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The - Plattsmouth - Journal Published Semi-Weekly R. A. BATES, Entered at the Po.stoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as Becond-clasg matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Did yon ever see a liner Kast t Sunday? .Not in your whole life. :o: The closed primary will be ef fective on (he third Tuesday in August, Hi is year. :o: The olliceholder who is afraid of the people is nut a lit man to M-rve tin' people. :o r What about a "Bargain Day?" The Journal believes if such a day is good for oilier towns one would prove of heuelicfal effect on the merchants of Plaltsinouth. :o: Abo lluef, San Francisco graft er, has started a bible class among: his fellow convicts. Abe oiiKbl to be thankful for the bles sings of adversity. :o: Oovernor Aldrieh, by proclama tion, lias wet aside Sunday, May 21, as a "Mothers' day." Don't be partial, governor, give us a "Fathers' day," also. :o: It is reported that a blind man was slopped from selling lead pencils on the streets of Lincoln I he other day. Omaha has never yet, had to answer fur anything so low down as this. :o: The new automobile law in creases the license lax of autos In $2 instead of l, as heretofore, and hiich lax is paid to the county hi which the owner of (he auto resides. That will help mil some. :o: Senator Norris Drown says lie Relieves tin' income tax amend ment will be adopted. Twenty-nine- stales have already ratified it through resolutions in their legislatures, :o : The work on the government building is going right on at a pretty rapid rate. The Commer cial club sliniild lint lose sight of the fact that we should celebrate the day it is completed and ready for occupancy. :o: Another big crowd of farmers in Platlsmoulh last Saturday, and the beautiful Master displays in the many show w indows attract ed considerable attention. The trade on F.aster bats was Im mense. All our merchants are well pleased with the rapidly in creasing business in our rtty. :n: We would warn the grocers of l'lallsmouth to be on the lookout for poor butler and rank eggs. Tl slate fond commissioner has ordered the prosecution of several Krocers in different sections of the slate for not complying with the law. Just as well be n little fateful, gentlemen. :o:- Stalisties compiled by the federal authorities show the mutual benefits that have result ed to the Philippines, Cuba and the United Slates through the re duction or abolition of duties on many articles of trade. This is reciprocity, and Hie facts make the standpatters groggy. They cannot explain them away. Kery day from two to three baggage and passenger cars which hae been reunvHcd are taken awa from the Burlington shops in this city. To say noth ing of engine and freight car re pairing. The employees and head men, as usual, are working in harmony will) another, which is good for all concerned. :o: Congressman Norris is afraid at Plattsmouth, Nebraska Publisher. "f I In 1 pie. He showed this lo be a fact when he discussed the mailer of Ibe election of sen ators by the people the other day in congress, (ieorge probably ex pects to be a candidate for sen ator himself next year and pre fers the old way. 'Lei the peo ple rule " -:o: Plattsmouth will have an op portunity when the postoflice building is completed to show our appreciation and gratitude by arranging for a celebration of the event in a becoming manner. There should have been a demon stration of some kind when the corner stone was laid, but do not let us overlook the dale of tin; completion of the building to show our gratitude to those who were instrumental in securing the long-desired public building. :o: There are no better democrats than Governor Harmon of Ohio. There are, perhaps, many-just as good. If he were not a good man he could not have been elected governor oT a great republican stale like Ohio two limes In suc cession. Then what's Hie use nf all Ibis talk against the Ohio governor? The Ohio democrats love the man, ami the party throughout (he entire union have great respect for liim, and believe he is the proper candidate for president. We lean a little that way ourself. His record is clean. lie is able and we believe, if nom inated, can come as near being elected as any democrat in (he land. ;o -L The course and success of Gov ernor Wilson is being watched and commended by the democratic as well as by an influential part of the republican press of (he country. The adoption of Wil son's progressive policies ami the strong following he has secured in efforts to eliminate the power of money from politics is de stined to have its influence throughout the entire country. So keen an observer as Mr. Bryan ac cords him the highest praise. If Governor