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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1910)
Th e Plattsmouth - Journal Published Sem!-Week!y at Plattsmauth, Nebraska R. A. BATES, Publisher. Entered at the Postoflice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE cruel and unusual punishment on the progressives, for he says: I would like to get all the whining, whimpering, fault-finding pessimists there are togeth er and give them a speech about 2 4 hours long on Ameri can glory and human oppor tunities right here under the old flag. Oh! Oh! This Is worse than Joe To the Idea of having a tariff board many editors seem to have strong objections. Put If the board be made up of men of Independence of thought, we should say, let the board be appointed. In this vexed tariff question, as in practically all other questions, what Is urgently needed, Is solid substantial Informa tion, coming from unbiased sources. The best is always the cheapest. Subscribe for the Journal. :o: The freight rate Injunction had a depressing effect In Wall street Wednesday. And a buoyant effect ev erywhere else. -:o:- Burkett' has returned to Washing ton to take his place beside Aldrlch and Cannon, and do their bidding. He Is the tool of the combine. :o: Senator Guggenheim might have told Lorimer that senatorial etlquitte required him to remove the price tag from his toga before taking his seat. :o: The Republicans didn't revise the tariff downward, according to ante- clectlon promises, but no one will deny that the tariff has revised the Republican party downward. :o: President Taft has used up all his 1910 traveling expense fund, and has still not been successful In satisfying the American people that the high .ost of living and the Payne tariff law are all right. :o: It is now thought Congressman Norrls has given up his senatorial aspirations and will be a candidate to succeed himself In the lower house Is he afraid to tackle the senatorshlpl It looks that way. :o: There Is no likelihood that Secre tary Balllnger will take to the lec ture platform. He would .always have the fear that Mr. Brandels might be in the audience and ask him some more questions. :o: Another reason why Champ Clark would rather be speaker of the house for two years than a senator for eighteen Is that his chances for the speakership are growing to resemble a cinch more every day. :o: That the tariff Is premlnently the Issue In the present campaign there fan no longer be aur doubt. Progres Blve Republicans have seen the hand writing on the wall, and most of them are free to speak their mind. -:o: The railroads had every reason to think the general Increase in freight rates would go uncontested by the ad ministration. The railroads are enti tled to some share In general pil lage, and the tariff doesn't help them. :o: ' The Payne tariff law has the un qualified endorsement of Rockefeller, Carnegie, Aldrlch, Depew, Morgan, and the balance of their lieutenants Interests as stockholders in their trusts. We dislike the Tayno tariff law for the friends It has made. :o: We have no little red auto to offer us an Inducement for people to take the Journal, but we will continue to .give the readers the best paper ever printed In Plattsmouth, the bcBt In duccment of all. We prefer to expend our money In Improving the Journal ana keeping in the front rank of journalism. :o: When you want any article ul met thnndise buy It of your home dealer, that the profit may remain to enrich the community. Send your money abroad only for what you cannot pur chase at home. Home talent, home effort, home labor, home Industry, home capital and home pleasures are things to bo fostered, encouraged and patronized. ;0; Champ Clark In a recent speech eald: "It is true that wo reduced the duty on lumber, and that the lumber trust marked up the price of lumber fl per thousand feet before we got out of Washington. And If the department of Justice had done its duty It would by this time have filled the jails bo full of lumber Cannon's proposition to hang them. Hanging la a quick and comparative-The most of us are guilty of that ly easy death. Hut to be compelled very foolish habit of talking a great to listen for twenty-four hours to deal about subjects on which he have . i n..lAii'n rvfnsM-tr lii q olnur nnrY nrncil I nnlw o cnof tnrlnir rt L'nrtvlpH?P. If trust magnates that tneir arms anu iui ui o wow j v. ,, a Dll,v.....e . would stick out of the windows death. we were fairer-minded and better In- Most people will admit that a formed, we would not differ as we :o: twenty-four nour speecn aenvereu uo upon many question Yes, Sir, Plattsmouth will have a Ly Senat0r Burkett would stop "whin- Fourth of July celebration, tut tms lng and whimpering" If there is any out and paste It in your hat. The eartniy way to prevent such "pessl- Red Men have taken the bull Dy me mists" from expressing their views. horns, and propose to have a celebra- Ttie prol)08e(i torture Is almost