The Plattsmouth Journal
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II. A. IIATKS, I'l i;i.iiii.i:.
1 utllif p. -.toflb-e ut I'l.ittsrnoulh. Ne
hraska. :is si'i'ondi'liiss matter.
Tm.i-.-K has Ken a falling out 1c
twvcii the- sitar trust ami the
whiskey trut. However, those
who take sweetening in toddy stand
pat.
W'nii. i: yon are studying ahont it,
please reniein1er that your wife and
hoys and girls also want to attend
the institute next Saturday. They
will enjoy the event as well as yourself.
O.M-; of the greatest strikes of the
day, says the Beatrice Sun, and one
that reaches every home, is the
strike of the American hen. She
-loed down with the approach oi
eold weather, and. hen fruit took :i ; liar 1 1
i i.-c in the markit.
I:i hi--i;ies:rj,c, 1'resident Roose
velt makes a significant almis.-ion
i-oncernin" the failure of the law
enforcement, which admis.-iou is
!iict; against the repul lica:i
administrations of the pat decade.
Speak iue; of controlling the trusts
in general, he says: "It is ;enc
rally useless to try to prohibit all
restraint on competition, whether
this restraint be reasonable or un
reasonable; and where it is not use
less it is generally hurtful. Kvents
have shown that it is not possible
adequately to secure the enforce
ment of any law of this kind by
incessant appeal to the courts.
What is needed is not
sweeping prohibition of every
arrangement, good or bad, which
may tend to restrict competition,
from leintf to the detriment of the
public." This statement is scarce
ly more interesting for the ad
mission of republican remissness,
due to sympathy with monopoly,
than for the announcement of a
new economic principle which could
AiOikjiim, to Washington dis
patches Congressman I'ollard today
introduced a bill asking for an ap
propriation of s.75,ooo for the pur
chase f ;i site and the erection of a
federal building for I'lattsmouth. If
Mr. I'ollard succeeds in gcttiny; the
appropriation, thisreat moral and
religious week agrees to withdraw
its .opposition to him for another
term. And in the future every cit
izen of Plattsmouth will, or ouht
be his friend.
e otherwise than hij;hlv
a.reeable to the monopolistic in
terests: and which recalls Mr.
Roosevelt's famous statement in a
former message that there were j;ood
and 1 ad trusts.
The President's Rate Recommendation.
1 1 1 republican
continued the fearless course of en
forcement inaugurated by the
Cleveland administration under
anti-trust laws then new, there
would be vastly less of a trust prob
lem today, and no occasion for the
excuse which Mr. Roosevelt offers
on behalf of his party. Messrs.
Cleveland and Harmon performed
more actual prosecution and en
forcement of anti-trust laws in a
short space than has been accom
plished during: three republican
administrations, and with less fuss
and noise than has been made over
one small republican achievement.
As the public anticipated , the fea
ture of the president's message is
ills rccomuicnuatioM i ledei'al con
trol of railroads, ptincipally in the
matter of rates. I Ie sets forth plain
lv the ncccssitv it appears to him
for congressional action, and J400
elaborately into the reasons under
lying the necessity. The tone of
the message is deliberate am
thoughtful and the scheme of partia
regulation which he details is that
which has been thoroughly dis
cussed in the months since the
Kteh-Townsend bill was presented,
and which has received the general
approval of public opinion.
The recommendation content
plates giving: to the interstate com
merce commission, or asimilar body,
powers of supervision and regula
tion which shall prevent the impos
ition of unjust or unreasonable rates
bv the railroads of the country en
gaged in interstate traffic, and shall
absolutely do away with rebates
Regulation comprehends private-
car lines, industrial roads, refriger
ator or icing charges, mileage agree
ments, division of rates agreements
and any and all devices to secure
'referential treatment.
j Publicity is an important feature
,,Tn,T,T;s.r ,tio,, of tht-- Roosevelt plan, "publicity of
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Tin: president's message- to use
a slang: phrase, is a "humdinger"
for length, and if his recomemla
tion to congressional solons are car
ried out he will have done more
than any other man that has ever
occupied, the position of chief cx-
1
vcutive or tins great nation. In j .
some respects we consider it a very j So.MK of the opponents of State
able document. We shall refer to Senator George L. Sheldon, promi
scctions of the message in future is- nent in the last session of the legis
sues of the Journal. President j lature as an enemy of railroad dic
Roosevelt is all right in many 1 tation in political affairs of state, say
things, but we would like to see him that he is too young to be a guber
'hew to the line" a little closer, as ! natorial candidate. lie is 35 years
originally drawn. j of age, able and active. The same
I , - i argument was heard in some pilar
is kKSikkxt Rooskvki.T has given ! .
