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- Plattsmouth - Journal
Mlishsd Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth. Nebraska
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
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Itemember that It is more blessed
to do your Christmas shopping early
than to receive.
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"Meat Prices Ileing Slashed," Bays
a headline. Also chopped notably
mutton chops and pork chops.
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President Taft says "the landslide
In Culebra can easily be removed."
But the landslide In the United States
rnn't.
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Those who havo turkeys for sale
seem to have proceeded on the theory
that turkeys have one of the dizzy
schedules In the Payne-Aldrlch tariff.
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Revision of the house rules may
greatly curtail the speaker's power,
but there Is no danger that Champ
Clark will ever become as useless as
Vice-President Sherman.
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Postmen are calling upon the pub
lic to do Its Christmas mailing early.
The express company employes, here
tofore silent, are likely to be heard
from any day.
One great reform for the demo
cratic congress to achieve Is the en
actment of a parcels post law. It
will be bitterly fought by the express
trust but the people demand It.
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Hon. John Kuhl, of Cedar county,
seems to be In the lead for speaker
of the Nebraska house of representa
tives. The members who know him
best will all support him. They know
his excellent worth as presiding offi
cer. :o:
The democrats will have a good
majority In both branches of the leg
islature, and they should not fritter
away their time In something that
has already been settled. The people
have said they don't want county
option, so they do not want to mon
key with Poulson and his gang.
more or some other Eastern city. The
present strength and the new gains
of the democrats are almost entirely
In the South and East. The party
needs the West. If It holds a council
It should selec t a place that would at
least give the West an equal oppor
tunity with the East and South. The
democratic party should especially
try to get away from Us sectional
character. Just now the people are
looking for a great national party,
whether It be the development of one
of the established organizations or
the creation of a new one.
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The progress of the science or
Biwjrt whichever you prefer to call It
of aviation is hot likely to be
greatly checked by the shocking
death of Ralph Johnstone. It appears
from all accounts that he owed his
fate to his own foolhardlness. He was
doing perilous tricks to amuse the
crowd when the fatal fall occurred.
Of course, it may be said that all
aviators are reckless or they would
not try to emulate tho birds. But
granting this, there are limits to the
risks that the air men need to assume
and those who have accomplished the
greatest ac hievements have been the
most careful. Merely spectacular
feats are not worth the broken necks
that too frequently accompany them,
and if Johnstono's death puts an end
to such performances he will not have
died in vain.
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' AH this 'alk about Aldrlch retain
ing some of Governor Shellenberger'a
appointees Is bosh. The man who
urreeds Shallenberger Is a republi
can, but the democrats elected him,
but what difference does that make?
"To the victors belong the spoils!"
Step down and out, gentlemen, and
give way to republicans. Don't adopt
any baby act.
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Since the price of meat has taken
a slight tumble, it will be noticed by
way of comparison that tho tumble
has not been so noticeable as that on
cattle and hogs on foot. The trusts
have had a finger In the matter of
adjusting prices, and the trusts were
never known to commit a deed that
would Injure themselves.
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Walt, who has 9 2 votes to his
credit over Charley Pool for secretary
of state, Is getting awful nervous, and
he Is liable to lose out. Tho contest
may go to the legislature, and Mr.
Walt w ill have to wait no longer. A
recount will give the office to Mr.
Pool whether It Is made by
the legislature or by the Douglass
county authorities. A change of 50
votes will do the work, and Mr. Walt
will have to wait no longer to step
"down and out."
Complete returns show that the
democratic majority In the new house
of representatives will be larger than
the most sanguine pre-election opti
mists hoped for. The democratic
representation will be 227 as against
163 republicans, and 1 socialist, a
democratic majority or 63 and plu
rality of 64. Kansas Is the only state
of size to have a solid republican del
egation, and most all of the Kansas
republicans are Insurgents.
All the southern states have solid
democratic delegations except Mary
land, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennes
see. Maryland and Virginia each have
1 republican, while Tennessee and
0
Kentucky each have 2 members of
that party. Colorado Is the only
northern state represented entirely
by democrats, but Indiana has 12
democrats out of 13 members.
Illinois has 11 democrats In her
membership of 25; New Jersey 7 out
of 10; New York, 23 out of 37; Ohio,
16 out of 28, and Pennsylvania. 9 out
of 32; Missouri's delegation consists
of 13 democrats and 3 republicans.
