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- The Plattsmouth Journal Published Semi-Weekly at R. A. BATES, Entered at the Postolfice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, aa second-class matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE - Si'M'ii western governors Sitting on a fence J. Teddy hollered "Yes!" And lliey all Hew henee. And (invcruor Aldrieli was one of Idem, who did this in order lo save his own baron, liutwill he? :o: Hip! Hip! 11 urrali for Wilson. :o: It looks a little dark for the SI eel and Harvester t runts. :o: Champ Clark's friends made a great light for their favorite, any way. :o : We got our second choice, even if vc could not get our first. Hut I he last is first now. :o: Omaha now owns its own water plant. Why should not Plalts inouth own its own plant? :o : Iloo.sevell, realizes hy this time that il is easier to lear down lhan lo Iniild up a parly. II. is Die wise republican slate olllcial that is not talking very much politics right now. :: The farmers are thinking more of the music of the reapers than lhey are the clatter of politicians. :o: Senator Cummins of Iowa is on the fence ami don't know which' way to jump on the Taft or llooscvelt side. :o: Now, democrats, onward, right onward with Woodrow Wilson and victory. Pass the- word all Along the lino. :o: f iovernor Marshall of Indiana is Wilson's running male. Good combination. Hurrah for Wilson and Marshall I :o: Timothy Woodruff, ex-(iovcr-nor of New York, has quit the re publican party the party is too corrupt for him. :o: All over but (he shouting. That will lake place (he morning after Tuesday, November 5. Hurrah for Wilson and Marshall I :o: Dr. Wiley has been doing so little advertising lately lhal it is inferred he is kept pretty busy laking care of that new hoy. :o: The convention is now over at Baltimore, and with a little rest on the part of the leaders, then Ihe campaign will open in earnest. :n: A Week at a national ronven lion and the expense at Ihe rale of from $5 to $10 per day is Idl ing on a lean pocket book. :o: Where is Senator l.a Folletlo? Maybe he has gone away hack and at down. Anyhow, a good man has been lost in the political .shuffle. -:o: is over The agony is over and the democrats certainly named the next president at naltimore, and Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey is his name. :o.- Hryan is to be orator of the day in Lincoln tomorrow, if he re turns home in lime. His subject was to bo "Pmcc." If Mr. Hryan does not return in lime Governor Aldrich will be drafted to make Ihe ppeech, and if so, in order lo strike the chord which permeates the governor's system at the present time, the subject of his oration may be changed to "War." Plattsmouth, Nebraska t . Publisher. Champ Clark is still speaker of the national house of represent atives; almost as bis,' and us honorable a position as that of president of the United States. This is the difference; it is said of a poor man: "It's a shame someone doesn't do something for him." Of a rich man it is said: "It's a disgrace lie does not do more for others." :o: C. (1. Sheeley, well known bridge contractor for Cass county, according to reports from Colo rado, must serve a term in the penitentiary for bribing two coun ty olllcials. "The way of the transgrcsser is hard." :o: Champ Clark to (Iovernor Wil son: "Just leaving for Washing ton, I congratulate you on your hard-earned victory. I will do all I can lo elect you." That's Un kind of a democrat Champ Clark is. lie never boltts. -:o :- Now for Ihe democratic state convention, a live chairman for the stale committee and harmony in the ranks. All we can do now is to work for the success of the stale ami national tickets and await results in November. -:o: The carnival will open up next Monday, and remain all week. Make your arrangements to come at least one day, and don't forget lo bring Ihe whole family. Re member the wife and children will enjoy it as well as yourself. :o: Victor Ilosewater is a much bigger man in Nebraska repub lican politics than the man who occupies the governor's ofllcc. Vic made a great reputation while in Chicago, while Aldrich came home to make an ass of himself. -:o:- We are very auxious to see how the republicans are going to manage their campaign in Ne braska this ear, with two can didates for president. The state candidates cannot be placed on both tickets, no matter how hard they may try to do so. :o: It is true, of course, that the republican editors in Nebraska' who are expressing disapproval yt Ihe democratic nominee for gov ernor would have found just as much fault if some other man had been nominated. Finding fault is their business. David City Press. :o: The Missouri democrats, no matter how greatly they may be disappointed over the result of Ihe Baltimore convention, will all "throw their hats in the ring" for (iovernor Wilson and the suc cess or the ticket. They are built that way. They are "democrats at all times and under all circum stances." :o : : The "third party" business will peter out inside of the next six weeks or two months. Very naturally the "Roosevelt repub licans are mighty sore, but they'll get over it in time. Just now they feel like going out and swearing at the servant girl and kicking the cat, but after they Have thought over it for a while they will cool off and take their medicine. Will Maupiu's Weekly. :o: If Ihe esteemed republican papers will print the record, peo ple will judge for themselves Their political press bureau is "doctoring" up and handing out medicine that the papers are to (print, and this press bureau has little regard for facts. Senator Morelo-ad's record, is indeed an open book, and the people of Ne braska will elect him governor niton that record Hastings Democrat. :o: A large number of farmers cele brated the Fourth in the harvest lields and plowing corn. :o: Why did so many republicans want. Bryan nominated for presi dent? Were they anxious to vote for him? , :o:- If Hoosevelt concludes there will be no third party, then will Aldrich and Paul Clark try to slip over on the Taft side? :o: The principal daily papers in the east are supporting Wilson and Marshall. This is an indica tion of Ihe way the political wind is blowing. :o: The Fourth is over, but on its heels comes carnival week. Open ing Monday we are to have a full week of noise, and confetti part of the time. :o: Instead of a third party, why not call it the "Third-Term Party?" That would be the proper name for il with Roosevelt at the head. : o : Republicans had just as well give up the race ir Teddy and Taft both run. The only hope of sue-! cess they have is the withdrawal of one or the other candidates. :o: Some fellows are always sure of victory just after the nomina tions are made. Hut "counting the chickens before they t are hatched" is a poor rule lo work by. . :o: Some of the Taft republicans want Congressman George W. Norris to withdraw from the race for senator. They refuse to sup port him in the general election. :o: The third-term candidate lead ers in Nebraska are still divided as to whether they should go ahead and attempt to capture the republican state organization and cast their lot with Roosevelt. :o: ' The Lincoln Star, one of the most conservative daily papers in the west, will support Woodrow Wilson for president, and in a lengthy editorial gives its reason for doing so. -:o: Hang your banner on the outer wall, for the cry is, "Wilson and Marshall are the coming victors." Indications of this fact are noted nery day. Jump into the band wagon, for victory is sure to perch upon Ihe democratic banner this year. :o: Champ Clark could have had Ihe nomination of vice president by acclamation, but he very grace fully declined the honor. The speakership of the house of rep resentatives is a more important position and next to that of presi dent in honor. :o: (iovernor Marshall, the demo cratic candidate for vice presi dent, is one of the best men in the west and the democrats, at Baltimore were very fortunate in petting such an able and popular gentleman lo accept second place on the ticket. :o: A republican exchange says that Governor Aldrich politely declined to serve as a member of the committee of eighteen to tako Ihe load in forming a Roosevelt parly. It would have been a great deal belter for him had he not been one of the seven governors who went to Oyster Day and in duced Roosevelt to come out for the third term. That work what disrupted the republican party in the start. io:- While we have not yet heard single republican say that ho be lieved cither Taft or Roosevelt would be elected this fall, yet that does not signify anything this early in the light. Democrats do not want to allow themselves to too confident about the matter, but rather organize and keep in liirhtins trim until the last day and the last hour before the polls close on the evening of the 5th of November. :o: It must be confessed there is some uncertainty among the re publicans of Nebraska regarding future developments. So far Gov ernor Aldrich has been rather non-comniital regarding his at titude toward the Roosevelt can didacy, and it is reported he is being "pestered" every day by adherents of Taft and of Teddy. He is reported in one interview as being determined to stick lo the regulars, but now denies he ever said it. Hut he will have to come out shortly with a definite state ment of his position, for the situation is too tense for any man to keep still. lieatrice Express (Hep.) While we feel thoroughly con vinced that Champ Clark should have been nominated, and there are hundreds of other democrats right here in Cass county who think the same way, there is nothing gained by sulking in our tents. We should not allow our selves to do it, but instead, buckle on our armor and wade into the light with a determination to elect Wilson and Marshall, and the en tire democratic state ticket. Gov ernors Wilson and Marshall are both good men and deserve the support of every democrat in the land, aloni with many con servative republicans, who feel that a change has come over the spirit of their dreams. :o: One of the most enthusiastic bolters in this district is Paul Clark of Lincoln, or front the Pa cific coast, we don't know which Paul aspires to represent this dis trict in congress. Before the Chi cago convention he was a very en thusiastic Roosevelt man, and he is of th..' .same opinion now; He does not hesitate to say that Roosevelt should have been nom inated, and should there be a third ticket in the Held, with the gentle man from Oyster Hay in the lead, he will be found lighting the bat tles of that gentleman. Just what the Taft men will think of this stand we do not know, but they do not seem to be making much noise at, present. Nebraska City News. :o: There is no doubt as to where that excellent paper, the Lincoln Daily Star, will stand in this campaign. Here is where it speaks for itself: "The Star is a progres sive newspaper, lighting the bat tles of the people as it sees the light. With absolutely no other interest than the rights of the' people in view, it will work from now until November for the elec tion of Woodrow Wilson as presi dent of the United States, because it believes that in the progressive principles laid down in the demo cratic platform lies the only hope of relief for the American people from the enormous evils of gov ernment to which they have been subjected." :o: The platforms of the two great political parties are before the people of this country. The re publican platform breathes the reactionary spirit from start to finish, while the democratic plat form is simply and purely pro gressive. It remains with the people of the entire nation to say whether they want progression or the standpalism that has been in control of tho government for the past eight years. The people are getting more interested every year in the conditions of affairs in this great country, and the longer they study about the serious condition of affairs the more alarmed they become. Even many republicans who have affiliated w ith that party all their lives believe the lime has arrived for a change, and many have signified their intentions al ready to vote for Wilson and Mar shall. They base been promised many reforms by the leaders of their party for a number of years, but such reforms do not seem to materialize, and they have given up all hope of getting any relief from a party that makes use of high protection to shield the trusts in robbing the common people. The democrats promise the relief which they most assur edly will receive if Wilson and Marshall are elected. :o: T. stands for Theodore, baf fled and grim, and R. stands for roller that rolled over him. :o: The democratic national com mittee will meet in Chicago July 15 lo select a chairman and to look after campaign matters. :o: Another snake story: A farmer says bullsnakes will swallow eggs and then crawl through knot boles to break them. :o: We'll bet the Philadelphia Record lost half of its women subscribers when it printed this: "Long engagements are perfectly proper, for the longer a man is engaged the less time he is mar ried." :o : Attacking trusts may be good training for the attorney general and his cohorts, but it doesn't seem to have much effect on the cost of living. Possibly it boosts it some, for the hungry lawyers must be fed. :o: Teddy's bolt of the republican convention is regarded by many as a game of bluff. Well, this may be true, but we believe that Teddy is in the race to stay until the pollsxlose on the night of No vember 5. Hut we shall see what we shall see. :o: Some of our people condemn the city authorities for refusing home people the right to put stands on the streets, and at the same time a stranger conies in and gets permission to block a crossing with a stand worse than that of a lemonade and confec tionery stand. This was not right. :o: The Chicago Tribune, which is the foremost exponent of reform when it doesn't aim towards the Tribune corner, protests against the proposal to limit the presi dential service to one term. The Tribune forgets that there are a good many people who are op posed to even one term for some people. :o: We intend to make a desperate effort to get Champ Clark to come to Plattsmouth during the cam paign to make a speech. He ought to come for the simple rea son that he has so many friends her. He could poll two to one more votes in Cass county than any public man in the democratic party today, not excepting anyone. Some of the Cass county repub licans believe that Governor Aid rich should pull out of the race and give some man who has sense enough to keep his mouth closed when he ought to a chance to run. Many republicans in this county intend to vote for Morehcad if Aldrich insists on staying in the race. :o: Who was in favor of the farm ers' free list bill, that would have made the things the farmer has to buy, cheaper? The democratic house of representatives, led by Champ Clark. Who opposed that bill? Bill Taft stamped it with his official veto, and when it went back to the senate the required two-thirds to pass it over the president's, head could not be se cured. :o: WILSON AND MARSHALL. The nomination of the big, brainy democratic governor of In diana for the ofllce of vice presi dent was a happy selection and the ticket, Wilson and Marshall, and FEE V.'e are now handling a complete line of coal. Call and let ua quote you prices for your fall and winter coal. We handle wheat, oats, corn and hop of all kinds. Ind. Telephone 297 Nelson Jean & Co, is already being acclaimed every where as a winner. The two gov ernors, each a successful and popular executive in two great slates, are of the caliber which the American people like to have for the high olhces of president and vice president. The signs of the popular view are already apparent in favor of the Wilson and Marshall ticket and we predict they will be more and more favorable as the cam paign proceeds. We like the re sponses of Governor Wilson upon hearing the first news of the nomination. His attitude show ed tit conception of the big task to which he may be called in No vember and his dignity in the treatment of that news was vastly different from certain expres sions we have heard from a cer lain worthy ex-president. That the contest will be direct ly between Wilson and Marshall and Taft and Sherman grows more and more apparent as the ditliculty in which the Roosevelt forces find themeslves increases. When (iovernor Osborn, repub lican governor of Michigan and head of the "progressive repub lican" forces in that state, states that there is no need of Roosevelt, and progressives of the republican party are not hiding their pleas ure at the naming of the demo cratic ticket, the signs unmistak ably point toward a triumph for democracy in November. World Herald. :o: FOR SALE. A 1910 5 H.-P. Twin INDIAN Motorcycle at a bargain. Will sell dirt cheap if taken at once. For further information call or write H. E. Steinhauer, Plattsmouth, Neb. Care Journal Ofllce. In County Court. From Saturday'! Dally. The court was engaged this morning hearing creditors having claims against the estate of Thomas W. Fountain, deceased. A claim of $50 for medical at tendance by physician was pro tested against by tho administrat or as being excessive. Jesse Fountain of Whitman, Iowa, ad ministrator, was present, as well as his sister, Miss Fountain, of Ashland. Mrs. Ella M. Herger of South Bend attended a hearing in the Fountain estate case before the county court today. Mrs. Herger was a guest of Ihe Perkins hotel while in the city. DR Herman Grocdor, Graduate Vetineary Surgeon (Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Licensed by Nebraska State Board Calls Answered Promptly Phone 378 White, Plattsmouth GAV.GIIRISWISSER THE Livo Stock Dealer Nehawka, Nebraska is ready to make you the moat liberal offer on anything you have for sale in the atock line. Get His Prices Csf ere Selling