The - Plattsmouih - Journal
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R. A. BATES, Publisher.
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taxes.
for reciprocity
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Tbere are two reason a why the
t.arern skirt is not popular one on
each side.
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A bill has passed the legislature
and gone to the governor to prevent
public exhibitionH of hypnotism In
Nebraska In the future. Good!
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and lower (that he may be a progressive demo
crat w ho will represent the people In
stead of the trusts and corporate In
terests. :o:
A FLANK MOVEMENT.
The fear expressed by bo many
I cannot find anyone who advances ' to the Mexican border, making 40,
ar.y toed rta.-on why it should re-' 000 In all, ought to result in presc-rv-
fjulre a les per tent of votes to refer
a nxa.-ure than to initiate. After
t'iligent M-anli I ran find no rase
. lfie the referendum lias leen used
to veto a vicious bill passed by a
(gNlature. In muiic states, however,
sjm'i iul interests have made use of
i'ic refereiidiwii to in ot- t tlienoelven
ing all that's left of the pea?e.
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It is to be expected, of course, that
tho us'jal rumber of wheezes about
the death of President Diaz beir:g
"greatly exaggerated" will be forth
coming.
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Iorimer and C'ullom to resign. And
while they will do nothing of the sort,
It Is a whoht-ome xin on the part of
Illinois.
.Silk stocking;) are going down, Kayo
a traao journal. vww, ju uai
tbnnk the standpatters' for that. Only
the unterrlfled could have stood
bravely up for such a thing.
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Senator Pallcy U not consisten In
is preaching and practice. He
vclemently opposed tho recall In tha
Arizona constitution, but very
promptly made use of It In taking
buck his resignation.
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A hot time Is expected In Lincoln
when the commission bill cornea up
for adoption tomorrow. Those cities '
that favor the proposition will send
representatives to work for Its adop
tion. Omaha will send hundreds to
work against It. There will be a hot
time around tho hotels.
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The Journal Is pleaded to note that
fts friend, L. F. Langhorst of Elm
wood was elected president of the
Nebraska Retailers' association, In
ion In Omaha last week. The
. lection was a good one, as there are
no bet'.er men In the state. He Is
aim) one of the liveliest merchants In
that something more serious than
army maneuvers and Instruction of
troops is Involved In the hurried as
sembling of large masses of men fiom
every arm of the service on the Mexi-
lilinois Is now calling upon both j ran border Is not at all gurprlKing.
The people have been engaged In a
fierce contest for ten or twelve years
vlth a system that rols the many
and enriches the few. It has been a
long and desperate fight, but defeated
again and again, the people have ral
lied and charged more fiercely than
before the strongholds of the oppres
sors until at last they see the cohorts
o; special privilege on the retreat In
every section of the country. The peo
ple know that "big business" has cap
tured the mines, the railroads, ami
most of the natural resources of Mex
ico, and that Wall street must be In
tensely Interested In the conflict on
the border. The thinkers among them
realize that If a war could be pro
moted, rallrond regulation, excessive
tariffs, conservation of natural re
sources, the steel trust, tho sugar
trust, the coffee trust, the cases be
fore the supreme court, the high cost
of living and every evil that they have
fought so long to remedy will be for
gotten In the excitement of war, Just
at a time when victory was crowning
their efforts In almost every state li
the union.
The election of a democratic con
gress may be of far greater Import
ance to the people than anything that
has occurred since the civil war. The
doctrlno that the government must
protect, even at the dreadful cost of
should be what is known on the
cal -ndar as house bill No. IsS, which
parttd to come to life.
