The- Plattsmouth - Journal j
-n Published Semi-WdtfciHt fUHsiaoutn. Hriinu &3
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postolhce at i'laltbmouth, Net.ra.ska, aa second-clans
matter.
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The Tafl supporters arc on the
ert in Nebraska, iiolwilhsland
g the Roosevelt boom.
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lull seems well pleased with
his Ohio visit. We suppose, Jud
Mdi Ilannoii is also.
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Taft insists thai the adinin-
has ked ils campaign
Oh, Lord I
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Teddy says he will not contest
for the nomination. Ho wunls it istralimi
carried lo him on a cold platter, promises.
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Washington was first in peace' And the fact that groundhog
and lirst in war, hut wo insist thai day I his year falls on Friday may
Mr. Groundhog is lirst in Feb-j al.-o he regarded as ominous.
Hnary. :o:
;o; ,J. P. Morgan has been seen at
The man who says, "lake niyj Monte Carlo, and we hope he was
advice," seldom gives you a not so reckless as to dank down
chance lo take anything else that a plunker on the green tables.
belongs to him.
:n: Five F.iptador generals were
Tim names of (iovcrnor liar- lynched I he other day. They
winn and Speaker Champ Clark ' probably look the generals be
have bid h been tiled by Nebraska , cause lliey could not Imd any
friends for .resident. privates.
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Thi'M- are days of mighty close
miiiprl ilion. A man must not
only take his own pari, but the
oilier fellow's, too, if be, can.
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Taft don't seem lo be very
cinich worried about, Roosevelt
running. The oHiceholdera are
the ones that are most worried.
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William H. HearHl has come out
for Champ Clark for president,
but then we are not sure that that
will help tlie speaker very much.
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Washington's birthday will
soon lie here February 22. Why
can't Ihe democrats of Cass coun
ty have a banquet on that date?
What do you say, gentlemen?
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The success of the. govern
ment's proceedings against the,
bathtub trust suggests that the
next Ntcp in sanitary progression
should be a suit against the towel
monopoly ami (he soap trust.
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Congressman Norris says he
will stick to I, a Follcltc through
thick and thin. A few more such
friends as that and Ihe senator
from Wisconsin will carry the
slate over Taft, and don't you for-
KCtil.
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Don't forget I lie Fiddlers' Con
test Friday night, February IG
More fun than you can shake a
stick at. You can't alTord to miss
it. Ko make your arrangements
to lie at Ihe Parmcle (healer on
Ihe night of the Kith.
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Mr. Walters of Denver, who
charges thai the government
overpays Ihe railroads a million
dollars or more each year for
handling Ihe mails, seems to be
encroaching on Victor Murdock's
preserve. However, there is prob
ably roon for both.
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"Post masters in Ohio are
booming Taft," says a dispatch.
Well, please tell us a state where
the postmasters aro not booming
Tan, will yon? And all the bal
ance of Ihe federal ollleeholders.
They know on which side their
bread is buttered.
Willis K. Heed has filed for
United Stales senator. Ho is ono
of the brightest men in Nebraska
and ho would make u senator of
honi any stale might be proud.
We think a whole lot of Willis
Heed and he possesses a host of
friends throughout the state.
'Die people down easl say that
I f o'velt is not a candidate for
picsidenl and has never even
intimated that lie will bo. That
ho Is for Ihe rcnominalion of
Tafl and will work lo that end. If
lie finds there is no fchow for Iho
present chief oxeruliyo then, in a
preen, he might run again.
Mrs. Paul Sorg of New York had
a $15,0110 sable coal stolen last
week. Times are certainly hard
when il, costs that amount to keep
warm.
It is inferred from the perfect
ly calm manner in which Attorney
Clarence Harrow took his indict
ment and arrest thai he was not
:nl irely surprised.
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February 2. The groundhog
saw his shadow. Now, what about
if? If we are to have six more
weeks of winter, the Lord help us
poor people, lor nobody else will.
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Sculptor Harvey committed
Democrats of Nebraska will be
in a bad row of stumps to pull
through if they don't do some
thing in the way of organization
by the lDlh of April primary
lection day.
