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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1910)
The - Plattsmouth - Journal t i Published Seml-Weeklf at Plattsmouth, Nebraska CZZ R. A. BATES, Publisher. Entered at the Postoflice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska! as second-class matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Tula. Metzger. Iiauulng. - These are the gentlemen who will represent Cass county In the next leg islature. :o: Fine weather right now for that early Christmas shopping. ;o: the pursuit of happiness are at stake In that guarantee. No crime striking more directly at all the institutions held dear by American freemen can be conceived, therefore, than an at tempt to corrupt a Juror. The indig nation of every honest citizen must rise, the blood of every patriotic American boll, at the bare contempla tion of the thought that Jury "fixing" seems to be comparatively easy of performance and the frequency of the crime rapidly increasing. Within a week two startling cases of attempts to defeat Justice by tam pering with a Juror came to light. One succeeded; the other failed, be ing nipped In the bud by reason of the Integrity of the counsel for the began prisoner at the bar, who turned the bribe-soliciting Juror and his Inter mediary over to the police. New York City holds the unenvi able reputation of being the scene of one plot; equally wicked, If not more ever conies when the people complete ly loe faith in both judiciary and Juries tfce republic will be face to face with ruin. Unfortunately the respect for the courts that all Ameri can citizens once professed is not our distinguishing characteristic it once was. The fault is not with the peo ple, nor is It wholly with the courts. There have been some bad Judges and are doubtless many today. Dut we believe the majority of the men on the bench are trustworthy. The men and the Interests who reach out corrupting hands to Influence Judges and Juries against justice must be reached. Their crimes mnst be made so odious, their punishment so severe and far-reaching that in very terror of the consequences, they will refrain from poisoning the well springs of equity, else the honor of the Ameri can courts must be tarnished and the Jury system proclaimed a failure. :o: The democrats will control the next congress by about thirty major ity. :o: The scramble for positions in the gift' of the new governor, has already :o:- Next time the tariff will be revised by those who are not blinded by their infatuation with It. :o: A great many people love Roose velt et ill, the only trouble being that he seldom is. :o: The democrats will control the leg islature, but they lose the state ticket by a big majority. :o: Congressman Magulre has carried Cass county. Good enough, for a re publican county. :o: For the first time In many years Cass county will have a solid delega H Ion in the state legislature. :o: The Lincoln Journal says that the democrats w ill have four members of congress In tho next house, too, from Nebraska. :o: W. H. Hannlng, C. K. Metzger and W. IF. Puis are to be congratulated upon their election, and the magnifi cent campaign they made. :o: Poulson, the boss of the Anti-Saloon League, claims that the county optlonlsts will control the legislature. The Journal thinks not. The vole on members of the legis lature In Otoe county was very close, hut It la reported that all the demo crats were succefsful. We certainly hope so. :o: That physician who claims that i. i .... - . Intermediary in the very act of re- One of the greatest surprises In u i 11 unfiiiirnB inn uu i u i cu uj u nui ft i- - i cnl operation Is not explicit. Would I lnK part of the bribe money on this election Is that Will Hayward lie cut In lust below the chin or just ' The conspirators are in the only carried three counties In the Toombs prison, Indicted and awaiting Third congressional district. Jonn trial, with the prospect of long prison Magulre's majority In the district terms ahead of thorn. It appears that be about 600 "Fenate May Re a Tie," says a so, Chicago, the other. In the eastern headline. Heretofore Aldrlch has city the case concerned was a homl- had the senate tied hand and foot. clde trial, In which a rich "Joy rider" :o: was charged with having caused the The party lines were over the death, by his reckless automobillng, dashboard Tuesday, and the loud of a young girl. The Jury had been "Whoa!" of the politicians had no drawn and the case was about to pro- effect ceed, when the plot to secure a dlsa- :o: greement or acquittal, regardless of Champ Clark, of Missouri, should the merits of the case, w as revealed, be elected speaker of the next con It should be said, In Justice to the gress with hands down, and without prisoner at the bar, that he has not a dissenting voice. been shown to have had any part In :o: the attempt to "hang" the Jury. The There Bhould be elections In Ne guilty Juror himself made the over- braska only every other year, it tures, through an Intermediary, to will be better for the people and a the counsel of the prisoner, agreeing saving to the taxpayers of the state. to "hold out" for acquittal in consld- :o: eratlon of 13,500. The counsel for The most conspicuous fact re- the prisonerthere are honest law- vealed by the election result is that yers even In New York, it seems the voters know a lot more about the pretended to accept the proposal, laid tariff than the politicians