The - Plattsmouth - Journal
2T3 Published Seml-Weeklf at PIa!tsmouth, Kebrasha C23
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the IVstoffice .' at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
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Bailey niarclied up the hill and
then marched down again, but didn't
resign.
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Reciprocity failed and now an
extra session has been called for
April 4.
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Statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico failed to go through, all be
cause the republicans wouldn't play
fair.
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Announcement that President Taft
wears a flaming red necktlo rather
strengthens the theory that he In
tends to take the bull by the horns.
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The determined fight made agalntit
the trouHer skirt each time It has ap
peared Is a reminder that the men
have Just ono prerogative left, and
they proposo to keep It as their own.
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Tho legislature will no doubt have
a hard time pruning down tho ap
propriation bills between now and ad
journment. Hut It must be done and
done properly.
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Many thought the president was
bluffing In calling an extra session.
Hardly had the old congress ad
journed until his call wus Issued for
April 4. Reciprocity with Canada
must come.
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As soon as the sifting committees
In the senate and house get down to
business the waste basket will be the
nesting place for most of the bills In
troduced, and thereafter consigned to
tho flames. Thus does love's labor go
up In smoke.
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Many of the legislatures have al
ready adjourned, and the Nebraska
unions might Just as well. But then
;they won't do It as long ns the $5 a
day lasts. After that they can't get
away from Lincoln any too quick.
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fVnator Heyburu of Idaho, who put
the antl-conservatlon Joker In the
agricultural appropriation bill, and
who stands patter than any other
standpatter, will bo remembered as
lb statesman who protested against
the air, "Dixie," recently, because It
Is a "rebel tune."
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There Is a clause In the Arizona
tonstltutlon for tho recall of the
Judiciary. It is supposed to bo this
provision of the constitution to which
Rallcy objects. Tho democrats of the
senate, by their votes on the New
Mex'ro-Arl.ona statehood, showed
that they approved of this clause
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It must be with an aching heart
that Jacob Elmer llurkett returns to
Nebraska knowing that his public
career Is at an end. The people
simply got tired of his slippery man
ner of doing business. He ran sleep
In peace the balance of his days.
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The appropriation of $300,000 for
the new postofneo at Lincoln failed
1o materialize. Rurkett couldn't
make the riffle this time. Just as he
was stepping down and out his In
fluence flew away with the wind. It
was ever thus with such plnheads as
llurkett.
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Tho red birds and blue birds are
here, which Is an Indication that
spring Is on the v. ay. With the bloom
Ing of the flowers and everything ap
pearlng bright p.nd prospective, let
every citizen and every business man
take on the prospective air and tnak
up their minds that they will do more
tho coming season to assist ou
energetic Commercial club In thel
work than ever before.
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Tho legislatures of Delaware, Ohl
nnd South Carolina having recently
sdnpted resolutions (iimaudiug
federal constittuional amendment
providing for the election of senators
by dlret vote, the total number of
states now on record In favor of this
amendment is thirty-three, one more
than the two-thirds necessary to call
a constitutional convention. It looks
as though the people might finally
rule.
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The citizens of Lincoln, or, at least,
the liberal-minded ones, have about
made up their minds that It will be
better to have fifteen or twenty
saloons than so many dives In that
city that are selling liquors right and
left without paying any license there
for. They will be given an oppor
tunity to vote on the question at the
spring election. No trouble to get
what you want In Lincoln now.
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The republicans of Nebraska City
are all broke up over the postofflce
matter. The president appointed
Stelnhart In accordance with the
wishes of the two senators and a ma
jority of tho patrons. The senate
failed to confirm him. And now
Wlekersham says McCarthy can stay.
The president hasn't got anything to
do with It. The greater portion of
the patrons of the office don't want
McCarthy, and this seems to be the
very reason why the pig-headed post
master general wants him to stay. It
seems to be "d d tho people" with
Wlekersham.
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AS TO "TARIFF AUITATION."
The plea of Wall street against an
extra session of congress on the
ground that the country would at
once bo subjocted to the agitation of
the tariff question Is scarcely sound,
even from the standpoint of those
who consider merely the passing ef
fect of congressional deliberations on
business.
The people elected the president
and a republican congress In 1908 on
a promise of real downward revision
of the tariff. They were betrayed.
Then they elected a democratic house
and a number of democratic senators
In their determination to get down
ward revision. The democrats will
control the next house, and It Is In
evitable that the first thing they will
undertake to do when congress meets,
whether In regular or extra. session,
will be to tackle the tariff.
This effort being Inevitable, would
It not be better that It should come
as early as possible? If there Is an
extra session, such changes as the
democrats ehall be able to make in
the tariff would be practically all
mnde In the summer session. If
there Is no extra session, the un
certainty as to tariff changes will be
prolonged for a year Instead of for a
few months Kansas City Star.
