The - Plattsmouth - Journal
d2D Mlls&ei Seml-Weeklj at Flatlsaoath, Nebraska rrm
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Pcstofllce at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
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As a scout Senator Crane's gum
shoes has evidently have hobnails
In them.
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Next Tuesday, August 16, is the
date of the primary election. Be
sure you come out and vote.
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It Is becoming tolerably clear that
when President Taft finally pries
Iiallnger loose he will have to use
something more substantial than a
hint.
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Speaker Cannon is not the only
one who has nothing to Bay about
the progressive landslide In Kansas.
Senator Aldrich has nothing to say,
either.
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The confiscation of two hundred
thousand ice cream cones by the gov
ernment pure food authorities is an
other staggering blow at the juvenile
spendthrifts. ,
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"Slippery Elmer" is for county op
tion. Of course he Is. Ho cau't be
otherwise, according to the Repub
lican state platform. He is coward
ly, however, and wont say where he
Btands. A man should not thus try
to deceive the people.
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The candidate who will repudiate
the county option plank In the Re
publican platform, Is very liable to
repudiate any other promise he may
make. A party platform Is a pledge
to the people that the candidates who
run for office Mill stand upon it, and
If elected, will carry out its recom
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Immediately over C. O. Lobeck's
announcement for the Democratic
nomination for congress In the Om
aha district are the words, "He's All
Right." One of the best and truest
men that God ever put breath In,
how could he help but be all right.
The Democrats In the Second dis
trict will do the best day'a work they
ever done when they go to the polls
on Tuesday, August 16, and nomi
nate C. O. Lobcck.
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The Republican electors do not
want to lose sight of the fact that
Herman Dettman Is still in the race
for the Republican nomlnaton for
county commissioner. There has
been no nominations made yet, nor
will there be until after the primary
election Tuesday, August 16. The
Republican county candidates for all
offices were Blmply endorsed by the
convention but none of them have yet
been nominated. In voting for Mr.
Dct'man you will le voting for a
citizen who is in every way qualfied
t r the position.
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The post musters are putting In
most of their time working for Iiur
kctt, while tbo clerks are left with
all the work to do In the postofflces.
Ilurkett has demanded that they get
out and hustle for him. This Is the
manner In which the civil service
rules are lived up to In Nebraska.
Cleveland gave tiotlce to all his post
masters to keep out of politics and
they did. Put Taft takes it for
granted that the postofflces belong
to the Republican party and not the
people, and the postmaster nowadays
that falls to do the bidding of his
master, gets fired bodily.
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The testimony of Senator Gore of
Oklahoma, before the special con
gressional investigating committee,
Involving the name of Vlco President
Sherman as one of the "men higher
up" In the McMunay Indian deal, in
which connection Mr. Core claims to
have been offered money brlbo for
his Influence, Is startling ns indicat
ing tho heights in government to
which corruption may ascend. Mr.
Sherman, of course, is entitled to be
hoard In his own defense and phblle
Judgment must be suspended until
his side of the caso Is forthcoming.
Mr. Sherman says the story of his
connection with the matter Is "ab
solutely without the slightest shad
ow of foundation" but more than a
mere denial will be required from
him. The people will demand the
truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth of this scandalous bus
iness no matter who It hit.
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A Kl'GUKSTKD AMENDMENT.
The Capital wants to call a halt on
the idea that a candidate must sign
an agreement to be for some partic
ular county option bill, already pre
pared, or be blacklisted as a brewery
candidate.
The threat Implied In the time lim
it of "ten days" Is unjustifiable, and
earnest county option men are likely
to disregard It. It Is quite possible
that some of them have ideas of their
own on the length of a county option
bill, and are not disposed to be dic
tated to by talent Imported here from
Maryland in favor of a lengthy bill
Imported from nobody knows where.
The Capital has no pet bill. There
will be able men in the legislature
perfectly capable of drafting one that
Is all right, and there will be plenty
of honest members in the legislature
ready to agree on such a measure.
They are not very likely to readily
agree on a lengthy one that is full
of useless words and possible conflicts
with the provisions of our present
law. It will be a short form that will
be adopted, and all bluffs or threats
to compel acceptance of any particu
lar bill at this time will be useless.
Nebraska State Capital.
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IXSTKUTIONS TO VOTERS.
So many inquiries regarding tho
operations of the primary law have
been asked we take this opportunity
to let our readers know how the law
operates at the present time.