Aldrich wanted to run, lirst, for
Ihe senate, then for delegate to
the national convention, but now
..ill be content with a renomina-.
lion for governor. How the
nighty has fallen I
The National Piano Dealers' as
sociation is lo burn 300 square
idanos at their coming conven
tion, but we believe you can keep
Ihe neighbors awake equally well
. i! b an upright.
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Dig Dill F.d wards was turned
out of a New York restaurant be
cause he was not clad in evening
dress. It certainly is tough if you
iiust spend $50 for a dress suit
before you can be permitted lo
pay 15 cents for a piece of pie.
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The democratic house of rcp
resenlatlves saved the nation
$10,000,000 Monday night by
. liininat ing from the appropria
tions bill in caucus a 1(1,000,000
public buildings measure and a
provision for two new battleships.
The democratic house of rep
resentatives is making history for
elliciency and economy. If it will
just keep up the good work Teddy
Roosevelt nor any oilier repub
lican will be able to beat the
democratic candidate for presi
dent next fall.
The democratic house of rep
resentatives passed the Under
wood inelal schedule Monday
night. If this bill, revising the
reality. Dut if democrats do their
duty in nominating him he will
be governor in reality by this time
next ear.
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The gravest mistakes the demo
crats can make in the ensuing
campaign is in nominating can
didates who are not lit for the
positions and have no records to
commend them to the voters. We
have aspirants for nominations
at the primary who cannot com
mand even respect where they are
best known. Do we want such
candidates?
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lion. Herman Diers of fin-sham,
Neb., has tiled for lieutenant gov
ernor on the democratic ticket.
Mr. Diers has served in both
house and senate and is a gentle
nan of considerable ability, and
a genuine good man. He is a
sped to the election of congress
men. HOW TARIFF HELPS LABOR.
Steel rails have sold for $28 a
ton in the United States for eight
or ten vears. The price has never
wavered. Dut frequently during
this period the same steel rails
have been sold by the American
manufacturers at $22 a ton in
Kuropcan countries.
When asked why this dis
crepancy in price existed, ofllcials
of the Sleel trust have saitl il was
due to I he .effect of the protective
tariff. Asked to justify the dis
crepancy, they have said the tariff i
enabled Ihe sleel industry in'
MESSAGE ON
COST OF LIVING
fteslJeal Asks Auttori'y ta Call
Intsrircthnal Cor.fsrense.
U3HTM THE SUBJECT NEEDED
Rise in Prices Is General Throughout
the World, but Real Cause for It
Still Remains Mystery Urges Com
mission on Industrial Relations.
Washington, Fib. 3. President Taft
in a niessane to coiiKress urged an in-
America lo pay its labor the urnatioiial inquiry into the high cost
wages due to Americans and yet living. Ihe president asked au-
, ,, ,, thority to invite the nations of the
compete wi Ih huropean mi s cm-. . . . , .,
4 1 i woi id to a coiuerence; in this city or
ploy ing pauper labor. 'elsewhere to make plans for tlio in-
Dut what a light is thrown on vesication of the "high prices that
lin'n n ilivtrnQupil the nemilp nf the
brother of the Diers Di-olhers, the the benelicieul elVect of the tariff worcj
rchanls, who own so many by a recent government, invesliga-1 Mr. Taft also urged the appoint-
Inres in Nebraska, and a business lion of the con, lit ions under which mvm 01 i' common u,
a "searelnne nnu rv nito the subject
man from the word "go." Yes, American steel workers labor! 0f industrial relations."
we can all consistently support Read this statement, made in the "For some vears Pas" sai(1 t,ie
ate recently my Senator Borah: P'Jent, "the mgu and sttactuy in-
creasing cost of living has been a
'From the reports of the de- matter of such grave public concern
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parlment ol commerce and labor wai 1 ue"' 11 ol sitai iu '
.. , , . , ,. .... est that an International conference
ou nit- sieei inuusirv, sum me
lerman.
le is all right.
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suicide because his work was not
recognized, u lie had been mak
ing bricks or houses instead of
statues he might be well and
happy today.
