The - Plattsmouth - Journal
i 1 Mlisied Seml-Weeklf it Plittszosth, Neirjs.i ( )
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
EnUred at the Postoffice at PlatUmouth, Nebraska, m second-class
matter.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Wbtedoa received more votes la
the state for senator than standpat
ters were willing to concede him be
fore the primary.
The Democratic vote In the state
Is much larger than the Republican
vote, which would appear that the
Democrats were much more Inter
ested. :o:
Had the Impetuous Senator Core
paused to reflect he mould have fore
seen the rebuke that was sure to
come for venturing to "villify promi
nent Republicans."
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Aldrkh, (county optlonst has been
nominated for governor on the Re
publican ticket. This Is another slap
In the face of Victor Rosewater.
Evidently Vicky Is getting It all round
this year.
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The primary law should be re
pealed at the next esslon of the leg
islature. It was adopted especially
for the benefit of the country voters
and they do not seem to take advant
age of this manner of making nomi
nations.
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Secretary Hitchcock, like Senator
Crane and Lloyd Grlssom, has been
delegated to find out what the west
Is saying about the administration.
The west hag made no secret of the
matter. Has the administration tried
the simple expedient of reading the
papers?
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The result of the primary demon
strates to a doad moral certainty that
"Slippery Elmer" has a vast number
of Republicans in Nebraska who are
tired of hla mlHreprottentatlon In the
United states senate. The Bupport
of the postmasters and federal office
holders Is all that saved his bacon,
but there is another elertion yet to
come In which be may not fare so
well.
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a nixtsivi: harmony.
Chairman McKlnley of the Repub
lican congressional committee has Is
sued a program of harmonv for hla
party. There Is to be no more de
nunciation of Insurgents. Where a
progressive Is nominated, the stand
patters are to support him. Where
a standpatter Is nominated the pro
gressives are to support him. Differ
ences of opinion on matters of pol
icy or principle are to count for
nothing. Party discipline Is to be
the supreme Issue.
Chairman McKlnley looks no fur
ther than the campaign. ' He does
not care to think a hat would happen
If a Republican majority should find
Itself In congress, divided Into two
Tactions. Yet It Is clear that In such
there would bo two years of wrang
ling and obstruction. The houe
would fall again under th domina
tion of tho speaker. The welfare of
tho people- would be subordinated to
tho greed of private- Interests. There
would bo only a semblance of repre
sentative government. Plutocracy
would rulo all.
chairman McKlnley is wrong. No
political party can dodge vital Issues
A party that stands put In Rhode Is
land cannot harmonize with ono that
marches In Kansas. There Is no dis
cipline nor leadership nor tact that
can work the marvel of holding to
gether the fat clam 1 the mud and
the sinewy englo on the wing. Me
KInley means well, but lie suffers
from mental myopia. St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
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WILL THIS 1II I.P Till:
ItUITIlLIC.W TICKET?
The- Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Trlbuno Bends on from
Beverly a letter which purports to
express in an authoritative way ("I
am authorized to say") the view of
President Taft respecting tho status
of his party and tho achievements
and purposes of bis administration.
The president much desires Repub
lican succes3 In the state and par
ticularly the congressional elections
next fall. Such success would of
course be personally gratifying to
him, but It is desired more especial
ly to the end that the unfinished
reform program of the administra
tions may be completed. The most
Important work yet to be done re
lates to the trust question, and the
correspondent says is "authorized
to say:"
Before the congress elected In
November shall meet, the su
preme court will hand down Its
decisions in the Standard Oil and
tobacco trust cases, and if the
contention of the government
be sustained, as the president
believes, a vast reorganization
of business will follow, and legis
lation must be provided to en
able the government properly to
grapple with the new conditions.
If the government be beaten,
then there ill be a universal de
mand for the strengthening of
the anti-trust law, or at least the
provision of a remedy which wlil
force huge comb?nations of capi
tal to conduct business more ia
the Interest of the people than is
the case today.
