The - Plattsmouth - Journal
hhHti Semi-Weekly it Piattsmouth, Nebraska '
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Kitirjl at thi I'jUTi:2 at riattjurjth, Nebraiki, aj aeoni-class'
matter.
$1.50 PER YEAR
rionetT day .September 2, Is the
lay when all the early pioneers ofias
CftHH county, both homo and abroad.
should be here, and meet their old
Hum frlenilB.
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And now the "Jokers" In the new
tariff Mil will come out like the
own in the circus. But the consum.
erg won't laugh at the jokers like
they do at the clown.
.hint to make you appreciate lemon
ade the now tariff law has Increased
the tax on lemons fifty per cent. Of
course "the foreigner pays It" ho It
will cost tho consumer nothing.
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The government Is preparing to
make paper of cornstalks. If the ex
periment proves a success, It will
mean rough sledding for the paper
triiHts which the new tariff pro
tects. :o:
Shingles are high enough now but
that did not prevent congress from
advancing tho rate from 30 to CO
cents per thousand. Hut the lum
ber kings demanded It and the con
sumer wnHn't consuled.
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The leading Republican editor of
the state, the Democratic mayor of
the Iowa capital and 5,000 citizens
met Senator Cummins at tho depot
In Des Moines. There'B non-partisan
seimtoiinllsni fur you, says the Lin
coln Star.
Every farmer should arrange to
come to riatlsmoulh on Agricultural
day, Wednesday, September 1; This
will be n great day for thoso who
want to view flno cattle and hor
ses, the products of Cass and ad
joining counties, They will all bo
hire
llairy Thaw goeH back to the mad I
house, mo the courts decide. The
country will probably hear no more
of Thaw for sometime. If they
would only placo his wife along side
of him, we would hear no more about
them for a year, at least. Those c
who sympathised with Kelyn two t
years ago, do so no more.
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Those papers that complained
about the governor spending a couple
of dollars for flowers will pleaso
notice that (ho senate has adopted
an appropriation amendment to the
tariff bill, setting aside $6,000 each
to Vice 1'ivHldeiit Sherman and your
Vncle Joe Cannon with which to buy
automobiles. Harney Democrat.
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Former Secretary Leslie Shaw has
a way of getting Into print by the
Interview route. Ho makes sensa
tional statements which he Is sure
no one will agree with, and he seems
to take a fiendish delight In having
them contraducted. ill latent Is the
assertion that liearst could beat La
Follette for president. Ileal rlco
Sun.
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Thirty years ago the telephone
was nothing more than an experi
ment and tho skeptical were slow to
believe that people would ever bo
able to talk with friends In distant
states. They arc slow now to bellove
that the aeroplane will ever fly
through tho air Just as the auto
mobile glides over dirt roads. But
It may not be Impossible.
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What will the Lincoln papers do
now? They seemed so anxious that
the governor remove tho fire and po
lice commissioners of Omaha, that
they fairly laughed In their sleep.
But misery always did love company,
and Lincoln In having so much
trouble with the liquor element, that
tho papers of that city worked to get
Omaha to take part of It off thel
hands. Omaha has an ablo mayor
in the person of Jim Dahlmnn, an
no ride-steeper like the Love ly May
or of Lincoln. Mr. Dnhlnutn will
do his duty, though the henvchs fall
without any Interference from Gov
IN ADVANCE
Umor Shallenberger, or such fanatl
ex-Senator Patrick
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The Kansas City Journal (Repub
lican) says the Republican party has
bodily stolen the Income plank of
Bryan's platform and Is now com
mending It, whereas it denounced It
as anarchistic when Mr. Bryan first
proposed It. Ilryan can't be presi
dent but It affords him pleasure to
see bo many of his Ideas Incorpor
ated into the laws of our country by
the very people aho several years
ago denounced him as an anarchist.
Lonk live Bryan to give the Repub
llcan party Ideas of government.
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And now the report comes up
from corporation headquarters In
Lincoln that the people are to be de
nied the privilege of choslng a
United States Bcnatir under the
"Oregon plan," which was adopted by
the lust legislature. And now it
seems that the Burkett managers
are getting afraid of the voice of the
people. They fear a majority will
reftiHe to vote to send the senior sen
ator back to Washington for another
two years. What next Columbus
Telegram.
