The Plattsmouth Journal
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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
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Firebrand Foraker.
It is not a pleasant thing to do,
Ltit reallv vc shall all have to
change Senator I;oraker's breezy
and iictnres(iue coxiioint'ii of I;ire
Alarm to that of "rirebrand,"
which is neither breezy nor pictur
esque, but lurid.
His inllammatory address to the
negro students, teachers and preach
ers of Wilberforce University, at
Xcnia, Ohio, was as dangerous a
firebrand of demagogy as this coun
try has heard in many a year.
In its stirring up of race hatred
the speech is a menace to the
whites of every community in
which negroes are numerous,
whether it be in Ohio or in a South
ern State.
For the negroes, Senator Korak
cr's teaching is as mischievous and
as misleading as any they have re
ceived since they were emancipated.
Through the educated young men,
the teachers and the preachers who
heard him, Senator Foraker would
incite them to be arrogant and ag
gressive in demanding concessions
which the whites will not grant in j
Ohio or elsewhere. The only ef
fect of his harangue is to inflame
passion, leading to race conflicts
in which the negroes get the worst
every time.
The negroes need guidance, and
the Firebrand Senator misleads
them. Still worse, h e poisons the
sources from which it has been hop
ed they might, in time, receive
right guidance through enlightened
members of their own race.
If there is any element in our ne
gro population which can help the
race forward and upward through
sound teaching, it is the Bishops,
preachers and school instructors.
Friends of the negro in the South
have exerted every effort to gain
the co-operation of this class in in
culcating principles of honesty and
industry among the negro masses.
They have had little success.
Appeals to race passions, such as
Foraker made to the Bishops, the
preachers, the teachers and the
students at Wilberforce, destroy
the hope of success. And unless
there is a leaven of progess such as
Booker Washington is trying to in
troduce among the negroes them
selves, the race is sure to sink
deeper in idleness, vice and worth
iessness. The game of politics has not been
played so recklessly with fire in
thirty years in this country as Kor-j
aker is now playing it. But the
torch in this instance is quite as
dangerous to the man who carries
it as to anybody else. The Fire
brand Senator cannot, in the year
190S, win any sort of Presidential
fight by stirring up strife between
the races-
That Railway Commission is
having a fine time while the farm
ers are paying the freight. The
trio formed a lobby, and consequent
ly the law-makers fixed their an -nual
salary at $3,000 each. Since
then the Commission has done noth
ing for the benefit of any one. A
list of pass holders over the rail
roads has been filed but what of
that? And now we hear that the
board will ask the next legislature
for an appropriation to pay expenses
of investigating and ascertaining
what the railroads are worth so that
rates may be properly fixed. In
the meantime the common people
must continue to pay exorbitant
rates. Let us have an investiga
tion of this do-nothing Commiss
ion, as it has not obeyed the law.
Tin: banner law abider is an
Indiana constable who also runs a
restaurant. Having discovered that
he was violating the pure food laws
by selling adulterated milk, he ser
ved out a warrant, arrested himself,
pleaded guilty, collected the fine
himself and paid it into court. He
belongs at the head of the list of
conscience fund heroes:
Ji;d;k Loving, who is on trial at
Houston, Va., for murder, has
doubled his defenses. In addition
to the "unwritten law," he pleads
that lie had been drunk for four
years before committing the mur
der. The latter excuse may or may
not avail him in Virginia, but it
would not help him any in Nebraska.
Tin-: teacher of the new doctrine
who declares that "religion in the
past has bee:: made too much of
a bugbear and that men have been
scared away from worship because
of the lugubriousness of the creeds' '
may be putting the case too strong
ly, but it is certain that a new
church with cheerfulness for its
cardinal principle would detract
nothing from the value of the sum
total of religions.
Washington' advices state that
a person in Stockholm, Sweden, by
the name of Aktibologet Obliga
tionskontoret has been denied the
use of the United mails because he
sold lottery tickets in this country.
Hedoubtless also gave postal clerks
a bad case of optical indigestion,
since he looks like pied type. More
over it is impossible to pronounce
him without hiccoughing. He ought
to have been expurgated a long
time ago on general principles.
Patriotic celebration of the glo
rious Fourth of July is proper and
laudable. It is the anniversary of
one of the most fruitful events in the
world's histor3'. As the anniversa
ry cf the advent of the United States
to a place among the nations of the
earth it is right that it should be a
legal holiday in every hamlet of the
union, and that it should be observ
ed by Americans wherever they may
sojourn. To make the day a mem
orable one for Young America, it is
well enough to celebrate with fire
works, but there is no patriotism in
turning the Fourth of July into a
day of license for rowdies who de
light in noise and reckless shooting.