gave them It privately before the Judge and dls- credit for knowing. trlct nttninpv and M-Anned turor and :o: above the shoulders? :o:- The meat trust says bacon Is so high because the hogs are too fat. Hut lms anyone observed a reduction In the price of lard on account of this excessive fatness? : :o: That New York Judge who de scribed Colonel Roosevelt as a "steam engine In pants" stated the case with more brevity and lucidity than Is commonly met with in legal opinions. :o: The treasury report shows a deficit of J 13,000,000 for October, which merely goeB to allow that the Pftyne- Aldrlch tariff Is a failure as a revenue producer in addition to being an out rago upon every man, woman and child who eats food or wears clothes. :o: . The Journal extends congratulation to Congressman Magulre upon his re election over Will Hayward. Mr. Ma gulre's record was before the people, and by doing right by those people he has been rewarded by a re-election. John Magulre Is a people's man, and he will always be found de fending their Interests in congress. :o: The stopper 'Is being pulled out of the bath tub trust. That is to say some of the secrets of the combine are running out. Sixteen manufac turers of those very necessary artlclea It Is charged, are In a combination In violation of the anti-trust law. Gov crnment agents are chipping away at the enamel covering the Inside of the business. Dut It Is a slippery combi nation and, with plenty of soap, water and scrubbing brushes at hand, the whole thing may end In a white' wash. :o: ji'itv coimirnox. Trial by Jury Is one of the most sacred rights guaranteed to every American citizen. Life, liberty and the tainted juror, Yeandel, by name, served on the Jury of Nan Patterson, In the last of her notorious trials for murder, and held out for acquittal Whether or not he was then Inllu :o:- W. F. Moran, democrat, defeated L. F. Jackson, republican, for county attorney, by a majority of 300, and our friend George W. Ieldlgh Is re- enced by ulterior motives Is not yet elected to the legislature. The Jour plain. Yeandle says not, declaring nal extends congratulations to both that he had been an honest man until gentlemen. They pulled through by he becamo convinced that the whole 8J majorities. HVRtpm wan rntton. An h pynroRSnd 'O'. i it, "there's no money In being honest. If Woodrow Wilson, elected gov- lt's graft In politics and law and ernor of New Jersey, proves all that everywhere you go and everything the people expect of him, he will be you try to do." Perhaps; but the a formidable candidate for the dem lawyer who turned htm over to the I ocratlc nomination for president on police, against the Interest of his own the democratic ticket. He will be a client, demonstrated that the corrup- candidate that will bo hard to beat tlcm hasn't yet penetrated the entire by the g. o. p. . . . fabric. :o: The Chicago case Is more far reach- There seems to have been several Ing In Its effect on the general public election surprises In Otoe county, and Its Injury to our political system also. Our friend, Senator S. H. than the New York affair, If the alle- Puck, Is defeated for re-election by gatlons be true. Here the dishonest Henry Partellng by 6 majority, and lawyer contrasts with tho honest one. Anness, a square out county option i It Is charged that counsel for Lee 1st, defeats E. J. Steadman, who was i O'Neill Browne, the member of the considered the strongest on the dem Illinois legislature lately acquitted of ocratlc ticket, by a decisive majority accepting a bribe to vote for William So you Bee. surprises never come E. Lorlmcr for United States senator, singly conspired with a member of that jury :o to vote for his client 8 acquittal. Dls- Thirty women were numbered appointed and enraged by the small among the 150 homesteaders who re- sum received for his dirty work, the eently filed claims at Aberdeen, S purchased Juror confessed to the dls- d. It Is not the first time the gontler trlct attorney In revenge, and the 8ex has Joined In the exciting race for lawyer Is now under indictment. prlrority and proprietorship, but this Tho acquittal of Ilrowne in the la perhaps the largest proportion ot face of most damaging evidence was women to men yet recorded In home- a shock and surprise to tho country, iteadlng annals. The woman who and there was grave suspicion at the time that the jury had been tampered with. It is earnestly to be hoped that safeguards will bo provided to prevent another false juror again making a mockery of justice wihen tho lawyer comes to trial. Jury tam perlng ought to be considered a crime In the class of treason. If the time sets out to mako a home for herself In a new country, encountering the hardships and privations these wo men must necessarily undergo, shows indomitable courage and de serves abundant success. Three cheers for the women pioneers! . :o: . Miss Geraldlne Farrar may not have been elegant, but she certainly was expressive, when she declared the other day: "I have met a lot of dukes and there isn't one of them worth a ding." While our dictlon- .... .... ary rails to give a dennmon ot "ding," we somehow feel that the dukes were accurately described. :o: TIIK A1TKA L TO DF.MOCIUCY. The people of the United States on Tuesday voted a lack of confidence In the republican party and appealed to the democratic party for relief and honest representation. The victory Is one of the most sweeping that has been won by the democracy