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Tin- general impression is thai
congress will adjourn about Aug
ust 15.
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Not long until tlu big battle
will begin in earnest, and the
democrats should all gel in battle
array for tho great conflict.
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Reports from sections of the
slate where the republicans have
held their county convent inns,
Tafl followers seem to be ill I lie
.saddle so far.
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It seems very queer bow some
fellows are so eager to attend
their party caucuses when they
think there is a show to advance
their own selfish desires.
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It is said that Victor Rosewaler
is slated for chairman of the re
publican stale convention if Taft's
friends are in control. Well, who
lias a belter right to be?
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The Hull Moose party in Michi
gan have placed a full state ticket
in the Held, greatly to the dis
favor or Governor Osborn. There
.will be two tickets in that state.
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Speaker Clark, followed by one
luindred and sixteen members of
the bouse, visited Governor Wil
son Saturday. Champ Clark is
right in harmony with Governor
Wilson.
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A great many republican coun
ty conventions have already been
held to select delegates to the
state convention, and. a big ma
jority of them have endorsed
l'resident Tafl.
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Teddy's convent ion comes off
August 5, and the admission price
will range from MO to $20. We
liave no idea of attending', and
then we think the price is rather
high for a side attraction.
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' The ward caucuses were quite
well attended Saturday night. The
i t " convention at the council
chamber after the ward meetings
was ulso well attended. Al Des
pain and F.d Ruffnor were renom
inated for assessors.
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That man Dixon .of Montana,
who has charge of the Roosevelt
campaign, says that after the 5th
of August, that being the date of
the Hull Moso convention ut Chi
cago, he, will see that a Roosevelt
ticket will be nominated in every
state in the union.
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There is not a Harmon sup
porter, a Clark supporter or a
Wilson supporter but who is a
progressive and every one of Ibein
desire a progressive platform
adopted al the Grand Island eon
vent ion. They are nil for Wilson
. md Marshall and victory.
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The democratic county conven
tion will be represented by full
delegations from every precinct in
the county. Much enthusiasm
seems to have prevailed. We
hope to sec every precinct rep-
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resented by representative ijt-ii 10-
cral s w bo are
ager for if lory.
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! nun reports from the various
county deinocral ic conventions
belli in the slate Saturday it seems
that all the democrats are favor
able to ruttim out all dissenlioiis
that may arise at, the Grand Island
convention. That's just what
should be done.
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The Lancaster county demo
crat ie convention Saturday seem
ed to be a very harmonious affair
and there were no sig.'S of a de
sire to raise a rumpus at the
Grand Island convention, in case
some of the Lincoln high-steppers
failed in having everything
their own way.
Suppose the republican state
convention at Lincoln endorses
the candidacy of Tafl, what will
Aldrich, Norris and Haul Clark do
then? They must step down and
out that's all that is left for
111 10 do.
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It is' rumored that Aldrich,
Norris and Haul Clark will with
draw from the race if the repub
lican state convention endorses
TaTt. Hut then, wo don't believe
it, notwithstanding' they have
made themselves very obnoxious
to the Taft supporters.
We are so anxious for harmony
and good feeling at Grand Island
that if every democrat who goes
to that convention as a delegate
feels as we do they can easily for
give and forget what has pre
viously transpired in our party
ranks. It is an easy thing to do
if you only think so.
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Old Hen Haker seems to have
everything to his liking among the
republicans in Douglas county,
and delegates were elected to the
republican state convention all of
whom are for Taft. John O.
Yeiser held a little convention of
bis own and selected Hull Moose
party delegates. It looks like
John 0. is in the soup. '
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Haul Clark seems to be in a ter
rible bad fix. He has talked loo
much with his mouth attempted
a bulldozing method to make all
the Taft supporters come his
way. Hut he has failed in his ef
fort, rind now, like Aldrich, has
started in to hedge. The would
be congressman has bitten off
more than he can "chew," and the
Taft people have him branded for
slaughter in November.
