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The Plattsmouth Journal
ITHI.lMIKl) WKKKLY AT
fLATTSV.OUTH. NF.UKASKA.
K. A. I'.ATKS, l'riii.isiiK.ii.
i nti.r.-.l ill th it.-.Uftl r t 1'lnUmniuth. N-
tirka. mvoiiili'l matter.
Viii:m:vi:u a Nebraska rciuMi
c.m editor these days sees a post
ollicc, he shouts aloud to himself:
"I'll with Jackson: down with
Roosevelt."
WiiATKvi.K splits off from the
Republican patty in ll6 will be
welded strong with Democracy
108.
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A THKi-K-HfAKTKR million dol
lar shortage in the Kansas state
treasury indicates that some of the
seed sown in Nebraska must have
Mown across the line.
TiiK republicans don't seem to
Ik: in want for candidates for gov
crnor. Kvcry day almost, a new
candidate Ih1s up.
TiiK news that a glass eater has
been made ill by a diet of nails is
another reminder of the familiar
truth that a person ought to stick
n tind of victuals that his
stomach can handle.
Tin: state house riiiR will run
just one campaiRii too tnauv, and
that is liable to be that of 19(6.
The people tire of riiiR rule, and
they will be set down on Rood and
plenty one of these days.
Several republican papers in cen
tral Nebraska are still shouting for
lion. George I,. Sheldon forgovct
nor. Senator Sheldon is a gentle
man and a scholar, and would do
honor to his party and the state as
chief executive.
TiiK Senate will do well to drop
its alleRed case of contempt against
Poultncy Itigclow, who wouldn't
tell nil he knew to the .Senate's
canal committee, Preedom of the
press is assailed when a man
compelled to Rive the source of nl
the important information that he
prints.
Pki-sidknt Crahtrkk of the
state normal, is the father ot a
movement to secure money for the
furtherance of agriculture in the
normal schools of the entire conn
try.
Tnii democratic papers of Ne
braska are unanimous for the nom
ination of United States senator by
the convention which meets to
nominate a state ticket. Wonder
if the republican papers are just as
Wilis you buy Roods of your
home merchant you can ro to W-d
it night with a clear conscience,
and dream peaceful dreams. You
know you have done nothing in the
way of tearing down home institu
tions and building up the large city
department stores.
Somi: of our contemporaries are
booming Roosevelt for a third term.
No use. When we have reached
that point when we have only one
man fit to c president we had let
ter throw up the sponge, quit the
republican form of government and
trot out a Czar, and be done with it.
unanimous
15 v a thorough organization of
the democrats of the state we will
stand a good show of carrying it.
Hut even if we are not successful in
this desire, we will have the satis-
action of giving them the greatest
scare of their lives.
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Thk last ' 'taps' ' have been sound
ed for General Joseph Wheeler, the
famous Confederate cavalry leader.
He passed away at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, in
Ilooklyn, IS. Y., last evening at
5:55. His splendid career is well
novvn to every ten-year-old school
oy in tlie latiu. Honest, noble
and daring, his life was one of the
most worthy of emulation.
With one heat prospration in
Cleveland, Ohio, and another in
Pittsburg, Peiin., on Sunday, a
blizzard in St. Louis, Mo., the same
night and fine spring weather in
Nebraska, this week's weather may
1 called disagreeable, but it cannot
be charged with lack of variety.
Tine York Ttllersays that the re
publicans are having a hard time
uniting a candidate for United
States senator who will be true to
Roosevelt in the president's fight
against trusts and railroads. Look
over in the democrat pasture, boys,
and pluck a racer from that herd
Tin; entire congressional delega
tion from Nebraska voted for the
'gag" rule. That means they are
opposed to the four territories be
nig admitted as separate states
They do not represent the voice of
the masses of the people of Ncbras
TitK citizens of a town make that , ka upon this matter by any means
town just what it is. This is the!
golden opportunity to make Platts
mouth now just what it used to be
the best town of its inches in the
state of Nebraska. Harmonize all
elements and factions and all pull
together for Plattsmouth. This is
the way, and the only way to make
a city boom.
Uckkk things happen sometimes.
In Ohio the democrats have voted
for republican candidates for clerk
ships, and in the senate, which is
democratic, they have given repub
licans chairmanships of thirteen im
portant committees. Now, wouldn't
you be surprised to see republicans,
especially here in Nebraska, doing
such a commendable act under like
circumstances?
