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crats also, and not the leaders at
Washington ex duslvely, but the lead
ers at ewry seat of state and muni
cipal government as well, should heed
this remark by a man of experience.
He has met the people recently, lie
knows some things of which other
TALKATIVE ti:iiv.
With k.-i u eiuugnn the Ameibaa
people read the accounts of Mr.
Roosevelt's Ul-tiiued and indiscrete
utterances at public gathering la
honor of his nationality. It is true
that Mr. Roosevelt speaks only as a
politicians are ignorant. The bil-
... .. , . private citizen of this country. Hut
lows have rolled over him and her
Why Is a Republican platform?
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Mr. Parsons, of New York, says
the Republican party must be
"cleaned up." That is just what
tli e Democrats intend to uo wun u.
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Senator Allds, of New York, has
resigned under lire. Richard Achl
lees Rallinger and Uncle Joe Can
non should take the hint and make
a regular A, B. C of it.
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We haven't seen Uncle Sam's of
ficial cook book, but we wish to say
right here that It can't bo worth much
to Republican politicians If It doesn't
tell how to serve up a dish of crow.
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A verdict by the congressional In
vestigating committee) whitewashing
Rallinger would be another one of
those misdirected efforts at "party
solidarity'' that has the opposition
effect.
Commander Peary explains that
Ids work as an explorer 1b ended, and
lie will never agnin invade the Artie
or the Antarctic circles. It took Mr.
Peary almost a quarter of a century
to find out that p-o-l-e spells trouble.
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Indiana Republicans are perplexed
to find some way to Indorse the tar
iff law and also Indorse Senator
Heverldge. who voted against It. It
is feared the Indiana Btipply of glit
tering generalities Is running very
low.
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If we arc to maintain our free In
stitutions, if wc are to preserve our
liberties as a people, we must thresh
out all public questions In the most
effective way they ran be threshed
out, through the press, and stand by
the man who Is fearless and honest In
his convictions, whether we agree
with h I in or not. Wallance's Fanner.
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in his town. Nothing like keeping
pace with the season. Louisville
Courier. Remember, Lee, that It Is
always best to begin In time when
we desire a rip-roaring time like the
people of Cass county enjoyed In
Plattsmouth at the celebration two
years ago. U lanes time 10 prepare
for such events.
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tai t ami ins i ku:ms.
President Taft has made up his
mind that there Is something In the
old Haying that one might as wellj.be
hanged for a sheep as a lamb. There
fore he has Indorsed the candidacy
of Senator Dick for re-eleetlon to the
United States senate from Ohio.
Mr. Taft might strive for ages, and
he could reveal himself no more truly
and completely to the American peo
pie than he has in taking this public
stand.
Mr. Taft Is openly supporting Dick
for reelection, and as openly oppos
ing La Toilette!
Volumes could say no more.
If there Is a Republican In the
country who Is square and fearless
free from even the suspicion of taint
a sincere and earnest champion of
good movement, an unrelenting foe
of bad government, and of graft, and
of oppression In all Its forms, who Is
big of brain and big of heart, that
Republican Is -Robert M. La Follette
of Wisconsin.
And President Taft hates him and
is doing his best to drive him from
public life.
If thero Is a Republican In the
country who Is distinguished chiefly
by his Insignificance, his spineless
ness, his sycophnntlc cringing to ev
erythlng that Is bad In politics and
business, his utter lack of ideals and
convictions; If there Is a senator who
1 rattles in his chair like a pea in a
One of the most Important cases mlH;u,i i,skct, and who, by his In
that has come before the supreme efficiency as much as by his faithless
court since Chief Justice Tauney rend :,. ls a disgrace to his state and to
the decision in the Dred Sect cnsr,jlll4 rom,try that Republican nnd
ries his warning from the depths.
The man who w as beaten mentions
only one thing as necessary to polit
ical salvation a speedy reduction
of the cost of living but he was out
of breath and the subject was too
painful for him to enter into details.
To amplify and apply his admoni
tion Is the duty and pleasure of the
World.
If the cost of living Is to be modi
fied there must be retrenchment and
reform in public expeditures; taxa
tion must be reduced and equallza-
ed; monopolis, trust and combines
must be broken up; Justice must be
made cheaper and speedier; privilege
must be abolished; the crazy war
spirit must be checked; the partner
ship between government and the
money trust must come to an end;
public officers must attend strictly
to their duties and presidential shows
and spectacles must bo discontinued.