Every great service rendered the
Nebraska and has a right to head the wnr financial Investments In foreign
countries, is not a democratic doc
trine. It Is one that has grown up
since money has controlled the gov
eminent of the world. If capitalists
Invest In a foreign government they
should bo made to take the risks of
that government's stability and not
force the common people who have
no Interests In them to pay the cost
of their protection. The citizen of
the United States the man Is to bo
protected always and everywhere,
but speculative Investments are en
tirely different. If Mr. Thompson or
any other man goes down Into Mex
ico and buys a railroad, out of which
ho expects to make millions of dol
lars, tho farmers of Nebraska should
not bo taxed to furnish troops to de
fend his property and make sure his
speculative profits. Neither should
they send their sona to die on the
field of battle that Thompson may
become a multi-millionaire.
A democratic congress will not vote
funds for any such purpose and as the
men of swollen fortunes were never
known to enlist In a war, the real
fighting always being done by the
common people and the cost of the
war always paid by them, the In
terests cannot have a war to save the
rotten, beaten and retreating repub
lican party, while we have a demo
cratic congress World-Herald.
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)ivo wires In a business capacity.
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The senate killed the congres
sional reapportionment bill. It
would seem that the redistribution of
eats In the housu of members to be
lected In 1912, as provided for by
that body, should havo been satis
factory to the senate. Hut the old
ruard In the upper branch wished to
prevent the legislature of states that
tame Into the democratic column at
the last election from making the
necessary congressional realignments.
This scheme, will he f nisi rated at the
omlng session.
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The other night at the banquet At
torney A. L. TIdd made some very
timely remarks about (leaning up In
the various quartern of the city. It Is
about time to begin thinking about
removing those old cans, ashes and
other rubbish that has accumulated
luring tho w inter. Not only tho gen
eral appearance of jour property
makes this necessary, but public
httalth makes It Imperative. Let us
not wait for orders from tho board of
health to clean up and make our rest
dent district look clean and Bhow peo
plo that we are proud of our little
city. There Is no Inducement more
tempting to a prospective resident
than neat and well kept surroundings.
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William F. Shcehan Is not to be
forced down the throats of the un
willing New York electorate after all.
Governor Dlx, whoso Bllont acquies
cence In the scheme to make Shcehan
senator disappointed and alienated a
largo proportion of his friends, has
finally come out In a letter to the
democratic members of the legls
lature advising them to disregard the
raucus which named Shcehan and
vote as their consciences and their
constituent direct. Thero Is now
very reason to believe a United
Kti.t s senator to succeed Chauueey
M. Lvpcw will be elected early this
and there 1 ground for hope
DIRECT LEGISLATION.
Ex-Governor Shallenborger, In
writing to the World-Herald, has the
following to say In reference to the
question of direct legislation which Is
Just now agitating tho minds of the
people of Nebraska:
I read with Interest your editorial
on the Initiative and referendum In
today's paper, and wish to commend
the admonition to thoso Interested lu
rram'ng tho proposed amendment
that they discuss the logic of the
question rather than to urge that Ne
Iraska must have certain provisions
lu her constitution simply because
ether (dates have them.
f i ii hostile legislation more often
tl.an the eople have availed them
wives of the right to initiate laws.
Why should a legislative statue be
held up from going Into operation by
reason of a 5 per cent petition against
it? The people have been crying out
for years against Injunctions upon the
part of courts, because they thus pre
vented laws from going into opera
tion, and thus proving by the unas
sailable logic of experience the
measures were reasonable and just.
The bank guaranty law is Just now
a case in point. With a referendum
as low as 5 per ecnr, the banks could
easily have it hung up till the next
election. Having done so, they could
have proceeded, presuming the voters
bad sustained it, to hold It up again
for another term of months or years
In the courts. Just as they did do.
Railroad rate regulation and 2-ient
passenger fare laws arid others that
come readily to mind are proof con
clusive that the surest way to de
monstrate whether a law Is whole
some or not is to put It Into opera
tion. r.o uuse of this rcfcrcndu'iii weak
ncss Ju the South Dakota law the
legislature of that state has found it
necessary to past bills dealing with
matters touching special interests by
a two-third vote,' so that under the
constitution they cannot be referred.