When a town fellow visits a
country home and they sit him
down to a table laden with hickory
wood smoked ham as sweet as nec
tar, fried eggs fresh from the chick
en factory, home-made bread, but
ter churned before breakfast, milk
and cream that never saw chalk or
water, and a score of sweetmeats,
pasteries and fruits, and then apol
ogize to hira for not having some
thing to eat, he cannot help but
wonder wii ir. they do have when
they are expecting company.
The Charleston News and Cour
ier has discovered something that
is a cardinai principle with all Dem
ocrats and oth-r honest men which
tne strenuous "gun-toter" of Oys
ter Bay will not !ene olently assim
ilate: Mr. Bryan having defined a
Democrat as 'one who believes in
the rule of the people' :t i.- certain
that Mr. Rooselelt will purloin the
definition far his party, but if Mr.
Bryan has said that 'a democrat is
one who believes in tariff for rev
enue only' he would at least have
given his party something that the
republicans dare not steal.
The old union soldiers and the
negroes seem to be making com
mon cause against, Secretary Taft
on the grounds that he is the "heir
apparent" of President Roosevelt.
Former Lieutenant-Governor Ly
ons, of Ohio, a members of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and
Joshua Jones, colored, President of
Wilberforce University, made
speeches at Xenia, Ohio, recently,
in which they belong. Gov. Lyons
said; "This country has never in
dulged in the heir-apparent theory,
and is now too far advanced in re
publicanism and democracy to have
an3 use for such a doctrine. I am
in favor of Foraker because I want
no man at Washington to represent
me who has not a mind of his own,
and I admire him the more if his
judgment comes in conflict with
the man with the big stick and he
stands by his opinion." President
Jones, in a passionate speech, add
ed: "I am a christian and a minis
ter of the gospel, but I want to say
here that I damn those damned
eliminators (Roosevelt and Taft)
and all htey stand for."
Perhaps it is modesty that pre
vents Marse Henry Watterson from
naming his dark horse for the Dem
ocratic presidential nomination.
Tin; sunshine and rain tire doing
more to make the crops than the
pessimistic forcaster did to ruin
them. At the last moment Nature
insists on having an inning.
T. it was at Oyster Bay Tuesday.
Let us hope he did not eat the sue
culent bivalves out of season nor
procure bait to fish for delegates
and other suckers next spring.
Thkrk may be some doubt as to
what should be done with Mover,
Pettibone and Haywood, but there
is a remarkable unanimity of opin
ion as to what the fate of Harry
Orchard should be.
The truest patriotism is in the
breasts of our childoen. For ex
ample, just notice how the anniver
sary of the Declaration is anxious
ly looked forward to by the young
sters and dreaded by their elders.
THEUnion Pacific railroad contin
ues its pass list in spite of the law.
A recent filing of the list of pass
holders, finds about all the news
paper men in the North Platte
country holdiug passes, inexchange
for advertising.
As the Fourth draws nigh, the
small boy with the giant firecrack
er becomes more and more irre
pressible and the duty of the police
man the more difficult and the
more imperative.
The cat is out of the bag at last
and running in the open. Presi
dent Roosevelt will accept nomina
tion for a third term if he can have
the assurance that he would receive
the electoral vote of a single South
ern State.
A reformer insists that the
Knglish people will not stand for
American trust methods. Why
not? The American trusts, by aid
of the tariff, sell their goods very
much cheaper to Englishmen and
others abroad than to home con
sumers. Our trusts should not be
without honor save at home.
The Columbus Press-Post in
directly intimates that Moses was a
nature faker, a liar and a plumb
mollycddle. Here is how it voices
its fear and consternation: "There
are some animal stories in the Bible
that do not read exactly as Presi
dent Roosevelt would write them.
What shall we do about it?"
When reform becomes arrogant
its enemies rejoice, remembering
that pride goeth before a fall- Ar
rogance hurts a good cause chiefly
in that it disaffects the honest sup
porters thereof. The most endur
ing reforms are those which keep
their friends and make no more en
emies than necessary.
When the inquisitive Milwaukee
Sentinel asked to be informed as to
whom was the more undesirable
citizen, Dr. Longer Mr. Harriman,
the Salt Lake Herald answered the
question instantly: "We don'tsee
how anybody could hesitate over
that point. Dr. Long never con
tributed largely to a Republican
campaign fund."