And there follows reference to the
president's federal incorporation bill
submitted to congress at the Ian ses
sion and then laid temporarily on the
shelf a reference significant of the
administration's belief that, which
ever way the court's decision goes In
the anti-trust cases, the country will
be forced to accept some such enact
ment. What especially arrests attention
In the above "authorized" a 1 minis
tration view Is the apparently lacoa
sequental manner with which t "vst
reorganization of business" U con
templated. The president haj before
expressed the view that the anti
trust law did not need to be a:i
should not be amended. The cat
pending under that law, If decided
for the government, will force a
"vast reorganization of business,"
and the government hopes and ex
pects they will be so decided. It
therefore looks forward hopefully
and expectantly to the enforcement
of a "vast reorganization of busi
ness." And If this' Is not forced by
the coming decisions, It will be forced
by popular demand.
The average business man will not
be apt to view very favorably the
development of conditions forcing a
"vast reorganization" of the business
status. It sounds too much like rev
olution, and too little like evolution.
He will therefore be apt to ask him
self whether worse could happen
through a Democratic congress than
'vast reorganization" than business
revolution; and be will be apt to
conclude that worse could not pos
slbly happen. And this must be the
conclusion of pretty much everybody
else. How great, therefore, is the
inducement here held out to draw
business or other votes to the Re
publican congressional ticket?'
Springfield Republican.
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THE WEST IS P.EIil KEI).
Tho New York Times, in an edl
torlal that Is really noteworthy for
its Ill-natured provincialism, read
the riot act to Kansas and Oklahoma
The Gotham paper cities the figures
to prove tho abounding and rapkdly
increasing prosperity of these two
great western states, and asks, with
a snarl, when they will have enough
to be satisfied. And It demands that
they learn to content themselves
with running their own business, po
lltlcally speaking, and leave the rest
of the country alono.
It would be Interesting If the Now
York Times would point out tho laws
on the federal statute books to which
it objects which were put there by
the votes of Oklahoma and Kauxas.
H would be interesting If It would
show the laws which are, or are al
leged to be, "disturbing business,'
which were put there In the interest
of any distinctively western Industry,
or af any western state
In the making of laws at Washing
ton and In determining the manner
and good faith of their enforcement,
the voice of that little tract of coun
try within a radius of five miles of
the Times building has been more
potent by far than has the voice of
the people of any half-dozen western
states.
The Kansas idea and the Oklahoma
idea, as embodied in state govern
ment, have made for the prosperity
of Kansas and Oklahoma. How can
it be argued, then, that these same
Ideas might not make for real pros
perity, equality of opportunity and a
more nearly Just distribution of
wealth in the nation?
Why should New York grudge the
west Its fair share of national wealth
and greatness? Why should It grudge
the west that very small share which
It has had In the determining of na
tional policies?
The east has Its tariffs. The east
has Its law-defying trusts. The east
has Its enormous appropriations for
coast and internal Improvements. The
east Is shrieking for its subsidies, for
a central bank and for national In
corporation. What has the west got?
What is It asking for, even, in the
way of special privilege or special
favors?
The west is asking for nothing but
its Just rights; asking only for a
square deal; asking tint as end be
made of government by a wvtion of
the country In the Interest of a fi
vored few who control tint e:;oi
ani with it tie government.
And txcasi the west U Ukin; tiis
position the Ney York Time rts ia
indignation to rebike ft f:r i'j ai-
dacity: Worli-Herili.
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ShaIIenbrr anl Dailsia tll oa
their vote la Oto coin:r 411 v;ce
each.
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Tie z'A-$i.'.:: a k4.fi iii i
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beea fceiri fns. ;
Don't tie r'.im n:t ti-in?
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Sna:or Altrv.x'j et:avjai! wkij
li k aa e-Luf-.; aa a-iy l !j.:-r-f
Taft L iaviifi t s7 f.:wa ail
out of tie pri;Jn'.fal ei.ilr a.i tie
poorest chief tx'.i'lit ti eountr?
ever tai.
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Something Just smed to Mil tie
New York reactionaries that Mr.
