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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1909)
The Plattsmouth - Journal Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, Nebraska R. A. BATES, Publisher. K itarj 1 at the pjstoffice at I'lattmiuth, Nebraska, as second-class matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Hie light vote polled all over the state Indicates that the farmers do not care to have a voice In nominat ing candidates of their party, even when they have the opportunity. The primary law should be repealed at the very firm opportunity. It has proved very expensive and a farce. :o: Judges Sedgwhk and Harries cer tainly had a cinch on the Republican nomination before the primary. Did the railroad bosses have anything to do with their nomination? The re turns Indicate that much, at least. The people of Nebraska should see that they are not elected. Let the people rule Nebraska and not the railroad bosses. :o: Judge Hose's opinion on the non partisan Judiciary law Is about as thin a document as ever emanated from the supremo court of Ne braska, while Judge Dean's dissent Is one of ability, and shows that he Is a very eminent lawyer. Rose has been n hanger-on at Lincoln for many years, and was not appointed Judge by Governor Sheldon because of lils (uallflcnHons, but simply be cause he was a Republican. :o: Senator Dolllver of Iowa arrived homo the other day, and the citizens of Fort Dodge gave him a great ova tion, a public reception In the heart of the city bringing out an enormous crowd of people to see and hear him. Did you hear of any ovntlon that Uurkett roielved at Lincoln or Drown received at hist home In Kear ney? Not much. They both proved enemies of their own people and to the grand state they have misrepre sented In thus voting. "No man ever gets all ho goes after In con gress," says llurkelt. Hut this does not prevent a man from standing by liis constituents when the opportun ity Is afforded. What Is Iowa's In terest on the tariff Is certainly Iden tical to that of Nebraska. 11 agitations about ri-toct that $5.61 of Mat amount is -:o: m:mo rath: prim ipi,i:s DM'.VI i:i IIY KVKNTS. VI X- A i Jong as Democracy, as an or ganized party has any excuse for ex istence or any mission to perform, it must cherish as Its chief tenet rigid ami uncompromising opposition to every form of special privilege In government. This since Jefferson's day has been the essence of real Democracy notwithstanding that' at some par ticular time certain agencies or lenders may have temporarily led or forced the party in to strange paths. The prostitution or emasculation of this doctrine by the Democratic party will mean Its extinction while Its Intelligent ndvoency and practical application will do much to solve the economic problems thnt vex so ciety. The evils of leglslHllon designed to aid or protect a class at the ex pense of all have grown Into most alarming proportions and today the entire commercial world Is upset by the conditions for which this form of legislation, directly and Indirect ly. Is responsible and the manifold hi hemes w hich are proposed to over- eome them. And as usual the Re publican party Is acting the part of the quack doctor In the presence of disease. Hut to look to the Repub lican party for permanent or gen uine relief would bo like looking to Abdul llamld fur a Code of Brotherhood. For Hourly fifty years. If we ellnt- nirtip mo war prejudices, passions mill misunderstandings which a per- veise and malign leadership has kept alive, the stock In trade of the Republican party has been some form of special privilege. First they would protect "Infant Industries," but the time arrived when the people were demanding that many of these alleged Infants bo permitted to walk alone and re quested to walk out of legislative halls. The menace of the possibility of cer tain of these monopolies controlling the government. Instead of the gov ernment controlling them seems only recently to have taken hold of pop ular intelligence. Next they would foster monopoly In the guise of this same form of legislation attractively labeled as something to protect the American worklngman. Hut the worklngman has long since discovered that mo nopoly Is protected by statute while his proposition is the law of supply and demand and he Is the victim of a logic that doesn't work. Hy their various forms of special legislation abnormal economic and commercial condition are created business is first over-stimulated than unnatural conditions obtain, then panics and depressions ensue, and then come endless ngltatlons for change and redress. Will not the business men of the country, who aro not looking to gov ernment for subsidy or