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Elect George P. Melslnger a a
county commissioner and you will
sure have a commissioners who will
insist that county officials shall make
their regular quarterly reports, as
the law requires.
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The county commissioners have or
dered Sheriff Quinton to make all
his quarterly reports at the next
meeting of the hoard. Can he do it,
and pay over to the county what is
due it? If he cannot, what them?
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There has been one thing to the
credit of the Democrats of Cass
county they have ho far selected
honest men for county offices, and
their hooks will bear us out in this
assertion.
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Will Bonie one please answer the
following questions: If it is the law
that all county officials must make
a report to the county commission
ers each quarter, why have they not,
ere this, compelled Carroll I). Quin
ton, sheriff, to make several reports
he has failed to do?
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When you want any article of
merchandise buy it of a reputable
home dealer, that the profit may re
main to enrich the community. Send
your money abroad only for what
you canont purchase at home. Home
talent, home labor, home industry,
home capital, and home pleasures
are things to be fostered, encouraged
and patronized.
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The Chicago Tribune and the Kan
sas City Star, two of the strong Re
publican papers of the west that sup
ported Taft for the presidency, are
knocking hira good and hard for
turning turtle on the tariff
His
Winona speech turned many conser- officer are supposed to be turned
vative Republicans against him. He over to the county and quarterly re
pledged himself to downward tariff ports of such fees rendered to the
revision and then signed a bltl mak- commissioners. When John D. Mc
Jng the tariff rates higher. Bride was sheriff there was no salary
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A county official la the public what came through the office in fees,
nervant of the people. He is doing He was willing to serve another term
business for the taxpayers, who hare 00 the fees proposition. The people
to pay his salary, and it Is not right demand to know what Mr. Quinton
that he should reader an accounting baa done with all the fees that has
of bis stewardship to the people? passed through his hands, and they
Several reports are due the county have a right o know. Martin L.
from the present sheriff, which he Fredrlch, who is running for re-clec-hae
failed to render to the commls- Hon, is very much to blame because
sionera, who are supposed to be the he has not looked after such a state
guardians of the taxpayers. All other f affairs more closely. One of the
county officials have been regular In commissioners, and a Republican,
their quarterly reports, and why has o states that he asked Quinton to
he not done so? make his reports six months ago.
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ABAS JOK CANNON.
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roe nnger or destiny is pointing
right at Joe Cannon. He Is to be
made the political and public goat.
Ordinarily when a program of this
sort la made up, sentiment Is likely
iu u mitrcuun 01 me man
who is unwillingly cast for the role
of victim, but Cannon, by his past
conduct, has made this impossible,
At a conference of South Dakota Re-
publican "leaders" the other day,
this resolution was passed:
We cannot commend the course
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i-ur-ueu i.y opcuKfr joHrpu u. tjan-
twin 1n Villi ntKltiialW iiua r 9 tmamw
iiia an sno mutism unn ui iunci
against those, members of the house
wno may amer irom mm in mougni
and ideas, nor can we commend his
Interpretation of the revision clause
of the Chlcano platform, nor his
While always willing to yield to tho
Judgment of the majority of our
,.t . i,..u,.., ik .1,,, .,..(.,
may be made stronger and better by
nationally tuning auvanreu urounu.
ana noi iy clinging to uie extreme
conservatism of Speaker Cannon.
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i ins position ieuveH guru ut'iiiiuii
cans as uciieve in wnat. me term
Vonnonlsm" represents in the pub-
lie mind and who propose to defend
me principles to wnicn mo woru
elves expression, tho privilege to
maintain their position beforo the
Republicans of this state.
mis is a piain intimation tmu inc
South Dakota Republican politicians
regard Undo Joe ns a Jonah, and
are prepared to Joyfully and heartily
Join in feeding him to tho whales.
Well who cares?
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Publisher.
IN ADVANCE
On his western trip President Taft
has run into several labor union
strikes. These are, of course, "pros
perity" eruptions.
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About six months ago a prominent
candidate for postmaster was over
heard plotting to procure the removal
of Postmaster C. II. Smith.
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A few days before Governor John
son of Minnesota died, he paid a
glowing tribute to the press of the
country, and upon his death, the
press of the country reciprocated
nicely.
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After neglecting for many montns
to render his reports to the county
commissioner, as the law requires,
many people are wondering how
Sheriff Quinton expects to do so now;
and If it Is possible for him to do so?
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When the editor of a Republican
weekly doesn't feel inspired he uses
some of the '"inspired" editorials
handed out free by the tariff press
bureau. The same editorials are ap
pearing in nearly all the Republican
papers. Kansas City Star.