Roosevelt did not contemplate mak
ing their kind of a speech.
Surely the stern New York stand
patters' might have found some less
bitter and crushing method of rebuk
ing Mr. Roosevelt than this!
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If It Is Dahlman, be will get the
support of the Democrats of Ne
braska, and It will be the same If
Shallenberger la re-nomlnated. So
there!
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Evidently the vote for Dahlman in
Lincoln is a demonstration that many
Republicans (In the capital city
will cut the Republicans In the gen
eral election.
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The sitting down so hard on Roose
velt In New York, Is liable to cause
a split In the Republican party of
that state. That is the latest report
from New York.
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The Kannas election returns have
convinced Speaker Cannon that ac
tlons not only speak louder than
words, but sometimes they ere posl
lively deafening.
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If the New York state committee
can show that to stand with Roose
veil would be to stand against the
administration, so much the worse
for the administration.
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The Republican vdte In Otoe coun
ty was some larger than the Demo
cratic vote. This was caused by
Will Hayward's candidacy for con
gress and home pride.
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President Taft's declaration In fa
vor of two-months vacations Is be
ing enlarged upon, and numerous
members of congress are confronted
with two years vacations.
At this timo it is Impossible to
say who has been nominated for
representative on the Democratic tic-
precinct, and C E. Metzger of Cedar
Creek, seem to be in the lead. The
returns will be canvassed today and
the result printed in tomorrow even
ing's Journal
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The election returns come in very
slowly and probably by tomorrow
the general result In the state will
be known to a certainty. So far
but two standpatters have been nom
inated for congress Kinkaid in the
Sixth and Hayward in the First
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We are pleased to note that C. 0.
Lobeck has been nominated for con
gressman In the Omaha district by
the Democrats. This Is the proper
caper, as Mr. Lobeck is one of the
most popular men In Omaha, and a
very able man.
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The vote on governor and United
States senator In the state was much
larger than that of any other candi
dates. And, strange to say, the Dem
ocratic vote is nearly double that
of the Republicans.
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r.EYEM E, A TARIFF BLIND.
The laborious efforts of the defend
ers of the new tariff law to show that
it is a good revenue producer accen
tuates the vital defects of the act
For when It Is'necessary to defend a
protective measure on its revenue
features, the implication is plain that
it cannot be successfully d'i'ended as
a protective measure.
The country has no quarrel at this
tixe with a tariff system that pro
duces large revenues, provided, of
course, that the duties producing the
revenues be levied on luxuries and
not oa ankles of common necessity
or general use. And a tariff law
tii; does not, at least, produce large
revenues has no excuse whatever for
existence, since there is no sound de-
. fen? for the protective duties
Tiere are many equitable ways to
PdraniA4 Th Mnnrv noA4a
revenues
ir he at a los for ways and means
13 o;ra: tie government In what-
1T tiM revenues are nroduc
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minj. tie p-eojie tie consumers or
iin ;ay. The people do not ob
Itf.t seriously to paying a revenue
tariff, if it ia properly distributed
What they do object to is the Impost
tion of protective duties that are in
nanr Instances wholly prohibitive
and, therefore, produce no revenues
but are maintained solely to enable
the American manufacturer or pro
ducer to exact from American con
sumers excessive prices.
Paying legitimate taxes for reven
ues is one thing, and paying tribute
is another. And the people are now
learning the difference. Kansas City
Star, Rep.
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W HERE TAFT BELONGS.
The Des Moines Register and Lead
er, an insurgent newspaper, indulges
in the following Interesting estimate
of President Taft:
The president lit naturally a.,
progressive. He has simply en
tuniclcd himself with old line
political leadership. He ha- fa
vored tariff reform with Aid
rich to direct it. He has favor
m1 railroad reform with Elkins
to direct it. He haa favored
conservation with Halllnger to
direct It. He lias favored civil
service reform with Hitchcock
to direct it.
This Is very clear and a part of
It is obviously true. The only trou
ble is with the assumption, in the
first instance, that Taft "Is naturally
a progressive."
The assumption is a mistaken one.
