fh 2 Plattsmouth Journal
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
I'LATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
R. A. BATES, ruiiLisiiKit
rite red at the postofftVe at l'Ltttsniouth. Ne
braska, as sccondd-iss matter.
Good-i j yk to Old 1906.
Tuxn over that new leaf and keep
it turned.
The legislature will not meet for
a week, yet it is said Liccoln hotels
are filled with place-hunters.
Secretary Root conveniently
finds that he has no place in the
insular service for the candidates
of congressmen who have opposed
the administration.
The president rejected a lot of
Christmas gifts. Perhaps the
lemon from the senate soured the
holiday sentiment within the na
tion's ruler.
Iowa man wants the legisla
ture abolished and the governor to
mf.ice the laws. Is this another
lin in the president's centraliza
tion conspiracy?
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railroad lobbyists are al
ready at work in the state capital,
with a full determination of capturing-
both branches of the legislature.
And it is not sure that they won't,
either.
While Plattsmouth a little more
ths.n held her own in the way of
improvements in 1906, let us all
resolve to put our shoulders to the
wheel and boost her along a little
farther during 1907.
The Old Year is nearing its closing-
hour, but before it has passed
away, and while good resolutions
are in order, let every business
mfn resolve to do something bene
ficial to the city of Plattsmouth in
1907.
Congressman K. M. Pollard
arrived at his home at Xehawaka,
Monday to spend the hoidays. He
expect? to remain at his home sev
eral days, but will go to Lincoln
next Wednesday to be present ot
the inaugural services Thursday.
In speaking of the prominent can
didates for speaker of the house, the
Lincoln Journal says: "M. T.
Harrison of Dunbar, representing
Cass and Otoe, has arrived and has
announced his candidacy for speak
er. He is preparing a rate bill and
a bill dealing with the liability of
employers for injuries to em
ployes." There is more rejoicing among
the republican papers of the state
because the Lincoln Journal won
its suit against the state and saved
SS4.000 in its own pockets that
there has been since Brown forced
Ross Hammond to withdraw as a
candidate for United States senator.
The reform element stand together
well. Nebraska City News.
Now that the holiday trade is
practically over, the merchant who
has enjoyed a good business should
not retire to his shell and neglect to
impress upon the people the fact
that he is still on earth and that he
has not quit business. There is but
one way to do this, and that is by
judicious advertising in the local
apers.
After mentioning a number of
congressional standpatters who
were retired in the recent eletion,
Correspondent Curtis adds: "It
would not be strange if the stand
patter's should wake up on the
morning after election in 1908 and
discover that the friends of the tar
iff had lost their opportunity to re
vise it.
After being entombed in a mine
at Bakersfield, Cal., for sixteen
days, L. B. Hicks, a miner, was
rescued from his perilous position
but little the worse for his exper
ience. The owners of the mine
spent $30,000 in effecting the res
cue. Latest reports say that Hicks
will either go upon the stage or will
accept a museum offer.
The Omaha Bee certainly has a
bright "special" corespondent at
Ashland. This morning's issue
contained several items from the
"special" that occured over a week
ago, and which have been publish
ed in all the surrounding local
papers. The Bee should do away
with such "special corespondents"
and employ people who can get the
news before it becomes stale.
William J. Bryan has author
ized a statement on the proposed
currency bill in which he says:
"The democratic party is commit
ted to a doctrine that the issue of
moneyisagovenrment function that
ought not to be delegated to the
banks at all, but in addition to this
standing objection it opposes this
new form of currency which lessens
the security of the depositor, in
creases the rick of the noteholder
and involves our country more
deeply in the Wall street control of
our finances."
A "ithlic ownership league"
was organized in Omaha last night
by the election of the following of
ficers: F. M. Harrington, of
O'Neill, president: II. C. Brome.of
Omaha, vice president; Kdgar How
ard, of Columbus, secretary: W. II.
Green, of Creighton, treasurer.
The democratic party should pon
der well before adopting public
ownership as an issue. The masses
of the voters are opposed to central
ization, and if this is not a move in
that direction we don't understand
the meaning of the centralization of
of power.
