The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, September 17, 1908, Image 4
The Plattsmouth Journal IIIU.ISIIK.O WKKKLV AT I'LA'rrSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. li. a. KATES, ri ia.isiiKK. ni. f, il itu.li: ini,fitlli:f at iiai.lHiiiouUi, ftf braskri.ns second clans matter. 5I.SO Per Year in Advance. Tir.XY, tin; liepubliciins of New York ;tre in a had tix. The state ticket i.-i he;tteti if they nominate Hughes, and al-o if they don't. Havi: you heard from Maine? The smallest republican plurality recorded in twenty-five years, is the result this year. Do straws show which waythe wind blows'.' A si nsi'ot .'covering more than two billion square miles has been discovered. Unfortunately, it was not seen in time for the republican platform to claim that it was a direct result of the Roose velt policies. Arkansas rolls up an increased ma jority for the democratic state ticket, while the republican state of Maine fails to deliver the usual majority by nearly fourteen thousand. Hurrah lor the noblest Kornan of them all William .lenn'ms Kryan the next President of the l!:iitid States. EJ'.N answer to a question as to where lie t his fortune, Speaker Cannon says ' thirty-four years in public life ouht to be sufficient explanation." Even if his living cost him nothing, his income during the past thirty-four years would not account for it by SN.'jO, ihc). Where did you f?et the $s:J0,O00, Mr. Cannon, and how did you live in the meantime? TiK:iK is no stopping of the tide that is turning away from Taft, leaving him for no other reason than that he rej -rjsc.i's those policies that are danerer- is t.i our estab!ihtd"institutions and s jbvt rsiv; of lunula.' government. Ore by one the so-called doubtful states are being al led t the Democratic c '.u;:'.n. Eve: y sign i:: he heavens points to the election i' William J. Urvr.n next November. t'(...ia:s.sMAN E. H. Ukn.- h av. . of :he Fourth district, announced in - oln Monday that he will oppose the rer.om ination of Joseph G. Cannon for sieakcr of the'house of representatives in tl e sixty-first congress, if he is elected this fall. It is now up to Congressman Pol lard to make a like announcement. Will he do it? Hundreds of republicans are demanding that he come out on this question. It seems to be a matter of "You'll be damned if you do, and you'll be damned if you don't." with Mr. Pollard. Prof. F. W. Blackmak. of the Kan sas state university, has made a start ling discovery, which if proven to be true, will serve to grease the skids for race suicide. He declares that trying to live on $25 a week breeds degeneracy in home life, leaving the conclusion that no young man should think of get ting married on that amount. Has the professor stopped to reflect what the result would be if his advice were taken seriously? It is a safe assertion that not more than one young man in ten who takes unto himself a wife these days is earning as much as $25 a week. What would the professor have.the other nine do? The season's footballtragedies have begun. In a game"at Pittsburg, Pa., the other day, while no one was killed, there were enough serious injuries to make an account of the game read like the story of a head-on collision be tween passenger trains. One young man's arm was broken, another's ear was torn off, a third lost several of his teeth, while a fourth sufFeredfractures of several small bones. As the season progresses, the lists of dead will begin to co ne in. Prize fighting is prohibited on aco int of its brutality, and Jthere is no . .1 t that it is brutal, but where the r an show one killed or injured, the g ! -m can furnish fourth a score. It is co a cou even is de had 1 most exhil it is 1 mored that Speaker Cannon to Nebraska soon to make of campaign speeches, and nber of the state committee lg most emphatically that he ng to do with inviting "the tonary political object ever in this or any other country." less to add that the invitation was extended previous to the recent primaries and that the men who are now entering disclaimers were not run ning the machins at the time. If Uncle Joe will take a careful