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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1906)
lhe Plattsmouth Journal ft ItLlMIICl) W F-KKLY AT "VlaTTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. U. A. HATES. 1'ir.l.iMiK.u. riirwl atlli pnlo(l',r at l'liittsniiuitli. Ne braska. hhwooiiJoIii'" nialttT. No pajxr tomorrow Thanksgiv ing. Iemcmler the date. Now is a Rood time to lay coal if you have the price. in Tin: threatened war with Japan draws interest to our weak spot the riiilippine Islands. Ti'KKttv is the national lird. lie is soaring higher right now than the great American eagle. Ki:mi;miii:k the Farmers' Insti tute at riattsmouth December 7 and S. Let every farmer attend. Don't wait until holiday week to do your advertising if you ex pect to get your full share of the trade. Tin: inter-state commerce bill may take our passes from us, but let us be thankful that it cannot Assault our circus tickets. Thanksc.ivino tomorrow. Make the most of it. Maybe you are not over thankful; but that doesn't make any difference. He thankful anyway. Invent an excuse or pre text if you are not real sure about it but be thankful. Tin; wheat raisers arebcginning to inquire where the trust protect ing tariff helps them with'thc price hovering around 60 cents a buslie in the local markets, but the repub lican stand-patters have not yet dis covered a satisfactory answer. Tim foot ball season just closet shows that 14 men weie killed and lfiO injured, as against 24 killed and 200 injured last season. This seems to indicate that new rules have done some good and that de brutalized foot ball hascome to stay j The capture of a "lone bandit' .luring his robbery of a passenger train between St. Louis and Kansas City is a stern reminder that some thing should be done to protect the traveler from such depredations. Somk of the leading churches of the cast have wisely concluded that it is profitable to advertise. They have put in fine musical attractions, and guarantee that the sermon shall not be more than thirty minutes duration. Hut the greatest move in this direction has been made by a New York church which gives a vaudeville performance as a part of the evening worship. It pays to advertise. Tin; merchants of Omaha have commenced their advertising cam paign in dead earnest, andlarejoffer iug special inducements tojholliday shoppers. They will draw trade from all parts of the state for the next twenty days, riattsmouth merchants could do thejsame thing on a smaller scale. If they expect to get all that is coming tothem they should advertise right now not after the trade is supplied. C Thk boy of today has little fear that the field is becoming?!over crowded in our own country. It is just being opened. It is for the young men who are just beginning to think what a wonderful worl this is, to study well the achieve ments of the past and to see in what manner they arc to I hi improved Never did the world call more loud ly, more persistently, for r young men with force, energy and,pur pose young men to do some thing than today. And every year the cry grows louder, more insist vnt. But the times demand men o large, liberal, energetic minds, am! the man who insists on doing bust ncss in the old-fashioned humdrum way is as much behind the process ion as the man who insists on trav eling with on ox team instead of by railway. The Farmers' Institute Friday and Saturday. Ikxeniber 7 and S. Ucmemlcr the dates by your presence. Nkxt come the holidays. And the merchant who logins now to Advertise hisChristmas bargains is the one that will sell the goods. TtiNksr.ivlNT. day is over, and now conies the first of December, when taxes become delinquent. We always have something to U thankful for. A Ni:w Oki.kans dispatch an nouncing the marriage of Ulauche Walsh, the actress, in that city, savs Miss Walsh was there at the time. .Strange coincidence! Aiit.k finding l'eary returning rom the terrors of the polar regions twenty pounds heavier, we wonder if the busy explorers are not yearn ing a little to keep us all out of the competition. SENATOR Tillman is merely giv ing voice to the idea of an over whelming majority by believing the republican administration sincere only when it shall have put the first trust magnate in stripes. Sum ii people foretell an approach tug storm by tneir rncumausm others by their corns, but while the Journal editor has an abundance of each lie can usually tell when the storm is gathering by the advance in coal. Thk usual skirmish of the graf ters lias already begun. There are many more applicants for places at Lincoln this winter than there are places to fill. It is a very cold day in August when the grafter neglects to work his graft. A nicw counterfeit $10 note has been discovered. I low easy it would be to pass one of them upon an ed itor. A man who has not seen bill of that denomination for a few years would be unable to detect the difference between the counterfeit and the real thing. Thk republicans are worrying over the fact that it is one thing to promise and another thing to "de liver the goods." Keep your eye on the incoming legislature. It may be interesting for you