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Wo are reliably Informed a few
prominent Democrats ere dissatis
fied with the manner in which the
delegates to the state convention
were selected. Why, everyone of
them could have gone as delegates,
had they simply signified their In
tentions to go. Every man who
went did so against his own wishes,
but were selected Irrespective of this
fact, and went because they were
really forced to go. Not many
farmers during a busy season care to
lose the time to go to a convention
with as little Importance attach-
ed to it as the late convention was,
ami at a cost to each delegate of
from $6.00 to $8.00. The law says
delegates can bo selected In caucus,
convention or by the county central
:omnilttee. The causus that selected
he delegates, telephoned all over
he county, to see who wanted to go
i ml who would go. And said dele
gation consisted of Democrats from
nearly every section of the county.
What more?
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.i;oi si; tiii: wusr.
Is the great, progressive, lnde-
pendent west going to permit !tm
to be dominated by the small vcctlon
ary, favor-seeking New England?'
Are the people of this broad land
willing to tolerate the leadership of
a few men in that body? These
questions ate what the people are
thinking about. Public sentiment is
not yet fully crystalled along all the
hearings hero Indicated but It Is
aroused as It never before has been
aroused over an Issue since the Civil
War. For live mouths congress has
been sitting In what has been.lndeed,
an extraordinary session. This ses
sion has recorded a most amazing,
most defiant disregard of popular w ill
in a country In which popular will
Is the ulttmato dictator of public
policy. The tariff pledges made by
tho dominant party have not been
fullfiled and the tariff pledges of the
minority party have not been strong
ly asserted. If the most glaring of
(he jobo embodied In the tariff bill,
as discovered by the people's few
faithful followers, can be smoothed
over, tho new law will bo enacted In
a few days. Whether the effect of
this bill shall be a little better or a
little wors than that of the existing
law, Is now a mere Incident, for It Is
an accepted fact that thero will be
little or no change In the excessive
r cost of living the basis on which
the country demanded downward re
A vision and procured the promlso of
relief by that iroces. Then, whnt
d we get on of the tariff reform
. campaign and the long tariff session?
Well, we get something a good deal
i better than the tiroa-Lad tariff la;
something a R'mJ d.al 1-:ut than
'-M a someuLat tariff law oulJ
have bf't n. We gt an aroused pub
lic f-chtirneiit that is going Into the
whol system of privibge-govcrn-
nient; something that Is going to
change the seat of power from the
counsels of the trusts to the forum
es the people. And this forum will
be the great west. For the first
time since the protective policy was
diverted, consistent beginnings to a
gigantic system of graft and extor-
tion, the abuses of this policy have
been held before the people by
champions or the Square Deal. The
expositions thus made In the present
session of congress have awakened
the country as It was never awak
ened before on the tariff question.
They could not be discounted on the
grounds of partisan prejudice oil
party zeal. They had the conviclng
marks of truth, and the people have
accepted them." Kansas City Times
(Rep.)
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The water-power grab in Montana
by a combination, but further Illus
trates what this country is coming
to. The birthright of this great state
has been taken to round out
what may be termed the great
est American trust. There Is proof
at hand that one of the first official
acta of President Taft's secretary of
the Interior, Richard Achilles Ball
Inger, was to knowingly turn over to
tho water power raonopiy millions of
dollars' worth of power sites along
Montana rivers. Talk about your
centralized power! Cannot the
masses of the people see their rights
are gradually being filched from
them who work day and night to ac
complish that which makes the com
mon people much more subservient
to the will of the "power behind the
throne" than ever, and that this
state of affairs will continue until It
w ill be too late for the people to help
themselves? Cannot you see what
this government Is coming to?
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1 1GIIT OXLY HTAKTKD.
United States Senator Albert B.
Cunmlns, who has been Instrument
al In bringing such a vast amount of
glory to tho Hawkeye state, sounds
the keynote of the big American Is
sue today when he declnrea thnt
"tho campaign of the insurgents has
only Just begun" and that "tariff re
vision will be the one bill Issue 1
the Rpublieau national con
3 years hence."
