The - Plattsmouth - Journal
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I'or lulled States Nenutoi
Gilbert M. Hitchcock.
I'or fiovernor
James C. Dahlman.
Ut'iiteiiunt (iovi'i'iior
Ralph A. Clark.
Secretary of Slate
Charles Pool.
Auditor of Public Account
Thomas J. Hewitt.
State TicuMurci
George K. Hall.
Superintendent of Schools
William It. Jackson.
Attorney ('euelul
C. II. Whitney.
('oiiinilHsliiner of Public Lauds
William D. Eastman.
Hallway Commissioner
Pen II. liayden.
For 1'oiigrcsMiiun -l'lcst liistriit
John A. Magulre.
lU-iiresenlative Klublh District
M. A. Hates.
I'or Senator -Fourth District
William II. Banning.
For ISepreHentatlveH-Seventli Distiict
C. E. Metzger; W. II. Puis.
For County CoininiNNioncr -
Charles It. Jordan.
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From the Republican viewpoint
the outlook In New York state Is
mighty dubious.
Anyhow, the freight rate hearing
Indicates that the railroads are be
ginning to take the interstate com
merce commission seriously.
If Chester IT. Aldrlch has ever
done anything commendable for the
Lord's sake let's hear what It was.
The people want to know who he la.
Vice-President Sherman, who failed
to carry his own precinct as delegate
to the state convention In New York,
agrees with Mr. Tloutelle and Mr.
Tawney that the primary system la a
jlzzle. '
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The democrats do not want to for
get that Charles R. Jordan Is the
nominee of the party in the Third
(district, and should be re-elocted. He
ias made a good commissioner, and
deserves the support of every demo
crat.
The people of Nebraska know all
about Jim Dahlman's career from
boyhood days, now let us hear some
of the other fellow's record. Mr.
Dahlman has kept back nothing of
tils past history, and he Is to bo com
mended for his honesty.
Teddy "Is In the saddle" In great
tmape in the Empire state, If all re
ports are true. Put just wait till
after the election, and you will hear
the rumblings of a cyclone In New
York, and If Roosevelt and his gang
don't come out of the battle "hard
Lit" we miss our guess.
Congressman Magulre Is right with
the people on all questions In which
they are directly Interested, and
should be returned for another term
The voters of the First district know
that he has proved "the right man In
the right place," and has done his
tluty.
Ord Journal: It Is worthy of note
that the esteemed Quiz pours out the
venom of Its criticism upon Dahlman
Lut has not seen fit yet to say any
thing good about his opponent, Mr,
Aldrlch. A few snappy editorials
contracting the personal habits and
the past records of the two candl
dates would be good reading.
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Falrbury Journal: The Journal
Las no prejudice In tho contest be
tween the two candidates for gov
ernor, yet we believe Dahlman will
Le elected. We cannot seo how ho Is
to bo defeated. As someone has said
"every knock Is a boost." Each tit'
tack made on Dahlman makes him
votes. Every tlmo a prominent dem
ocrat announces that ho has bolted
Dahlmun a drovo of republicans
Hlleiitly enroll under his banner. It
Is human nature. You ennnot down n
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Publisher.
man by abusing him. The natural
nympathy In man rallies to the assist
ance of the one towards whom the
arrows of calumny are directed. As
a bit of cheap advice, we suggest that
the opponents of Dahlman begin to
praise him.
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Newport Republican: Uurkett is
a reactionary , republican who never
hurt a corporation doing business in
defiance of law and the American
people, while opposed to his history Is
Congressman Hitchcock's record of
fights against Cannoulsm, exposure
of Alaskan coal Bteals and protests
against tariff thievery. Which man
would you prefer to have for United
States senator? Mr. Hitchcock, of
course. Then help to make the new
state legislature democratic.
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Statement No. 1, which the repub
lican candidates for representative In
Casa county refuse to stand by, has
again been endorsed by the republi
cans of Oregon, so well pleased are
they with the voice of the people as
the proper way of electing United
States senators. Remember the
democratic candidates for the legis
lature In this county are all In favor
of Statement No. 1, and believe In
"the people ruling" on this, as well
as every other question In which they
are Interested.
