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BUT WHY?
I lii) (!! in the well l !
J. VillOM' ImiIIihm lies ll'lllll,
J Sr 1 1 vt every problem (if ane
J mill 1 1 1 It .
I- Hut cannot fell why tin' !
J hili (rust of living.
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John 1. says, "Mat less." Most
of us -aIio aer nut, in the Standard'
Oil have to.
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The wheal, crop in (lass county
is one of I ho best ever grown. The
threshi'i's are now busy.
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It will he well for those who fit
lend I lie (Irand Island convention
to remember lliat unity of action
means success for the democratic
ticket in Nebraska.
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We are very decidedly of the
opinion I hat, Woodrow Wilson
maile no mistake when In; prc
vailed 1 1 m id the selection of Wil
liam J. McComhs of New York as
chairman of the democrat ic, na
tional committee.
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The Taft, supporters in Ne
braska don't propose to stand any
monkey business with the Itoosi
velt following, and I hey are ready
to offer resistance lu unfair
methods at the republican slate
convention in Lincoln on July ilO.
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Many republicans in the rock
ribbed republican slate of Penn-
sylanvia, say that many repuh
lican voters are declaring their
alh'Kiance to Wilson and Mar
shall, and from present indicn
lions the democratic ticket will
rarry the stain.
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"Woodrow Wilson will be tlx
first president in a generation to
go into ofllce owing favors to no
body except the American people
and under obligations to nothing
except the. general welfare of the
enlire country. (iovernor Wil
son's candidacy means the rule u
Jhe boss is over.
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Paul (,lark is keeping very
npiiet so quiet, in fad, that no
one can I ell just exactly on which
ide of the fence lie is now. lml
the Taft followers know, and they
lon't intend to forget the abuse
tie heaped upon the president am
those who support him, just af
ter he returned from the Chicago
convention.
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They uro gelling pretty tired of
Ihe commission form of govern
ment in Nebraska City. It isn'
"what it was cracked up to be,
and if the voters were as wise be
fore elect ion as they are today and
had been bolter posted on the law,
they would have defeated the
proposition by an overwhelming
majority. Jusl wait until they
get another "whack" at it.
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What is the use of talking
about reactionaries in Nebraska?
The Halliinore convention settled
that mailer. We are all for Wil
son and Marshall, John II. More-
It is very essential that every
precinct in Ihe county he rep
resented in the democratic county
cunveulion on Saturday, July 27,
and all democrats should attend
their precinct caucuses on Satur
day, July 20, lu select didegates to
.-aid convention. The call and the
number of delegates apportioned
to each precinct will be found in
this issue of the Journal. Ue
sure and attend your precinct
meetings.
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According to a section of the
lalules of Nebraska, the support
rs of Taft have discovered what
they believe to be an effectivi
ibslacle to the plans of the third-
erni Trddyitcs politicians for
getting control of the party ma
hinery and using it in the in
iTest of Iloosevelt. ' A section
hitherto overlooked, has been
mind which provides that in case
f a political party becoming li
ideil, Hie secretary of si ale am
Hie courls shall recognize tin
fact inn that is in harmony with
the national convention.
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I Diigressman Norris, llie re
publican candidalf for United
(iovernor Morehead! That has
the right jingle to it.
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Tin' people are simply di.-gust-
ed wiin I lie republican party ami
are eagi-r lor a cnauge.
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Of couix- you are f..r Wilson
and Marshall. We don't see how
mi could be ot herwise.
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Tin- main issue republicans
for exci's-ive protection and
eiuocrals for revenue tariff.
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Ye., this has the appearance of
deiimcratic year from the At-
;intic to the l'acitic, and from
Slates scnalor, should return to
his hole and pull (he hole in after
him. lie is just a little bit worse
I ban Aldrich, but not very much
I'he people in the western part of
the state had given Norris tin
credit of having good common
sense, hut as regards Aldrich in
lis procedure since being elected
governor, they have about made
up their minds that he is a big
failure in the position to which
they elected him two years ago
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delegate who goes to the stale
convention should counsel peace.
