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A iniilt'fl ili'iiKicrary means:
evrrjthiii ti Hie party in Ne
liraska. KciiH'inher thai.
Ueliet- nothing yon hear ami
only half yu see and then forget
lialf of that as soon as possible.
:o.
Cotton mills ami (lonr mills
may sliul down on account of hard
limes, hut divorce mills never
cease grinding.
:o:
With Wilson and Marshall,
John II. iMorehead in the lead, a
united democracy cannot, help hut
win in Nebraska.
Two republican conventions in
Lancaster comity and two sets of
delegates will attend the stale
convention.
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Iteniocrats have everything
their own way in Nebraska, if they
only have mmisc enough to keep a
( iphl hold on I he reigns.
There are not three madder
men in Nebraska than Aldrich,
Norris and Paul (Mark. They
can't force the Taft, followers over
to the bull moose ranks.
We never was an admirer of
Tail, but. no matter if his nomina
tion was secured by unfair means,
Teddy Itoosevelt, would have taken
advantage of the same oppor
tunity. And what hurts Teddy is
that Taft beat him to it.
11 has been rather quiet in
town this week. The farmers have
been very busy and there has heen
no "little Kills in red" or "fairies
in the well" to excite the curiosity
if the people. The "fairies in the
well" was a great stunt to put on
lty home enterprise.
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For the past few days Paul
Clark has been giving his advice
behind closed doors, and that ad
vice lias been for the bull inoosers
to stand linn for lloosevell and at
the same time knife every Taftite
in .sight. Paul thinks lie is pretty
Miiarl, bul the Taft followers art!
ready to tlourish the knife the
same as himself, and they are
ready to retaliate at a moment's
v arii inf.'.
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The give and lake policy, if
practiced at Grand Island, will
Mirrly bring about peace. Don't
think that you should have every
thing your own way, neither ought
the other fellow expect to have his
own way entirely. That conven
tion will be composed of nearly
one thousand delegates, and all
good, rilablo democrats, should
bo alert and see that not the least
thing occurs that will mar the
jirocecdinRs and won't if the dele
gates go there wild the full do
termination that right must pro
vail. Ho your best to keep down
nil wrangling ami disputes, and
with cool heads it ml warm hearts
that throb constantly for har
mony and good will, right is
hound to prevail. Don't you
think so?
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The Grand Island convention
will' frame a democratic state
platform defining the stale issues.
It will elect a slate central com
mittee, and this committee will
select its officers. The purpose
of the convention will he to put
a militant democracy in fighting
trim for the campaign, not to put
"water on the wheel" of any
clique or faction; nol to "dis
cipline anybody;" not to "play
even" for fancied slights." , The
triumph of democratic principles
In 'stale and nation is of vastly
more moment than the "vindlca
lion.' of.any man or set of rncn.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Publisher.
The weather man occasionally
lakes ipiile a swat at the (lies.
:o:
That "bull mouse" i ds a ring
in its lio.-e.
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"Harmony" will be the watch
word at Grand Inland next Tues
day. :o :
With Wilson and Marshall and
battle cry and many republicans
will support the ticket.
:o:
Pie crust is something like
Uoosevelt's promises very easily
broken.
:o:
As long as there is a ring the
man with the iron jaw and showy
teeth will have a hat to deposit
t herein.
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Oloe counly republicans split
I heir delegation to the state con
vention hair ami half K for Taft
and 8 for Itoosevelt.
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Keep jour heads clear and your
cjes in the right direction and all
will be well at (lie democratic
stale convention.
What, a wonderful crop story
this country is going to he abb; to
tell ahng about Thanksgiving
day I
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While the plain people have
their faults, they don't start all
the fool reformers the politicians
give them credit for.
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A reform party with Teddy
Itoosevelt at the head of ill Seven
years m charge or the govern
ment and what did he reform?
Nothing I Not even himself.
:o:
The democratic paper that
could be induced to support Aid-
rich simply for a bite of the con
stitutional amendments, isn't
worthy of the name democrat.
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Rally round the old democratic
tlag, boys, ami remember that in
union there is strength. A united
effort and a pull altogether is
what will do the business.
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The harvest of campaign con
tributions promises very light for
the present governor, unless he
can bulldoze his appointees into
paying his campaign expenses.
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Mull Moose Paul Clark is begin
ning to think that his political
path is a hard road to travel. He
will begin to think about the 5th
of November thai "the way of the
transgressor is hard
: :o:
What has lloosevell ever done
to give him the title of progres
sive any more than Taft? Now,
we want some of the bull moose
supporters to tell us why ho
should be termed n progressive.
