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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1911)
The Plattsmouth - Journal rrm Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, Nebraska R. A. BATES, Publisher. Entered at the Poatoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as Bccond-clasg matter. $LSO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE The Ollis stock yards bill was sent I 1 the bill graveyard Wednesday morning. In rushing Into the Mexican game M Uncle Sam remember the trials of an urn il re. :o:- Extra session or not, Taft should remember that the ehatauqua season i not very far off. :o: The dedication of the big Roosevelt dam ought to be an Interesting cere irony 1o those who have been trying e shut him off. : o : . Hallingcr no doubt feared the next ingress would not be ho liberal with 1 1 1 whitewash. So he says, "to the fall timber for me." : o : That Chicago ward politician vho ns arrested for paying $2 for a vote i-hould be severely punished for "bulling" the Chicago vote market :o: One more week and the agony will Yt over and many of the members of he legislature will be wending their ay homeward, wiser and perhaps adder hearted. :o:. Ttoth armleH In Mexico, ac. oriling to report, are using tti for iliiden fiiiin-dum bullets. Tlit brlckb.ils, too, are not upholstered an required vnder The Hague rule. :o: Perhaps the military denioiistra llons along the Mexican border will . mitlsfy Representative llohson and permit the Japanese attack to hang flpe longer than the original ten months. :o: If Senator Bailey of Texas reads the newspapers and the unanimity with which they congratulate th vuntry on his resignation it may (Mrve as a hint to him to resign again and stay resigned. :o: plurality for a majority vote. One objection to such a law is that If It had been in effect it would have Ii.- sured the election of Mr. AV. F. Shee- han as senator from New lork. :o: George Dodge, candidate for coun cilman in the Fourth wuid, la one ot the best men In Plattsmouth, and having proved an efllcent a 'id "ailliful member of the city council lor several terms, tie snouu ue eiecini this time on account his previous ex cellent services. He has many friends n his ward that will votj for him this time that never 'ofed for him before, believing he Is tin rl'Jiht man for the place. :o: Seattle has a council of nine alder men, elected from the city at large. They are pledged to give their entire time to the service of the city ana each Is paid a salary of $:l,000 a year. The Seattle plan Is a modification of the new rule a compromise between the old plan and commission govern ment. It Is not believed, however that Seattlo will find Its plan to be as efficient as commission government has proved to be In Des Moine and many other cities. :o: The city campaign seems to be go ing along very quietly, as It should do. The men who are running for councllmen In the various wards have been resident of the city for a num ber of years. The candidates for the city offices, the most of them, have lived here many years, and their records are well known to the voters. There you are. There Is no neces sity to excite the people and get them stirred up to the extent they were two years ago in a similar campaign :o: leaving their arms Outside is seized ! of statesmanship reprinted by the Abe Rut f of Sau Francisco at last finds himself In prison. What a change It will prove to a man who' er years was the political hois of a! Kreat city, practically Ihe dictator of i its affairs, and rolling In the wealth )n- exacted from his position. And what a warning his fate convevs. The fishing lh .MiM) hill of lion. V.. Mlt.ger Is nrit meeting with the hearty approval of the people. Of Miro a dollar Is not much, but It li the pilnclple they ohieit to. If this lli iiise system I kept up a per m.ii will mioii have to pay a license fir iven walking up and down the 1 1 v f r. Tie late I'aul Morton had an In ladhable faith in the vival n ass, or middle class, of the Amcilean peo ple. "We may have, corrupt, nmlti n IlllonalrcM," he once said, 'and we may have anadchistle am! nlhllistl'. turns, but society, after ull, Is !lke a J do. There la an upHr mitt and a lower crust, but the real substance Pes between." :o: , If the present bill now before the U-Klslature giving to titles that want It, the commission form of govern. mnt, It Is extremely doubtful If I lattsnioiith will ' get lu on the proposition If we want to. We don't know what our population is, and can't Hud out from some cause or other. Under the present bill we must have 5,000 poplatlon and liv we go! It T :o: Senator Root favors a bill unde which, In the event a legislature Nadlocks until March 4 In sen utorlal elections, the candidate re eelvlng the largest number of voe Khould be declared eletled. Thai would mean the substitution of I After all, the lame ducks are not having such a lean time of it. Sen ators Aldrlch and Hale continue as members of the national monetary commission at a salry or J 7, (to (J a year, as do Senators llurrows of Michigan and Money of Mississippi. Senator Flint of California and Sen- promptly made members of the samo j com mission when their terms ex i plred. Some more of the halting aquatic birds will be taken care of In tln commission to Investigate dis P':t" affecting the boundary waters bit Weill the United States and Can nda. Senator Carti r of Montana and Represctitutlve Tawney of Minnesota are slated for these Jobs at f 10,(100 Per yci.r. There are still plenty of ood things to go around, but none f them seem to have fallen in the lln (lion uf Ihe lame dink, Elmer .1. turkett of Nebraska. 