In the "Before and After Tak
ing" sting of the presidential bee
Cannon and Taft limn out beauti
fully and artistically and the latter's
overdone embonpoint is thus refer
red to by the Salt Lake Herald:
"The Cannon boom, according to
an exchange, is causing the Taft
forces some alarm. Perhaps that
was what caused the Taft stomach
ache the other day. The secretary's
big,big"tummy" hurt him might
ily, according to accounts."
Damon and Pythias were not
real brothers and were white.
Down in Alabama there are two
negroes, real brothers, wholly un
like as to character and disposition,
and who beat the old-time friends
all hollow. One is under sentence
of death for crime and the other is
a preacher. The preacher offers to
be hanged instead of his brother,
whom he says is sure to go to the
bad place while he, the preacher,
is sure of heaven. The offer has
created a wave of sympathy for the
pair and the convict may get a
commutation to life imprisonment.
Health) Condition in Politics.
Kvery American boy is a possible
president, and most of these boys
havf been told so repeitedly from
the platform or the stump or the
teacher's eminence. Private con
ferences at mothers' knees have en
couraged presidential hopes, and
doubtless many a boy has remem
bered his ambition in his orisons.
Histories and newspapers tend to
diffuse and stimulate the high aims.
A thousand contributing influences
might be catalogued.
The splendid fact that there is al
ways a large crop of availables for
the presidency, and it would be dif
ficult to count among the developed
and rounded products of our fine
civilization the number who would
actually make good presidents.
You might pick dozens of good po
tential presidents out of each state
in the union, men who by the facts
of native character, education,
training and experience of affairs
would in all probability serve their
country well in its higest post if
chosen for the honor and the task.
This truth is good to consider. The
supply of good men is inexhausti
ble. The good ones do not always get
out into the race, but in every race
there are always sufficient to offer
intelligence a choice. . There are
those who assert that only a demo
crat can make a good chief execu
tive, and some of our republican
brethren entertain the opposite
view; but it will be seen in review
ing the historic line of presidents
that the best candidate was in more
than one instance selected in spite
of party predilections a superla
tive tribute to national good sense,
which re-enforce faith for what
the people may do in future.
Rarely have there been more can
didates out for the high honor than
now, and, broadly regarded, that
is tne Dest or indications, it
means a healthy condition of poli
tics and public interest in govern
ment. That condition, too, indi
cates that intelligent selection will
prevail in the nominations, so that
in no event will the nation's con
cerns be grossly mismanaged, or
the country go to the bow-wows.
Here and there is visible a candi
date who is identified with the
"special privileges" or "interests"
against whose inroads the common
weal is fighting; and these candi
dates will likely be weeded out of
the situation long before they be
come a menace. Even they will
serve the good purpose of contrast
ing the availability of better men.
So that upon the whole the popu
larity of the presidency is a very
good thing- The fact that the
woods are full of presidential tim
ber promises both interest and
beneficial results. The more the
merrier, and may the best man win
in the end.
An exchange tells the following
tale, showing the depths of infamy
into which Kansas politicians some
time sink: A Kansas politician
was asked by his wife to lay aside
politics long enough one day to dig
the potatoes in the garden. He
consented, and after digging for a
few minutes he returned to the
house and said he had found a coin.
He washed it off and it proved to
be a silver quarter- He put it in
his jeans and went back to work.
Presently he went back to the house
again and said he had found anoth
er coin. He washed the dirt off of
it and this time it was a silver half
dollar. He put it in his jeans. "I
have worked hard," said he to his
wife. "I guess I'll take a short
nap." When he awoke he found
that his wife had dug all the rest
of the potatoes. But she found no
coins- It then dawned upon her
that she had been "worked."
The tariff is a scheme by which
a good share of the property of
eighty millions of people is practic
ally confiscated for the benefit of
the three or four millions who par
ticipate in the profits of such con
fiscation. Protection for the sake
of protection is a dogma in a repub
lic fit only for a highwayman, a fool
or a drunkard. John Bigelow.
For Sale.
A few good milk cows, by John Berg
man, four miles west of Mynard. i
The Kind You Have Always
iii use for over iiO years,
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All Counterfeits Imitations and Jut-as-good are but
Experiments that trille with and eMidauxer the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment
What is CASTORIA
Castoria ii a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Irops and Soothing' Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium. Morphine nor other Narcotic
Muhstance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys "Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea- and Wind
' Colic. It relieves Teething: Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the
The Kind You toe Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Thk political enemies of Mr.
Bryan, of the Rodger Sullivan
stripe, are not worrying the great
commoner in the least in their efforts
to bring to the front as a president
ial candidate Governor Johnson, of
Minnesota. If the democrats want
the Minnesota governor for a can
didate they will nominate him, and
Mr. Bryan will support him with
all his might and strength. He is
a democrat not a dissentionist
and the masses of the people love
him because he is the greatest liv
ing representative of the common
peoples' interests. He is just the
same Bryan every day, whether a
candidateor otherwise, and agreater
man than anyone who has occupied
the presidential chair since the days
of Washington, Jefferson and the
immortal Lincoln.