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vention.
"Last year we had a bitter and un
fortunate strupsle In our state con
vention at Grand Island. The bitter
ness of that fiht is plainly seen on
every hand yet. It is. quite likely to
crop out again In our convention,
which, if the Evans bill does not pass,
will choose delegates to the national
convention next year. Old battle axes
will be brought forth and all this
county option war fought over again.
With the Evans bill or some similar
law In effect the voters of the state
would go quietly to the polls and ex
press their preference for delegates to
the national convention with those
delegates pledged to support the peo
ple's choice for president. It Is the
Oregon plan applied to the nomina
tion of the candidates for the presi
dency. If this plan Is good with
which to elect senators, why Isn't It
good with which to choose presl
dentlal candidates?
"In the state convention a half
dozen prominent politicians can die
tate the delegation to the national
convention. In a primary any man
can seek the honor and will have a
fair show for an election. In a state
convention if these half dozen prom
In Tlattsmouth and but very row
empty residences. That Is a nplt-ndld
state of affairs. There never has been
a time in the past ten years that we 'have reason to fear the people
know of that there has not been three
or four vacant store rooms, but they
are not here now.
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are afraid to trust to the sanity and came into the house last week when
f nni0 wflao thpv'a committee, of whrh Gerdes Is
fed, in their consciences, that they
The postmaster of Omaha Is hoe
lng a hard row. And all because he
made his assistants give up good
money to help llurkett last fall. Now
Rurkett 'b out and the Omaha post
master Is liable to follow suit. Nice
organization of postmasters the
downed senator had In Nebraska;
don't you think so?
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The Plattsmouth Commercial club
Is known all over Nebraska as one of
the most Industrious organizations In
the land. It boomed the city last
year as It was never boomed before,
and, with the aid of every clt'zen,
who should assist In the work, more
good work will be accomplished this
season. Gird on your armor.
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If the legislative sifting com
mittees get in. their work properly
there should be about 100 bills each
from the senate and house resurrected
Inent politicians happen to fall to from the debris. There are some good
divide the delegation to suit them, or measures, and 200 will reach the
there is some prominent politician to number of truly worthy ones. Rut
reward or punish for past deeds or there are many bills that are not
misdeeds, bitterness becomes rife and worth the paper they are written on.
factions arise obscuring the real :o:
object of the convention, which is to The legislature should not hesitate
aid in choosing a good candidate for a moment in regard to the publicity
president and not to reward or punish appropriation bill. Nebraska needs
Individuals. boosting as much as any state In the
"In a primary election there Is no union, and the way to do It Is to
such opportunity for strife and bit- scatter advertising broadcast of the
ternesa. entire eastern and southern sect',on3
"Compare the splendid working of the United States. People will
out of the Oregon plan for electing a come if the proper Inducements are
United States senator in this state offered. We have the soil, we have
with the old method as exemplified the climate and can produce nearly
by the long and bitter struggle of the everything that any other state Is
Iowa legislature trying to elect a sen- capable of doing
ator. Not only Is the fight bitter In :o:
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the extreme, but other legislation Is The Kansas City Star sizes "Rill"
neglected In this struggle, and the Bailey up about right as follows:
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fight Is still on at this writing. Senator Ralley Is a statesman of some
"Contrast this unseemly fight In versatility. He has been an advocate
Iowa with the dlen fled course of the of progressive doctrines ana a
Nebraska legislature promptly elect-J participant in standpat performances;
Ing the peoples' choice for senator the he has pounded the trusts and has ac
day the law specified it Bhould, then cepted them as his clients; he has
turning its attention to matters con- apostrophized and defied democracy
cernlng the public welfare. and has trained with Aldrlch; he has
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"This legislature bids fair to be preached rlghetousness and voted for
the best ever convened at Lincoln and Lorlmer; he has displayed oratorical
It Is to be sincerely hoped that It will eloquence and legislative strategy;
add the provision for the election ot but never until the trying hour at
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delegates to the national convention the deathbed of the sixty-first con-
to the primary law before they ad- gress did the Texan appear In the
Jouin " role of a humor nt a practical Joker.
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No man who frankly prefers the
Rhode Island brand of government,
the Pennsylvania brand, to the Okla
homa, Arizona and Oregon brand will
not be able much longer to pose as a
leader of the democratic party in the
senate of the United States. Bailey's
sun is already setting, and it w as the
harsh manner in which the fact was
brought home to him by the senators
of his own party that prompted his
petulant resignation World-Herald.
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FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
Speaking of bills, the thirty-second
session has done fairly well. With
702 bills in the bouse and within 4
of 400 In the senate, it is obvious that
there will be no time for idleness.