If President Roosevelt can spare
a little time from his multifold
duties of regulating the internal
affairs of all the states he had better
look a little into what Boss Odell
is trying to do in his own state of
New York. It was largely through
President Roosevelt's efforts that
Odell was suppressed in the last
campaign. But Odell does not re
main suppressed. If he should re
gain control of the republican
machine, he would prove embar
rassing to Mr. Roosevelt in his re
puted ambition to go to the senate
from New York after the 4th of
March 1909.
Representative John Wesley
Gaines of Tennessee, who isin favor
of enacting a new statute, provid
ing that members of congress shall
forfeit 513.70 for every day they
are absent, announces that as a re
sult of a search through the old doc
uments at the capitol, he has found
thata statute, passed in 1S56, which
prohibits absent members from col
lecting their salaries unless they
are kept from their official duties
by illness, has never been repealed.
An attempt was made to enforce
this law, he says, in the Fifty-second
congress, which resulted in a
strenuous effort to repeal the stat
ute in 1S94, when the democrats
had control of the house. Repre
senative Gaines will call attention
of congress to the statute, he says,
and insists that it be enforced.
Congressmen should be docked for
time lost, the same as other peo
ple. Justice Harlan of the supreme
court of the United States could
not have celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary of his marriage, nor any
other anniversary of his life, more
nobly than by his sound and force
ful declarations in favor of main
taining inviolate the constitution
and the rights of the states. In
the ripe experience of twenty-nine
years of service on that high tribu
nal, Justice Harlan answers the re
volutionary talk of President Roose
velt and the vagaries of Secretary
Root with the clear-cut declaration
that the "the federal government
has powers except those dele
gated to it by express grant, or by
necessary implication from express
grants." Judge Harlan does not
approved of this tendency. "I
think the federal government," he
says, "has all the power it need
have for the purpose of accomplish
ing the objects for which the gov
ernment was established, and that
any tendency to enlarge its powers
by loose construction of the words
of the constitution ought to be re--tricted."
Don't write it "1906" any more.
If Speaker Xettleton is half as
homely as the newspapers show
him to be he is without doubt the
uglist man in Nebraska.
After his record-breaking feat
of writing messages against time,
the president finds a week of simple
life in the country good tonic for
the nerves.
Beware of the man who tell
you that he has a financial scheme
by which you may become rich in
fortnight. These get-rich-quick
schemes are all being closely watch
ed nowadays.
The mail order pictorial publish
ing houses got fine Christmas orders
from Nebraska newspapers. These
same papers will now begin to
abuse other folks who buy of mail
order houses.
W. A. Sunday, the Chicago
evangelist, was given a purse o
55,300 after the close of a fcur
weeks meetingat Kewanee, Illinois
recently. Is Sunday serving the
Lord or is he serving mammon?
The co::iing session of the gen
eral assembly of Nebraska will be
a busy one. Members must go
to the state capital prepared for
good and earnest work, if all the
important business that will come
up is to be disposed of before the
time for adjorrnment.
Now that the rush of the season
is over, it might be proper to stand
up for Plattsmouth. We have a
good town and enough good people
to make a nice city. True, some
of our people need to be worked
over in order to get them draped in
modern progressive ideas, but right
now is a mighty good time to do
the coaching.
Watch the doings of the incom
ing legislature. Those who voted
for the republican ticket for reform
this year, will have the satisfaction
of seeing the same old railroad gang
edging in and will be on the ground
to do their part toward making
suggestions for reforms in behalf
of the people. As has been the
case in previous years, you will find
the railroads in control- of the
state's law-making body.
The democratic party, through
its senators and representatives in
congress, will make the mistake of
the century if it undertakes to de
fend President Roosevelt against
attacks bv members of his own
party for his lawless usurpation of
power in dealing with the murder
ers of the Brownsville riot. The
authority to disband any part of
army or navy by executive order
is not conferred upon the president
by the constitution or the laws of
the United States. In assuming it
he has set one of the most danger
ous precedents in American history.