Tm: praise of the Republican
editors of Missouri at St. Joseph
last week was for Theodore Roose
velt. Theirglad shouts of applause
were for William L. Marry am
Andy Jackson, though their names
were not mentioned. For Theo
dore Roosevelt is something ot a
kid-gloved civil-service reformer
and wants to keep the postmasters
in office, if they have lcen good,
while the republican editors are
uiiigry for the spoils and have
their teeth ready-slianened for pie-
biting. It is the same in Nebraska.
PoGsevelt's Republican Enemies.
At the bottom of the president's
troubles with congress lies the ques
tion of patronage. Although acivil
service reformer hi theory, and in
former practice, Mr. Roosevelt as
president has not been able to di
vorce himself entirely from the po
litical use of offices. Lately he has
thought the senate needed to be
conciliated more than the house,
and he has given senators patron
age which representatives thought
belonged to them. This has infu
riated the representatives without
really winning ovcrjthelsetiators.
The only thing which has thus
far prevented congress from
taking the bits in its teeth and run
ning completely wild has lieen the
fear of the president's immense
popularity. Senators and Jrepre
sentatives are watching for a sign
that that is going down, and with
the first hint of its subsistence Mr.
Roosevelt will have congress not
only on his hands, but on his back.
Collier's Weeklv.
A Mathematical Problem,
Kdgar Howard in the Fremont
I Ierald presents the following finau-
icial problem for mathematical so
lution:
If in a time of admitted prosper
ity the state of Nebraska runs into
debt nearly $150,000 in one year,
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Not one in the lot opposes what 'loK will it require the repub
Roosevelt is fighting for. If you
really want a man to stand by Teddy,
you will run no risk at all by elect
ing a democrat.
lican redeemers to put Nebraska in
the bankrupt column?
We ask all Nebraska boys
young boys and old ones to do a
little figuring on thisproblem. We
A old farmer, who resides four also ask the boys to read the report
miles west of town, said to us yes- of State 'Auditor Searle, showing
terday: "I have resided in Cass that on the first of this month the
county for nearly thirty-five years state debt had climbed above two
and have never boucrht a dollar's and a half million dollars
worth of goods outside this county
that I could get in Plattsmouth,
and it is too late for me to begin
'downing' my home town now."
That's the right kind of a citizen.
If all farmers in Cass county would
The Kind You llavo Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
- and has been made under his per
JflfU sonal supervision since its infancy.
y-AafyX'CUcAMli Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations nnd" Just-as-good "are but
Experiments that trine with nnd endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience ngalust Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castorla Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
nnd allays Fcvcrlshncss. It cures Diarrhoea, and Viud
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy aud natural sleep.
The Children's Pauacca-Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Oyer 30 Years.
THI OtMTU OOMMNt, ,T MUNMf TMCT. MW OI Off.
And while the boys are figuring
on this problem we would like to
have them remember that our re
publican friends promised the voters
faithfully to wipe out the obnox
ious state indebtedness. They have
More Light.
When Goethe immortalized his
deathbed by exclaiming "More
light!" he referred not to the ap
proaching illumination of his spirit,
but to his physical desire that the
windows of his chamlcr le uncur
tained. We may, nevertheless, fall
back upon the figurative meaning
of the phrase. Not as a gasping
utterance of the dcatluVd, but as a
vita crv ot tne uvimr. me woras
express the sentiment of today. In
the period of our accumulation of
wealth there has been a great deal
of borrowing. Now the sentiment
of the country favors lifting the
.stone that covers the ant's nest and
discloses the galleries Itcticath. We
want to know exactly what is going
on, aud in the larger sense that we
are all affected by the interopera
tion of business forces, we have the
right to know. Mr. Hcnrv II.
Rogers may refuse to answer the
questions of Attorney General Had
ley, of Missouri; trust lawyers may
delay investigation by expedients
which are only technically legiti
mate: but the people are bound to
learn will learn the truth about
the methods by which great for
tunes are amassed, the important
immediate necessity is merely
judicial attitude of mind. We must
not jump to the conclusion that a
business advantages have been
gained wrongly simply localise we
do not yet know how they hav
been gained. On the other hand
no one may safely take the josition
that the manner in which they have
Ik-ch gained is none of the public'
business. Public Opinion.
NAMING A SENATOR.
It is quite the general opinion of
the democratic newspapers in the
state that we should nominate a
candidate for United States senator
in our own state convention. In
support of this position the demo
cratic writers refer to the fact that
for fifteen years the democracy of
Nebraska has declared in favor of
the election of United States sena
tors by direct vote of the people.
t is impossible to get at it in that
way under existing laws, but we
can get close to it by selecting a
ivorite in state convention, and
then pledging all democratic legis-
itive candidates to support the
hoice of the convention. This is
almost as good as if the senator
were elected by direct vote, and
Pile Herald Wlieves the democracy
of the state should not hesitate to
act as near as possible in line with
the principles so long advocated by
the party. Of course there is dan
ger that a nomination by a state
convention may le brought about
by corporation influences, but that
trick cannot le as safely played in
a state convention as in a legisla
ture. Indications are good that
the democrats will win the legisla
ture in Nebraska this fall, and it
will le well to have the legislators
instructed in advance as to the man
they must select as United States
senator. Mr. Pryan has stated he
could not accept a nomination or an
election as senator at this time, and
so the choice must fall upon some
other democrat. It us choose
that democrat in our state conven
tion, and not leave loop-holes
through which the corporation
agents can reach our tncnuVrs of
the legislature when it conies to
voting for senator. Fremont
Herald.
do as he has done, Plattsmouth and been working six years at the job,
all other towns in the county would with full control of the legislature
be booming, and land would be a during those years, and with a re-
few dollars higher per acre than it publican in every state office, and
is tndav. the result well, Auditor hearle
gives the result in his report, and
Oxk of the Journal's staunchest it is so shameful to a Nebraskan
patrons gave us a pleasant call yes- that we don't like to talk about it.
terday, and while here espressed
limself as follows: dive it to
Sears, Roebuck & Co. They need
it, and need it good and hard. I
got taken in by them for a small
amount, and feel very lucky that it
was for buta few dollars. I find that I
could have done better at home. I
don't want any more of buying of
Chicago department stores. One
trial is enough for me. This is
lonest, but promise me not to give
my name. 1 tion t want people
to know what a fool I was." We
promised.
PERKINS HOTEL
GUTHMAN BROS., PR0PS.se
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
J5he Perkins Hotel
A liiRDin the hand is worth two
in the bush." This is a true sav
ing, and it reminds usthat one work
ing democrat is worth a dozen that
never doesauything but vote. Now,
if every democrat in the state of
Nebraska will consider that he is
just as good and can work just as
hard as any other democrat for the
success of the party, and will make
up his mind to do so, we can count
on a different result in the election
next fall to what it has ken for the
past five or six years. The demo
crats can do much next fall and in
every other election if they will
pull together and work iiarmoni
ously. Organize!
Tin-: vote on the Philippine tariff
bill last week proves that there is a
gradual change going on in refer
dice to sentiment on that question.
The bill provides that the products
of the Philippines shall come in free
of duty except tobacco, sugar and
rice, which shall pay J 5 per cent
of the Dingley rate. On the pass
age of the bill 42 republicans and
14 deinocratsvoted against it. Now
it tne toreigncr pavs tne tax we
can see no good reason for admit
ting Philippine products free. On
Sowing the Wind.
Up from Omaha comes a tale of
official depravity beyond belief, so
says the Columbus Telogram.
Two hundred saloon-keepers vio
lated the law.
The Civic Federation filed com
plaints against the law-breakers.
Then the lawyers for all sides got
together, took the judge of the
court into their confidence, and fix
ed up a deal whereby all the cases
were dismissed, although plenty of
proof was at hand to show that the
law had lecn violated.
It is this sort of business which
breeds contempt for courts. When
the judges of the courts show such
small respect for the law, what may
we expect from the common herd?
The action of Judge Sutton in those
Omaha saloon cases will serve to
scatter seeds of anarchy in many
minds. We are at a loss to know
whether Judge Sutton or the offi
cers of the Civic Federation are en
titled to most contempt for their
conduct in this matter. The fed
eration is said to have been organ
ized to inculcate in the public mind
a greater measure of respect for the
laws ot tne land, and yet Here we
find the federation in the attitude
of joining hands with a district
judge in the questionable art o
playing football with the law.
There are many nasty sores upon
the body of Omaha, and the nasti
est one of all is the avidity with
which her district judges jump at
opportunity to proclaim the princi
pies of Herr Most and I,uey Par
sons, as they do when they permit
people to use the arm of the crim
inal law as a club.
Ik thk plans ansoflncctVi'or' ex
Governor Yates's campaign against
Federal interference in Illinois
the other hand if it lc a good thing polities afc fully carried out the
to admit Philippine goods free, why sta.tc.wiil have, 'Jiis year, the first
would it not lc equally good to ad: popular contest for the United
mil goods free from other countries'? States senatorship that it has
Evidently our republican friends known since the democrats of 1 11 i
are getting their wires crossed im nois sent John M. Palmer to the
the tariff question. senate fifteen years ago
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