The Plattsmouth Journal
I'L'IU.ISMKI WKKKLY AT
HI..A1TSMOUTII, NEBRASKA.
II. A. I5ATKS, rniM.siiK.it.
i: ilrri'il iitltiw postotll.-tMit Pl.ittsrimuUi. Ne
(r:ik.i. itt mt!i1iM;iss matter.
1:nii:k the primary law the vot
er must swear that he supported
the ticket of his party in the last
election.
A ;hji motto for the railroad
magnates and the employes at this
time would be, "Be sure you are
right and then arbitrate."
Thkki-: will be no riding to the
polls next Tuesday unless you ride
in your own conveyance. Both
sides have decided to spend no
money for teams or other usual cam
paign articles this year.
Oxu thing that the voters should
le interested in is the question as
to whether or not the council shall
have the power to contract for
lighting the city. This matter is
now up to the people, and next
Tuesday is the day to decide it.
I'kksidknt Rooskvki.t is alarm
ed at the "growing unrest in finan
cial circles." It may go so far as
to affect the si.e of the republican
campaign committee's bank roil
next year. Then there would be a
sure enough panic.
Ir Mr. Roosevelt decides not to
coach the Harvard football team
after he retires from the White
House, perhaps he will consent to
take the presdency of a railroad
and show exactlv how one should
I be run.
Sai.ina. Kansas, has introduced
swings, see-saws, tennis courts and
athletic apparatus in the school
grounds, and as a result there are
few tardy children. An idea that
is worthy of emulation by other
city school boards.
Tin-: anti-pass law as finally pass
ed permits all to ride upon passes
except the newspaper men. The
attorneys and politicians and doc
tors will all be provided with paste
boards, but not the newspaper men.
This is as it should be. "Lead us
not into temptation."
Tin-: prophet who said that the
comet would strike the earth and
knock it out of time today was
evidently off in his dates. Had he
fixed the date for Monday, he might
have worked it in on us as an April
fool.
Klkction tomorrow. Vote for
members of the council who you
know will be in favor of,a continua
tion of public improvements.
"Don't swap horses while crossing
the river."
Tin-: favorite candidates for presi
dent are commencing to crop out
in both the republican and demo
cratic parties. The democrats of
the nation and the state of Nebraska
have but one and that is our peer
less leader, William Jennings Bryan
of the world at large.
In voting for members of the
school board next Tuesday, don't
vote for a person who has an ax to
grind. When you vote for J. M.
Roberts and II. M. Soennichsen,
you are supporting gentlemen who
will have an eye solely for the best
interests of the public schools of
riattsmouth.
Tin: people are considerably agi
tated over the matter of lighting
the streets. For several years the
citizens of this burg have been
clamoring for lighted streets. Next
Tuesday you will have an oppor
tunity to express your wishes on
the proposition. If you vote yes.
you want lights, and if you vote no,
von don't, that's all.
Pkok. Hicks says that the San
I'rancisco earthquake has shaken
us 300 miles south, or nearer the
tropical belt than we formerly
were, hence the intense heat. We
were afraid that it had cracked the
crust, and that we were liable to
break through into the fire.
Ik you want members of the
school board who are directly inter
ested. in tne puDlic schools or our
city, you will support Joseph M
Roberts and Melchior Soennich
sen to serve you. These gentle
men, remember, have no axes to
grind, but will serve truly in the
interest of the schools.
Governor Sheldon yesterday
signed the anti-pass bill, recently
passed by both branches of the Xe
braka legislature. The action of the
governor puts the bill in effect im
mediatly as the bill was passed in
both houses with the emergency
clause tacked on. Henceforth the
Tan banana war is about over. granting of free transportation by
Honduras got the worst of the skir-jany of the railroads in the state is
ish and after a play at war for some
two weeks the Nicaraguans placed
the banana peel where it would
meet the flying footsteps of the
Ilondurans and they came all heels
up. After about three days of
parleying somebody will blow a
dinner horn and the scattered sol
diers will come in to peace, cigar
ettes and tamales.