The primary for all parties, for
state, county and congressional tick
ets Is held the same day, Tuesday,
August 16. The polls open at 12
o'clock, noon, and remain open until
9 In the evening.
All the tickets are printed on one
sheet of white paper, and each one Is
headed at the top. "Democrat,"
"Republican," etc. The voter takes
the ballot Into the booth without
answering any questions as to what
party he belongs; he there chooses
the party he will vote with. If Demo
crat and he begins to vote for Demo
crats In their column, he must not
change and vote for Republicans, he
must stay In the Democratic column
or his ballot will bo thrown out. If
he Is a Republican and expects to
vote the Republican ticket at the reg
ular election, ho can be a
Democrat at the primary If he wants
to but he cannot be both. He must
not vote In more than one column.
This is the most essential thing to
remember. If the voter does vote In
more than one column, none of his
ballot Is counted. It Is all thrown
out and ho might as well Btay away
from tho polls.
A Democrat Is supposed to vote In
the Democratic column and a Repub
lican In the Republican column. The
object of having the tickets all on one
sheet is to do away with the voter
telling the Judges and the surround
Ing bystanders what party he belongs
to. It insures the secrecy of the bal
lot.
Samplo ballots on green or red
paper will bo ready for Inspection ten
days beforo the primary and voters
should secure them and mnko them
selves familiar with the tickets bo
fore they try to vote.
Hut remember, don't vote In more
than one column.
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0,VEi:X COMFORT, THIS!
Speaker Cannon affects to fin
some comfort for what happened I
Kunsns from the fact that, with on
exception, Republican standpatters
were nominated for congress In Mis
souri. The speaker's felicitation herein is
premature, to say the least. Hut Mr.
Cannon probably considered tht he
had better pronounce his Missouri
congratulations now as he has very
small chance to do to after the No
vember election.
In two Missouri districts there
were Republican primary contests be
tween a progressive and a standpat
ter. In one of these the Kansas
City district the progressive won.
In the other the Fourteenth district
In southeast Missouri the standpat
ter was successful in so close a vote
that at first it was thought the pro
gressive bad won. In the other dis
tricts the nominations went by de
fault to candidates put forward by
the "organization."
Now, mark: The stupidity of these
machines has already shown prophet
ic result. In one district where the
present supporter of Mr. Cannon was
the sole candidate for the nomina
tion to succeed himself a thousand
Republican voters at the primary
scratched their lone candidate's
name. They would not vote for him,
even when he had no competition.
In every other district similar dis
satisfaction though not so plainly
marked was manifested by Repub
licans who went to the polls and was
further evidenced by the large pro
portion of Republicans who did not
attend the primaries.
As a consequence of what Speaker
Cannon so precipitately boast about,
the Democrats of Missouri are Joy
fully confident of carrying all the
congressional districts this fall ex
cept one. The most conservative of
impartial estimates predicts Demo
cratic successes In at least thirteen
of the sixteen Missouri districts.
The strong men of the late Mis
souri delegation were Democrats. The
six Republicans voted as a group
against Missouri and for the Cannon-
Aldrlch measures. They politically
betrayed their constituents and their
party. The wholesale defeat which
now confronts them and their asso
ciate standpatters for the November
election will be a good thing for
Missouri. It will be a far better
thing for the Republican party In
Missouri In ridding It of the linger
ing grip of patronage-dispensing, ma
chine politicians. Kansas City Star,
Rep.
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Dr. Crlppen says his "suspense" Is
over. But is It?
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Tuesday, Aug. 16. Remember the
day and attend the primary election.
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Remember the primary election
Tuesday August 16. Turn out and
vote.
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Anxious Inquirer: We don't know
that aviators ever get airsick but we
have heard of them having sinking
spells.
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Now, If they would take Dr. Crlp
pen, caputured by wireless, back to
England In an aeroplane, tho tri
umph of modern invention would be
complete.
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It 13 learned that John D. Rocke
feller Is addicted to whiskey, only he
takes his externally, by means of
baths. However, .It is only another
way of gettlny soaked.
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Boss Cox calls Senator Burton of
Ohio, a "rusty plnhead.' Thus does
the campaign of education which
Brother Charley Taft's newspaper
cries for open right merrily.
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Bear In mind you can write in the
names of those you want for mem
bers of, the legislature and county
attorney. The Democrats In the va
rious precincts will be advised who
to vote for.