The Nebraska delegation Is evenly dl
vlded, 3 and 3; as Is Maine's, 2 and
2; Oklahoma has 2 republic ans and 3
democrats.
The democratic party Is given a
great opportunity to demonstrate that
the voters made no mistake In en
trusting it with power. The party
will be on trial as It has not been bo
fore In 18 years. It will require con
srlentlous application, wisdom and
patriotism on the part of the demo
cratlc. congressmen to emerge from
that trial with vindication, and the
responsibilities placed nnon them
must and should temper with gravity
the exultation natural In such a vie
tory.
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denied him at a primary elec tion any
more than at tho general election? If
he Is qualified to vote at all he Is
qualified to say who he wants to vote
for and who he wants nomlnted."
Why not carry the Idea to Its logl
cal conclusion? Why not elect our
delegates to the national conventions,
and then let them sit In either con
vention, or both? Why not permit
John Jones, elected as a delegate to
the democratic convention, vote to
nominate a certain candidate for vice
president in that convention, and
then, if he wishes, step over to the
republican convention and help nomi
nate a republican presidential candi
date? Why not, also, elect these delegates
to the national conventions In abso
lutely wide-open primaries, leaving
republican voters free to elect the
democratic delegates and the demo
cratic voters free to elect the republi
can delegates wherever they are so
Inclined?
What, after all, is the use of politi
cal parties? Why go through the
forms of nieetlng in state conventions
to ad5pt party platforms, if men who
are not in sympathy with those plat
forms are to be allowed to name the
candidates who are to stand upon
them or who will refuse to stand
upon them? What Is the good of a
platform pledge? Why recognize such
a thing as a party creed? Why not
abolish all political parties, and let
the voters meet In mass primaries to
nominate two complete sets of candidates?
That, in truth, Is exactly what Is
proposed by the advocates of the
Ide-open primary. The only differ
ence Is that they allow one set of
candidates to be known as "demo
crats" and another set to be known as
republicans." But these designa
tions would be farcical, as It Is easy
to see.
It Is simply a question whether we
are ready to abandon our system of
government by parties and our basic
principle of party responsibility. If
e are ready, well and good. Let's do
It, and do It frankly and openly. But
If we are not ready, then let us pre
serve the Integrity of the parties, by
Rowing each party to nominate its
wn candidates and write Its own
platforms.-World-llerald.
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Commenting on the late elections,
Senator LaFolletto's Magazine drives
a home thrust Into the Sago of Oyster
Bay in this language: "No progres
she leader, however popular, was
able to mako tho progressive vote
subservient to any party. Wherever
attempted, thousands of progressives
withheld their votes In disgust or cast
them for democrats as a rebuke and
a warning against any attempt to
compromise the progressive cause.'
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Champ Clark La wise In urging that
to hold no conference would be pref
erable to a conference held in Baltl
Tin: viii:.opi:x primary
The open primary Is not as popular
In Nebraska as It was two years ago
nut It still has Its friends. Some of
them want to go still further than th
present law, and turn the voters loose
In tho primaries to vote a "scratched
ticket" If they wish, Just as In th
general election. The ably edited
Kearney Democrat succinctly states
this program as follows
"The primary law should be made
to conform in every feature with th
general election lawJust as broad
free and open. t It should be made so
that any man can go into the booth
and vote for whomsoever he wants to. I
Now Is the time for the Daughters
of the Revolution to begin organiz-
ng In Mexico.
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Meat prices, It may be added, have
a long way yet to-drop before they
light all In a heap.
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The antics of the London suffra-
gcetes call for a new word to ex
press the feminine of rowdy.
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However, you can purchase an ex
cellent article of Imported Westpha-
llan bacon for 4 5 relit s a pound, even
now.
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The democrats will have about
Ave majority in the senate and
seven In the house. These are dem
ocrats that can be depended upon.
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Three weeks from next Sunday is
Christmas, and the boys and girls
will be counting the days up to the
very date that Old Santa Claus
makes his advent.
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King George's life in the present
crisis In England Is not all leisure
and play. He has Just completed
the nerve racking task of Issuing a
decree stipulating what rostumes
shall bo worn by those attending his
coronation.
around his neck, but never wore au
overcoat, the old fashioned man in
question resides at present in In
diana and his name is Abe Martin.
