The - Plaitsmouth - Journal
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R. A. BATES, Publisher.
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$LSO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
A Chicago Judge holds that the
word "graft" Is not slanderous. He
ought to know.
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More people are killed now by
the reckless manipulations of auto
mobiles than by railroads.
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The nice Juicy "lemon" that con
gress handed the people Is the only
kind that does not coat any more
than it did under the Dlngley tariff
law.
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We are now going to have a na
tional laundry where dirty and
tainted money Is to be washed,
combed and ironed. Who is to be
the washer-woman is not yet an
nounced. :o:
A federal Judge says that a law
denying a corporation the right to
take its case to the federal court is
unconstitutional. Of course. But
why not let somebody besides a fed
eral Judge decide tho question?
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Remember that you can't regul
ate the community according to your
ideas. Other people have ideas too
and they will insist that they are as
nearly right as yourself. Ito conser
vative, bo prudent, be cautious, be
fair and you will have many friends
always.
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Governor Sliallenbcrger filled his
appointment with the pioneers yes
terday and his talk was mighty well
received. Ills talks are always well
received. He met many of his
friends, as many, peihapH, as he
could possible meet in the short time
he remained. He arrived on tho one
o'clock train on the Burlington and
departed for Omaha on tho G o'clock
Missouri Pacific train.
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If It had not been for Judge
Hamer the recent state primary elec
tion would not have been worth the
out so far as excitement and inter
CKt Is concerned. Tho Judge kept
the hounds guessing for a week and
then lost out by a margin close
enough to almost inspire a contest
to determine if he had not been un
ceremoniously counted out to keep
him off the supreme bench. Kear
ney Democrat.
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Lesliu M. Shaw, one tlmo secretary
of the treasury, In an Interview pub
lished on August 12, 1903, said: "It
Is all nonsense to tulk about a re
vision of the tariff. It cannot be
done. You may as well understand
that at the outset. . Republicans who
are demanding revision are demand
ing tho Impossible." Mr. Shaw never
posed ns n prophet, hut lie appears
to have been very well informed as
to tho extent of the Influence welld
ed over congress by the protected
interests.
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Prcss dispatches announce that a
general advance in prlco has been
ordered on all Imported liquors. And
thus another schedule went upward
In tho downward revision of tho tar
Iff. Liquor Is properly a luzury and
should bo taxed, but Is it not within
the bounds of reason and humanity
to ask that the necessaries of the
poor bo chenpened by lowering or
removing entirely tho burdensome
tariff tax? Will the day ever come
when tho poor man can brush away
the heresy that a robber tax is for
his benefit? Will he ever see that
his vote he has time and time again
helped to build up millionaires and
enthroned trusts that hold him by
the throat? Ills pitiable condition Is
the result of his own political folly.
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ltix KLF.KH sn:i;i).
In some communities there is an
awakening of tho people's rights
with respect ,to the running of auto
mobiles. In Borne places they are
making It decidedly interesting for
the cbaffeur, the owner and the Joy
rider. When the people get started
In their demands for righting
wrongs, it generally becomes contag
ious and soon the country generally
Is alive to the situation. It Is alto
gether likely that there will be re
corded during the present year the
deaths of at least one thousand per
sons in the United States, due solely
to reckless handling of automobiles
by drivers. Under such conditions
it is reasonable to suppose that
something will be done to check the
recklessness, indifference, or Incom
petency, whichever it may be, of
those driving machines. One dollar
fines will hardly meet the require
ment of the situation. If a reckless
speeder has handed hlra a $00 fine
for each offense, besides standing
the liability of civil damages, he will
soon be sufficiently tamed to drive
slower, more careful, and with re
gard to the rights of pedestrians
generally. Some complaint is made
locally of the careless manner in
which autos are driven. It will be
Just as well for the speeders to
slow up. Public sentiment Is grow
ing against fast driving in the city.
A serious accident will serve to
arouse the people to a more vigor
ous reform In the matter of reck
less speed. Fremont Tribune.
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m:tti:k to taft.
From Falrvlew William J. Bryan
addressed tho following letter to
President Taft:
"President Taft: Now that the
states are going to vote on the
amendment of the constitution
specifically authorizing an income
tax, why not give them a chance to
vote on an amendment providing for
the election of United States Sena
tors by popular vote? In your speech
of acceptance, you said that you
were personally Inclined to favor
such a change In the constitution.
Would this not be an opportunity
time to present the subject to con
gress? Two constitutional amend
ments, one authorizing an Income
tax, and the other providing for the
opular election of senators, would
make your administration memor
able and I pledge you whatever as
sistance I can render In securing the
ratification of these amendments.
