The Plattsmouth - Journal
m Published Seml-Wtekli at Plattsmouth, Nebraska 223
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Poatoflice. at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
matter.
$L50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
for I'ncle Joe at an expense to the
SDvtrnmmt of J6.000 a year.
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The "wets" gained nine towns In
he election Tuesday.
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The cry of the "New South" will
iwHn change to that of a "New
North."
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The members of the legislature
nill Boon come marching home. This
woek will let them out.
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According to the vote polled last
Tuesday there cannot be very much
difference In the population of Ne
braska City and I'lattsmouth.
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Again we ask, What has become of
Poulson and the Anti-Saloon league?
Is the headquarters still In Lincoln,
r has the Impudent Poulson carried
li with him out of the state?
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New York carried no Insurance on
the state capltol, although the belief
1hat It was "fireproof" reveals a most
amazing and childlike confidence In
Ihe politicians who enacted It.
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They tried awful hard to beat Sam
lllTikle for mayor of Havelock Tues
day, but he was re-elected by a very
fair majority. Robertson, the
mclallHt candidate, polled 130 votes.
There was three candidates In the
field.
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We have failed to talk with a man
but who has condemned the Met.ger
pamo law, eseclally the license part
of It. Fishing and hunting la a right
hat the people have always enjoyed
without having to pay for the
privilege.
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O. C. Morton was elected mayor of
Nebraska t'lty last Tuesday by a ma
Jorlty f 159 over Dr. J. D. Houston.
The democrats and republicans com
bined In the election, of Mr. Morton,
w-ho Is one of the proprietors of the
Nebraska City News.
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The M. W. A. convention In
Plattsmouth yesterday Instructed for
Ir. E. W. Cook for head physician,
the place be l already filling so
eredltably. There Is no better man
tor the place and he should be re
elected without opposition.
discredited by disappointed party fol
lowers.
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The socialists carried several city
elections on Tuesday, but they lost
out In Wichita, Kansas, and Mil
waukee. If the present congress dcx-u
not furnish some relief, there will be
a general shaking up of dry bones.
The people have lost faith In the re
publican party, and now If the demo
cratic party causes them to lose faith
in It, tlty will naturally look else
where to obtain the necessary relief.
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There will be no legalizing of Sun
day baseball by the present legis
lature. The house failed to muster
enough votes yesterday to carry It
over the governor's veto, as the sen
ate bad previously done. The veto
power In this matter Is simply a
strike of prejudice against eastern
Nebraska In general and Omaha In
particular. Hut the gentleman who
was elected by democratic votes to
the position he occupies will have to
answer for his attitude on a matter
that would Injure no community.
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Don't forget the fiddlers' contest
at Coates hall in Plattsmouth, Friday
night, April 21.
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The Omaha Ad dub bill went
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There Is no doubt that the posses
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bum. vi inw i nmiim-.i in BT I World-Herald.
grave concern to the authorities at
Washington. They have never been
mythlng but a costly burden since
we came In posscslson of them and
there Is not one compensation In re
turn for the burdens we bear. It
may be asked what right have we to
turn over the Philippine to any
1 n.Inority leader, had he wished it,
I and had the house been republican
(annul) would again have been the
speaker.
Champ Clark, the new speaker,
showed in bis opening remarks the
sense of deep responsibility and sober
earnestness of purpose with which a
democratic bouse is entering upon I through both branches of the legis-
its career. .To that house the people iature with a "whoop.
are looking for relief, having looked
In vain to a success of republican
houses. They are expecting a demo
cratic house to make good pledges,
both democratic and republican,
which the last republican house
spurned In derision. And If the
democratic house dees what it shows
every deposition to do the demo
cratic star will bel n the ascendency
In this republic for many years to
come.
The senate is still republican. Put
it Is not as republican as it was,
thanks to last year's upheavel. And
by the same token it Is not as stand
pat as It was. There Is a fair chance
that by a union of the democrats and
the republican progressives a fair
part of the reform program of the
house may be put through the senaie
as well. The eyes of the country will
be on the senate more than on the
house, because there Is a general
confidence In the house making good;
while there is doubt as to the senate.
The course of each Individual sen
ator, whether he be democrat or re
publican, will be critically noted. And
every senator who stands In the way
of a reform program, be he democrat
or republican, be be brazen or
hypocritic al, will have the people of
his own state to reckon with later
burned out and needing help during
the Burkett campaign Lincoln Star.