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A Philadelphia woman has
beaten an F.nglish champion at
fencing, and if the latter is not
satisfied, she might see if she
could have better luck with her
tongue.
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The government proposes lo
save $.r,rf0, 000 by abolishing six
teen army posts, utterly ignoring
the fad thai a number of grocers
supplying these posts will have to
go out of business.
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The beef packers say tin- high
price of meal is due lo the re
lailers, and the retailers say il is
because hubby is no longer wil
ling to carry a brown paper par
eel through the street.
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Marse Henri says he was the
innocent bystander in the Wilson-
Harvey row, bul like other in
iiocent bystanders, he seems to
have a genius for being on the
spot w hen something gets started
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Forty American immortals are
appointed by Ihe National In
slilute of Arts and Letters, and
John Franklin Daker, who made
two home runs in the world'
series for Philadelphia, is still
denied just recognition.
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Mr. Dryau's name has been
withdrawn as a presidential can
ditlate in Nebraska, ltut in Ihe
Kansas City Star's voting contest
il shows that down in Missouri
he is making a good run. He is
next to Clark and ahead of Folk.
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The effect of the Wilson-IIar-vey-Watlerson
incident has been
to strengthen (lovernor Wilson's
candidacy, and the old man from
Kentucky, who always tries his
hand at something sensational in
presidential year, has gone to his
winter quarters in Florida, where
it is hoped ho will remain until
he gets all tho soreness soaked
out of his head.
There is always .something
Ai'ong in the administration of
the affairs of this government,
when combinations can make
prices so high that poor people
annullable lo buy the real neces
saries of life. There is some
Ihing rollen in Ihe management
when such conditions exist, and
commnes are a owed o nut no
.... -I o ice can it-nore lis.
prices on all tin- necessaries ol
ife whenever they feel like Ihcv
needed more money in their business.
Mr. Dramleis shows that (iii'per
nl of (he sleel employes in Ihe
I'illshurg district, by working 12
work 18 to 21 hours in one shift.
No man who has taken an oath of
arid' downward on all steel and
iron products, is permitted by
resident Taft to become a law,
the saving to the people of
merica will run into the hun
dreds of millions of dollars.
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The Journal would like to see
the democrats of the slate unitr
upon a ticket composed of can-
tiaies vvnose records win near
hours si day, .'tfr days in the year,
can just about earn what tin- As
sociated Charities estimates lo be
the hare cost of living. The high ii-ni' Hhm-
tariff "for the protection of the
American wnrkingnian
nding revision of the tariff
proposed by the democratic con
gress, if it, manages lo pass the
formidable Taft velo, will reduce
Ihe price of sleel products in
America, and will perhaps give
purchasers here the opportunity
to buy as closely as Europeans
have always had.
And certainly it cannot greatly
burl the condition of the Steel
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seems to Some member of congress from
work out in the Piitsburg district -,Vxas pI,ip(ls(cl rosoluli,m in
m much the same way that it does H,,, i , ,.. 11i..i
tint iiwu.h mi. wiih.i ut ijiiiaiuig
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HI lini 11 I llll U II I III livrllltlll
republican congress in 1H74, when
General (irant was a candidate
Ihe very closest, inspection and DIRECT ELECTION SENATORS? for the third term, passed such a
in the I.avvreuei
industry.
who can command Ihe support of
very democrat, populist and all
liberal republicans.
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be proposed at this time for the pu-
senator, "it is shown (hat Hie sleel pose of preparing plans, to be buU-
corporalion is paying million's of niltted to the various governments, for
, , ., an international inquiry nuo me iuh
dollars in dividends ami vet iney .,, .. ,..,., It ,,ua r.
uni U iiv Hl,s- no caivui, viuj u,
have in (heir hell-holes men who fetts and possible remedies.
work twelve hours a day, seven Real Light Needed.
days in Ihe week, ami id hers who I "There Is no doubt that a com-
i mtcolMi .iiM l,u fiTinninturl nf Ollf ll 111).