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F. E. Schlater, candidate for
treasurer, has certainly made a host
of friends during his incumbency in
the office, from the way the people,
both Republicans and Democrats,
praise his management of the affairs
of his office. They can see no neces
sity for a change in the management
of the treasurer's office and will sup
port him for the second term, be
cause he Is .so competent and de
serves it.
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The salary of Carroll D. Quinton,
sheriff of Cass county, is $1,750 per
annum, and all fees collected by that
Why did he not compel him to do
this, or remove him from office
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suppose a merchant .advertised
"substantial reductions in the price
of , winter clothing." Suppose you
hurried around to get one of the
great . bargains advertised and he
-uuw you a suit ana say:
"Here is a suit that I have been sell
,nK for $10; I have reduced It for
this special Bale to $9.95. Or, If you
want a better suit, here Is one I have
becn BeUln" for 120. I have cut the
pr,ce dur'n& this sale to $19.90."
Wnat wou,d 'ou think of him?
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wouia you think his one-half ner
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cont r,(lu(,"on a fulfillment of his ad
vertisoa promises? That is exactly
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P 1,1,1 u,e 1 ayne-Aldrlch tariff has
done on "necessary metals" what
exer kind th,,y my be- On metals
for "voluntary use" whatever kind
' n",u
lhiy may be but Presumably all not
inciuueu under 'necessary' there
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1,118 becn nn reuse of duty. Al
1.1 4 1. 1 .
- 1 uiuuga tins is oniy one Item out of
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hundre,,H' lt ls a Ptty fair sampl
of tho kind of "reduction" made all
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a,0"K tho llno' And n,etals of variou
kinds enter very largely into articles
of conimon ugage emy day
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ON RAISING HKix,
fpeascr tunnon, in an address at
Knoxvlllo, la., Tuesday, propounded
thl8 difficult conundrum anent the
Aldrlth-Payne tariff:
It's passed. We have It. Now
what shall we do with lt? Shall we
let it alone or shall we raise hell
with it?
The gentlemanly logician who rea
sons thus tersely is one of the three
most powerful men In the American
government and one of the three
most masterful leaders of the dom
inant party, President Taft and Sen
ator Aldrich being, of course, in each
instance, the other two.
"What are you going to do about
it?"
With a great many people this is
a convincing moae oi argument.
Now the cancer has been planted
in your system what are you going
to do with it? Will you let lt alone?
Or will you have it cut out? If you
let it alone you may get along, in
comparative comfort and happiness
for a number of years. If you have it
cut out It may "raise hell with
ou.
The slave driver might have put it
p to the slave in the same way.
What are you going to do about lt?
Are you going to submit to the gyves
and the lash, and the selling of your
children "farther south?" If you do
you will be allowed to live, and you
will be fed and clothed, and your
urden will not be made greater
than you can bear, since you are too
aluable a piece of property to de
stroy. Rut If you try to get loose,
and get away, and be your own man
we'll set the bloodhounds on you.
You'll be "raising hell"' with your.
self.
It is a good argument to address
to people who are fit only to be
slaves.
But lt is a mighty poor argument,
e should think, to use with men
and women who are fit to be free be
cause they are ready to suffer to at
tain their rights, and if need be to
die to preserve them.
On at least two prior occasions
Americans have decided that It is
better to "raise hell" than to leave
well enough alone. The first de-
Ision was reached in 1776; the sec
ond in 1860. The overthrowing of
n arrogant and brutal monarchy,
and of an arrogant and brutal slave
oligarchy, may yet be followed by
the overthrowing of a plutocracy
more arrogant and brutal than eith
er. If Americans make ud their
minds to it no foul mouthed slave
driver can stop them, even with the
threat of raising hell. World-Herald.
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THK APPENDICITIS CRAZE
Dr. Charles E. Page of Boston
now adds his testimony to that of
many others, some of whom have
spoken publicly on the subject while
others have not, concerning the folly
of the "appendicitis craze". t which
has caused the sacrifice of many use
ful lives In the last few years.
Merely because they could not dis
cover the use of it, some physicians
started the theory that lt was use
less, an organ that once had a pur
pose, but had bcome obsolete, and
therefore a source of danger to
health which ought to he removed.' a
theory that was supported by the
fact that when It was removed and
the patient did not die from the
operation, though he genrally did, it
was found that he could get along
without It.
On this theory that because the
finite cannot soe the use of all the
products of creation therefore they
are useless, the greater part of the
work of the Infinite might be dis
posed of off-handed, as has been so
often done by the removal of the
vermiform appendix. But, the latter
has been followed so often with fatal
results as to give rise to the half
humorous, half cynical saying, "The
operation was successful, but the
patient died." And tho saying has
had an observable effect in restrain
ing many persons from submitting
to the operation, and In setting sur
geons and physicians a-thlnklng.
