The- Plattsmbuth - Journal
crm MIlsM Seml-Wtsklj it PUttssantl, lebnski CZD
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the I'oaloffice. at FUtUmouth, Nebraska, as se-ond-Hang
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to make au effort to swat his foe all that is necessary now is some-
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over me siioui'iers 01 sniniouy one lo neau wie inoeuieiii. our
else. 1 lie Journal is not in iiihi lousiness men are aonosi unani
mous for a celebration.
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X MEN WHO HOLD BACK.
4. ; "In tiolh the great na- v
j- tional parties there are men
j. who feel lhi ardor of pro?-
4. rcss and of reform, and 111 4"
both parties there are men
4. who hold bark, who slrug-
j. frle to restrain change, who
do not understand it or who
J. have reason to fear it. Un- 4
dmibledly the present mom- r
'r ent offers a greater and
J. larger opportunity to the
.J. democratic party than
J. to the republican party, but 4
J. this is not because there 4
4. are not men in the repub
4. lican party who have de-
4. voted their whole iulel- 4.
4. licence and energy to neces-4-
f,ary reform, but because $
the democratic party as a 4
whole i freer to move and
4- to aet than the republican 4
.J. jn." Governor Woodrow v
WiNon at Kansas City.
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Get in the habit of boosting for
better roads. It will do you good.
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The oyster season was closed
but the lobster is every with vis
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Bangor and its cigarette
promise to go down to history
with Chicago and Mrs. O'Leary's
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Up to this time President Diaz's
resignation is very ntnch like that j
of James Wilson, secretary of j
agriculture.
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On with the Fourth of July
rlebration. and b-l us have the
biggest et on record in Cass
county.
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New York is said to lie facing a
water famine, but they'll never
know the difference on the Great
White Way.
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The standpat nenale Is evident
ly planting its hoofs in the turf,
worthy of the most balky days of
the' democratic donkey.
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I'ossibly on days when there
are no ball games and sometime
during the summer, the senate
will debate the reciprocity treaty.
ViiK'eles, California, there is a
married woman who ha not
spoken to her husband for five
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moniiis. nappy main
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In the early days of temperance
reform we used to hear about
"Ten Nights in a Bar Room." Our
gilded youth of today are more in
clined to ten bar rooms in a night.
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The insurreetos now threaten
Mexico City. Mr. Diaz's power "is
getting limited to his own house
hold, and even there his wife may
ignore his commands about house
cleaning.
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Ohio legislators charged with
bribery now. If our represent
atives don't begin to represent
something besides their own
pockets the voters will make the
legislatures look like a urease
spot after washday.
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The newspapers herald Bang
or's courage in rebuilding. Most
people do, when they get a chance
to substitute modern buildings for
old arks, out of a fat roll of fresh
greenbacks paid over by oilier
people as insurance money.
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There's a big crusade against
bill boards and other outdoor ad
vertising in Germany. That is one
more thing that will make th
American traveler spend his
money abroad instead of at home
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oing the bidding of the eastern have been living in the best rooms
money sharks so long that he had in the people's house, ought not
come to the concluison that the to begin paying a little rent.
western farmers have nothing to -n-
say except raise crops-and stock jie baseball proposition does
and sell them and the money sent n0(, S(H.m to materialize, and it
a.-t to replenish the colters of the I looks as though IMattsmouth
money sharks. would not be known in the base-
: I ball doings this season. Shame!
Our old friend Bowlby of the :o
Crete Democrat tuts the nail right Andrew Gametic told the rieace
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square on the head in the tol- conference that Britain is his
owing: The Ludden has been motherland and America his wife
turned dow n and out of the hand. He seems to have married
normal board; now if the next his nun m'ster
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abnormal system, including the While thev are nrobing the shoe
ring or combine of small bore machinery trust, wish thev would
professors '.) who, in the in- ask them why this year's shoes
tere.st of favorites try to appear nil have a tumor trrown on Hie
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llobble skirts cannot be worn at
the cornoratioii festivities and
many of our feminine tourists
will be wishing they had remained
at home.
longer unless relief comes to
those who earn their living by
the sweat of their brows.
