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primary law should be repealed at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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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DM'.VI i:i IIY KVKNTS.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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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."
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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-
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oa prices. Let us sho'.v you the
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tjime and labor necessary in unloading hay -in a barn
at an expense of less then $5-00. Once used it will
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of all standard makes.
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Nebraska.
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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?"
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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
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