5 - Plattsmouth - Journal
Miisiel Scml-Wieklj it Plittsogutb, Nebraska
R. A. BATES, Publishsr.
ed at the Postoflke. at PlatUmouth, Nebraska, as tecond-class
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.litlcal plum tree and the
tree make their debut
. same time.
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.a danger that the army and
.uaiasta who make a special
.r scare may Impair their
a bjr crying "wolf" too often.
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.rst thing to turn green In
g," a writer In the Cos
n, "is the Christmas Jewel-
lleve In enforcing the law,
re glad tbat Mayor Dablman
o see that the eight o'clock
aw In rlctly enforced In
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a th happiest time in the
le children. Don't let them
pointed by the failure of
aus to irtlt them the night
hrUtinat
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o's "Is Varrlage a Failure?"
le and the members of tho
' pledged their baggage for
tatlou fiom St. I.ouU back
fork. At. the Christmas Bea
;rlall-, the box office r-
ive mu u to do with the sue
matrimony.
. i . t S..U.1- .tally he iioSarpri.-e
. .. ue i.tsitauiy of the L'uittd
atcate to pay attention to tht
evidene of corruption in the leg'.s'a
rure that elected Lorimer. Many
tnators have a personal reason for
I discouraging the tendency to make
.Inquiries Icto the circumstances at
tending senatorial elections.
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Hon. John Kuhl seems to have but
very little opposition for speaker.
Those who know him know that he
will prove a competent, Impartial
presiding official. Those who have
served with him in previous legisla
tures and are members of the new
legislature will all support him, be
cause they know his excellent quali
ties. :o:
Woodrow Wilson, governor-elect of
New Jersey, already la being de
nounced as an "unconstitutional gov
ernor because he Is using bis In
fluence to Induce the legislature to
Representative Quackenbush will be , . A. . ,
elect the candidate for senator In-
share of leadership so experienced a
legislator and loyal a democrat as
Senator Ollls, of Valley county, for
example, would be both deplored and
resented by thousands of Nebraska
democrats who are themselves op
posed to county option. There are a
number of questions that will come
before the legislature which are more
important and more pressing than
county option. As to all these ques
tions the advice and assistance of
such members as Senator Ollis and
report f the investigators
i Ilallingr case are brought
he ho'i-if for discussion, as
ms likely, there will bo a
jbate, which may he followed
adoption of a resolution of
on the secretary of the ln
Wblle no poll has been taken,
;rcsslve believe that a direct
mid almost certainly be uti
le to lialtlnger. '
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essential to 'the party which Is going
to be held responsible for the record
the legislature makes.
It Is the height of folly, as this
newspaper sees It, to attempt to make
county option the touchstone In the
organization of the incoming legisla
ture. Nothing can be more certain
than that an issue which has been so
generally discussed and in which
there is such a widespread Interest,
both pro and con, Is bound to come to
a vote In the house and In the senate
Nothing can prevent It. It would be
foolish as well as culpable to attempt
to prevent it. The question ought to
be squarely presented and honestly
voted on, and be voted either up or
down affording as a majority may
dedde.
And that Ts exactly what Is going. to I per
happ n. It will make no difference,
therefore, so far as county option is
concerned, who is elected speaker or
president pro tern, or what members
servo on the committees to which the
bill will bo referred. The bill will
come to a vote Just the same. The
folly of attempting to organize the
legislature either for or against
county option Is consequently, It
seems to us, plainly apparent. X
matter of much greater Importance Is
to organize the legislature so as to
dorsed at the primaries Instead of the
candidate of the interests, ex-Senator
James Smith, Jr. Isn't it remarkable
how unconstitutional some people
seem to regard every effort to carry
out the will of the people when It con
flicts with what certain privileged In
terests desire?
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There has been a great Improve
ment in the Lincoln Star under its
present management and keeps on
getting better and better every day.
If it was only a morning Instead of
an afternoon paper it would be more
extensively patronized throughout the
state. It Is truly a people's paper
Independent in all things and neutral
in nothing. May It continue to pros-
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commltteea by selfish corporation in- that n,llllon dollar9 woul11 bu 20-
terests, and make possible the fulfill
ment of the pledges of the demo
era tic platform. World-Herald.
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Mr. Roosevelt declares himself to clvl"tv. Kpt- " '""X 1" t professional
be a radical In theory, but a conserv- Pker c3tclte the mlrth of An,i Rnd
ative In practice. This Is Koosevelt- John D mt,ke Het,y Green
Ian all over. It typifies his political "I,oh!" maybe Induce T. R. to stop
record. It Is a mighty profession and K'v,nK ft(!lre for a month- endow
a thin performance., It is powerful congressman, procure, a nomination
talk and weak action. It Is a square
deal In words, but crocked In execu
and give an editor an excuse for
taking a week off. Such things can
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tlon. It is noisy in precept, but mum ""u, lu l"u,cl
In fact. He Is in ravor of state 0
IMKCKLH POST.
