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-The Plattsmouth Journal
Published Semi-Weekly at
R. A. BATES,
Entered at the PoBtolfice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
matter.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
UiBLLES ALL THE TIME.
"Pis a fountain (if wealth,
II is f irsMiil li,
The nuil iimotis al
Thai tells Hie Irulli.
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H-:M-M!MIHM!-M
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I.i the Hiram roller any kin to
the automobile?
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If you go lo Chicago next week
belter put on a helmet ami a steel
chest protector.
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Mr. Taft sees a crisis in the na
tion's history, ft wears glasses
and shows its teelli.
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Economy in government has
never been very popular wilh the
republican parly, cither in na
tion or state, regardless of what
the orators say
llepubl ieans ought to be
ashamed In appear in Chicago
with their delegations all split up
I he back.
Talk
fairs
church
what
alunil yoiii' I lonneybronk
say, I hey were mere
sociables compared lo
he g. o. p. convenl inn
promises lo be next week.
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If is possible to please Hie
peo-
pie in many ways, but a hotel or a
newspaper can't do if all the lime,
and don't intend lo deviate from
their way of doing business to
do no.
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Mr. La Folletle may be running
some risk in declaring that the
republicans dare not nominate
cither Taft or Iloosevelt. The
chances seem to be that they will
nominate both.
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General Orozeo, the Mevican
revolutionist, has compelled two
supreme court judges to serve as
common soldiers in his army.
Naturally the jurists in question
arc opposed to this form of the
recall.
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What is the city council going
to do for a council chamber?
Why not buy the F. K. Whilo lots
on Main street and put up a
building that would be a credit to
the city? The Lord knows
lMatlsmoutli needs u city building
iiad enough.
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What about Ibe Y. M. C. A.
building? There does not seem
lo be any movement in the direc
tion of preparing the quarters
An explanation on the pari of
someono w ho know s won hi lie in
order to alleviate (he minds of
I ho inquisitive.
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This paper agrees wilh Na
tional Committeeman Joseph
Daniels of North Carolina that the
nominee for vice president at
Halilomre should be equal in
ability to the man who heads the
ticket. As a precedent, the gen
tleman from North Carolina cites
the campaign of 1881, when
Cleveland and Hendricks carried
the party to victory.
Some of the little
one-horse!
republican papers, following in
Ibe wake of Ibe old Slate Journal,
are accusing the democratic can
didate for governor, lion. John 11.
Morehead, as being unfavorable to
the initiative ami referendum.
The fact thai Mr. Morehead, as a
member of the senate, voted for
the measure, gives the lie to the
accusers.
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Eastern papers aro claiming
there is a well organized body of
eastern and southern democrats
Plattsmouth, Nebraska dI3
Publisher.
who will put fourth every effort at
Kallimore to nominate (iovernor
Harmon of Ohio. They claim that
if be is the successful nominee be
will carry New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, Il
linois and Hie solid south against
either Taft or Iloosevelt. This
would give I he gentleman from
Ohio over 300 electoral votes.
People will celebrate if they
have to go away from homo lo
do it.
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The steam roller is still doing
good work for President Taft in
Chicago.
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We are all math; of mud, but it
slicks to some longer than to
others.
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If people acted all the time like
they do during a political cam
paign I he insane asylums would
not lack for recruits.
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llonesly is I he best politics, but
nly a few olllcc-seekers have got
next to it.
When a man is much criticised
IW. may be sure of one thing Ihj
is not a fold.
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Tin; fanners are not yelling for
raui now so niucii as thev were
I wo weeks ago.
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i.ets arrange lo entertain a
couple of thousand farmers on
the Fourth of July.
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The Journal believes in keeping
our people at home on the Fourth
of July, if it is possible to do so.
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What do you think about that
old-fashioned Fourth of July
celebration? Lei's hold it in the
city park and have a genujne pic
nic dinner. What do you say? It
won't cost much.
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Never before in the history of
I lallsinoulh have the merchants
taken so much interest in dis-
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playing goods and beaut if ins;
their .'.how windows. Thep are
everal show windows in this cil
!hat would be creditable to any
of the retail dealers jn Omaha,
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Four years ago Roosevelt used
the very same steam roller that
Taft is using at Chicago. Teddy
should not get mad, for he gave
him instructions as lo how to use
it successfully then and Mr. Taft
is gelling the lienetit of its use
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right now.