. .r . , , ' ters against President Roosevelt
further prooi, if it was needed, that , , , , ... , . .
. .-rii ,v I when through the death of his pre-
leniissness 111 ofiice of a federal otii-;
, , . , decessor. lie assumed the executive
ei.il will not be tolerated, says a
. , , , , 1 chair. Put no one thinks so now.
.ishiugton special, when he order-!
ed tl:e summary dismissal of I nited '
States Marshal. T. I,. Mathews. : Tin: president gets squarely on
tnc 1 Secretary Shaw's platform in his
of
The alleged shortcomim
marshal are in connection with tlio j re-eunuiie-iidatioiis for an elastic cur
men convicted of the illegal fencing ! lx.no a currency that would ex
01' tlie range. Through the news- Tl.1Iltl .v! .:i tl crons are moving
( - j
; .'.pers certain alleged misconduct
on the part of Marshal Mathews was
brought to the attention of the de
partment of justice a few days ago. j
and then contract against specula
tion. Certainly it would be better
to organize such a currency than to
have the Treasury running to the
The substance of the charges was , rcl )f yAu street every once in a
hat Marshal Mathews had failed Hut what's the matter with
properly to execute the sentence of j icUinir 'aii street take a rest from
the court upon Richards and Com-, SI,cClliatj011 whilc the farmers are
stock, of six hours in the custody j ,,v.uin.,- tilejr money harvested?
of the marshal. . .. . . .
j Tiii:ki: is considerable talk out
in the state of Hon. George L.
Sheldon of this county for governor.
Xow, it is the opinion of the Journal
that the next republican convention
could not possibly display more
wisdom, than nominate Mr. Shel
don, for he is the peer of any man
that has ever occupied the guberna
torial chair in Nebraska."
Pi:v).'i further persecution, is
I'nited States Senator John II.
Mitchell or Oregon. He died yes
terday at the Good Samaritan hos
pital in the city of Portland. Sen
ator Mitchell had lx;en prominent
in public life for almost half a
century and has performed valu
able services to his state and the
nation. He was recently prose
cuted and convicted for being im-
plicated in land frauds in his state
and his case is now in the supreme
court for revision. With his death
the case is ended and no human
court can review this case. Hav
ing l)cen trusted and honored for
so many years, it is rather a depress
ing situation to his relatives, friends
and supporters that he could not
have lived until his case was dispos
ed of in the supreme court, as there
appears to be a well formed lelief
that his conviction would be revers
ed and set aside and his reputation
and good name restored to him in
his declining years. While the
proximate cause of his death was
hemorage from the extraction of
several teath. he had leeu a long
sufferer from diabetes which was
greatly aggravated by the unmerci
ful and unrelenting prosecution by
the government and its secret service.
It seems that the railroads do not
appreciate the people near as much
as the people appreciate the rail
roads. If the railroads would cut
out discrimination, and would pay
their taxes with less trouble, they
would have more friends, and it
would not be so easy to connect
them with every questionable piece
of legislation.
It might prove embarrassing to
the administration should the Chi
cago federal juries indict and con
vict some prominent railroad men
for giving rebates. It is to be hoped
that none of the high officials will
be found to hold a place in the pres
ident's cabinet.
Another little scandal crops out
in the department of agriculture
just to send a ripple over the ad
ministration's placidity and remind
the public that there are still ras
cals to be turned out.
the accounts of common carriers;"
and a system of examination of rail
way accounts somewhat after the
manner of national bank examina
tions, the examination to proceed
in instances when the interstate
commerce commission or governing
body so directed.
Conservative action, but speedy
and decisive action, is the gist of
what the president urges upon con
gress: and there will be few of the
readers of the message who will not
indorse the passage of a bill to be
presented which embodies his pol
icy. The only criticism which will
likely come from the public will be
that the recommendations are not
sufficiently drastic but the sane mind
of the people generally and of the
business community most affected
will be satisfied with a law which
does not undertake too much.