I Inclose an Interesting letter from
Governor Vcssey of South Dakota
that deals with this Important subject
In the light of actual experience.
I am glad that the Nebraska legis
lature Is passing upon this question
In so careful a manner. Roth the
house and the senate bills come near
to the recommendations made in my
last message, and further study and
reflection only more firmly confirm
me In my views expressed therein.
The two houses are now so nearly
together that they are sure to submit!
an amendment giving the right of
direct legislation to the people of the
state and Just as other common
wealths are now using our bank guar-
aneo law as a model and are taking
up our daylight saloon law as a
regulatory measures for the liquor
traffic, so I want to see Nebraska
adopt the direct legislation amend
ment that shali serve as a copy for
those who have come to look upon
Nebraska ns a leader In all lines of
progressive legislation.
If this Is to be accomplished, dls
cuslson must be full and free. No
spirit of Intolerance or questioning of
honesty of motives should be mani
fested. No one has a patent upon tho
process. This Is an age of Improve
ment and progress. A free and fair
debate will result In a measure that
will satisfy tho people.
The people of Nebraska have a
.jealous care of the proteclon afforded
thivu by their const it lit ion and will
expect that amendments to this basic
Instrument will be dealt with in a dif-
fercnt manner from that employed in
the making of mere laws that courts
can construe and set aside. Other
wise no ono will desire to initiate
laws, but all initiated legislation will
take the form of constitutional
amendments, so that no court can
pass on It and so that It need not
conform with existing sections of the
constittiioin.
A. C. SIIALLENBKIIC.ER.
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From the returns iu the city elec
tions held yessterday In Maine the
democrats w in in six out of seven of
provides for a Etate bureau of irn- cause of education from earliest tiniee
migration and publicity. It carries
an appropriation of $2.,000 wilh 11
for the biennial period. It will be
readily admitted by all that Ne
braska has been overmodest in re
gard to letting the people In general
know of lis wonderful resources and
its great advantage for homcseektrs.
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Friday's long drawn out contest iu
the large cities that voted. This still the house of representatives over the
Evans' anti-treating bill, which ended
In the measure being put to a vote
looks good to democrats.
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The Commercial club is getting ' and killed, practically ends all serious
ready to do all in its power to "See attempts to change the Slocumb
PlatUmouth Succeed" again this sea- liquor law at this session of the lcgis
son. Assist the boosters in their ef- lature. With everything now out of
?orts. the way tending to divide the mem-
:o: bership over the liquor question, the
The legislature should proceed ' chance of passage for important legis
very slowly on the telephone con-jlation, such as reapportionment, bl
spiracy now up before that body. I tnnial elections, the Ollls stock yards
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Lysle Abbott of Omaha sounds a note
of warning In Monday's World
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The Ohio legislature has passed a
measure which provides that can
didates for the judiciary shall be
elected on nonpartisan ballots. Now
for the same kind of a measure In
Nebraska.
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Quite a number of our citizens
have already remarked that they
voted against John P. Sattler two
years ago, but they intended to sup
port him for re-election because he
had proved himself worthy of re
election. :o: .
No mistake was made in the nom
ination of Bernard Wurl for city
clerk. The short time he has served
by appointment has convinced those
who have had business with him In
his ofliclal capacity that he Is Just
the man for the place.
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bill and others embodying platform
pledges, will be bettered.
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After the first of next July the
salary of the postmaster here may
be $2, COO per annum, which will give
the next postmaster a chance to
spend $ 1,000 per annuum to promote
the principles of the party and yet
have enough left to pay him more
than he ever received before In the
way of a salary Falls City Journal
(Rep.) That Is pretty tough on'the
Falls City posmaster, but coining, as
it docs, from the republican organ of
Falls City, there U certainly some
thing In what the Journal says, and
not only In Falls City, but In all
other towna, for that matter.