With great respect, I am
Yours truly,
"WILLIAM J. BRYAN."
The suggestion Is an opportune
one. And undoubtedly the Presi
dent will find no valid reason for
d laying the advocacy of the amend
ment for the eloctlon cf United
States senators by direct vote; In
any event, the question may more
niiiiw.i.. ....... ,1
"""'s1; ' mini in any ciner time
ho submitted to the various states
for their approval. Coming from
the leading Democratic figure In the
nation outsldo of public office and
nccompiuiled by nssuronce of hli
slstance the matter is entitled to
very serious consideration at the
bnnds of tho president.
Mr. Dry an speaks as a leader of
the Democratic party and for a cause
to which the Democracy has pledged
tt.w.1 rut.
iioiu. .mo i-auso was also champ
ioned by Governor Hughes of New
York state In his tour last fall for
the Republican national ticket, while
the president himself on several oc
casions expressed his inclination to
favor the amendment. The principle
of popular election of senators has
grown in favor with marked rapid
Ity, and many of the most progres
slve of the Republican leaders, such
as La Folletto of Wisconsin and
Hughes of New York, are among Its
most earnest advocates.
A resolution such as Mr. Bryan
uow urges upon the president was
submitted to the house in tho fifty
Bt'i'iniu lUHKress. me nouso was
then Democratic, but tho support of
many Republicans was given to the
resolution and It passed by practl
cally a Unanimous vote. The senate
rejected the resolution. It passed
again In the fifty-third congress and
was again rejected by the senate.
The succeeding congress saw the Re
publican forces in control of the
house and the question of the pop
ular election of senators was not
again pressed for several years. A
sentiment, unmistakable, however,
was prevelent throughout the coun
try and among the progressive Re
publicans a tendency to accept the
sponsorship of a direct nomination
movement led to the introduction and
passage by a Republican house of a
resolution calling for a constitutional
amendment for the direct election of
senators. Several times since then
the resolution has passed the house,
but it has always died In a commit
tee of the senate. The Democratic
conventions of 1900, 1904, 1908,
contained a plank favoring' such an
amendment, and though the last
Republican National Convention re
jected a plank of that character of
fered by Senator La Follette's Wis
consin delegation, the candidate of
the convention William H. Taft
in his speech of acceptance declared
that he was personally Inclined to fa
vor the amendment.
The question of direct nomina
tion is pressing so hard In most of
the states of the Union that this re
form in the election of United
States senators cannot be much
longer delayed, and the business
Interests of the states as well as the
masses of the people now appreciate
that the senator wholly free from
obligation to any interest is prefer
able to the senator whose election
must be attribute to some political
or financial faction or some business
nstltution. The latter cannot be
equally representative of all the peo
ple. National Monthly.
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The big carnival is a great success
and everybody's happy. Next year
It will be better.
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Maybe Cass county don't like
riattsmouth! Judged by the number
who came In for the big carnival, It
surely does. And Plattsmouth likes
Cass county the best on earth.
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The press dispatches this morn
ing announce that Governor Shal
lenberger yesterday in Omaha de
clared his candidacy for a second
term. The primary Is held In Au
gust, 1910.
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Well, now It Is found, what will
be done with It. Dr. Cook Is with
out doubt the greatest discoverer of
the age, but now he has found the
pole, he ought to bo able to tell
some one what the real value of
It Is.
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Secretary Ilalllnger of the Interior
department Is evidently losing his
temper, as he "has Borne snakes to
kill." It looks to an outsider ns If
tho secretary was being crowded
Into uncomfortable quarters, and
about, to lose.
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Wheat Is going up ngntn It seems
on wet weather In the northwest. It
Is pretty liar to get weather to suit
every one. Nobody around Flatts-
mouth kicks on the wet weather, al
though It has rather dampened the
ardor of the carnival kings, and the
like. Uoln Is what tho farmers want
now.
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iu li:s of Tin: noi.
Has a pedestrian a right to any
place on the streets that an automo
bile or other vehicle cares to claim?
Is the toot of an approaching auto
mobile an authoritative order to
clear the track, like the whistle of
the railroad locomotive or the clang
of the street car? Had the automo
bile that knocked Mrs. Hazel wood
down the right to assume, as the
driver did, that sho must and would
get out of Its way on being notified
by the hon that his place on the
crosswalk was desired?
Judge Rlsser rules that the lady
had the right to stand her ground.
Sho was as much entitled to board a
car that croslng as the automo
bllo to drive over the crossing. Even
more so, since she was there first.