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If Champ Clark is nominated at
Baltimore he will carry Nebraska
iigainst any man the republicans
can put up. He is not only a great
favorite of the democrats, but
there are many republicans who
will vote for him and are not
mealy-mouthed in their declara-
lions.
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lremont tribune (rep.): there
can be no doubt that nearly all the
Roosevelt contests are frame
' ups
To seat his men under such
conditions would be as much
pany suicide as it wouia do to
fail to do so. While Mr. laft
would not lead a bolt, his follow-
ers would resent it at the polls.
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There is slill a good show for
a bolt at Chicago if words speak
louder than actions. Roosevelt
keeps shy of the Windy City, but
he has plenty of help there in the
persons of Bill Flinn, the Pills-
burg millionaire; George W. Per-
kins of the harvester trust, Gary
ot the Steel trust, J. Pierpont
Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and
other "Big Business" represent
atives. But they manage to keep
out of the way of 'faffs steam
roller.
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A man is always disgusted with
the man be can't convince.
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The only time a kicker is ap
plauded is when he kicks up his
toes to the daisies.
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There is riot much difference
between the high cost of living
and the high cost of dying.
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There is some prospect of plac
ing Chieago umler martial law
next week. Not a bad idea.
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Now the cufTee trust is about to
"get it in the neck." Grind 'em
good and plenty. They need it.
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'Oh, say, can you see by the
i awn s ear y ngnt lei dv s naner-
ed old bat, that is being knocked
day and night?"
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Work will soon begin on the Y.
M. C. A. building. The architect
has already began on the plans
and specifications.
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The Iloosevelt bluffers are not
bluffing so much as they were.
They evidently come to the con
clusion there was "nothing in it."
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After reading the weather re
ports one naturally spends some
ime wondering how they find
lime to plant a wheat crop in
Canada.
.Ml l ln leading slock ami agri
cultural journals Keen pointing to
ie actual shortage in came.
They also keep pointing o the
consentient nigii prices oi neei.
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II is amusing lo note how the
tierce Roosevelt organs are begin
ning to cool down as they see the
Taft thermometer going up. It is
getting pretty hot for them at
Chicago.
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And now the weather Ihlreau is
to be investigated by congress. If
the investigation proves success
ful we'll soon find out what Uiat
bureau is here for, if not to bring
rain when rain is needed.
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Once more, in this year of big
politics, the farmer hears that ho
is the backbone of his native land,
and men with smooth tongues
loudly praise the hardiness of his
horny hand; the worker in the
Lhop is told that he deserves th)
best there is: ns for the soldier.
bent and old, a priceless herilag
j5 his; the humble toiler in tti.s
ditch is lauded for his sterling
worth, but everybody hates tin
rich and wants to chase them off
(he earth,
The suggestions from Mayor
Saltier regarding an old-fashion-
led Fourth of July celebration are
very appropriate at the present
time. While a little lale in the
dav to Bet un anvlhinir elaborate.
we have plenty of time to arrange
a celebration for the entertain
ment of our own people of
Plallsmouth and the country ad-
jaeent. Good speaking, good
music and fireworks at night is alt
we need for an enjoyment of the
occasion. Agitate and get a move
on von for a genuine old-fashion-
ed Fourth.
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The Indianapolis News, an in-
dependent republican paper, sums
np the Roosevelt situation in the
following drastic comment:
"iloosevelt is today backed by a
combination of demagogues.
bosses" and great financiers a
combination that has proved
fatal to more than one govern-
ment. Posing as the enemy of
the bosses and the interests, he
will owe his nomination if, as
seems improbable, he is nomin-
ated to their efforts. Is il pos-
sible that the people can be so
easily deceived? Can it be that
they will allow themselves lo be
made the tools of the Morgans
and Rockefellers, men whoso only
- J object in politics is control of the
government? Mr. Iloosevelt
.-lands before the country today
as the only Wall street candidate.
The Steel trust, the Harvester
trust, the National City bank and
the Rockefeller interests are be
hind him. No more brazen effort
was ever made to capture and
syndicate the presidency. "Shall
the people rule?" shrieks the
third termer. Not if he is elected
president after a series of mid
night conferences between him
and the Wall street magnates."