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' if Senator Aldrlch will subscribe
for a few Wisconsin papers he may
receive- some more Interesting lufor
matlon concerning the subject of tho
rubber Bchcdulo In the tariff bill
Senator Brlstow Is billed for a few
iemark8 on that theme In tho Wis
consin campaign.
George Tobey's friends think he
will carry Lancaster county by such
an overwhelming majority that Billy
Hay ward can't caWh him even by
Cf.-'ying all the other counties in the
distrut. Mr. Tobey is very popular
In Lincoln and Lancaster county, and
Mr. Lay ward wants to get a hustle
on himself.
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Colonel Roosevelt would do well to
pt a muzzle on son-in-law Nick.
Longworth's attack on Governor Har
mon of Ohio, as a corporation lawyer
cannot do otherwise than revive iuem
oi Its of that case In which Mr. Har
mon as government counsel proposed
to prosecute a member of the Roose
velt cabinet for an admitted case of
rebating, and son-in-law Nick's dls
tlnbulshed father-in-law forbade him
to do It.
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Mr. Aldrich who seems far In the
lead as a candidate for the Repub
lican nomination, is making a great
display of bis enthusiasm for county
option. But there are thousands of
county optionists who remember that
it was this same Aldrich who, as a
state senator In the session of 1907,
was the man who led the anti-county
option forces and had the most to
do with defeating the county option
bill. These people have very little
faith In the sincerity of a man who
will bo suddenly change his mind for
the purpose of getting a little more
wind In his political Bails.
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The withdrawal of W. R. Patrick,
who had filed for the Democratic
nomination for governor, simplifies
the situation somewhat. Not that Pat
rick promised to cut much ice in the
primaries so far as vote getting was
concerned, but his mere presence as
a candidate prevented a clarifying of
the situation. The Patrick candidacy
was Inspired by his own egotism and
overwhelming belief in his own Im
portance as a political factor. He
withdrew because he saw an oppor
tunity for further self-advertisement
a greater advertisement than he
was calculated to get out of the size
of his vote.
Why, in 1891, the United States
Steel corporatlln paid the Carnegie
company the sum of $500,000,000 (of
which Andrew Carnegie received the
sum of $350,000,000 in stocks and
bonds) for a property that was not at
that time worth more, at the highest
honest valuation, than $80,000,000,
has puzzled many who have not in
vestgated the subject enough to con
nect it with the father of all Ill-
gotten millions the high protective
tariff, trust producing all nurturing
The Carnegie company had for years
earned profits that would pay good
dividends on a $500,000,000 cap!
tallzation. It had a monopoly, it was
"protected." Hence, when the Unit
ed States Steel corporation paid the
fabulous sum for the plant It made
sure of the continuance of conditions
that made such extortionate profits
possible. Senator Cummings, in re
cent speech In Kansas, laid this mat
ter bare to public view. With men
like Dalzell, Payne, Aldrich, Lodge
and others to manipulate the nation
al legislation the steel corporation
felt safe. It make no mistake.
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WHAT IS A KEITULICAN?
The Outlook in a recent issue at
tempts to answer the question, "What
13 a Republican?" It does not attempt
to give a comprehensive statement of
principles as held by what It is pleas
ed to call the reorganized Republi
can party, "reorganized in the last
eight years under Mr. Roosevelt's ad
ministration." These principles, how
ever, It says, include:
"Government regulation and con
trol of the great corporations, espec
ially of such as administer the na
tional highways of deal In the noces
sarles of life.
