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Plattsmouth - Journal
ftbllsM Senl-Wieklj it Plattsmouth, NeMn
R. A. DATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoflke at PlattunMtn, Nebraska, as Becond-class
matter.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE .
TMs week's tumble In truBt stocks bis personal effects to Washington
the same routine can again be gone to California by "moral suasion" and Knox's letter attacking Zelaya and UNION.
over And tl at la the system by places his damages at 110.000. We the Mcaraguan government. Why (Ledger.)
over, abu ii ai i" ""lcul ' Mahlom Applegate who was severe
which the powvr rust has secured can imagine Nettle weaving a spell they should be is some mystery al- y ln runawfty 80me UlM
control of the Nebraska power sites, over unsuspecting Willie and luring so. Had the Mcaraguan government ag0i , B,owly lmproving.
Although lacking in mountains the him out in the world, to his great been England there would have been The condition of Ernest Smith,
..... mn .uirt damaee. He likely made a fierce ground for the amazement, but Nlc- who Is dangerously ill -with typhoid
Ota Hj s 1 tiiumoau - w--
flowing streams, and for continuity fight against the despoiler of his aragua can't fight back. It Is all
of supply some of Nebraska's rivers , domestic happiness we don't think, very spectacular but quite pitiful.
( The strike of the Switchmen's Un-
Judge reter S. Groescup of Chi- ,Qn 0Q tfae northwestern roads seems
ai;o. advocates a new political party. tQ be crumbling fa8t. n fact, It ap-
worM. ' nerem 11 coum amer irom J pears to have almost fizzled out be-
,6'U:;n-8 party ana sun anoru ruum f(jre u wgg we under way -on.
In Wall Stret. notably sugar stock,
Indicates the trusts may at last be
taking a tumble to themselves.
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Waltcr Wellman Is entirely safe
In denouncing Explorer Cook. No
body Is going to take the trouble
to retaliate by denouncing Explorer
Wellman.
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from Lincoln through and by the
United States mail route, free of
cost. In this respect, Burkett Is ap
parently not in favor of high tariff.
A petition asking Speaker Cannon
to resign probably would be Just
about as effective as the request to
have the English lords pay taxes on
tl eir estates.
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It is a shame that the people have
been robbed year after year by the
nvgar trust, and a note of warning
has not been ouudcd. The customs
officials have nil been Republicans
f( r many years back.
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Developments In the sugar trust
Inquiry in New York show that the
noM-rnment weighers received $15
a v.eik apiece for their perfidy.
They not only helped to swindle
ll tir government, but were wretched
ly cheap about it.
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The big trusts are Improving their
opportunity now. There Is a reason
for this, too. This will be the last
Republican congress for some time to
come. When the change comes to a
Democratic congress, the picking for
the trusts will be extremely short.
Mark that!
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Only three weeks from Monday
next until Christmas. Hegln your
holiday advertising now In order to
catch tho bulk of the trade. People
In the country will buy such goods
ln Plattsmouth Instead of Omaha, if
they know whst Plattsmouth nier
chants have in, store for Christ inns
.presents.
Which Is the worst, Plato, the
Rockefellers. Carnegies and other
magnates whose pockets bulge with
extorted mljllons, or the system that
enables them to fill their coffers by
crushing the life out of competition
and exacting unfair profits from the
public? And wouldn't It be better
to reform the system than to roast
the oppressors it creates?
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Every senator and congressman
who was caught in tne Aldrich-Can
non tariff trap are trying now to
convlne the people that the tariff
question Is settled and will not be
re-eponed by congress again. And
really, they are only wishing that
their utterances will be verified. But
the question will be re-opened, not
only In congress, but upon every
stump ln the country next year.
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stand right at tue head. As for ex
ample, the Loup rher has been found
to have the most uniform Cow cf
water of any river in the
This property of the Nebraska river
make them particularly valuable as
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sources of power whenever the ne
cessary fall can be secured. And
opportunities of this kind are found
in all Bectlons so that splendid power
sites abound In practically all por
tions of the state.
The attention of State Engineer
Simmons was some time ago at
tracted by the numerous power site
filings being made in bis office. He
quietly begun an investigation and
discovered that practically all the
filings were made by irresponsible
parties, and everything pointed to
the fact that all were made in the
interest of some one concern
Under the present law, as stated,
the state engineer has no choice but
to accept the filings and Issue the
permits regardless of the responsibil
ity of the applicants. He will, how
ever, ask the next legislature for a
new law governing that point as well
as the provision which now permits
a refiling by the same party. In
'.;r Crosscup Is a mystery.
The uni
form trend of his decisions have
L-ecn so favorable to the Aldrlch-
Cannon theory of government that
any other theory seems grotesque,
when taken in connection with
Grosscup.
fever, seems to remain unchanged
,at this writing.
Simon Gruber, who some time agu
fell and smashed his foot and ankio
ln a horrible manner, is reported
to be Improving Blow but sure.
Miss Clee Applegate, teacher In
the Plattsmouth school, spent b
Thanksgiving vacation with her
union men seem plentiful and it i-jmother and other relatives and
stated there is no trouble in filling
the places of the strikers. The war
between the various labor organiza
tions is blamed for the failure of the
strike. There will be no successful
strikes until men learn to stand to-
Coloma. Cal.. gets the big John- gether,
m mm m i. Ml llffl I I
son-jennes ngm. ine ma oi ie . vnnn(in(d w0Pe. a number
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Rickard and J. J. G lease n of $101,-
Joe Cannon has been ln congress
thirty-five years. Why was he not
elected Speaker long since, If he Is
such a great man? No, that's not
It. The trusts knew their mark.
They knew that Cannon desired to
be Speaker before he got too old.
The trusts sot the trap and Old Joe
fell into it, and they have him bo
tightly in their grip that he can't
let loosen. And there he is tho
poor old fool. ' ,
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THE WATKi: I-OWKK TRl'ST.
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Tl.ty have an organization In Lin-i-oln
called the "Seldon Shouters,"
000 and 2-3 of the moving picture
receipts was accepted day before yes
terday and the fight will be staged
ai Coloma. It is said Jlmmp Rich
roth is the real bidder and that Rick
ard and Gleason really represented
him. The bid Is figured to pay the
flchters about $150,000. It Is be
lieved the fight will take place July
4th, next.
The man who can patiently sit
down and read Walter Wellman s
fulsome idolatry letters about Presi
dent Taft, Secretary Baillnger and
Chief Forester Plnchot and not dis
cern what looks to be a sycophantic
power in
Wellman
of highly Important witnesses for
the government ln the sugar trust
cases in New York have disappeared
It Is strange how these people some
times find It convenient to drop out
cf sight Just when needed. The gov
ernment attorneys are much exer
clsed over the situation but, as a
matter of fact, they should have ex
pected such things. The defense ln
the sugar trust cases intends to ac
quit their clients if ,it is possible.
At last It seems a minister has
arisen, who graps the ethics of sue
cess. Rev. Paul Moore strayer or
Rochestef, N. Y., in a sermon ad
vised the church to copy the tactics
of Tammany Hall and "helps a man
In a pinch." Therein has always
laid the secret of, much of Tam
many's success. It has succored
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many of the poor and needy. It has
appealed to the sense of gratitude
ln man. And in so doing it has
waxed strong and virile. Rev.
Strayer may not meet the approval of
all churchmen, but he has struck the
keynote of victory. Help a man ln
a pinch is a good idea and it ap
peals to the muman heart.
New York dispatches announce
been made that the power trust has
which is booming the cx-Govemor wlnM control,
tor U. S. Senator. Tho organization And now, after these Immensely
has addressed n communication to valuable right. Lave passed from the
Sheldon at Wayside, Miss., announc '"Ja of the state to private owners,
!ing their intention. If they can not the 8tat officials are endeavoring
secure him for "Slippery Elmer's" to find some way of canceling the
place, they will want him for gover
nor. They may shout to their hearts
content, but George Sheldon don't
are for the governorship. Enough is
nough.
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CANNON'H LAST 8HOT.
applications and regaining control.
In return for these power Bites,
many of which are destined to be
worth hundreds of thousands of dol
lars, the state of Nebraska Is paid
$4 o year a site.
The worst feature of the case is
insist William is "batty."
