The - Plattsmouth - Journal
Published Seml-Weeklj it
R. A. BATES,
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
matter.
$L50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Dahlman conies out of the contest
In Douglas county over 200 In his
favor.
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Governor Shallenberger steps down
and out of the gubernatorial contest.
Now on with the Democratic organ
ization. :o:
The late primary election returns
nhows there Is about 12,000 Repub
licans who refuHed to vote for "Slip
pery Elmer," and they cannot be ex
pected to vote for him at the general
election.
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The Democratic candidates for the
legislature In this county are against
county option, while the Republican
candidates are pledged to vote for
county option. You pay your money
and take your choice.
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The content over the Democratic
congressional nomination In the Sixth
district has been settled In favor of
Tayor, Judge Dean gracefully with
drawing. Why can't the- guberna
torial contest be settled the same
way?
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The Lincoln Dally Star has changed
hands, and C. H. Edgar retires from
the editorial management. Mr. Edgar
Is a fine writer and an elegant gen
tleman, and we regret to see hlra
retire, for he has made a good pa
per of the Star.
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Tho ropiillst talk of naming Ald
rlch as their candidate for governor.
When they do that they sacrifice ev
ery principle for which they contend
except county option. Mr. Aldrlch
Is a standpatter of the worst typo.
He Is worse than Burkott.
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Tho peoplo of Maine are very much
disgusted with a prohibition law that
does not prohibit, and are clamor
ing for a license law that will govern !
the sale of liquor. County option Is
prohibition, only In a milder form
to state-wide prohibition.
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' The Republican Philadelphia Press
is frank enough to admit that Roose
velt's westorn spoeches have hurt the
party. Hut the colonel doubtless con
elders that he Is the party, and If he
Is satisfied with his own verbosity no
one else has any business to com
plain. :o:
Every postmaster In Nebraska Is
working over time for Durkett. And
while they are doing so, they know
that the civil service laf prohibits It.
When Clint Smith was postmaster of
I'lattsniouth and while he was dyed-in-the-wool
Republican he conformed
almost entirely to tho law governing
liostmasters In politics. How Is It
with the other fellow?
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IX THE HOLY NAME OF JOBS.
It Is a remarkable letter that Presl
Oent Taft, through his secretary, has
written to an unnamed "Republican
leader In Iowa."
A little while ago Mr. Taft was en
gaged In reading the Insurgents out
of tho Republican party.
He su(tecded only too well. He
read La Follette out, for example
and La Follette took three-fourths of
the Republicans of Wisconsin with
lilm, na the primaries disclosed.
Ho read Miles Polndexter out
and they have not yet finished count
lng the Polndexter vote In the state
of Washington, where all the friends
and forces and Influences that Taft
ana iiiiuingcr coum command were
used to crush Polndexter Into polltl
cul oblivion.
And Mr. Taft. having marched up
tho hill with blare of horns and
flaunting bunners and with chin de
fiantly high marches down again.
Far from still starving tho Insur
gents out, he Is now humiliating him
Helf to keep them In.
Like the Mother Cooso lad who
went after tho dickey bird ho feels
that he cannot fall, because he bat
PlittsE&cth, Nebnski
Publisher.
a little salt to put upon Insurgency's
tall.
The pinch of salt Is federal patron
age. "Only come back In and be one of
us," he pleads, "and you shall have
your share of the Jobs!"
In the holy name of Jobs the Re
publican party Is to be welded togeth
er again!
In the holy name of Jobs the In
surgent lion Is to He down In loving
amity by the side of the meek and
gentle standpat lamb!
What are principles compared to
Jobs!
How Insignificant, after all, are
vital differences of opinion over the
tariff, the Income tax, trusts, a cen
tral bank, conservation, and such oth
er things when measured up against
the succulent and nourishing Imper
iled Jobs!
"We Republicans," the president
seems to say, "are hopelessly divided
as to the Issuesbut surely we can
unite, and stand as one man, In the
holy name of Jobs! Let us hold on
to them and forget the past! Let
us hold on to them and the future
tan have no terrors!"