The governor has selected 155
papers in Nebraska to publish
the constitutional amendments.
In some counties the work is di
vided between live and six papers.
In Cass county the work is divided
into four equal parts the Louis
ville Courier, Weeping Water Re
publican, Union Ledger and
Platlsinouth News-Herald. The
amount of $50,000 will be divided
among 155 papers, and only one
democratic paper among them
the Riverton Review.
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"The bouu' dog" did not win
Champ Clark the nomination for
president, but the writer still
keeps an image of him sitting on
our desk to remind us of years
ago when we knew Speaker Clark
so well down in Missouri. He is
a gentleman every day in the week
and a democrat who will do to lie
to all the time. We knew there
would he no "sulking in his tent
from Champ Clark, and Woodrow
Wilson will have his united sup
port, and that means a whole lot
It is never too hot to stand
straight up for I'lattsmouth.
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It looks now more than cer for
a harmonious convention at
Grand Inland.
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The real progressive repub
licans are all joining I ho Wilson
and Marshall ranks. Wilson
seems to be progressive enough
for nio,t of them.
Wil.-on and Marshall appeal to
the average voter as being men
who can safely be trusted in the
highest position in the gift of the
American people.
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Make up your mind to attend
the democrat ic county convent ion
in I'lattsmouth next Saturday.
Every delegate selected at the
primaries should attend.
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lion. John II. Morehead pays
about as much attention to those
newspapers who are hired by Aid
rich as he does any other com
mon curs that are always barking
at one's heels.
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The democratic political situa
tion will settle itself along natural
lines at the Grand Island con
vention next Tuesday, and with
cool beads in the lead, we do not
look for anything out of the or
dinary to occur.
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The chaulauqua season will
soon be on in good shape. Hy the
way, why don't Hlaltsiuoul h try
the chaulauqua plan of entertain
ment? Too late for this year, but
we can take plenty of 'lime to get
ready for next season.
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Roosevelt, the bull moose can
didate, says he will stand for no
divided allegence. He says a
man must be for him or against
him. Candidates cannot get their
names on the republican ticket
and the Bull Moose both. So you
can pay your money, gentlemen,
and take your choice.
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August 5 is the day the ''Bull
Moose" party is to hold ' iU na
tional convention at . Chicago.
This will bo strictly a Roosevelt
event, since the sting of defeat af
fected the Rough Rider so that he
stated a willingness to head a new
party and still battle for the bal
lots of the people.
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It seems hardly worth while to
"beef" at the high cost of living,
but a union should be organized
to cut down funeral expenses.
There may be some excuse for
robbing a live one, but when it
comes to fleecing the dead, a
sharp halt should be called on the
undertakers.
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The National Association of
Physicians and Surgeons is send
ing out a world of free advertis
ing to the press of this country.
Vnd yet the school that train these
doctors lay great stress on the
violation of the "ethics of the
profession" a doctor is guilty of
when he runs an advertisement
and pays for it. ,
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When Chris Grunther, the man
who managed Governor liar
mon's campaign, and Arthur Mul
len, who was manager of Champ
Clark's campaign in this state.
say that John Byrnes is a lino
campaign manager they ought to
know what they are talking about
They both have bad a great deal
of experience themselves on this
line.
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Aldrich, Clark and Norris will
llnd out to their sorrow between
now and election day that Ihe re
publicans of Nebraska are not all
boilers and that they are not go
ing to quit Taft because they
want them to. Taft is the regular
nominee for president and honest
republicans are not going to bolt
him simply because a few olllco
hunters flew ihe track. Not much
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Rudolph Spreckles, San Fran
Cisco millionaire, who financed
the graft prosecutions in his homo
Every precinct should send a
full delegation to the democratic
county convention next Saturday.
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It is a gross waste of time to
be a Christian on the installment
plan, yet there are hundreds of
ttiein Irving it.
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Teddy insists on having noth
ing to do with the republicans, lie
wants a party all to himself.
Well, we don't object.