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Reports from all parts of the state
are to the effect that Congressman
Hitchcock's meetings are very large
ly attended. People of all parties
turn out to hear him on the tariff
question, which his opponent, "Slip
pery" Elmer, don't try to explain.
The people who heard Uurkett a
dozen years ago, say that his speeches
sound Just as they did then. He
fights the civil war over and goes
iback a decade in his remarks. He
says as little as possible about his
friend, "Rubber" Aldrlch.
THE PARTING.
(Nebraska City News.)
The expected has happened. Wil
liam J. Bryan has Issued a statement
in which he says that he will not sup
port Jim Dahlman for governor. In
the light of recent events no one who
was conversant with the political
affairs In Nebraska expected him to.
At the opening of the campaign Mr.
Dryan said there must be an extra
session of the legislature and the
Initiative and referendum measure
passed. It was that or Governor
Shallenberger would be numbered
among the slain. Then came the
fight In Btate convention for county
option In which Mr. Bryan as de
feated by a vote of 638 to 302.
Throwing aside the vote of Douglas
county, Mr. Bryan was badly defeat
ed In the convention. The 8 o'clock
law was Indorsed by a vote of 710 to
163. Those votes showed the tem
perament of tho democrats In con
vention assembled, and we believe
that Mr. Bryan will not dony that the
representative democrats were at the
convention.
Mr. Bryan Is not willing that the
majority should rule. He Issued his
edicts and because a majority did not
acquiesce in his dictatorship he re
fuses to stand by their decision. Mr.
Dahlman was not the News' favored
candidate for governor. Mr. Bryan's
sixteen-to-one was not the News'
favored paramount Issue. We have
always supported Mr. Bryan in every
campaign, and If It is not assuming
too much, we believe that we were a
prominent factor in electing him to
congress the first time. While not
agreeing with him In one or two
Issues, we were with him on, the main
planks.
Mr. Bryan says that lie will disrupt
tho political and personal friendship
of more than twenty years because
ho does not like whnt Mr. Dahlman
says.
If the democrats of NoTiraskn had
pursued the name policy that Mr
Bryan and Mr. VeUalf are pursuing
It Is tare to j-ay that Mr. Bryan
would not have had a solid delega
tion from this state to astist him In
securing the second and third nomi
nation for president.
With Mr. Bryan it seems to be the
parting of the ways. If he cannot
dictate the party platform, then he
will not remain with the majority.
This is not the first time that a lead
er of the party has attempted to dis
rupt the democrats of the state.
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XO FAIR WEATHER FRIEND.
(Omaha Western Laborer.)
Congressman G. M. Hitchcock put
cue over on Congressman Mann of
Illinois last March In the house of
representatives when he made this
brief and bully little speech:
Mr. Hitchcock said: "Mr. Speak
er, I rise to-support the amendment
offered by the gentleman' from New
Jersey. I have been ania.Tcd at the
statement made by the gentleman
from Illinois (Mr. Mann) that no. pri
vate shipyards in this country can, as
now organized, construct ships under
the system of eight hours for a day's
work. He says, In effect, that the
shipyards in the United States,
favored as they are by the laws of
the United States In the construction
of ships, given a monopoly of the
construction of ships flying the
American flag, whether used In Inter
national or In the coastwise trade
that none of the shipyards, favored
as they are by the laws of congress,
are prepared to give to their labor
ers any of the benefits contemplated
by the eight-hour law of the United
States and the widespread eight-hour
practice. It'is a sad commentary on
the shipyards which are subsidized by
law and given a profitable monopoly,
that it Is now impossible, if it Is, for
the United States to have any of Its
vessels constructed under the eight
hour law passed by congress and the
eight-hour practice which has become
universal In well-conducted private
enterprises. I think, Mr. Speaker, if
there are no private shipwards in the
United States today able to construct
vessels under the eight-hour law and
under the eight-hour practice, It is
time that congress withdrew t from
those shipyards the highly protective
laws of the country which give them
a monopoly in building American
ships and which have' been enacted
for their benefit. It Is certainly not
contemplated by the shipping laws of
the United States which give these
private yards a monopoly in the con
struction of American ships that the
monopoly is given to them wholly for
the benefit of capitalists who build
the ships. This monopoly is given
them, as has been pretended, at least
In part, for Hie benefit of labor in
the United States; and American
labor has been committed for many
years with the indorsement of con
gress and the approval of the great
public to the eight-hour practice. It
seems to me that the gentleman
from Illinois in his declaration that
no shipyard In the United States is
prepared to build ships under the
eight-hour law has made a very dam
aging confession, if it bo true, and
has presented an argument why con-,
gress should adopt the eight-hour
amendment offered by the gentleman
from New Jersey."