Wilson has an eye to I be presidency tie has certainly not let that anibotion interfere with the carrying out of his duly to the people, as he under stands it. -:o: ORDERLY PROCEDURE. Mu"h effort is being manifest ed by the opponents of tariff re duction to embroil the democrats in the house nnd senate at the extra session, to the end that harmony in pro ding may be so checked as to destroy present prospects for a presidential victory in 1912. Division of the democratic ma jority, as between the con servatives and progressives, is sought to be indicated and fomented, while conciliation be tween the regulars and insurgents on the republican side is set forth as insuring a failure of any legislation which the democratic party is pledged lo carry out in congress at the earliest possible opportunity. In order to further increase chances of embroilment the name of Mr. Bryan is being used as a factor to widen the breach be tween those democrats who stand for local high protection and the at majority who are lined up for the uninvidiotis care of the in lerests of (he public at large. The program laid out by the house caucus of democrats will avoid, if carried out. as we be lieve It will be. all the snags V I . I which the entrenched interests are endeavoring to put in the way of reciprocity and general tarilT reform. Mr. Dry an himself, through his Commoner, has ex pressed himself unequivocally in its favor. It is first the ratification of the Canadian treaty without amend ment. Next, such legislation, as price of the necessaries of life by the levelling of the Chinese wall tariff barrier erected and added to by successive republican ad ministrations a revision sched ule by schedule. With this alone accomplished the democracy can go before the country with a record of con fidence not misplaced and promise performed. If time re mains to assure the'admission of New Mexico and Arizona, and the makiii g of an equitable con gressional reapportionment, very well. Hut the two former pieces of legislation, of nation-wide im- , I "lytivii n nu ui uir noil- port and insisted upon by the' nnlit , , . , , , ' . partisan judiciary bill should de great maiorilv nf Om . . "-"'"- should be kept in view . The menace lo the adoption of these measures is a nominally re publican senate. This should not, and will not, deter the democratic house in redeeming its pledges to the people. If, through the op position of the upper chamber, these immensely important, re form measures shall fail, the democracy will go hefore (he peo ple in 1912 with additional strength and claim for the sup port of the country. :o: CHEAP. If the Commercial club can find no more important matters lo engage its attention than fake negotiations with Memphis to sell Mayor Dahlnian for a fabulous number of dollars, then the Commercial club might as well disband. If Hie pubilicily bureau of the club is so oppressed with the weight of its own inertia that it finds satisfaction and relief in a story on the first page of the Chicago Tribune to the effect that Omaha is trying, through its Commercial club, to sell its mayor to Memphis for 1,500.000, then Ibe various enterprising business; men who are coniributing their good money to support the 'pub licity bureau are making wildcat investments. Horseplay is all right, in its way, and so is boy's play all right, among boys. Hut merely because Memphis, as a spectac ular advertising stunt, made a serious offer to William J. Bryan f 2.000,000 or so if he would make thai city his home, is no reason why anybody should lie permitted to make a fool out of the Omaha Coinmerical club. To offer Mayor Dahlnian as a satis factory substitute, at !500,000 less, may appeal to the sense of humor of the village cut-up. But lo make the offer and spread it broadcast over the country is hardly worthy of Omaha's most serious, most democratic and most important civic body To say nothing about the horseplay nt the expense of Mayor Dahlnian and Mr. Bryan; not to consider the several hundred members of the club who voted for either or both ol these gentlemen it isn't the best kind of advertising for Omaha. It's cheap. The chief advertising that it carires is that I he Omaha Commercial club has so littlei mportant matters to at tend to that it occupies its mind with trifles with jokes that are in quesionahle taste, ami down right stupid to boot. Somebody ought to furnish the publicity department with a new plaything. World-Herald. :o : The lower house of congress has passed the Hucker publicity bill. This is a lull to compel can didates for members of congress and the senate to puhlMi their campaign expenses. Also can didates for president anil vice president and other positions elected by the people. But what's the use of