The Plattsmouth Journal
ri lU.ISUKD WKKKLY AT
1'L.iMTSMOUTH. NEDRA.SKA.
U. A. UATlvS, I'l HLISHKII.
tuorvtl l lh Mtiffli' t I'lattHmoutli, N
lirnk. as wiiil. !. tn&ttrr.
Don't forget the dates next Iri
tl.iy and Saturday Farmers' Insti
tute in riattsmouth
Christmas shopicr should "take
time by the ! forelock" and make
their selections now, and avoid the
rush later on.
Roiuucrs who looted an Illinois
Hostoffiee of 10,000 stamps seem to
have had an extraordinary gift list
for the holidays.
Hi'T a few more days till the Far
mers' Institute, and our business
men should 1 ready to give our
farmers a cordial greeting.
Pat Ckowu is again in the lime
light. He is on trial at Counci
Bluffs for holding up a street car
You can't keep a good man down
Sinck women legislators in Col
orado started registering as I onora-
ble Mary A. Smith and husband
the men have been trying to (lis
franchise their wives.
TiiiXiDORK Siionts says that
Theodore Roosevelt made a "hit"
in Panama. Does this mean he
played to the grand stand or has
knocked a home run in his Panama
message to congress?
Tjiicri-: is talk of redisricting the
state for senatorial and representa
tive districts, as there lias wen
no recent census upon which the
legislature cou'd act intelligently,
there would seem to be no demand
at this time for changes.
Pkksidkntiai. power to dismiss
army officers at will is too much
like the building up of a military
despotism. So long as the execu
tive can jump them over one an
other's head without consulting
congress, lie ought to satisfied.
Thk secretary of war does not
appear to be at all reserved in his
opinion that the dismissal of the
colored troops who perpetrated the
outrages at Brownville, Texas, was
justly merited. It certainly is true
that if the sworn soldiers of the
government cannot be relied upon
to protect the lives and property of
those under their care, they are
useless as peace officers. While it
might appear that the innocent suf
fer with the guilty, there is no ques
tion but that those who shield the
murderers are as guilty as the men
who actually fired the guns.
It is said that 200 white girls in
Chicago have married Chinamen.
This is accounted for by the fact
that there are 4,600 Chinamen in
Chicago and only 78 Chinese wo
men. The laws of this country
make it difficult to get Chiuese wo
men in, hence the necessity of Chi
namen marrying whites or remain
ing single. It is said that many of
the white women who marry Chi
namen are addicted to the opium
habit, and this in a measure makes
the yellow men congenial husbands
America is a great country, and
some of our people don't appear to
care much whom they mix with.
Woman suffrage in Colorado,
which was introduced in that state
by the populists in 1893, is about
doomed, according to the leaders of
the great parties. The latter de
clarc that the public does not want
women to hold office and that this
fact is becoming more apparent at
each successive election. Four
women ran for the house of rcpre
sentatives recently, three of them
being on the democratic ticket ami
one on the socialist ticket. Al
were defeated by decisive niajori
ties. Since the introduction of
equal suffrage, nine, women have
been elected to the house of rcpre
sentatives. That the question o
equal suffrage was not popular
throughout the entire state is very
evident, from the fact that Pueblo
is the only county outside of Den
ver that lias furnished any women
legislators for Colorado.
I Hv the nomination of Postmaster
(General Cortelyou to the great de
partment of the treasury the presi
.i
dent promotes a man so little Known
in the world of business and finance
that the appointment might cause
uneasiness if the policy of the treas
uary was not marked out by con
gress rather than by the secretary
The promotion of Mr. Cortelyou is
little less than a reward forpolitica
services. His record is simply that
of a handy man around the White
House and political headquarters
Hiving gone directly from the
duties of private secretary to the
duties of the cabinet, Mr. Cortelyou
has never given evidence of pass
ing the popular confidence that is
sought in a cabinet officer. The
president, however, vouches for him
as a fit man, and the senate will
doubtless take him on trust.