privilege, ever grasp the cause and remedy for these commercial upheavals? They and the producers and consumers generally are the victims of these pedicles and disturbances, and If once they understand and demand the only rational solution, even the most powerful Interests could not prevail against their righteous and Intelligent protest. Today manufacturers' associa tions, chambers of commerce, boards of trade, common councils and other bodies from one end of the country to the other are passing resolutions calling upon the people, the con gress and the various legislatures to discontinue agitation and legislation with respect to commercial and cor prrnte affairs generally. They Justly complain In their pre ambles of the unfortunate business situation, but they attribute the con ditions to a large extent to agita tions rather than to the real cause which the Republican party has been chlefest In creating, viz: Unwhole some, uneconomic, unscientific spe cial legislation. While sympathizing fully wltn ttie purpose of thoso who ardently seek a return of prosperity this mngazine protests against the sinister argument of thoso resolu tions. The people hav been persistently taught that the Republican party Is the "advance agent of prosperity," that It could by the mere fact ot be ing and keeping In power open mills. If not the mints, and In Its train or wake Is all that Is good to have. Hut the people have seen bank failures of appalling magnitude and a com mercial depression with endless ram ifications of disaster nttond the clos ing 'months and the passing of one Republican administration, and they behold another Republican adminis tration apparently powerless to cope with the commercial havoc that has been wrought. The remedy for all this certatntly cannot be found In a cessation of agitation. Neither ran It bo found In old-time patch-work, privilege legislation. Huslness will revive In time no matter what congress or legislatures may do, but If the same old methods of legislation obtain the same depressions and disorders must recur with more alarming frequency This certainly Is the lesson ef ex perience and forms the Indictment of Intelligence, against Republican buncombe. Coincident with the resolutions al luded to all over the United Slates there appears a movement designed to resist the Increase of resentment and bak bf this movement appear the very forces which have demand ed and which have profitted by fa voritism In legislation, and which now insist that an ng the evils their methods have wrought shall cease. Various kinds of special legisla tion for favored Industries are en acted, until monopolies are created and fostered, Individual business en terprise Is menaced, both the pro ducer and the consumer are victim ized and then lo, no one must discuss or legislate a remedy! When a patient Is In such nerlous straits that even a consultation of doctors Is deemed dangerous, what must be said of his previous treat ment or future prospect? When the economic situation of the county is so complicated and disordered that even a consideration of the ailment and Us remedy by the chosen repre sentatives of the people Is deplored, what must be said of the agencies, Individuals and party policies which, with full swing In government, have achieved such an end? If the masses of the people, the great body of producers and con sumers, that vast army of Industries and enterprising business men who seek nothing of the government save equality of privilege and opportun ity, Including legitimate competition, would grasp . the fundamental eco nomic principle and then demand Its application, that every time a special privilege Is granted by government the Individual Is the loser In eco nomic liberty and possibly there would be an end to this Jugglery with congress and courts to sustain and Justify thesB pernicious policies and government outrages. Hut what Is the practical thing to be done? It was a favorite remark of Jefferson that that government Is best which governs least and gov ernment for governmental purposes Is the sole design of civic lnstltu tions. Every age must adapt this doe trine to its peculiar needs and the complexities of Its civilization In this age clearly the way Is pointed to the divorcement of gov ernrneiit from business by the re pealing of all laws which foster mo nopoly or by which, special privileges are granted to a few at the expense of all and the assumption by govern ment as one of Its necessary func tions the proper regulation and con trol of quasi-public corporations, National Monthly. :o: The Republican congress took the tariff off hides and left it on shoes and now the western people declare they will take political hides off the