the lower house dilly dallying along with such meas ures as this when they know that il would not pass the sen ale, and if il did the president would veto it. :o : This is the week when the ador able pikers can buy $.'" F.aster hats for r,.3.J. Get ready for the tiddlers' con test next Friday night, and by all means don't fail to be on hand. :o : Suggestion to correspondents: When in doubt between the words "cyclone" and "tornado," why not call it a "twister?" :o: "Firing has begun," says a dis patch from Juarez. This is un questionably correct. Practically the entire Diaz cabinet has been fired. :o: Aidricti s veto of the non- : feat any candidate the repub licans put up for judge of the su preme court next fall. :o : Buy everything you can at home, patronize home institu tions and be sociable with one an other. That's the way to "See Plattsmouth Succeed." -:o:- The W. C. T. U. is now going lo lake a hand in the location of the new agricultural college. What this organization has to mix into such matters, we would like to know. -:o:- We do mil think there is any more harm in playing baseball on Sunday than there is in running an automobile on that day. Now, honestly, do you ? :o: Colonel Roosevelt has gom back to New York lo slir up the boys again. He is proficient in getting up a muss in his party hi .New York and then run off ami let Ibein enjoy pulling hair for awhile. -:o, Kenyon, I he new senator from Iowa, takes his post with the pro gressives in the senate. He favors the income tax and wants I.orimer "fired" from the senate. His talk, evidently, has the right ring. :o: A British gunboat landed marines at San Quinlin, Mexico, lust week and raised the British Hag to protect subjects of King George. In the absence of any frenzied yelping it is inferred that the Monroe doctrine came through the ordeal without a scratch. :o: It looks just a little bit like real war in Mexico. Diaz has really called for more soldiers, and promises them 50 cents a day, with board and clothes. 'o: A "Bargain Day" will bring more people to Plattsmouth for one day and our merchants will sell more goods than they will sell in a month of Saturdays. The merchants who have had the ex perience in other places say so. Then why not try it once? It won't cost much. :o: : The . "dry" republicans who were at tlrst opposing Armstrong for mayor of Lincoln, are now calling for "dry" as well as "wet" republicans to unite in his elec tion. This is quite a concession for the "drys" to make and it looks more every day like saloons will come again in Lincoln. :o: . Champ Clark is occupying the speaker's chair in congress with more dignity than any man who has occupied the position in many years. With a commanding ap pearance and pleasing counten ance he has (be confidence and respect of all members of the house A successor lo Judge W. B. Hose will be chosen at the election next fall. Hose has been on the supreme bench but a very short lime ami by ri'lit should not be there now. Hose has held oll'ie in Nebraska for something like twenty years and was never elect ed to a solitary position he ha held. Many republicans are sick and tired of such a contiuatioti of office holding. :o: The opposition press is taking its fatuous crack at Champ Clark as was to be expected. He is re ferred lo in some instances as "the rattled speaker." The "rat tling" part will become more evi dent later on when the Mis sourian shakes up the box of de crepit but vicious doctrines that have held sway over house pro cedure for years past. Clark not only posseses humor, but has the far-seeing sense of a statesman. :o: Evidently the people of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, are pos sessed of the proper spirit to make things hum. The people of the county defeated a proposition to build a new court bouse, and the citizens of the city went to work and in five days raised by private subscriptions $23,000 to erect a new county building. That's going some. A (own pos sessing such an energetic class of inhabitants is bound to come to the front. :n: Buffalo Bill, interviewed in Philadelphia, relative to his al leged aspirations for a United Stales senalorship, and asked as to his politics, said that he was a republican, "more or less." Colonel Cody was a good scout in his day. He is probably looking for the right trail to the senate. The "less" republicanism, as measured by the record of that party under a number of past ad ministrations, he evinces, the more chance he will have for lauding. -:o: The stale food commissioner has ordered County Attorney Morau of Nebraska City to prose cute a groceryman of that city for selling impure milk. This is the season when it would be just as well for Platlsmoulh grocers to be on the lookout for