The Plattsmouth Journal
I'L'itLISMKU WKKKLY AT
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA.
II. A. If ATMS, rriiMsiiKii.
KnU-ri-d at I hi- xsto!li- lit IMstttimoiith. Ne
lrasU;i. as si i-omlrluss matli-r.
Sknatoi: Stkvk Ki.kins as a r
foriin-r of corrupt, rail road practices
would make a spliinx lauh.
It was prl;iMy "enliirlitened self
interest" which made tlie protected
hojs put "tlieir feet iti the trough."
S-ankiiki: and Tidrl came very
nearly Mouitf" Pollard at Falls City,
through ignorance or otherwise, in
voting for Neal of Nemaha.
(Jass county will not have' the cred
it of a congressman if the democrats
are wise in their selection of a candi
date one week from today.
With the engagement of a few more
lawyers that Iviuitahle surplus will
cciim! to lie lame enough to make even
a respi-ctahlo "hone of contention."
M iii;n has Ix-en sentenced to two
years more in tin; penitentiary. That
is good as far as it goes, hut why don't
Heavers and ex-State Senator Jreen
get their-.?
Ki:m:t I'oi.i.a i:i may make a good
congressman if he has the opportunity,
hut we don't U-lieve he will ever have
the opportunity he is not the proper
man for the place.
Many things that Krnest I'ollaid
iijver dreamed of heing published are
'in soak." A man becomes a public
target when he runs for such a respon
sible position as congressman.
IN: ksi iknt Kooskvklt has declared
the people should have a square deal
as against the trustsin buyingsupplies
for the Panama canal. Will congress
dare to revoke the president's order?
Mayoi: Bicown is being strongly
boomed for congress. lie is an excel
lent man. one who commands the re
spect and confidence of the business
m n of Lincoln, as well as that of the
1 iboring element.
lv nun: old Captain Kid, the pirate
king, had livid in these days of pri
vate car companies, rebatis, holding
c uupanies. gas franchises, "protected
hogs" and differentials, the good o!d
5 ul might have been canonized.
'Tiik opportunity for demo-Tats in
the Fir-i district has arrived. And
witti ti" ,'.op'r '.r.an pitted against
I'oilard. if Unit can iidate carries C'as
county if will he only by the " skin ol
Ui iivtti." Y " vr.i l ei on that.
It may have been a w ise move for
the proident to take Paul Morton into
the cabinet to lea in from him how to
run the railroads, but it is hoped that
when Mr. Morton goes out he won't
teach the railroads how to run the gov
ernment.
Xkal of Nemaha, at one time was
nominated, but as soon as Lancaster
county switched to Pollard, the Cass
county delegates who went off on a
"wild goose chase," changed back to
him, thus securing his nomination by
barely one vote 103 to 102.
S kc it eta ii y Shaw's statement that
'we are not worrying about the defic
it," which, by the way, only amounted
to 22,0OO,00O, seems to warrant his
statement that he is not a candidate
for president. If Mr. Shaw were of
presidential size he would be worrying.
Evkx slow-going Philadelphia has
awakened to the fact that it does not
pay to vote the republican ticket
straight. The city of brotherly love
only awoke to that fact, however, af
ter present and future generations
hare been robbed to the limit by a rot
ten gas-franchise.
The Cass county delegates returned
b.Uth colors flying. It has been
'years since the county cut any
e in either state or district con-
tions. and they have cause to feel
oiced. Well, let them feel good
bile they can. ior auer tne election
ic successful man will not be Pollard.
j 1 o w iin.-in.iuic iiuu.e eit s uiu pti
sonal friend and political opponent,
Henry (Jeorge, would have rejoiced to
see the day when Roosevelt discovered
that the railroads were public high
ways, and how doubly he would have
rejoiced at the president's frank an
nouncement of his discovery from the
pinacle of the presidency.
Now it is in order for republican
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newspapers to make suggestions as to
who the democrats should nominate
for congress. Well, they needn't worry
about that: a man will be pitted against
Mr. Pollard that will make him don
that sickly jfrin of his many timesdur
Ing the campaign, which will result in
brlngin? him to tears after his defeat.