At Cochran, Georgia, day before
that the big power trust having se-
The general Interpretation put on cured control of the waters of the
Fpeaker Cnnnon'H word to tho pro- different rivers and Btreams ln all
gresslve Republicans, In his Kansas pftrta of the state, is not developing
City speech, Is that the speaker will Bnd producing power, but is simply
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make no concessions to them; that I playing the "dog In the manger,"
no win riMun iu iu-uM imu vu ana wniie useu refusing io uuveiop i yesterday John Howard, a negro
basis that would regard the self- power Is standing In the way of all nreacher. was burned at the stake
respect of the Republican "Insur- others who might desire to build for fatally shooting Will D. Booth
gents' who bolted his high tariff dams and provldo electric power for Howard was incensed because Booth
program. I the Nebraska towns and cities. drove his automobile up behind his
It la well that right now, on the u ,8 cbargod openly ttiat the mules and scared them. Those
eve of the convening of congress. s..n(lar(i ou Pomnnv u the interest who know the rroneness of many
this attitude of the speaker should wnll.n hM gobbled up the Nebraska automoblllsts to enjoy a little fun by
be even more definitely revealed ... .m,.. Kin- hv nwlacarlnir a man's team will retard the
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man u oas pwu wirousuuui l venting the, generation of cheap elee-1 action of the mob with bhorrence.
vacauon. iu? ri iw m ihrtcl power, to force th electric 1 In many cases Howard will be just!
now la the restoration of repreeen- Jgnt cornpanles of the state to main-1 fled as many autotsta deserve kill-
4 ilna f ii m tt AHa 1 In A h All 111 Tn I i . " I i m 11 i. - a. 111 m
, , , uu",uu . . ,' J7 Italn such high prices that the peo-img ror ineir recaicss nanaiing oi
real obstacle to this reform Is Can- o: U86 vemlne Instead of dee- their machine.
anA ho nnvwi ho rnrfiuntil. I . .. ' ' 1 '
trtcity ror ugoting purposes.
this way, and in this way only, En
glneer Simmons thinks the state adulation of office and
can regain It lost power sites. them muBt be a mule-
'5n,..vin nf mnunrvntinn" Bnva should be a man with enough sound
Mr. Simmons, "the only way to con-0Kun'3 ,u lu lUD "'"D
serve water power is to use it. You slbllity of reconciling Eallinger and
can't conserve It by allowing the wa- Plnchot. Their whole plan and pur-
ter to run away. With coal mines P080 n office are different and If the
and forests it is different. Their con- one be r,Sht- then the other mu8t be
servatlon lies In saving them, in min- wrong. Yet Wellman seems to be
ing the coal carefully, cutting the abIe to try to make both appear
ik. oorof.,n r itin u cm right with President Taft as the
This state should be anxious to have ure" 1 Bra 01 ine wno,e 81luauon
the water power sites taken up, but 1118 ridiculous sophistry misleads no
It is necessary In order for this to do one
any good that the site be used and Chicago is having a great moral
that the applicants prove their good upheavel at present over the annual that Pierpont Morgan has pur
faith by developing the power." flr8t ward bal1. an institution of chafled ThoSi F R .g dingg of
The state board of Irrigation j8 that municipality. This ball Is given thg Equltable Assurance society
preparing to go into court and test evt;ry r u lU0 seura Al" stock and now has control of the
the present law under which refll- dermen Coughlin and Kenna of theL472(000 000 of agsets of that cor.
Ii .. - i.....t .. i u .t.lfir8t ward and it anrmintfi li tni l . .....
office at the K e i",u"ltlu Ul,a uumu iusi -- ' poration. ine uquuaoie Assurance
society represents a vast sum owned
by the American public. It Is good
policy or sound sense to have J. Pier
pont Morgan handle this vast
ealth? Thos. F. Ryan took this
corporation over during the panic,
revelry reigns. The directors of the incident to the exposure of crooked
CollBeum were appealed to to re- work ln connection with insurance
fuse the use of the hall this year
but the $1,000 rental which is paid
William L. Wilson is ln Jail in for It was to big to be passed up
Kansas City, Kansas, for having in- and they would not cancel it! Among
Bisted on taking off all his clothes on I the officers of the CollBeum Is J. A.
the public street. William got the T. Hull, congressman from the Sev
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iaea in nis neaa tnai me ume naa enth (Des Moines) Iowa district,
come to aiscara ciotnes wniie con- Wno Is vice-president. If this doesn't
ducting a street meeting and started beat him for re-election, we are bad
in io carry out me meory wnen me ny fooled. The ball will bo held as
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puin;u juRKfu uhu. me uoriors u8uai but It will like v bo tamer
than heretofore
friends in and near this village.