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It is almost a foregone con
clusion that if Iloosevelt lias not
fot another hat be will go bare
beaded after the Chicago conven
tion. The one he threw into the
ring several months ago will never
come back to him.
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If the republican national coul
ee would muzzle Heney of
California and Dixon of Montana
there would be considerably less
noise around the committee build
ing. Iney are both simply blow
hards, and that is all.
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An Illinois man tried to steer
his automobile so as to not en
danger the life of a dog, ran down
an embankment and broke his
neck. Most people will be able lo
draw a moral from this story
without ibe assistance of an ex
pert.
Senator La Folletle is still
looking for lightning lo strike him
at Chicago. No use, Senator, you
have not been playing in the right
band wagon. You should have
ll'ii into I'erkins-Morlon-
lloekefeller band wauon a loiitf
in e ago if you ever Had any moa
oi iveriung the republican nom
inal ioij for president.
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If your home merchanl sells
merchandise just as good and as
cheap as the mail order house, of
course you ought to patronize
him. Bui how are you to know he
does unless he advertises the fact
like the mail order houses are do-
g? Nebraska Farm Journal.,
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' If I were to nominate a demo
cratic candidate," says Andrew
Carnegie, "be would tie Mayor
Gaynor of New York. Governor
Harmon of Ohio is a splendid
man. underwood is evidently a
sound statesman and Champ Clark
is most excellent in every way.
But with any of these four the
nation would be safe."
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Many of the real taxpayers of
Plattsmouth are favorable to the
city purchasing the F. E. White
lots on Main street and the erec
tion of a city building thereon
l,,at w,,uU1 1,0 m,dilnblc to lhc
town. e defy anyone to point to
a town the size of Plattsmouth
I ha I does not possess a good
building of their own. It is
simply a question of time when
the city must have a building of
their own, and why not now as
well as two or three years later?
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J. R. Cain, jr of Stella, who
was recently elected grand master
of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska,
served one term in the state sen-
ate from Richardson county. The
writer served in the lower house
at the same time Senator Cain
served in the upper body, and we
chanced to become personally ac
i.uainted. We found him always
a man who attended strictly to his
duties and a gfenuinc gentleman
all the time. For the first time
in the history of Nebraska this is
an instance where a son of a
former grand master succeeds to
the honor.
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Is the packing trust greater
Hum the United Stales govern
ment and can It levy tribute at
. ill' from the whole people? Its
power is so great that it is excit
ing the jealousy of the money
trust. One of the great financial
journals remarks: "Advance in
neat prices looks ugly beside the
government returns showing re
ceipts of cattle at packing centers
duirng April were greater than for
any similar period since 1907."
Alter the fourth of next March we
will likely have an attorney gen
eral who, when be has the law
and all of the evidence on his side,
can win a case before a jury.
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We note that among other
things favored by John 11. More
head, democratic nominee for
governor of Nebraska, is the pas
sage of a law similar to the one
I hey have in Kansas know n as the
"Blue Sky Act." Under its pro
visions it is made a crime to sell
stock in iiogus enterprises'of all
kinds; in short, "general promot
ers" ami "hot air artists" are put
out of business. The crop of
easy marks is as large in our
state as elsewhere, and a
measure calculated to protect
I hem would doubtless be a good
thing. Howells Journal.
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ADULTERATED DOPE.
It is difficult to avoid question
ing the purity of the dope that the
republican papers are dishing out
concerning the prospects of the
democratic convention.
One day they are manifesting
the utmost confidence, and con
siderable consequent gratification,
that Bryan is to become the
whirlwind candidate at Baltimore.
The next day they are equally
as conlideiil, and equally gratified,
that Bryan is going lo Baltimore
to help nominate Woodrow Wil
son, and thai he has no use for
Champ Clark.
Not having been in the habit of
placing much eonliilence in what
Mi'. Bryan sas, they easily be
come oblivious of the fact that
Mr. Bryan has denied any prefer
ence as between Clark and Wil
son, and has declared his readi
ness to support either. They
,-hoii-e lo ignore the fact that Mr.
I'rvan has classified both Clark
ami Wilson as progressive demo
crats, and has professed as much
eagerness to support one as the
other.