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"T. It." does not always mean
Teddv Iton-eyel!. It stands fur
a I
so.
Ma.xka to tin
(iulf of Mexico
Governor Wilson represents in
lelligent progressiveisnt He is a
man of high personal character,
of distinguished intellectual at
tainments and with a brief but
brilliant record. He is. moreover
in full sympathy with the nation
wide movement lo overthrow th
alliance between professiona
politics and organized money
which is the most important fac
lor in American public life today
Fought bitterly by plutocrats, re
act binaries and bosses, and mado
mure recently the victim of a cam
paign of misrepresentation and
journalistic demagogy, he has
grown steadily in public favor and
conlldence.
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Will Maupin's Weekly: The
republican press bureau, with
headquarters in the state house
and under he active supervision of
an appointee of the governor, is
devoting most of its attention to
John H. Morehead. This is but
natural when one takes all the
facts into consideration. The
chief trouble with ' the bureau,
however, is that failing to find
anything to1 the discredit of Mr
Morehead in either his public or
private record, it must resort to
innuendo and downright misrep
resentation. The bureau's latest
dodge is to assert that Morehead's
vote against Senate File 128 was a
vide in favor of the corporations
and against, the interests of the
If is no guess when one of our
valued exchanges says that "Shal-
enberger has a walk-away for
United States senator." And
that's no josh, either.
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John II. Morehead's name is be
coming a household word
throughout Nebraska. The splen
did record he has maintained
through life accounts for this.
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Taft says he has no com
promises to make and a l an
ticket must be run in every slate,
regardless oi (tie null .Mouse ,
third-term parly.
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Illinois is just now in a worse
condition among republicans than
Nebraska. The Jiull Moose third-
ermers are up in arms for a
newly organized party and will
hold a convention fur Ihe purpose
of nominal ing a full slate ticket.
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To call t lie president of the
United Stales "a yellow dog," is
treasonable, and no man, in a
high or low position, is just i lied
in thus doing, lie dues not have
respect for the government nor
the (lag under which we sail.
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Two candidates for assessors
are to be nominated Saturday
night immediately after the ward
primaries, and all attendants are
requested to repair to the council
chamber immediately after the
primaries for he purpose of mak
ing these nominations. '
"Taft Republican,'
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Michael Flipllop Harrington
han't said a word for over a
week. What's going to happen?
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Harper's Weekly says: "A
democrat ic year. The people are
disgusted wilh the republican
party and eager for a change."
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The republican stale machine
is working over-time in the gov
ernor's nllice at Lincoln. "Canned"
editorials are appearing as origin
al simultaneously in all of Ihe re
publican papers of the state.
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Woodrow Wilson believes in
eliminating the bosses and pro
poses to act accordingly. If some
of the busses in Nebraska were
eliminated it would prove a god
send to the parly in this slate.
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Almost without exception', the
most powerful public journals in
the country have already pledged
their support to the democratic
standard-bearer, Woodrow Wil
son.
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Who would pay the expense of
a special election, if one was call
ed to satisfy Ihe anxiety of
Oeorge W. Norris? Will' he bt.
willing to foot Hie bills? And how
many would vote at such an elec
tion?
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The Bull Moose third-term fol
lowers up around Lincoln do not
seem to be very enthusiastic over
the present prospects for Teddy
in Nebraska They are beginning
to see that they have made a'grave
mistake, and "hedging" seems to
be their program now.
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If some militant democrat
should call President Taft a "yel-
nw dog," every regulation repub-
ican paper in the United Stales
would denounce him in the vilest
terms, yet Nebraska possesses a
chief executive who had the
audacity to do such a thing in a
public address.
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The. supporters of President
Taft have everything in their
head, (Iovernor Shallenberger and
llie whole democratic slate and! people. Nothing could bo further
from the truth. In voting against
Senate File 128 Mr. Morehead per
formed a distinct service to tho
people. That bill provided, in a
mysterious mazo of language, that
all public service corporations, in
eluding lighting companies, water
companies, street railway com
panics, etc., should be put under
direct control of the state railway
commission. It was claimed that
this was for the purpose of pre
venting the extortion of unreason
able rates
county tickets. We are all pro
gressives in the fullest sense of
(lie term.