Tin-: election next Tuesday may
not seem an important one, yet in
one sense it is very important to
everyone. The council as consti
tuted at present, is endeavoring to
do good work for the city, and have
many improvements in view during
the season. Kveryone of the pres
ent members, who are candidates,
should bv all means be' re-elected.
It appears to lje the opinion of
statesmen, that the state primary
law, will place the selection of can
didates for office largely in the
hands of the newspapers, as the
man who wishes to run for office,
will have no other method of pre
senting his name, than through
the columns of the papers. For
that reason it was proposed to fix
a maximum rate of S2 for an
nouncements, and candidates were
to be prevented from contributing
more to the corruption of the press.
The primary bill is a sort of
democratic measure in which the
fusion members and the insurgents
among the ropublicans joined
hands. The bill practically provides
two general elections. Any person
can get his name upon the primary
ticket by petition, and at the elec
tion a ballot will be given each
voter, containing all the names,
and he may cast a secret ballot
without objection. This will enable
the voter to cast his vote for the
man of his choice, rather than
compelling him to vote for party.
The prices of horses still con
tinue to soar skyward, and there
seems little prospect of a halt in the
flight. Most any kind of a horse
will bring a hundred dollars now,
while the better class of animals
are eagerly bought for any price the
owner may place on them. In fact
demand for horses is a good deal
like the demand for Nebraska land,
and people who have either are al
most afraid to name the price for
fear that some one will take them
up.
The Illinois court of appeals has
decided that love is not a legal
essential of marriage." For this
reason the court refused to set aside
a marriage that was contracted un
der a false impression. The court
held that while a contract made
with a minor, a drunken man, an
insane person or an idiot cannot be
enforced, the poor fellow laboring
under an hallucination that makes
him drunk, insane and idiotic, all
three in c::e, has no remedy in
court.
prohibited.
K vipenti.y the present legislature
has an eye to business in one dir
ection, at the least, the way they
have been passing bills by the whole
sale. They have already made so
much busineesfor the supremecourt
that it will get so far behind in their
work that there will be a demand
for additional iudges. Sec! And
there is no doubt several senators
who would like to reach the
plums.
Mr. Roosevelt's Tariff Mascot.
President Roosevelt's reported
reluctance to proceed against the
Sugar Trust under the Sherman an
titrust lav.- is true to the line of pol
icy observed by him through all
his warfare upon what he denomi
nates "bad trusts."
As announced at the outset, the
"worst trusts" are, in his estima
tion, not those protected by what
more than half the American peo
ple denounce as the robber tariff.
Indeed, the President has not found
a "bad trust" in all the Dingley
list. He has scrupulously refrain
ed from laying a finger upon a sin
gle one of the great combinations
which are enabled by the monstrous
protective tariff to levy a tribute
upon the American people, enor
mous as it is unjust.
It is uponthe concentrated wealth
of the tariff-protected interests that
the president relies for financial
and political support. It is these
interests that will supply as large a
campaign fund as the republican
party may require in the presiden
tial election if its candidate and
platform are dictated by the Roose
velt element of the party.
Tenderness for the tariff trusts
has been a more dominant and con
sistent trait of the Roosevelt admin
istration than his crusade against
the railroads and the meat packers.
Sooner than touch a line in the
Dingley schedules he juggles the
administrative rules of the custom
house in order to appease Germany,
and proposes to take millions out of
the treasury for ship-subsidies rath
er than to institute tariff reciprocity
to build up our trade with South
America.
To avoid giving offense to the
tariff trusts Mr. Roosevelt snubs
the powerful element of his party
which wants tariff revision before
the presidential election. They' are
his mascots in the game of politics
as he is playing it.
W rr? rl For Indigestion.
V V V M. Relieves sour stomach,
palpitation of the heart. Digests what you ea
The comet is receding. The
scare of the unrighteous about its
tail striking the earth and putting
us all out of business vanished with
the date named for our destruction,
and the belief is now general that
the earth will be destroyed by a
flock of comets the same year the
Panama canal is finished. So
fear has been allayed for the least
a thousand years.