Republicans In the next congress ional election. It hus resolves it self into a skin game all round. :o: The last national platform of the Republican party In Its tariff plank pledged the president and congress to an enactment which would "main tain the high standard of living of the wage earners of this country." We are confident that none of our wage earners will suffer with gout from high living under present con ditions. There Is talk In Colorado of send ng a lady to congress from one of the districts In thnt state. Unfor tunately the constitution of the United States stands In the way of such a desirable consummation. In describing the qualifications of a congressman the constitution uses the word "he." A woman may change her name but not her sex, therefore she can't go to congress, much as we might want her there. :o: The surplus at the end of Presi dent Cleveland's term was figured about $84,000,000. At the end of President Harrison's term, the sta tisticians show, 'here was a deficit of $3,500,000. And now President Roosevelt leaves a deficit 'some where between $5(0.000,000 and $100,000,000. That's tho contract between a Democratic and a Repub lican administration. Hut then Pres ident Cleveland's conception of the great ofllco precluded the thought of using the. government finances for privilege and patronage. :o: When you go to Wescott's Sons Falter & Thlerolf, Most Fanger, or William Holly, this fall, to buy a $1 suit of clothes, Just a tariff tax, and that the same Is true of your new $15.00 overcoat. And then console yourself with the thought that you could get either of those purchases for $10.00 were It not for the tariff. ' But above all things remember that our dear Mr. Lurkett, who represents you In the United States Senate voted for the Payne-Aldrlch bill, which saddles this extra expense upon your shoulders. :o: Upon his. return home from Wash ington, Senator Cummlngs, of Iowa, was given a hearty welcome by his constituents, Irrespective of party. He and his colleague, Dolllver voted against the final passage of the mongrel tariff bill. What does this mean in a state that gives 75,000 Republican majority? Doesn't It In dicate that the people of Iowa are tired of the game of tariff robbery? It won't be very many years until our high tariff walls will be leveled so that the common people can look over them. It Is not a question of free trade, but It Is a question of free and fairer trade.' :o: Some day the wise men w'.io build election laws will stumble onto the fact that the place to advertise Is In the newspapers. In that glorious time, the laws will be changed so that when an election is to be held, the people will be Informed of It of ficially through the papers and not by having posters nailed up -with carpet tacks on the telephone poles and barb wire fences. In that en- Ilghened good time a coming, sample election ballots will be printed In the county papers Instead of being run on red and green paper In lots of thousands never to be seen by the voter and finally landing In the bar ber shops, where, cut up nicely into squares, they make very good shav ing paper. Some day, the dawn of civilization will come to the makers of election laws. Falrbury Journal. :o: Senator Tanner hits the nail right square on the head In his South Omaha Democrat as follows: "Sim ply because certain men who have been affiliated with the Democratic party for years have declared for county option does not finally settle the matter. When the state conven tion Is held the delegates will per haps have something to say about the platform. It is true that mem bers of the party are divided on this question but no one or half a dozen self appointed guardians of the party can decide the matter this early In the contest. One burden of the Democratic party for years has been the sissie Issue Injected Into plat forms by grandstanders who make their money out of the game by let ting Republicans hold most of the offlues. The Idea that the Demo cratic party was organized for the purpose of bucking the commercial Interests of the country will be ta- booned in the future by men who have no axes to grind. The Bissies and the sidewheelers will have to either take up the worthless ban ner entlrly or get In line with the real Democrats." :l: creases, as appnea to imports, amounts to 24.73 per cents; the de creases amount to 5.26 per cent. The total Is 3.33 per cent revision upward by virtue 'merely of the fixed tariff schedules and regardless of the effect of changes from ad valorem to specifflc rates and the Increased val- atlon resulting from new classifica tion and the creation of customs courts. All these will have the effect of raising rates, decreasing Imports and causing