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The- Plattsmouth - Journal cm Published Seml-Weeklj at Plattsmouth. Nebraska grm R. A. BATES, Publisher. Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE The Democratic Ticket For Judges Supreme Court. W. D. OLDHAM. W. L. STARK. J. R. DEAN. For Regents University. JOHN E. MILLER. C. T. KNAPP. For Railroad Commissioner. C. E. IIARMAN. Fop Judae of the District Court HARVEY D. TRAVIS. For Clerk of the District Court. JAMES T. REYNOLDS. For County Clerk. D. C. MOROAN. For Treasurer. VV. KELLY FOX. For Sheriff. DON C. RHODEN. For Superintendent of Schools. MARY E. FOSTER. . For Surveyor. FRED D. PATTERSON. For Coroner. E. RATNOUR. For Commissioner Second District. C. M. SEYHERT. For Police magistrate. M. ARCHER. :o: Stool is another ono of those precious metals that is being de monetized. :o: Stand for square deal" by voting for James T. Reynolds for clerk of the district court. :o ; According to tho morn or Ions IBilly Sunday il cokIs $620 to save a soul. Ami who gels the $020? :o: ; Keep your eye on tho "roor back" brooder. Ho is just the man to "turn down," mid' pretty hard at that. . , :o: Turkeys are scarce, but then, rabbits are plentiful. That's one consolation, willi Thanksgiving so i near. :o:- Aldrirh's at tempt . to answer Bryan reminds one of a mouse knawing at the. beHs of an ele phant. :o : Judge Archer is lucky, having been nominated by both repub licans and democrats for police magistrate. :o: Taft says he would veto those tariff bills again. Hut it is likely that ho will never be. given an other chance. i :o: China's troubles will all come out in tho wash. Or if lhy don't it will not be for any 4ack of laundrymon. :o:- If you want a sheriff that will do his duty and possesses tle courago and willingness to'rio thai duty, vote for Don C. IUiodVn. . :o: Taft ends bis "great" trip in the western states, but the work accomplished is declared to be of uncertain quantity, , and his closest friends are not Hntisfled with the results. , :o: The people will re-elect Miss Mary Foster because they know she has discharged the duties of her office to their enliro satisfac tion. JIIer whole life Rooms to bo wrapped np in the best interests of the public schools, of Cass county. :o: . Taft has invaded Wisconsin, the home stale of "Rattle Rob" La Follctto. As an fntader Taft is a success, but when it comes to bringing home the bacon be is not so much so. . :o: "What to eat depends upon the individual," says Dr. Wiley. We take exceptions to what the lern ed gentleman says, and our theory is that it depends on the individual's pocketbook. :o: Much new evidence is being brought out in the Lorimer in vestigation. There is so much new evidence, indeed, that the in quiry may, continue right up to March 4, 1915, when Mr. Lori mer's term will expire. :o: , Stark, Oldham and Dean are all able lawyers and will serve the people of Nebraska on the su preme bench with impartiality or political influence. As far as they are concerned tho supreme court will be non-political if they are elected. :o: The president has issued bis proclamation naming Thursday, November 30, as a day of thanks giving. From now on turkeys will begin roosting high, and so will the prices begin boosting higher and higher as the day for thanksgiving approaches. :o: Fred Patterson, of course, has performed the duties of county surveyor so promptly, and the people are so well pleased with the manner in which be has con dueled the affairs of teh oilier, that they propose to elect him without opposition, flood enough. A Washington dispatch an nounces that next month's bi clections will bo watched with great interest, because they "will be full of significance." They al ways are, but lately their signi ficance has been largely lost on the 'republican managers in Washington. :o: It was flovernor Wilson who said at Madison, Wisconsin, the other day: "I would rather, in nssessing the problems of "the country, take the judgment of the average man who is in the midst of the struggle of life than to take the judgment of those who have passed the struggle and have risen to the places of manage ment." :o: Tho people who support James T. Reynolds for clerk of the dis trict court will never regret hav ing done so. He is a gentleman in every respect, and if he is elected the people will find in him one ?f the most clever, efficient and faithful officials that ever oc cupied an oiTicc in tho court house, and he. won't want to stay Micro for twenty years, either. :o: i There is no possibility of mak ing a mislakq in voting for Kelly Fox for county treasurer, when bo is i endorsed by such men as W. D. Wheeler, former county treasurer, and Frank E. Schlater, tho present Incumbent. They