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Every democratic candidato in
the county should attend the con
vention in Plattsmouth on Satur
day, July 27. Many democrats
have 'never had the pleasure of
meeting our candidato for rep
resentative, and this will be a
splendid opportunity to meet
party friends from every section
of the county and get acquainted.
avor in Nebraska and with the
proper leaders can hold the sway.
They are the only regular repub-
ican party, and tlx; fellows who
arc supporting Roosevelt, such as
Aldrich, Norris and Paul Clark,
are bolters in the fullest sense of
the term. These fellows opened
their wind-bags too soon for their
own comfort.
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What brand of'steam roller"
do you prefer? You can have any
kind thai suits. We have Ihein at
home and abroad, reformed and
reforming. You can 11ml any kind
you want at either the democratic
or republican headquarters in
Lincoln. They have a job lot al
ways on hand. Democrats can
address T. S Allen and the re
publicans can address either C S
Aldrich or Paul Clark.
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There is only one way that the
democrats can win in Nebraska
By a united parly it will be no
trick. Knowing this, why do some
fellows want to kick up a muss at
Grand Island? The success of
the parly is at stake and every
Congressman Norris is about to
w u lid raw irom t in; race as ihe re
publican nominee for United
States senator, (ieorge W. will
find nut in November what the
people Ihink of his course, which
will be soon enough for him if he
concludes to stay in the race.
Hon John H. Morehead does not
need any press bureau lo boost
his candidacy. He is a booster
w il bin himself. His good, clear
record as a citizen, farmer, busi
ness man and public oflicial is
sufllcient to convince the voters of
Nebraska that he will prove "the
right man in the right place, as
governor of this great state.
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II is reported (hat every
editorial that appears in the re
publican weeklies of Nebraska
against Hon. John H. Morehead
democratic candidate for gover
nor, emanate directly from the
governor's ofllce in the state
house at Lincoln. The governor's
private secretary manipulates the
typewriter, while the governor
does the dictating. ,
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The delegates who attend the
(irand Island convention and who
have the welfare of the derno-
ralic party at heart in Nebraska,
will work for harmony from the
lime the convention opens until
ils close. The fellows who go
there with "rule or ruin" on their
minds had better remain at home
for their own benefit as well as
that of the party.
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The populists of Nebraska
readily . recognize in Hon. John
All along the line farmers are
very busy threshing their wheat
crops and laying by their corn
crop. Corn is not so far advanced
as it might be, but it shows the
very best of cultivation and the
fields are remarkably free from
weeds. With favorable weather
conditions the corn Crop will not
be disappointing.
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The Journal desires to see bar-
money prevail at (irand Island
because we want to see democrats
succeed at the November election,
and if everyone who goes to the
state convention with authority
to act feels as the Journal does
about the matter, the harmonv
banner will lloat on the outer wall
with this inscription thereon
'Peace and enthusiasm reigns su
preme within!"
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RooseWlt is no more of a pro
gressive than is President Taft,
and the latter does not make any
pretension to the progressive side.'
Roosevelt does, but he never done
one act in his seven years in the
presidential chair that would give
anyone cause to believe that he
ever was a progressive, the dif
ference is Taft tried lo do and
couldn't, while Iloosevelt never
even tried.
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Why do some men persist in
bossing the deiimcral ic party in
Nebraska when they know they
have been "weighed in the balance
and found wanting" in Hie past?
Is it because they possess the
"rule or ruin" spirit lo drive
belter democrats than they ever
were or ever will be out of the
party? We want to impress upon
every delegate lo the (irand Island
convention lo beware of these
fellows. The masses of the
democratic parly of Nebraska are
honest and want to do right and
we believe all who go to Grand
Island will do right, if left alone.