'Ihe action of the Pennsylvania etnociai y in ousting .lames M. Cliffy from the party lendeishin has been received with great rejoicing In all parts of the country. This IcpiMous old traitor has been a mill stone around the neck of Penn sylvania democracy for years, lie worked like a Catalino to prevent James II. Merry, a grond old demo crat, from being nominated by the democrats last fall, whose noniliia tlon would have meant a democratic victory and governor. Berry was afterwards nominated by the In dependent and came within a few votes of overturunlng that great re publican majority. Ho will Im the next governor of the Keystone state without a doubt, If ho lives. :o: AN I t HO OF (.KAMI ISLAM). It Is evident from some of the speeches at the Hryan banquet that the defeated faction of 1ho Grand Island convention has not gotten over Its bltterni'HS nor Its thirst for re prlsal. When a festal occasion of that kind n n occasion In which th blddc n guests usually feel safe In upon as an opportunity to hurl de nunciation and epithets at the large majority of Nebraska democrats, It is plainly shown how serious a differ ence of opinion on the liquor issue may become. The situation Is a very simple one. One-fifth or less of the democrats of Nebraska are favorably disposed to ward cither state or county prohi bition, or both. The other four-fifths are opposed to prohibition, for rea sons that to them are clear and enilmently satisfactory. The Grand Island convention registered the will of the majority, as democratic con ventions should. And at this the bit terness of the overwhelmed minority broke all bounds. "A bartenders' re union," was ono of the mildest terms applied to one of the most represenf tlve conventions of Nebraska demo crats ever assembled, over which C. J. Smyth presided and In which Gov ernor Shallenberger, M. F. Hartlng ton and other eminent democrats were the moving spirits. Then it be came a convention made up of "tool." and dupes of the brewers," and final ly It develops that all who helped do the work of that convention, as well as all who agree with them, are "standpatters" and "reactionaries" In addition to their other sins. It would all be very annoying If It were not so very absurd. The demo crats of Nebraska are, of course, Just as good men, Just as good progres sives, just as true democrats, as they were In 1908 or In 1896. Their views with respect to prohibition haven't changed an lota In that time, and no more have their views with respect to tariffs, trusts, monoK)lles, Income tax, popular election of senators, di rect legislation, railroad regulation, or any other reform to which the de mocracy of Nebraska Is committed Their one crime, their one great mis fortune, Is In being unable to flop on any particular Issue when the word to flop Is given. One of the chlefest blessings of the Initiative and referendum which Is now offered to Nebraska by these democratic "standpatters" and "reac tionaries" Is that It will afford an op portunity for the people to render a direct verdict on this vexing prohibi tion question by complicating Bide Is sues. When that verdict has been handed down perhaps It will be re luctantly admitted that the exercise of freedom of thought and speech does not necessarily make a man a hornet hlef, and that there are, after all, quite a few thousand good men and true In Nebraska outside the prohibition camp as well as Inside it When that time comes It Is to be hoped Ihe democratic party will once more be permitted to devote Itself to the Issues and policies which have made It great and useful. World I Tom Id. i very able and distinguished attorney general and those who contend that there Is no menace to free govern ment In giving the people the right to enforce representative legislation and administration, is a difference of viewpoint as to the rights of the "average citizen and his fellow elect-i ors." Both agree that they have lit tle time to devote to "the details of government." But "lack of time" is assumed by the one school as mean ing lack of ability to know what is best for the busy "average citizen and his fellow electors." The average citizen has little time to devote to the details of his govern ment and he imagines, at least, that he has no time to devote to the proper investigation of the men who stand for election as his "represent ative." He may be fooled, finally, in the selection of the man, and frequently he is. Hut he Is coming to understand more fully what govern ment means to him, and it Is that awakening intelligence that is aug menting the movement for the recall. It ought to be clear to everyone who has the opportunity to observe the growth of public sentiment that unless the representatives elected by the "average citizen and hia fellow- electors" become impressed with a deeper responsibility of their obllga tlon to really represent their eon stlttients, the recall is certain to be come a part of our "representative re publican government." Kansas City Star. :o: The city election in Lincoln Is be coming rather a "warm" affair, and there Is no telling how It will result :o: The Second juuiiSal district will hereafter be composed of Sarpy Cass and Otoe counties, lnbtead of Cass and Otoe, as formerly. :o: Above the rattle of musketry and Ihe booming of cannon In Mexico can be heard the exploding of Liman tour's reputation as a peacemaker. :o: -:o:. Tin: recall. "Rcpii'scntatlvp republii an govern ment," said Attorney General Wlck ershuiii In that part of h's Cleveland rmli leiiiitiy opposing tin 're call, "Is founded on a practical rciognitlon of the facts that in a bi'sy, prosperous community the average citizen can give only little time to the details of his govern ment. Ho therefore joins with his fellow electors In selecting rep resentatives to frame the laws from which to be governed, and In choos ing the principal ofllcers who are to execute them." Mr. Wlckersham declared also that it would mean the overthrow of the whole system of representative gov ernment to give the average citizen and his fellow electors the right to recall the representative they now have only the right to elect. If the "average citizen and his fel low electors" find that the man they have united In delecting to frame their laws Is not framing those laws; If they find that ho Is mlsrep resenting them by doing exactly what he was elected not to do the whole establishment of representative gov ernment would collapse If they should replace him with a represent atlve who would do what the aver age citizen and his feilow electors wanted done! The diffcrcnie between the school Aldrlch has vetoed the stock yards bill, just as predicted he would. Now another attempt will be made- to pass the Ollis bill, the one he has always favored. :o: Champ Clark was the drawing card at the Bryan banquet, and many went to Just "get a glimpse" of the next speaker of the national house of rep resentatives. :o: ; According to the congressional ap portionment by the legislature, Gagt (Oiit.ty has been added to the- First district, making eight Instead of evm lountles, as formerly. : o : Milwaukee, le sides having a social ist maj or and a soc ialist congress man. "elected two socialist school dl reitois this week. And the world does not seem to be greatly scandaliz ed, either. down. They don't have any better men in any community. :o: The Journal Is only 10 cents a week, delivered by carrier. Remem ber, it Is strictly a home paper and devoted to those interests in which every citizen of Plattsmouth is In terested. It gives you all the latest news and is delivered right at your door every evening except Sunday, rain or shine. :o: The voters of Plattsmouth have known Bernard Wurl for many years and they know he Is a gentleman in every sense of the term, and that he is one of the best qualified men for the position of city clerk in the city. He Is honest, clever, good-natured and has a good word to say for everybody. :o,: Governor Woodrow Wilson of New lersey ordered the chairman of the democratic state committee out of his office the other day. The more the public sees of that man Wilson the better it likes him. He has the courage and stamina to make the right kind of a president. :o: The people all over Illinois are demanding the resignation of both Senators Cullom and Iorimer. Last Monday the voters In the town of Sidney, Champaign county, by an in formal vote, demanded the resigna tion of Senator Lorimer because of the corruption shown in his election, and of Senator Cullom for having voted to sustain him. :o: The greatest value of the Initiative and referendum, as Senator Owen of Oklahoma said in his Illinois address, is In Its "making citizens more in terested in and more familiar with pontics and consequently more patriotic." Those who say that the people are not competent to decide questions for themselves are In error, They are at least more competent than are the 8ecial interests who control when politics is removed from the people. :o: There Is not a man in the land that can foretell the outcome of the political situation, out there are plenty who think Jhey can. There are progressives and standpatters in the democratic party as well as In the republican party, and much de pends upon the result of the special session of congress as to wlileh way the eat will jump. The standpatters in both parties will probably unite under one name, and the progressives under another, and then It will be hard to tell which Is which. One must sail under the democratic flag, while the other will have to choose the republican flag, Hoii't forget that the Evening Journal is htrlctly a Plattsmouth paper, devoted distinctly to every thing that Is best for Plattsmouth and her people. .:o: The taxpayers of Plattsmouth know that John P. Sattler has done his duty as mayor In the past two years, and that Is the reason why most of them Intend to vote for his re-election. -:o: Mr. Kenyon deemed himself a good as elected senator over In Iowa early In the week, but there was an other Deemer who deemed otherwise. "There 1s many a slip betwixt the cup and lip," you know. :o: Opposition to the Arizona constitu tion seems to come wholly from per sons who do not live In Arizona, and many who were never