If a posmas'er Is allowed to get
out and work for the success of his
favorite candidates, and make his as
sistants do the same, the people want
to know where such authority comes; ma
It is almost alarming to note how
the suspicion of a prospect of a brush
with Mexico has fired the heart of
American youth, more especially of
those who have been lured by train
ing at arms. It almost suggests that
the $10,000,000 donation of Andrew
Carnegie and all the propaganda for
universal peace are wasted. It Is
really disappointing to note that
without knowing what cause there
be for war. with Mexico, and
from. That la the reason why the
r-sult of the investlgalon of the
Omaha postmaster Is awaited with so
much Interest.
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Uncle Joe says he will not take the
minority leadership. He will hang
around Washington for awhile Just to
see bow it feels to be without a
crown. Ho has so long been accus
tomed to be the whole thing that the
big toad In a small puddle- proposi
tion does not appeal to him.
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The Lorlmer Incident will be a
contributing
cause to democratic
victory In Illinois In the next election.
Incidentally, Senator Bailey will have
some tall explaining to do when he
gets back home In Texas. Ills course
In congress has shown his politics to
be nilsbranded.
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Not all of the "ex-es" will stay at
home. Tho president hns established
an asylum for the lame variety of
statesmen at the capital, whence,
after proper recupcrr.tlon, they are
Bent out to fill federal Jobs The
latest to land Is Henry S. Boutell of
Illinois, who failed to get a re
romlnatlon to congress. Now he
poes as minister to Portugal.
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The Commercial club had a good
deal to do with the unanimity with
which John P. Sattler was re
nominated for mayor. The cordiality
with which he has worked with that
body of hustlers Is sufficient evi
dence for every member of that or- than
without calculating what advantage,
If any, this country might gain from
it, the young men of the national
guard are manifesting an outspoken
eagerness for trouble that will call
them into the field Lincoln Star.
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STANDAKDIZIXC. IX EDUCATION.
Of all the dangers In American
life today there is none more serious
than that which lurks in the scheme
of standardization. Standardization
is the a-b-c of tyranny, and its pace
Is in a geometrical ration.
Raising standard of life Is
glorious; trying to crystalize life is
damnable. Raising standards Is
projecting efficiency. Standardiza
tion is petrifaction. Life Is never
standardized; only the Inorgaulc can
crystalize.
There Is no such thing as petrified
wood. That which goes by that name
has no more trace of organic life than
has the frost forest on the window.
That which we call petrified wood Is
purely a mineral substance that has
taken the place of the wood, replac
ing every fiber so daintily and grace
fully as to leave every cell in perfect
form, retaining every finest tracery
of fiber, though not a suspicion of
anything is there that was ever or
ganic. Standardization means the trans
ference of a live Institution Into one
that Is Inorganic. Every trace of life
la removed, but it is done so delicate
ly that there remains even the very
cells and filament of that which was
i once alive, but it is now no more alive
the tree-shaped rocks of
has been by those who brought lif.j
into institutions and methods.
The world ha3 been cursed by
standardizes from Goliath to men in
the twentieth century. There has
never been a ray of hope from a
standardize!' since the day when Cain
tried to standardize the suburbs of
the Garden of Eden. Standardizes
get the same satisfaction from killing
off the ambitions of boys in this day
that Cain did in killing Abel. They
raise Cain literally by reproducing hi
work among the sons of men.
Standardization sooner or later
meets a David. If standardization had
been able to rule, there would have
been no science, no art, no civiliza
tion, no Christianity. There was
never greater need of a hero among
the 6ons of men than there Is today
in the educational Ufa of America
Jornal of Education.
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AX INDIAN yUITTElt.