Ulinaiuu uiiiu i i ti,u..i. w i "
prejudiced and impartial persona, ex
perts in economic fact3, that a great
deal of very valuable light could be
shed ufon tho reasons for the high
prices that have so distressed the
people of the world, and information
given upon which action might be
take n to reduce the cost of living.
'Those who have cond acted investi
gations have found that the phenome
non of rising prices is almost, if not
qu'te. general throughout the world;
but tliey are baffled In the attempt to
trace the causes by the Impossibility
of making aa accurate international
comparisons. This Is because, In
spite of tho number or investigations
already made, we are still without
adequate data and because as yet no
two co-mtrles estimate their price
(eve's on tio same basis or by the
aam methods."
Industrial Relations.
As to the commission on Industrial
relrt'ons. the president said:
"There should be an Inquiry by
the federal government into tre gen
eral conditions of labor in the United
States, notw'tbstand'ng te fact that
some of the remedies will lie with
the separate states, or even entirely
outside the sphere of governmental
nctivitv, In the hands of private Indi
viduals and of voluntary agencies.
One leelt'm0te object of such an of
flri;'l Investkat'nn and renort Is to en-l'-Men
find inform public oninion,
which of ltsel' will oftn Induce or
compel tho reform of unhtst rondl
t'ons or to ahatement Of unreason
able demnrds.
"TTr.nuesUnnflblv the fine is now
ripe for a seaiTb'n? (nnnl'v into the
s-ibiert of Industrial re,r,t'rns which
sha'l be or'nl nntborlt-tlvo. bal
anced n"d well founded, surh ns only
the federpl government can succpsb-
fu"y undertake. The prepent wide
spread Interest In the subject makos
this an oinortune Mr"6 fr nn Investl
pation wVrh. In anv event, can not
lnp- he postponed, it should h noa
part'son. conrehenslve, thorough, pa
tient and courageous."
Alaska and Public Domain.
President Taft sent to congress his
promised message on Alaska and the
public domain in general. In urging
the construction of a government rail
road, a commission lorm of govern
ment and other needed legislation for
tho faraway territory, President Taft
The election of 1'niled Stales '''solution almost unanimously.
senators hv direct vole of the 1 1" "P"' '0 1101 'a'1 "' i"'
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people, instead ol ly legislatures, 11 a ,anl' iui iUV
as at present, is one of the great postmasters and federal oflice-
At Ihe next session of (he constitutional chanues hmir de-M,tll,1''l's "'' might de so
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itHiMuiiiie mere huiuiiii ne u i.ivv manded by Hie people. It lias, :o:
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pussru compelling riiuroaii ugcuis However, never been able to run I,ew (lenung, the eminent T.len
1 1 1 I il I I ) n 1 I'll ! h n lw m I I ho 1 nl inita I ... .rt r.. 1 1 .. n. it.i I
1 . L " imh.hmiiii w.r Kiiuimri ui wood lawyer, well Known in
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oi nam, me. mosi oi uiciu win legislative enactments necessary 1'Ial Isiuouth, is talked of as the
report a train a few minutes late lo bring il to I lie vote of the states democratic candidate for governor
when they know it is nearer two fnP adopt ion. in Iowa We have known Lew
hours late, and have people lay u js ,mw pending before con- lienung for many years and
around the depot all that time, gress, with very slight chance of more conscientious and able man
Compel agents to tell Ihe truth its being passed by both houses, for the position of governor never
WllOU a8kcd about trains. nt h-:mf. flnrintr fho ni'i'mml aoa. nnmiftnml in iiw Uo,,,i,nv,n oinin
...... ... .... r ....... , i m'jn umi in iiiu iiunniu oiaiu
sum. He is one of the most forcible
Hon. John II. Morehead is gain- Uoth houses favor the general speakers we ever listened to, and
ing many warm supporters in proposition and have so voted, but if nominated and elected, we
every section of tho state in his they (Ind themselves at logger- promise him we will attend his
campaign for governor. After heads as to tho Bristow amend- inauguration at Dcs Moines.
once seeing the present lieutenant ment.