know that bo possesses all tho requirements necessary to fill the position with credit v to himself and tho taxpayers of Cass county. :o : When you hear that C. M. Sey bert has promised to do this or that, if he is elected county com missioner, put it down ns a base fabrication. Cam Seybert Is not a man to make any rash promises. If ho is elected he will do his duty to the taxpayers In all sections, of the county and can bo depended upon to favor every move that is calculated to benefit all tho peo ple. In supporting Cam Seybert you will be voting for a man who can bo depended upon. :o: From reports at republican headquarters in Chicago the friends of 'TUisler Hilly" have virtually given up all hope of carrying Nebraska for the great wind-bag. La Folletle will carry the slate, and Little Vic is power less to help it. :o: Miss Mary Foster will receive many votes that she failed to re ceive twd years ago. A number have told the Journal scribe that they intend to vole for her this lime because they are now satis fled that she has conducted the affairs of the county superintend ent's office more successfully than they were ever conducted before. :o: It takes a man to serve as coun ty commissioner who will be un biased in tho performance of the duties of the office. C. M. Sey bert is just the man who will do that kind of service for the whole people of Cass county. He is a man of splendid judgment and will act for the best interests of the taxpayers. Cam Seybert is just the man for county com missioner and should be elected. :o: In order lo serve the people faithfully and efficiently as sheriff of Cass county a man should pos sess the moral courage to do his duly, regardless of the con sequences to friend or foe. If the voters on next Tuesday elect Don C. Rhoden they can boast of a sheriff who will prove fearless in the discharge of the duties of the oflice. He js a good man for the place and should be elected. :o: A county officer who has made such an excellent official as Clell Morgan deserves a re-election without opposition. No man can say one word detrimental to the manner in which he has perform ed the duties of the office. Honest, reliable and elllicent are three essentials to make n good oflice, and Clell Morgan possesses all ol these. No man who has served as county clerk ever made a better record. :o: "f Dan V. Stephens is whooping things up in the Third congres sional district. He is a man who will make a worthy successor to the late Congressman Lalla. He is a young man, full of vim, and has the ability to represent the Third district with gerat credit, not only to himself, but to his constituents. Dan Stephens stands in the front rank of good citizens and is a man of the people. :o: A glance at tho ticket at the head of this page will bo sufficient to provo to any fair-minded voter that it is a good, clean ticket, and ono for which any voter may cast his ballot without blushing or stultifying himself. Study the standing and qualities of every one on this ticket and make an in vestigation of each candidate. Such inspection and investigation 19 courted by every one of them. They do not fear the light of pub Ho gaze and scrutiny. 1 , , V, :o:r- -Clell Morgan is making a nice, clean campaign for re-election to the office of county clerk, and Is meeting with that encouragement which is justly due him. Careful in his 'attention to the business affairs 'of "county,' courteous and fair dealing with everybody who has business with the office, are all attributes that will go far to ward securing his re-election. No one can possibly find the least objections to his administration for the past two years, and all will agree that he should be re tained for two years more. , :o: The election is but a few days henco, and the candidates have but a short time to get in their work. Tho principal thing for the farmers and voters in general to do is guard against roorbacks. Don't pay any attention to various reports about candidates that may come to your ears in the closing hours of the campaign, for you will know upon the face of such reports they are lies and told at such a late hour tnat it is im possible to correct them before election. Pay no attention to such roorbacks, unless you know positively there is some cause for them. :o: . If James T. Reynolds is elected clerk of the district court you can bet your bottom dollar that every one will get a square deal in the administration of the affairs of that office. Jim Reynolds is a man of the people, and he is the same genial, whole-souled Jim Rey nolds every day in the week. He is just the kind of a man to extend the glad hand lo everyone whom he meets. He will prove just the kind of a district clerk that will be unprejudiced in