And this, that he seems to say, Is
no more absurd than what he actual
ly does say. Just feast your eyes oa
this:
". the party faces the fall elec
tloiii tho question must lo settled by
Republicans of every shade of opinion
whether the differences of the last
wesHlon sliall be perpetuated 0r for.
Kotten."
Isn't It delicious? ' ,
Can you Imagine the mbllme spec
tacle of Senator Aldrlch and Senator
La Follette, for example, getting to
gether and agreeing to "forget past
differences?"
Can you hear them assuring each
other that the offices, after all, are
more Important than the ideals?
Can you hear Robert Marlon La
Follette saying "My dear senator,
you and I have differed radically on
a great many things, but now that I
am to have my share of the federal
patronage let us forget our differ
ences and march shoulder to should
er to a splendid victory!"
The Republican party has stolen a
great many things from the Demo
cratic party. One of the things It
had not stolen, however, was the de
finition given by an enemy of the
Democracy when he said that it was
an "organized appetite for office."
Now President Taft proposes to
steal even that definition and apply
It, In all seriousness, to his own par
ty. Omaha World-Herald. !
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CONGRESS DEMOCRATIC.
The Star has received sevcrai com
munications asking how It reconciles
Its support of the tariff commission
plan of revision with Its desire for a
Democratic congress. In the first
place the Star Is not advocating eith
er a Democratic or a Republican con
gress. It Is for, or against, men, not
for or agalnBt parties. It Is for men
who have stood by the people on the
present Issues or stand pledged to
give the people their support, and It
Is against men who have servsd the
special Interests at the expense of th
people. It makes no distinction as
to those men's party affiliations
Suppose the next house or even the
next congress, should be Democratic.
A Democratic congress at this time
would not mean what It meant in
some crises of the past when the two
great parties were far npnrt on na
tlonal Issues, and when the rnnk and
mo snared in the great division. The
things tho people demand at this time
oro demnnded by all the people. Some
of these things are that Kraft and fa
vortlsni bo taken out of the tariff
system; that the rules of tho houso
bo modified In such a way as to give
the peoplo fair representation In that
body; that the corporations be reg
ulated In such a way aa to restore
equality of opportunity, to cut out
abnormal and unjust profits at the ;
expense of the people; to force the
corporations out of politics and out
of direct representation In congress,
in state legislatures, in municipal
councils and on the bench; that the
natural resources he developed and
conserved for the best interests of
all .taking into account future gen
erations as well as the present; that
such of these resources as remain in
the federal control shall be kept there
In perpetuity, and not permitted to
pass Into private hands.
And the people are going to de
mand these things of congress, so far
as It Is In the power of congress to
grant them, no matter whether the
congress be Democratic or Republi
can. There is, also, very little dif
ference between the policies of the
two great parties on these questions.
In the matter of the tariff, for in
stance. No man, whether he believes
In the protective principle, but is fa
vorable to downward revision, and
whether he be a free trader, would
advocate a policy of immediate tran
sition from a high basis to the lowest
basis that he would ultimately advo
cate. Adjustment of the tariff must,
of necessity, be a somewhat gradual
process, Just as the growth of the pro
tective duties has been gradual. But
an expert nonpartisan commission
could make much more rapid pro
gress in this direction, by correcting
schedules as they are found to be
excessive, than could be made with
prudence by the old process of gen
eral revision, which Is everlastingly
attended by log-rolling, by trading, i
by the selling of the tariff maker's
conscience.
It is true that the Democrats In
congress voted against the tariff com
mission feature of the present law,
along with the other features of that
law; but this does not mean that
they Mould not favor the right kind
of commission as an abstract proposi
tion. For even the Democrats would
not take the plunge from the present
tariff basis to that of revenue only
by a single process, even if they con
trolled congress and the presidency.
Kansas City Star, Rep.
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R. L. Metcalfe, one who thought
at one tiun (not for distant in the
past) that he was the man whom
the Democrat ought to nominate for
United States Benator, has declared
he will not support James C. Dahl
man for governor. He also states
that he will support Aldrlch, the
Republican candidate. There are
probably other Democrats who will
not support Mr. Dahlman, but they
do not publish their declarations to
the world like Metcalfe. The swell
head is what Met is troubled with at
the present.
JAMES C. DAHLMAN.
