The Plattsmouth Journal
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Washington s
lirthdav
is
most appropriate date for the meet-
;.,.r .f iii.i iVMiirwrntir State Com
ing kt.v. I
,,,itt..,. In the matter of innerial-
ism and in the policy oi keeping ine
TTnit.-d States out of the squabbles
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of other nations, Washington was
just as gtxxl a democrat as Jefferson
. I
Somk ieople imagine they have
through tickets to heaven localise
their names are on the church book.
They evidently don't know that
they will have to present their tick
ets at the validating office for in
spection, where many of them will
U- stamped "!ogtis."
In the presidential elections of
18 and 1900 the railroads fought
Win. J. lirvan because he advocat
ed national directory control of
their rate making. With a large
republican majority in the lower
house of congress the railroads last
week saw Hryan's measure pass
that l)ody. Kverylody seems to
Wanning Ilryanized.J
How embarrassing it must le to
lc a president's daughter and get
married. It is reported that the
wedding gifts already received by
Miss Roosevelt will completely fill
several large rooms and there are
more coming. And the worst of it
is that these presents are all quite
ornamental and not at all useful. It
looks as if Mr. I.ongworth would
have to build a house especially for
the wedding presents.
In suggesting proper persons to
head the democratic ticket in Ne
braska next fall, some of the name
mentioned are perhaps all right
but what the democrats demand in
the person of a gu!ernational can
didate is one who is prepared to
get around among the people and
defeud the platform of the party in
no uncertain tone." He should , be
an orator, whose voice would re
sound from one end of the state to
the other. We want noniau who
is unable to make a successful cam
paign. We have had too many
makeshifts.
And now Congressman I.ong
worth wants to hasten the day when
the United States can give over the
Philippines to the people of the is
lands. Wonder what has become
of the republican doctrine of "never
lowering the flag." When W. J.
Hryan used to talk as I.ongworth
now talks, his utterances were called
treason. What then is Mr. Long
worth, a patriot perhaps? If so,
was not Mr. Hryan also a patriot,
and did he not see ten years ago
what Longworth and his stripe
have never seen (or at least not ad
mitted) until now?
Chairman Allkn of the demo
cratic state committee believes the
meeting of democrats to be held in
Lincoln March 6, will result in the
best organization the party has had
for years. The Nebraska demo
crats, who have leen going to the
polls year after year without hope
of reward or thought of success, are
encouraged over the prospects and
plans will be adopted at this meet
ing which the democrats believe
will enable them to turn over to Mr.
Hryan when he returns from his
trip around the world a hard-working,
harmonious organization. The
speaking will lie held in the Audi
torium, but where the dollar dinner
will be served has not yet leen an
nounced. Among the speakers who
have bceu invited to attend are:
Mayor Rose of Wilwaukee, John
II. Atwood of Kansas, General
Weaver of Iowa, CatoSellsoflowa,
George W. Ucrgc of Lincoln, G.M.
Hitchcock of Omaha, A. C. Shallcn
bcrger of Alma, W. II. Thompson
of Grand Island and V. K. McKillip
of Humphrey.
Harmony of iuriKc and action i
in the j.lan of holding a conference
f tlie leading democrats of Ne-
l.raka .sometime during March.
as an evidence of the piirsc and
enthusiasm animating that party,
aixl as a practical measure to bring
the workers and the press into full
accord uiK.u the issues and the
icy of the campaiKti, the nieetin
liouki have splendid results. 1 lie
conference will constitute a formal
and impressive opening of the cam
paign. There could be no more el
ective wav of inaugurating the
fight than under such auspices.
The plan will insure strong news
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of the state, and the campaign
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. . . a
snouui ie a rousing one through-
. T i t . rr i
out. jusi mis Kinu oi enon ana
enthusiasm will bring the victory to
the jeople. Concerted democratic
action, fired by a powerful spirit of
competition, will re-conmier the
state from those who have turned
the government of affairs over into
the hands of the railroads. Hut
challenged and put to the test, the
democratic party in Nebraska must
throw its whole strength into its
coining efforts. The time is propi
tious, the democratic masses are
eager for a change, and many re
publicans will join hands with us
in the attempt to wrest the power
from those who failed in carrying
out the wishes of the majority of
the people of the state.