Senator Cummins gave out his
views In Chicago, where he stopped
off a few hours In his triumphant
march back to his home state and
city, where the cltlzns had prepared
a rousing welcome for their pro
gressive son. Senator Cummins
said the Insurgents will fight In all
istate conventions on the tariff Issue
wlth the hope of electing members
of congress who are for "the right
kind of revision.' He predicted that
tho Insurgents of the houso and
senate would soon begin a general
campaign throughout the country In
behalf of (heir Ideas.
Iowa Is to be congratulated for
the progresslveness and determina
tion of her senators, Cummins of
Des Moines and Jonathan P. Dolll
ver of Ft. Dodge, and also for the
courage of four of her Republican
members of tho house, who stood
equally as firm in the lower branch
of congress as did her senators in
the upper branch. That tho Hawk-
eye state appreciates the determina
tion shown by these men to voice
the will of the masses of Iowa Is
demonstrated by the welcome home
extended to Senator Cummins. When
ho reached Des Moines, he was
greeted by a throng of thousands of
citizens. A president could hardly
have been more enthusiastically re
ceived. It was as if he were a war
rior returning from a victorious bat
tle. For weeks before he came homo
preparations were being made to
welcome him. The political and civic
organization engaged a band
arranged a banquet and In
vited tho people generally to turn
out. And out they turned. Fac
tionalism was forgotten and party
lines were momentarily swept away.
The whole community, as citizens,
extended an enthusiastic and appre
ciative welcome to a man who had
Lien :Litiii fur the iiut-iv!. Tr
day Senators Dollht-r anj Cummins
hold the great fctate of Iowa in the
hcllow of tlnir hands, merely be
cause they talked and voted at Wash
ington for the tioile Instead of for
the spedal Interests.
How easy It was for them to lift
themselves into a place of endorse
mt-nt in the hearts of their constl
tUents. Grant, for the sake of areu
ment that lt was as murh polu,cg
for them to be on the peouje-s slde
as ,t wa8 for lhe ordinary garden
variety of senators to be on the In
terests' side, what Is the result? The
ordinary senator returns homo to
find himself confronted by opposi
UoDf crftksrai openIy expressed dls
like and suspicion of having betray-
ed his constituents for selfish, polltl-
cal reasons. Cummins and Dolllver
make no such unpleasant discoveries.
They find the state of Iowa for
them almost to a man. Their tenure
of office today seems to know no
limit. True, they may not get the
empty honors of important commit
tee assignments. They may find it
hard to acquire their share of the
products of the political pork barrel.
They may even have "difficulty In
landing as many government Jobs
for their friends as the truckling.
Aldrlchlzed senators are able to land
with apparent ease. But. what are
such little things as these compared
to what they have accomplished?
They have put Iowa on the map. A
great, titanic struggle between the
masses and organized Industry has
Just occurred, and they were the ac
knowledge leaders of the masses.
They have given up, probably for
ever, tho patronage of Aldrlch, but
at the same time they have gathered
beneath them as a foundation which
cannot be torn down the whole peo
ple of the whole country.
As Senator Cummins says, the In
surgent battle has only begun. Next
years and two years later and on and
on at each congressional fight will
be waged determinedly, and the
leaders of the battle will be Cum
mins and Dolllver, beside whom will
bo ranged those other independent
senators and representatives who had
the couragee to struggle against the
power of the financial and Industrial
Interests.
Iowa is Justly proud of her sena
torS ttnd her four Progressive Re-
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puuncan representatives today and
Nebraska Joins enthusiastically in ex-
vention'pre8filng her appreciation of them
There s mighty little difference be
tween the people of Iowa and the
people of Nebraska. We have much
In common and If Iowa Is proud of
harboring two Btich Btatesmen as
Cummins and Dolllver, Nebraska is
proud to live next door to a state
which they call home. When Cum
mlns and Dolllver sound the call for
support In their fight for the peo
ple against the special Interests,
they will find the people of Ne
braska behind them almost as solid
ly and as enthusiastically as the peo
ple of their own state Lincoln
Star, (Rep).
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Free hides has brought us cheaper
leather, harness and shoes. New lei
us have free wool and cheaper, cloth
Ing. Not one farmer In ten, prob
ably not one in twenty, raises sheep
Why should all farmers and all the
rest of the people pay an enormou
duty on woolen goods? With free
hides the cattle men can be counted
on to help get free wool and cheaper
clothing. Every Democratic candi
date for congress next year ought
to seo to lt that his platform con
tains a plank demanding free wool
and cheaper clothing. Commoner.
