The Plattsmouth Journal
PUBLISH Kl WEEKLY AT
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA.
II. A. ISATKS, ri;iiLisiiKK.
Knlf r-'l il ptnii-e at ri:ttsnnuth. Ne
braska. ;is stoikIcI.ins matter.
Now let's talk aliout lihtin the
streets. What do you say?
1'i.attsmoutii is good town to
live in; it is a good town to trade in;
it is a good town to boom, and this
is the time to loom it.
Odkli, is done for, and young
Wadsworth is speaker of the New
York assembly. Now let us see if
there will be peace in the Republi
can Happy Family of New York.
Kxtkk mi nation by the chloro
form process seems to please nobody
but Dr. Osier ami Professor John
son. Wherefore it might le well
for them to chloroform each other.
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McCai.i. reients and resigns, but
it's not certain that he can pay back
without lorrowing from his wife.
Since he claims to le a poor man,
it is lucky h.e provided well for her.
Tiik present city administration
has done lots of good work upon
the streets the past year. Now let
them do something on the light
question. That's what we need
most now is more light.
Tin: goose-ljone weather prophet
who predicted the mildest of win
ters, hit off the season just right so
far as this section is concerned.
The Weather Ilureau may forecast
storms and blizzards as much as it
pleases, but they do not get here,
except as feeble efforts.
(m roads would enable the far
hilt to haul his gram tarther to
market ami to carry a larger load
Good roads are essential to pros
ity. Hut the great trouble with
most farmers is that they do not
begin to think alxmt the roads un
til the ljecome almost impassable.
Wi: want seed specials, farmers'
institutes, chicken conventions and
we want manufacturing enterprises
We want everything that will pro
mote the interests of this town and
community. The way to get them
is to reach out after them. Platts
mouth has a right to the best going,
but a little reaching will have to be
-done, and in the proper manner, too.
The bill for regulating freight
rates which has leen introduced by
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, seems to
be the favorite with the administra
tion. The other regulation bills
contain secret springs and legal am
biguity which renders them worth
less. The Dolliver bill is said to be
an administration measure. Itgives
full powers to the interstate com
merce commission, and leaves its
rulings open to review by the courts
only on the ground of legality. The
Klkins bill permits the courts to test
the "reasonableness" of the com
mission's rulings.
Prof. W. I,. Tomlinsox of Chi
cago is hoieful. He says that
graft and all other material evils
can be eliminated and the "inner
conception of the higher life" be
imparted at the very outset of life
by the music taught the children
from the cradle. Perhaps so but
when we reflect that the most soul
ful chorister that our city has ever
known sjent long and enforced va
cations in the reformatory and that
while he was singing, "Lead,
Kindly Light" or "Jesus, Lover of
Mv Soul" with the expression of
an angel and the tremolo accent
that made you feel for your pocket
hankerchief and long to float to
realms of bliss right then and there,
when we knew that even then that
this white roled angel would be all
the time kicking the boy next to or
gently searching around for the
boy's foot as a convenient standing
place, while at the sound of the
"grand amen" he would drop with
such convulsive violence on his poor
victim's lap as to force an ejacula
tion of pain from his lip then we
can't help wondering if the eminent
professor in Chicago is correct in
his statement that soulful music
will reform all small boys and lead
them to a "higher life."
Don't knock but go soak your
head and lie quiet a little while.
A va; at our elbow wants to
know what has become of Ihe glove
factory.
1 1" the knocker swore off the day
letore New ear. he soon broke
over. His knocking continues.
So far we have not seen a single
prediction that the world will come
to an end this year. But the year
is new yet and there is plenty o
time fordire predictions.
Givk kickers and knockers plen
ty of rope and they will hang them
selves. There is no use getting up
a petition to do it, it will work out
its own destiny. There would be
no trouble to get signers to such a
petition.
Papers have been circulated in
this county petitioning Senator Mil
lard to vote against Rosevelt on his
railroadrate proposition. But with
what success no one seems to know
The man who lives in Nebraska
and signs such a petitions, don't
know his own mind.