1 1 ii in, ui ui iviiui annul , an may Bull
his fancy. He employed Judge Har- President Taft's recommendation
I frr n n avnnt! ntnitf nl trial stf a 11m I f Arl
mon to institute proceedings against -
officials of the Santa Fe railroad for
Mncoin ii-HelH wl)l soon begin J prevent the packing of the principal
In tlwtr graft on tho poor
a of tho legislature.' They
nting the days until the mem
gin to rt.ick into the capital
he legislature nuoU but once
eats, but the Lincoln grafters
p for 1oh. time when they do
hance.
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selection by the president of
White as chief justico devel
irlouH pliano of politics. While,
ltly, there Is no politics In ap
3i) tH to t!w supreme bench, yet
t that Liulsinna Is nominally
ctlonl.it state as to sugar, for
e and a a matter of merit
i sorvl'v, Justice Harlan
have htti'ti appointed, and con
5 tho further fact that the
oulh muii bo broken up, does
look as Miough the president
possibly lie playing politics?
r , I'rertld.'iit Roosevelt at
d to ainpliKh the breaking
h his personality and fulled,
jut TaCt I evidently trying to
tho wtnh-d for result through
'. It 1 a safe conclusion that
t light Ikm dawned on repuMI
lltlcian nine? the recent elec
nnd fcifv are being bu.lt
'er M)sllili. Justice White Is
ry way competent, but why a
rn democrat?
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ISI.ATIVH (Ut(;.M.ll().
democrat lo state senators who
posed to county option, and
ere summoned to a conference
lalis, after they had reached
eclded unanimously to do noth
it exchaiuo greetings and ad
as, we f.l sure, a very wlsf
n, and c rnngratulato the
rs upon It. In fact It seems
'io mot of those who attended
eetlng did o principally to
sure that Just such a decision
I bo reached.
' attempt to organise either
of the legislature In such
to exHuJo from his rightful
The principal measure that should
receive the attention of tho legisla
ture Is a good road law one that will
meet the approval of the people In
general. There is a way in which
Nebraska's road system can be great
ly Improved and some member of the
senate and house should be able to
work out one that would pass both
house and senate, and be approved
by the people. ,,
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A mathematician has figured out
000,000 beers, the pick of countless
counts, maybe a seat In the senate, a
great herd of Incorruptlbles, a bacon
snd egg banquet, Jar the Janitor Into
be sia.ilar to those which confronted
the independent aut packers la the
'70s. Then there were independent
slaughtering and packing plants in
every city In the country, and every
village had its butcher who slaugh
tered his own stock.
Then there arose a demniil for
cheap meat, and a few shrewd Chi
cago packers took advantage of it.
That city was then the center of a
great meat producing area. By secur
ing low rates from the railroads, they
soon put the tens of thousands of
small packers out of business, and
out of the ruins of their myriad
plants arose the few beef barons, now
and ever since constituting the beef
trust.
When they had once established
their monopoly they soon found a
way to dispense with cheap meat, and
the result has been that for many
years, In utter defiance of the laws of
supply and demand, they have con
trolled both the prices of stock and
meat, and by boosting the prices of
the latter or lowering. the prices of
the forner, at will, they have enor
mously enriched themselves by the
exaction of enormous tribute from
consumers of meat.
Of late years meat has become a
luxury whhh only the well-to-do can
enjoy.
The establishment of the parcels
post would be the first step toward
the creation and upbuilding of Just
such a trust In every line of Imper
ishable goods, nut Instead of cheap
freight rates and rebates, it would be
done through the agency of Uncle
Sam's mails.
In theory It Is all right to say that
by dispensing with the middle man
and his profit, people would be able
to buy more cheaply the goods they
now buy generally from the retailer
Hut this theory does not take Into ac
count the greed of the beef baron
when once he had disposed of the
middle man and induced him, as soon
as conditions placed him In command
to exact from the consumer prices far
beyond thowe which had formerly
afforded a fair profit for the middle
man.
A good many farmers are now reg
ular patrons of mall order concerns.
Retail dealers In much that the farni
;rs consume have already keenly felt
the competition of these concerns
even under existing postal charges
and regulations. To extend any fur
ther advantages to mall order house
or manufacturer will simply be to de
stroy the retail trade in everything
that can be distributed through the
malls. It would destroy the business
of more than half the retail mer
chants of Lincoln. Possibly none of
them might survive Lincoln Star.
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cided it. We all know what the
ourt says, but not what it means.