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Leo Mathews and Henry Rich
mond, both candidates for chief
clerk of the house of representatives,
each claiming they "have it." And
W. H. Smith has a "sure thing" on
being secretary of the senate.
"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip," boys. There may be
some new candidates In the field be
fore tht legislature meets.
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Previous to his departure for
Washington, Congressman Hitch
cock writes us a letter extending
thanks for our assistance in his
election to the United States senate.
We did all In our power for his
election, and would do the same if
we had our work to do over again.
Every democrat In Nebraska should
feel proud of their new senator.
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The best thing for the legislature
to do this winter is to throw all
county option legislation overboard,
adopt the Initiative and referendum,
and dear the lobby of all workers
for or against county option. The
temperance lobbyists two years ago
had more space than all other lobby
ists combined. Clear the hall of
temperance cranks and get down to
business. That's what the people
want.
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The great and mighty Poulson,
boss of the Anti-Saloon League, has
Issued his edict to his cohorts
throughout the state to marshal
their forces and be ready to carry
the legislature by storm when the
county option question comes up.
This sort of manner of attempting
to bulldose people Is right In line
with temperance cranks. But they
will be badly fooled In their calcula
tions this winter, or we miss our
guess.
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The following announcement that a
110,000,000 division of profits to the
stockholders In the Sears-Roebuck
catalogue house of Chicago ought to
encourage those w ho believe In build
Ing up business concerns away from
home to send In another order by the
first mail: "A J i J, 000, 000 melon
was decided on today by the directors
of the Sears-Roebuck company, the
stock of which Is listed on the New
York and Chicago exchanges. The
direc tors voted to recommend a stock
dividend of thirty-three and a third
per cent on the common stock, ($30,
000,000), to holders of record, April
1, 1911."
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Governor Harmon, of Ohio, and
Woodrow Wilson, governor-elect of
New Jersey, are most spoken of now
as candidates for the democratic
nomination for president. Either one
Is good enough for us.
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President Taft Is expected to sug
gest that congress should let the tar
iff alone until the Tariff Board can
make a detailed report. However,
there are numerous schedules which
do not require a detailed report from
the tariff board.
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in answer to an esteemed fellow
laborer, who wishes to know what
Why should a man have his elective has boconi f th M fashioned man
franchise curtailed and bis preference no ued to we" a long comforter
Russia's grand old man Is dead at
the advanced age of 82. Eccentric
he doubtless was; Insane many have
called him, but a wonderful genius
all must admit he possessed. Nor
Is It to be doubted that Tolstoi was
sincere In the views of life he pro
claimed In his writings and exempli
fied In his manner of living. The
great philosopher was absolutely
fearless In his criticisms of Russian
governmental methods and of the
very czar himself which, from any
other subject, would have Inevitably
resulted in nanlshment or worse,
The world in general and Russia in
particular owe much to Tolstoi. His
memory and his influence will not
soon be forgotten.
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Eastern newspapers have not been
entirely truthful, probably owing to
lark of knowledge of the facts, In
referring to Hiram Johnson's election
as governor in California as a great
republican victory. As a matter of
fact, Johnson barely sripped through
by the "skin of his teeth," a regis
tered republican majority in the state
of 126,000 being reduced to a bare
21,000 by the democratic candidate,
Theodore A. Bell. That Is a consider
able slump for a reform candidate
whoso virtues were extolled by every
ministerial association and temper
ance organization. The democrats
also succeeded in breaking the solid
republican congressional delegation,
Judge John Raker defeating Engel
brlght, a standpat republican, in the
first district. Everything considered,
It may be said that California demo
crats gave a mighty good account of
themselves.
Dr. Woodrow Wilson, democratic
governor-elect of New Jersey, In an
address before the Business Service
Lecture League of Chicago a few
nights ago, said that so many of tne
business corporations are trying to
circumvent the law that the impres
sion has gone forth that the lawyers
are employed by the busim33 men
to find out how the law may be
evaded rather than to show them
how to keep within its bounds. Dr.
Wilson's recelpe for protecting busi
ness is to keep business out of poli
tics and within the law. He says
that the country, being fully aware
as to the activities of business in
politics and government, will con
tinue the struggle to free itself from
such encroachments at any cost;
that the only cure for agitation and
the multiplicity of laws is for busi
ness to obey the laws we have, in
letter and spirit, and thus make un
necessary the warfare of self-preservation
on which the people have en
tered. :o:
VOH ELECTION' OF SENATORS.