Bryan spoke these words to the
New York newspaper men: "When
l die l will nave enougn to ,eive
my children. It may not be very
large, measured by the present
standards; but it is as much as I
want to leave them, and my living
docs not depend upon my ever hold
ing office. But I want to leave my
children something more valuable
than money. I want to leave them
a government that will protect them
in their life and property and pur
suit of happiness. When I went
back to my native city some years
ago they said to me, "If you're as
good a man as your father you arc-
all right." I would rather have
that said of me than all the money
of Rockefeller or Morgan."
Now is the time to do your holt
day shopping. The stores are not
crowded, the goods have not been
pawed over, you can find just what
you want, because the advertising
inei chants have the largest assort
riients to select from. Now is the
time. Do not wait until December
24. Let your neighbors do that.
nd by all means, patronize those
who invite you to do so through
the properchannel the newspaper.
They are the fellows who will give
you the best bargains.
And now the negroes are after
Teddy with a big stick. The en
tire white race, north and south has
been after the negroes with the same
eh:!). The negro is getting just
what he deserves. ICver since the
war the negro vote has gone to the
republican party, and now a repub-
ican president turns on the negro.
The people of the south are the
only really true friends the negro
las todav.
A TiiRM of six years for the pres
leut and vice president of the Uni
ted States is proposed (by Senator
Cullom in a joint resolution intro
duced providing for an amendment
to the constitution . The resolution
declares also that the president and
vice president shall nut be eligible
or re-election. This will meet
with the approval of a great major
ity of the voters of the country.
The need of the times is not for
expansion of the federal power in
matters which touch the citizen
nearly, but to make the states
stronger and more efficient.
They are fully equal to the perform
ance of all the functions which the
founders of the government assign
ed to them.
Thk protest adopted by the Na
ttonal Editorial association last
Tuesday against the increase in
second-clas postage rates favored
by Assistant Postmaster-General
Madden should le placed on the
desk of every tnetnlier of congress.
Sknwtor Bkvi:riiv.k of Indiana
has surrendered to thejurgent ap
peals and will address the Nebraska
State Teachers' association at its
annual convention at Lincoln dur
ing the Christmas holidays.
Ik, as predicted, we are to have
a war with Japan within five years,
the president's recommendation to
build one battleship a year will not
satisfy Fighting Bob ICvans.
Jt'DOE Grosscit, of Chicago,
calls Roosevelt s message a crazy
quilt. Maybe the president thought
that congress needed a Christmas
gift. I
Restitutloa After Ibe Election.
The news that President Roose
veit lias decreed that the $143,000
for which his "wicked partner,"
George B. Cortelyou, held up the
Big Three" insurance companies
in 190 4 must le returned does not
jump along the same track with Mr.
Roosevelt's decision to promote Mr.
Cortelyou to le Secretary of the
Treasury when Mr. Shaw goes back
to Iowa.
Mr. Roosevelt's present stand in
the matter would have been more
graceful if he had assumed it before
the November elections. The mon
ey was wrongly taken from funds
laid by for the widow and the or
phan. Roosevelt knew this when,
before the election, he demanded
that it be returned, but allowed
himself to be overruled by Cortel
you and Bliss.
His submission can be attributed
to nothing but the feai that the
money might be needed to avert
republican defeat. Over Cornelius
N. Bliss, treasurer of the commit
tee, he may not have held the power
of coercion, but he held the politi
cal fortunes of Cortelyou, its chair
man, in his hands, and could have
forced him to act.!
And now he is to reward Mr.
Cortelyou for his disobedience by
promoting him to the place in the
Cabinet which is second in the line
of succession to the presidency.
Verily, the president does not seem
to have been deeply offended at Mr.
Cortelyou for refusing to give back
the money of the widow and or
phan until after the election.