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city and who supported the cam
paign of Senator La Eollctte for
the republican nomination for
president, has gone on record in
faor of Woodrow Wilson for
president and sent a telegram as
suring the New Jersey governor
of his hearty support.
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Chris Guenther says that he is
not seeking the chairmanship of
the democratic state convention,
and never did, but that he believes
that John Byrnes has made as
good a chairman as was ever in
the state. If Tom Allen had not
become so oflicious in sending out
those circular letters there would
not have been so much excitement
over the chairmanship. Tom says
be does not want the chairman
ship, but his saying so does not
bear washing with a good many
democrats who have known him
in the past.
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The Journal believes from
present judical inns that all bick
erings and rivalries will have
passed away by the time the
Grand Island convention meets
next week. Not in many years has
there been such an opportunity
for harmony ami good feeling
among democrats, and we believe
delegates to the state convention
will be selected from the level
beaded class who will attend the
great gathering for the sole pur
pose of bringing about the much
desired peace and harmony, which
all true democrats would like to
see.
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Ex-Mayor Frank W. Brown of
Lincoln is a man who would make
a most eflicient chairman of the
democratic state central com
mittee.. If a new chairman is to
be elected we know of no one who
would fill the bill more satis
factory than Frank Brown. He
undoubtedly possesses the ex
ecutive ability and he is a hustler
when it comes down to business.
We don't know as to whether our
friend, Brown, would accept the
position or not, but we know be is
always willing to do everything in
his power for the success of the
democratic party, even as a
private citizen.
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A leader in ttie ranks of the
prohibition party says Roosevelt's
party nor the republican party has
any right or title to the word
progressive." Acocrding to this
eminent authority, all progres-
siveness is wrapped up in the
prohibition party. We don't un
derstand why anyone should think
so. The prohibitionists are just
whero they wero fifty years ago
and we can't see where they have
progressed to any great extent a9
a party. They harp on prohibi
tion till election time, and then
the most of them march to the
polls and vote the republican
ticket.
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Paul Clark is awrut busy Just
now in fixing matters to suit him
in the republican state conven
tion at Lincoln next Tuesday. But
how Paul expects to come "out of
it" is hard to tell. One thing is
very certain, that he will never
get the Taft support in the First
congressional district. If be had
returned from Chicago in a quiet,
inoffensive manner and awaited
developments he perhaps would
have fared better, but everything
had to go his way he was for
Roosevelt and against Taft Taft
stole the nomination, etc. That's
the way he talked. Now, how ran
he expect the Taft supporters to
give him aid? Down this way the
Taft men say, "Not on your life!
Democratic
Convention
The deinucarts of Cass county
are called to meet in delegate con
vention in the city of Plattsmouth,
Neb., on Saturday, July 27, 1912,
at 2 o'clock p. in., for the purpose
of selecting seventeen delegates to
the democratic state convention
to be held in Grand Island, Neb.,
July 30, 1U12, and to transact
such other business as may legal
ly come before it.
Precinct Delegates
Tipton
Stove Creek
Elmwood . .
Weeping Water 2
Louisville 9
ML Pleasant 8
Nehawka 5
Eirst Rock Bluffs 9
Weeping Water, 1st ward. ... 2
Weeping Water, 2nd ward. ... 2
Weeping Water, 3rd ward .... 1
Greenwood 5
Salt Creek 8
South Bend 4
Center 7
Avoca 6
Eight Mile Grove 11
Liberty 9
Second Rock Bluffs 5
Plattsmouth 11
Plattsmouth, 1st ward 7
Plattsmouth, 2nd ward 13
Plattsmouth, 3rd ward 13
Plattsmouth, 4th ward- 5
Plattsmouth, 5th ward 4
Total 169
J. S. Livingston,
Chairman.
Earl It. Travis,
Secretary.
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Nebraska's Indian fighters may
get a pension, if Congressman
Sloan can have his way about it.
There is no reason why they
shouldn't have.