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Kovemor 11117 miow uiai no is a 1 ins amenunieni reserves to me people may think that Presi
gentleman of excellent qualities, federal government control over (0I1 Taft and the Duko of Con
and has the ability lo preside over the time, place and manner of Iminrhl disputed iniernniinnni
Ihe destiny of Nebraska in such a holding the elections. This, nrhilrnf inn bni mm- liVeiv MmJ d'ared there was nothing In the his-
... ' 'J nw 1 . . IT.,,1 Clnloa njliloh of.
manner as lo not only rellect southern democrats Ihnk. mav be L,v,,i... v.., . """"
1 1 1 ai iiiuiMU 1 iLv iiii 1.111 iiitmi. iv rv.iriH aun iitct 1-om rrvn ynt rr i e am
" luiui II OUV11 juni ivuovu iui 1 1 iiiliuui
credit upon himself, but also will used to interfere with the suf
demonstrate to the people of Ne- frage laws of their states laws
aska Ihat they made no mistake that are rightly deemed necessary
in his election. to the preservation of Anglo-
1 -
:o: Saxon civilization therein.
The next important event to majority 01 ine senate in
occur in Plattsmouth is the Fid- s,,s ,hal ,hls Prevision be in-
dlers' Contest. Tliis is an event t'orporat ed in the amendment, but
that will be looked forward to h110 lmuse will not stand for it,
with great elelight. It is given T1"' f'lcral governnienl now
under the auspices of the lied ' Hie jiovver to regulate Ihe
Men. Ihe same as it was a v ear "''''ft ion of congressmen!, but does
lo prepare an old-fashioned boil-,as the failure or the federal govern-
Cll (liniier I cawiiu Lin: liumn ui ilo tio-
UIIIIg liliu ll' Hlttann,
:o: "I am not in favor of government
'ownership where the same ecrta'nty
It may he true, as a Washing- ana- efficiency of service can bo hud
ton correspondent suggests, that by private enterprise," said the pre-sl-
Mr. Hitchcock's boasted nostal d, nt' T .tn ,,K 1,10 con"1 ,ons .pre-
8"iite'ii :n Aiasii.i are o; sut 11 a ennr
surplus is "faked." Hut il would .,cu-r as to warrant the government,
be hard lo make the postal clerks, for t,lf' phtoko of encouraging tho do
... 1 .. ... velopn-ent of that vnst and remark-
who worked ov.-rliine wilhout pay, ,' to hn,i nn.i own n
believe il.
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ago, and everyone who attended "", ,ls, 11 h'ft wholly lo Ihe There are already a few graft-
. trunk line railroad, which it e-un lease
on terms which may be varied and
chanced to meet the growing prosper
ity ncd development of the territory."
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at Ihat time will no doubt be on sal,,-s- At a lime when sectional 'i s Kming 111 men- worn on mc neciamanon Law.
band at Ihe Parmcle Friday night, -ilng was rife. Ihe Force hi.) unsuspecting candidates. I-'J-1
February 10. There will be a failed lo pass. It is not likel.v would ,'in l i"4 Uial ""'" "in- opinion ol the president, so that a
larger number of contestants and ,Ma' another will ever be pro- ning for ollice would soon catch homesteader might be granted a pat
a much more interesHng time P-d. out,." these deadbeats who ap- f ?!J!j
The contention over the Kris- pi'oach Ihcm with a smiling coun- Tne pr,suunt nlso would relieve
date Fridav night February Ifi ,,,NV amendment is purely an t'nance and want to borrow ten or homesteaders from the requirement of
academic one. The senate should twenty, and never mention it """V " l""Vlvr, 7
dersome and difficult.
Following a suggestion of SecroUry
of tho Interior Fisher, President Tatt
! declared that tho control of water
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Ihat democratic
They say Hon. John II. More- y-'ld. f0i Hiere can come no again,
head carries out the duties of ,l,u'm ri'om specifically granting
governor with great dignity and ,0 tno slates, with respect to the What about
ability. Of course il tn not inci election of senators, a privilege banquet? Speak up, hoys. Don't power sites bhould remain in the na-
exactly like assuming authority hich tho slates have always he backward in expressing your Jlonal jownment wjher than t
as though ho was governor in boPn allowed to enjoy with re- opinion.