"This power." says Mr. Roose
velt, "like all similar powers over
the business world, should be exer
cised with moderation, caution and
self-restraint; but it should exist,
so that it can be effectively exercis
ed when the need arises."
Thus, it is a law which shall have
a potential rather than an active-
force, a moral rather than a littler
al operation, to restrain the rail
roads in their future conduct rather
than to subject them to immediate
pressure from the hands of the gov
ernment's agents, which the presi
dent desires. The roads will be in
duced to regulate themselves. rather
than compelled to be regutated,
with the threat, or the power, of
regulation suspended over them.
Supplemented by a strong penal
statute making it a felony for any
railway officer or employe to give
rebates, and punishing the felony
with a substantial term of impris
onment, the law Mr. Roosevelt
urges would seem to be strngly
effective.
It remains to be seen whether
the "distinguished railway attor
neys" in the senate will be able to
withstand the pressure of public
opinion and politics which will be
inevitably invoked in behalf of
the president's pet policy.
Skvkrai. newspapers in Nebras
ka, says the Columbus Telegram,
are just now complaining bitterl
because Senator Millard does not
array himself on the side of the peo
ple and against the railroad program
in congress. There is no occasion
for such complaint. Senator Mil
lard would be an ingrate if he should
adopt such a course. His seat in
the United States senate was pro
cured for him by the railroads. He
had nothing to do in the matter,
lie was selected as a railroad sena
tor. He is playing the part of a
gentleman. He is returning favor
for favor. To ask Senator Millard
to vote for a bill in opposition to
railroad interests would be asking
him to betray a sacred trust.
FOLEYSHONETTAR
for children afc, aur. J oplaf
Camping on Bryan's Preserve.
The whirligig of t inie works queer
changes in polities. In S'H, Win.
J. Ill van was the nominee of the
democratic party for president on a
platform that demanded enlarged
1 owers for the inter state commerce
commission, in the following lan
guage: "The absorption of wealth by the
few, the consolidation of our le-ad-ing
railroad systems and the forma
tion of trusts and. pools require a
stricter control by the federal gov
ernment of those arteries of com
merce. We demand the enlarge
ment of the powers of the inter
state commerce commission and
such restrictions and guarantees in
the control of railroads as will pro
tect the people from robbery and op
pression." ICvery republican and monopolis
tic paper in the I'nited States con
demned this platform and Mr. Bryan
as representing rank anarchy. The
railroads and the big insurance com
panies poured out their money to
swell the corporation fund to defeat
both. Thcv succeeded in thcirpur-
pose. Put they lnl not entirely stiile
public conscience on the- question
raised in the platform. Time has
wrought a wonderful change. To-.
lay we see a republican president
itrongly urging congress to adopt
Mr. Brvau's anarchistic railroad
proposition and the papers of his
party are endorsing this rank an
archism. Mr. IJrvan can not be so
hopelessly bad after all that has
been said of him by his personal
detractors. If our strenuous pres
ident can climb the railroad fence
and hunt on Mr. Bryan's preserve,
all really sensible people must con
clude that Mr. Bryan was about
right when he established iiishunt-
A Klein application of the merit
system in Illinois, where the presi
dent so lately suspended the civil
service rules, would be an interest
ing phase of republican reform sin
cerity.
rwK.xTv-rivi-: years' jenal servi
tude for highway robbery is a pleas
ing tribute to the reform spirit of
St. Louis. Too bad that the insur
ance presidents can't be taken to
that citv for trial.
Tin: Nebraska delegation, it
seems, did not fare very well in the
committee selections. No chair
manships come to Nebraska. Con
gressman Pollard secures a place
on the committee of industrial arts
and exposition.
Si-X'kktaky hiiAW launches his
presidential boom into tolerably safe
financial waters in refusing to dump
deposits of government money into
New York to relieve a stringency
in Wall street spoliation. Every
body in Wall street knows, or ought
to know, that crop" moving takers
money away from the financial cen
ters every fall and winter, and it is
no business of the government to
relieve speculators who overlook
this fact or miscalculate the- extent
of the movement.
pRIK.NI TlCLI-XlRA.Al: J J SuppOSC
that every farmer, business man and
householder should take up the plan
of the Union Pacific and Burlington
in attempting to pay their taxes by
injunction, what would become of
the state and county governments
of Nebraska? What would become
of the tax-eater who, during the
last ten years, has Jeaten a hole in
the treasury which will require a
little more than S2, 000,000 to fill
up again? The attempt of these
corporations to pay their share of
thee burdens by injunction de
serves the most rigorous condemna
tion on the part ofevery fair-minded
man irrespective of former affiliations.