Mr. Mann was like Jeffries he
couldn't "come back." This is anoth
er proof of what we have said time
and again, that G. M. Hitchcock un
derstands the aspirations, the hopes
and the feelings of the working peo
ple and we don't need to stand at his
elbow and tell him when we are In
terested. He knows. He has made
good In the house and he can make
good In the United States senate.
Since the days when he faithfully
protected the Interests of tha work
ing people of Omaha as a member of
the executive committee of the Trans
Mississippi exposition in 1S97 thlr
teen years ago he has never failed
to niake good when the worklngmen
In his town needed him. Not very
many union men are here now who
went through that struggle to have
some of tho prosperity that was to
come to Omaha through that great
undertaking load down Into the
pockets of the men who built it. Ed
ward Rosewater was the other man
who helped the, worklngmen Im
meiiwly at that time. Had it not
been for Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. Ro.ne
water the Trans-Mississippi exposi
tion would not have benefited the
workingmeu of Omaha. We know
what we are talking about when we
say this, and we don't want the
worklngmen of Omaha today to for
get that Hitchcock has always been
on the square with them. He is not
a fair weather or "before-the-elec-tion"
friend. He la there "with the
goods" all the tims.
The platform adopted by the Wis
consin Republicans Is so polite that
It makes no reference to the national
administration.
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Vote for the Democratic candidates
for the legislature if you are op
posed to county option, and the other
fellows If you want prohibition.
The tariff law of 1828 was called
the "tariff of abominations." No
body has actually called the tariff of
1909 by that name. But there is no
telling what the stand-pat congress
men who helped enact it are think
ing about it by this time.
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When you go to buy your winter's
supply of coal you will be reminded
of the high cost of living without in
creased wages to meet It. The coal
baron receives a protective tariff of
43 cents per ton on his product. Mr.
Consumer, how much protection do
you get? Figure it out and hand us
the answer.
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Do you favor a tariff tax of from
40 to 165 per cent on the woolen
goods you will have to buy for the
approaching winter? If you do, then
vote the Republican ticket and your
wish will be gratified. But before
doing so, look around and see wheth
er you are getting from 40 to 165
per cent on what you sell.
Do you believe that United States
senators ought to be elected by a
direct vote of the people, the same a
members of congress? The demo
cratic candidates for the legislature
In Ca3s county slsred Statement No.
1 which the Republican candidates
belie' e the people should "not elect
UalteJ fctates senators.
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The S'ate Journal exercised such
great enterprise in sifting out Mayor
Dahln-.an's career from boyhood up
to the present time, would It not be
Just as commendable for that paper
to give a few sketches of the past
career of Mr. Aldrlch, th9 republican!
candidate for governor. But the
State Journal never was anything if
not sensational, especially if the sen
sation comes from the other side of
the house.
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Adams County Democrat: The
Democrat wa3 on the losing side in
the gubernatorial contest, but as we
would have expected the earnest sup
port of the Dahlman democrats for us
if Shallenberger had won, so the
Dahlman democrats have a right to
expect the hearty support of the Shal
lenberger democrats and as far as we
are concerned we will do our best to
see that our -candidate for governor
and the whole ticket gets loyal and
hearty support in Adams county. For
get your differences, boys. A United
States senator, six congressmen and
an excellent Btate ticket needs and
ought to have your hearty support.
Dear mothers, when you go to the
store to buy woolens Tor your chil
dren to keep their bodies warm while
going through slush and cold weather
to school, don't forget that you pay
twice the real amount you should pay
because of an exhorbltant tariff tax
running from 70 to 125 per cent.