there. Con sequently, they are not entitled to a voice In the matter. :o: Tuesday, April 4 one week from next Tuesday is the city election. Note the names on the ticket at the head of this paper and you will see an array of names there, all of whom deserve your rupport, from mayor Rev. Lewis, the evangelist, now holding 'revival meetings at the Merhodist .church, paid (he Journal quite a compliment yesterday, whith we very much appreciate, coming, as it does, from a gentleman and scholar who has traveled a great deal and visited many towns and cities. He said he had never visited a town of the size of Plattsmouth that could boast of as good a dally paper as the Journal. This Is just what we hear every day from people who visit our city, but the foregoing, coming from a gentleman who Is so capable of Judging such matters, we have cause to feel greatly flattered. :o: COST OF LIYIMi TO THE F.I KM EH. We have heard a great deal about the cost of living of late years. Not only we, but the civilized people of all countries, are uttering similar 'com plaints. Population has simply been increasing more rapidly than farm products; too many people in the towns (oo few on the farms. When the cost of living Is spoken of, we naturally think of the cost of things we eat and wear. This affects the farmer and all other classes of peo pie alike, except that the farmer raises his own food to a great extent, and hence complains less on this ac count than people of any other class. The cost of fod, however, does not cover m arly all the cost of living to the farmer. The cost of his living In olvis the cost of his clothing, the cot of his machinery and tools, and he has a light to complain on thU point. Why should not congress dt something to reduce the cost of liv ing to the farmer as well as to the ' people in the cities? He is paying far too much for his clothing because of the iniquities of the wool schedule. He Is wearing poorer clothing than he should be cause of the Iniquities both of the woolen and cotton schedules. He is paying more than he should for his fence wire because of the steel com bination. He does not object to the price alone, but to the quality and the - enormous rusting capacity which wire has. Why should not congress Inaugur ate the policy of reducing the cost of living for the farmer as well as for the resident of the city? If this cost of living is reduced, we will hear fewer complaints from him on Cana dian reciprocity. He has kicked against that, not because he does not wish the closest relations with . Canada, but because there has been no corresponding reduction In manu factured products; that's what he Is kicking about. If he wants to buy a suit of all- wool clothes, for example and he Is as much entitled to them as any other man he must pay just, twice the amount that he would pay If he were In England. If he would buy- any kind of steel product, he Is not given the liberty of buying it at prices at which the same product Is Bold in. foreign counties and from the same factory. These are things the democratic party should be thinking about, now that it is in a position of responsibil ity. There is no time to talk about free trade now. We need money for revenue; but the way to get the rev enue is to remove tariffs which en able the manufacturers to form trusts and sell their products cheaper In foreign countries than they do at home. Let the democratc party help cheapen the cost of living In this fashion, and they will have the thanks of the farmers without regard to party. Placing the democrats In power does not end the struggle. It will be discovered in the next six months that there is a standpat faction among the democrats that Is just as averse to reducing the cost of living to the farmer as the most reactionary of the republicans. The goats have been separated from the sheep in the republican party and pretty thor oughly. There will be a like separa tion in the democratic party; and then we shall have a chance to count them. Let the farmers now demand a de crease In the cost of their living. When they get It, they will cheerfully consent to a decrease in the cost of living of operatives and nianufactur e is. The ccst of living is a negligible quantity In the minds of the men who control our great fa lories and business enterprises. They will buy the thin;- that cost the most nny way. It Is a serious thing for the fanner, however Wallace's Farmer. Five ml persons in Presidio. Texas, hnvH bi-i ii Injured by bullets from the Mexii an side. Ioi sn't the Payne- Aldrlch tariff provide for a high tailff on ammunition? :o:- B. F. Bush, who probably will be the next president of the Missouri Pa cific, has been a Gould employee for many years, and rose from the ranks. What might be called a rose-Bush. :o: The tobacco trust declared a dividend the other day of 62.2 per cent on common stock, all of which Is over and above dividends paid on preferred stock and Interest on $100, 000,000 of bonds. The supreme court still has the tobacco case under advisement. If It decides that or ganization Is not a trust fixing prices, how will It account for these enor mous protlts? TRUSSES Ihe only rurgiral hnut in th Went whria .V.I hum n don bv n uperl. Lurjent nock of triiHsei in lh West TtIC W. C. CLEVELAND DRUQ CO. CViM.A. Nt-bKAlkA