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The Lincoln Star i3 of the opinion
that Senator Bartling has a guber
natorial bee buzzing around his bon
net. We know another Otoe county
republican who was effected the
same way, but he finally got his suf
ficiency. And Bartling Is of much
smaller calbre than he. We have
The democratic con?re?;s starts off already got a selfish, sectional and
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Lobsters have advanced to 60 cents
a ound In Boston, and prices are
proportionately higher Inland. This
Advance may worry the smart set
mewhat, but the plebeians refuse
to worry about any kind of meat that
lifts to be eaten with a nutcracker.
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It may be as the ex-llon. Tawney
contends, that a congressman should
not bow to the will of his con
stituents. It is also true that the
fongressman should not grumble If
1hose same constituents see fit to put
he eklds under him.
Til 14 XI4W CON;itKSS.
The hard times of the early 90's,
which had set In before the close of
the Harrison administration and
were largely due to bad crops, con
tinued through most of the Cieve-
other country? The answer would ,an(1 administration, and the repub-
b: What right had we to buy them ,pns took ,he utm0KJ advantage of
for $20,000,000? The wave of im. conditions to prejudice the country
perlallsm that was fathered by the agalnRt the administration party. As
republican party Is the most costly a reHU,t tner 8 a reaction In favor
thing that this country has had to of tne republican party, and In the
deal with and the end la not In sight, election of 1894 the republicans
. elected 244 members, the democrats
I i a i ..nn..ii..- e - a ik. .it,,..
TIIK SIXTV-SKCOND (X)N(JRKKS, '""'"Dl- ' "
republicans 1. The senate had 42
republican's, 39 democrats and 5
populists.
Speaker Clark is the first demo
cratic speaker since Charles F. Crisp
H is said that a lot of Methodist
minister Uwt a good portion of f 1,
000,000 In that Morgan-Honduras
deal. They had Investments In the
Honduras National railroad, whlcn,
under the Morgan arrangement, Is
defunct. Morgan had no more mercy
on ministers than ho had on any
one else.
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Iowa has lost more Inhabitants lu
Ihe past ten years than any etate In
the Union, and one of, If not the
K neatest agricultural state, at that.
Cheap land elsewhere Is what has
taused the slump. Nebraska has also
suffered by the cheap land cry In
ether states.
' The democratic house caucus cut
Ihe congressional patronage salary
list $180,000 by weeding out tin
Mocssary employee. It will now
fcave to do something of pre-eminent
futile benefit to avoid being wholly
The facts incident to the organiza
tion of the lower house of the Sixty
second congress are eloquent with
the testimony that the country acted!
wisely when It placed the popular
branch In the charge of the demo
cratic party. For the democratic
majority Is showing that It Is united
In the purpose truly to serve the
IK'ople. And the republican minority
is showing, just as plainly, that It is
still wedded to the flesh pots of
plutocracy and the doctrines on
which apodal privilege has been
bullded.
Democracy In the opening of the
Sixty-second congress stands for
marked reforms. It stands for re
form In the matter of organization
and the choosing of committees; It
stands for reform In the way of
economy and retrenchment of ex
penditures, the lopping off of sine
cures and useless expense; It stands
for reform In the way of llberallng
the rules, so that congress may be a
self-governed body; It stands for re
form of the twrlff; It stands for pop
ular election of senators; It stands
for honest elections and full pub
llclty of expenditures; It stands for
statehood for Arizona and New Mex
ico; It stands for reciprocity. It
stands, In a word, for rule by the
people and for the people.
Republicanism stands where It has
been standing as the champion of
standpatlsm, with a little minority of
Its membership making weak and
futile cries for a more progressive
policy. It presents a Mann, lieuten
ant of Cannon, for Its leader; It
leaves lu his hands the choosing of
the nilnorKy members of the stand
lng committees; It leaves Us or
sanitation and its power in the
charge of those who are out of sym
pathy, Just as they were out of sym
pnthy in the last congress, with the
progressive spirit of the times. Can
nonlsm Is still dominant among the
republicans of the house. Cannon
himself could have been made
of Georgia, who retired In 1895. He
will have a fine working majority,
the democratic members numbering
228, the republicans 160, with 1
socialist member and one vacancy.
Conditions have changed greatly
since the democrats had their last
chance for Initiative In congress. The
people are better Informed. Much of
the false influence' of the tariff has
been nullified by popular education,
as a result of which the people have
demanded tariff revision. They have
thus far been denied the kind of re
vision they have asked and been
promised, and the election of a
democratic house stands as a rebuke
to republican betrayal rather than a
vote of democratic confidence. The
democrats must qualify for congres
sional control If they are to remain
In power or Increase their strength.