to find out that you have again been de ceived. In the election of 1904 the repub- icans carried Missouri by an aver age majority of 16,013. At trie election held on the 6th of No em ber the democrats carried Missouri by an average majority of 10,252. f the "Mysterious Stranger" can extract any comfort from these fig ures he is doubly welcome to them. Wtu-N Governor Davis, of Ar kansas takes his seat in the United States senate on the 4th of March next he will find that an "old- lshioned row" is not so much needed in that body as is an awak ening of the conscience of the re publican majority to the just de mands of popular interest in all parts of the country. Some people are abusing William J. Bryan on account of his suppos ed advocacy of government owner ship of railroads, are taking him too seriously. He suggests that idea as an ultimate remedy if the railroads will not give the people a square deal Fresideut Roosevelt has twice ad monished congress that unless the railroads do give the people a square deal government ownership wlil le the ultimate remedy, Why abuse one and exalt the other? Now that the state officers who made the blunder of neglecting to have the constitutional amendment published in time, have filed bills for telegrams sent to the publishers ordering them to get out extra edi tions in order to get the notices within the time, some of the pub lishers who went to the expense of issuing extras are preparing to send in bills for extra services. That is the correct sytctu. The state is rich, and the grafter who can get near enough should not lose an opportunity to pinch the tax payers. That is what the taxpay ers are for. Thk prediction of that republican pop, . A. roynter, that Mie;uon would l elected by 80,000 shows that his judgment is alout as poor as his work as governor was. Of course if thjs pop ingrate had been running instead Shallenlnrger it might have liecn easy for Sheldon to have rolled up over 1 00,000 ma jority. Thkki: is not a single printer in the Ohio state penitentiary, and as a result the paper which has beeu printed there for a number of years suspended. However, there are over twenty bankers, lawyers ga lore, practically every other profes sion and trade is rcprescted. The printers are certainly a Clod-fearing, law-abing class. Thk allowance of the war depart mcnt of claims for pay due members of Col. Hryan's old Nebraska regi ment is an act of tardy justice to a body of gallant soldiers who were badly treated by the studious hold ing of them back from the firing line during the war with Spain. Volunteers who are not allowed to fight ought at least to be fully paid. Mr. Shki.don has not decided whether he will be inaugured as governor with a ball, or simply sworn into office, same as Mickey Mickey got considerable cheap no toriety out of his refusal to permit a dance at his inauguration, but there are a great many republicans who will be willing to dance upon his retirement. Nkxt Friday and Saturday, De cember 7 and 8, are dates to remem ber. The Farmers' Institute oc curs on these dates, and an usually large number of farmers will be in town both days. The merchants and business men generally should put forth every effort to make their visit both pleasant and profitable By courteous treatment show that Plattsmouth extends a cordial geet ing and is anxious for them to come often. Secretary Shaw admits that our excessively high tariff is a hind ranee to American trade abroad And yet every statesman will tel! you that all of our surplus products must be sold abroad. The farmers contribute a larger part of our sur plus and yet they will stand up for a policy that deprives them of ac cess to a market that is inviting them, on reciprocal terms. The armer is a victim of his own folly in reference to the tariff. Housekeepers, do you realize that there are a dozen different grades of spices and you can't tell the difference? Do you also realize that when you get the cheap cata- ogue house spices you get the cheapest, yet you pay nearly as much for them as your home mer chant will charge you for the best? No greater deception is practiced upon the people than the catalogue houses practice in the matter of grades. It takes an expert to de tect grades of goods. As A sample of the consistency of statesmen, notice the Roosevelt ad ministration is doing its utmost to pass the great ship subsidy bonus, while on the other hand the same administration is doing its utmost to prevent the giving of rebates Is there, then, such great differ ence between a rebate and a sub sidy? Both aregivinganadvantage to the transportation companies. Whether the government gives it, or the railroad company, matters little. The small shipper and tax payer will have it to pay, whether it is a rebate or a shipsubsidy. Secretary Root and Secretary Shaw came all the way to Kansas City a few days ago to have the Trans- Mississippi congress endorse th subsidy scheme, and it did so by a close vote. "No rebates, no sub sidy, no special favors" should le the slogan of all commercial bodies. Oklahoma and Indian Territory entirely repudiated the federal offi cials that have cursed them by electing nearly tvery democratic candidate to the constitutional con vention. This almost assures a solid democratic delegation to the next congress of two United States senators aud Gv representatives! Tbj Stati Official Vote. The following are the returns of the recent election in Nebraska, as tabulated in the office of the secre tary of state: United States Senator. Brown 98,37414,523 Thompson 82,851 Governor. Sheldon 97.85S 12.S72 ShallenlK.rger 84,885 Lieutenant Governor. Hopewell 97,97215,674 Green. 