look at the sit uation it is more than probable that he will develop a case of tonsilitis or in growing nails at an opportune time to cancel the date. Make Them Deliver the Corn. I Coin III I 'US 'IVIi.rlillll ) -. Observing that" the farmers of Ne braska" are going over in droves to the side of Hryan in this campaign, the Taft forces have become JJdesperate in their efforts to stop the landslide. One of their arguments in behalf of Taft is an insult to intelligence of the average Nebraska farmer, Jwhom the Taft boosters appear to regard as a fool, net. Members of the Columbus Taft club are telling the farmers that if Hryan shall be elected corn will sell for 20 cents per bushel next spring, and all other farm stuff in proportion. It does not seem possible that intel ligent men would make such a foolish argument, and yet desperate men may always be relied upon to do desperate deeds. And since friends of the Taft club have put forth such a brazen ar gument, the Telegram proposes to take advantage of it, and try to discover whether or not the Taft boosters have ai.y faith in their own argument. The president of the Columbus Taft club is Mr. II. S. Dickinson.gHe is an honorable man, and certainly he will not permit the members of his club to officially put forth an argument which he refuses to indorse. What we want to know of President Dickinson is this: How much corn is the Columbus Taft clubwilling to deliver in Columbus next May at 20 cents per bushel in case Mr. Bryan shall be elected? They say corn will be worth only 20 cents if Bryan shall be elected. Are they hon est? " Dotheyb"elieve it?-'The" Tele gram knows some Nebraska farmers who want some of that cheap corn. They are willing to contract for corn to be delivered in Columbus next May at more than double the price which t.ie Taft boosters say it will be worth in case Bryan shall be'elected. Just to show that they mean business a number of wealthy Piatt county farm ers have authorized the Telegram to offer the Taft club 45 cents per bushel for all the corn they can deliver in C.umbus during the month of May. :'):, this offer to hold good whether Bryan or Taft shall be elected. We suggest that other Piatt county farmers who want to feed corn next spring should see President Dickinson immediately and contract some of that cheap corn the Taft men are promising in case Bryan shall be elected. Call Mr. Dickinson by phone. His number is Ind. 132. Columbus. Any contract farmers may make with Dickson will be good and can be cashed at any of the banks. Farmers not on the tele phone line should write to Mr. Dick inson immediately. Delay may be dangerous. His crop of cheap corn may not last many days. Get after them, boys. They have slandered Bryan long enough. They can't deceive anybody but a fool by their talk of cheap corn in case Bryan shall be elected. Get aftar tne slanderers todav. Make them deliver the corn. ZZZ -21- 2 There is a little blackboard in the office of the president of the Taft club in Columbus. On that blackboard a responsible man posts every quotation which comes from the Chicago grain market every day. Those marks on the blackboard in President Dickinson's office shows that the men who buy grain in Chicago stand ready to pay 65 cents for every bushel of corn Neb raska farmers may send to that market during the month of May, 1909, and they agree to pay that price, no matter whether Taft or Bryan shall be elected. We understand the republican na tional committee has issued instructions to the republican leaders in all the corn states to quit talking everything else and talk only cheap corn. The Telegram suggests that in every county the friends of Bryan follow the ex ample of his friends in Piatt county by demanding that the Taft boosters shall contract to deliver some of the cheap corn. Grand Ball Saturday Night. The T. J. Sokol Society will give a grand ball at their hall on West Pearl Street next Saturday evening, Sept. 19. Everyone cordially invited to be present. HUGHES THE Ml IF HOOT REFUSES SUCH SEEMS THE SITUATION IN NEW YORK CONVENTION. NO ONE ELSE MENTIONED Secretary of State Wins Warm Ap plause by His Speech as Chair man Taft Resolution Adopted. Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 15. The anti Hughes leaders seem to have staked their all in the effort to induce Secre tary of State Elihu Hoot to accept the nomination for governor in the stead of Gov. Hughes. That Mr. Root has been impressed by the strength of the movement in his behalf and by the importance of his decision as affecting the party welfare, can be stated with the utmost confluence. Nor is he deciding the Question alone. In its decision it is known that he is seeking the counsel of men high in the leadership of the party. Further than this it is impos sible to state particulars, but a crisis was reached in the matter early Mon day evening, and the sum total of the situation was that unless Mr. Root was advised and decided to allow his name to be used, the opposition to Gov. Hughes' nomination would prob ably collapse and he would be nom inated upon the first ballot. Kings County for Berri. The Kings county delegation rau cussed Monday night with the follow ing result: For William Berri, pro prietor of the Brooklyn Standard Union, 101; for the renoniination of Gov. Hughes, 3tl; one absent. State Chairman Woodruff, in an nouncing the result, said that would be the vote of Kings county on the first ballot for governor. Root the Central Figure. Secretary of State Root was the central figure in the first session of the convention Monday afternoon. The convention effected temporary or ganization, heard the speech of Mr. Root as temporary chairman, and ad journed until Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock. The welcome accorded to Secretary Root and the demonstration of ap proval which interspersed and fol lowed his speech, surpassed in en thusiasm, if not in duration, those which wore accorded upon the men tion of the names of President Roose velt, Gov. Hughes or the presidential nominee, William II. Taft himself. Resolution Praising Taft. A feature of the session was the in troduction by Charles W. Anderson of New York, the colored member-at-large of the state committee, who is a deputy collector of internal revenue for the Second district, of an extended resolution paying glowing tribute to the character and public service of Mr. Taft and more particularly ex tending to the presidential nominee the congratulations of the convention on his fifty-first birthday, which came Tuesday. The resolution was adopted with a shout and the secretary was instruct ed to telegraph it to Mr. Taft. More than ordinary interest at tached to the personnel of the commit tee on resolutions which is to present the platform, especially as when the list was read it was seen that it con sisted largely of representatives of the anti-Hughes wing of the conven tion, or at least of local leaders more or less avowedly opposed to measures which Gov. Hughes has made chief of the features of his legislative pro gram. Job E. Hedges of New York was named as chairman. Chanler or Gerard. Rochester. N. Y., Sept. 15. At the conclusion of a day of extended and significant conferences, participated In by practically all of the state lead ers who are here, the nebulous condi tions surrounding the nomination by the Democratic state convention of a candidate for governor took definite form and the problem Monday night was declared to have been reduced to a choice between Lieut. Gov. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, who is being urged by State Chairman William J. Conners, and Justice James W. Gerard of New York city, who is announced as the choice of Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall. The race seems to have resolved itself into a contest between the up state delegates, who are declared to be strongly in favor of Mr. Chanler, and the Tammany delegates, with their alliances throughout the state, who will follow the suggestions of Mr. Murphy. The state committee at a meeting Monday night voted to seat the con testing anti-McCarren delegates in the Sixth and Ninth districts of Kings county. Only five members of the committee voted with McCarren. The Brooklyn senator had declared that