They must make progress not alone
along tariff revision lines, but also
along progressive lines generally.
The division between progressives
and reactionaries Is now a more
acute division than that between the
two old parties. The people care
much less than formerly to which
party their representatives belong so
long as they belong to them, the peo
ple. They expect their represent
atlves to stand together on vital pub
lie measures regardless of party. It
Is a wholesome change, and the effect
of It on the new order of things In
congress will be watched with
especial Interest.
The people are watching the In
dividual senators and representatives
more than they are watching parties.
Kansas City Star.
Just to emphasize his desire for
economy ?peaKer liars nas an
nounced that he will give up the
speaker's auto, a convenience created
with the air of a legislivfhe body thatj
Intends to do something besides slash
around.
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The council should get after the
people about cleaning up the back
yards and alleys. Now Is the time to
get In such work.
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"Winter still lingers in the lap of
spring," Is what many newspapers
are saying just now, and we guess
they are about right.
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Recruiting stations have Instruc
tions to enlist 7,000 men for active
service at once. Does it look like a
Hobson or a war cloud?
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The supreme court decides that
manufacturers of proprietary medi
cines have no proprietory interest In
their wares after they reach the re
tailers' shelves.
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Ex-Senator Cannon is able to grin
with the consciousness that if the na
tion goes to the bow-wows during the
next year or two no one can blame
Its downfall on him.
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The democrats will get through the
legislature with about all their plat
form pledges, notwithstanding the
efforts of schemers on the republican
side to defeat them."
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The fiddlers' contest In Platts
mouth on Friday night, April 21,
promises to be a great success. Hunt
lip your old fiddle and come In and
give us "Old Zip Coon," anyway.
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In his message to the new con
gress President Taft reveals the
knowledge, acquired since last De
cember, that tc.o few words are bet
ter than too many.
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In a raid oa a cold storage plant
In Cincinnati recently the officers
found some venison that had been
put In the plant five years ago', the
stamp showing It. There are good
reasons for the enforcement of the
pure food law.
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egotlstal governor, and we want one
with ability and statesmanship the
next time.
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The statement given out by Judge
O'Gorman after he was elected sen
ator from New York places him
among the progressive democrats
that will help carry forward the work
that will originate In the house. He
declared that he stood for immediate
downward revision of the tariff
reciprocity with Canada; the parcels
post; fortification of the Panama
canal; direct election of United
States senators-, and. the federal In
come tax.
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Aldrich refused to attach his name
to the non-partisan judiciary ac t, but
the senate rescued the measure.
This Is another sample of the gov
ernor's prejudices and party selfish
ness But he Is very slow to do the
wishes of the common people. He
acts like a man who did not expect
a second term, and Is persuing the
proper course not to get it. The re
publicans are sadly disappointed in
him.
The source fromwhich the $100,
000 fund came for the election of
liorimer to the senate is now pretty
definitely known. But In all likeli
hood nothing will be done about it
Kir. ivonmer was formerly a news
boy.
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The senatorial fight Is still on In
Iowa, with no possible show of an
election. That's Just the way Lafe
Young likes to see It. If the legis
lature adjourns without an election.
thou Governor Carroll can reapjolnt
him. See!
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The defeat of the bill for the re
moval of the state university from
the old site in the central part of
Lincoln to the state farm a few
miles distant will place a distinct
check on the growth of that Institu
tion, which has entirely outgrown Its
present quarters and environments.
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Frequently we Bee lady preachers
filling the pulpits of the various
churches. Is this In accordance with
the teachings of the bible? Don't
say "yes" until you have read the
evidence on the subject. First
Corinthians, 14-34, says: "Let your
women keep alienee In the churches;
for It Is not permitted unto them to
speak."
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If you noted the report that ex
Senator Burkett has gone to Wash
ington to help out Postmaster
Thomas of Omaha, dor.'t make the
mistake of believing that ex-Senator
Burkett Is connected with the civil
service commission. He is simply
looking after that widow and six
children presumed to have been braska City News.
POLTH'AL ACTIVITY.
It has always been claimed "that
when rouges fall out honest men get
their dues," and It seems to be thav
it is only when politicians nave a
lively quarrel that the general public
learns what has been taking place
Victor Rosewater, state republican
committeeman, opposed the appoint
ment of Cadet Taylor to the position
of surveyor of customs at Omaha,
and fought him as hard as he could,
making a trip to Washington, plead
ing with the president, against his
selection. Senators Brown and Bur
kett did not make the choice for a
long time, and finally the matter was
referred to Brown and he promptly
named Taylor.