Tin: editor of the News succeed
ed in removing the moat from his
peepers yesterday morning suffi
ciently to get down to his little deu
and make a weak attempt to reply
to the "Rough Rider" article that
appeared in Friday's issue of the
Journal. It is our honest convic
tion that were it not that the
"Sissy" editor of the News is a
candidate for the Plattsmouth post
office, the .Journal's article would
have passed unnoticed by that pa
per. There is no doubt that a copy
of the News will be forwarded im
mediately to the president, that
the great civil service reformer may
s see that this aspirant for a great
favor at his hand is loyal to him
The following appears in the News
article, "Colonel, can't von tell the
truth about matters that have been
put into pages of history?" (), yes,
' Sissy," most certainly we can.
and in order to do so. we will refer
to a certain editor who was arrested
for liliel and whose reron! fnr
straightforward prevarication has
never been equalled in the history
of journalism in Cass county. The
case we refer to is wherein said ed
itor was convicted of libel, not only
in the district court of his own
county, but also in the supreme
court of the state to which it was
carried by "Sissy" I'arlev and his
backers in the hopes that the up
per court would free him from one
of the greatest crimes in the history
of journalism, and which is still
fresh in the minds of the people of
Cass county. It has not Wen many
weeks since his backers walked up
to the "captain's office" and paid
the amount of damages recovered,
together with the costs in the case,
which amounted to several hundred
dollars. Oh, yes, "vSissy," we
claim to tell the truth occasionally,
but some editors never.
Ik the democratic party cannot
win in the state of Nebraska this
year their is certainly no virtue in
issues or numbers. The democratic
party has created, fought out and
established every issue that will le
prominent in the forthcoming cam
paign. The republicans had an ov
erwhelming majority in the last leg
islature, and they did not create a
single issue that the eople can
stand for. The people of Nebraska
have already endorsed the issues,
and the people are supreme. It is
for this reason that the state demo
cracy will enter the campaign with
confidence. Being in the right is
half the battle, and the democrats
are right.
Thk ship subsidy measure went
through the senate yesterday, with
five republican members registered
againt it. And, bless your soul,
among the number appears the
name of our own beloved Burkett.
All honor to the junior senator.
The Clur&i it Saa Juan Hill.
()ur neighbor, over the way copies
paragraphs from mis' Standard
History to prove the Icavery of Col.
Rnoscvtlt al San Juan Hill. That
tIlcrc wm. otljtrs hl this char,e
who Jirovt.(1 tqlui!v 3S ,)ravti anJ
0f whose daring Liit little has been
saii ,y such hidc-lxiuud (just at
present) partisans as the editor of
the News, we copy the following
paragragh from Hawthorne's His
tory of the United States, at page
1114, of Vol. 3, which is notbiased
in giving credit to whom credit is
due:
"The burden of the battle was
therefore thrown upon the infantry,
and our victory was due to their
extraordinary courage and intelli
gence, and to the heroic leadership
of some of the regimental com
manders. It was a battle of sold
iers, captains and colonels, not of
generals; and probably no soldiers
in the world, under the conditions,
could have acquitted themselves so
brilliantly as did our regulars dur
ing those trying and exhausting
days; and the volunteer regiments
caught inspiration from them, and
in the desperate charge up San
Juan Hill men of the 71st New York
kept side by side with the regulars
and fully shared their glory."
It has been suggested with re
ference to the railroad taxation case
that Judge Munger deserves as
much credit for administering the
law as does Norris Hrown for in
terpreting it. We would be will
ing to praise both a little more if
they will continue just as diligent
ly in the further administration of
their official duties. Peru Pointer.
Shnator Millard appears to be
in the public eye just at present.
The papers were roasting him be -
cause he was against the policy 0f
the president in the matter of rate
.regulation, and since he has comet1'10 lx'sl('cs the great and good gen-
out for the measure they continue
to roast him. The trouble is that
there arc too many local interests to
serve to make the life of i senator
one continual round of pleasure.
It is announced that Governor
Mickey will make a raid upon the
Standard Oil octopus. This would
indicate that the governor has flop
ped since he fired I'd. Hays out of
office for refusing to permit the
Standard Oil company to sell oil in
this state that would not stand the
test required by law. However,
the .Standard squared things then,
and sold the oil, and willjprobably
apiK-ase the wrath of the governor
at this time.