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Well, what do you think of this?
Governor Aldrich asking cam
paign contributions from each of
his apopintees. Ho is certainly
pretty hard pressed. He will be
hfimlitt npituuit.l vnl ft few l:iva n f
ter the 5th of November.
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Like at the Chicago convention,
from present indications, they
will need a large number of extra
police in the convention hall at
the republican convention in Lin
coln next Tuesday. For there's
going to be a hot time when both
Taft and Roosevelt supporters
come together.
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What is claimed to be the
largest flag in tho world has
been unfurled at Sea Breeze Is
land, Bridgeport, Conn. It is 135
, feet long and 75 feet wide. Each
star is four feet across and each
stripe is wider than the height of
the average man.
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The Nehawka New-, Klmwood
I.cadcr-hcho and Kagle Deacon
are republican papers, ami just
as much entitled to a whack at
printing the constitutional
amendments a the oilier four
papers (hat get it, with the ex
ception of the Weeping Water
Republican, which is republican
all the time.
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The Taft convention in Lincoln
yesterday bitterly condemned
Aldrich, Norris and Paul Clark
ami speech after speech was made
denouncinu' Ihein as unworthy of
the title of republicans and untrue
to the trust, reposed in them when
they ran as republican candidates
in I he April primaries.
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If Paul Clark could only show
bis teeth prominently he would
be a veritable Teddy. He tries
hard to imitate the bull moose in
every other way by his bulldozing
schemes. Paul is about as near
in "the soup" as any 'political
aspirant ever was, ami he is lia
ble to remain in that condition
until after the 5lh of November,
when he can lake a sail up Salt
river along with Aldrich, Norris
ami company.
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Stale olliccrs who are candid
ales for re-election on tin' repub
lican ticket are not at all pleased
with the governor's special as
sessment. It does them no good
ami taps a source of campaign
funds hitherto regarded as the
properly of all stale candidates in
common. No governor before
Aldrich ever had the audacity to
collect money in this manner from
stale employes for his own per
sonal campaign.
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The Journal is unable to un
derstand why Dr. P. L. Hall was
left olT the Lancaster delegation
to the Grand Island convention.
At the April primaries Dr. Hall
was elected national committee,
man by an overwhelming ma
jority and he has always been a
familiar figure at denioncratic
counsels. Doing one of the
brainiest men in the state, his
presence and voire is always
needed in democratic conventions.
Did Dr. Hall request that his
name be left off the delegation?
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Congressman Maguire has se
cured the passage through the
committee on fisheries of a bill
providing for the establishment
of a fish culture and breeding
station to be located somewhere
in the First congressional district.
The bill carries with it an ap
propriation of $25,000 for build
inors ami ponds, while annual ap
propriations will be made for
maintenance, employes, etc. There
are only twelve of these stations
allowed by the committee and Ne
braska at this time has no federal
station of this character.
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Judge Wray of York, who is the
man who signed the call for the
third party stale convention at
Lincoln next Wednesday to nom
inate eight delegates to the bull
moose convention at Chicago,
says there is no hope of reform
in tho republican parly. That is
probably true, but how is ho to get
reform from Roosevelt, the man
who had charge of the affairs of
government for seven years and
can't point to one single reform
that he brought about in those
seven years? It will be impos
siblo to make the people believe
that Teddy is a reformer as long
as his campaign managers are
composed of such trust magnates
as McCorinick and Perkins.
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Much has been said in many of
the republican organs about Sen
alor Morehead's stand relative to
certain "reform" insurance bills
introduced at tho last session
Those g. o. p. organs aro howling
loudly about the need of "insur
ance reform," yet every one of
them is staunchly supporting
Howard, the republican candidate
for auditor. The auditor j:. the
insurance commissioner, and
Howard was backed for the nom
ination by every member of the
insurance combine and by every
lobbyist and agent therefor. The
trouble with republican pretense
is that about I he time it gets well
started it jabs its pilot into its
caboose.
lion. John A. Maguire realizes
to the fullest extent that he is a
servant of the people of the First
congressional district, and he will
remain in Washington as long as
congress is in session. He does
nol need o be at home looking
after his interests here. The peo
ple are doing I hat while he is in
Washington looking after their
interests. John Maguire is a
most faithful servant of his con
stituents and they all know it.