The above named geutleman has
been declared the Democratic nomi
nee for governor, after a month's
delay In struggling over recounts in
Douglas and several other counties in
the state. By Governor Shallenber
ger's withdrawal from any further
contest, the path has been made
plain for us, as well as to every oth
er Democrat to tread until the poll
close on the night of the election.
James C. Dahlman, as the Demo
cratic nominee for governor, should
have the support of every Democrat
in Cass county, the same as Gover
nor Shallenberger would have r
recelved had he been declared the
nominee of the party. And from this
date on James C. Dahlman will re
ceive the undivided support of the
Journal, which will do all within its
power for his triumphal election
That Mayor Dahlman Is honest in his
convictions, no one can dispute. One
of his particular declarations we ad
mire him for is the following:
"There never was a time when I
did not depend on the plain peoplo
rather than on the wealthy and fa
voreu classes for my support. I have
been recklessly attacked as "the can
didate of the brewers," but every
man who knows me knows that I am
fighting prohibition, not because the
brewers are also fighting Jt, but be
cause of my love for personal liberty
and the rights of the humblest citi
zen to enjoy the privileges which our
form of government intended him to
have. It is to the plain people that
I shall look for tupport in thU cam-
j.algn, for it la their battle I am now
fighting."
In the matter of county option he
caturally declares himself fearlessly
as he did during the campaign be
fore the primaries, and gives his rea
sons in the following language:
"I regard county option as the first
step to state prohibition. So does
the Anti-Saloon league and It frank
ly says so. So do all the other or
ganized forces that are fighting for
county option. There Is no difference
In theory or practice between county
prohibition and state prohibition.
Each denies to a community the right
to govern Itself. Each would give to
one town the power to vote prohibi
tion on another town without Its con
sent. Each Is a manifestation of
fanaticism, intolerance and bigotry.
Either would lead to lawlessness and
secret vice and crime. I am ever
lastingly opposed to both."
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THE GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT.
The letter sent by Governor Shal
lenberger to Chairman J. C. Byrnes
of the Democratic state committee, is
as follows:
Sear Sir: Since the recount asked
for by me in certain counties has
shown that Mayor Dahlman has been
chosen as the nominee of the Demo
cratic party of Nebraska for gover
nor, under the primary law of the
state, I write to inform you that in
conformity with my statement made
at the time of the recount was asked
or, I shall proceed no further in the
matter and am ready to do all I can
for tlie success of the Democratic
ticket and the good of the party In
the future. Whll3 a recount of the
forty counties which Mayor Dahlman
asked for might have given me the
nomination, the time Ia too short, and
a longer delay can but result in in
Jury to our party and to the benefit
of our opponents, the Repugllcans.
The recount in Douglas county con-
sumed a good deal of time, but was
the best
possible thlLg that could
have occurred under the circumstanc
es. The gain of 107 vote3 for me in
the recount has vindicated my asking
for this action, as the gain made
would have nominated me, had the
majority against me remained as it
appearedat the time I made the ap
plication. It has also been a great
benefit to Mayor Dahlman and the
rest of the state ticket, in that it has
satisfied my friends and the people
of Nebraska generally that the many
rumors alleging frauds and unfair
ness in Douglas county were untrue.
While it is possible that I might still
hope to win the nomination in a legal
battle because of irregularities and
technicalities shown in the recount in
Douglas county, I do not care for a
victory that is to be won in that man
ner, and I think more of the welfare
of the party and of the many friends
of mine, who are candidates this year,
than I do of any personal ambition of
my own, or disappointment because
of a seeming repudiation of my ad
ministration.
This Is going to a Democratic
year and I want to see Nebraska in
line with the national and I shall do
what I can to help you and the splen.
did organization, which you bo ably
command, to win a sweeping victory
in this state this fall. There is no use
for me to say to you that I have no
personal disappointment In the re
sult, for that would be untrue. I in
tend, however, to keep on fighting for
good government, as I have In the
past, and for the triumph of Demo
cratic principles in this state. This is
one of the most Important crisis that
has ever confronted the Democratic
party and we should all pull together
for Democratic success.