This calls to mind the time-honored
sifting committee, the comm'ittee
which usually consists of two mem-
chairman, after an exhaustive re
starch, recommended several meas
ures which will completely rearrange
the sytsem of bookkeeping in the
state instittulons and establish a uni
form system. The committee found
that state officers and all state de
partments have been dispersing funds
to the amount of over $300,000, for
the most part through Individuals,
frequently under the sole control and
auditing of one man. The committee
says that no one officer or depart
ment should be permitted to make
purchases to exceed $50 for miscel
laneous Items without the consent of
a board ' of maintenance, to be
cerated, which shall comprise the gov
ernor, auditor, secretary, treasurer
and superintendent of public instruc
tion. The committee found that
moneys received by various depart
ments, boards and superintendents of
institutions which never found Its
way into the state treasury, and the
committee recommended that all
funds of the state should be turned
into the treasury. The bills cover
ing these recommendations have been
Introduced and some reforms recom-
bers from each congressional district,
which takes the whole batch of bills men(lG(i in reeard to the Insurance de-
on the general file and reports for partraent jn thi9 connection. A bet-
Ship subsidy Is dead again, but
there will be no public funeral.
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SENATOR ItAILEY.
CAntAM Tlnlltf Utr ma 1 A A A A rriAn
I aS 11 .. J i J M
marched ur the hill and then I u"tt"' '
passage only those which a baker's
dozen of men concluded shall have
their chance for life on the third
reading. The senate 13 already
working on a sifting committee, and
it is probable that the house will get
busy this week.
Two years ago the house selected
its sifting committe on the fifty
fourth day of the session. Because
of the tremendous quantity of bills
It is probable that the sifting com
mittee may be selected earlier this
year.
The committee on apportionments
!e getting busy and In a few days the
fruits of their labors will be known.
It Is understood that this legislation
will be highly satisfactory to the state
and thoroughly non-political.
The public looks with some
suspicion on the sifting committee
because a great many meritorious
measures are killed by that com
mittee every session. It Is to be
hoped, however, that the better
measures will get a show for their
whit.j alley.
The ferver and hilarity of the first
evening's season In the house
Wednesday night furnished entertain
ment for everybody. It was a busy
session, too, and witnessed the close
of the Introduction of bills. Some of
the members kicked on meeting
nights, but It always seems to satisfy
the taxpayers.
The report of this committee was
adopted without discussion, but most
likely there will be blood on the
moon when the proposition to vote
a levy comes up for discussion. Then
it will be a fight to the finish. While
on the removal question it may be
well to remark that the capital re
moval fight will probably be re
newed this week In earnest. It will
not down and will not be settled un
til the second bill, house roll 3S2, Is
ter oy3tem of accounting Is Insisted
upon. The committee report went
through and received a vote of thanks
from the house.
Notice of Application for Liquor
License.
Notice Is hereby given to all per
sons interested and to the publ that
the undersigned, Andy Thomsen, has
filed his petition and application In
the office of the County Clerk of Cass
County, Nebraska, as required by law,
signed by a majority of the resident
freeholders of Eight Mile Grove
precinct, setting forth that the ap
plicant Is a man of respectable char
acter and standing and a resident of
the state of Nebraska and praying
that license be Issued to said Andy
Thomsen for the sale of malt,
splrltous and vinous liquors for the
period of one year from May 17,
1911, ending May 17, 1912, in a
building on lot 1, In block 4, In the
village of Cedar Creek, in Eight Mile
Grove precinct, In Cass County, Ne
braska. Andy Thomsen,
Applicant.
For Sale.
Thoroughbred Barred Plymouth
Rock eggs, 65 cents per setting. In
quire of Mrs. John Hendricks,
Plattsmouth, Neb. Route 1.
'Phone Murray 3 L. 3-3-3tw.
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An early and favorable spring ts marched down again.
predicted by the eastern weather Like all men of strong and positive
prophets. IM is be so. character and of undisputed personal
:o: charm the eloquent Texan has many
President Taft Is also aware that friends and admirers, especially In
LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE.
In a letter to the World-Herald,
Dan V. Stephens of Fremont upholds
tho Evans' bill now before the legis
lature, as follows:
"The Evans bill, now before the
legislature, provides for a primary
election for delegates to the national
convention and the expression of a
preference by the" toters for presi
dent. The bill ought to pass bo the
people of this state will have a fair
and square opportunity to express
their preference for president of the
United States. Tho people's choice is
seldom chosen for this high office,
becauso the people's choice does not
always coincide with tho choice of
certain class of politicians who con
tract to control conventions for th
"System." Not only Is this true, but
a primary election of delegates to
the national conventions wlij be con
ducted without prejudice or bitter
ness, and as a result the voters will
make a saner and better choice of
candidates for tho presidency through
these debates to tho national con-
he can have no worse luck with his
second special session than he had
with his first one.