A couple of years ago, a well
known New York physician ridiculed
the operation and said that appendl
ltls inflammation in the appendix
was a common complaint and prob
ably had been from tho earliest
times; nnd that practically every
body suffered more or less from lt
now and then, but recovered soon as
I In al) cases of temporary affection
of the digestive organs. And now
the Boston physician named thinks
it time to speak out on the question.
And what does he say?
"An operation," says Dr. Page,
"for appendicitis should be called a
criminal operation. As for the wide
ly proclaimed benefits and saving of
life by operations to cut the appen
dix, lt seems hardly necessary to
cite the long list of deaths following
them Only recently we have had
the striking instances of Clyde
Fitch, the great playwright, and
Governor Johnson of Minnesota. The
surgeons cut off Governor Johnson's
appendix a year or so ago; they
operated on him a second time, an
on the third operation he fell a vic
tim to mistaken modern theories. 1
have kept track of the appendectory
deaths for twenty years, and the list
is appalling." ,
Is it not time to halt in this mat
ter? Brooklyn Citizen.
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POINTING THE WAV.
It was announced some time ago
that a "campaign of education'
would be conducted through the
press of the country and by other
means to create and reinforce senti
ment favorable to the passage of a
ship subsidy law by congress. . Evi
dence of this educational work ls now
at hand. The press associations and
syndicates are being furnished with
material demanding government aid
for the "merchant marine" and pre
dieting all sorts of national woes un
less Uncle Sam dips down into his
treasury for the payment of bonuses
to ship owners. Who is paying for
the maintenance of the bureau has
not been disclosed,, but a safe guess
would be that the companies which
hope to profit from the subsidy
schemes are contributing liberally to
the fund.
Another educational campaign also
seems to have been launched. It has
for its object the reconciling of pub
lic sentiment to the proposed estab
lishment of a central bank. The press
matter supplied by agencies in charge
of this propaganda carefully explains
that this is to be a "people's bank"
a,nd not an Institution to exploit the
commerce of the nation. If one ls to
believe assurances from the Wall
street Interests which expect to con
trol it, the central bank will fulfill
a beneflclent mission. They will not
take advantage of the powers given
them to make panics, but will at all
times be guided by strikingly unsel
fish considerations of the country's
welfare. All that is necessary, they
suggest, is that the United States
shall surrender into their hands all
control over the money supply. That
simple process having been attended
to, they will do the rest. There, can
be no doubt about this last state
ment. . ...
Instead of being a "people's bank,"
as Its Wall street projectors wish the
American public to believe, the basic
features of the plan Indicate that it
will come about as far from being
any such thing as It possibly could.
A people's bank would presumably
be managed under government auth
ority by officials representing the
government. This one Is to be con
ducted as a private institution
through stockholders, and the of
ficers are to be chosen for life. As
a minor concession, the government
ls to be given the privilege of nam
ing a board of supervisors. This
would give lt no greater power of
supervision than it now holds over
national banks. The private Inter
ests would unquestionably dominate
the institution. The bank would not
be obligated to maintain the govern
ment's credit In time of need, except
upon its own terms. It could dictate
on one hand to the national author
ity ana on the other to all the
smaller banks. It would be the means
of perpetuating Wall street's finan
cial supremacy. It would be strictly
a bankers' bank, and even that term
would have a restricted sense, as
none but tho big institutions of the
chief money centers could hope to
exercise any perceptible Influence in
shaping the management.
If there was no other reason for
distrusting the scheme, the fact that
It is championed by Senator Aldrich
would be ample to raise suspicion
against It. Lincoln News (Rep.).
Mr. Rockefeller advises the child
ren to try to brighten someone's life.
With standard oil, we presume.
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Why not iuvestigate other county
ofllclals? Because it ls not necessary.
They have "all made their quarterly
reports regularly.
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"A St. Louis preacher repudiates
Satan." says a headline. Well, isn't
that what all good Christians are try
ing to do?
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We are told that In arctic explora
tion the greatest problem is that of
food. And it's also the greatest
problem with a lot of people that
aren't seeking the north pole.
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There Is no more competent man
than Ed. Tutt for sheriff, and if the
people elect him we will guarantee
that he will render unto the county
what Justly belongs to the taxpayers
of Cass county,
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Now a scientist bobs up with the
information that a motor car is the
safest place during a thunder storm.
This ls all very well, but' It's going
to be difficult for some of us to bor
row a motor car every time a storm
begins to brew.