Tin-: flunky journals are giving
much space on the expected mar
riage of Mr. Longworth and Miss
Roosevelt, and call her Princess
Alice. These journals are owned
by rich pluteswho control financial
combines and seek to establish a
titled aristocracy. They are pav
ing the way by familiarizing the
American mind with imperial titles.
It seems to please a great many
people and is in line with Hamil
ton's teachings. Do the men who
celebrate his birthday want to mere
ly perpetuate his memory or pro
mote his theories of government?
Crete Democrat.
Thk attention and svmpathv of
the voters once engaged, there will
be a strong co-operative campaign
waged by the newspapers in every
section of Nebraska, and a live
popular interest cannot "fail to be
the result. The Journal would re
joice to see a live organization of
the democrats not only in every
county, but there should be a des
perate effort made for an organiza
tion by school districts. The pre
sent is not what is termed an of!
year, and there is much at stake,
and a rousing campaign will bring
out the full voting force of the par
ty. Preliminary organization,
keeping the voters thoroughly in
formed of the party programs,
bringing the issues into full discus
sion, emphasizing the importance of
the result and especially infusing
the spirit of competition into the
campaign a tak which falls largly
to the rress will show who's who
in Nebraska the republican party
backed by the railroad, or the com
mon tax-ridden people of the state!
It must lc very interesting to
the readers of the State Journal to
peruse as a special to that paper
from Nebraska City giving an ac
count of the accident to Kngineer
Cox, and then three days later read
the same again as a special from
PlatSmouth.
I'kiim-:t R(osi:vi:i.t does not
think much of Andrew Jackson's
statesmanship, but if he possessed
more of that same he might get
through this session of congress
without compromising on his cru
cial measure, or seeing his minor
ones hung up in the senate with
every prospect of being talked to
death or voted down.
William J. Bryan has written
a letter from Hong Kong tender
ing his resignation as trustee of
Illinois college, his grounds for
such action Wing that the board of
trustees of that institution favor
the acceptance of funds from Car
negie and other trust magnates,
who, he asserts, are attempting to
subsidze the colleges of America to
prevent the teaching of economic
truths.
What an old fraud the great as
sociate press has become. It gives
columns of visionary tales about
Walter Wellman going to the north
pole, but not a line to tell us where
William J. Hryan is and what he is
doing on his trip around the world
something at least 60,000,000 peo
ple in this country would be very
glad to know. The associate press
h, no jlonger
great;" it's little,
mean and partisan.
Where It Pinches.
0ne of the ai"sing features of
' the ante-convention campaign is
1 tIlc incl'gation the few newspapers
j tiat st' breathe railroad incense
! (lisPIa' over the fact that somebody
,.MVMO "S'- the running of
laiuu.ius win. me running or pon-
tics in their waking hours has dared
to initiate the candidacies of anv-
They are particularly worried
over Norris Brown and Peter Mor
tensen. The fact that some two
hundred or more state newspapers
have given as their opinion that
the surest way to make certain that
the next senator and the next gov
ernor are the proper kind of men is
to nominate men who have been
tried and found all right has partic
ularly annoyed these editors there
are about five, if we have not mis
laid our count.
One realizes, of course, that it
must l)e rather annoying to the po
litical fixers to find that a new or
der of things has leen inaugurated
without their leave. For a good
many years they have had men
slipping up to Omaha to find out
how Holdrcge or Kelly or Baldwin
or White felt about their candida
cies. They have also leen gum
shoeing about the state dropping a
hint to a pass-holder here and
hint to another one there to line up
for some certain man for senator or
governor. They have gone about
getting local representatives to start
the candidacies of fellows already
picked out by the bosses at head
quarters. The new plan does not
set well upon them.
But we apprehend that nobody
will lie particularly concerned be
cause they are doing a little Wat
ting. They may keep on winning
that nothing can be settled until the
state convention has met and pass
ed on the candidacies of men. As
if they did not know that we all
know that none of the railroads
ever waited till the convention met
to to do do their lioosting and fix
ing. They ought not to complain
if the people do a little boosting
and picking out and fixing, too,
before the delegates have all been
selected, but if it makes them feel
any Utter to yelp, why deny them
that pleasure? Lincoln News.
A Tohkka bartender refused to
tell the judge whether he was em
ployed to sell liquors, standing on
his rights as did II. II. Rogers of
the Standard Oil Co. The barten
der was sent to jail, but the courts
have decided that Rodger need
not answer. It makes a difference
who it is that violates the laws.
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