' 'A man who perjures himself by
the Bible blasphemiously spits on
the sacred book and in the light of
present conditions in our political
life, man should be made to swear
by the flag of the United States in
stead of the Bible." The forego
ing constitute the words of the
Rev. Charles F . Blaidsdell of the
Church of the Holy Communion in
St. Louis, delivered on Thanksgiv
ing day. There is food for reflec
tion in the words of Reverend
Blaisdell. The Bible is said to be
of divine origin and the man who
swears by it should be atuated by
the highest and loftiest motives that
could possibly inspire him to tell
'the truth, the real truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth."
Reader, we call you as a witness.
Have you not seen men raise their
hands skyward and declare that
they would tell the truth? Did not
they tell things that you believe
yea, you knew, were not true? If
the story of the cross be true, if the
divinity of the Bible be true, then
the lips that gave utterance to un
truths that were based on the up
lifted hand arc guilty of blasphemy
in the sight of Him who gave in
spiration to the hands that wrote
the Bible. To swear by the fine
and falsify does not partake of the
perfidy that attaches to false swear
ing by the Bible. We favor the
Reverend Blaisdell's story.
Ai'TKR a-uring us that the new
Zionwill be conducted on a sane
basis, Dowie's successor proceeds
to upset our confidence by the mad
announcement that he intends to
reform Chicago.
Another bank teller has disap
peared from Kansas City with
$9,000. Is this an evidence that
too much prosperity is killing?
Of course you pay your money,
But you get your money's worth,
For what does money mean to you
When Rocky Mountain Tea's on
earth? Gerlng & Co.
Sour
Stomach
No appetite, loss ol atrangth. nervous
tta, headache, constipation, bad breath,
general docility, sour risings, and catarrh
of the stomach are all due to Indigestion.
Kodol relieves Indigestion. This new discov
ery represents the natural juices of diges
tion as they exist In a healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonlo
and reconstructive properties. Kodol lor
dyspepsia does not only relieve Indigestion
and dyspepsia., but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purllylng, sweetening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
' Mr. S. S. Bill, o RiTtntwood. W, V mjtr
I wt troubled ltd tour ttomtck (or twM rtm,
Kodol curtd me tni we mm luinf It la ml
forbtbr."
Ke4ol MgatU What You tat
BoMItl only. Rlll.r.t ndlftttox. SOW Itonttch,
betrkint if rt. etc.
?rpi4 kf I. 0. DeITT 00., CMICAOO.
Roosevelt's Message.
me message is moderate in tone
and its recommendations are in the
main sound. The advice that the
navy e kept fully up to the pres
ent efficiency by building a battle
ship a year as powerful as the most
that any other nation is building i
so good that it should be accepted
as the settled policy of the govern
ment.
V ith respect to tile army, the
recommendation that the enlisted
men in the coast defenses be in
creased from their present strength
of between 14,000 and 15,000 may
not meet with universal approval
but there need be no dissent from
the proposal to increase the number
of officers in the coast artillery suf
ficiently for a larger force and to
retain in the service, by better pay
the electricians and other skilled ar
tificers who work the complicated
machinery of the enormous guns
mounted in coast forts. By this
means the coast-defense army would
be made a well-prepared framework
which, in case of war, could be
quickly filled in with additiona
men.
All that is said about our reh'
tions with the countries of South
tnerica would possess more vital
interest if the prohibitive tariff,
which is not mentioned in the mes
jr i . ..
sage, am not make a largely in
creased trade with those countries
impossible by driving their products
to other markets. Accompanied by
reciprocity treaties or lower tariff,
the aid to American vessels in that
trade which the message suggests
might be of substantial value.
Probably no part of the message
will be more discussed than that
which favors the surrender by the
states to the government at Wash
ington of all control over marriage
and divorce. It will not be unani
mously conceded that perfect uni
formity in the laws governing those
relations would be an unmixed
good. There may be differences in
the conditions existing in agricul
tural Texas and in commercial and
manufacturing Massachusetts. Dif
ferences of climate have their influ
ence upon the marriageable age.
