ministration mibmtted ll"f to the
will of M.'KnrH. Cromwell ami Vuillla,
lillinlly. It acted an though It was
Itself a member of their company, a
iiailv to t In lr deal, not only cn"r
i to force, but bent upi.n forcing nt
I every haznnl the 1.111 i e.--s of Its
plans.
No man, Ju.-t unci thoughtful, who
It is rumored thai .lolin 1 1 1 1 . k- pe rsonally knew Hi" lato John Hay,
U U r bus leu:lit properly In lain- ami who personally knows tin- presi
don anil will IniHil a marble palace ,eiit. could believe Vlllu-r of them
there for personal occupancy. Van- j accessible to mercenary influent c.
It y of Minltl.'s! Hi.' oil King I ol.l .lulin Hay was a rlrli man. Ills whole
The Pluttsmouth Journal
ITIIUSIIKU WKKRLY AT
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA
U. ItATt-S, I'l iil.isiiKK.
nti-ri'il l Uif imit'iltl -tf t I'mUimmiUi. N
hnvsk. .s-voiiil i-Umi untlli-r.
$1.20 Per Year In Advance.
enough now lo check In aiul ought
to think of palaces not built with
hands.
A Very Dark rhitplcr.
Kroiii first to last during tlu
whole period when tho Ooiiilor-Jour-11
a 1 follow lug the lead of Senator
Morgan, of Alabama, wan devoting
lti energies ntiil doing Hx utmost to
expose tlio corrupt character of tin'
Panama Canal Company of France,
anil to defeat Hie congressional leg
islation proposi'il In Its favor- that
Is tho Spooner Art, npproprlatluK
Forty Millions of Hollars to ho palil
for tho concessions anil properties
which then appeared to us vnluless
nnd which have since proved to bo ho
we failed to receive any support
from the press of the country, or to
nrouse any sufficient public Inter
est. It seems an established canon with
tho newspapers of the larger titles,
particular)' those with tho City of
New York, to take hold of no uues
Hon not originating with themselves,
or capable of ho inn kind of self-approbation
and Helf-exploltHtioti.
Touching questions not Immediately
familiar, that Is not going directly
homo to the business and bosoms of
men, public opinion needs to bo
hammered Incessantly to be effect
ually reached ami awakened. It did
look ns though the agents of the
French company, that Is Mr. l'hil
llppe Hunan Vuillla mid Mr. William
Nelson Cromwell, had In some mys
terious manner not control of the
Washington correspondence, If not
tho Journalism of the country. For
the matter or that. It looked as
though they had pained control of
tho administration, having cither
bought or buniboo.leil their way
through congress.
Wo make no charges. It Is worse
than Idle to accuse men of corrup
tion without clear and npeclflc
proof. Tho Huddon nhiftlng from tho
Nicaragua route, which had no mon
ey behind it, to the Panama route,
which was backed by tho French
company, was suspicious in tho last
degree. It exposed everybody con
cerned lu It to a remarkable dis
trust. It will now bear any kind
of nn alalysls based upon the ordin
ary rules of conjecture as to motives.
Reduced to a case of circumstantial
t'Vldence the leaders of the two
houses could never be acquitted be
fore any Impartial Jury. The Incrim
inating facts nre multiplied and over
whelming. Later along, and In total
disregard of usage and law, the ad-
llfe was as open as the day. As It
was seen by his familiars It gave the
lie to the least iiiesllou of his In
tegrity, or patriotism. Theodore
ltoost-M'k is not a rich man; but It
Is Impossible to conceive him as a
vulgar lover of money, or as cap
able of making the smallest sacrifice
of honor, or pi hie to obtain It. Vet
must we hold them ill this matter
sadly (lellnillelit.
The sight of brine old Morgan, of
Alabama. balt:ng like a Taiiuhaii-
ser for the right veritably n gray
haireil Jtichnrd of the Lion Heart on
tho floor of the senate mill In the
conimlttee kIiouI.I have made some
Impression upon the hearts, If not
on the minds, of the president and
secretary of state. They owed it to
valor, to proweHs, to poetic justice,
if not to the public service, to con
template Hie npectacle with Hympil-
thy, even if they should not bring
themselves to agree will) an attitude
maintained with ho much manhood
and ability. They might, as worldly
wIho men, have brought such per
sons as Cromwell and Varllla man
aging an Immense tuonlcd scheme
and deeply concerned In Its results
to Home kind of pause and challenge.
They did nothing of the sort. They
seeiueil to he hypnotized by Crom
well ami Varllla. Terhaps they were
prejudiced agaliiHt Morgan, of Ala
bama. Anyhow they did all the
French company, through lis agents,
required of them; In u day and a
night, as U were, they aided them to
set up the republic of Panama; they
recognized It nt once, with Ilunau
Varllla, the Frenchman and prime
mover of the company, as ts plonl
poteutlary; they held Coliiinbia, an
Independent and friendly power, at
bay, whilst a "revolution," linpro
vised and engineered by Cromwell
ami Varllla, dismembered her terri
tory; and, running roughshod over
precedents and custom, us well as
Justice and right, they llterully com
pelled the consumatlon of the forty
million Job, of which Cromwell and
Varllla were the only visible repre
sentatives.