poor butter and stale eggs. The farmer who' brings such articles to market is just as liable to prosecution as the grocer who buys and sell's. We simply warn all concerned to be on the lookout. There is no telling what hour a pure food in spector will be around. -:o: The I.orimer scandal won't down. Late disclosures before the Illinois legislative investigat ing committee show that a num ber of wealthy concerns were re quested to contribute $100,000 to reimburse a syndicate who had "underwritten" Lorimer's elec tion. The fads are laid bare in plain words by the general man ager of the International Harvest er company, whovv one Edward Hines, millionaire and lumber trust magnate, appealed to for a 10,000 donation. The testimony given before the investigating committee has created a nation wide sensation. Mr. I.orimer pre tends to treat the matter lightly, saying he had advance informa tion that charges would be made. In the senate Mr. La Follette has introduced a resolution to reopen the probing process, on the ground of after discovered evi dence. The Blond I!. ISS 11111 V till get his, notwithstanding .1,... Bailey and his other sponsors. -:o: Mr. Roosevelt's declaration that he "took the canal one and let congress debate" has led up lo the introduction of a resolution in the house by Henreseiitalive Rainey of Illinois asking the com mittee on foreign relations to in quire into the complaint of the Republic of Colombia thai its petition to this country to have the question of the taking o! Panama submiled to The Hairuc tribunal has been shelved. Thj is eminently just. If Colombia has been treated in violation ,.,f agree ments existing betwen it and this country the republic is entitled t,, restitution. This is all the moiv incumbent on the part of the I'niled St iles now that it is lead ing in a movement for interna tional arbitration between the, great powers of the world. Be sides, the public is entitled ( know the full truth as to how Roosevelt "look" the canal zone. The full and impartial investiga tion of the affair, if ever made, promises a sensation unparalleled in national politics. :o: . THE "MONEY POWER." There is increased evidence of an uneasy feeling in Washington among all parties concerning the great accumulation of capital in few hands, and stories have been current that Attorney General Wickersham has been collecting evidence and askin - gfor briefs from eminent lawyers concerning what power lies in the govern ment to check it. Last winter when the New Orelans clearing house undertook to regulate the rates that should be charged by all the banks connected with it for collecting checks ami drafts, criminal proceedings were begun against it, but the attorney gen eral came to the conclusion that as a clearing house was a volun tary organization, from which any bank at any time could with draw, criminal proceedings would not lie, ami the case was dis missed. Thai started an in vestigation, When the evidence was turned in showing that the Morgan group alone controlled S9.000.000.000 of cash and prop- erty, which was all practically under the direction of one man, Hie question began to assumn startling proportions. What can' be done to control this "money power". which can at any time make or break the mar kets, create panics and control all business, is what is troubling the attorney general It is the most portentous question that ever confronted the legal department of the government, for if one man can control the business of the country, bring on a panic and slop the wheels of commerce in spite of all that the government can do, that makes that one man the government, and all the ma chinery of congresses, courts, armies and navies impotent. The thought of such a condition brings terror to the mind of the strongest man. tl is a new thought to the men in Washing ton, but not to the thinkers and reformers of the west, who have often predicted such a condition. What is to be done, no one in Washington seems to know. The only suggestion so far made is for congres sto appoint an investigat ing committee. World-Herald. If we were president of these United Stales we would not wait another minute to show those Mexicans that if they didn't quit shooting down American citizens across the border we would give them a taste of real fighting and wipe them off the face of the carlh. With the whole United Slates at his back, Taft should he brave enough to slop this murder ing of his own countrymen. :o: C. Alden was an Omaha pas senger on the afternoon train to day, w here he was called on busi ness. DR. Herman Greeder, Graduate Veterinary Surgeon Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Licensed by Nebraska State Board Calls Arswered Promptly Telephone 37S White, PUttumouth,