So many were surprised when they
learned that Pollard had been nomi
nated that the general remark was:
"Well, what do you think of that?"
Ijk.mockath-candidates are spring
ing up all over the district since the
nomination of that "weak sister," Kr
nest Pollard. The democrats do not
want to gel too Confident because they
have a line opportunity to elect a man
in this district. The right kind of
man - a man who has the confidence of
the people at home and abroad is the
one that can consign Krnest Pollard to
his political grave. Such a man can
and should be nominated at Lincoln
next Thursday. "Wisdom in the se
lection of a candidate," should be In
scribed on the banner of every delega
tion that goes to Lincoln. We must
have a vote-winner a man who can
command the respect of all.
Tiik paper trust has refused to ex
hibit its books or accounts to the fed
eral court at Milwaukee in the case
brought by the government against
the General Paper company. The trust
is detiant and says if the company is
dissolved another company will be or
ganized. If the administration would
have thesedetiant trust oflieers indict
ed under the section of the law that
provides for the imprisonment of those
found guilty of cbnspiring in restraint
of trade, they would come oil their
high horse and sing a more complacent
song. A few trust otlieials in stripes
would bring results in the control ol
trusts that evidently cannot be accom
plished otherwise under the present
law. For some unexplained reason
President Roosevelt does not seem to
really want to punish the trusts, but
only to play with them. A criminal
prosecution, Mr. President, would soon
produce god results, and the newspa
per men would then embalm you in
their colums as the great "Trust 15us
ter," and forever call you blessed.
The democrats have long accused
the republican party of being the rep
resentative of vested interests, of mo
nopolies and trusts. Now the republi
cans have an excellent opportunity to
prove tlie charges false if they are not
true. A republican president hascalled
attention -o the fact that tlie tariff
schedules must be lowered to secure a
"squaredeal to all American citizens,"
because the present high rates are be
ing used by the trusts "the hogs with
their feet in the trough," as the presi
dent terms them to rob American
consumers while foreigners are reap
ing the benefit of the self-denial prac
ticed by the American people to build
up their "infant industries." A repub
lican president lias pointed out that
the highways of the nation are the
railroads, and that justice' cannot be
insured to all equally as long as these
public highways are dominated by a
few individuals or corporations. A re
publican president has demanded a
tatute which shall compel the mana
gers of political campaigns to make
public the list of the contributors to
their campaign funds, so the people
may know who supports the respective
candidates and to whom they are obli
gated. These, remember, are the de
mands of a republican president. If
the republican party is not all that
the democrats have charged the way is
open for the party to prove it by re
sponding to the demands of its own
president. Will the republican party
dare to do it?
Lost Opportunities.
What an egregious set of iucom poops
the Cass county politicians are. For
a quarter of a century this county has
stood where, with united action, it
could have had such men as Judge
Chapman, Orlando Tefft, Byron Clark
and a half dozen others we could men
tion to represent this district in con
gress. It threw all these opportuni
ties to the dogs, and picked up the
very smallest speciman of a represen
tative it had in the whole county, and
nominated him for this high office.
Chairman Schneider, like the man
we read of, marched up the hill in the
Falls City convention, and then he had
to march right down again. The
chairman has been repeatedly warned
by the Journal, and coached. Then
why make these blunders?
It is now up to Lancaster county to
give this big, rich district an up-to-
date congressman. Give us a rirst
class man for congressman on the op
position ticket a man with broad
views, liberal towards all interests. If
this policy is adopted the Journal will
guarantee his election. And the elec
tors of the First congressional district
of Nebraska will still be represented
at Washington.
It is apparent that the democrats
have more than a fighting chance to
win out. If they can't do it with Pol
lard as the republican standard-bearer,
there will never again be any use of
making an attempt to beat anyone.
Pollard is not a man even of ordinary
ability with the common run of men
who have had the opportunity of edu
cational advantages. All that he has
to commend him is that he served sev
eral terms in the Nebraska legislature
and was at the head of the Nebraska
department at the St. Louis fair. He
was born with a silver spoon in his
mouth, and has been a chonic office-j
seeker ever since he went out of his
teens. lie is egotistical, big-headed,
and his general characteristics are
such as to render him very unpopular
with the common people. lie is just
such a man as can he defeated if the
democrats put forth the proper per
son next Thursday, notwithstanding
the '.i'AH) ma jority we have to overcome.
Public Opinion.
The wheat looks well, but don't
make any promissory notes on the
strength of your w heat crop. Beatrice
Kx press.
There is no occasion for calling the
Nebraska legislature together again.
We know when we have got enough.
Fairbury News.
Perhaps there are other men in the
state who would be willing to go to
Washington on courtesy tickets to tes
tify that they have "no kick a-coming"
about the way the railroads tear them.
Ord Journal.
The next Nebraska legislature will
be elected upon an anti-pass platform.
Anyone having designs upon that
United States senatorship might as
well .take that fact into consideration.
Pender Republic.
Professor Thomas has accepted the
$2,(H) principalship of the Kearney
normal declined by Professor Fowler.
Now if he will chloroform the mem
bers of the normal board who are over
sixty he may be able to conduct the
school harmoniously. Fremont Tri
bune. Senator Millard's chances seem to
depend entirely upon how he will line
up in the railroad regulation matter.
And so will the chances of other can
didates depend largely upon how they
will pledge themselves upon this ques
tion, if it has not been satisfactorily
settled oy tnat time. uraua island
Independent.
Judge Julius S. Coolev of Omaha
has fearlessly placed himself on record
as favoring Edward Rase water as the
man to succeed J. II. Millard in the
United States senate. Mr. Rosewater
himself has seconded the motion, and
now if the people instruct their dele
gates to the next republican state con
vention to express the preference of
the party for him, there need be no
reason for looking farther. Lincoln
Journal.
Judge Holmes takes a philosophical
view of the situation, and well says
that one who cannot take what comes
to him has no business to go into poli
tics. It is largely a game of chance at
the best, in which it often happens
that the good man falls by the wayside
while the evil one is exalted Lin
coln Journal.
The question of taxing the property
of the fraternal societies of the state
is one that is causing the state taxing
board considerable annoyance, as both
sides argue the case. Lnuerthe old
law fraternal companies were exempt
from taxation, but the new law
changes all this and if the board de
cide that they are to be assessed it is
very likely the societies will ask the
supreme court to pass on tne case.
Hastings Democrat.
The republican of Nebraska must
divorce their party from the railroads
if they expect to stay in power. There
is a growing sentiment to this effect
among the rank and file of the party
that must be heeded or there will be
another political revolution in this
state. Men who are nominated by rail
road influences will be looked upon
with suspicion by the men who case
the ballots, and in politics generally
suspicion is enough to cause defeat.
Will party leaders heed the warning?
Norfolk Press.
Republicans the Party of Negation.
The faction of the Republicans who
call themselves "stand patters" have
but little to be proud of in that term.
When the late Senator Hanna issued
his orders to the party to "stand pat"
and prevent revision of the tariff that
fosters the trusts, it was an acknowl
edgment that the republican party
was in league with the corporations.
As far as the tariff is concernrd the re
publicans still stand pat and the
greater faction of the party declares
the tariff must not be disturbed.
While the administration faction all
declare they are ardent protectionists.
Between the stand patters and the
protectionist there is no great gulf
fixed, so far they have both beeu unit
ed; there is a plainly marked path
from one faction to the other and at
each end the guide board has tlie le
gend taken from the Republican na
tional platform which reads:
"Protection which guards and de
velops our industries is a cardinal pol
icy of the republican party. The meas
ure or protection snouio always at
least eoual the difference in the cost
of production at home and abroad."
To stand pat therefor means to stand
in the way or progress, jroiection
means the same and those who declare
for it are the incarnation of negation.
They decline to take from the trusts
and corporations even part of the
power they gave them to plunder the
people.
Hon. E. M. Pollard Ahem!
' The Journal at last has a candidate
for congress. We didn't intend It
l ne Journal is honest. "We cast our
bread upon the waters." and lo! it re
turned immediately. The people re
publican people mistook us. We only
intended to warn our republican con
stituents (and we have lots of them)
to give the cider statesman a fair deal
that was all. We gave him Cass
county, and the "push" was so accel
erated it lands him right on the (J. O
1. truck wagon. The Journal was
right and it was wrong in its diagnosis
of Mr. Pollard's strength in the Falls
City convention. We said he would
not have personal strength to land a
vote outside of his county delegation;
we were correct. The Journal, how
ever, is not responsible for the "acts
of God and the common enemy." Our
candidate got there just the same, and
what is the use in trying to explain
what the ordinary politician can't un
derstand, anyway. Pollard, as we pre
dicted, had no following outside of the
Cass county delegation. And here
comes the act of God! It was not an
unexpected sight toseeOtoe, Nemaha,
Pawnee, Richardson and Johnson, all
voting for local candidates outside of
Pollard. Old Cass, like Balaam's ass-,
stood right there in the middle of ti e
road, braying and refusing any nour
ishment. Twenty-six votes for I'oi
lard: "D Cass county:" was the
universal comment of the other live
anti-Lancaster counties.
Finally, when the. chairman of the
Cass county delegation and the leader
of the I'ollaid forces deserted our can
didate for a second-rate local lawyer of
Nemaha county, Lancaster turned
around and gave old Cass a candidate,
with a cider chromo. And right in
the middle of the road stood Cass
county, like the Balaam mule. The
Lord was right there, but our Pollard
followers could not see him, until the
big delegation from Lancaster turned
loose. So the Journal was correct when
it told its republican friends that their
candidate, which we helped them to,
had no following or strength as a can
didate. Who says the Journal has no candi
date? Yes, we have, and we are glad
of it for many reasons, which we will
give in the issues of the Journal that
appear between this and the day of the
election. Be it known, however, as
you go along, that the Journal will
leave no stones unturned to bring
about his defeat. Why? Simply be
cause he is of too light weight to rep
resent the people of the First congres
sional district in the halls of congress.
The Voters Must Decide.
When you vote for congressmen at
the comingspecial election there isbut
one important matter to settle before
deciding who you will vote for. You
are not voting for men but lor the
measures that tlie two parties stand
for. You must therefore decide what
measure or policy you desire and vote
for the candidate who will carry it out.
The republican party is pledged in
all its platforms to the policy of pro
tection w hich through the enormously
high tariff rates has so fostered trusts
that every trust product has been
vastly increased in price. The repub
lican party also stands committed to
extravagent appropriations, so that
there is already a deficiency of $36,
000,000 for this fiscal year, and the
amount per capita of expenditures has
increased from $6.18 in 1896 to $8.74, in
1904, or an average for each family of
five persons of $43.70 as the average tax
which the head of the family indirect
ly pays to the national government
Under the republican system of foster
ing trusts these taxes paid to the gen
eral government are more than doubled
in the increased pronts the trusts ex
tort, so that the average each family
pays is over $100, more than half of
which, goes to the trusts as the result
of tariff protection.
And to add to the taxpayer's exas
perations, he knows the trusts are sell
ing their products cheaper abroad
than here, so that the administratu n
has just ordered all supplies for the
Panama Canal to be purchased in the
the cheapest market, and all of the
vast sum expended forsupphes for that
great undertaking will probably be ex
pended in foreign countries for foreign
workmen and foreign producers will
get the benefit instead of our own peo
ple who pays the bill.
If you want to continue this system
or so cauea protection, wmcn was
styled in the democratic national plat
form as robbery, vote for the republi
can candidate for congress. If you are
such a hide-bound partisan that you
will not vote ior me democratic can
didate who stands for retrenchment
and reform, take to the woods on elec
tion day and thus help, in a half-hearted
way, to save yourself and neighbors
from exorbant tariff taxes and extrave
gence. All the democrats have to do now
is to nominate a good man the people
will do the rest. -
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