if any of his delegates were unseated by the credentials committee the entire Kings county delegation would bolt the convention. Yellow Fever Case in Havana. Havana, Sept. 15. A case of yellow fever in Havana is officially reported, and an order has been issued forbid ding the officers and men at Camp Columbia from coming into the city. Hottest Day in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 15. The local weather bureau reported that at one o'clock Monday the thermometer stood at 946 degrees, the hottest of the present year. TAFT ADDRESSES COLORED PEOPLE TELLS HIS SYMPATHY FOR THE RACE'S STRUGGLES. CONDEMNS MOB VIOLENCE Says Best Remedy Is Improvement in Administration of Criminal Laws Bryan Talks in New Jersey. Cincinnati, Sept. lo. William II. Taft declined to go farther with Mr. Bryan in a newspaper controversy over the issues of the campaign. "There is nothing in Mr. Bryan's statement of Tuesday which seems to require an answer. Should it appear so later, I will take up the subject in my public speeches." This was Mr. Taft's ultimatum, as he expressed a willingness that Mr. Bryan should have the last word of comment on President Roosevelt's Taft letter. The gratification of Mr. Taft on the renoniination of Gov. Hughes was ex pressed in a telegram he sent the gov ernor congratulating him on his "well deserved nomination." He added: "It not only makes the state of New York safe in November, but greatly strengthens the national ticket in every state in the union." He expressed the hope that Ike gov ernor would be ah!" to give some of his time to the ca.. -sign in the west. Has a Busy Birthday. The fifty-first anniversary of Mr. TafCs birth proved to be the busiest day he has had since his arrival here a week ago. He delivered an address at night to an audience of ministers composing the Oh: conference of the African Methodist episcopal church, the first speech of his campaign to ne groes. The address was not political, but gave a clear outline of the sym pathetic understanding and feeling en tertained for the struggles of the race possessed by the candidate. Deplores Mob Violence. On the subject of race prejudice and mob violence, Mr. Taft said: "I don't know that the race bitter ness is any stronger to-day than it ever was. For a length of time it seems to be altogether abated, and then there will be an oul break, a mob will be formed, developing the most fiendis.li cruelty, manifesting its If' in tin.' hiindest and most unreasonable as saults upon perfectly innocent people, simply because of their color. It is only i.-.'w to :iy that such brinish ex-::-.ns are not confined to any one se-'r:-:. "It is impossibl" to read accounts of this sort without having one's blood h-il with indication that there can reside in the human breast such a savage and beastly impulse and mo tive. Hut we must remember two things: first, that in spite of our edu cation and refinement and progress toward Christian ideals, we still retain in our nature a great deal of the original animal, and second, that the spirit of a mob seems to be a dif ferent spirit from that of the indi viduals making it up, and to d-sclose a more insensate and inhuman state of impulses than it would be possible to find in any one of its members. "The best remedy and the necessary one, is an improvement in the admin istration of our criminal laws, and the holding to strict account the officers of the law who do not use all possible means to prevent and suppress such outbreaks." Bryan In New Jersey. Trenton. N. J., Sept. 16. Pouring hot shot into Mr. Taft and the Repub lican party at every point where he stopped. William J. Bryan Tuesday night, in this city, concluded a stren uous day of campaigning in New Jer sey, following a few hours in Philadel phia, where in front of a newspaper office and before an enthusiastic throng he arraigned the Republican organization of that city. Tayjor opera house, where he spoke here, was crowded from pit to dome. Seated on the stage were a number of the members of the Democratic state committee, including State Chairman James R. Nugent. The meeting was intensely enthusiastic and contained many Democrats who had been op posed to Mr. Bryan in his former cam paigns. Mr. Bryan left on a late train for Rochester, traveling via Jersey City, where he made a brief stop in the morning. More Yellow Fever in Havana. Austin. Tex.. Sept. 16. State Health Officer Brumby received a telegram Tuesday from Acting Surgeon General Glenn, dated at Washington, advising the Texas health officer of the appear-, ance of another case of yellow fever at Havana. Cuba, this being the sec ond to occur there within a short time. Dr. Brumby at once tightened the quarantine airainst Havana on passengers leaving there for points in Texas. Aged Minister Drowns Himself. Holland. Mich., Sept. IK The body of Rev. Dr. John Yandei meulen. 70 years old, was discovered Tuesday night in the water off the Montello park dock. He was one of the oldest ministers of the Dutch Reformed church in this country and retired from active service a year ago, when mental trouble, compelled him to re sign a parish in Wisconsin. It is thought that the aged clergyman threw himself into the water in a fit of dementia. LEAGUE BASEBALL RESULTS. NATIONAL LKAOUE. OPiWm. Won. lo.t. IVr ct. Kw York l 4; .Ml rit tabling r.l I'llil'HKO s:' '"' Philadelphia 71 r.s Cincinnati M 7J .477 KoHton "i7 77 .iZi Urooklvn 44 7 -3.it; St. I. ills 44 S .ii. AM KIIICAN I.K.VCI'i:. letroit '. 7'i ." .57H 'level and 7' .V" ChkcaKo T.'t li'l .tt St. Louis 7:1 i ..".4 Philadelphia i;4 lis .4ii Hostc.ii t',."i ii:t .4v"i Washington .": 71 .4i't New York 44 .311 The results of the base-ball games played on Tuesday were as follows: NATIONAL I.KAiil'i:. At Philadelphia PiltshurK. , S. 1; Phil adelphia, 5. in. ti. At IJoston lioston, 3, ti, 2; Chicago, 2. 4. 2. At Itrooklyn Cincinnati, 2, 8, 0; Urook lvn. 0. , 2. At N.-w York New York. 10, 3. Si. I.oiiis, 4. 10, i;. A M !: ft It "A N 1 . K A c ;i" K. At St. Ioiiis -Oetroit. S, 11. St. Louis, 7, i:S. 2. At Jloston New York, 1, 4, 1: I'oston, 0, 5. X At Washington Washington, , 10. 1; I'liiladelphia. 1. 7. :i. At CliiraKO ( flanl. 3, !, . Chleau. 0, 3, 1'. SPRY NOMINATED IN UTAH. Salt Lake City Man Heads the Repub lican Ticket. Salt Lake City, Sept. 16. The Re publican state convention Tuesday nominated a complete state ticket, in cluding congressman and three presi dential electors, and adopted a plat form which warmly indorses the ad ministration of President Roosevelt and the nominee of the national con vention'. The ticket follows: Governor, Wil liam K. Spry, Salt Lake; secretary of state, Charles K. Tingey; supreme court justice, William McCarty; con gressman, Joseph Howell, re-nominated; presidential electors, Henry Cohn, LaFayette Hanchett and Thomas Steevey. STATE NOT IN LIQUOR TRAFFIC. That Is Court's Decision in Famous Flei3chmann Company. Richmond, Va., Sept. 16. The Unit ed States circuit court of appeals in a decision handed down Tuesday sus tained the opinion of Judge J. O. Prit chard in the famous case of Flieschmann Company and others against the South Carolina dispen sary commission, holding in effec that a state cannot conduct liquor traffic, that being a private business. Mad Dog Scare in Iowa Town. Boone, la., Sept. 16. Frazer has a genuine niLid dog scare. Fifty d gs have been killed by order of the s!;i;i' veterinary department and according j to reports manv children have been i bitten there. W hole families have 1,-i't for Chicago for treatment. New Nicaraguan Minister. New York, Sept. 16. A private mes sage from Nicaragua announces the resignation of Senor Corea, the Nica raguan minister to Washington, and the appointment as his successor of Dr. Rodolfo Kspinoza. THE MARKETS. Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago. Sopt. 15. FLOUR Market easy. Sprint; wheat, special brand. $i.00; Minnesota, hard pat ent. Jute. 5. 10fi5.3i: straight export hags, $4.S0&5.00; clear, export baKS, $15. 503.90; low grades, J2.T0i2.S0; winter wliat. pat ent, $4.l5!fi4.15: straight, jute. $4.00--& 4. 10; clear, jute. $3.00&3.30: rye flour, white. $3.603.75: dark, $3.404 3.S.I. WIIKAT Ytelded. September, 97V SS-'Vjc: December, new, 9S'.t'(i9314c: May. $1.0I1.02V. CORN Slumped. September. SOfiSO'ic; December, 675'4'!x6S1c: May, 66'i'tii;'7i,c. OATS Neglected. September, 4Sfl;'9 4c; May. BHiKo-'Vie. IJI'TTKR Creamery, extra. 