devil- tlon that will be some celebration. ,sh ,n lta neartie8sness. legs and the doors." :o:- Make your arrangements to help swell the crowd and enjoy the Glor ious Fourth. :o: , Anything to draw the attention of the people away from the robber tar iff, will be the program enacted by hyde-bound Republican leaders and trust robbers. The Democratic pa pers do not want to let up one mo ment In pointing out the system of the high protective tariff and who suffers the most therefrom the pro ducer, consumer or the manufac turer. The people already know they are being robbed, but why is It thus? 1 :o:' The National Democrat published Lincoln Star, (Rep.) at Washington, D. C, gives to all Democrats this good advice: "Be sure and nominate good, live, brainy men at the primaries for next con gress. Then let every Democrat pull Insurgents In Nebraska will read with much interest Senator Burkett's remarks about ''a job lot of incohe rence and disquieting talk about pro gressive legislation." From the ranks of the standpatters there conies many execrations because "oT the re marks of such men as Norrls and Dol liver. The regulars probably will "view with alarm" some of the speeches ex-President Roosevelt will deliver when he reaches this coun try. Upon the whole the speech is char acteristic of the speaker and worthy of his nickname, "Slippery Elmer.' It Is a forgone conclusion that Plattsmouth will celebrate on July 4, 1910. :o: "We all know that Taft will be renominated. That is inevitable, says the Washington Post, which in the national capitol is considered by many to be an administration mouth piece. There is little doubt but tnat the standpatters still seriously con sider Taft the logical candidate in 1912, and if they are in the major ity in congress after the approaching congresisonal elections are over, the president will have little or no dif ficulty in securing a renomlnatlon If he desires it. It is understood in many quarters that the promise of a renomlnatlon was the price paid by the powers that be for the presi dential signature to the upward re vision tariff bill. :o: Every time the pipe dreamer picks up a magazine and reads about men like Dolliver and Cummins and La Follette and Brewster, he gets hot under the collar to think that Nebras ka, whose Interests are Identical with those of Iowa, Wisconsin and Kan- siins I,- , i i fl) (.fcW peps ALCOHOL 3 PER CENP. ANcgclablePreparalionforAs similaiingihcFocflaralRuIa limjllte Stomachs andBaweisi TfiM HUM Promotes Dtcsionkf ful ness and Rest.Contains neither Opiuni.Morphinc norMiacraLI rOT NARCOTIC. Ihtfita S.rJ' JtbcSeam CrnTifil Sbqar . hmlajmu flarr. Anetfect Remedy for ConsfiM tion , Sour Stomaeh.Dlarrhoea Worms ,Convulsions.revrish ness and Loss OF Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Ait AAlf if uaranteed under the Exact Copy of Wrapper. In Use For Over Thirty Years TMC OCITU COMMMT. HI TOM OITT. Hurrah for the Fourth of July and gas, is never heard of In all this talk off his coat, go to work and elect the the Red Men. They are dyed-in- about "progress and reform." Beg nominee. We want men of brains In the wool Americans every day in the pardon we do hear of Norrls in that MINER III 111 1 II congress. Cut out the dead wood and we will soon build up a Democratic! party that will give the people a government of the people, for the people, and by the people." . :o: OVKK CAFTALIZATIOX. year. I -:o:- Over capitalization is dangerous in Friends are pushing Prof. Crab- tree to the front for State Superin tendent of Schools. And his friends are legion throughout Nebraska. :o: Let's see. Has anyone ever ut tered a good word for Ludden? We know of his being severely criticised connection, but reference Is had par ticularly to senators. Nebraska in the senatorial equation reminds me of the Irishman who could count all his pigs but two, and they kept run ning 'round and dodging so fast he couldn't count them. It strikes a lot of us that about the only time Ne braska senators are not on the fence proportion as corporations with in- ld condemned by ,mrtle8 for hl8 is when they are down and hustling raise prices. :o: This power to raise prices comes, Wall street evidently shares the In the last analysis, from laws that view of the "railroad Interests" that give special privileges to these heav- they had every reason to expect more to find a new spot on the fence where the rails have fewer splinters. The Wageworker. -:o:- lly watered coropratlons, or trusts. Chief of these laws Is the tariff. Manipulation of tariff schedules lim its production, chokes off natural mportB, wakes the stream of com merce flow In artlclclal channels. Banish the "protection" fetich from national economics, and trade once more flpws In normal channels. In other words, a tariff should only produce sufficient revenue for government, economically administ ered, and should not be a source of Inflated dividends for private cor porations. With an honest tariff, the strong