The storm center of municipal
politics this spring is at Chicago
where the democrats have renomin
ated Mayor Dunne and the republi
cans have named a boss named
Busse. All the Chicago newspapers
except those belonging to Willian
R. Hearst support Busse while the
Hearst papers support Dunne. This
was the case at the last city election
up there and Dunne won out easily.
It is the same fight over again and
the republicans in the hope of weak
ening the onslaughts of the militant
democrats have had Busse institute
five libel suits against the Hearst
papers upon the very eye of the
election.
Ik Foraker wins in Ohio and the
other leaders of the reactionary
movement win 1:1 the dominating
states, the republican part' wi
return to the old days when every
state had its political boss and every
political boss was in daily commun
ication with the heads of the big
corporations. There are many
such men known in every state in
the Union who would prefer to see
Bryan win as a democrat rather
than have another Roosevelt win as
a republican.
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In the lunacy examination, Thaw
bore the ordeal better than Jerome.
The former seemed well poised and
rational. While the latter was rat
tied, nettled and peevishly fretful
Jerome's clock struck twelve when
he was re-elected district attorney
of New York. Had he resigned
then his reputation would have been
safe, but now he is fighting desper
ately to regain prestige rapidly wan
ing and to keep the general public
from ignoring the fact that he is yet
in office and once in favor.
The News has received from Con
gressman Pollard a copy of a letter
written to him by President Roose
velt thanking him for voting for
the shipsubsidy grab. Thelatterad-
vances the reasons favoring the bill
that he gave in his message. But
since Pollard voted for that grab
and seemed pleased with his action
will he tell his constituents how he
voted on the salary grab? We don't
mean that $1,800 grab, but the one
increasing his salary $2,500 per
year. J. lie people woula like to
iear from him on the question.
Nebraska City News.
"I have been somowhat costive, but
Doan's Regulets gaqe just the results
desired. They act mildly and regulate
the bowels perfectly." George B.
Krause, 306 Walnut Ave., Altoona, Pa.
To the People of Plattsmouth
and Vicinity:
Having decided to open a variety
store in the GoldiDg building 3
doors east of the Bank of Cass
County. In soliciting your patron
age will sav, this stock will consist
of
Dry Goods Ladies' and
Gent's Furnishings,
Notions. Stationary, China, Glass
ware, Graniteware, Tinware and all
articles usually carried in a
5 AND 10c STORE
Each and every article will be mark
ed in plain fiirures and at prices
that
Cannot be Undersold!
Keep your eye on this paper for our
opening.
The Variety Store
B. 60LDIN6, Proprietor.
The bill for a binding twine
plant at the penitentiary was indefi
nitely postponed in the house lion
day morning after much argument
lad been made bv members in favor
of the bill. The bill asked for an
appropriation of $200,000 and the
purpose of the bill was to invest
$50,000 into the construction of a
plant ana mou.uuu to be usea as a
working capital. Thus was a bill
that was much desired by the far
mers over the entire state. The
bill was introdnced by Representa
tive Quackenbush, a fusionist, and
it was the general opinion of the
armers over the state of Nebraska
that they could have been furnish
ed binding twine at a much less
price if a plant of this kind could
have been established at the pen
itentiary. This session seems to
be void of legislation in favor of
the former and it is getting high
time that they again rise up and
show that they demand legislation
that will prevent them from being
robbed by such combinations as the
binding twine trust. Here was an
opportunity for the state to give
the farmer some relief but their
representatives could not see it that
way.
The Kind You Ilavo Ahvay.-$ Ilought, ami which lias been
ia use for over I0 years, lias borno the signature of
- and lias been inado under bis per
jyy Jn ' soiial hiipcrvisiou slnco its infancy.
All Counterfeits, Imitations ami "Just-as-good" arc but
Experiments that trille with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTOFMA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing: Syrups. It is lMeasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Nareotlc
substance. Its ago Is its guarantee. It destroys "Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic. It relieves Teethings Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tbo
Stomach and Uowels, giving healthy and natural .sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
X7
The Kind You toe Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THI CENTAUR roW. T7 Mj
With Senator Foraker and Sec
retary Tart both insisting that they
are "live wires," there is likely to
be trouble in the Buckeyre State's
presidential kindergarten.
Drowned While Hunting.