The man who was beaten has learn
ed the lesson, but he applies it nar
rowly. It should be taken to heart
by all political parties, by all who
have ambition to lead and by all who
are now under responsibility In the
public service New York World.
he ha held he ugliest official posi
tion within the gift cf this nation,
and naturally he would be regarded
by foreigners as a typical representa
tive of the American people. He had
practically when talking to a Cairo
audience in Egypt, no warrant to
compromise his own country by of
ficious assumption in criticising
usages peculiar to the political con
ditions of that country, more than he
would be if he had made the
same comments a3 the diplomatic
representative of the United States
government.
It will be remembered that during
the presidential campaign of 1888
the British ambassador then at Wash
ington was fo unfortunate as to
have fastened upon him the writing
of a private letter addressed to cer
tain voting citizens of this country, In
which communication he Indicated a
preference for the success of one of
the leading candidates for the presi
dency. It Is not unlikely that the
writer expected the said letter would
escape public notice. If so, he took
unwarranted risk, and he deserved
the disgrace which attached to him
by the discovery. President Cleve
land promptly dismissed him from
the recognizee! diplomatic representa
tives at our seat of government, as
persona non grata
Mr. Roosevelt was a guest at Cairo,
Mr. Pinchot Is in Copenhagen, but and every principle of propriety re-
not for the purpose of submitting his quired him to hold his tongue from
nrnofs to the university. criticism of all public matters apper-
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A New York fashion note says that that all American visitors present
crossover waists will be all the rage ought to have felt a fever of shame
this season. And the men will con- bum the cheek while listening to the
tlnue to wear crossover suspenders. caustic strictures passed upon local
:o: institutions and usages by the repre-
Tho packers are blaming the farm- sentative American, in honor of
ers for high prices. We know a few wnose nation the gathering was held
farmers around here who will be :o:
perfectly willing to trade their profits T,,,,; isi T.GEXT EAST.
for the profits of the packers
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John Dull heaved a great sigh of
relief when the Back From Elba out
fit pulled out of Cairo.
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is that of the Standard Oil company.
This gigantic concern took an appeal,
It will be remembered, from the
court which Inflicted the $29,000,000
line. Able lawyers on each side wlH
represent the government nnd the oil
magnates.
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The people of Lincoln may laugh
now over the proposition to remove
the capital. But "he who laughs
last laughs best," and the citizens
will wake up one of the fine morn
ings when they won't feel like
laughing at all. They can't expect
io retain the capital many years
longer, anyway, and It would be just
as well for the people to decide up
on the location as near the center of
the state as possible.
It is really too bud that so good a
man as Governor Harmon seems to
be, judging from his record as chief
executive of Ohio, should have the
Indorsement of two such political
crooks as Charles F. Murphy and
Roger Sullivan thrust upon him.
With the memory of the Parker fiasco
as a horrible example of the fruits
of the "friendship" of such factors,
(Iovernor Harmon may well pray to
be delivered from his "friends."
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When you go to the polls tomor
row be sure that you vote for J. M
Roberts and Melcholr Soetinichsen
for members of the school board
They have served for two years, and
have proved to be "the right men
in the right place." They nre really
the only candidates for the school
board, as Mesdames Thrasher and
Chapman, who were nominated
Republican candidates, lune both
withdrawn, but their names appear
on the ballot.
The warm weather of March h;
thawed out the editor cf the Plaits
mouth Journal to such an extent that
he Is beginning to nchocato the hold
lrg of a fourth ef July celebration
The Chicago Tribune, the leading
The claim that the new tariff republican newspaper of the middle
Is "the best ever put on the statute some monthg aR0 polle(
books," Is a reminder that the statute the u.publl(,an e(litors of the we8tern
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Uook nas nau some excee,,.., 8tatea t0 B8CprtaIn their views on the
ny jokcs pmjeu uu u ... ,, " Aidrl,.h tariff law, has Just made pub.
y.
that senator is Charles Dick of Ohio.
And President Taft Is prostituting
the dignity and power of his great
office to plead for this man's re-election.
Think of it! The president of the
United States taking Charles Dick
under his wing!
The same president who scolds the
newspapers and periodicals for un
justly criticising him, who complains
that his motives are misunderstood
nnd his actions illniorted, and that
e Is "very, very discouraged!"