est Incentive to over capitalization would be wanting. Chicago Journal, (Hep.). considerate treatment from their old friend Wlckersham. :o: ' Senator Lorimer says there is a Work on the ferry road today is being rushed to a finish. The road is now graded out to its full width and from now on it will be built up and rolled hard. It is the intention 'conspiracy" to discredit him, al- to make the road about twenty feet hough the indications are that con spiracy along this line would be wholly superfluous. :o: in width and roll it so hard that wa ter will have difficulty In carrying it away. The road from the depot ! presents the aspect of being a good one and there Beems to be no doubt but It will prove a winner by the time It Is completed. Considerable A less guileless president that Mr Taft would have known that no cabi net member could possibly be half interest is taken in the construction as pure and Innocent as Mr. Balllng- er pretended te be. :o:- :o:- Itl'NCOM HAND HOT. The Burkett heralded abroad that Senator E. Whoever bought the United States senatorshlp for the Hon. Lorimer and neglected to tell him about It cer tainly placed that distinguished Il linois publicist at a sad disadvant age. 1 :: The Minnesota courts having de cided that the remark, "I wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole," Is libelous, it may be well for peopte in general to be a little more guard- J ed in expressing their opinion of certain men in public life. :o: Had the sugar trust not been so bent upon doing up everybody and everything, and had continued to con fine its operation of theft to the public and kept its hands off the government it would not now be in all this trouble. The government pnyB no attention to trusts robbing peoplo, and only becomes Interested when the trusts attempt to rob the government. :o: President Taft, In an Interview printed In the June . McClure's, praises Aldrlch to the skies and says "there were not a few reductions In the tariff schedules which were in troduced at his instance, or with his consent." In other words, conccs- Indulgo in evasion or double dealing. Lions In legislation which was to af A few trusts at the Nebraska lusur- fort th cost of llvlnir to 90 non 000 work Ind many pieces of advice as to how the work should be done are be ing recelced from these In charge To an outsider it would appear they are doing very well and by the time the work is finished Plattsmouth will have a road well wotrh the name Thia morning the elevator grader was being worked with fourteen horses and was doing work much improved over what it did yesterday. press oureau has the announcement J. Burkett in his Decoration day speech In this city would outline his views on the great questions which confront the people of the nation. This promise has not been kept. With the speech before us wo Beo that the senator did Indulge In vague and meaningless generalizations, lie did toss a few boquets of doubtful rhetorical construction at the old flag. Ho did take especial pains to explain that Lincoln was not a radi cal, lie does not state that Senator Aldrlch Is an Abraham Lincoln come again, but Burkett always assumes that his hearers have Imaginations. The portions of the speech referring to public questions were printed in full In the Star. On the question of Insurgency the senator dodges warily. He nimbly sidesteps while lauding Lincoln and extolling Roosevelt, men who did not Mine mir III I If I Ul Fire at In Ion. ... The residence owned by John Klaurens and occupied by Perry Dukes, at Union, was, destroyed by lire Thursday morning. The build ing was completely destroyed and but few household goods saved. Mr. Dukes had built a fire in the stove and retired, but had been in bed but a short time when the house was In flames, and It was with difficulty he succeeded in Baving the children. The home was insured, but the house hold goods were not. Nebraska City News. gency, however, were included. He speaks of "the Jingle of imagination and radicalism " evidently a covert sneer at Congressman Norrls. He aiso ueirays a nosire to mtuct a! Americans could only bo had with the "consent" of a political boss, and that political boss the acknowledged rep resentative of the tariff triiBts and Wall street rollllonalrea! FOR SALE A well Improved 80 acre farm 4 1-2 miles southeast of Murray and 8 miles south of Platts mouth. James Chalfant, R. F. D. No. 1, Platts. DR. Herman Grooder, Graduate Veterinary Surgeon (Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Licensed by NebraskaState Board Calls Answered Promptly Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth. Relates His Experience When The Same Blew Up. Albert Lee, a quarryman employed In the Nehawka quarries, was In the city this morning and stated to a number of people he met with some Interesting experiences which he un derwent several years ago while en gaged In coal mining. At that time he was a miner in Hanna Mine No. 1 of the Union