Taft is naturally a conservative. That
Is why the effort to make him over
Into a progressive leader has failed so
miserably. Y'ou cannot make a silk
purse out of a sow's ear, the old say
ing goes and you cannot make a
progressive leader out of a man who
was born and bread a conservative,
whose surroundings have always been
conservative, and whose Interests and
the Interest of whose family and rela
tlves are conservative.
One of President Taft's brothers
Is among the wealthiest men of the
middle-west. Another Is a success
ful trust lawyer in New York city. He
Is connected by marriage, too, with
th Plttsbun olutocracr. It was
Taft who chose Sherman, rather than
Dolliver. to be his running mate. It
lahoma against the adoption or tne
constitution because it provided for
direct legislation. It was Taft who
helped shelve the Income tax when
it had a chance in congress. It was
Taft who named a cabinet composed
principally of trust lawyers. It Is
Taft who is swinging the full strength
of his administration to defeat La
Follette. It was Taft who dictated
the Btandpat Ohio platform. It was
Taft who discharged the Roosevelt
men from the government employ
and replaced them with anti-Roosevelt
men. It wa3 Taft who commend
ed Aldrich, helped re-elect Cannon
peaker and praised the Aldrich-Can-
non tariff.
What warrant is there. In the face
of these facts known of all men, to
think Taft "naturally a progressive."
Taft ia no more naturally progres
sive than Is the Republican party.
The Republican party' descends from
Alexander Hamilton. So does Taft.
The Republican party is naturally the
champion and Instrument of plutoc
racy and privilege. So is Taft. la-
surgency, Is naturally anti-Republi
can. Insurgency, much as populism
was, is a breaking away from the
Republican party on the part of men
who, when they find their bearings,
discover that they are at outs with
the party, and that they have no
proper place in it.
There Is only one Hamiltonian par
ty In this country, and that Is the
Republican party. There ia only one
great Jeffersonian party, and that Is
the Democratic party. Taft belongs
in the Republican party, and so is
'naturally" not a progressive, but a
conservative. World-Herald.
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Commissioners Meet.
The regular session of the com
missioners falling on election day,
the meeting was postponed until on
Thursday when a meeting was had.
Commissioner Friedrich was absent
and the business of the session was
transacted by Mr. Jordan and Mr,
Switzer. The bond of the county at
torney, C. H. Taylor was approved,
On petition of C. C. Buckwell and
others asking the appointment of A.
Bird as constable of Greenwood
precinct, the appointment was made.
Will Move to Omaha.
From Friday's Daily.
O. M. Streight goes to Omaha to
morrow with Mrs. Streight to look
for a residence, with the expectation
of moving to the metropolis as soon
as a house can be found. Mrs.
Streight does not like the idea of
living in this city, while her sons,
Monte and Harold have their lay
over at Omaha. By moving to Om
aha the boys can be at home much
more than when the residence is
maintained in tnls city.
Miss Bessie Dill ha3 resigned her
position in our schools to accept a
position in the Glenwood, Ia., schools.
We are sorry to lose Miss Dill for
she is one of our best teachers. Glen
wood is her former home; hence her
desire to be near former friends and
relatives. Tekamah Journal. Miss
Dill is a grand-daughter of our fellow-citizen,
Andrew Dill.
T. Frank Wiles arrived today to
look after business matters and vis
it relatives for a few hours.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
or THl
PLATTSMOUTH LOAN AND BUILDING
ASSOCIATION,
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, on the
30th day of June, 1910.
ASSETS:
First mortiraire loans .V4.004 4H
Mock loans i"C7 TO
Ileal estate smi IT
Cast 1 .707 47
IMIimuctit Intnt's:, iMi'mlums, line
and ilnos 4:W IM
Oilier assets ITil W
Total O.S7 lS3
LIABILITIES!