Aldrich has not had any ripe.
uicy plums drop into the hats of
democrats yet, that anyone would
care particularly for. They are so
small and not much in the offices to
pay any democrat for bolting bis
ticket.
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The Springfield (Mass.) Republi
can says that everybody Is acknowl
edging that Taft's vast message went
to the scrap heap the country over
because of Its lengtgh. What Taft
loses In the way of being a success
as president, he is trying to make up
in messages.
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It is nip and tuck: as to who will
be appointed postmaster at Nebraska
City, with chances In favor of well
we will know later. But they are
having quite a squabble over it. The
present postmaster has been In eight
years, and Vants to stay In eight
more If possible. He's a republi
can.
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We don't hear any more chirping
from that man Poulson. Well, it Is
Just as well that he go Into his hole
and pull the hole In after him. His
braggadorlo manner of doing things
doesn't go with the sensible people,
even those members of the leglsla
ture that are county optlonists. They
won't dance to his kind of music, and
this Is perhaps why he Da's put a
stopper In his bazoo.
C. C. McChord, a Kentucky demo
crat, has been appointed a member
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
slon, to succeed that ggrand old man,
ex-Senator Francis M. Cockrell, of
Missouri. Taft's republican friends
will soon begin to think that he is
slipping over Into the democratic
ranks. But thanks, we don't want
him. He is doing better for the sue
cess of the democrats where he is.
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Iowa has a great spectacular scene
on In the senate. Iowa has two
United States senators, Cummins and
I, are loung.- senator Young was
appointed by the stand pat governor
to succeed Dolliver, one of the strong
est Insurgents in the country. Young
is Just the opposite and he has at
tacked Senator Cummins tn his first
and initial utterances on the floor of
the senate and received the applause
of all the men who were the enemies
of the man he has succeeded. Isn't
it strange what strange things occur
in politics, especially in Iowa?
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the payment of rebates, but stopped
Harmon from Indicting tho one who
had paid his rebates. He Is a re
former in protestation, but himself
violates lawful usago according to his
sole caprice. Ho jumped In and
helped knock out the Old Guard at
tho late republican New York state
convention, under tho cry of putting
a stop to abuses, and at the same con
dition himself violated, as a prcsld
lug offler, a sacred principle neces
sary to popular government.
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parcels pout service Is not going to
meet with universal Indorsement
either by the people or by congress.
For there exists a radical differ
ence of sentiment In regard to the
benoflcence of the pnrcels post. It
will be favored, perhaps, by a major
ity of farmers and by certain big com
mercial establishments known as mall
order houses.
It will be opposed by retail mer
chants everywhere, and by the Job
bers from whom such .retail mer
chants purchase.
For tho operation of tho parcels
post would put tho local retail mer
chant dealing In all imperishable
The days are getting. longer now.
Tuesday was tho shortest day In tho goods absolutely out of business, as
year, and from that; date they begin Lt woul(l pllu.e nlm , dlreot and
to get longer until Juno 21, when acute competition with the mail order
they again begin to get shorter. houses, which would 'buy direct from
.o: tho manufacturer, or might perhaps
This last summer tho people of tho j,0 tno manufacturer himself, and by
United States consumed over 175,- tt,0 elimination of the profit upon
000,000 gallons of Ice cream. That whlch tho middle man must subsist.
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Is not very much when you come to WOuld wind up the Jobber and retail-
think about It. Fverybody likes Ice er In short order
Cleaill. Th Inovltnhln runlt nf tho Inutltii.
0 tlon of the parcels post, lt would
If tho liquor question is left alone seem, would bo to placo the manufac
by the legislature, and the proper turor In absolute command of the
effort made to enforco all the laws market, both for raw materials and
upon the statutes us Intended, there the finished products. Tho conditions
Is no uso for any more liquor laws, which lt would present to the retail
We have as strict lawa pertaining to dealer In every line of Imperishable
the sale of liquors as any state In the! goods, or even such perishable good
union, If not more to. I as will bear ihlpment by mail, would
Swearing off time Is rapidly draw
ing to a "close. Make up your mind
to "stick" if you do.
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Those congressional whitewashes
are determined to make Balllnger
whiter than er the chief Justice.
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It costs 15 cents for a good, fat
rabbit, and 60 cents for a chicken.
You pay your money and take your
choice.
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Further evidence of Senator Lorl
mer'a undeslrabllity la found In the
presence of a large and powerful
lobby In Washington working In his
behair.
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There seems to be no decline In
the price of turkeys. Thank the
Lord the rabbit season Is on, and
they are plenty.
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The population or the United States
Is 9 1,402,1 5t but that was 'way last
spring. If It Is true that a sucker Is
born every minute, there has been
an Increase of approximately mil
lion sine then.