Pacific railroad company in Wyoming. This is the mine which caved In about two years since,' bury ing about two hundred miners in the bowels of the earth and out of this large number only twelve escaped. Lee claims to be one of the twelve. He is a Scandanavian by birth and talks with a pronounced accent. His description of the nine days which he spent under ground while the res cuers above were digging with might and main to reach him and his im prisoned companions, Is something very realistic. At the time of the cave-In he was working on the lower level of the mine and his first warn ing of the danger came with a loud crackling noise which Instantly told him that the great mass of earth and rock hundreds of feet above him was about to come down upon him. With the rest of the men In this level he made a frantic leap for safety and hastily darted under one of the little cars which are used to carry coal to the surface. This proved the salve tlon of his life for the Immense mass settled down and closed out the air of the world. Fortunately for him and the men who were under the car with him, a large, thick slab of rock fell over the car under which he had hid and this held the terrible mass of rock and earth off him, forming a pocket within which the men were safe. Here they laid for five days waiting for succor and at last it came. A long pipe was driven from the sur face Into where the men were and through this food and drink was fur nlshed them and Lee Bays it was the real goods, too. Champagne was the drink, not common pleblan beer and It sure tasted good. Then littl.e by little the rescurers came on, inch by Inch they drew nearer the imnris oned men until on the ninth day the way to air and life stood open. Lee's story Is a graphic one and worth hearing. He docs not blame the managers of the mine for the dis aster and says It was simply unavoid able and something which could not be guarded against. He says the managers did all In their power to guard against it but they could not forsee everything and It happened. He says he has enough of mining in his and hereafter he is content to work in the open quarries, where there is some chance to get out. A Curiosity. Walter Byers of Rock Bluffs came In' this afternoon from his home, bringing with him a veritable cur iosity in the shape of the nearly formed remains of a turkey which if it had lived would have bad four legs, four wings, two bills, two' necks but without a breast. The, turkey would have hatched without doubt in the opinion of Mr. Byers had it not been for a very heavy peal of thunder which he believes killed it last Saturday. It is perfectly form ed bo far as a freak can be called formed under those conditions and seemed to have been gtrong and doubtless would have gotten through all right, except for the trouble men tioned above. The egg was set by Mrs. Joseph Campbell of Rock Bluffs and did not differ in appearance from other turkey eggs except by a differ ence in spots on it. There was no means of telling it was double yelked although it is now plain it was. Replanting for the T:i:rti Time. John Kraeger, one of Mt. Pleas- ant's best citizens and farmers, came in this morning to attend to business matters. Mr. Kreager states that corn throughout his section is In sad shape and that farmers are still en gaged in replanting. In many eases he found farmers in the field for the third time going over their corn and replanting it. He does aot look fer anything like a heavy crop thia tH and expects to see much higher prices for corn in the future. Always Itemembere. The Journal was remembered this morning with the presentation ef a fine boquet of the choicest flowers that grow out of doors. The doser Is that excellent lady, Mrs. Nick Halmes, livlng'west of the city, who always remembers the Journal people when she has anything pretty. There fore, we take pleasure in returning our most sincere thanks, and may she live long to enjoy the pleasures of this life. Pasture for Kent. I have 15 acres of good pasture for rent, five miles south of Platts mouth. Good running water. Mrs. A. E. Smith. C. D. Clapp of Elmwood was in the city over night, being registered at the Hotel Riley last evening. A suit to quiet title has been Tiled In district court entitled Effle O. Wilson vs the Unknown Teirs and De visees of Franklin Wait, deceased. The case covers some land In the so uthpart of the county. Pitzer & Hayward of Nebraska City and Ed win Jeary of Elmwood appear for the plaintiff. Two licenses were Issued In coun ty court today. Ardell Haramon, aged 21 of Summer, Neb., secured a license to wed May De Puy, aged 18 of Louisville, and John Perry, aged 27, and Ethel O'Brien, aged 22, both of Greenwood also secured permis sion to wed. Do you want an AUCTIONEER? If you do, get one who has Experience, Ability, Judgement. Telegraph or write ROBERT WIKINSON. . " "7 Dunbar, Neb. Dates made at this office or the Murray State Bank. ,- Good Servic Reasonable Bate i