We have a United States senator to
elect, a state legislature -and six con
gressmen, besides a representative
lot of men who are nominated for the
state offices. It Is one of the strong
est tickets that our party has present
ed In many years. In Mr. Hitchcock
we have a splendid type of the public
servant who deserves promotion to
the high office to which he now ns
plrcs, because of good service that he
Vns done In the past. He Is entitled
to the united support of all those who
stand for good government and for
the Interests of the great mass of
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the people. Our candidates for con
gress are all splendid men who can
be trusted, and It is because of the
Interests these gentlemen and many
others, who have been my former
friends and supporters that I write
to you as chairman of our party or
ganization and ask you to show me
where I can fight from now on until
the polls close in November, so that
I may best help them and you, and I
am ready to respond to any demands
you may make upon me to the best
0f my ability. I know the Democrats
of Nebraska have every confidence
in yourself, your vice chairman, Mr.
Gruenther, and secretary, Mr. Mat
thews, and I expect to be able to con
gratulate you and the Democratic
party after the battle is over.
With assurances of my continued
regard and esteem, I have the honor
to remain, yours very respectfully,
Ashton Shallenberger.
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NOTICE Some Plattsmouth prop
erties to exchange for grazing land.
Both business and residence. We
are having inquiries for acreage near
Plattsmouth. List your property
with us.
Windham Investment Co.,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
A Little Wreck at Omaha.
Yesterday morning a Burlington
passenger train, No. 4, from Lincoln,
and Burlington mail train collided
head on at the curve Just west of the
local station and Engineer Albert
Stafrln of the passenger received se
vere injuries. The mall train was be
ing driven to the switching point
which begins at the curve when the
passenger train struck it. Neither
train was traveling very fast and the
only damage that resulted was the
smashing of both pilots. In half an
hour the engines were repaired and
on their way. Stafrln suffered sprains
to a leg and arm, and was painfully
bruised in being thrown backwards
In his cab by the shock. Several pas
sengers suffered bruises in the Jolt,
but none was seriously injured.
Mrs. W. J. Crosser of Waua, Neb.,
who has been visiting relatives here
for two weeks, departed for her home
this morning. Mrs. Crosser was ac
companied to Omaha by her sister,
Miss Etta NIckles.
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ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT
MAY LOCATE HERE
Dr. H. F. Schlelfert and wife who
have been the guests of Mrs. M. A.
Darling and son, H. B. Darling, de
parted for their home in Chicago on
No. 2 last evening. Drs. Schleifert
is president of the National Dental
Labratory of Chicago, and Is very
much Impressed with Plattsmouth as
a place to locate his corporation. This
city Is in the center of a large and in
viting territory for his line; that of
dental supplies, and it is not beyond
the range of probabilities that Platts
mouth may see this business enter
prise located here In the not distant
future.
Dr. and Mrs. Schleifert were Join
ed in their visit here by Mrs. Edith
Mathewson, and Miss Edith Darling:
sisters and Tom Darling of Kansas
City, a brother of Mrs. Schleifert, and
for a week past the party has enjoyed
a sort of family reunion.
Mrs. Tuey Surprised.
Mr. Arch McDanlel of Lynden,
Wash., arrived a few days ago and is
the guest of his sister, Mrs. J. E.
Tuey. It has been eight years since
Mrs. Tuey last saw her brother, and
she did not recognize him, as his visit
was unexpected.
Mr. McDanlel walked into the store
when his sister was busy waiting on
customers and took his turn asking
for a man's collar, size 18. Mrs.
Tuey glanced at her customer and
saw that he was large and would
need a size No. 18, and proceeded to
examine the stock to find the size.
Her son, Ernest, eyed the stranger
and soon identified him as "Uncle
Arch." Mr. McDanlel is about to re
move from Lynden, Wash., to Mon
tana where his home will be In the
future.
A BARGAIN IF TAKEN SOON
Three half sections In Morlll county,
Nebraska, smooth, black soil, 30ft to
water adapted to general farming.
Price only J 16.50. Write at once for
full particulars.
Windham Investment Co.,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
John Campbell of Murray and Jas.
Grube of Lincoln who are visiting
Mr. Campbell, drove to Plattsmouth
this morning to look after some busi
ness matters.
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