Capital stock nalil uu .M.:V'.' 04
Ki'scrve fund I.liki ini
t'liillvlileil tnli(s U.iili 07
Matured mock W.;uis W
Total fi!3,ssii ttl
RECEIPTS ANO EXPENDITURES
for tin' year endlnir June .10, 1010
RECEIPTS
Dues
n.o:i no
Interest,, premium! and Hues
lmns reimld
Krai estate sale . .
ai.m K4
:mm s4
Taxes repaid
:7 04
Hills payable S.ooo no
Total H.7; W
EXPENDITURES
Cash July 1, 1010 I.IVO f,K
1OaiM 10, mi hi
Expenses im n;'
Stock redeemed m,ii4.t 7
Cash on hand ,;,,r 4,
Iteal estate i 7
Taxes ilvanreil V;i II
Hills payable tl.im4 :U
Total .
3tat or Nkmimsma. I
.. i :,7f h
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Secret nry of t lie lnivn tisnn il Aw
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Holciniily swear Dial ln fmeimlitif miM'iiienl
of Hie, I'ondlllniiiil l'l - liiilnii, Is linn iml
correct lo lit liext. nf mv kiuiwleiluii ami lHief
1. M. I' 1 1 iiim, Hi" rMm jr.
Approved;
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LONG WORTH SAYS
CAN fJ MUST GO
Chlo Congressman Issues State
ment o! His Position.
WILL NOT SUPPORT HIM AGAIN
Roosevelt's Son-ln-Law Declares Speak
er's Announcement That He Will Be
a Candidate Makes Him an Issue in
Congressional Election Reflects
president's V'twa.
Beverly, Mass.. Aug. 19. Reflecting
the views of the administration, it la
generally believed, Representative
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio gave out
a statement in which he says he will
sever support Speaker Cannon again
Photo by American Prm Association.
REPRESENTATIVE LONGWORTH.
and that he does not believe that Can
non ever can be re-elected. This is
regarded as the actual beginning of
the real fight on Mr. Cannon.
Mr. Longworth's statement follows:
"In view of Mr. Cannon's unequiv
ocal declaration that he Intends to be
a candidate for speaker in the next
house, I think it is incumbent on
those of us who are candidates for
membership in the next house, who
have made up our minds on our course
of action and have positive views on
the subject, to state our position pub
licly. "Had Mr. Cannon not made this an
nouncement and had it remained
doubtful whether he wftuld be a can
didate, it was my intention not to
commit myself before election as to
whom I should or should not support
for speaker. But since Mr. Cannon
has, in his speeches so far in the cam
paign and in his recent declaration
made candidacy for the speakership
an issue, I, for one, do not propose to
dodge that issue.
"I shall oppose Mr. Cannon's elec
tion as speaker and I shall do so In
the manner that I consider proper and
effective In the settlement of contro
versies In my party, namely, In the Re
publican caucus. I made up my mind
before tho adjournment of the last ses
sion of concress that Mr. Cannon
could not be roelectod speaker and
my opinion has been strengthened
since through correspondence and
tnlks with my colleagues.
Cannot Be Re elected.
"I am not referring to those who
have openly opposed him in the past,
ktit to those who like myself, have
supported him.
"I nm absolutely convinced if there
Is a full attentlnnce at the Republican
caucus tluit Mr. Cnnnon cannot be
again elected Blanker.
"I have a genuine affection for Mr.
Cannon ns n mtin nnd the highest re
spect for his splendid fighting qual
ities. I have supported him five times
for the speakership, hnvlng voted four
times for his election and once
aKSlnst his removal, but I cannot do
so Bgnln.
"t repent Mint I shall oppose the re
flection of Mr. Cnntmn to the speak
nrshlp ami Unit I nm fl:mly of the
opinion Hint hU reelection Is Impos
Sllilo, I wiint It pHperlfiUy understood
t ti tat I !tv litis soMv on my own re
sponsibility ami on tho suggestion of
no oh else."
Tim fuel that th nement was
given out following the conference at
Mm sinnmer Whit House regarding
plans for Mm coming concessional
cntnpaUn Is taken here as indicating
that president Taft ns well as Vic
1'ienldcnt Hlmrmnn Is behind the
movement to ltmlunto Mr. Cannon.