since the republican party was born. The house of representa tives Is democratic by a very sub stantial majority. The democratic representation in the senate will be considerably Increased. Such usually republican states as New York, Con necticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio and Indiana wheel into the democratic column, and In nearly every republican state that remains republican the majorities are greatly reduced. It is republican votes that have made these democratic victories. In telligent republicans feel that thtlr party has broken faith with them. They feel that President Roosevelt, In 1908, procured the election of .Mr. Taft under false pretenses. They feel that Mr. Taft himself allowed them to gain a mistaken impression of his principles and purposes. They feel that the national platform adopted In Chicago was not promul gated in good faith, and that its vio lation by President Taft and a re publican congress was deliberate and premeditated. They feel that high tariff has been made frankly a graft, to wiilch the republican party is accessory and of which It is t beneficiary. They see in such cabl net officials as Balllnger a brazen betrayal of the people's government Into the hands of the despollers of the people. And they have turned from the whole disgusting mess to the democratic party as a more prom ising alternative. Colone Rolosevelt's strenuous efforts to save his party were not only unavailing, but actually harm ful. The 'people vividly remember his promises and assurances of two years ago, which elected Taft and the present congress. They remem ber, more vividly now than they did then, how barren hl3 own adminis tration was in performance, how the character of his own cabinet was similar to Taft's, how trusts and monopolies grew and flourished un der the seven years of Roosevelt as they never had done before. And they are beginning to look askance, even here In the west, on Mr. Roose velt's autocratic and domineering tendencies, and to lookv with suspi cion on that "new nationalism" pro gram which means the weakening of the powers of the states, the central izing of government authority at Washington, and which Includes, as ultimately features, federal Incorpo ration of the railroads and the trusts and the establishment of a central bank Issue. The sound common sense ot the people Is beginning to revolt from this extreme of Rooseveltlsm, Just as It has already revolted against the cynical partnership between gov ernment and "big business" for which the Taft element of the party stands. And that common sense Is turning to the democracy not so much because it has the highest ad miration for democratic leadership, porhaps, as because it is coming more and more to believe in the essential soundness of democratic principles. The democratic party stands for democracy, for indlvldu allsm, for free competition, against privilege and subsidies and special grants, for local self-government, for personal rights, for the preservation Intact of the powers and rights of the states, for economy In adminis tration, for equal opportunity, and for simplicity rather than complex lty in government. These are the same things that many republicans are coming to stand for, and they will come in Increasing numbers If the democratic party proves, by be ing true to Its principles and Us trust, that it Is deserving of a full grant of power. Fortunately. In the election of MR. FARIY1ER!1H'PP steak CC0D EATING I will on Thursday of every week de liver Ice Cream, Fruit at Fresh Oysters at your very door. Watch for the Auto! J. E. MASON such governors as Judge Baldwin, dean of Yale law school In Connecti cut; Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton university, In New Jersey, and Judson Harmon In Ohio, the democratic party Is showing that it has statesmanlike men, of high char acter and unquestioned fitness, whom It is able to bring forward. The democratic party must truly serve the people. It must Ihe up, a3 faithfully as It can, to democratic Ideals. It must stand for an abso lute divorce between government and corrupt "business" and for adminis tration that rests on Jeffersonian principles. If it does not, if it be trays those who trust it, it will lose, and deserve to lose, just as the re publican party has lost World Herald. :o: Notice of Final Settlement. State of Nebraska, County of Cass, ss In the re estate of J. Glen Royal, deceased. To all persons interested: You are hereby notified that petition has been filed In this Court praying for final settlement of this estate, by the administrator thereof; that a hearing will be had upon said petition on the 19th day of Novem ber, 1910, at 2 o'clock, p. m., In my office at the court house, in Platts rroi'th, Nebraska, before which hour all objections thereto must be filed. Witness my hand and official seal this 10th day of November, A. D., 1910. (Seal) Allen J. Beeson, William C. Ramsey, County Judge. Attorney. ' 11-1 0-1 w 1 Tactea fiomMhlnn Retuuejtn Pork anil Beef and Is Esteemed by Whites and Natives. The hipplpotamus, as any one who has traveled in Africa knows, is very good eating, says Capt Fritz Du quesne, in Success Magazine, In an article, entitled "New Animals for America." The flesh tastes something between pork and beef. It is highly es teemed by whites and natives alike. It la known among the Boers, who were the first whites to eat It, as tee koe speck (sea-cow bacon) when It l cured. The