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If the Commercial club does not
kind of business and the sooner
line people uniersiany oijr poi-
tj.in the better for all concerned.
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Old Joe Cannon, because the
mocrats in congress are run
ning matters to suit themselves, a a tjme
instead of appealing to him, is
engaged in predicting all manner Congress seems to be question-1 we get at the matter of arrange-
f hard times. Old Joe lias been jn? whether the trusts, which
Money matters are reported a
little close, but the "root of all
evil" has not been close enough j let some of the secret societies
to us to get a hold on very much take the matter in hand. We are
going to have a celebration, that's
one thing certain, and the sooner
to concede that his great industry
and complete devotion to the work
of his office, together with his
good appointments, his well
judged vetoes, and hi sound
feel justified in taking the lead 1 recommendations, have, made a
in the Fourth of July celebration, great impression upon the state
and largely obliterated the bad
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ug in the eyes of the mullet
heads, into the ditch, the peopb
would be relieved of a heavy bur-
len and real educational institu
tions would have a better oppor
tunity to educate the young.
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lop of the box toes.
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Sunday, May 14, is Mothers'
day. Oon't, forget the white
flower. It will be a gentle remind
er of the days of youth, when
mother was everything to you.
Cherish the sweet memories of
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Those who are objecting t the
democratic free list bill in th
house are the ones who wool
object to any free list bill thai
could possibly be devised am:
calculated to benefit the niases o
the people.
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The report that the real Ark of
the Covenant, containing the
original Ten Commandments, ha
been found by a party of English;
archaeologists on the site of
Solomon' temple reads as though
II. Hitler Haggard had become the
Jerusalem correspondent.
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Lincoln has no edge now over
Omaha on the saloon quest imf.
Ah rady there are nearly forty
saloon applicants registered. This
must be consoling to the gang of
hypocrites that have been Irving
to run Lincoln for the past two
years. And, say, what has become
of that man I'oulson and his auli
saloon league?
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After President Ilia, has tried
to enforce order a little while
longer in Mexico he will gel some
idea of what it is to run a Sunday
school picnic.
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This Camoira trial may have
lo be posl poucd soon, so that
judge, jury, witnesess, lawcrs
nd prisoners can come over here j ig lo help us make our word
and find hurdy-gurdies for the; good 7
Another monster crowd of
farmers in town Saturday, many
iroiu urieen ami nveniy miles
distant. Several from the vicinily
of Nehawka and other sections
were very anxious to know If w
were going lo celebrate in Platts-
inoulh. We told them we were.
Now, how about it? Are you go
summer.
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Ilon. John H. Morehead, who
Just exactly eight - weeks till .(.0ines the lieutenant governor
the Fourth of July, and we should ,y (ilalh of Lieutenant Gov
pet a move on us If we are to
have Ihe biggest celebration ever
held in I'lattsmouth. Don't be
afraid of a little work. It lakes
work lo make a live town, and we
must not shirk from any duty
that is calculated lo boost Halls
mouth. So put on your hustling
clothes and get tip and do.
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The Bangor tire skipped both
the city hall and the Jail. Fven
the-inanimate flames felt that
they worn to be treated as belong
ing to the same class.
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erniir Hopewell, will be the acting
governor for a short time next
month, when Governor Aldrich
expects to be absent from the
state. This will give our friend
Morehead, an opportunity to got
his hand in preparatory to what
might follow to his election fts
chief in 1912.
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It is surprising how many per
sons there are who are anxious to
give somebody a "dig in the ribs,
or a "left-handed compliment
through the columns of the press
and it is equally, surprising that
It is reported that out in Los every person so inclined is sure
The cleaning-up proposition is
still in the minds of the people,
and Ihe menfolks are putting in
their spare time brushing up
ari.und home. The paint and
brush are being used pretty free
ly in various parts of' the "city,
nlso.