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From present indications the
contest between the bull moosers
and Taftites is going to be very
close in Nebraska, and there will
be something popping in Lincoln
next Tuesday.
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Governor Deneen and the bal
ance of the republican state nom
inees in Illinois refuse to run up
on any but the straight republican
ticket. Now the Roosevelt bull
moose party will place another
state ticket in the field. And so
it goes.
Senator Dixon, Roosevelt's
campaign manager, is emphatic
in his determination to have
Roosevelt stale candidates in Il
linois, but he is also determined
to have a Roosevelt state ticket
in every state in the union. He
says there is no monkey business
in this campaign. A republican
voter must show his color Taft
or Roosevelt that's all there is
to it.
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j'lane county republicans in
convention side-slepped Aldrich
and refused to endorse him be
cause of his trying to be with both
the Roosevelt and Taft forces.
There will be lots more of such
tide-stepping before the wily gov
ernor gets through the campaign
This thing of carrying water on
both shoulders never would
work successfully, in politics.
especially.
me newspapers who were
favored by Aldrich in bis distribu
tion of the publication of Ihe con
stitutional amendments, will now
break their necks for him and give
him all the complimentary notices
at their command favorable to the
governor. But support thus got
ten will not avail the wily gov
ernor very much, as the readers of
all those papers out in the state
fully understand the proposition.
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The newspapers of the country
announce that Mrs. Hotly Green,
the richest woman in Iho United
States (aged 78), had "gotten re
ligion" the other day, and became
a member of a New York church.
How she got it was not stated, but
judging from the old girl's
reputation for driving hard bar
gains we are ready to wager that
Lshe haggled a lot about the price
before she colsed the trade.
Before Roosevelt se.eures the
nomination in Chicago August 5
he should make some reply to the
charges made upon him by Sen
ator La Follette. The senator de
mands that he make a showing of
the source from which his enor
mous campaign fund came, which
has the right ring to it. A bar
rel of money was spent by Mr.
Roosevelt and bis backers during
the late unleasantness and it
would be of interest to know just
who was making "the ghost walk"
and why. The accounting of cam
paign funds and their disposition
is one of the progressive prin
ciples in politics today and in
localities is enforced by law. If
Mr. Roosevelt is truly progressive,
as he claims to be, why not tell us
about it?
We have always admired John
Byrnes, chairman of the state
central committee. He has done
good work during his incum
bency and we believe he was ready
to "step down and out" before
Tom Allen sent out his circular
letter. This very one act of Tom
Allen has done more to raise a
bitter feeling in the democratic
auks than anything that could
possibly have occurred at this
time, and has not only incensed
Chairman Byrnes, but thousands
of other democrats. The Journal
has always been friendly to Tom
Allen. He is a nice fellow, and so
is John Byrnes. We do not be
lieve that either wants to break
up the democratic party in this
stale, but if either persists in
their present- course and their
tight is taken to Grand Island,
there is no telling the result. They
have both been chairmen of the
state committee md the Journal
has stood manfully by them in
their administrations, and would
do so again if either is elected.
For the sake of harmony and
peace both should decline to
further the question as to who
should have charge of the cam
paign. They are both sensible
men and we don't want to see a
matter like this divide the demo
cracy, which it surely will if per
sisted in. We are not for Tom
Allen for chairman, neither are we
for John Byrnes, but we are
heartily in favor of harmony at
Grand Island, which will surely
bring us victory in November.
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Uncertainty seems to be all over
now, a9 it appears that nothing
can prevent the fulfillment of the
promise for a bumper crop.
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The world is divided into just
two classes. The one that wor
ries because it has too little
money and the other that it has
too much.
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We hope to see every particle of
soreness that has existed within
the ranks of the democratic party
of Nebraska in the past two year9
partially healed before the as
sembling of the slate convention
at Grand Island next Tuesday. All
animosities can be thrown to the
four winds if every delegate who
attends will only make up their
minds to do the right thing.
DR
Herman Grccdor,
Graduate Vetineary Surgeon
(Formerly with U. S. Department
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