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Our old friend, Edgar Howard, is
seeing things again, his hobgoblin
this time being an imaginary attack
on the Oregon plan of senatorial
elections which was stepfathored by
Nebraska's late Democratic leglsla
ture. These alarm signals, how
ever, are harmless. Omaha Bee
Are they? When you know that
such threats have already been made,
and that tho Republican officials
havo already defeated tho will of th
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peoplo when they conceived to hav
a federal Judge to declare the ba
Rnk
guarantee unconstitutional, and have
done almost same with non-partisan
Judiciary law.
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Eagle will hold Its annual picnic
Thursday, August 26.
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Every citizen of Piattsmouth
should consider himself a committee
of one to boost the carnival.
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If Caleb Powers goes to congress,
as he announces, he wants to do, his
election would be nothing short of
the triumph of "gun-play" In Ken
tucky.
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According to the Associated
Press dispatches, the ovation ten
dered Taft on his return to Beverly
was conspicuous by Its absence. In
face, lt was frosty.
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William Hayward, the Barbara
Frletchle of O street banner fame,
Is making a noice like he could use
something from the grand old party
some day. State Capital.
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Now that Spain has quieted down
again, the Japs and Chinks are
stirring up a war scare. By the time
that Is peacefully settled, Peru and
Chile should be ready to get in the
game.
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Talk about your non-party Ju
diciary! The state Republican com
mittee have three candidates picked
for supreme judges, and on primary
election day every Republican voter
who goes to the polls will be Becretly
Instructed who to vote for.
Section men on the Burlington
system are now tickled over the
second raise in wages this year. At
the beginning of the season they got
$1.35 per day, which was raised
about two months ago to $1.45 per
day, and now they are receiving
$1.60 per day. Glenwood Tribune.
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Every Democrat should go to the
polls next Tuesday, and vote, not
withstanding we have only one of
fice with two candidates; that Is
sheriff. Ed. Tutt served two years
as deputy under Sheriff McBrlde,
and knows all the duties connected
therewith. He Is well qualified for
the office.
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A New York professor makes the
bold statement that the Jail is the
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proper place for blondes, either wo
men or men. We know of several
blonde women In this town who
would make that guy look like a
detached marlonlttee If he stood near
them and made such a haraphool
break. Jail would be the proper
place for a whole lot of muttonheads
who get a hold of the title as "Pro
essor." :o:-
When Judge Good was elected
Judge ten years ago almost every
Judge in the state was provided with
a railroad pass, and none refused to
accept and use them. When Mr.
Good took the oath of office he de
clined all passes tendered and said
he would pay his fare. He said he
would not accept any money or val
uable thing from any person or cor
poration and he never has. That is
the kind of a man we need on the
supreme bench. Nebraska City;
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W. J. Bryan, Democrat, lauds the
Republican insurgents In congress
and condemns the Payne bill un
qualifiedly In this week's Issue of his
paper, published In Lincoln. Under
the captain, "The roll of Honor," the
following names of Republican in
surgents are printed: In the senate
Bristow of Kansas, Clapp arid
Nelson of Minnesota, Cummins and
Dolllver of Iowa, LaFolIete of Wis
consin, Beveridge of Indiana. In the
house Carey, Lenroot and Nelson of
Wisconsin, Davis, Lindburgh, Miller,
Nye, Steenerson, Stevens and Vol
stead of Minnesota, Gronna of
North Dakota, Haugen, Hubbard,
Kandall and Woods of Iowa, Kelfer
of Ohio, Mann of Illinois, Murdoc
of Kansas, Polndexter of Washing
on, Southwick of New York. It Is
to be noticed that no Nebraskan Is
Included In this list, although Con
gressman Magulre praised the work
of Congressman Norrls highly Thurs
day. If Mr. Bryan should by chance
run for the senate, his opponent,
Senator Burkett, will not be embar
rassed by having to fight an ad
mirer. -:o:
Will Pearlman came down from
Omaha this morning to spend the
day with his young friends. He Is
In the employ of the Standard Oil
company, but Is now off on a two
weeks vacation.
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