Ask your husbands to vote the Demo
cratic ticket next November as a re
buke to the party that makes such
conditions possible. And as a rebuke
to "Slippery" Elmer Burkett, who
aided "Rubber" Aldrlch, of Rhode
Island, In getting the nefarious tariff
bill through the senate. He is now
traveling over the state attempting
to deceive the people.
W. B. Banning should receive the
support of every voter in Cass county
who wants to be represented in the
State Senate by one who Is compe
tent and also faithful to the trust
reposed In him. Ills career as a
level-headed business man is well
known to the voters, and he has
Children Cry
Wr a rrynn
The land You Have Always Bought, and which has been
In use for over 30 years, has borne tho signature of
nd lias been made under 1:1s per
CLjCvT sonal supervision since its Lalaaey.
TV, s-cUK Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Jnst-as-good" ore but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTOR I A
Casioria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It i3 Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Other Xarcotlo
Mibstance. Its age Is its guarantee. It destroys "Worn:
and allays reverishness. It cures Diarrhoea, aud Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Dowels, ghing healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
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Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years
THt CINTAUH COMPANY. TT
always worked for the Interests of
his people.
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A "candidate for the legislature
cannot carry water on both shoul
ders. He must be either for or
against county option.
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Hon. G. M. Hitchcock Is having
good crowds wherever he goes, which
is an indication that the people are
for him for United States senator.
Watch the candidate who la en
deavoring to carry water on both
sroulders on the county option ques
tion. The republican state platform
is pronounced' for county 'option,' and
every republican candidate for the
legislature is Just as pronounced on
that question.
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NR. BRYAN'S POSITION'.
(W. M. Maupin in Lincoln Wage
worker.) Mr. Bryan's announcement of his
attitude In the present campaign
ought to be sufficient answer to those
fanatical and prejudiced people who
are attempting to besmirch the per
sonal character of James C. Dahl
man. We may wisely and fairly dif
fer from Mr. Dahlman on some of the
things which he espouses, but we
cannot honestly and fairly attack his
private record as a citizen. As the
matter now stands Dahlman stands
more than a fair show of election. If
his opponents undertake to make
their campaign on abuse of the man
instead of argument against the
things he stands for as a candidate,
they will elect him by an overwhelm
ing majority.
In the language of an old-time
politician, "Party lines are shot all
to hell in this campaign." Reduced
to Its last analysis this U a campaign
for or against prohibition. That It
Closing
MI ENTIRE STOCK OF MIME
consist:ng of Kitchen Cabinets, Extension Tables,
Kitchen Tables, Stand Tables, Buffets, China Closets,
Side Boards, Dressers and Comodes, Dining Room
Chairs, Rockers, Sates, Iron Beds, Matress and
Springs, Steel Couches, Carpets and Rugs, 15 gal
lons of paint and 10 Child's Go-Carts.
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South Side Main Street,
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Signature of
MUKHAr STREET, NIW YORK CITY.
DR
Herman Groodor,
Graduate Veterinary Surge in
(Formerly with U. S. Department
Agriculture)
Licensed by Nebraska State
Board
Calls Answered Promptly
Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth.
is attempted to disguise it beneath
the cloak of county option will not
deceive anybody, and the attempt, to
thus deceive is not to the credit of
those who make such pretense of
virtue.
We may not wholly agree with Mr.
Dahlman on some things which he
advocates, but we may at least, like
Mr. Bryan, give him credit for hav
ing the manhood and the courage to
stand out in the open instead of try
ing to masquerade.
This is not a campaign of men, but
of measures. As for this humble lit
tle newspaper, It prefers to support
a square and honest man on a poor
platform rather than a trimmer and
a dodger on a good platform. Bad
men will not carry out a good plat
form, but honest men will minimize
the evils of a bad platform.
Do not be deceived by any efforts
that may be put forth to make this a
campaign of personalities. The Issues
are clearly Joined, and upon those
Issues the campaign should be fought.
James Terreberry passed through
Plattsmouth today enroute to Taber,
Iowa, where he expected to Invest in
some thoroughbred hogs, to place on
his Cass county farm.
Out Sale!
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