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- Plattsmouth - Journal
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Entered at the Postoflice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
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$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Speaker Cannon's sentiment In the
matter of the Danville scandal doubt
less is that the "bhoys will be bhoys."
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Since the old Farmers Alliance
days the "per capita" has become an
object of vast pride, Instead of a re
proach. :o:
Senator A Id rich's banking bill
eems to be very profound. At least
fome of the profoundest bankers
agree that it is.
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Nevada's governor, who 1 fighting
the divorce evil, seems to have at
tacked the only large industry the
Mate has left.
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Question as to whether Bacon
wrote Shakespeare lias again bobbed
up In Boston. Why not refer this
once for all, to the Carnegie Institute
of Research?
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As for the plan to iwreaxe the
membership of the house of repre
sentatives, conforming to the new
ccnBU8, it may be suggested that the
demand is for fewer and belter con
gressmen. :o:
Senator Burrows, in his address,
used all the native logic of the cus
toms house official who handed
down a decision to the effect that
frogs' legs are poultry.
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Went Union, O., and Danville, 111.,
w here a largo share of the electorate
has long been-paid to vote for bad
government, may Iks expected to con
tinue voting that way In order to get
even with good government.
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Restore the arc lights by all means.
The town looks dead t after night
without them. Plattsmouth desires
to boom again this year and the turn
ing down of the arc lights Is the
worst thing that could have hap-1
pened.
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A stranger walking up Main street
after night now, would naturally
think Plattsmouth was twenty-flve
-years behind the times, since the arc
tights have been shut off. Platts
mouth Is a progressive city, but the
shutting down on the arc lights
would Indicate we were going back
ward Instead of forward.
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Paul Morton's remains will be
placed In a vault until such a time as
they can conveniently be removed to
Arbor Lodge, near Nebraska City,
and placed beside those of his father
and mother, and other relatives that
have passed away. A great tribute
has been paid to the memory of Paul
Morton by the big papers of the
country,
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Several primary amendments to
the present law have been Introduced
In the present legislature, the most
Important being the Evans bill, to
our notion. It provides for selecting
national committeemen and delegates
to national conventions by direct prl
mary. The plain old-fashlonexl, open
primary Is the kind that suits the
people. The more slmplo, the better
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Champ Clark la the biggest man In
the United States that Is he Is more
talked about than any other man
Old Joo Cannon has about retired
Into Insignificance. Cannon has some
troubles of his own In and about
Danville, Illinois, where vote-buying
and selling has been unearthed to the
tune of thirty-flve hundred. Is this
the manner In which Old Joe has re
tained his seat In congress? It look
so, don't It?
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John W. Steinhart ihas been ap
pointed postmaster at Nebraska City,
In pltce of Frank McCantniy, the
present Incumbent, .who was ft candl
date for reappointment. ' Frank
Plimaouth, Nebraska
Publisher.
Ilelvey was also a candidate. Helvey
has been sucking the public teat for
many years, In first one capacity and
then another. He served eight years
as postmaster of Nebraska City, and
since has held down a lucrative posi
tion at republican headquarters In
Lincoln, until he was appointed
supervisor of the census, taking In
the first congressional district. The
people get tired of a man who never
wants to let go the teat, to give
others a chance.
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A Missouri representative, Mr.
Warner, has a bill to prohibit an
aviator from ascending to a greater
height than one thousand feet. The
presence of a hidden philosophy In
the hill is suspected. Just what it Is
is not, however, disclosed to casual
inspection. The accepted belief Is
that one who falls from a height of
199 feet Is liable to severe Injury, if
not death. Even a straight drop of
99 feet might hurt If the landing
were solid. These theories are sup
ported by the fact that all the avia
tors who have been killed recently,
fell from a 'height of less than half
the limit set by the Missouri law
giver. Still, the bill Indicates a kind
heart.
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The democratic party Is on trial be
fore the country today. People are
waiting to see whether It has great
purposes, or desires merely to get
Jobs; whether it Intends to serve the
common good, or to foster special
privileges. Every vote cast for Shee
hari In New York Is a blow to popular
confidence In the party. The Tam
many candidate for senator stands
for tricky politics and the big In
terests. Ills election would be a
warning to the nation not to trust
, the democratic organization In 1912.
I The members of the New York legis
lature do not understand their re
sponsibility. They are treating the
senatorial election as If it were a
purely local matter. Instead they are
dealing with an affair of national
concern. The country Is watching.
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OXH t'KXT LIITTKH IH)STAE.
The One Cent Letter Postage Asso
ciation 'has been formed with the
avowed purpose of conducting a vig
orous campaign among business men
for the promotion of a sentiment de
manding a reduction In the first class
postage rate from two cents to one
cent for each ounce or fraction there
of. The association points out that
the government Is collecting about 84
cents per pound for carrying letters,
the cost of which service Is probably
less than half that sum. The actual
profit to the government on first class
matter Is said to be 66.9 per cent.