This is one of the chief reasons
for the necessity of bis re-election.
Tin: people know a good
man when they have seen him
tried, ami Congressman Maguire
has proved so conclusively "the
mht man in the right place" that
the voters will re-elect him by
such a decisive , majority that
Paul Clark will hardly know that
he has been in I he race.
When the third party was
started it proposed to take for its
emblem the bull moose. Dot now
this idol is shattered by the Rev.
William J. Long. He quote from
the "Wilderness Hunter" writ ten
by one Theodore lloosevell. The
doctor is a naturalist of note and
in bis study at Stamford, Conn.,
lie has had opportunity to look up
the following which Roosevelt
wrote concerning this animal:
"The bull moose lives on the pub
lic domain and is a very wasteful
feeder. He is of a wandering and
flighty disposition. His nosh,
moreover, is coarse and stingy;
his hide is thick and 'of very poor
quality.' He frequently shows a
clumsy slowness of apprehension,
which amounts to downright
stupidity." Evidently in proclaim
ing himself the "bull moose"
party, Colonel Roosevelt had over
looked his own description of that
feeder on the public domain, with
a flighty disposition. In the par
lance of the day, it looks as if the
reverend gentleman had "put one
over" on the colonel.
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It is not necessary for a man
to be eternally yawping and
fulminating in order to be a "pro
gressive." A progressive man,
politically, is known by what he
stands for and works for, and
measured by this John Morebead
is a progressive of progressives.
Twenty years ago he was battling
for the principles now so often
pointed to as the progressive
principles" of today. While men
now claiming to be "progressive"
were demanding that wo "let well
enough alone" and standing solid
ly with the big interests repre
sented by Mark Hanna, John II.
Morebead was working for and
voting for the very things that
those men now claim a monopoly
upon. There is not a single pro
gressive principle enunciated in
the platforms of the populist and
democratic platforms of the last
two decades that Morehead has
not supported, and while doing it
ho was opposed and denounced
by I ho men w ho now seek to se
cure place and power on the
strength of their "progressive
ness." :o:
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Ladies' and Misses' White 4
4 Dresses, worth from $3.50
to $18.00. Summer Clear- 4
J ance Sale price, $2.50 to J
$12.00. 4
K. O. DOVEY & SON.
H-I-H H-l-H HH-H H-W
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 Ofnce.
You'll show how good
your judgement of good
clothes is by the interest you take
in this clearance sale. There are a lot of men in
this town who know a good thing when they see it;
they'll see it here; hope you are one of them.
Hart Schaffner &. Marx
Suits worth from $20 to
Now at
Society Brand Suits
Nratfromf20t.o$30..$10;$14; $18
Neck Band Shirt Worth
Manhattan Shirts
CHARGED WITH
TAKING BRIBES
Thirteen Detroit O.licials lire
Under Arrest.
GROWS GUT OF STREET DEAL
Men Charged With Accepting Money
for Vacating Highway Dictograph
Figures in Case Detectives Say
They Have Records of Conversations.
Detroit, July 27. Warrants were 13
cued (or tho arrest of twelve members
oi the common council of the city ot
Detroit and charges of accepting
bribes for their votes and influence in
the passing of a measure affecting
city property, recently transferred to
a railroad, preferred. It is alleged
that $3,7110 passed In bribes.
Thomas Ulinnan, president of the
ommon council, and B. R. Schreiter,
secretary of council committees, and
also secretary of the American League
of Municipalities, were arrested, and
other arrests are expected soon.
It is said that Olinnan accepted $1,
000, and Schreiter received $500. Elev
en other aldermen are also alleged to
have received money for the same
purpose.
The bribery was consummated and
the arrests accomplished through a de
tectlve agency working under the di
rection of a private citizen, Andrew H
Oreen, general manager of a large De
troit manufacturing plant. The de
tectlves say they have caught their
men not only with marked money,
but by dirtographic testimony and
phonographic records. It Is alleged
that $3,700 was passed, split In sums
of from $100 to $1,000.
Tho alleged graft was In connection
with tho application of the Wabash
railroad for the closing of a street
where the road wanted to build a
warehouse.
WAITER IDENTIFIES TWO
Says Webber and Sullivan Were Pres.
ert at Rosenthal Murder.