The president Is Indebted for not
a little both of his character and his
popularity to his Imprudence. Some
how mankind Is given to associating
rntihncss with honesty. Much lias
also been conceded to his lighting
qualities and his comparative youth
as statesman and magistrate. Hut
it will be a mistake If he Intrusts too
much to the impressionability of the
popular sentiment, thongs often sus
ceptable nnl sometimes through long
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CREHM
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P0U0IE3
Made from healthful
grape cream cf tartar
Will make twice as much good
bread, biscuit and cake, pound for
poundas the low priced imitations
made from alum and alum phos
phates, and will make the food
appetizing and healthful
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
is not only economical but makes
the food more whc-lcsome.
ache amicable to a degree, is at
bottom Inconstant; a aln and fickle
oquette, as cruel as love abated or
pair of dh e or a pack of cards.
Mr. Uoosew It Is about to make
his exit from power, Inning enjoyed
In the white house extraordinary
muni fort une. lie Is yet comparative
ly a young man. He possesses unde
niable and rare abilities. He will ul-
as have a certain following. Hut
is liable to tluil things different
from what they were, us a private
ili.eii particularly us a writer for
the public he can neither hope for
the cousldeiat Ion, nor the Immunity
Iil b wait upon the majesty of the
fl'lclal great. It Is safe lo say that
the wav ahead for him will not be a
path of roses. He has had the shill
ing glftH which Is for the fairy god
mother to bestow and which she
promised him In his cradle. He must
gin to look for the penalties ex
led by nature.
We by no means hold him guiltless
in this Panama business, save upon
the venal side. Ills eyes were surely
blinded by his amid! Ion. The canal
would be a great feather In the cup
of his administration. The Panama
Ian seemed n short cut. The rejec
tion by Columbia of the Hay-Ilerran
treaty made a mess. Cromwell and
Hunnii Varllla were on the ground
ady to cut the Ciordian knot, lie
ally believed In them and either
did not believe In Morgan, of Ala
bama, or tdse had no hope of him;
garding 111 in to be too old to be
It her effectual, or Interesting. Why
lose h golden opportunity because of
eaty obligations with a riff-raff of
.at in-Aiuericaii brigands In Bogota
or any quibble about International
qulty and law, especially as the ad
ministration had both the power and
pretext?
It makes very ugly reading at long
range. Tin? least of its incidents Is
something worse than unsavory.
Hiking them together, they becomt
scandalous, when we reflect upon
the vast sums which went to llu
Htock jobbers who organized I he
French company; to the conspirators
who set up the republic of Panama;
and which are now being poured out
to save an enterprise, which should
never have been attempted, and
which wlllcost many times more than
was originally spoelllod.
Nothing, however, Is likely to come
of the proposed Investigation of
Cromwell, Vnrrlla and Company
Where Morgan failed, who can hope
to succeed? Theirs was a blind
pool, with headquarters in France
and they got completely away with
tho swag. Tho bucket-shops of
Paris tell no tales. The lobby at
Washington keeps no books. And
Morgan, of Alabama, Is dead, well
a-day! Louisville Courier-Journal
In the meantime, don't forget that
the alfalfa meal mill and a canning
factory, are good propositions and
ought to be built.
Heniember now that it Is just eight
days more until Christmas. That Is
It Is Just eight more days to do your
shopping. Get busy now and shor
to your heart's content.
The Judiciary committee of the
city council is struggling with the
proposition of issuing bonds for the
acquirement of the water plant In
this city. The city Is pretty heavily
laden with bonds now and It is
doubtful If the people want to carry
any more of the load.
The next legislature will pass
bank guaranty law and It seems safe
to predict that it will include an I in
mediate payment feature. The idc
of the people who fought the mem
bers for election now coming around
and telling them how to legislate Is
amusing. They believe they know as
well us anyone else what Is wanted.
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For the Benefit of the Farmers
The second of the Free Public Auction
Sales to be given by the merchants of
Plattsmouth, will be held-in said city,
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Two auctioneers will be present, Sam
G.Smith and Oliver Osborne, both of
whom will endeavor to secure the
highest possible price for your goods,
so bring in anything you have to offer
for sale. Good crowds are attending
these sales, and you will have a good
opportunity to sell your suplus stock,
machinery, household goods, etc.
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Prop.
Plattsmouth, Neb
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MERRY GHRISTMAS
TO EVERYBOBY!
Puzzling propositions to be propounded
by perplexed purchasers with limited
purses is economically adjusted if you will
take a peep into our store and see our
lavish array of appropriate quality giving
holiday remembrances and
CHRISTMAS SLIPPERS,
and you'll say we've Christmas Footwear
galore.
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Opera or Everett Style
Tans, Wine, Chocolate, Brown or Black
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MEN'S FELT SLIPPERS SSc
Ladies' Felt For Trimmed Romeosi
BEST QUALITY
in Brown, Wine, Green and Black $1.25 to $1.50.
pers 50c to $1.25.
The members of the state legisla
ture seem pretty well disposed to run
the affairs of that body themselves,
and puss up the kind aihlie of offi
cious IlltermoilillerH who seetn to be
lieve that they nre railed upon to
run the entire state. One of the
things wlili h hits Invuriiilily ciuisril
disaster and defeat to follow demo
cratic victory U the fact that a rluti
or combination has attempted to nt
way control democratic policies. Let
them ef-eonstlttited guardians of
the democrat lo party keep their
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Shoes for Boys and Girls
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