The association which Is urging lower
first class rates contends that there Is
an unjust discrimination In the gov
ernment collecting 84 cents a pound
for first class mall whllo It carries
second class mall for one cent
pound. It Is not to be lost sight of
however, hat the pcoplo at large
profit by cheap postage rates for sec
ond class mall. Were publishers
compelled to pay a much higher rate
than at present the day of cheap
newspapers and cheap magazines
would be ended. That second class
mall can be bauled at a profit at one
cent a pound Is evidenced by the fact
that the express companies are g'ad
to transport periodicals at tho gov
ernment rato. Were the exhorbltant
sums paid tho railroads for the trans
portatlon of mall reduced to a rca
sonable level, other extravagances
and abuses of the postofflce depart
ment weeded out, and a parcels post
system Installed, there Is littlo rea
son to doubt that the first class post
age rate could be reduced to one cent
an ounco and the second class rate
left at the present figure without In
curring a deficit.
FORTIFY T1IK CANAL.
President Taft has Just made pub
lic a letter from former Senator For
aker In relation to the fortification of
the Panama canal in which the latter
holds that under the treaty with
Great Britain and the Spooner law
there Is no possible legal objection to
the United States policing the canal
or erecting fortifications.
This subject Is one that has been
attracting considerable attention, one
line of argument being that the build-
Ing of fortifications would Invite at
tack In time of war, and the other
that It Is absolutely essential for the
protection of United States property
and a guarantee against the activi
ties of hostile nations.
It will be remembered that ex-Senator
Foraker was a close adviser of
Secretary of State Hay during the
negotiations of the treaty with Eng
land. In December, 1900, the senate
ratified a treaty prepared under Hay's
direction, the first draft of which con
tained a proviso against fortification
of the canal. This raised a storm of
protesting and decrying of Secretary
Hay and the treaty was la.cr
amended to conform in a way with
sentiment prevailing la the country
and ratified as stated. To this con-
entlon Creat Britain would not ac-
code.
There followed much more bitter
criticism of Hay, whose well known I
British proclivities bad more than
once before provoked severe com-
ment. It was plain that any attempt
to secure the ratification of a treaty
by the senate that prohibited In spe-
ciflc terms the fortification of the ca-
nal or Involved the consultation with
any foreign power In regard thereto
WOUId meet Wltn lallUre.
The exercise of diplomacy and the
following of suggestions which Fora
ker states tie made to Hay resulted In
the negotiation . of another treaty
which was ratified by the senate in
December, 1901. This treaty contain
ed the provision that the canal
should never be blockaded nor any
right of war exercised nor any act of
hostility committed within it, the
United States, however, being at lib
erty to maintain such military police
along the canal as may be necessary
to protect it against lawlessness and
disorder.
There Is nothing In this treaty
which binds the United States In any
way concerning fortifications. When
It was ratified by Great Britain that
country raised no objection to the
Spooner law, providing for the con
structlon of the canal, or the treaty
with Panama, under both of whlota
the intention of the United States to
protect Its canals and harbors Is
clearly manifest. Under the treaty H
Is expressly provided that the United
States shall have the right to fortify
the canal. What means and how It
will employ them to protect its prop-
crty, therefore, Is a matter of discre
tion with the country.
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The express companies' rates ap
pear to bo coming down because they
had no place else to go.
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Someone will be sure to say, too,
that the election Investigation In Illi
nois has disclosed a lot of Dan
villainy.
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Evidence Is accumulating to show
that Speaker Cannon has not been
the only politician of the Old School
In Danville.
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The "sharp decline In food prices,"
announced recently, has been sharp
ened to such a fine point that It Is
scarcely discernible to the naked eye.
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When a representative of the Gug
genheim Interests praises the czar
and tells what a glorious country
Russia is It is a good time for Nlcho
las to keep his hand on his pocket-
book.
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Evangelist Martin offers to prove
to tho ministers of Kansas City
offers to prove "by Blackstone and
the Scriptures" that there Is a lit-
iral hell. If he succeeds in proving
his contention by Blackstone, there
will be a general demand among the
lawyers for a change of venue.
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The water franchise expires now In
a few months. Has the Commercial
club and our people in general ever
thought the matter over recently? It
Is about time that we begin agitating
the matter, at least. It Is only a lit
tle over a year until the franchise
expires.
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William F. Sheehan's utterances
upon public questions," says the late
Harper's Weekly, "indicate his pos
session of a broadly progressive
8plrltf ilkey to be tempered by an
,npllMt lo ronHprvtiv methods "
So conservative, In fact, that the pro
greslsve spirit wouldn't be there so
you could notice It.