23c; price to retail dealers. 24c; prints. 2.1c; extra fine, 22c; firsts, 20c; seconds. lSVjc; dair ies, extra, lUc; firsts, ISc; a"conda, 17c; ladles. No. 4, 17e: packing stock. llVfec. FOGS Cases returned, i2a'i2- easa included. 14'517c; ordinary firsts. 19o; tirsts. 21c; prime firsts, 22c: extra. 21c. POTATO ICS Choice to fancy. 7:!-U7V-: fair to good. 70f72e. I.IVK POULTRY Turkeys, p r lb. Wit He; chickens, fowls. llfjll2c; sprines. 14 &Hc; roosters. 7c; Sfcsr. $4. ).'''. ducks, lc. New York. Sept. 1". FLOUR Market, steady with a fair de mand: rye Hour, steady; cornmeal. steady; rye. dull; barley, easy; malting. i?'')-; feeding. H92e. WH FAT Spot market, firm; No. 2 red. $1.0.14 1.07i; No. 1 northern Iuluth. $1.11?: No. 2 hard winter. Sl.ni,; Septem ber. $1.07'-41.0.S ll-M. closed. $1.(7 1.--W; Iecember. $!.0H'.2't 1.D7 9-li, closed, .0l,2: May. $1.0v?i LOSS, closed. $I.012. CORN Spot, steady; No. 2. 9c; Sep tember, closed Ssc: December, closed 7SV- OATS Spot, steady; mixed. 52: natural white, SC'i.Vh-; clipped white, 55 'd-ilc. Live Stock. doc H!JO. Sept. 15. CATTI.K Cl.io'l to prime steers. $; i;:,-3 7.7": fair to uod steeis. $',.it-iri -i. '.': inferi or to plMin sTe,.rs. $.1.i.'u .i": ivinue ste.-r. t-ljuVcii.l'i. plain to fancy cows, t ..' p!ain to fancy heifers. $4.2Vi.7. . common t 'iul stoi kers. $j..i4.M); common ti trood feeders. $;.""' 4 .: Kooil 1 liitini; and t.f f cows $2..VrSi t.1'!. cannet s. $17 bulls, stood to choice. $3..""'Si4.2; b .ills. $2.7"'2... I ll M ;S Prime b.-avy butchers. 7. ."'.; clioii e li!it- eiuht butch, is. 7.40; choice lilit. $7.0' -'n 7.2.".: heavy its. $i. "' 7.2": thin jjrassy packers. :.; mKed p.tckini;. fair "nality, 7.3. 'a 2..'; loRna, $7 t- paek- $;."!? $.;.) Omaha. Neb.. Sept. 15. CATTI.K Markt slow to I'- lower. Na tive steers. $1.7V(i 7. .". cows and heifers. $2.7'?l 4.2.". western steers. $."..iVa5.4U: Texa steers. $:;.') 4.5'; rariRe cows and heif ers. $2.5v& 4.U0. cannem, $2.'i'u2.7: sto k ers and feeders. 1.TX.K calves. 6.00: bulls and staK.i. $2.2r'tiS.25. IIOHS Market strong to .". hiiihr. Havy. $S.$(Va7..i": mixed. $; "fzn.90. Iiffht, $a.757.'; pl3. $3.7V(i6.eO; bulk of sales. SHEEP Market steady. Teartinr. $3.aOff4.S."; wether, ti 25tf4.ix). ewes, $3.0o 3.(3. lamb. $."."i.0. Why I Wear Wooltex and Sunshine Suits! i inn ' Jmtn r nruc i "I can't niTonl to wear any hut Wooltex or Sunshine gar ments," SUI'I a uoiiiim who !- always 1101,1 caloy ci Wc'ii iln ssed . ' ' I don t ant 1 tin 1 1; 1 ik Of J) 111 eh a. -dug .ill I lii el H; -t ie win-1 1 I 1- 1 Woolu x a:: ! Sunshine styles . ie rmmt and niwavs in j.. ii t.ite. I lK.ven't tiie tune to m-w !! hooks 01 Imlions r repair lining-: so 1 i.iis (i.itt or Stinsliiui- .r iiu i.t.-: tin.-v are sewed to st:i "I know Woolt-. x or S11nsh1r.tr materia is a r pine vm.1 ttsttil and thoKiiiiiht . -mm skrnnk so I'm iioi uiraid to we ir in :my Wetlivt . ' ' "I've only a limited nmourt to spend -tti'l I knevi ir e;ic':i Wooltex or Snn-li'n :.: um.etii that I lit ' V will L" ' 1200'i servic e r 1 . " timvs !oi:;' r .1 - 'l ;-- oi;;f ? - Save Your Piano Coupons! f Remember the piano contest isdrawing to a 00-e :uui some one is goini? to receive the fir. $45.O0 piano absolutely free. FANGER, Department Store, Plattsmouth, Neb. No. 133 in the RedBook Office. Oh! Why do you wait, dear brother? Why don't you huy your roal now? Step into my ol!i:o at the foot of Main street And save some money we'll show you how! C. W. Uayi.ok, Coal. Fresh eowforsale. W. L. Witherow. est e mm looee the Southwest Every first and third Tues day of each month, low-priced homeseeker's exc ursions are run over the lines of the : : : Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain into the rich and resourceful farming rejionsof the South west. Itis a splendid chance for the Northern and Eas tern farmer, f.fter his wheat is gathered, to combine a pleasure and propecting trip. Write for rates and literature to HUGH NORTON. Agent. M. P. Ry., Plattsmouth, Neb. M,