82.29S Secretary of State. Judkin 98,07216,230 Goucher 81,882 State Autfitor. Scarle 97,81715,962 Canaday. SI, 855 State Treasurer. Briah 97.88315.442 Babcock 82,441 State Superintendent. McBncn 98.18817 ,036 Watson 81,152 Attorney General. Thompson 98,40317,241 Abbott 81,162 Land Commissioner. Katon 97,32514,920 Wolfe 82,405 Railway Commissioners. Winnett 95,51115,600 Horst 79,911 Cowell 94,47915,803 Fitzsimmons 79,676 Williams 92,39113,74 Davis 78,647 Constitutional Amendment: For 147,54 Against 8,852 Dangerous Precedents. Giving President Roosevelt ful credit for good intentions, it cannot be denied that there is force in the criticisms of his course uttered'by ex-Governor Durbin, of Indiana before a republican club of that state recently. The strong personality of the president asserted itself upon many occasions in ways that have broken safe old precedencs and tended strongly toward too great a concen tration of power in the chief execu live. Though the president of the Uni ted States always exerts a powerful in the congress that is elected with him, Mr. Roosevelt last winter went upon dangerous ground in his in vasion of the rights and powers o congress, which, under the consti tution, should be one of the three independent and co-ordinate branches of the government. No one but a blind partisan o President Roosevelt will deny that there is grave impropriety in such control of legislation as he exerted over the house of representatives through his compact with Speaker Cannon to push administration measures while suppressing others which the administration deemed embarrassing. By the exercise tof this contro the president did to the southwest in the matter of statehood for the four territories an injusticeof which the congress, acting without re straint, would hardly have been guilty. Upon his own party the president last winter wrought injustice and injury by joining with the speaker to suppress the urgent demand o western constituents for tariff revis ion and reciprosity. The resent ment shown in the recent elections against members of the Ways and Means committee is not an empty warning that the suppression these questions in the last session may prove vastly more embarrass ing to the republican party hcrea ter than their discussion could hav proven to the president. In criticising the elecision of federal judge who decided a case contrary to the executive policy and view of the law, President Roose vclt may not have sinned more grievously than did President An drew Jackson in his outbursts against Chief Justice John Marshal and his selection of Attorney Gen cral Moody for the supreme court is nothing like so flagrant an at tempt to "pack" the courts as that of which President John Adams was guilty and in the last hours of his term. But President Roosevelt has beeu altogether too heady and rash for safety in his dictation to the two other great branches of the govern ment. If the bad precedents he has set are abused by his near suc cessors he is likelv to live to realize lat many acts of his administra tion have Ijeen more forceful than wise. Still More Encouraging. Final returns from the recent elections indicate the general trend against republicanism, and shows great democratic gains. The elec tion of all the state officers in New York, other than governor, by small democratic majorities in spite of the weight and influence of the Roose velt administratioii'Jindicates that the great heart of the Kmpire state still beats in unison with democracy and that with popular candidates in 908 the electoral voteof the state is more than likely to be in the democratic column. But the most wonderful change rom abject surreuder to the trust and corporation to the'reviving in fluences of good government is in New Jersey. - A tabulation of the vote by counties shows a democratic majority of 11,280 in the state. The republican plurality for the as sembly tickets last year was 57,979, ioosevelt carried the state by 80,000 and there was 51,000 majority for the republican governor. This is the first democratic majority in the state since the ring corruptionists and grafters has infested her, and ike New York, will be again doubt- 'ul states with the chances favor ing democracy." The other democratic gains are in Rhode Island, Minnesota, North Dakota, Missouri and Oklahoma, which states gave democratic ma jorities. The democratic candidate for governor of Kansas was only defeated by 1,500 votes, a gain of 65,000 over the vote of 1904. The democratic gain of over fifty mem bers of congress shows the general trend of the country towards dem ocratic policies and when the stand- pat doctrine of the republican