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II. Morehead one of tho cleanest
and most capable men in the state
for governor, and the stato com
mittees have endorsed his can
didacy. Bosides tho populists
thousands of independent repub
licans will rally to tho support of
democratic candidates. '
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The republicans of Douglas
county are not dwelling together
in harmony by any means. Old
Ben Baker, who always did love to
make people happy, wants to bo
the "whole cheese" in running the
republican party, Is not running
matters satisfactory to the Bull
Moose third-term supporters. Na
lonal Committeeman Howell and
the celebrated John 0. Yeiser have
issued a deft and don't propose to
stand any of old Ben's monkey
business. Give them plenty of
rope.
Not long ago all of Wall street
rose up and indignantly denied
that there was any such thing as
a money trust or control of credit,
but lately it is getting down from
that high horse, wind the Journal
says: "Undoubtedly a congres
sional committee will be able to
discover some concentration of
money power into the hands of
three or four banking groups. So,
also, it can be easily demonstrat
ed that there is a good deal of
control of banking credit." If
there was a prospect for further
republican rule nothing like that
would come from Wall street. A
prospect for honest government
in, the interest of the people is
having a tremendous effect before
one law is passed.
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The Kearney Hub, one of the
principal republican papers in
Nebraska, goes after fleorgo W.
Norris, the republican nominee
for United Slates senator, and
here is one of the very sarcastic
points made by the Hub: "The
appeal made by George W. Norris
to the progressive republicans of
the state is an extreme example
of progressive insurgency culmin
ating in open rebellion and parti
san mendacity and vindicliveness.
The Hub regrets to say this, for
there has been much in the record
of Congressman Norris that it
could approve, but his proposal
to organize a band of insurgents
and capture the republican con
vention and organization of this
slate, and turn it over to the
rebels, is exactly what Jefferson
Davis proposed to do when he un
dertook to capture the national
capital and the departments of
the government at Washington
and turn them over to the con
federacy. No one should question
the right of any man to step out
of his organization, to "holt," if
you will, but he should step out
peaceably instead of making war
upon those he has betrayed."
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SENATE FILE NO. 128.
The republican press bureau is
dealing open concerning Senate
File No. 128, trying to mislead the
people in regard to that measure,
claiming that Mr. Morehead was
among those who opposed the bill.
This measure was intended to
purchase all public service cor
porations furnifhing gas, elec
tricity, heat, water, sewerage or
power of any kind under the con
trol and jurisdiction of the state
railway commission. If a person
had a grievance against a cor
poration it was necessary to go
before the railway commission for
adjust ment. On this subject the
Hastings Democrat says:
"This measure, Senator More
head, now democratic candidate
for governor) is charged with
having voted to indefinitely post
pone. This bill sought to take all
power of cities and small towns to
regulate home companies away
and give that power to the rail
way commission. A more per
nicious bill was never proposed by
men of good intentions. Under
such a bill, municipal ownership
and control would be impossible.
Every.city and town in Nebraska
would be under the thumb of the
railway commission. The con
stitutional amendment to be voted
on this fall to give the towns of
Nebraska the right to write their
own charier and govern them
selves, that won so handsomely in
the primaries, being indorsed by
all parties, was an endorsement of
all those who voted to postpone
Senate File No. 128, and if Sen
ator Morehead was one of these,
so much the better. There is such
a thing as giving the railway com
mission power over too many
things. For instance, people
ought to have the right to grant
a franchise to home companies
and make conditions. We claim
that Bastings ought to be per
mitted to make terms with its own
utility companies."
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Early Closing.
On account of the extreme hot
weathpr the following stores will
close their places of business dur
ing the months of July and August
at 6 o'clock p. m., except pay-day
and the day following and Satur
days. This gives all the help an
hour or more out of doors, the
same as eyery town in the coun
try is doing. Every one of the
undersigned will gladly open for
any emergency that might arise
that would prevent customers
from coming during the regular
hours.
Zuckweiler & Lutz.
E. G. Dovey & Son.
E. A. Wurl.
C. E. Wescott's Sons.
Falter & Thierolf.
John Bauer & Son.
Kroehler Brothers.
M. Hild.
Streight & Streight.
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