FARMING PROFITS.
mere has been more misin- the day of long ago.
formation concerning Ihe profits j ;o:
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or farming printed in the llnanciaM "We have lost the purity and
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papers and even in Ihe ordinary directness of representative gov
daily than on almost any other eminent," says Oovernor Wood
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subject, that being the case the row Wilson. And those who are
secretary of the interior appoint- seeking to have it restored must
en two experts of the department, reconcile themselves to being
Mr. J. W. Froley and Mr. C. Bea- called cranks, grandstanders and
man Smith, to investigate the populists
subject. In their report they say
It is a well-managed farm
that pays the owner fair
wages ami 5 per cent in
terest on the investment
while keeping up the fertility
of the soil. Some farmers
make considerably more than
this. A much larger number
make less.
That is the (ruth about the
matter and yet farmers, or rather
laud owners, are gelling rich.
Their wealth comes mostly from
the increase in the value of land
and that increase is raising very
grave economic problems. If land
becomes worth fuflO an acre, as
some predict, it will produce en
tirely different social conditions
from anything that has been
known in the United Slates.
It must be noticed that the
statement made includes "keep
ing up Ihe fertility of the soil."
Farmers have made money by
taking the productiveness out of
Ihe soil. They have crooned tin
and )ear after year without re
turning anything to Ihe soil, un
til in many places it has become
almost barren, but that process
is coming lo an end all over the
Foiled Slates, except in (he
newest portions, and the profits
of farming on a virgin soil will
soon be known no more.
If land should continue to in
crease, in value as predicted, it
will result in forming; distinct
classes in this country. With
bind worth r.nf) an acre it would
be impossible for the young man,
however industrious, lo ever own
a farm and the result would be
the tenant and Ihe landowner, a
peasant class and a land owning
aristocracy, and the profits would
be divided as laid down by Rlch-
ardo. World-Herald.
ment the better. But by all
means let us have the co-operation
of every business firm in the
city.
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There is nothing particularly
wrong about Lincoln. Generally
speaking, there are many good
people dwelling within the con
fines of the capital city. There
are a few cranks who dwell there
simply to "make people happy"
by keeping up a turmoil the whole
blessed time, and when they can
rid the city of these pests Lincoln
will be one of the most prosper
ous cities in the west. The "rule
or ruin" policy has been the
ruination of many towns.
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The government is going to Is
sue cream colored post cards,
printed in red ink, to take the
place of the present black-ink,
ma ti i 1 la kind. It will spend fr,
000 in the change. It seems like
extravagance, but Ihe profit of the
sales of post cards runs to $8,-
000,000 annually, so it is worth
while to make the cards more at
tractive and popular. The de
partment hopes to make the new
cards so attractive as to increase
their use, and thereby add profits
The post card proved its useful
ness long ago, and if i cent post
age ever comes, the price of th
post card will doubtless drop to
half a cent each.
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President Taft told the peace
conference that we want no more
alien territory. If other people
want us to give them good gov
ernment they must pay the mar
ket price for these costly goods
we have been giving away free.
John D. Rockefeller's daughter
admitted to a reporter the other
day that she had gold anklets, but
refused to discuss the matter.
That will be all right, the rest of
Ihe country will furnish the dis
cussiou.
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The Commercial club Is getting
pretty busy on the matter of good
roads. It is time some persons
were getting busy in this direc
lion. The roads are better in any
part of Cass county than they are
right in the vicinity of Plalls-
mouth. That is what everyone
says who drives to this city. That
should not be.
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Oovernor filasscock has called
a special session of the West
Virginia legislature to enact a
slate-wide primary law which
shall include provisions for the
popular nomination of United
Slates senators. It is catching
everywhere and the people will
soon rule again.
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The farmers seem to be much
elated over the prospects for a
good crop this season.
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He who forms a conclusion in
a hurry is usually found on the
wrong side of the argument.
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J. P. Morgan paid 925,500 for a
Latin letter Martin Luther wrote
and we have doubts if Mr. Morgan
can read it at that.
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Plattsinoulh will celebrate, and
Progressive republicanism in
Nebraska demands the elimina
tion of Norris Brown. We havt
leaders that we know are true
but Brown is not one of them. If
shams and pretenders are allowi
lo lead it means thai no matter
what victories the people win at
the polls they will be robbed of
khe benefits if they trust their in
terests to men like these. The
republican party tried to carry
Burkett and failed. The load of
Brown is just as onerous, his
record is just as bad. Under Bur
kett they met defeat. Under
Brown they will meet defeat
Therefore let us eliminate Brown
from party leadership before the
people eliminate him at the polls
Central City Republican.
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DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS.
Oovernor Wilson s name just
now leads all the rest in public
estimation. It is an unexampb
triumph which his legislative pro
gram for New Jersey has scored
Nearly every pledge made during
the campaign has been carrit
out; and New Jersey, from being
one of the backward stales in law-
relating to the control of public
utility corporations, to election
and ballot laws, to corrupt prac
tices, to employers' liability, and
the like, now ranks with the most
forward-looking. All this has
been achieved within a legis
lative session of three months,
with very little pyrolchnics, no
fierce struggles, and amid gen
eral approval. The governor met
with machine opposition, in his
own party and in the republican,
hut his energy and persistence,
effect of the governor's course in
the senatorship contest.
In Ohio Governor Harmon has
thus far has not been able to ob
tain from the legislature the
leading reform measures which
he has energetically urged in
special messages. Some of them
will doubtless be enacted before
the session closes; and in any
case the governor has heightened
the reputation which he won dur-r
in far his first term as an able,
hard-working, honest and inde
pendent executive. Conditions in
Ohio are peculiar; the old demo
cratic machine is against Har
mon, openly or secretly, and his
presidential candidacy doubtless
handicaps him somewhat; but he
has at least silenced the repub-
ican sneers about democratic in-
apacily. One hears little that is
not good about his neighbor over
the Indiana line, Oovernor Mar
shall. He, too, must be reckoned
among the democratic executives
who are showing that we have in
this country more than one party
fit to rule." -New York Evening
Post.
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Den of Eleven Young Wolves.
While rusticating in the coun
try last Sunday Al Egenberger
discovered a den of eleven young
wolves. Four of them seemed
smaller and younger than the
other seven, and the opinion of
the hunter is that there were two
litters in the one den. The four
smaller ones have since died,
while the seven larger ones were
brought to town yesterday. They
are about as large as a full-grown
Maltese cat. Al might be induced
lo part with one or two of the
beasts should the ball teams in
the vicinity want a mascot.
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right. Try a sack the next time you
need flour. . .
The supreme court of Missouri
and the supreme court of the
United Slates on appeal held. Joined to the immense prestige' he
that a statute is constitutional
which makes a railroad responsi
ble for damage to property from
the sparks of a locomotive,
whether or not there is negligence
on Ihe part of lh railroad.
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The war in Mexico Is about to
come to an end again, and Presi
dent Diaz is to resign when he
gets ready. The uprising in
Mexico is simply a warning to the
leaders of combines, grafters and
rulers in general in this country, confounding his enemies
The people will not stand it much partisan republicans are forced
won in his campaign and by the
defeat of Boss Smith for the sen
alorship, swept every obstacle
away. We think it the literal
truth to say that no man in public
life ever mated performance to
promise belter than Governor
Wilson. -
inner uemoeratic governors
follow Woodrow Wilson, not by
too great an interval. In Massa
rhusctts, Governor Foss is at
once delighting his friends and
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