Acgcfable Preparation Tor As
similating llic Food and Red ula
ting the Stomachs and Bowels of
Promotes Digcstion.Cheerful
ness and Rest.Contains neitlKT
Opium.Morpliine nor Mineral.
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tion, Sour Stomarh.UiarrluKvi
Worms ,( Convulsions ,1'ever i sh -ness
nnd Loss of Slei:i.
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PERKINS HOTEL
GU THAI AN BROS., PR0PS.
PLATTSMOUTH,
NEBRASKA
RATES $1.00 PER DAY
First House West B. & M. Depot
We Solicit the Farmers Trade
-- and Guarantee Satisfaction.
When in the City Give Us a Call
75he Perkins Hotel
Rll,iiJW!Kaywwiw.tt3B!Ba!1aaTO7
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An aboluU peclfic and antiseptic prep
aration far all klnda of
SORE THROAT.
BIMPLY A QAB3LE. PEBFEOTLY HABMLESS.
A aura cura for Hoarseneaa. TonillltU. Quinsy,
Inflamed. Ulcerated and Catarrhal Sora Throat.
A preventive of Croup. Wbooplne; Cough and
Diphtheria.
MJBirriXO HEiUMO SOOTHI0
Kndoreil or tbe 11 oit Eminent Throat Special
lita la the oonosrr.
Baonia be kept In everr home. Price SS Centa.
Ber Medlolne Co.. Uea Moines. Iowa.
GERIXG & CO., drug-gists.
Jacks and Stallions
COME AND SEC MY
Percljeron, Belgiai) & German Coac!) Stallions
Both Imported and Home-Brad. I will sill yon :i full li!.d rj A ij.c! i . : j. r - r ,r ii M:i,'
lion its v'" "1 a- wi r- cut jrxu n in Ku r . ;i mi U lii r .1 ml 11, on- ,n .1 ttn- l.rn ili-r- ;i t
prii-c-, from .il t?l'N. I havi- ln.rsfs of :i s. to 7 viif's ni. from J. 11, .;)
in wti'lit. all mmiikI ami L'ooil. ami will. lit-.iit- paying for Un-inst-l v cs in on.- sca.n
put in the owner's xckt t. Many a .Nebraska farmer has re.n t eii the ,int
where lie lias several fine hrood mares and is a hie 1o keejj a nii-e stallion for his own
anil his iieiirhliors' use. Iinn'l lei the hoys leave the farm: raise more horses ami
mules, it pays better than anything you can do. Now is the time to raise ;.
horses. Come to t lie Cedar Rapids Jack Farm and huv a heller stallion ihan vou
lia e e er seen for 1 a lso ha v e a la ru'e assort mi nt of
HOME-CROWN JACKS
ami liriiiLC four i m porta t ions per yea r from Spa i n. .Mulis 1 hrec mont hs . ,0 sei 1 -imr
neatly everywhere this season at ?HJ0 eai'h.
. L. DeCLOW,
Cedar Rapids, la.
Ayers Pills
The great rule of health
Keep the bowels regular.
And the great medicine
Avpr'Q Pillc fC..rC...
- 3 lvOWl 1 ,
Mmmm.
!Z BUCKINGHAM'S DYE
rmi da. or utoousrn 01 a. r. uut co., hula. it. a
H.ISKEY
I Bottled in Bond.
It- 4
'MiW C!t C1 BCT7LL.
TLbc Best mtlfMsfc
is tbe Cheapest
in tbe EnM
Poor Whisky is not only dis
agreeable to taste, but undoubted
ly injurious to the stomach. A lit
tle good Whisky is a fine tonic and
helps instead of harming. Such
Whiskies as Yellowstone, for in
stance, will do you just as much
good as a doctor's prescription. If
you don't know how cood it is.
come in and try it.
PRICES:
rJuckcnheircer.Rye, per trail-n . . .It 00
Yellowstone. ' ' ... 4 00
Honey Dew. ... 3 00
Bis Horn. " ' ... 2 00
F'iailliF) Thierolt.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