A Minnesota contractor recent
ly dug up a ship's anchor of a pat
tern used by the Norseman in the
tenth century. This serves to
prove that Columbus was not such
a pioneer as history would have us
believe, and also that the United
States was not as big a country ten
centuries ago as it is today.
Stocks dealt in on the Xew
VorV stnrt pypTiiiktp Vin rrPis.
ed $2,000,000,000 in value in the
past six months. The ingredient
that was squeezed out might be
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uiuvcu iu iiic vv cat ai;u uacu iui n
rigation purposes.
Labor Commissioner
John J. Ryder of Omaha was ap
pointed deputy labor commissiouer
yesterday by Governor Sheldon, the ap- : reason of the the disadvantages under
pointment to become effective immed- i which they labored to offer the relief,
iately. Mr. Ryder will suceed Don C. j the only recourse was to goto a hospital
Despain, who resigned to accest the ! an(1 submit to an oqeration. So today
management of a manfacturing com- j ha3 been selected as the day for the
pany. The salary of the deputy labor ! operation. In this all her many friends
- - c.. rrk.-, ' will be more than pleased to know that
commissioner is $1,50) a year. Mr. ; ghe hag a chance obtain reief frQm
Ryder is an old-time newspaper man of , her sufferings and a promise of a return
marked ability. He served one term in ! to her former good health,
the state senate of Minnesota and was ' n e i j i r i
reading clerk in the Minnesota house of , IS Superifltendant Farley
representatives. He removed to Omaha j At the meeting of the county com
a few years ago and was employed on j rnissioners this afternoon, there were
the Omaha Bee until recently, when he j five applicants for the position of
accepted the position of clerk of the j county superintendant, and there were
board of commissioners of Douglas ' three to receive votes, who were: Profs,
county. Opp, f Avoca, Gaines of Louisville,
! and Farley of Plattsmouth. Wiliit3 of
Bad sick headaches, biliousness or Weeping Water, and DeBolt of South
constipation are quickly relieved by De- Bend, did not receive any votes. The
Witt's Little Early Risers. Small pill, vote stood a tie until the last, when
sure pill prompt and pleasant inaction. Geo. L. Farley received the unanimous
Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co. j vote of the board, which elected him.
The effect cf malaria lasts a long time.
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V Emulsion.
It builds new blood and tones up your nervous
iQ, system.
A ALL DRUGGISTS ; 50c. AND Sl.OO.
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Bought, uiul which litis been
lias borne- the hignuttiro of
and has boon matlo under his per
sonal supervision since Its infancy
AllniV ll. I1IIA tillllW'llO vail ill t Ills.
Signature of
Objects to the Title of "Prof"
The Nebraska City News says: "It.
V. Pepperburg, assistant geologist at
the state university and who objects to
the title of ''Prof. " who has been here
arranging for the taking of all thedatte
for the deep well to be sunk by the Otoe
Development company, at this point, re
turned home this morning. Mr. Pepper
berg will visit in this city often daring
the time this well is being sunk and will
endeavor to get a specimen of all of the
streaks of earth, rock, minerals or other
things which they pass through while
drilling into the bowles of the earth with
the big drill."
A Repeater
The Northwest Post editors and devil
again visited the catfish grounds below
the dam on Friday night and came home
early Saturday morning with another
even dozen fine channel catfish the same
number as caught before -but aggre
gating only 24 A pounds, where the prior
catch was27J pounds. The largest in the
bunch tipped the beam at 8 pounds flat
and it was packed in ice and expressed
to W. C. Benfer, editor of the Lead
Register, and which he informs us by
'phone was fine and dandy, and greatly
relished. Northwest Post.
We are pleased to note that these for
mer Plattsmouth boys are enjoying fish
ing and outing occasionally and are
having good luck, especially Messrs.
Fellows and Kirkham, to the extent that
they can send Billy Benfer a goyi one
occasionally for Billy was rever much
! of a fisher, any
way.
j Operated on At Hospital
j L. McVey, from near Murray, came
' UP this morning and took the early
! Burlington train for Omaha where he
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ill iiiLLL i:i.t n iiw
there Saturdav and left
he had taken
at a hospital.
Mrs. McVey has been troubled with a
tumor for which she has tried many
ways to obtain relief and as the local
physicians of her town were unable by
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after effects of malaria.