The - Plattsmouth - Journal
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R. A. BATES, Publisher.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Next time the tariff will be revised
by those who are not blinded by
their infatuation with It.
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A great many people love Roose
velt et ill, the only trouble being that
he seldom is.
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The democrats will control the leg
islature, but they lose the state ticket
by a big majority.
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Congressman Magulre has carried
Cass county. Good enough, for a re
publican county.
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For the first time In many years
Cass county will have a solid delega
H Ion in the state legislature.
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The Lincoln Journal says that the
democrats w ill have four members of
congress In tho next house, too, from
Nebraska.
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W. H. Hannlng, C. K. Metzger and
W. IF. Puis are to be congratulated
upon their election, and the magnifi
cent campaign they made.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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'.
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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
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It Is charged that counsel for Lee 1st, defeats E. J. Steadman, who was
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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!
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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.
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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 "
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