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By statements made by some of the
republican members of the late con
gress, they did not seem very highly
elated with Taft's republleanem.
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Cantaln Teary has been made a
rear admiral and retired on three
fourths pay, which assures him of
his own state, and these would have
regretted to see him quit public life
In a' fit ot pique and leave his dearly
beloved country to go to the devil
without his able asstance. Indeed,
It Is said that the Texas legislature,
now In session, would have promptly
re-elected hlra had his reslgnat'en
not been recalled.
But the large majority of the peo
ple of the United States, Including
the democrats, would, we are con
vinced, have borne with serene fortl
Incidentally '.ae report of the com
mittee sent to investigate Governor
Aldrlch's awful charges of wholesale
Jobbery In the Omaha elections, re
turned a report charitably finding
that the governor was "misinform
ed." The committee was voted thanks
for its thorough, comprehensive and
Intelligent report, in which the re
publicans and democrats heartily
joined, and the senate, concurred.
The laugh is rather on the governor
and the probabilities are that the ex
ecutive will be more careful about
listening to fairy tales In the future.
Anyhow, he w'll probably not venture
to assert that he has on file In his
office positive evidence which con
sists ot a few hot air communications
from a number of hot air merchants
In the city of Omaha, splendidly
For Sheriff. '
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the nomination for the
office of sheriff of Cass county, Ne
braska, subject to the decision of the
voters at the coming primary elec
tion. I ask the voters to place me
in nomination on the democratic
ticket. G. P. Barton, Union, Neb.
Purchases Residence,
Superintendent Abbott has Just
closed a deal whereby he becomes
the owner of the handsome residence
property of Byron Clark on H'jgh
School Hill. Mr. Abbott Is to be con
gratulated on acquiring a home so
convenient to his work.
an income of $6,000 a year as long I of typified by John O. Yelser
as he lives. J,...1. ...
senate. i ney no not uispute uis
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great aouuy, nis legal learning, ins
Ex-Senator Burkett will probably eIoquence his forcefulnees and his In-
be coming home soon to wear off the dustry Tney ,ook on hlm ,ndcedi ag
consciousness of Bclf-exaltatlon by
one brilliant and Bplendld as Lucifer
rubbing up against his fellow citizens hlraselfand of much the same order
who exalted him Lincoln Star. . an,oni,nr. u- u miM inmc.
O Imiw man ( hai'A firiiirirt V a ph.rma
I i II til a II IIU'S I.v. , , V IIIRMIID
Ex-Speaker Cannon Is now predict- Rnd captivates, and by the same
Ing an orderly special session of con- token ho is dangerous.
gress. Is that a etgn Old Joe Is ar- Mr. Bailey did not serve the demo
ranglng to raise the d 1 when he cratlc party, nor his country, when he
gets on the floor?
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Come to think of It, March 4 was
the date confidently set by the Wash
ington correspondents for Secretary
Ralllnger'a retirement. Forecasting
Balllnger's retirement has become
about as unsatisfactory as prophesy
'mg the end of the world.
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There la not an empty store room
contributed so powerfully to saving
Lorlmer; he served privilege Instead.
He does not serve his party, his
country, In his opposition to reci
procity and to direct legislation, for
which latter his hatred Is so Intense
that he would not accept into the
union a new state which has the Ini
tiative and referendum In Its con
stitution.' Ho serves the special In
terests, rather; he serves those wh
The report of the joint committee
of the house and senate on the re
moval of the university was some
what of a surprise. The report has
occasioned much comment. It
means a good deal to a good many
people. It means virtually the re
moval of the state university In Its
entirety from Its present position
down In the bua'rirss section, within
hearing of the clang of the railroad
traffic to the state agricultural farm,
more than two miles away. A great
many people appeared before the
ocmmlttee to argue the pros and cons
of the proposition. It was pointed
out that students would be removed
from the seductive influences of the
wicked city If the Institution should
go to the state farm. On the other
hand, It was shown that members of
the faculty whose homes were eutab-
Ushed down town, and a great many
others, would he seriously at a dis
advantage with the removal of tho
university.
An excedlusly Important report
G. P. Barton of Union, while In the
city today, called and subscribed for
the Journal. G. P. has come to the
conclusion that no well-regulated
household can get along successfully
without this great news dlssem'pator
to keep them posted on the general
news of the county.
Poultry Wanted
Hens 10c
Springs 7c and 8c
Old Roosters 4c
Ducks 8c
Geese 7c
We also buy cream.
HATT PRODUCE GO.
TRUSSES
The only snrfical houie In th
Went rnlirra U fitting is don
by to eipert. Largest itork
of tninvi In lh Went.
THE W. G. CLEVELAND CRUQ CO.
CM MIA, NZCRAtK.