Ti ...IU .
n win aououess Biirpriso many
pedestrians as well as drivers of ve
hicles to know that her rights, ac
cording to time hallowed custom, go
even further. If she starts merely
to cross a street ahead of an sp
proaching automobile she is entitled
to continue her course, leaving the
vehicle to wait or go round her. The
ordinances give the street car right
of way over both drivers and pedes
trians, but they do not appear to
give other vehicles any such privi
lege over pedestrians. People afoot
are not even obligated to give more
than half the public road to behlcles
that meet or pass them.
That pedestrians have so general
ly failed to enforce these rights as
almost to forget them is due partly
to courtesy It is easier for a per
son than for a vehicle to alter his
course anil partly to the uncon
scious concession which weakness
ever makes to strength. State Jour
nal. :o:
KXDS THK DOUBTFUL I'KIUOI).
The revival of business all along
predicted "as soon as the tariff is
settled" has set in, and the tariff It
self for the moment seems of minor
Importance, as the estimates of in
terior crops and trade are made on
reliable data. Some opinions are
that the country will produce 60,-
000,000 bushels more of wheat than
last year, 275,000,000 bushels more
of corn and 197.000.000 bushels
more of oats. The total yield of
grain Is placed at 4,881,000.000
bushels, or 42,000,000 bushels more
than the Immense crop of 1906. The
conditions in Europe make it cer
tain that the wheat crop will be sold
at remunerative prices. It Is not ex
pected that the fancy figures of the
Patten speculation will be reached
or
attempted, and that is all the bet-
ter,
Such prices rarely do the
grower any good, and must restrict
e foreign market. Good prices
through the selling period are bet
ter and this year we shall have
plenty to sell at high and steady
prices.
AH around, expert business men
anticipate the best farm yield ever
made in this country. Nor should
people forget that every kind of fa-
lity for handling crops and econ
omically has been improved. While
there was a cessation in building
cars and locomotives, there has
gradually been an increase of motive
power, and a vast Improvement In
methods of moving freight. The
profit in transportation will be bet
ter for both railroads and shippers.
Building operations have risen to
an unprecedented volume. For the
first six months of this year the rec
ord showed an Increase of 50 per
cent over last year, and a slight in
crease over the remarkable year of
1906. Even with new mills, the tex
tile Industry, one of the greatest
employing activities, especially in
New England and Pennsylvania, has
about reached its capacity. The
financial centers have cheap money
In abundance and the railroads can
obtain moans to resume the high
rate of betterment shown In 1896.
The hot perlad has apparently
not Inflicted serious damage on corn.
Possibly on the whole it may have
Increased the yield by improving the
quality and soundness of the grain
and perfecting the crop In wet and
weedy soli. With 700,000,000 bush
els of whent and anything like 3,-
000,000,000 of corn, the amounts
now regarded as assured, the finan
ces of the country can hardly be In
anything but a condition to promote
confidence and activity. The buying
humor of the agricultural districts
confirms all statistical optimism.
As the hot period comes to,an end
the doubtful season of growth gives
place to the relief of certainty. The
year 1909 ends the panic and will
stand a record of years for agricul
tural products. Omaha Bee.
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Nome Jood Coin.
Albert Satchel, who was vlsltini
with friends and relatives in west
em Nebraska, returned home a few
days ago. He reports the old Cass
county people of that locality dotn
welt. He visited at Uk home of F. i
Wills and C. C. Spangler, in Knuckels
county, and from their fields
brought a sample of corn, which
evidence of the fact that the boys
have good crops this season.
Mrs. J. W. Bowers and family of
Clearwater, Neb., who have been vta
itlng in tho city with Mrs. Rosa
Bowers, returned to their home this
morning. Mrs. Rosa Dowers ac
companled her guests as far as Om
aha, where they changed cars.
Low R.ates
TO THE NORTHWEST: Cheap
west, Puget Sound and California,
daily through trains to the Northwest via the Great Northern; also via
the Northern Pacific. To California, daily through tourist sleepers
via Denver, Scenic Colorado and Salt Lake City.
ROUND TRIP TO PACIFIC C0AST:
round trip excursion tickets on sale during September. This is the
last chance to obtain these cheap rates for the greatest railroad jour
ney in the World.
EASTB0UND: Special round
Lincoln, Omaha, St. Joseph, St.
and from September 11th to September I9tb. Daily low thirty day
round trip rates from Chicago to Atlantic cities and resorts.
September is the last month for
rado. Homeseekers' excursions September 7th and 21st.
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Local Events.
Fred Lange came In this morning
and was an Omaha passenger this
morning.