Though greater uniformity of
these laws among the states is to be
desired, it may be asked if there is
not greater reason than is apparent
for the fact that South Carolina has
no divorce laws, while those of Ne
braska are liberal.
Of course, the president's recom
mendation on this subject cannot
become effective without an amend
ment to the federal constitution,
and that instrument has never been
amended except for weighty reas
ons. Still, the question is raised
whether the control of marriage and
divorce by the central government
would not lead to a vast increase in
federal officers or to a perplexing
conflict between state and federal
functions.
If a marriage license could be ob
tained only from a federal court or
recorder, such an officer would be
needed in every county. If the
present system of lecenses were con
tinued, what power has the federal
government to authorize a county
officer of Nebraska to act?
The president's views on marriage
and divorce are interesting, but, for
the present, at least, purely aca
demic. The country will change
much before the states surrender
their control over marriage and
divorcs.
Jt'ST a little more than a year ago
no two nations were on more friend
ly footing than the United States
and Japan. Within the last two
weeks there have been persistent
rumors that war between these two
countries is imminent. In fact,
one congressman emphatically de
clared that the American and Jap
would lie pitted against each other
within the next five years, at the
least. Closely following this scare
comes the report from Japan itself
that the minister of war has ob
tained the consent of the other cab
inet members for a 50 per cent in
crease of the Mikado's army. This
increase will bring Japan's fighting
strength up to 750,000 men, or
more than seven times as many as
our army, exclusive of the natonal
guard, in time of peace.
The legil proceedings which the
administration has set on foot to
test the right of the San Francisco
school loard to exclude Japanese
students from the schools not spe
cially provided for them are cer
tainly the most amazing in the his
tory of American jurisprudence.
There is probably not a member of
the department of justice who real
ly believes that the government at
Washingion has, or can under the
constitution of the United States ac
quire, any more control over the
public schools of California than it
could over those in Germany. It
is hardly creditable that President
Roosevelt himself believes in the
soundness of his revolutionary re
commendations with respect to the
right of the government to insist
upon the admission of the Japs of
the San Francisco schools by virtue
of the treaty with Japan. Whether
incere or not, the whole of this
ugly business is simply a diplomatic
move to conciliate the Japanese,
with whom we rightly desire to be
at peace. But the sacredness of
the public schools of America is
more valuable to us than the good
will of Japan or any other nation on
earth. Mr. Roosevelt way playing
with fire when he assailed the right
of the city of San Francisco to con
trol its own schools in its own way,
and the protest which has come up
rom the press of the country tells
us plainly that he has burned his
fingers.
"River regulation is rate regula
tion, but it is more than that. It
means the moving of bulky freight
more cheaply than any railroad
could move it, and it also means
the moving of millions of tons that
the railroads could never move at
all.
Ik the president was not joking,
in his message, about patting the
Japs on the back, he seems to
have accomplished his design, for
Tokio papers discover that he is a
hero unless they are joking.
The president mustspell according
to Webster or some other accepted
authority on English language,
since the house appropriations com
mittee, has sat on his latest re-
brm.
Kentucky's man and woman
who kept a plighted troth for forty
four years would not require a trial
marriage to determine their felic
ity. Injured In an Explosion.
Miss Tearl, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. 1'eterMumm, was very seriously
burned Sunday morning as the result
of an explosion when she opened the
stove door to see bow the fire was
burning, which hermotherhad poured
coal oil upon a few moments before.
Her hair was singed off, and her face
and bands badly burned. The Injur
ies were dressed by Dr. T. P. Living
ston who was summoned to the scene,
and the young lady Is now getting
along nicely.
Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup contain
ing Honey and Tar Is especially appro
priate for children, no opiates or
poisons of any character, conforms to
the conditions of the National Pure
Food and Drug Law, June 30, 1906.
For Croup, Whooping Cough, etc. It
expels Coughs and Colds by gently
moving tne bowels. Guaranteed. Sold
by Gerlng & Co's drug store.