hippopotamus Is practic ally the beef of Africa, The fat, which lies between the akin and the flesh, and averages about 200 pounds, la one ot the purest animal fats known to science. It Is In great demand for soaps and cold cream and brings a high price from the African trader. Of course, people would have preju dices against hippo steak at first, but they would soon learn to eat it. At present, according to some Investiga tors, a great deal of the sausage sold In some of the coast states Is made of porpoise meat and slaughter house waste mixed together. The recent ex pose of the cold storage methods which kept meat for years, waiting for a favorable market, should make peo ple willing to prefer anything to that SETTLING THE DOCTOR'S BILL Commence the Trenches Today. H..S. Pelton, the contractor for the postoffice building, had a force of men start to digging the trenches for the concrete base on which the brick foundation of the building Is to rest. The trenches are to be four feet and the concrete base the same. There Is a force of half a dozen men engaged at the trenches, and very soon the forms for the concrete will be placed In them and the base run into them. How Benevolent Physician Did a Kind ness Without Wounding Pride of Patient. The late Dr. Cruvellhler of Paris was a man of unbounded liberality. One day he heard that a poor young woman, whose husband was a clerk In the war office, had been taken seri ously 111. He went to see her, attend ed her for a month, and finally cured her. At the end of this period he per celved that the husband wished to ask him for his account and for time to pay It In. He did not like to hurt the young man's feelings, and, noticing an Algerian carpet In the room worth about 15 francs, he exclaimed: "What a lovely piece of carpet you have got there!" . "Ah, doctor," said the husband, "If you think you would like to have It" "I should Indeed very much like to have It Look here, we will make a bargain. You owe me 200 francs for my visits. Your carpet Is worth 300. Here are a hundred francs, and I'll take it with me." And he left, glad to have done the poor people a kindness without wound ing their pride. Notice to Hog Breeders. In regard to the many Inquiries about the O. I. C. (white) boar I re cently purchased from Ohio, I wish to say that this hog was two years old August 27, 1910, breeding weight 600 pounds; guaranteed to weigh 1,000 to 1,200 fattened. Also have one April boar same stock, not related, weight 175. Service fee for either $3.00 to Insure little. Frank L. Rhoden, ll-3-4t-w. Murray, Neb Miss Nettle Moore and tier sister, Miss Dell Moore, were passengers on on the morning train today for the metropolis, where they looked after their week-end shopping. War and Finance. Money life here has yet not reacho4 a chlvalric stage, nor has It any where else in the world. In money matters this age's' faces too often reflect the cold, pallid face of the crafty, cave-dwelling man and his can nabllistlc devices and traps. Tip takes It that the money world's life Is still In primitive state of evolution. Later will come higher morals, honor, aye, chivalry, for the game of money and war and hunting are plainly worked from the same part of th brain, and history of one will be the story of the others. Great charity should be shown the financial faces of today, for many such faces only rep resent the fag and exhaustion, wear and tear, that proceed from a too se vere application to a too narrow In tellectual specialty. This makes a cross, tired, worn face. For Borne of the most Just and good hearted ot men and women have a quick, snappy temper, and no wonder. New York Press. Do you want an AUCTIONEER? If you do, get one who has Experieice, Ability, Judgement. Telegraph or write ROBERT WIKINSON, Dunbar, Neb, Datesfmade at this office or the Murray State Bank. Good Service Reasonable Rate J.W. HUGHES Live Stock and General Farm Sale AUCTIONEER Five years successful selling renders me thoroughly competent ot handling your sale. Referfence from those 1 have sold for. Graduate from Missouri Auction School. See me at Perkins Hotel. Piatt. 'Phone 142 Green ' A Counter Attraction. It was at a ball game between Chi cago and Pittsburg. The score was tied, two men were out a runner was on third, and Hans Wagner was at bat! The crowd was too excited to be noisy. A sporting editor had taken his neighbor to the game. The neighbor was not a fan, but be had succumbed to the delights of "traveling on a pass," and was having a real, garru lous good time. At the moment when there wasn't a heart beating on the bleachers, and the grandstanders were nauseated with suspense, the sporting editor's neighbor emitted this: "Look, Jake! Look at that coke train! Did you ever see one engine pulling so many cars? I'm gonna count "em!" Llpplncott's. Tolerance. Jane I've something on me mind. 'Arry, that I hardly knows how to tell year. Arry Aht wlv It Jane I'm afraid yer won't marry me If I tells yer. 'Arry Aht wlv It Jane I'm a sonamullst, 'Arry. "Arry (after prolonged pause) Never mind, Jane, It'll be all right It there ain't no chapel for It we'll be married at a registry. Punch. Wants His Share. "You'll get a Carnegie medal for this," growled the tramp who had Just been pulled from the water by the hero. "Perhaps," grinned the panting Ufa saver. "Well, don't forget that you owe It to me." "And what good will that do youT the hero asked. "Why, when you pawn It you caa idmme half I " A