Tire nomination by the democrat
ic caucus of the Kentucky legisla
ture of ex-Congressman Thomas II
Paynter to succeed Senator Joseph
C. S. Blackburn, whose present
term will expire on March 4, 1907,
probably ends the long public
career of one of the most picture
sque figures in Kentucky politics
Tamin; football begins to look
like a fact when sixty-eight impor
taut colleges take up the reform
The big eastern institutions will not
have the courage to oppose same
when thev reflect that the fathers
and mothers of football players wil
prefer the schools where the game
is played politely, or entirely aban
doned. If prize-fighting is consid-
ed brutal and illegal, football, as
played in the present age, should
le considered equally so.
Down in Pennsylvania, where
the railroads have adopted the cash
basis of advertising, and refuse ed
itorial passes in exchange for space,
the publishers have held a conven
tion and passed resolutions retalia
ting. In the first place, they refuse
to print anything, time-table or oth
er matter, unless paid for at the full
rate. Then thev resolve that no
mention shall be made of railroad
movements, except to give accounts
of wrecks and other disasters, and
to warn the public against the crim
inal negligence of railroad officials.
Nothing of a complimentary nature
is to be admitted, and the short
comings of the road are to be given
ull space. It is simply a case of
' at- e ri.
ni-ior-iai.
That man Hamilton, who had
the handling of the thousands of
dollars paid by the insurance com
panies to control legislation, in his
testimony said: "At the capital of
every state we have either retained
representatives for the companies
or are in co-operation with someone
who has retained representatives
duly influential. It has leen found
advisable as a result of experience,
to avoid, as far as possible, any ex
act public information as to who
represents us." Can't some of the
republicans who are runningXthe
state machinery at the capital tell
us who received the money assign
ed to Nebraska, and how much was
received? No doubt of it, if they
felt so disposed.
The Nebraska City News endors
es the Journal's plan for raising a
campaign fund, as follows: "The
suggestion made by the Plattsmouth
Journal that each democrat contrib
ute a small sum in order that the
central committeecould have a fund
with which to organize the party
throughout the state, is a good one,
and one that ought to commend
itself to every democrat, and par
ticularly should it appeal to every
owner of real estate. As'it now is
the state is under the domination of
the railroads, and as long as the re
publicans are in power the railroads
will have such laws passed as they
want and avoid the payment of
taxes. By this we do not mean
that drastic measures should be
adopted towards the roads but they
should le compelled to bear their
just proportion of the taxes."
"Under what arragement and by
what authority?" This will be a
hard question for President Roose
velt to answer if the senate adopts
the resolution askinghim to explain
the presence of his receivers in the
Santo Domingo custom-houses.
Granting that Mrs. Morris was
badly advised in insisting upon see
ing the president, there seems to be
no excuse for the outrageous bru
tality of her ejectment from the ex
ecutive offices of the White House.
Witn ,a little tact the anair mig
have been much better managed.
Some writer says: 4 'Thank heav
en, we have never had a bald-head
ed president." This may be true
but it can't be denied that John
Quincy Adams had a brow on him
that was a very near neighbor to
the back of his neck. Grover
Cleveland was so near bald-headed
that he had to comb his hair over
the big bare spot on his top-knot to
hide the same.
In discussing the tariff in the
national house of representaaives
last Friday, Champ Clark, the pride
of Missouri, cornered Grosvenor o
Ohio with the question, Are we
going to have any river or harbor
bill this year?" To which Genera
Grosvenor frankly replied that he
did not know. And Grosvenor is
one of the republican Big Three of
the house, Uncle Joe and Dalzel
being the other two, according to
Mr. Clark.
Kvery little while it is reported
that Chancellor Annrews is likely
to resign his position as head of the
state university. So far as we are
concerned we would have no regrets
should the reports prove true, and
we believe a great majority of the
people of Nebraska feel likewise
The chancellor has the reputation
of having high executive ability,
and we presume he is well qualified
educationally speaking, but the
head of our great state institution
of learning should not be a man
who puts his foot in it every time
he opens his mouth.