They ' hint vaguely al the
vulnerability of Clark and the
ominous aspect it 'presents to
Bryan. One almost suspects that
they do this because, the chance
now seems large that Clark will
be I he democratic nominee. If
Wilson seemed to enjoy the ad
vantage they would be divulging
the same dismal forebodings con
cerning him.
.They somehow suggest the
thought that they are trying to
nurse Mr. Bryan as an available
republican asset, and utterly
overlook the fact that when Bryan
deemed a democratic candidate
vulnerable he has not hesitated to
say so. It has been charged some
times that he feels himself en
tirely too free to direct attention
to the untltness of the candidates
of his party. Certainly there is
no reasonable ground to suspect
that if he knew Champ Clark to
be more vulnerable than Wood
row Wilson, he would hesitate to
say so frankly and keep saying it
whenever the opportunity should
be presented.
Perhaps the very qualities thai
discredit Champ Clark among
editors of republican newspapers
endear him to those who admire a
democratic statesman. He is an
honest man, of ability and
education, a man of flesh and
blood. On every essential issue
of the ago ho is as sound as
piece of seasoned timber and as
straight as a shingle, as ono we
known democratic writer has put
it. In every battle that Bryan has
waged Champ Clark has been with
him. He has stood the brunt of
the battle of progressive democ
racy, which is Bryanism, and sur
vives to wear the laurel crown
should it be accorded him as one
deserving.
His nomination would arouse
the enthusiasm of more demo
crats than that of any other man.
It is folly to suggest thai one wfio
has devoted sixteen years to op
posing, traducing and belittling
Bryan and the principles of pro
gressive democracy as taught by
him is more lit for democratic
recognition in this progressive
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Small Photo
and I will make you a life size or
smaller size enlargment in
- Oil, Pastel or Crayon -
Prices to suit you. Satisfaction liuar-
ciiuceu ui no go.
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age than Champ Clark. Lincoln
Star.
He'll Take Care of the Editor.
The following from the Sun of
Hartwell, S. C, is equally true in
some respects of the treatment of
a country editor:
'The Lord loves a cheerful
giver. tie n take care ot the
editor. He has a charter from
the state to act as a door mat
for the community. He will get
the paper out somehow, and
land up for the town and
whoop it up for you when you run
for ollice, and lie about your
pigeon-loed daughters tacky
wedding, and blow out your big-
ooteil son when he gels a -Vi-a-
week .io h. am ween over votir
hrheled soul when it is released
from Us grasping body, and
smile at your wiCe's second mar-
iage. Don't worry about the
dilor. He'll gel along. The
Lord knows how but somehow."
Cut the Weeds.
The recent rains have helped
one crop wonderfully the crop of
weeds. Three .or four weeks ago
there wasn't a weed lo be seen
along Main street to the High
school, but they are coming to the
front in great shape, and if not
disturbed in two more weeks they
will be 'as high as a man's head.
The city should get its mowing
brigade, to work, not only in cut
ting the weeds along the sidewalks
to High School Hill, butf there are
other streets that need the man
with jhe scythe just as bad.
Will Move to Papllllon.
Henry Meisinger, of near
Springfield, has purchased four
acres of land in Papillion village
from Elmer Stoft, paying therefor
the sum of $1,900. The tract is
unimproved and is located in the
northeast part of Papillion, near
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the P. W. Chapman property. Mr
Meisinger will erect a neat cot
tage thereon and expects to move
i IT Ihn fnpm aiA laV. lifn oact
hereafter. Papillion Times.
Posts and Wood for Sale.
A quantity of good bur oak
posts, and a large supply of good
block wood for sale. For further
particulars see Bower &. Kino
men, one mile south and one and
one-half miles west, of Cullom.
W. L. Furlong of Rock Bluffs
was a Plattsmouth visitor today..
Mr. Furlong keeps close lab on
the weather, and beginning Tues
day afternoon, within three days,
over four inches of water fell at
his home.
OR
Herman Greeder,
Graduate Vetinoary Surgeon
(Formerly with U. S. Department
Agriculture)
Licensed by Nebraska State
Board
Calls Answered Promptly
Phone 378 White, Plattsmouth
G.W.CHRISWISSER
THE
Live Stock Dealer
Nchawka, Nebraska
is ready to make you the most liberal
offer on anything you have for sale in
the stock line.
Get His Prices Before Sell