A few days ago a resolution was
Introduced In the legislature asking
why steps had not been taken on be
half of the state to recover $13,000
of school funds. Taylor had In his
bank when it ceased business. The
Omaha Bee tells the story in the fol
lowing editorial, and at the same
time gives Senator Brown several
raps:
"The amazing thing disclosed
however, is the falure of the attorney
general's office to proceed against the
Taylor bank, and Cadet Taylor as
trustee, within the time when the
rights of the public school children,
whose money was thus lost, could be
asserted without question. The re
cent appointment of Cadet Taylor to
a fat federal Job by Senator Norrls
Brown recalls that Senator Brown
was, himself, for four years assistant
attorney general, and for two years
more attorney general, In duty bound
to took after the legal rights of the
state. It was his duty to bring suit
against Cadet Taylor and save the
$13,000 to the school children, for
besides the depository bond Taylor
had become personally liable In ex
change for the assets of the bank
which he took possession of In
dividually Instead of giving them
over to a receiver. Four years after
the bank closed Taylor claimed that
the assets In his possession were of
sufficient value to pay In full all
creditors, and a state bank examiner
placed a value on them to" produce at
least a 10 per cent dividend. But
all these assets disappeared without
a dollar Blnce paid to the state or
any other depositor.
"In a word, the record shows that
Cadet Taylor successfully got away
with $13,000 of the state school
funds by the help of the complacent
Inactivity of Attorney General Norrls
Brown and later drew as a reward
from Senator Brown a federal Job
carrying $20,000 in salary."Ne-
FACTS AM) Kl'MOHS.
This is to be a session of congrewi
that wil lbe of intense interest te
the whole people. In reading tie
press and special dispatches, the citi
zen should be careful to differentiate
the rumors that the correspondents
send out from the statements of fact.
The rumors and predictions will of
necessity occupy a great portion of
those dispatches as the fight goes o.
The statement In the dispatches that
the house will Indefinitely delay ac
tion on the Canadian reciprocity
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treaty Is simply a "rumor" and ao
"facts" are given to sustain it, while
the report of the organization of the
house, the meeting of the senate and
the statements made in the speech
of the new speaker are facts. Re
publicans were saying most em
phatically on the streets that the
democratic party had already re
pudiated its advocacy of the reciproc
ity treaty which It had so vigorously
advocated during all the last session,
and the only ground for their state
ment was this "rumor."
So far the democratic party baa
kept every one of its pledges. It haa
reorganized the mode of doing busi
ness in the house, which is one of the
greatest reforms. It began work by
cutting down expenses and abolishing
sinecures in every direction and there
is no justice in condemning a body
where the "facts" show that it has
been doing its full duty, and basing
that condemnation wholly upon a
mere rumor.
No democrat has ever claimed that
the Canadian reciprocity treaty is
what it ought to be, but the party
has accepted It as one step in the
right direction. If circumstance
arise which will enable the party to
make a .better arrangement, it will
violate no pledge in doing so.
It would help the people a great
deal to understand the progress made
In Washington If the correspondents
would divide their stories into two
parts and label one "facts" and the
other "rumors," for a good many peo
ple do not seem able to distinguish
between the two World-Herald.
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, Sears, Roebuck & Co. "
The following from the Kansas
City Star demonstrates the enormity
of one of the great department stores
of the country, built up by the
patronage of tfhe farmers of the
great west, and now they are prepare
lng to get a little closer to their
patrons, and It Is probable that
Sears, Roebuck & Co. will soon have
a branch house In Omaha:
"Sears, Roebuck & Co., a Chicago
mall order house, will establish a
branch in Kansas City, that will be
gin operation April 15. J. W. Hicks,
traffic manager for the firm, was in
Kansas City recently arranging for
facilities to handle the business that
will be turned through this city.
While here he purchased an unex
pired lease that has twenty-one
months to run, on the building at
the southwest corner of St. Louis
avenue and Santa Fe street. The
structure is six stories high and is
120x120 feet.
"According to Mr. Hicks, fifty cars
of merchandise already are billed for
shipment to Kansas City from east
ern factories. The next Issue of the
Company '8 catalogue, which will be
7,000,000 copies, will have the state
ment, 'Can be shipped from Kansas
City,' under every quotation."
Mrs. Peter Vallery returned from
Havelock today, where she has been
for ten days visiting her son and
family. Mr. Vallery'accoinpanled his
wife to Havelock, but returned in
time to cast his ballot.
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DR.
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Agriculture)
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Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth