The- Plattsmouth - Journal
CZZD Mlistied Semi-Week! at Plittsaiouth, Ktbrcrti CSu)
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Poatoflice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as Becond-clasg
matter.
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The Democratic Ticket
For Judges Supreme Court.
W. L. OLDHAM.
W. L. STARK.
J. R. DKAN.
For Regents University.
JOHN K. MILLER.
C. T. KNAPP.
For Railroad Commissioner.
C. E. HARM AN.
For Judge of the District Court j
i-irsi uisinci.
HARVEY I). TRAVIS.
For Clerk of the District Court.
JAMES T. REYNOLDS.
For County Clerk.
I). C. MORGAN.
For Treasurer.
W. KELLY FOX.
For Sheriff.
DON O. RHODEN.
For Superintendent of Schools.
MARY E. FOSTER.
For Surveyor.
FRED D. PATTERSON.
For Coroner.
E. RATNOUR.
For
Commissioner Second
District
C. M. SKYRERT.
For Police magistrate.
M. ARCHER.
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Election Tuesday, November 7
one week from next Tuesday.
Don't forget the date.
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The road between town and the
Plalte river bridge should have
received attention many weeks
since.
Doc Wiley favors woman suf
frage, lie no doubt, believes that
the hand that makes Ihe fire
should guide the si file.
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The rebel cause in China is be
lieved to be waning. A judicious
distribution of clerkships among
the leaders will restore order.
Trade with your home mer
chanls. Ry so doing you will feel
happier, sleep sounder and feel
tiellcr generally by having done
right.
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Senator Work of California
favors La Eollelte, hut if Taft is
nominated, he snys the progres
sives should support Governor
Wilson.
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From the tales of woe pien by
some of our captains of industry,
the time is ripe to organize a So
ciety for Prevention of Cruelly to
Millionaires.
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Now that a New York worn on
has lost ?l,0oA out of her stock
ing, one's faith in Ihe most
standard tnelhods of safe deposit
are severely shaken.
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Women Icac.her in New York
now get equal pay with men. This
is a long step toward the happy
day when women shall provide!
the bread and hiiMec for the fam
ily.
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In view of nit (he testimony
that ha )u'n brought out at Ihe
Loritner investigation even the
senator himself must begin to
wonder if bis election was really
on the square.
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Mr. Ilines, the Chicago mil
lionaire lumberman, explains that
he took "only a friendly inleresl"
in Ihe rlerll.ni of SMialor Steph
enson in Wiseotihin. And, of
course. "What's tiie constitution
between friends?"
Mr. Taft lias derided to extend
his trip for two weeks addil ional.
It looks very doubtful if he will
ever again ho satisfied to settle,
down and live the simple life in
the White house.
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Canada is grieving because
they have 900,000 less people
than they expected. It is evident
that they do not know the ele
mentary principles of the art of
census-taking up there
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More than half the Yale foot
ball team are disabled, but if the
col leg,, authorities do not arbit
rarily suggest that the boys
should do a little studying, they
may yet be able to line up against
Harvard.
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Talk in Washington of "inter
vention" to stop the revolution in
China indicates that some Ameri
can dollars in the Orient are en
dangered, and that the right or
wrong of the Chinese progressive
movement is inconsequential.
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C M. Seybert, candidate for
county commissioner, is a gentle
man of vast experience in such
mailers as a member of the
county board is called upon lo
transact. He is known by most
of the voters of the county, and is
a man who can be depended upon
to do his duty regardless of per
son or loealily. Cam is a person
well adapted for the position ami
should be elected.
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Even Ihe Wall street Journal
n'ves up Ihe claim that there is a
shortage in sugar. Its excuse for
the sugar trust is rather amus
ing. It says: "As n mailer of
fact, all the great staples and
this, of course, includes sugar -
nre largely manipulaled in
Europe, where there are 000,000,
000 people lo pay the bill."
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Miss Mary Foster has ihe credil
wilh Ihe slale scl I ollleials of
being one among the best county
superintendents jM Nebraska. She
knows her duties and she per
forms Idem to the very letter. The
directors, (he teachers, the par
ents ami Ihe pupils all like her
manner of conducting (he affairs
of her olllce.
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Don C. Rhoden is making hosls
of friends in his campaign for
sheriff. In him the voters see at
a glance that he bears the ap
pearance of a man who is nol
only able to perform the dulies
of sheriff, but also a man who
will prou. willing to do his duly
without fear or favor. The night
will never gel (oo dark or Ihe
weather to bad for Don Rhoden to
Mo where duty calls. That's Un
kind of a sheriff he will make.
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The county clerk's office has
been conducled in such a manner
as to ni,.,( Ihe aprobalion of
everyone having business with
lhal olllce. There is no cleverer
or more efficient servant of the
I" 1,1 """ Clell Morgan, and he
is ever alert to the interests of
Ihe county in every conceivable
manner. He has done his duty
faithfully and in a business-like
manner, and should be. rewarded
wilh his second term, and no
douM will.
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W. K. Fox should be elected to
the olllce of treasurer because his
qualification are so superior lo
many others for such a responsi
ble position. The voters are not
inclined lo put a man in lhat office
who knows nothing about the
business, and they are not going
fo take any risk. Kelly Fox is
competent and reliable and the
laxpajers, thoe who are directly
interested, know that he is
qualilied in cery.wav to till the
oilier ,,f treasurer as it Should
be filled.
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Turn fni Itii lights earlier in
(he morning. We need them in
our business. Do this until we
can get the all-night service.
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The Chinese rebels seize all the
cash in the banks as they go
along. The American insurgents
seem to have overlooked this.
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Although $100,000 is paid with
out a murmur to get into the
United Stales senate, some cross
grained people kick at 25 cents a
dozen for eggs.
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Let us hope that the Lorimer
case is settled before the Illinois
statesman has been in the senate
as long as Mr. Harlan was on the
supreme bench.
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The women are gelling so set
tip over their victory in California
that pretty soon they'll be de
manding the right to leave the
house without permission.
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Two Oklahoma men who went
to Niles, Michigan, lo identify
him, declare posilively that "Kim
mel is While." For that matter,
Kimmel never professed lo be a
nigger.
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"Sunny" Jim is the way the
Weeping Water Republican puts
it. Who wouldn't be "sunny" af
ter holding office for sixteen
years and wants a lease of four
more years?
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The only way our manu
facturers can continue lo grow is
by gelling more foreign Irade. We
can never sell goods as long as
we refuse to buy under a high
prol eel ive tariff.
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Many people are so well satis
lied that Don C. Rhoden will prove
such a great improvement over
the present incumbent in the
sheriff's office that they are go
ing to vote for him on Ibis ac
count. They will make no mis
lake in supporting Don C. Rhoden.
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Sometimes a merchant says
that he does not need to advertise
because he has been in business
in his present location ten, twen
ty or thirty years. In some cases
the goods on his shelves have also
been in business that long, but
it's no particular honor lo the
store.
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Keep your bicycles off the side
walk, as well as coasting carts, or
you may hereafter have to pay a
line. Mayor Saltier means just
what he says he wants bicycles
and coasters kept off and you had
belter do it, as be has instructed
the police to arrest all who do not
heed (his warning. .
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A man by the name of Clarence
Stanley is lo walk from Boston lo
San Francisco lo illustrate the
principles of Ihe Roy Scout move
ment. Rut we have several hun
dred thousand man scouts in this
country who have learned that
freight, car transportation is
much easier.
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The taxpayers of Cass counly
are pretty well satisfied (hat Kelly
Fox is Ihe safest man for Ihe re
sponsible position of treasurer.
He knows well (he run of the
olllce, is one of (he most compet
ent and reliable men in the coun
ty and Ihe people don't believe in
taking any chances on gelling as
good a man for the plase as Kelly.
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The public schools of Cass
counly are in a more prosperous
condition than they ever were be
fore in Ihe history of Ihe coun
ty. Great, credit is due to Miss
Mary Fosler for the able manner
in which she has conducted tho
school affairs which has brought
about this result. No county can
boast of a more compel. -nt counly
superintendent, anil school
patrons and teachers all know it.
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Our present waier plant placed
in- first-class condition and an
in first-class 'condition and all
niuht lighting system Plattsmouth
would be up-to-date with other
cities of Plattsmouth's size in Ne
braska. If the council is afraid
to do their duty in these matters
let them pet the sentiment of the
people by a direct vote. They will
soon find out that a big majority
of our people are in favor of both.
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When you vote for C. M. Sey
bert for county commissioner you
will be voting for a grand, good
man, who will make one of the
most competent members that
ever performed the duties of
county commissioner. After the
death of D. K. Barr, who was city
clerk of Louisville, (he village
board selected Mr. Seybert to till
the vacancy on account of his well
known business qualities.
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In voting for James T. Reynolds
for clerk of the district court you
are supporting a gentleman and a
scholar, who has never held an
office, but is capable of doing so
as much1 as the best of them. He
has resided on a farm in Cass
county all his life and for several
years taught tho district school
between seasons. If you want to
know the kind of man Jim Rey
nolds is ask his neighbors and
Ihey will tell you that a belter or
more competent man for any
olllce never breathed Ihe breath
of life. He is just the kind of man
for clerk of Ihe district court.
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The people are becoming more
independent in their voting for
men and measures every year.
They are rending more than ever
before, and becoming more in
formed on mailers of interest.
They ore not voting nearly as
much as they once did for can
didates simply because Ihey are a
democrat or a republican, hut are
support in--' candidates I ause
(hey are hones), competent and
genuine pood citizens. Such is
Ihe make-up of Ihe lickef thai
the Journal is supporting. We
believe that never before was
I here a heller ticket placed before
Ihe voters of Cass counly for
their suffrages.
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The Journal has had a great
deal lo say in referring to James
T. Reynolds, candidate for clerk
of Ihe district, court. Rut we
couldn't praise such a citizen as
Mr. Reynolds too highly. Re
couldn't be praised loo highly. He
is simply a grand, good man and
one who is naturally fitted for the
position to which he aspires, and
is just Ihe kind of n. man who
will give everyone having busi
ness, in the district clerk's olllce
a-fair shake every day in Ihe
week. He should be elected be
cause he is Ihe kind oT a man who
deserves the support of the peo
ple on the 7th day of November.
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Willis D. Oldham, candidate
for judge of the supreme court,
is one of the strongest characters
and most illuminary legal lights
in the stale, and should be elect
ed to the important position Tor
which his friends have offered
him, saving nothing of (he debt
owed to Ibis estimable gentleman
by Ihe democratic parly of Ne
braska. Judge Oldham is very
popular in Cass counly and will
be supported, not only by demo
crats, but will receive many re
publican votes, who know he is
possessed of. a most uncommon
legal mind, and his many years of
service al the bar has even
sharpened his talents in this jne.
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FRIGHTENED CORPOATRIONS.
II is said that the public service
corporations in California are all
in a slate of trepidation since the
election and are expecting (he
people lo act as harshly as the
oc rporatioiis have toward the peo
ple. That is because they know
that they deserve it, but the peo
ple nowhere, after getting power
to regulate the public service
corporatins, have ever been un
just to (hem. The traction, gas,
electric light and power com
panies in New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts and New Hamp
shire, where such power has been
exercised by the people through
commissions, have always been
treated with justice and often
with great generosity. That is
what the people of California will
do when they come to exercise the
power over these corporations De
cently made possible by the new
amendments to the constitution.
As to the recall of judges it is
inconceivable that it would ever
be resorted to in any case where
there were only two parties to a
lawsuit who would be affected by
a decision. That was the service
that courts were instituted to per
form, but, of late years courts
have been in the habit of handing
down decisions that affect, not
only the parties to the suit, but,
the whole people, or in other
words making law. That is whal
has caused the dissatisfaction
with the courts. The people think
that when law is to be made, they
ought to have something to say
about what sort of law it shall be,
but wilh this judge-made law Ihey
have no part in its enactment, and
in California they have determin
ed to control those who do make
it. In regard to that the people
will act with as much generosity
and justice as they have wilh pub
lic service corporations where
they have taken control over
them.
The corporations of California
need not be frightened. The peo
ple will administer justice (em-!
pered with mercy. World-Herald.
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FOR FAIR REPRESENTATION.
There are good reasons why
progressive republicans should
vote the democratic ticket in Ne
braska next month aside from the
principal reason lhat such a vole
will be a vole of effective protest
againsl standpat control of tlieir
parly and standpat faithlessness
to th,. party pledges.