The "house of governors," which
Is a meeting of the chief executives of
the various states of the union, for
conference on matters of interstate
Interest, will be held at Frankfort,
Kentucky, November 29 to Decem
ber 3, 1910. The chief subject for
discussion will be the question of
concerted action toward securing a
constitutional amendment on the.
popular election of United States sen
ators. There Is very little difference
of opinion as to the desirability of
this reform. The public demand for
popular election of senators is
shown forcibly In the fact that 30
states now nominate or have the pow
er to nominate senators. Working
separately, the states have thus far
failed to secure the required demand
of two thirds of their number for the
calling of a constitutional convention.
It Is believed "that with the governors
of the 46 states meeting In frank, full
Interchange of views in the confer
ence, where nearly all of them, or the
states they represent, are not merely
converted, but anxious for the popu
lar election of senators, a form of
resolution and application could be
prepared that would be absolutely at
tack-proof by the United States sen
ate, which has, up to this time, sue
cessfully repelled every effort of the
states to make that body more re
sponsive and responsible to the peo
ple.
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MEAT PRICES.
Republican party organs are has
tening to assure the people that the
law of supply and demand Is wholly
responsible for the heralded down
ward revision of prices on meats and
other food supplies, and the recent
sweeping democratic victory through
out the nation has nothing to do with
it. But will they not have a hard
task convincing their readers that
ordinary economic causes are respon
sible? They have been preaching for
years the doctrine that It Is to gov
ernmental interference, and not to
the action of economic forces, that
the people must look for the source
of their economical welfare or dis
comfort. Have not the masses learned
from constant reiteration by republl
can organs, that American high
wages, prosperity and good crops
have all been clue to the beneficent
rule of the republican party? It Is a
poor rule that doesn't work both
ways, and If the republican party Is
to be thanked for high wages, why
cannot the democratic party claim
credit for lowering living prices?
Shallow critics may declare tho fall
lng prices are coming too soon after
election to be attributable to demo
cratlc victory, but no consistent re
publican organ will put forth this
claim, for hasn't It been established
beyond dispute by these newspapers
that the democratic tariff of 1894
brought on the panic of 1893, some
18 months before the act was passed?
However, let not the consumers be
come too much enthused over the
prospect of Immcdlato and sweeping
reductions in the cost of living. Dr,
Wiley's declaration that Ihe trust
are bluffing when announcing that
the prices on articles of necessary
consumption are to drop, Is well
founded.
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Not until that tariff robbery baa
been knocked out by the democratic
congress which will not sit for a
ear unless earlier called by the pres
ident will the people's burdens be
fully lifted. Until that time the meat
barons will have the opportunity to
continue to wring extortionate proflU
from the consumers, and they may be
expected to take advantage of it.
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Champ Clark was seated in his
office in Washington surrounded by
democratic friends when a republican
admirer entered. "I want to congrat
ulate you on the democratic victory,"
said the newcomer smiling, "I have
been around Washington for fifteen
years and had got the idea in my mind
that the constitution provided for a
republican victory every two years."
'Do you know," said Mr. Clark, "a
lot of people had the idea that the
probability of a democratic victory
was remote? This frame of mind is
best illustrated by a story I heard
not long ago. A teacher addressing
her pupils said: 'Every .boy present
who would like to be president of the
United States raise his hand.' Only
one boy failed to respond. 'Johnny,'
said the teacher, 'wouldn't you like
to be president?' 'Oh, yes,' was the
response, 'but what's the use; I'm a
democrat.' "
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Charley Pool has not yet decided
as to whether he will contest the
election of Wait, for secretary of
state, or not. We believe a recount
of the votes in Douglass county
would elect Mr. Pool. And this
privilege should be granted him
without the payment of $100.00, the
same as was given Judge Sutton, la
his contest against C. O. Lobeck for
congress. We believe as the Lincoln
Star says about the matter, that "If
Mr. Pool has any tangible reason to
believe that he did not secure credit
in the returns for every vote cast for
him for secretary of state, he ought
to get the verification of the returns
without the expenditure of a penny."
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The people In the central and west
ern part of the state are up in arms
forthe removal of the state capital
from Lincoln. There will no dou-bt
be Borne measures taken to that effect
in the legislature this winter. A
great many people "have It In" fer
Lincoln, and will vote to remove the
capital on general principles.
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