt. Tin-: uk Is not u living democrat of national prominent: who supported Cleveland In b'.U, and llryan in lH'.Mi and l!iM, ho Is not enthusiastically S'ippoiting Judge I'arler. It means victory when such democrats are unl ted. ' "I lia -Ai.akm" FoitAhKi: has been la Nebraska, but los presence has not created the least particle of enthu siiLsin. Now, ir the repuhllcaiis can Induce Icicle Fairbanks to visit the state the "coolness" In the republican ranks of Nebraska will lie complete. Nkws from Washington, the seat of democratic congressional committee lieadiiuarlersls encouraging. It seems certain that Chairman Ualvock of the republican committee, will he beaten out of his scat In W isconsin, and that the democrats will win the House by a safe majority. Talk about rainbow chasing! Here is a national committeeman Aklns over In Missouri, telling Cortelyou, the band-lxix chairman of national com mittee, that he "has great hopes of carrying Missouri for Koosevelt." The chairmen from Georgia. Alabama and Texas are vet to be heard from. Tiik letter of acceptance reads like the "Hough Kiders in Cuba." The in genuousness of the two the Koosevelt Ingenuousness is (Uite notable. The former reminds the reader of how Teddy strode up and down the trenches where the negro troopers lay and threatened to shoot thetir.stman who went to the rear, and he told he was yolng to do It with a pistol given him by his brother-in-law, Captain Cowles, of the navy. Di:ah farmer friend, do you think It Is the right kind of law that com pels you to pay as much or more for an Implement used on your farm that the same Identical class is sent to foreign lands and sold for? This Is the beauty of republican "protection" to the American manufacturers-but where does your pretectlon come in on such deals? Tiik contention of the republican party that It Is responsible for the prosperity which has attended the farmers and laborers of the country in recent years, reminds us of the story told by Abraham Llncold, which Is about ns follows: There was a wood pecker away up in top of a tree peck ing and pecking away at the tree, and after a while a windstorm came along and blew the tree down, and wood pecker believed to Its dying day that It had pecked the tree down. C.xci.K Jok C.wxox told his friends at republican headquarters in Chicago the other day they must "watch out for Indiana, Illinois, and even Ne braska." I'ncleJoewas "snowed un der" once In Just such a democratic wave as is liable tosweepover the land on the Nh day of Novemlier, and he hasn't forgotten. He has served thir ty years In congress and this isthe llrst time he has been honored by that body, and It would be bad for him, even In his dotage, to have to "step down" as speaker of te house. liut the old fel low seems very apprehensive of the general results of the eectlon. JvtxiK I'AitKKiils awfully anxious to do something to create a little inter est and enthusiasm In his candidacy He would doubtless do the right thing by the fellow who can tell him Just what that "something" Is. He in the hands of his friends, but his friends don t know what to do or say to make the people "holler" for him. News Our lower Main street contemporary Is certainly "talking through his hat ' If he will put his ear to the ground he will hear the rumbling of the demo cratlc hosts marching In one solid plia lanx to the support of Judge Cat ker Kntlnislain In the east was never great er at this stage of the game, In any previous campaign or for any candl date than It is for Judge Farker. ltul the editor of the News goes on the plan that "misery loves company, "and knowing full well that no enthusiam exists anywhere for Roosevelt, tries hard to make his readers believe the democratic candidate is sailing in the same kindol a boat. The News Is like the boy who went through the grave yard after night, "whistling to keep his courage up." Jt ooK Alton 11. Faiikku may be trusted with the otllce, hut "Teddy the Terror," has demonstrated conclu sively that he may not he. Judge Far ker's eminent qualifications are of the substantial quality which appeal to the icountry'scoinmonsense. Nosaneman "It has been hut ten years since the In the I'nlted States doubts Farker': attempt was made to prevent some entire capacity to give us steady-going people frjiu prospeiing too much." i smooth, comfortable and profitable ad That is the way His Accldency, In his! ministration. Judgment, tact and acceptance letter, refers to the Wilson tariff bill, dismissing It with Itoose vcltlan lllppency. That sort of horse play will hardly liv.pros the thought ful with any ther idea but that the subsequent high-tariff republican bill a broad experience with men, added to his Judicial training, make him the Ideal person for the supreme responsl bllity. Koosevelt. Judge Parker's ut ter antithesis In vital respects, has de monstrated his imtitness in a variety was designed to neip "some people ; or ways. lie has anused his lo.vcr prosper too much." The trust mag 'encroached upon the legislative func nates, for instance. j lion and notoriously usurped Judicial ! authority to construe for himself the Rcitulk ass In Indiana tire lying laws and even the constitution unde in ambush for W. J. l.ryan, and de clare that they will make It hot for lit tn when he mounts the llooslcr stump. This temperature is to be caused, they think, by asking him ques tions about silver, and