A democratic vote on state
candidates "will be a vole for gov
ernment (hat is (ruly represent
ative of all Nebraska. It will be a
vole for good government.
We have a supreme court of
seven judges, and every one of
the seven is a republican.
We have a board of university
regents of six members, and
every one of the six Is a repub
lican. We have a slale railway com
mission of three members, and
each of the three will be a repub
lican If the republican nominee is
elected this fall.
If every democratic candidate
for supreme Judge, regent and
railway commissioner Is elected
the republican party will still re
tain control of each of these three
important bodies.. There will be
no loss of party advantage. Rut
the democratic and populist citi
zens of this state will be given a
minority representation in these
departments of government.
it is important not only that all
parlies be represented, but lhat
all sections of the state be rep
resented. The supreme court as now con
stituted is made up entirely of
citizens of eastern Nebraska.
The democratic and populist
nominees are from renlral and
western 'Nebraska Judge Stark
from Hamilton county, Judge
Dean from Cusler and Judge Old
ham from Ruffalo county. Their
election would give the central
and western portions of the state
the representation on the supreme
bench to which their population
and Importance entitle them.
If Ihe democratic candidate for
railway commissioner is elected
the board will consist of an Oma
ha man, a Lincoln man and a
lloldrege man. If (he republican
candidate is elected it will con
sist of two Lincoln men and one
Omaha man, and the entire state
outside the two principal cities
will be without representation.
So far as the board of regents
is concerned the primaries un
fortunately resulted in two east
ern Nebraska candidates on both
tickets. The World-Herald feels
strongly that western Nebraska
should have a voice in the uni
versity management, and regrets
that there is no opportunity pre
sented to bring this about in. the
coming election. Rut we suggest
this fact for consideration: The
election of the republican can
didates will give Douglas county
three of the six regents, while the
election of the democratic can
didates will give Lancaster county
three of the six. Neither county
Is entitled to that many. Rut if
either county is to have half the
regents that county should be
Lancaster, in which t he university
is located. World-Herald.
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Miss Mary Fosier, Cass coun
ty's efficient superintendent of
schools, has been engaged in
visiting Ihe rural district schools
this week. No county superin
tendent was ever more faithful in
the performance of the duties of
the olllce, and voters will hand
her a reward of merit on the 7th
day of November for the faithful
discharge of her duties.
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If Don C. Rhoden is not elected
to the office of sheriff, we shall
always believe that the voters of
Cass county have made a great
mistake, being satisfied, as we
are, that he truly possesses all
the essentials (o make a sheriff
of which to be proud. Don C.
Rhoden is a man, every inch of
him, and he has Ihe courage and
manhood to go where duly calls.
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James T. Reynolds is a hutsler
and will come about as near see
ing all Ihe voters in the county as
the next man. He receives a warm
reception wherever he goes,' and
impresses the voters most favor
ably, because at a glance they see
a gentleman and scholar and a
man who is abundantly qualified
to fill the position of clerk of the
district court in a manner most
acceptable to (he people. He
should be elected because he is a
good man and worthy of the position.
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The taxpayers do not intend to
make any mistake in the election
of county treasurer. They haven't
done so in the past eight years in
the election of both W. D. Wheel
er and F. E. Schlaler, ami W. K.
Fox is just as capable of looking
after the affairs of the treasurer's
office as either of these gentle
men, and Ihey will vouch for his
ability (o do so. The voters of
the county, most of them, at
least, nre acquainted with Kelly
Fox, and Ihey are going to vote
for him because they know him
to be strictly honest and reliable.
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Nursery Stock.
We wish to notify the people of
Murray and vicinity that we will
have a man in this territory soon
taking orders for our Nebraska
grown stock. The cheapest to buy
and the best to plant. Harrison
Nursery Co., York, Nebraska.
Auto for Sale.
Two-passanger Ford Automo
bile, in good repair, just over
hauled and repainted; will sell for
t 75.00, jf (nkeri wiihin the next
week. This is a snap.
J. E. Mason.
For Sale.
Pedigreed Duroc-Jersev male
V. E. Perry,
Mynard, Neb.
For Sate.
A number of thoroughbred
Duroc-Jersey males.
Glen Perry.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind Yoa Have Always Bo'igJI
Signature of 22&'