A deal was made the first of thin
week whereby Dr. R. L. Newell leas
ed two rooms on the second story of
the new Woodman building, and he
intends to use them for his dental
officea.
Andrew Jackson McNatt of Ke
nosha was down (Wednesday after
noon to attend to some business mat
ters and meet his many friends.
Jack" says they have Just as much
mud up ln their country as we have
down here.
Mrs. CharlcB Downs departed last
Saturday for Crescent, Okla., to
spend some time visiting with her
parents. Her sister , Miss Nancy
Smith, who has been visiting here
for Bometime, accompanied her and
will remain there.
Linus Reynolds, who has been
very sick the past week with an at
tack of appendicitis, i3 very much
improved at this writing and able
to be up and around the house which,
reports his many friends will wel
come. John C. Roddy, the well known
wealthy pioneer residing in Wyom
ing precinct, has been seriously ill
for the past several days, having
heart trouble. His condition caused
much alarm for a while, but we aro
pleased to learn that he is now improving.
G. F. McNamee departed on the
forenoon train last Saturday for Hot
Springs, S. D., where he entered the
Battle ' Mount Sanatarlum to takjb
treatment for a serious attack or
rheumatism which has been troub
ling him for some time. His son
Amos accompanied him and reports
that he stood the trip remarkably
well.
Wcrd comes from Lincoln that the
water power trust has got a strangle
hold on tho water power sites In Ne
braska, and for the past few days
there has been something doing in
the statu engineer's
.... . . . .Hbw he unheld the state will b tledl't 18 about as bad as it can bo. The
capltol where tha discovery has Just ,aw Dt uPneui lue hmie ue uea
unless the next legislature repeals women ai me oan aro principally
the present law and enacts a new from tne underworld and toward
In the meantime the power Bite drunken orgy, where decency 13 cast
trust hns noHHcssinn of nil the vnlu- to tne rour winas and liaccanalian
able power sites in the state
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FROM THE M'fY WORLD.
we are informed by the press
that Secretary of Agriculturo Wll
son has canvassed fifty towns and
cities, large and small, in the coun
try and arrived at. the conclusion
that the high price of meat is due
almost entirely to the heavy profits
of the retailer. His figures are very
remarkable and do not seem on their
face, to bo entirely reliable. For
instance, he cites Kansas City. Mo.
as having a profit of 28 per cent
and Omaha 23 per cent, while Kan
saa City, Ksa., has a profit of 60
per cent and South Omaha has 25
At Chicago day before yesterday I per cent. The two eases are almost
receivers were appointed for the Identical and the secretary will bare
Chicago Warehouseo t and t Terminal considerable trouble in convincing
company and the Illinois Tunnel coin- the public that bla figures are right
pany. These companies wero engaged I In the two casos. Aaln, he finds
in building a aubway under Chicago's I the average in Minneapolis 27 per
principal streets. The receivership I cent and in St. Taul 35 per cent
is a friendly affair1 and means to There is no reason for this and it
sauoeze out tho little stockholders, will not pass a cutlcal test. It is
may monopolize it for six months by u ,g alwgy9 the mUe reowg whQ ,B claIrood the flguro8 vere arrlvod at
paying a filing fee of $2. ... ' ' , I. ollv . hv fnVlnw th rolnll nrlrra chnrirnd
If at the end of Blx months de-1 organized out of the company. 1 I for various cuts of beef and com
velopment work has not been begun paring them with the wholesale
the permit becomes void. But there One Wlllam T. Bruce has been ping houses for the beef in the
Is nothing In the law to prevent tho sued by Mrs. Nettle A. Broadus at carras9 0r half carcass. With all
same applicant from refiling on the Chicago for $3,000, money she claims du0 deference to the honorable se
Of coume there is a postal deficit, same site, paying a second $2 filing she lent him in 1908. She recov- cretary( his figures don't track
l ...I . . fc 11 I m. m.
Why shouldn't there be? Or, how fee, securing a new permit and hold- erea a juagmeni. inow comes uruce
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u it i. lo? T niif nir fh nronertv fnr a Recond nx wltn a counter-claim ana alleges .-Nei- n.