Senator Bailey resigned his seat
(and then withdrew his resignation)
because of a fllbu3ter against ihe ad
mission of New Mexico to statehood
unless Arizona should be admitted at
the same time. The senator Is a hot
headed Texan and has disappointed
the high hopes his abilities seemed
to justify. His aflillatton with and
sympathetic attituude toward corpor
ate Interests came as a surprise to
the country. His subsequent stand
in the Lorlmer disgrace further
alienated public respect. His last
position on the admission of New
Mexico's sister territory will elimin
ate what little public regard for him
may have remained.
The New Mexican constitution was
prepared by combinations and politi
cians and rushed through by the votes
of Igiorant Mexicans. There Is every
reason to believe that these same In
fluences which were unsuccessful in
stemming the tide of progressivenesa
In writing Arizona's constitution, op
posed its final ratification by con
gress. Hence the filbuster of Sen
ator Owen of Oklahoma, whose state
was admitted under a constitution
nearly as far advanced In its princi
ples of popular government as that
cf Arizona.
While the president did not have
the stamina to back up his previous
ly expressed opinions on the unde
8irablene8s of the initiative, referen
dum and recall, as contained In the
Arizona constitution, and he put the
responsibility up to congress, Senator
Bailey stood pat, and not succeeding
In his effort to keep Arizona out
v Ithout the admission of New Mexico,
lost his head and resigned In a huff
to reconsider his action later on. The
democratic party could well spare
him.
It Is now up to the president to
authorize the governors of the pro
posed n'iw states to proceed to Issue
their proclamation for the election of
state officers, as provided under tho
enabling act. Mr. Taft, as usual, is
up against It at both ends.
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The Ad and Commercial clubs
Lincoln and Omaha have done more
good for Nebraska than they will ever
get credit for.
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The deadlock la still on In the sen
atorial election In the Iowa legis
lature. The same state of affars also
exist in New York.
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President Taft feels more kindly
toward the late congress than the
members of that congress, apparent
ly, did toward the president.
Fending 20,000 additional troops
itauUaliou to support him for reelection.
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The new democratic senator from
Montana, Henry L. Myers announces
that he la a thorough democrat "in all
matters except those pctainlng espe
cially to western Montana." That
section of the state Is largely devoted
to Bheep raising. Can the declara
tion mean that Mr. Meyers Is In favor
of high protection at home and a low
tariff In other parts of the country?
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Arizona.
It Is tho same whether you stand
ardlze a method of teaching or a two
and one-half by four and one-half
measurement for admission to High
school or college, or tho size of en
dowment of a college requisite for a
professor to draw a pension.
Nothing was ever standardized
without Injecting Into it an embalm
lng fluid to preserve the form of the
corpse.
A standardize!' Is no more, no less
than an up-to-date undertaker who
satisfies the bereaved friends that he
I'or Sale.
R. C and S. C. R. I. Red Cockerels,
$1.00 each. Eggs, per setting, 75
cents; $1.00 per 100. Inquire of
Mrs. C. E. Schwab. Murray, Neb.
Phone 3H Murray.
2-lG-2mos-w.
Tor Sale.
I have four pedigreed Hereford
bulls, from a year and a half to two
years old, ready for service. Sired
by my herd bull, Ajack, weight 2,500
pounds. c. Bengeu.
2--16tw.
Horse Shoeing.
John Durnian desires to Inform
those who need his services that he
has opened a shop at the Ora Dawson
place for shoeing horses. Satisfaction
assured.
If the Nebraska legislature passes
but one more bill this season that bill has made It Impossible for the de-
Thc stork visited the home or Mr.
and Mrs. John Hatt, Jr., last Sunday
and left in their charge a fine girl
Kflby, and Mr. and Mrs. Hatt are cor
resi ondlngly happy, as well as Grand
ly nnd Grandma Hatt. May the
rung lady live long to bless the
me of its proud parents .
STRUSSES
1 ha only mrfical hout ia th
IJy West whfr tittiiif it don
" by in eiprrt. LargMt ttock
of lrusei in th West.
TH2 W. C. CLEVELAND DftUG CO.
OMAHA. Nb.iASK4