prices to bo higher. Omaha News. REVISION "DOWNWARD." The Taftized-Aldrlch bill results In revision upward to the extent of 3.33 per cent. These are the figures of the bureau of statistics. Defore the bill was modified by the compromises secured by PresI deent Taft, the total amount of up ward revision as figured out by th government's bureau ef statistics was 5.6 per cent. The reduction of duties en ore, coal and lumber, and the placing of hides and ell on th free list, reduces the percentage to O 9 O The valtie ef the Imports eftecte by Increases of duty Is found to be $146,730, 780. Tho value of Imports affected by decreases In duties Is found to b $1 15,768,567. The tariff act In Its final fori; leaves unchanged 61. 69 per cent of the Dlngley schedules. It makes in creases In 21.40 per cent of these schedules, and decreases In 16.91 per cent of these schedules. Vy weighted averages the In- ATTENTION- Let us show you our line of Hay Tools. We are sole agents for Star, Louden and Ney Hay Tools and can compete with anybody, no matter where located, oa prices. Let us sho'.v you the London Hay Fork Returner and snatch pully, which saves you almost half the tjime and labor necessary in unloading hay -in a barn at an expense of less then $5-00. Once used it will never be discarded. Also mower sickley and sections of all standard makes. i Plattsmouth, : : ' : Nebraska. -:o: Sl'Ki;.l)l(i IX THF, WKST. A prominent Republican paper of Nebraska puts It thusly: "The eastern states have men In congress who look after their inter ests through thick and thin. The trusts own the state of Rhode Is land and Aldrich works for them 24 hours In the day. You never have any doubt how he will vote. He does not go over to La Follette and give him a vote every other time, or apologize for the way he has voted. They work together and get what they want. "The thing Is spreading west. La Follette stands first. He started the movement and makes it the en thusiasm of his life. Beverage, of Indiana, is in line marching with steady step. Iowa has two senators, two of the ablest men there, ' who fought the bill to the last. Minnesota had two more, Kansas another. Where was Nebraska, where the progressive sentiment Is the strong- of any state In the union? The sen ior senator, "smooth as oil spilt on marble floor," glided from one side to the other. The papers of his own city gave him credit for having a vote at the disposal of Rhode Island whenever It was needed. The fight was lost anyway; but there was something else lost, to-wlt, the sen ior senator from the state of Ne braska. Both senators from this state with Aldrich, Root and every other trust senator, voted for the bill against La Follette, Beverage, Dol llver, Cummins, Brlstow, Nelson and Clapp. Which group had you rather be caught with?" :o: Lose Fine Horses. McMaken & Son today are mourn ing the loss of one of their big, fine team which they recently purchased from Alf. Nickles. The team con sisted of a big iron grey and a black horse, both of them beauties and both worth much money. Sometime after they' hal purchased the horses the black became overheated while engaged In hauling on the streets and a veterinarian was summoned. The horse got better, but never en tirely recovered and last night It took worse and died. Messrs. McMaken are much disappointed In the unhap py outcome of the sickness as the loss was quite severe. Hatt & Son also suffered the loss of a fine animal last night, it hav ing suddenly taken ill and dying be fore veterinary aid could be secured. Pastor Leaves. Rev. Henry Steger and family left for Plattsmouth yesterday, where he haa accepted the pastorate of a Lutheran church of the same synod to which St. John's church of this city belongs. Mr. Steger came to America In 1905, was ordained to the ministry in June, 1906 at St. Louis aild came to West Point In July, 1906 and since that time was in charge of St. John's church. In his pastoral relations he was kindly and considerate ever mindful of the welfare of his congregation. He possesses fine scholastic attainments and, as a preacher, Is forceful and able. Ills departure was voluntary on his part and Is viewed with gen eral regret. West Point Republican. Mrs. William Budlg, Miss Alice Budig and Miss Freda Sanders of Grand Island, who has been their guest, were all -passengers on the morning train for Omaha, where they will spend the day. We have two special lines of suits some of them worth as high as $15.00, sizes 32 to 40. Just a few of them left. 1 $5.00 and $7.50 Just a few of them left These special silk lisle hose at 15 cents per pair are going fast. Twelve shades. The Hume of H.trt, Mci ;7,,'c fifitstm I fata Mirx Cliithif Mniihuttau Shirts