Rashly used, or upon a treasonable
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autocratic power in the hands of
the executive might bring the coun
try to ruinous defeat. There is a
right way and a wrong way. The
president has chosen the wrong way
because it was the easiest and the
most spectacular. Leaders of his
party are fighting him with an eye
single to the negro vote. Let them
fight it out, with every democrat
standing immovable for the consti
tution and laws, for the states'
rights and local self-government
which they inherited from Wash
ington, Jefferson and the fathers of
the republic.
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The New Year brought with it a
snowstorm.
Tm-: legislature is now ready for
business. Let it proceed.
Be good all next year. If you
can't be goody good, be as iood as
you can.
Fifteen states with a record of
seventy-three lynchings for the old
year have a splendid opportunity to
make new resolutions.
It is propoed to mark our lob
byists with identification numbers
when the legislature meets. Why
not lisense and tag them?
The Omaha papers are carrying
as much advertising now as before
Christmas. The Omaha merchants
are for trade the year round.
Resolve to "do unto others as
you would have others do unto
von." and vou will be haoDv all
next vear if vou stick to the text.
The officers seekers will have to
hold off a little while longer. Gov
ernor Sheldon says he will make
new appointments for a few weeks
vet.
Don't boast of your New Year's
resolutions. Keep your mouth seal
ed and you will not get a reputa
tion for being as weak as the rest
of us.
The stupidity and the greedy
bossism with which the republicans
have abused their power have about
convinced the country that it is
time to turn the rascals out.
As soon as the papers in the
case are compiled by the depart
ment of justice at Washington, the
United States will file suit in the
supreme court of California to test
the legality of the exclusion of
Japanese childien from the public
schools of San Francisco. The case
will go before the court upon an
agreed statement of facts, and it is
thought that in view of the impor
tance of the matter it will be given
precedence over other cases.
Happy New Year to All.
The Journal takes this method of
wishing its patrons and friends a
Happy New Year Jand above all a
prosperous year during 1907. Torhe
business men of this city, we desire
to express great appreciation of the
many favors during the past year,
which is rapidly drawing to a close.
The patronage extended the Jour
nal in the year 1906, greatly passed
the tide mark of any year exper
ienced by this offiice since the
present management assumed con
trol five years ago.
We approach the New Year with
a sturdy confidence and unyield
ing hope, determined if possible
to be of service to a larger circula
tion of patrons and friends than we
have ever catered to before. But
this desire for a broader field shall
not lessen the obligations we owe
the band of loval adherents who
have remained steadfast in their
friendship during the expiring
year.
The year fast fading away has
been a pleasant one to many of us,
and we trust that whenever read
ers become retrospective the part
that you played in the fraction of
life's drama will have left recoleo
tions and memories that you may
ever revive and refresh by the
knowlage that some one was made
better and happier by your thought-
fulness and consideration, and it is
well to obsrve right here that if you
are not wholly satisfied, you have
only a few hours to turn over a new
leaf, and resolve to become better
satisfied with your lot in 1907.
With the hope that 1907 will
dawn bright and promising for you
and 3'ours, and that the passing of
each day thereof may recall some
new pleasure, some additional com
fort, indisputable evidence of moral
and material prosperity, we have
now submit to the assurance that,
if given an opportunity, we will
contribute in a generous measure
towards your advancement.
Again the Journal wishes everyone
"A happy and prosperous New
Year."
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"The Old World and its New
Ways" is the title of Mr. Bryan's
new lecture.
W. J. Br van is booked for
eighty-six Chautauqua engagements
the coming season.
Coki'Okath )XS are making ready
to turn over a new leaf. Many
state legislatures begin "reform
ing' ' this month.
Kykkyi;ii-y likes to believe that
his town is a live bustling place.
People always measure a town by
the amount of advertising that the
merchants do in the local papers.
People are attracted to other towns
by the advertising in the papers of
those towns. We believe in stand
ing up for home institutions, but
we never blame a man for going
away from home in preference to
patronizing a merchant who does
not advertise.
Good-ijve Old Year. After all
we are loath to part. Many pre
cious memories as well as many sad
things to remember are forever
linked with thee. But time bids
us part, and however severely thou
hast chastened us, yet we find our
hardened feelings relenting and a
spirit of charity pervades our being.