Theo. Rihn had business In Om
aha today to look after, having gone
to that city on the morning train.
George Harshman, the popular
Avocalte, was a passenger for Om
aha this morning, where he had
business to look after.
Mrs. J. V. Bowers and Miss Rose
Bowers were passengers for Omaha
this morning on the early train,
where they will spend the day.
William Keithley of the Weeping
Water Republican, came In today to
attend the carnival and meet friends.
He made the Journal a pleasant and
much appreciated call.
Esther Royal returned to her home
In Glenwood, la., this morning after
seevral days In the city. Miss Royal
was a guest of Ben Hyde and fam
ily during her stay in the city.
Everett Lynn of Weeping Water
Is among those visiting in the city
this morning, having come in last
evening to look over the carnival
and enjoy a visit with friends.
Jack Chalfant, one of the best
boys from the vicinity of Murray,
came up yesterday from that place
and spent the day and last evening
n' the city enjoying the carnival and
having a general good time.
Harry Graves, the hustling and
bright editor of the Union Ledger, is
in the city today viewing the sights
and Incidentally putting In a good
word for the Ledger. Harry has the
good qualities of his father, and is a
winner in his business.
James W. Newell, freight ac
count auditor of the Burlington, has
been looking after business in Den
ver, Colo., for several days, return-
ng to his duties at Omaha today.
Mrs. Newell, who has been visiting
her parents In this city, was a pas
senger for her home this morning.
K7.i'.:;X2.'I S IX
Copyright 1909 by Htrt SchifTntr & Mtrt
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77te Home of Hart, Schttffiicr and Marx Clothes
Manhuttun Shirts Stetson Huts
for Autumn
one - way Colonist fares to the North
September 15th to October 15th-
- Very low Seattle and California
trip rates to Chicaeo. Kansas Cirv
Louis, August 28th to September Sth
the special vacation rates to Colo
Consult nearest ticket agent; he has latest ad vice
of special rates.
W. L. PICKETT, Ticket Agent.
L. W. Wakeley, G. P. A., Omaha.
Dr. George H. Gllmore of Murray
was in the city last evening, he and
his wife having come up for a short
visit with friends and to view the
carnival.
W. M. Kltzel and wife from near
Alvo, were in the city a day or two
this week, atending the carnival, be
ing visitors of friends and relatives
south of Plattsmouth.' In company
with ex-treasurer, W. D. Wheeler,
Mr. Kltzel called at the Journal of
fice Friday and enrolled his name
for a copy of the semi-weekly edition
for one year.
Mrs. Charles A. Rankin and sister,
Miss'Nln'a Tucker of Havelock, who
have been visiting in the city with
relatives and friends, returned to
their home at Havelock this morn
ing. . Both Mrs. Rankin and Miss
Tucker were former Plattsmouth
people, and they found many old
friends in this city who were de
lighted to renew old acquaintances.
Mrs. Andrew Hawrlck, who has
been in the hospital at Chicago, 111.,
where she underwent a severe oper
ation, returned to her home in this
city this morning. Mrs. Hawrlck is
much improved and with a short rest
at her home will be entirely recov
ered in a very short time. Her many
friends In the city will be rejoiced
to know of her recovery and trust
that she speedily will regain her
good health.
JVOTICK TI) CItEDlTOK.4.
IN COUNTY COUllT.
STATE OP NEBRASKA.
. ., Cass County, ss.
In the matter of the estate of John
V. KRenbertfer, deceased.
NOTICE Is hereby Klven that the
creditors of said deceased will meet
the Administrator of said estate, be
fore me. County Judffe of Cass county,
Nebraska, at the County court room In
Plattsmouth, In said countv, on the
28th day of September, mo's, and on
the 31st day of March, 1910, at
o clock a. m., each day, for the purpose
of presenting their claims for exam
ination, adjustment and allowance.
fix months from the 2Xth day of
September, 1909, are allowed for the
creditors of said deceased to present
their claims, and one year for the Ad
ministrator to settle said estate .
Witness my hand nnd sal of said
County Court, at Plattsmouth, Ne
braska, this 27th dal of August, 1909.
(Seal.)
ALLEN ,T. BEESOX.
County Judge.
The question
of good clothes is
one that comes
up to all of us
V
every season.
You've probably got to buy
something this Fall-a suit per
haps, or an overcoat nr maybe
both.
One special point we want to
make get this: We want you to
buy your clothes here, as much
for the sake of what you'll get
out of it, as for what we'll get.
The right idea of a business tran
saction is a mutunt advantage a
fair and equal exchange of values.
That's the way we want to do
business.
Come in when you're ready, and
see how true it is.