A Washington special to the
Lincoln Journal says: There need
be no concern as to the position of
Senator Burkett and Nebraska
house members. They stand solid-
y for the president's program and
will do all in their power to see
that some bill is passed carrying out
his recommendations on the rate
question. Senator Millard is not
with the president in his fight. He
says a rate bill will pass congress,
but does not state whether he will
support or oppose it; The natural
inference" to be drawn in the non
committal .position he takes , is
plainly understood to be against
any legislation of this kind."
"The pitiful showing made last
all, when the state committee was
able to raise only about $300 for
campaign purposes, and when, in
consequence, the party, to all in
tents and purposes, was without a
state organization, illustrates the
need for early and vigorousaction , ' '
says the World-Herald. Which
also more fully illustrates that if the
Journal's idea of raising funds
that of soliciting a small sum from
every democrat in the state that
feels so disposed would be the pro
per caper. Sucha procedure would
not onl- result in raising plenty of
campaign funds, but every man you
solicit from is already lined up for
battle interested in his party's
success. Now is the time to start
the ball to rolling. Let Chairman
Allen call his committee together
immediately, adopt this plan by
counties, and thel desired results
would follow.
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Nebraska Redeemers.
Theolegically speaking, salvation
is free, but in Nebraska politics the
salvation of the state is an expen
sive and a noisome process.
Six years ago, says the Columbus
Telegram, the republicans announc
ed to the world that they had "re
deemed" Nebraska. At that time
every democrat was driven out of
the state house, and a safe repub
lican majority was sent to the leg
islature.
Pretty soon we began to harvest
the fruits of "redemption," and the
people of the state have leen feed
ing on the nasty stun ever since
they accepted the republican brand
of salvation.
First came the unspeakable Die
trich, first as governor, and later as
senator. It would not be right to
print his name too often, because
it is a name, the mention of which'
must bring to the cheeks of good
men and pure women in Nebraska
the hot blood of humiliation and
shame.
And then came Ben Baker'and
Judge Tucker, a pair so tough that
the greasers of New Mexico and
Arizona could not stand for them.
And then came Savage but char
ity must stay the writing of the re
cord. It would not be fair at this
glad New Year season to lay too
bare the shameful record of the ' 're
deemers" in Nebraska a redemp
tion more the child of hell than
heaven a redemption which releas
ed Bartley from prison and his
bondsmen from liability a redemp
tion which gave to the world a doz
en federal officials now under crim
inal indictment, and in a time of
prosperity increased the state debt
to almost three million dollars.
God save Nebraska from another
six years of republican salvation!
List Your Land.
If you wish to sell, list your lands
with the "Windham Investment Com
pany. We already have hundreds of
farms on our books, butshall continue
to increase the list. We make a spec
ialty of Nebraska lands, and advertise
in eastern papers havingl'over 100,000
circulation. Remember that we have
hundreds of opportunities to find pur
chasers where the owner of lands
would have one.
If you wish to buy instead of selling,
we have anything you may want, and
at right prices, in many instances at a
bargain. We can sell you land in Ne
braska and Kansas, that are most cer
tain to double in value, within the
next eighteen months, and prices are
now constantly advancing. We have
just had 30 quarter sections listed with
us, located in Kansas at from $350 to
$900 per quarter, and 25 improved
farms ranging fromj $4,000 to $10,000.
We have two improved ranches, one
of 640 acres and the other of 800 acres,
to exchange for income town property.
Call at our officejfor information.
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For Sale.
A good 4" acre farm 1 mile from
town, good timber, near 2000 fruit
trees, alfalfa meadow, good fish pond,
containing a couple thousand fishvgood
spring water, and good rock on place.
Good new 4-room house, and outbuild
ing, one-nan maae ci rocK. auis piace
will be for sale only one month. Price
$100 per acre. Fkaxk Svkiila,
Plattsmouth, Neb.
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