"Government ownership and regu
lation, though not administration, of
certain great properties now belong
ing to the people; specially the great
forest lands, mleral deposits, and
water power sites, so that they shall
bo developed and administered, not
primarily for the benefit of Indivi
dual owners, but for tho benefit of
all the people
"A protective tariff, so adjusted as
to secure for American worklngmen
a wage sufflccltn to enable them to
maintain the American standards of
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and
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living for themselves and their fami
lies." Most of this Is good Democratic
doctrine, forced upon the attention of
the legislators by Byran and later ex
ploited by "Roosevelt, with a great
blare of trumpets and flourishing of
the big stick, mainly for effect and
with a woeful paucity of practical
beneficial results. With respect to
government regulation . of corpora
tions, the clause of real value in the
rajlroad bill, inserted at the instance
of the Democrats and Insurgents, and
against the wishes of the president,
will not be enforced. It provides for
the holding up of increased freight
rates by the Interstate commerce com
mission pending an investigation. As
this would "Inconvenience" the roads
the president announces that the
provision will not be enforced. As
to corporations furnishing the neces
saries of life, the congressional in
vestigation farce Into the cause of
the Increased prices of necessaries 13
still fresh In the public mind. Head
ed by Aldrich, who has dominated
Taft, and whom the latter denomi
nates one of our foremost statesmen,
nothing else could have been expect
ed. It has been all tinsel and glitter
and no substance. It is to laugh to
refer to conservation after the Ball
inger episode, In which the latter has
been upheld by the administration
after lnduditable proof of his dicker
ing with the Guggenheim interests
for a robbery of billions in Alaska
coal lands. The tariff! The party
is hopelessly split over the betrayal
of Its platform pledges by the Interest
controlled leaders who seem to have
hypnotized the president. There was
never a baser surrender of the inter
ests of the American workingman to
the money powers than was perpe
trated In the formulation and adop
tion of the present act. It Is the
basic causo of some of his greatest
Ills. Can the American workingman
nialntaln a decent standard of living
when, among many other Instances,
one of the chief trainers of the tariff
is permitted to so Juggle the cotton
schedules that the prices of the man
ufactured staples are vastly Increas
ed while the senator reaps Immense
profits on the increased earnings of
his stock In New England manufac
tories? It Is the same with rubber,
with wool, with leather. A tariff for
the American workingman, forsooth!
A Republican, of the regular hrand,
so long as he continues to permit
himself to be led by the venal hire
lings of the Interests, is simply an
unconscious enemy of the people and
of himself.
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Accidents will happen, but the best
regulated families keep Dr. Thomas'
Eclectic Oil for such emergencies. It
subdues the pain and heals the hurts.
ljslm
fcr Fletcher's
v
Bought, and which Las been
has borne the signature of
has been made under his per-
supervision 6lnce Its Infancy.
no one to deceive you in this.
Signature of
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The Assassin a Former Employe
of the City Government
Omaha, Neb., August 9, 2 p. m.
(Special to the Journal.) Mayor
Gaynor of the city of New York was
shot this morning about 9 o'clock.
As the mayor was boarding a steam
er for his office in the city, James A.
Gallogher, a former employe of the
city was on the same boat, and fired
the shot, the ball entering the side of
the mayor's neck. At last accounts
the ball had not been found, but it
is claimed by those in attendance
that the wound is not necessarily
dangerous. Gallagher claims that
his discharge from the service of the
city had ruined him.
II. P. Denning in Town.
Mr. H. P. Dening, one of the prom
inent farmers of Elmwood precinct,
came in from his farm near Wabash
this morning and looked after busi
ness at the court house. Mr. Denning
owns one of the largest farms In hi3
part of the county and will realize
good returns from his fields this sea
son. He has over a thousand bushels
of wheat from this year's crop In
the granery. The fall wheat yielded
21 bushels per acre while his spring
variety was not quite so good, only
going 16 bushels per acre. Mr. Den
ning has lived in Cass county for
thirty years and has never made a
complete failure of crops in that time.
Struck a Rich Mine.
S. W. Dends ofCoal City. Ala.,
says he struck a perfect mine of
health in Dr. King's New Life Pills
for they cured him of Liver and Kid
ney trouble after 12 years of suffer
ing. They are the best pills on earth
for Constipation, Malaria, Headache',
Dyspepsia, Debllty. 23c. at F. G.
Fricko & Co.
Are Having Large Attendance.
Rev. W. L. Austin returned last
evening from his vacation at the Ep-
worth assembly at Lincoln and he
speaks very highly of tho attrac
tions which the management fur
nished this year. The lecture of
George R. Wudling on the "Man of
Gnllellee," and the snmo speaker on
"Saul of Tarsus," were the finest he
has ever listened to. Governor Hand
le)' of Indiana, also delivered a fine
lecture. The assembly seems to be
growing as the gate receipts Satur
day evening exceeded by J 230 the
amount before received at this time In
the session this year. There were 11,
000 listened Sunday evening.
J. N. Peck of Plattsmouth precinct
was a business visitor In the city Sat
urday and while here gave this of
fice a very pleasant call. Ho also
pushed his subscription on a year
which tho editor appreciated very
much as Mr. Heck is one of our best
leaders. Cull again, Mr. Deck.
Miss Nettle Yallery who has been
visiting friends at Lincoln for a time
returned to her home this morning.
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