A telegram was received by rela
tives in this city last week stating
ITarry Mumap; husband of Emma
Sage, formerly of this city, had been
drowned in Lake Maywood, Thurs
day, while out duck bunting with
Henry Cleveland, a hardware mer
chant of May wood, Neb., who was
also drowned.
The men were duck hunting' on
Lake Maywood, Thursday morning,
and upon their failure to return home
in the afternoon, search was institu
ted with the result that no trace of
them could be fonnd, excepting one
glove and the hats, which were iden
tified as having been wcrn by the
hunters. After diligent search the
bodies of both men were found at the
bottom, near the center of the lake.
Mr. Cleveland was recently married,
and Mr. Mumap leaves a wife and two
children. Mrs. Mumap is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sage of May
wood, but formerly residents of Cass
county for many years, and a cousin
of Will Streight of this city.
Bridge Improvements.
Burlington bridge men are now cov
ering the tops of new steel bridges
with a concrete lloor. This is said to
be necessary.because the salt that leaks
on bridges from passing trains causing
corrosion and a weakening and rapid
deterioration of the structure. Refrig
erator cars, loaded witli ice and salt,
passing over bridges, leave a trail of
salty water behind them, and this salt
plays havoc with steel work. On the
bridges across the Missouri river at
this place, it was found necessary to
use a sand blast to remove the rust ac
cumulated in a few months after the
bridge was put in place, and before the
bridge was painted with a specially
prepared salt proof p.iint. A paint
containing rubber, or some other elas
tic preperty, was put on this structure.
It is said that in the coldest weather
this paint does not get hard and brit
tle, and that it require years to evap
orate its elastic properties.
vs.
KODOL for dyspepsia clears the
stomach and makes the breath as
sweet as a rose. KODOL is sold by
druggists on a guarantee relief plan
It conforms strictly to the National
Pure Food and Drugs Law. Sold by
V. G. Fricke & Co.
Congress Alone Has tha Power.
And now comes a report from Wash
ington that eminent authority in the
national capitol express that the 2-
cent rate bills and other laws passed
by state legislatures are not worth the
paper they are written upon since the
passage of recent laws by congress has
removed the whole matter from the
control of the states. It is also said
that congress alone has the power to
regulate interstate commerce, and
that this applies to the present case.
If this is true, there has been a large
amount of energy misspent during
the past few months.
When you need a pill, take a pill,
and be sure its an Early Riser. De
Witt's Little Risers are safe, sure, sat
isfactory pills. The pills with a repu
tation. They do not gripe or sicken.
They are sold here by F. G. Fricke &
Co.
WE FURNISH YOU
With Checks to Pay
All Obligations
Deposit your money with us,
subject tocheck. A checking
account relieves you of all
risk. Your checks are valu
able only when filled out
tliey are of no value to anyone
except the party to whom
they are issued.
You have a receipt in each and
every instance.
We invite j'our account.
The Bank of Cass County
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
EX
Narrowly Escapes Serious Injury.
CarJ Humphry of I'lattsmouth, trav
eling salesman for the Swift racking
Co , narrowly escaped serious injury
yesterday afternoon in a runaway at
I'eru. In company with a driver, an
old man, he had ridden from Julian to
Peru, and after reaching the last nark
ed place the horses ran away, throw
ing Humphry and driver out of the
buggy. Both were unconscious for a
short time. Humphry was himself
soon after but the elderly man is said
to have been more seriously hurt.
Humphry is known in this city which
is included in his territory and which
he visits regularly. Nebraska City
Tribune.
Ik those "Teddy bears" will
kindly g:et down to business and
jam the prices down on a few of
the things we have to eat and wear,
the whole country will rise up and
call them blessed.-
Grippe or Influenza, whichever you like
to call it, is one of the most weakening
diseases known,
Scott r Emzilsion, which is Cod
Liver Oil and Hypophosphites in easily di
gested form, is the greatest strength-builder
known to medical science.
It is so easily digested that it sinks into
the system, making new blood and new fat,
and strengthening nerves and muscles.
Use Scott' j Emulsion after
Influenza.
Invaluable for Coughs and Colds.
ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND $1.00.
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