Mr. Taft Is not the only man who
evry, very discouraged." There
are millions of others and Mr. Taft
Is the cause of their discouragement.
There have been president and
presidents. But never until now has
there been u president who selected
his enemies exclusively from nmong
men like La Follette and Clapp and
Brlstow nnd Dolllver and Pinchot and
Glavls, and who reserved all his
euloglunis, all his powerful support,
for friends like Aldrlcn anl Cannon
and Dick and Tawnry and Balllnger
and Apostle Snioot. World-Herald,
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THE MAN WHO WAS BEATEN.
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Reports from Lincoln are to the
effect that It Is believed at headquar
ters that Mr. Pollard has about con
cluded that he Is not "in it" for
congress. But we would rather hear
it from Ernest before we believe It.
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lie the result of Its more recent poll
of eastern Republican editors on the
same subject. The result shows that
the eastern newspaper men of the
Republican persuasion are, if any
thing, even more strongly opposed
to the Aldrlch tariff than their west
em brethren.
Seven hundired and seventy-one
Is
Clarence S. Darrow-, the Chicago
, , .. , . . .nnn Republican editors in the states east
lawyer had an audience of about 4000 1
to hear li i in last Sunday in Lincoln
The W. C. T. U. tried to capture
the meeting, but they lacked a good
deal of doing It. Such actions on the
part of the prohibition forces Is not
going to help their cause In the least.
Darrow was net In the least mealy
mouthed In what he said.
The election in Lincoln next week
of the Alleghenies answered the Trib
tine's questions. Of these o(J0 declar
ed that they do not endorse the Aid
rich law-. Only 181 do endorse it
Six hundred and seventy assert that
Cannon Is not their choice for speak
er, while 151 are willing to go on
record in Uncle Joe's favor.
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THI CtMTAU OOMMNY. NCW 0 CITY.
the country are disgusted with the
administration's tariff record. Recent
events, such as the election in Massa
chusetts, where a Republican major
ity of 14,000 in a congressonal dis
trict has just been transformed into
a Democratic majority of over 3,000,
confirms this view.
And still, in the face of all these
evidences of revolt, President Taft
stubbornly continues to declare the
(Vldrlch bill "the best tariff law ever
made" and persists in lauding the
men responsible for It Not until the
November elections have made it too
late, evidently, will the president and
his advisers take heed of the great
and growing dissatisfaction in their
own party ranks, which has already
been made so plain that he who rains
may read.
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moki: i' Tin: old i i:ai d.
Messages from these who have un
dergone Rrent tribulation, like the
last words of the dying, usually
carry weight. For this reason the
man who was beaten In the Four
teenth Massachusetts congressional
district Is entitled to a sober hearing.
A change of 20.000 votes in sixteen
months made such an Impression up
on htm that he was filled with the
zeal of a convert to bring others to
repentance. "If the result shall serve
f) convlme the Republican leaders
at Washington," he says, "that some
thing must be speedily accomplished
In the way of lowering the rest of
living 1 shall feel that my defeat has
not been without value.
Not Republicans al me but Deiito-
ture of the Tribune's poll Is the fact
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will lie me nonesi one ever iie.u in y
the capital city. Roth "wets" and tariff law is found to be stronger in
"drys" claim they will win and there- "rock ribbed" New England than in
fore some people are going to be bad- ""y other section of the country. The
ly fooled. The prohibitionists are west is no longer the seat of instirg-
worklng day and night for their cause ency. The movement has spread to
while the "wets" are letting no grass all the pouts of the compass. A very
grow under their feet. At a distance large percentage of Republican edl
the result looks extremely doubtful, tors are against the tariff lit New
:0. England than In the west. The Trib-
The late Justin David J. P.rewer flRures show 82.5 per cent of
was "nearer the people" In at least " w I'gianu kcpu.u.ch.i e3-
. i ii .... 1 mi fim'tx ami hint th tariff ns comoared
one sense tnnn any or nis colleagues e. -
on the supreme bench. He frequent- with 7 4 per cent in the middle states,
ly appeared In public and was out- P"r th- wt'st and C2 8
snoken In his comments on Issues of P'r the south. The percent-
the day.' lie chose to exercise his the country at large Is 7 4.1
t.rlvileKo as a cltl.en to express his ''. or practically three-fourths
vi- .,n ini..r. nf nubile Interest f the Republican press of the nation
and did not consider it at all Incom- "n,J u M the policy of the ad
patlble with the dignity of his posi- ministration in the matter of the tar-
tlon to do so. And It may 1j stud irf'
that, most of Justice Hrewer's icv.s The press Is a reflex of the people.