con gress further indicates that rea! tariff refcrtn is impossible as long as that party controls the legisla tive branch of the government, there will be a still greater revolt against high trust prices, by which those corporations are protected by the tariff in extorting. All that democrats have to elo to ensure success is to get together on essential policies and leave any dif ference ou minor matters to be set tied by congress and legislatures as they arise and perfect their organi zation in the several states that will see that democratic voters go to the polls and their votes are honestly counted. Senator Tillman misses his guess in predicting that pampering of the negro by republican politi cians in Chicago will lead to race war in that city. Race war is not possible anywhere in this country But if these republican politicians go on pampering the negro vote in this way in order to save his vote in the close and doubtful states they are certain to get themselves very much disliked by white voters. Arizona only cast 15 per cent of her vote for Joint statehood, so it is quite doubtful if all the Rough Riders followed the president's ad vice and it is certain that the cow boys did not like to be dictated to from Washington. . The youngsters are very much more thankful than some of their elders that Christmas comes so close after Thanksging day. Applies to Land Afents. The passenger traffic manager of the Hurllngton lias sent out notices to the local agents to the cITect that under the ruling of the Interstate commerce commhslon land auent who conduct excursions and sell lands along" the lines of railroads, cmnot I regarded as employes or Vc com pa nles, and ride upon passes. Tills will be a hard shot at I ho Ian acents whoso business It I to locate farmers alonu the line of the railroads However, the coinmlsson Is the law A transcript in the ca.no of Jo. L. Hartshorn vsChas. II. Mclntirc.et al, was died In the district clerk's office today. An appeal li taken by the de fendants from the I'.H and cost, rend ered by Judge Archer. The action was bnutfht to recover Judgement In the aunt of IU for rent of a home used by defendants. 4 Iff tarf HE above picture of th'o "' man and fish is the trade mark of Scott's Emulsion, and is the synonvm for strength and purity. It is sold in almost all the civilized coun tries) of the globe. If the cod fish became extinct it would be a world-wide calam ity, because the oil that comes from its liver surpasses all other fats in nourishing and life-giving properties. Thirty years ago the proprietors of Scott's Emul sion found a way of preparing cod liver oil so that everyone can take it and get the full value of the oil without the objectionable taste. Scott's Emulsion ig the best thing in the world for weak, backward children, thin, delicate people, and nil conditions of wasting and lost strength. Send fir fret Mamplt. SCOTT & BOWNE, ClIEMISTS O0-41S FP-mL STBBkT, NBW TORK e. an.f f f.fll. M Jnifigitti. The Smallest Constable. Otoe county can boast, of the smallest constable in the state. It is John Elrod, who was elected as constable In Otoe precinct last month. lie is thirty years of age and has held a num ber of offices In that precinct, being its deputy assessor at this time. It would be a funoy slht to see him arresting Sheriff John Donovan, who stands six feet and six inches in height. Thus this county has two noted officials, one being the smallest and the other the tallest officer in the state. Nebraska City News. Then It Is Gone Forever. Perhaps you have seen it, an old nickel that has been colored a reddish hue? That nickel has been in circu lation in Louisville for more than ten years. It is little and InslgniQcent but it has been kept on the go contin ually. Could It but talk what a won derful story it could relate. One day it buys a sack of peanuts ror a child, then it goes to the baker for a loaf of bread. It Is never idle. It helps buy coal for one man and groceries for another. From him it perhaps comes to the Courier for advertising who pays it to the printer for labor, who In turn either spends It for a glass of beer or drops it into the contribution box at the church. And so It goes from one to the other, but never leaves Louis ville. One of these days some un thoughtful person will spend this lit tle red nickel with a traveling grocery fakir or a patent medicine peddler and it will go out of clrculaolon, as far as Louisville is concerned. Surely there is a lesson to be learned from this lit tle coin. Louisville Courier. Hives, eczema, Itch or salt rheum sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch of your clothing. Doan's Ointment cures the most obstinate cases. Why suffer. All druggists sell it. It Qui uieis th Couah This is one reason why Aycr's Cherry Pectoral is so valua ble In consumption. It Mops the wear and tear of useless couching. But it docs more it controls the inflammation, quiets the fever, soothes, heals. Ask your doctor about this. Tim bnit kind ol a toitlmonlil "Sold lor OTr statr Tri." mi 9 SUMPARtlM. ijers rats. AW VKH)R. Ik fonU r all nr inliln. ttttr recovery by kponinr? the bowel reaular with Ar'e Pills. BE