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If Quinton had made his quarterly
reports regularly there would not
have been any questions asked, but
when he receives a salary of $1,750
per year, and by law ls to turn the
fees earned In the office over to the
county, the taxpayers naturally
would want to know what has be
come of these fees. And they will
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The Journal has has opened its
mud battery! Just wait and see as
to this fact. And if this turn don't
react on the other fellow we miss
our guess. The Journal has never
deceived the people of Cass county
in such matters as to Quinton, and
they know we are looking after their
Interests. When an officer itoab
O w uu
wrong the people who pay his salary
should know it.
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Clell Morgan was down to Union
yesterday. He always goes where the
people are, and the people are al
ways glad to meet him. Mr. Morgan
has made hosts of friends during his
Incumbency as deputy county, clerk,
and so well has he pleased them in
this capacity that they propose to
keep him there as chief clerk.
Where would they go to get a more
competent public servant? Not in
the county of Cass.
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This paper has never said one
word disrespectful of any candidate
on the Republican ticket unless
called for It, and we defy aayone to
point out one line where we have.
According to law, Sheriff Quinton
should have made out his quarterly
reports for the past two years, the
same as other county officials and
pay over the fees earned to the coun
ty. He has not done so, and we
Imply ask why the commissioners
have not taken some action to com
pel him to do bo? The taxpayers
have a right to know how much
money he has earned and collected
as fees, and how much he has In his
hands that have not been paid over.
Low Rates
T0THE HORTHWESTs Cheap one-way Colonist fans to ll North
west, Puget Sound and California, September 15th to October 15tb;
daily through train9 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:-Very low Seattle and California
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.
EASTBOUND: Special round trip rates to Chicago, Kansas City,
Lincoln, Omaha, St. Joseph, St. Louis, August 28th to September 5th
and from September 11th to September 19th. ( Daily low thirty day
round trip rates from Chicago to Atlantic cities and resorts.
September is the last month for the special vacation rates to Colo
rado. Ilomeseekers' excursions September 7th and 21st.
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The fees earned In the sheriff's of
fice now belong to the county.
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The lemon growers find they have
been handed one of their own fruit.
They secured an increase in the daty
on lemons in the new tariff bill aad
were jubilant. But they have to ship
their fruit east to find a market, ami
the railroads have taken advantage
of the increased duty to shove up the
freight rates to a point where all the
tariff advantage ls absorbed by the
railroads. This is hard on the lemon
growers, but harder on the consum
ers of lemons. They, as In all cases
of this kind, are the ultimate suffer
ers. They are the ones who "get it
In the neck" both going and comiig.
They are the ones who are "handed
a lemon," not only in the lemon
schedule, but In every paragraph and
line of the Payne-Aldrlch-Taft tariff
monstrosity.
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TURN THE RASCALS OUT.
Representative Herbert Parsons, a
leading Republican politician of New
York city, has come out with a point
blank charge that the up-state New
York Republicans entered Into a com
pact with certain Democrats in con
gress whereby the latter traded their
opposition to Cannonism for the de
feat of certain legislative measures
local to New York. Speaker Cannon
Intimates that Parsons is talking
through his hat, but In the absence
of proof to the contrary, Uncle Joe's
denial of the conspiracy ls not con
vincing. If Parsons' charges are true the
deal explains the recreancy of a num
ber of Democratic members of the
house, most of them from New York
state, who rallied to Cannon's stand
ard at the crucial moment after the
day had been practically won by the
honest Democrats and the insurgent
Republicans. It was generally be
lieved at the time that some power
ful and sinister influence had suc
ceeded in corrupting the men who
thus betrayed not only their party
but the decent citizenship of the
country, which was demanding with
one voice that an end be put to Can
non's high-handed rule. The chief
of the renegade Democrats was
given an Important chairmanship by
the speaker as a reward for' hU per
fidy. Representative Parsons charge
cannot lightly be brushed aside. It
cannot be ignored. A congressional
inquiry should be demanded, aad if
the cause of the defection of the
Democrats in name only la proved
o be such as Mr. Parsons avers It will
add one more reason, for the elimi
nation of Cannon and his .odious
methods. Nor can the recreant Dem
ocrats hope for mercy. Thejr are
equally guilty with their bribers, if
such a deal was made. They should
be given every chance to defend them
selves, but if found guilty no politi
cal mercy should be shown them.
The Democratic party must purge it
self of grafters and political para
sites if It is to retain the respect and
confidence of the people.
A thorough airing of this piece
of "practical" politics offers fine op
portunity for the purification to be
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Good Farm for Rent J. H.
Becker, Plattsmouth, Neb.
for Autumn
Consult nearest ticket agent; he has latest advice
of special rates.
W. L. PICKKTT, Ticket Agent.
L. W. Wakkley, G. P. A., Omaha.