were such as to commend him to his It s not unreasonable to assume that
countrymen, lie was a strict con- the percentage of Republican news
structlonlst of the constitution, and papers recorded for and against the
deplored all attempts to stretch It to Aldrich tariff law is a fair represen
(It the occasion. He preached the tation of the attitude of the Individ
doctrine of individualism and was ual members of the Republican
strongly opposed to paternalism and party on the snnio question. There
the imperialistic nnd military tendeii- Is little reason to doubt that tlnve
iles cf recent administrations. fu:irt!s of the Republican voters of
It is a sad commentary on the out
look of the Republican party when
its demoralized condition is attested
by shameful relations of startling cor
ruption in many prominent centers
of the country, to which disgrace Is
added quarrels in the ranks of it3
leaders which threaten the disintegra
tion of the party; when, to brace up
the spirit of the despondent members,
the chairman of the Republican na
tional committee feels called upon to
utter the assurance of hope ahead
of the return of Roosevelt in these
words: "Somewhere on the Nile
there is a gentleman whose force
throughout the country it is difficult
to estimate and whose return to these
shores will bring encouragement to
all our hearts."
One man is supposed to possess the
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wonderful attributes, sufficient in
power to cleanse tne itepunucan
party of its Impurities, to heal dis
sensions, to restore harmony and re
vive confidence, so that the people
will continue the party in control of
the government. Despair not, ye
anxious ones; Roosevelt will be your
savior.
He must be a mighty mnn, who by
the simple uplifting of his hand can
expel the disorders which attach to
the Republican party. And is Theo
dore Roosevelt such a wonderful
prophet? There are not a few peo-
Who but President Roosevelt gave his
consent to the taking over of the
vast property of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company by the United
States Steel trust? Who chocked off
his lawyer from prosecuting Paul
Morton for officially paying rebates?
Who is today in close touch with
J. P. Morgan, the man who is heav
ily adding to his great fortune by
creating new trusts and uniting old
ones? These facts will be thrust in
Roosevelt's face when he comes roar
ing to these shore-s with his old
preachments.
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Commissioners Meet. '
From Tuesday's Daily.
The regular meeting of the board
of county commissioners met at tin
court house today, a complete attend
ance being present, and the following
business was transacted: A com
munication was received from the
Plattsmouth Telephone company to
the effect that the rates to be charged
the county for their telephones would
be raised in accordance with the
new state law from $l.f0 to $2.00
and a bill rendered accordingly. This
bill was allowed on the understand
ing that the action of the commis
sioners would be subject to the de:ls
ion In a similar test case in Gaga
county, wherein the telephone com
pany refused to Increase their rate
The recorder of deeds and the
county sheriff both filed reports of
the fees earned during the first quar
ter if the year 1910, and these were
approved.
The bond of the Union State bank
of Murdock for county deposits was
tiled nnd approved.
A communication was ucdve.1
from the city clerk, W. 12. E'..;ter,
of the city of Plattsmouth to the
effect that the city council had refus
ed to pay for committments.
Notice was received of the road
overseer for Dist. 10 serving notb e on
the Missouri Pacific's agent at Mur
ray to repair the railroad crossing at
that place.
The resignation of G. G. Melslnger
from the office of deputy assessor
was received and approved.
Upon petition a license was grant
ed to Andrew Thomsen to run a
saloon at Cedar Creek. The road dis
trict of Rock Bluffs precinct was
slightly altered nnd the board ad
journed till the next regular meeting
on the 19 th of this month.
Worse Than Itullets.
Pullets have often caused less suf
fering to soldiers than the eczema.
1.. W. llarrlman, Burlington, Me.,
got in the army, and suffered with
iih w ho regard the confidence hit h- i forty years. "nucklen's Arnica
erto placed In the vaporings of Roose
velt as largely the cause of the really
terrible renditions which exist today
throughout the United States. They
look upon him, lis most responsible
for fastening upon the country the
ast monopolis known as trusts. He
litis preached more bogus sermons
against Iho trusts than any ether
man, while at thr very time he was
personally and officially sanctioning
the violation of solemn law in cou
d"iislng and solidifying the trusts.
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