We forgive as we hope to be for-
-w e.
given, in numinty ana love we
bow our adieu and welcome the
New Year with naught but good
resolves and high aspirations that
each coming day will see our lives
better, purer and nobler in every
act and purpose.
Secretary Klmer Dover of the
republican national committee, is
not seeing ghosts and talking in his
sleep when he declares that there
will be danger for his party if it
goes into the next presidential elec
tion without having done some
thing to the abominable Dingley
tariff. But no revision that the re
publicans of the Sixtieth congress,
under the dictation of President
Roosevelt and the gavel of Speaker
Cannon, can be induced to make
will take the tariff issue out of the
coming presidential election. It
will never come anywhere near sat
isfying the western republican de
mand that every schedule which
shelters a monopoly be cut out of
the protective system and will still
leave Governor Cummins, with his
Iowa idea, a dangerous factor to be
reconed with in the republican na
tional convention.
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Because we make medicines
for them. We tell them all
about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
and they prescribe it for
coughs, colds, bronchitis, con
sumption. They trust it. Then
you can afford to trust it.
Ask your own doctor.
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E. E. YOUNG GETS POSITION
Made Superintendent of McCook Division
to Succeed Neil Eaton. Who
Recently Resigned.
V.. K. Young, trainmaster at Denver
an'l formerly trainmaster of the Lin
coln division of the Burlington, ha-
hi'en made superintendent, of the. Mc
Cook division, with headquarters at
McCook. The appointment was elec
tive. .January 1. Mr. Laton who resign
ed about three weeks ago, his resigna
tion being made elective on January
1,
K. K. Young came to Lincoln from
St. Joe. and trom I'lattsmouth he went
to St. Joe. He came up from the train
service, having been a switchman,
trainman, yardmaster and trainmast
er. He wasyardmaster at St. Joe. He
is regarded as an able, pushing, ener
getic railroad man, and as trainmaster
worked a number of reforms which are
said to have benefited the service. A
short time before the resignation of
Mr. Eaton, Mr. Young was transferred
from Lincoln to Denver, it having been
said that there was a congestion of
business on the west end and that tin;
services of an expert trainmaster were
needed.
No successor lias been named for Mr.
Young at this place, and no successor
for his position at Denver has been of
ficially announced. This leaves two
vacancies for winch trainmasters socr:
may be appointed
Increase of Burlington.
The increase in business on the
Iiurlington has been phenomenal west
of the river, in VMM, especially through
the northwest line to the junction
with the Northern Pacific at Uillings.
The increase in freight cars hauled
west of the river over the correspond
ing montli last year for January, 0,700:
February, W0: March, l.ooo; April,
400: May -J.'JOO; June, :;,00); July 0,000:
August, 4.000; September, .'J, wo; Octo
ber, 4.000: November, S.'g and Decem
ber estimateed at .,000. The motive
power of the road has been increased
and received in accordance with the
increase in business with some surplus
engines. A large number of addi
tional cars have bsen ordered, but few
have arrived. Tiie increase has been
in all commodities as well as in the
passenger business. Statistics show
that 40 per cent more people were
handled at the state fair than during
any previous fair. New lines have
been built from Ashland to Sioux Cit7
and from Frannie to Worland and
immense gravity wards are being built
at Lincoln.
Happy New Year.
Heboid
"The old
Is gone.
And the dawn
Of a new year
Is bene.
Now Is the time to make
Resolutions that will break:
To think
Vou won't drink;
To choke
On smoke:
To be shy
Of the lie:
To swear
You'll be .viuare;
To but why ito into particulars-
The iHTiendii;ulars
Are upright and the others ain't.
And you can't to- a saint
Simply )e-ause the new year
Is here.
Swear ofT on new-year swear-off.
Make your life throughout the .r-a-
As clear and viuare as slioul'i fx.
And your future will - clear.
Kesolutions are hut rotten
If the spirit Is so weak
That it breaks In two whe n temp e l
And shows the yellow streak.
So
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