Senator BurVett sent
non and tho powers he represents
The Insurgents cannot make aa cf
fectlve stand until their numbers
Increase, or until they have unqualt
fled help from the president. The
best way to augment their numbers
and to procure executive assistance is
to stand by the people's Interests,
specially as defined by the party
platform. The cause of progressive
Republicanism is sure to win on
these lines. Whether it wins soon or
late, its original sponsors cannot
ferve the country bo effectually ln
any other way as by standing un
flinchingly by their guns.
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The power sites In , Nebraska are
under the supervision of the state
engineer, but he his no "'choice' hut
to file appllcatjons and Issue per
mits whenever the law Is complied
with. And about the only condition
required U that the applicant, hav-
ing found a desirable powr site,
bodies in this country when public
opinion forced James H. Hyde out of
control of the corporation. Was Hyde
so much worse than Morgan?
Senator Moses Clapp of Mlssesota
last Thursday night opened the cam
paign of Senator La Follette of Wis
consin, for re-election in a speech
at Milwaukee. Senator Clapp as
sailed the Aldrlch-Cannon tariff bill
furiously and, while he did not at
tack either sponsor for the bill . by
name, ho made it plain that the "pro
gressives" were lined up solidly, the
one with the other, in opposition to
it. Senator Clapp declared em
phatically that congress did not re
gard the rights of the consuming
public when it passed the tariff bill,
and he declared with equal positive
ness, that Senator La Follette would
not be "wiped off the map" politi
cally. In fact. Senator Cjapp sound
ed a clarlnon call toarma for the "in
surgents."
Continued Snow Storm.
Those who have attended the per
formance of "Way Down East" have
seen an exact duplication of a New
England snowstorm. This Is some
thing which those who have not seen
can see today if they will but look
out of the window. Today the great,
fleecy, white flakes have come down
In a resistless torrent, burying
everything alike' under Its fleecy man
tle and clothing the world In a cloak
of white. The snow has been gen
eral all over the west and it Is ac
companied by what is so far the cold
est weather of the winter. This
morning the thermometer on the
streets registered in the neighbor
hood of ten above zero, which be
gins to come close to real winter.
Trains are late on all roads and
mails are badly disarranged. From
the east less trouble is reported than
from other points but there Is still
delay in them. Trains from the
west are all the way from one to
three and four hours late and the
probabilities are that by night they
will be even later. The snow com
menced falling yesterday and was a
wet and heavy blanket which ex
tends over the whole region from
the Rockies to the Missouri river
and by night It will be to the Mis
sissippi. Colorado reports a very
heavy snowfall with snappy winter
temperature and to this is laid the
delay in trains. In additton the en
tire weBtern section of the country
Is covered with ice and many acci
dents are reported from ' different
point on that account. All day to
day the snow has come down and
business Is paralysed ln every line.
The winter seems to be setting t
ln dead earnest and it looks as It
there was . a long period of hd
weather still ahead.
Adverflffrd Letter List.
. The following letters remain in
the plattsmouth postofflce at this
date (November 29) uncalled for,
and unless called for within-a -rea
sonable length of time they will be
sent to the Dead Letter office at
Washington: Miss Mae Darling,
Miss Irene Lindsay, Miss Pearle
Lewis, Mlsa Annie Rich, Mrs. A
Turner, John F. Blxby, Walter
Downer, Anton H. Polek, G. W.
Surface, Elmer Sawyers, Josef Tpsl-
lem
For Rule.
My property In Murray Is for sale
and It can be bought very reasonably
If taken soon. Adresa me nt Plain
view, Neb. W. M. HENDRICKS.
Split His Thumb.
Charley Cllne, who Is working for
C. L. Martin driving hack and dray,
this morning ad the misfortune
split -his thumb while handling a
trunk. Owing to the slippery con
dition of the walks,' his feet slipped
and the trunk came down on his
thumb catching it between the bot
tom of the wagon and the trunk and
splitting it wide open. The injury
Is quite painful but does not inca
paciate him for business and unless
poisoned in some way, it will soon
heal up.
a'half ton ot'months, at the end of which tlras'tlo Induced him to elope with berjamazed at the vigor of Secretary
Mrs. S. O. Stone Is a visitor today
In Omaha, going to that city this
morning on the early train.
XiRht Operator at the M. !
A. E. Whitlow, who for some time
past has been , employed at the de
pot at this place, went on .
train Saturday morning to Omaha,
where he took the required examina
tion to become an operator,
pasned the examination successful y
5 d is working as night operator at
ria.tsmouth.-Unlon ledger.