carrying out the duties of the office. :o: Thirty-five years ago the writer propesied that if the lead ers of the republican party and the money sharks were not check ed in their mad career, inside of fifty years, it would be good-bye to free government and free peo ple in this country, The idea was hooted at, but they have made desperate strides in tho direction of centralized government, and they have fifteen years yet to go on lo bring the prophisy true. The people, however are getting their eyes open, and we trust will nip tho scheme before they proceed any farther. In the first place, it takes a man who is strictly competent and will pay the closest attention to the duties of the position to make a reliable county treasurer. Kelly Fox has always been noted for efficiency in any place you put him, and has always proved faith ful to the trust reposed in him. lie understands how to conduct the affairs of the office in a man ner they should bo conducted, and the people, knowing these facts, will prefer to vote for Mr. Fox rather than for someone who knows nothing about the (reas urer's oflice. and do not care to take any chances. -:o: Keep it before the voters of Cass county that James T. Rey nolds is a gentleman who believes that a county office is a public trust and not a private snap. Jim Reynolds has resided in the coun ty many years and is a citizen who will prove a faithful and compet ent official. He will run the office of district clerk impartially, and all parties having business with him will get a fair .shake in all business matters that pass through the office. He will have no favorites to serve, or enemies to punish. Ho is a fair man in all his business transactions, and if elected will be a servant of tho people in the fullest sense of the term. -:o:- Clell Morgan can always bo found at his post of duty in tho county clerk's office. Scarcely ever is he missing unless in case of sickness or important business that needs his attention outside. II is very important that a county official should pay close attention to the details of his office, and this can 'only be done by, careful and continual inspection and work. Mr. Morgan's campaign for a second term has been just like his work, clean and nice, which fully demonstrates that the voters made no mislako in electing him two years ago, and will acclaim almost with one voice on the 7th day of November, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant; you deserve another term and shall have it." -:o: Poor little Vio Rosewafer is evidently up a stump and don't know how or which way to jump. He is cornered on all sides, and snaps and snarls at everything before him. Some times it looks like Omaha would be better off without such a personage. Stand for a square deal. That's what James T. Reynolds stands for if elected to the office of dis trict clerk. :o: The government has set out to bust the steel trust. Here's where 1 it will have to do some sure , enough blasting. :o: The price of beer has increas ed. Wonder if Secretary Wilson's address to the brewers had any - thing to do with the advance in price? -:o:- Many voters of Cass county do not believe in keeping a man in office for twenty years. Those who do not will vote for James T. Reynolds. - :o: J. Pierpont Morgan regards the Steel trust suit as "an insult" and it certainly does violence to the YV all street notion that Mor - gan can do no wrong :o: The people of Wisconsin seem o have it down about this way: rhey are acclaiming Wardrow Wilson as the next president and, Taft the next ex-president. :o: You have to give it lo Woodrow Wilson. He can say more things that are both important and true, and say them more intelligently, than anyone now before the pub lic. :o: In voting for the candidates on I'l l 111 I , 1 I tho ticket at the head of this page you are sure to vote for those who are in every way fitted for the various offices, and you will make no mistake in so doing. :o: President Taft has worn out two silk hats since his western tour began, and he started on a third in Chicago last Saturday. Some of the president's utter ances have involved much wear and tear on his hats. :o: Progressive republicans and progressive democrats in con gress will try to enact a presi dential primary law next winter. Such a law will be certain to con vince certain standpat statesmen that the republic is tottering to its fall. :o: Says Governor Woodrow Wil son: "The treatment needed by our modern politics is the treat ment we give tuberculosis light and air." This includes ventila tion, which, in the case of Lori mer and Stephenson, has had a decidedly refreshing effect on sanitary politics. :o: Don Rhoden is making an ex cellent campaign for sheriff, and wherever he has