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The committee appointed by the
Commercial club to visit the council
last Monday night In reference to the
arc light failed to show up, and there
fore, everything is Just as they were
before. If this committee did not
want to perform the mission, why
did they not say so? Something
should be done about the lights,
mai s certain, anu u snouia De aone
rISnt away.
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M'ss Ida Tarbell is a leader of the
anti-suffragette movement. Speaking
of the political life of Marie Antoi-
nette and Mme. Roland, she said:
"These women were politicians, but
they met with the politician's fate.
Women are never good politicians
when they are in love. That Is where
our sex falls and will fail agaiu. We
will stand by the few who are dear to
us and who depend upon us, and we
are not willing to sacrifice everything
for the government."
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The members of the leeislature en
tnvprl n 1ttr Hm In flmnlin TimRflnv
ManVi no doubt( from the west part of
the state, never had tho opportunity
to see the great metropolis before
And then, again, they will return to
their homes with a better opinion of
the pride city of our great state. The
western section of Nebraska has
always been prejudiced against
Omaha, and without cause therefor'
Every citizen of this great slate
should be proud that we have such a
magnificent city within our borders
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We note among the registered lob
byists In Lincoln appears the name
of Mrs. Heald, president of the W.
C. T. U. and we suppose she is there
with her cart-load of papers, which
she had wheeled up In front of the
speaker's desk every day or two dur
ing the last session of the legislature
We presume she will do the same this
winter. There was one person In
that legislature who Mrs. Heald had
no use for, and that was the writer,
and we guess she Is glad we are not
thcr tnla winter. She knew our
opinion of county option and she
Knew hat all the lobbyists In the
state could not change that opinion.
Therefore, her dislike for us.
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The State Journal and Lincoln
News are trying their best to make
hard feelings between Bryan, Shal
lenberger and Hitchcock, by remind-
Its readers of the bitterness that ex
isted In the party last fall. Bryan Is
Just as big a man In the democratic
party as he ever was, and the 1m
presslon he has made upon the people
of the United States In past years Is
not Intended to die out for many
years. If ever. We believe In giving
credit to whom credit 1s due, and
while there are some few things In
Mr. Bryan's acts that we have not
liked, jet there are so many things
done by him that we do admire, that
we are disposed to give him the
credit side by a good majority.
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Champ Clark's presidential boom Is
a reality. Whether it will live and
grow until the nominating convention
of his party a year and a half hence
will depend upon several conditions
me most important being tne wisdom
displayed by the house In solving the
problems in which the people are so
I much Interested. Shorn of power
largely voluntarily, Champ Clark In
the next house will be unable to dom
Inate through the rules, but will have
an opportunity to show real clader
ship by stecerlng his party clear of
I the shoals and rocks. Democratic
leaders out of congress, attracted to
the party gathering In Baltimore last
week, who came to Washington to i
follow the caucus of the democratic
members of the next house, were Im
pressed with the strength among his
colleagues shown by Clark and did
not hesitate to say that he must be
reckoned along with Harmon, Wilson
and others a3 available presidential
timber.
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ELECT THE DELEGATES.
The World-Herald trusts that the
position taken by Mr. Roosevelt and
the progressive republican league will
encourage a few of the so-called pro
gressive republican newspapers of
Nebraska to lend at least a mild sup
port to the Evans bill H. R. No.
133 now pending in the atate legis
lature. That bill gives to tne people of Ne
braska the right to select their own
delegates to the national convention
and to say who is the people's choice
for nomination for president and vice
president. It embodies one of the
reforms for which Roosevelt and the
progressive republican league have
taken a stand. It has been Intro
duced In the legislature by a progres
she republican who is the leader of
the republican minority In the lower
house. Nevertheless, no republican
newspaper, so far as we have ob
served, has given It prominence o(
support. No republican leader out
side the legislature has come forward
with a plea for its passage. It has
had to depend for its support, thus
far, on such democratic sources as
the World-Herald, the Hastings Re
publican and ex-Governor Shallen
berger.
The World-Herald, greatly encour
aged by the powerful Indorsement
that! has now been given this bill,
takes pleasure in urging progressives,
in the legislature and out of It, to
come up and look it over; to feel of
it, handle it, inspect It critically, and
then give it their support. The time
to indorse It is now not anor the
legislature has adjourned.
The way to Insure that the dele
gates sent to the national conventions
from Nebraska next year shall truly
represent the people and not any
clique or clan or coterie of "bosses"
is to pass the Evans bill. "Let the
people rule." World-Herald.
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SENATOR HITCHCOCK.
(Lincoln Trade Review, rep.)