Fori
or Luna
a
Troubles
Aycr's Cherry Pectoral cer
tainly cures coughs, colds,
bronchitis, consumption. And
it certainly strengthens weak
throats and weak lungs.
There can be no mistake about
this. You know it is true. And
your own doctor will say so.
The beet kind ol a testimonial
"Sold for over sixty years."
0. irn 0 LwlL Kata.
MauftMUrert f
' SttSArABILU.
uixiei
yers
FILLS.
Alt VIOM.
W kT ao toaratil We paktlia
fkraiiM trail aaictaM.
. Keep th bowele regular with Ayer'a
tPllle and thut hasten recovery.
For Thin
Babies
Fat is of great account
to a baby ; that is why
babies are fat. If your
baby is scrawny, Scott's
Emulsion is what he
wants. The healthy baby
stores as fat what it does
not need immediately for
bone and muscle. Fat
babies are happy ; they do
not cry ; they are rich. ;
their fat is l.aid up for
time of need. They are
happy because they are
comfortable. The fat sur
rounds their little nerves
and cushions them. When
they are scrawny those
nerves are hurt at every
ungentle touch. They
delight in Scott's Emul
sion. It is as sweet as
wholesome to them.
Send for free sample.
Bs sure that this picture In
the form of a label Is on the
wrapper of every bottle ol
Emulsion you buy.
Scott Sr Bourne
Chemists
409-413 Peart Street
Mew York
50s. mi $1.00
A.l Druggist!
TUSSLE WITH A BURGLAR
Joe Wheeler Has Exciting Experience With
a Would-be Robber.
Through a telephone message, at an
early hour Tuesday, County Treas
urer Wheeler was apprised of an ex
citing experience that his boys on the
farm, about eight miles south of town,
had this morning with a would-be
burglar. From the confusing excla
mations over the 'phone, it develops
that about 2 o'clock this morning Joe
Wheeler, who sleeps down stairs, was
awakened by the barking of the dog,
and when he opened his eyes he was
startled to behold a man standing by
sie bed. Joe Immediately attempted
to jump from the bed, but was caught
by the burglar, who held him until
Joe called to his brothers upstairs for
assistance. The burglar took a hasty
departure through the kitchen door,
and when the two boys with a gun ar
rived from upstairs, nothing was to be
observed of the thief on account of
the darkness. A hasty investigation
of the house disclosed three open
doors and a window partially open.but
whether or not the robber secured any
booty is not known.
After the scare was all over, the two
older boys insisted that Joe go up
stairs and remain the rpst. nt th
night, but remarking that the fellow
might come back, he took the gun and
turned In to resume his night's re
pose, which bad been so suddenl? dis-
turned.
Weather Slgna.
As usual, predictions are for a hard
winter. The editor has been out in
the country and gathered all the Jn.
dlcatlons that point to severe weather.
These may be rounded up as follows:
The corn husks aroa foot and a half
ihicic ana lean to the west. The
geese, ducks and chickens are growing
a coat of fur under their feathers and
are rubbing borax on their feet to
harden them up. All the one-eyed
owls are leaving the country a month
earlier than usual and the bob-tailed
squirrels are laying In sweet potatoes
as wen as nuts ror winter provisions.
Cass county barbers report that
the demand among bald headed men
fur applications for hair restorer is
greater In number than for many
previous seasons. Also many young
men are about to raNe full beards
whether they are becoming or not.
All the toad stools on the olrl W
have wrinkles in them. The last time
that this happened we had winter
weather that froze the handles orT
plows. Rabbits are fettlnif around
with a humped up look to them and
field mice have wrinkles In tholr tails.
If this means anything It moan. 2
degrees below zero from December
through to May.
Doan's Ilegulets cure constipation,
tone the stomach, stimulate the liver,
promote digestion and appetite and
easy passages of the bowels. Ask your
druggist for them. 25c a box.