Farker and the Commoner. These expectations are evidently entertained only by yokels wbo have never seen the great Nebras kanon his feet In the presence of a largo audience. They will soon find out that he is plenty able to take care of himself anywhere they put him. I,, .. ,ioi....i i.,.. ti .. - i in ii'f 'NHi,ii nut, iiirii: .lie 111. II- rs that may and should be discussed from a non-partian spirit. I congrat ulate your organization on the work that it has done for the good of Omaha and our great and glorlousstate. Some people allow oppoitunlty to slip, but ( Hnaha will never be in this class. The people of the state look to Omaha in many things-It Is the metropolis of the state. In the matter of directing legislation you can do wonders. There Is one thing that we are all Interested In and that Is taxation. Someone has said "give niethe sword and the power f taxation and you may have the rest." We lived under the old rule for years - It was not perfect, but the new law as passed ;effects all of us vitally. The Increase of farmers' taxes has averaged In many places from ."o to (id percent. C. K. Wheedon Is my authority for the statement that many In Lincoln pay ",00 to if 2,ooo more taxes than they did under the old rule. Coder the old law you elected an assessor from euch dis trict. He was elected for one year and If he did not serve you well you could lire hhn but now there Is one elected for four years and he appoints deputies for 4 years. You have In this creating of an organization that should not be and this law to that extent strikes at self-government. I believe that we have too much politics. The old world Is burdened with taxation to keep oili- cersand a great standing army. The policy of our city and state govern ment is to create more olllclals and de mand more taxes. This law creates a newolllcerln every county. The result more and more money and add more taxation. "If a local man in this or anyother Nebraska city loans money he pays taxes on it and It is right that he should. If a non-resident loans money it Is not taxed, and this is wrong the man that lives in Nebraska should be on the same or better footing than the man that does not reside here. The law makes every man swear to list his property for actual and full valuation, :ind there should lie no discrimination. Rut Hie slate board of equalization has power to raise the value you swore to. This law needs attention. In Omaha and Lincoln and other cities there is a large amount of rail road property terminals, right of way, depots, etc., and they are exempt from local taxation. Omaha and Lincoln ire entitled to taxation on all property within their corporate limits. Tax all corporations equally, justly and right and then the burden will not be too heavy for any. People do not object to paying their fair share of the burden of taxation, but they do object to pay ing more than their. share when some one Is shirking his responsibilities. In ill legislation, let us approach It with i spirit of fairness, but when some thing is radically w rong we should take hold of it and right it. There Is another Important w rong that needs righting. 1 am Informed that the farmers of Nebraska are com pelled to sell their grain at 3 and 8 cents under market prices for the rea son that they must, trade with the old-time elevators. The railroads should; allow.the erection of independ ent elevators on the right of way. A bill was passed but the railroads re quired elevators to cost 2,.",00 to W.000 or more and this is prohibitive. What the farmer wantsis free and open mar ket and one where there is competition in grain. "1 believe theie should he less parti-zanship-an impartial way of doing tblngstliat we know it necessary to do. We should tind out what Is necessary and do It courageously."' The speaker was heartily applauded by the lnembeis of the exchange and visitors present this state an extra set of oflieeisat good round salaries. Such as a labor commissioner, pure food commission, a state board of health, a fish and game commission, or warden, a secretary of the state printing board, etc. This went on until there was not taxable property under the old revenue law In sight to raise the amount of money re quired tosupport the extra otllcers.and of course the state got Into debt In or der to meet the expenses necessary to this kind of expansion. This was fol lowed up until the state was in debt some J2,;-,no,Ooo. The legislature was appealed to tocut off these supertluous oilicers. (iovernor Savage In his mes sage to the legislature said that there were thenotllcers sutlicient to transact ten times the business the state had to transact, but through the influ ences brought to bear they were re tained and In casting around no other means was at hand save that of increas ing the hurdensupon the people. The ranroaus are unwilling to bear any greater portion of these burdens, and in casting around it was ascertained that the farm, being the source of all wealth w ithin this state was the place w here this surplus could be raised, and a new revenue law was formulated having this in view. "The railroads w ithln the state suc ceeded In having their valuations low ered about 30 per cent, while the farm lands were doubled in value. If the farmer can be Induced togrinand have raised the amount of their holdings there will be money to burn in Nebras ka In the future. Political