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Publications that are issued for
the single purpose of pushing pet ad
vertising schemes ought not to be
allowed the second-class mailing
privileges, and there should be some
way to stop the wrong.
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After the supreme court makes up
Its mind to decide & question, the
people have to employ a lawyor to
tell them which way the court de-
A determined lobby, led uy a man
representing powerful Middle-west in
terests, Is working with both republi
can and democratic senators to
'Bave" Senator Lorimer, for the elect
Ing of whom by the Illinois leglsla
ture three men have confessed to
taking bribes. At least one democrat
and probably one republican on the
senate committee will not join In the
much coveted "exoneration," which
seems to be so essential to certain In
terests that no effort is spared to pro-
cure it. The hope now is that the
Lorimer business will get to the floor
of the senate and that a record vote
will be made on It. La Follette taught
the people the value of roll calls an
they want a senate roll call on Lorl
mer.
NOT A DIYim.NU LINK.
Senator Ollis, of Valley county, la
an interview given the Lincoln Star
on the question of legislative organi
zation, expressed sentiments that boar
the hall mark of sound commoa
sense.
Senator Ollis, while he is a pro
nounced county optlonist. takes the
lew that there are a number of other
tal questions on which the people
are looking to the democratic party
for relief, and that the legislature
should be organized so that the dem
ocratic party, which has the full re
sponsibility of a majority member
ship In both houses, will have the
power to grant that relief. And he
declares his belief tnat the democrats
ill organize both houses, Irrespective
of the county option question. All
he asks 1b that "the wet and dry ques
tion shall not be recognized as a dl-
iding line, and that all democrats be
treated equitably." And he adds, In
ustlce to many of his democratic col
leagues who are opposed to county
option:
"While most of the democratic
members are classed against county
ptlon, that is as far as their wet pro
clivities go, except as to half a dozen
who hold extreme views. I'm satis
fied they won't stand for any unfair
treatment of the dry democrats. A
number of them are men with whom
I have served in the legislature be
fore, and whom I know."
It is difficult to escape the force of
Senator Ollis observations.
As its readers know, this newspa
per has steadily opposed making sup
port of or opposition to county option
a question of party creed or a test of
party fealty. There are good and
true democrats on both sides of that
question. The democratic party Is a
whole lot bigger than the question
whether the unit for prohibition of
the liquor traffic shall be the towns
and townships or the county. It has
a more Important mission to fulfill
than the solution of that Question.
Most of the democrats who differ
on county option differ on this one
question only. As to other Issues,
and particularly as to questions of
platform pledges they are united. The
question Is simply whether they shall
seize-on the one question on' which
they are not agreed and make it an
excuse for a disorganizing and demor
alizing party ruction, or whether they
shall join hands In behalf of the many
things for which they all stand, and
for which the party stands, leaving
tho county option question to be set
tled on roll call when It comes to a
vote, as It surely will.
The view of Senator Ollis seems to
be the general view. The legislature
should be organized along democratic
lines, by the democratic members,
and every "dry" member, like every
'wet" member, should have the
standing and Influence In the demo
cratic caucus to which his personality
and qualifications entitle him
World-Herald.
The Journal wishes its readers an
the public In general a Merry Christ
mas, with the hope that all, little
and big, will have cause to hellev
that there Is something In the motto
"Peace on Earth and Good Will to
Man." Christmas conies but once
year, the most Joyous season of the
year for the children, and the char
Itablo people should not forget those
who are too poor to provldo thel
children with Christmas presents, It
Is tho duty of those who are abun
dantiy able to take up the true
Christian spirit, and Bee that these
children are looked after and, that
true to teaching, there Is a Ruler on
high, who doeth things well. The
true Christian spirit is charity and
the Christmas season Is tho time to
assert lt. The relief to a Baddencd
little heart or a widowed mother Is
worth all that money can buy. Re
member then, those who cannot buy,
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I lance at Murray,
The .Murray Dance club will give
another one of their popular dances
at Jenkins' hall at Murray on next
Saturday evening, December 31st.
The Jacobs orchestra of Omaha will
furnish the music, which fact alone
Is an assurance of a good time. Every
body Invited. 12-27-3td2tw.
Farmers' Mutual Ins. Co. Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Farm
ers Mutual Fire and Live Stock in
surance Company of Cass County, Ne
braska, Is called to meet at the Hell
school house In district number 88,
on Saturday, January 7th, 1911, at
1:30 p. m., for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the coming year, and
transacting such other business that
may come before the meeting.
Jacob Trltsch, President.
J. P. Falter, Secretary.
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Live Stock and General Farm Sale
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Platte. 'Phone Green 142