been he has met with a warm reception. The vot ers see at a glance that Don is composed of tho sort of make-up to make a good sheriff, one that has the courage to arrest crim inals when he goes after them. :o: C. M. Seybert should be elect ed to the position of county com missioner because he is com petent to transact the business in a manner that will prove accept able to all sections of the coun ty. Cam Seybert is a man who makes no promises and will be free and independent to the best for every taxpayer impartially. ' ' :o: The treasurer's office is the most important and responsible position to fill in Cass county. It takes a man who is well versed in clerical work and mathematics to successfully servo in the treas urer's office. The taxpayers know that Kelly Fox is remarkably well fitted to serve them, and do not feel like putting this responsible position in tho hands of one who has never been tried. Kelly Fox has been tried and not found wanting in the least. :o: REFORM THE SUPREME COURT. The Nebraska supreme court Is today two years behind Its docket This means that "an unfortunate litigant who is obliged to have re- v. -i course to that tribunal must wait an average of two years from the time bis case reaches the court to lone the court decide it. Some of them wait longer. When the supreme court was enlarged, from three judges to seven, and when the salaries of the judges were raised from $2, 500 to ? 1,500 a year, the supreme court was only six months behind its docket. Most Nebraskans will remem- , ber the character of the cam- paign that was made for a con- stitutional amendment that would free the supreme court of this state from the crying "evil of the law's delay." They will remember how the lesson was dinned into their ears that if the court were made larger and if the salaries of the judges . were made sufllcient so they could J make their residence in Lincoln and give their full time to the , work, the court would be enabled I i - 1 i . . . 10 Keep up wiin us worK, ana uti- ganls would get speedy justice in stead of being obliged to eat out 'their hearts and deplete their pockefbooks on account of the discouraging delay. The World-Herald helped preach that doctrine, and did what it could to have the amend- ment adopted, the commission t . . . abolished, and the court enlarged and placed on an adequate basis. And the World-Herald regrets that all the people of Nebraska have reaped out of their own generosity and wisdom is a har- , vst of disappointment, Judge W. D. Oldham of Kear ney, when he served on the su preme court commission, wrote an average of about 140 opinions yearly. It was that kind of work which enabled the court to come within six months of catching up with its docket. Judge Oldham has declared that the same thing can be done over again. He has declared that possible within a single year, cer lainly within two years, the court can be made so to clean up its docket that the average litigant will have to wait not longer than six months for a decision. All that Is required is sys lemizatlon modern methods and hard work. As a first and most important step toward that end he stands for a separation of the court into two divisions for the purpose of hear ing arguments. In this way practically twice as many cases could bo heard, within a given time, as wner; the entire bench listens to each argument. " His two colleagues on the democratic ticket, Judge Dean and Judge Satrk, stand with him in favor of this reform in procedure. If they are elected they can bring it about, because other members of the court, who will soon come up for re-election, will not dare deny their Just demand for the remedy ing of an Intolerable condition. If the court remains as It is, and does business In the future as In the past, Nebraska before long will again be summoned to In crease the number of Judges and add to their salaries In order to prevent oases having to wait three or even four years for a de termination. , ' It would be the part of wisdom for Nebraska to place Judges Old ham, Stark and Dean on the su preme bench and give them a chance to inaugurate the reform which they propose.- World-' Herald. -:o:- The teachers, directors and school patrons in general throughout Cass county are very well satisfied with tho manner In which the county superintendent's office has been conducted under the administration of Miss Mary E. Foster, and aro w ise enough to know that it will be a hard job to Ret anyone who can do as well. And the voters don't propose to lake any chances on getting some one they know nothing about. :o: Miss Lulu Itaughman left for (lle'nwood on the morning train todav. Whom chn will -idif hnn t i' v nil! 1 I - 1 1. a 1 1 I y sisler Mr9 pacc. for a week. i