With the election of Gilbert M
Hitchcock as United States senator
this week many favorable conditions
attend the election. Laying aside
party politics, the ability and Indus
try of the new senator cannot be
questioned. He is a man, because of
his business and profession, thor
oughly acquainted with the people
and business of the state. As a
newspaper man he knows public
opinion In Nebraska and he goes to
the senate thoroughly understanding
what Is expected of him and the road
In which to make good Is an open
one before him. It Is favorable to
him and to the people that his elec
tion was as little or less partisan than
the election of any previous senator
In the history of the state. Ills elec
tion was as little sectional as the
election of any of his predecessors.
The fact that he ran far ahead of his
ticket In Lincoln and Lancaster coun
ty, which was the home of his oppo
nent, is the best possible evidence to
himself and the people of the city In
which he lives that there Is a large
measure of falsehood In the state
charge so often made that this city is
against Omaha and against any man
in politics coming from that city
Hundreds of the best citizens In Lin
coln left their party and home man to
vote for Mr. Hitchcock, of Omaha,
because they believed that he was the
man of the larger ability, of a better
conception of the high office of sen
tor, a man of clearer convictions
upon the great questions outside of
party politics which are dominant
Issues in the nation today. All over
the state the popular vote for the new
senator was far ahead of the vote for
the ticket upon which he ran or any
candidate on that ticket. Undoubted
ly Mr. Hitchcock appreciates the fact
that public confidence was, In the
election, placed In him In an unusual
way, and while such confidence Js
alwsya gratifying, It carries with It
larger responsibility In meeting pub
lic expectation. Some candidates
elected In an overwhelming way take
It that such election means for them
to take the office and make the most
of it for personal and partisan uses.
Mr. Hitchcock will rise far and above
such a conclusion.
The old division line of the Platte
has vanished in this election and that
is well. The old question as to
whether the senator-elect belonged to
this or that railroad vanished In this
election, and that Is well. The Idea
that a party label was a sufficient
credential for the election of a sena
tor regardless of his attitude on
questions of vital Interest to the peo
ple generally, vanished with thi3 elec
tion, and that Is well. ,Mr. Hitch
cock's majority that gave him so
nearly an unanimous election came
from business and professional men,
from thinking and well-informed peo
ple who believed In a more efficient
and energetic representation of this
state in the senate of the United
States. They made sacrifices of local
pride, of old and easy paths to follow
In doing as they did. No one realizes
all this more than Mr. Hitchcock
himself and we believe this fact will
be recognized by him as placing his
great success on higher grounds than
a mere victory of party. There are
other things In connection with his
election that differentiates his elec
tion from ordinary senatorial elec
tions In Nebraska. One of these is
that he was elected, under the Ore
gon plan, directly by the people. This
is auspicious of the change that Is
certain to come the nation over In
the election of .United States senators.
Another Is that he is elected to the
same office that his father had, elect
ed forty years after P. W. Hitchcock
was sent to the senate from this
state, which position he filled with
credit. From father to son is an
entirely new feature In Nebraska pol
itics, even if ihey hold teh same
office upon platforms of opposing
political parties. Senator Hitchcock
is a Nebraskan of a lifetime, iborn 51
years ago In this then new territory.
No man better equipped for good In
telligent work for the people of his
state has ever been sent to the senate
from Nebraska.
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Do you know that fully nine out of
every ten cases of rheumatism are
simply rheumatism of the muscles
due to cold or damp, or chronic rheu
matism, and require no Internal
treatment whatever? Apply Cham
berlain's Liniment freely and see how
quickly It gives relief. For sale by
F. G. Frlcke & Co.
For Sale.
Clover hay. Inquire of S. O. Cole,
of Mynard, Neb. l-9-4tw.
Mr. O. M. Strelght returned on the
M. P. to his home in Omaha last
evening. Mr. Strelght expects to
have his son Monfe home from the
hospital next week.
Legal Notice.
State of Nebraska, county of Cass, ss.
in the matter of tne estate of John
George Hansen, deceased.
To all persons interested:
You are hereby notified that there
has been filed In this court by John
Wunderlich, administrator of above
estate, his final report together with"
potmon tor final settlement thereof
and praying therein that said report
De allowed and approved, and that a
decree of distribution and assign
ment be entered and that said admin
istrator be discharged and his bond
exonerated.
You are further notified that a
hearing will be had upon said peti
tion and report before this Court In
the County Court Room at Platts
mouth, In Bald County on the 31st
day of January, lull, at 9 o'clock
a. m., and that all objections, If any,
must be filed on or before said day
and hour of hearing.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the County Court of said County this
7th day of January, 1911.
(Seal) Allen J. Beeson,
County Judge.
Do you want an
AUCTIONEER?
If you do, get one who has
Experience, Ability, Judgement.
Telegraph or write
ROBERT YIKIIISON,
Dunbar, (lob.
Dates made at this office or the
Murray State Bank.