New York, July 27. Testimony that
"Bridgey" Webber, In whoso gambling
Louse the murder gang which killed
Herman Rosenthal is said to have con
gregated for the assassination, and
Jack Sullivan, alleged gobetween fot
certain of the police and gamblers,
were in front of the Hotel Metropole
at tho time Rosenthal was slain, wat
given In the coroner's court. Follow
lng these statements, Sullivan, whe
has been held as a material witness,
was rearrested on a charge of honil
clde und Webber was held without ball
for the coroner's Inquest on Aug. 15.
Louis Creso. a waiter, testified al
the hearing that he saw the assassina
tion. Two men sat in the "murder
car," while four others who stood near
hv shot Rosenthal down as he came
from the hotel. Crese Identified Web
ber as one he had recognized on, the
scene and pointed out Sullivan as hav
Ing beeii there immediately after the
shooting.
Cornhusker Is Held Decent Publication
Omaha, July 27. The 1912 Corn
husker, official year book of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, which was dfr
nled access to tho malls last spring
by the postmaster at Lincoln on the
grounds that It contained obscene and
Indecent matter, does not violate the
postal regulations, according to the
opinion expressed by Postmaster Gen
eral Frank Hitchcock in a letter writ
ten to Dana Van Dusen. editor-In-thief
of the Nebraska annual.
Butter and Egg Inquiry Goes Over.
Chicago. July 27. Tho government
concluded ita case against the Chicago
butter and egg board In the suit for an
Injunction to restrain the quotation
committee of the. board from "flxlrnj"
$30
$10 and $14
$1.25 Now 75 cents
rats J
Stetson Hats
the price' on butter and' eggs. The
last evidence was from the publishers
of a trade bulletin, which quotes the
prices made by the butter and egg
board. The directors of the board will
begin their defense Sept. 10.
PROGRESSIVES IN CONTROL
Cedar County Men Meet and Elect
Delegates to State Convention.
Hartington, Neb., July 27. Progres
shea were in control of the Cedar
county Republican convention held
here. The resolutions adopted made
no reference to the presidential situ
aliou,.nor to the national administra
tion, although the Taft forces made a
strong fight to introduce an indorse
ment of the administration and tho
Chicago platform. F. D. Stone of
Hartington was elected chairman of
the county central committee and B.
Reldy of Hartington was nominated
for county judge.
Ho'd Another Convention.
Beaver City, Neb., July 27. The
Taft Republicans, not being satisfied
with the action of the county conven
tlon Monday, when progressive candi
dates were indorsed and the name ol
President Taft not mentioned in the
resolutions, will hold another conven
tlon 9t Arapahoe today and probably
another set of delegates to the state
convention will be chosen.
Furnas Democrats Convene.
Beaver City, Neb., July 27. The
Democratic renss convention met here.
Twelve delegates were selected to the
state convention and resolutions In
dorsing Wilson and commending Sena
tor Hitchcock were adopted without
dissension.
ITS SUGAR SURPLUS
Missouri RiverTerritory Dumping
Ground lor Excess ol Product.
San Francisco. July 27. William H
Hannam, secretary of the SpreckeU
sugar corporations, was cross-examined
in the federal Inquiry Into the
so called sugar trust.
The Missouri river territory, with
Kansas City and Omaha as distribut
ing points, was characterized by Han
nam as the "dumping ground" for
western sugar.
"The surplus Is sold there for what
we can get," said Hannam. "The pre
vailing freight rate from New Or
leans to Kansas City is 32 cents per
1(J0 pounds. When the market price
is around $4.0 per 100 pounds it en
ables tbem to sell sugar in the Mis
souri river territory at $3.12 per 100
pounds. With the price here at $5 and
the freight rates 55 cent per 100
pounds the total of $5.55 makes prof
itable competition impossible, but we
have thought It advisable to keep In
the market for what we could get."
Hannam denied that the California
companies had at any time sought to
restrain trade.
The Intruder,
A certain boat coming up the Mis
sissippi one day during a flood lost
her way and bumped np against a
frame house. She hadn't more than
touched it before an old darky ram
med his head up through a hole in the
roof, where the chimney once came
out, and yelled at the captain on the
roof: "Whar's you gwlne wld dat boat?
Can't you see nothtn'T Fust thing you
knows you gwlne to turn dis bouse
ober, spill de old woman an' de chll'en
out In de flood an' drown 'em. What
you dotn' out here In de country wld
your boat, anyhow? Go on back yan
der froo de co'nfleida an' get back
Into de rlbbcr whar you b'long. Ain't
got no business sev'n miles out In the
country foolln roun people's house
nohow 1" And the boat backed out-Life.