strikers unable to support themselves and fam ilies with honest toil will seek addi tional nfliccs at the hands of the future legistures. Doubtless It has been said there will be a kick raised, but it is figured that the popularity of Presi dent Rooseventin this state will carry this whole mess of political corruption, political chicanery and high taxation through, and that at least three more years of money to burn w ill be expe rienced before the people become suf ficiently aroused to the real situation sufficient to set upon the whole matter The time lias arrived when the farmers of thisstatc must dosomething besides grumble at tne very high rate of taxa turn levied upon them. They must see that those responsibilities fur this condition of affairs are turned down and that men not pledged to the repeal of the present revenue laws are not sent to the legislature." And bear in mind, farmers of Cass county, that the above is the sent! inent, pure and simple, of one the dyed' In-the-wool republicans of Nebraska, and of many years standing. Col.. Ci.i:m lias been rebuked and censured by the Secretary of War for returning to the treasury ifji.ooii of funds not needed fur the purpose for which they were appropriated. Rut the administration balances accounts by praising the attorney-genera! for failing to use I7."i,0o i of the special trust-busting appropriation made by congress. lying the laws, giving to them a mean Ing wholly at variance with decision and established rule, lie i..is carried the mantle of the presidency outside of theoillce to Interfere with industrial and business affairs. II is acts In many cases have been without warrant of law and without Justification In pro priety. Egotism, and a "rule or ruin" notion has expanded Teddy's Imperial istic Ideas to the extent that he be lieves himself already "King of the cocoanut grove!" I ii k I;ici,d Iilcram, one of the leading n puhiiciii paiev.s in Nebraska, and edited by that boll and fearless pell-pus!. er. Ii. V. .. K'Oiub, speaks Its piece lis follows: "President R.ucvi It's letter of ac- ccpl.vco is out and it is ua ri.rht. Pre nt Koosrvi'lt !! leech";'.' voti ... i tie state of Nebiaska. b'. be win uoi ik' iU'ie locaiiy iiiivugn oiu half the rubbish by va- of unpopular candidates, rewnue u iJ other stinking political deals ! . ave been loaded onto t he o! hie, ,.i rhhnto carry drouth. ' The "Havana Tag," the best . cigar on the market, 'i'ry i ne today and you will buy one to i 'w. A "Uriah Heep." The Wiuside Tribune Is another re publican paper, with boldness to speak out Its sentiments regarding the old hypocrite who has disgraced the otlice of governor for the past two years, and who has the audacity to want the peo ple to re-elect him for two more years', The Tribune says: The republicans papers who care enough about Mickey to say anything auout mm at an, are charging that the opposition to him is based on his re ligion. That is not true. It is because ot the display of it for votes that ob' jection Is made to Mickey, and because it is well known that this man Mickey is an infernal hypocrite. He Is a 'Triah Heep" without the latter's modesty and it Is the chuich vote that he should by all means lose, for no man in the state lias ever Injured religion as much as has Mickey by trying to bring it into politics to make votes for him. hvery vote for Mickey is a pre mium given for hypocrisy and cant, tor no man lias true religion who w use it the way Mickey does." What Berge Stands For. "If 1 am elected governor, I promise you that I will recommend to the next legislature and exert every possible In tluence at niv command, to put into the statutessuch laws as will once and for all destroy the free pass system In Nebraska. "I also promise you that I will use every influence 1 have for the enact ment of a law, making professional lobbying in the legislature a felony Thennalntenance of a professional lob by at the state capital leads to corrup Hon and must be abolished. "1 favor the repeal or amending of the present revenue law and the pas sage of a new law THAT WILL DIS TRIRUTK Kg C ALLY AND JCST LY TIIK RCRDENS OF TAXA TION." Ik the I'nlted States prefers retalla Hon to reciprocity, Canada announces that it has learned the trick of build Ing Chinese walls also. If we can pen ullze raw materials from Canada, Can ada can penalize our manufactures. And, verl'y, our need Is somewhat greater than hers. Beef That Has Taste. That is too kind we have, Not only now but all times, lieef tbnt has been pro duced from rich, sweet country grass and fine nourishing com. It has the tlavor that is so highly tender, dated by thoso who know what good meet is. It is lasting, juicy and delicious. Choice cuts for broiling or roasting. Our prices invite purchases. Also bear in mind that our GROCERY DEPARTMENT is up-to-date and that the quality of our goods cannot be surpassed nor our prices cannot be beat. We divide our profits with our customers, because we give them tho best goods for the same money that you have to pay for poorer quality. Don't bo backward, but give us n trial. Lorenz Brothers with iyv North of Post Office Plattsmouth, Neb. h For a Spring Tonic 8 Try a case of the Favorite John Guild I PEERLESS 8 One of the Purest Beers on the Market Call on Ed Donat at the Peerless Sa loon, or telephone 112 and Ed will do the rest. 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