- The Plattsmouth Journal -
Published Semi-Weekly at
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postolfice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, aa eecond-clas
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Win witli Woodrow Wilson.
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Many who believed in Roosevelt
in tin' shu t, arc now joining the
Taft forces.
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(iovcnioi' Wil.son will not touch
(lie local tilil in any state Thai's
llllislll'SS.
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As yet we hear of no special
trains carrying' masses of people
to tins Roosevelt convention next
Monday.
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The young men, of Cass coun
ty who will this year cast their
first vote should start right by
voting for Woodrow Wilson, the
winner.
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It is reported that Kansas has
a thousand more school teachers
than they need. Let them come
over into .Nebraska ami we'll find
places for llieni.
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Nearly everyone is satisfied
willi enough of this world's goods,
1 mi I notions as to how much that
is are Mihjeel. to freipjcnt revision
upward.
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The alleged third parly is long
on leaders, hut very short on
privates. Under such conditions
wouldn't it appear awkward on
dress parade?
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Jinlne Oldham made a speech
at the (iraml Island convention,
and referred to the Chicago
republican convent ion as a clash
between the steam roller and cash
register. The judge always has
something up his sleeve "to bring
down the house,"
Our city is certainly doing the
royal thing in the entertainment
of the Cass county teachers this
week. Plallsinoulh can do the
right thing when our people lake
the notion.
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All hut live republican mem
bers of congress at tended the
notification of Taft that he had
bought .something at Chicago a
few weeks ago. The five who did
not attend were Norris, Anderson,
iCnpley, Fuller and Uartman.
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The Financial World says that
the republican party cannot he
held responsible for the high cost
f living, for prices have risen all
over the world. That may be true,
but for the "higher" cost of liv
ing in the United Slates than in
any oilier country the republican
party is responsible.
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Editor Tnmplin of the Tekamah
Journal, a Taft paper, banded one
1o Nebraska's little governor di
rect from the shoulder in his last
issue. Speaking of Aldrich's pte-1
siding at the republican conven
tion last week, he says: "His ac
tion of Tuesday is proof to the
slate at large that he is a misfit
in his position in this stale." And
then again: "The republican
party will spew him from their
midst in November, like one gets
rid of an unpalatable mouthful of
medicine."
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The Journal printed an item a
lew days since in which we slated
that a Cass county farmer brought
lo this olllco a stalk of corn
measuring 11 feet and 4 inches in
height. Now comes the Nebraska
City Press and says a stalk of
rorn was exhibited in that city
Saturday measuring 22 feet high,
standard government measure
ment. Now, we do not wish lo
doubt our brother editor of the
Press for truth and veracity, but
as we ore fryin Missouri, "wo will
have lo bo shown."
Plaltsnoutti, Nebraska i
Fanners are not complaining
very much about rain these days
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During the healed term it is
well to recall that a blizzard is
not an unqualified joy,
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Democratic stale headquarters
w ill be opened at I lie f.indell hole!
in Lincoln this week.
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It is thought now that congress
will adjourn in lime for the mem
bers to get home to vote.
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The new party is born, but the
I infant mortality rate in new
parties has been fearfully high in
this country.
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It won't be long till school
commences, and we know a lot of
people in Ibis old town that will
be glad of it.
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A number of Wilson clubs have
already been formed in the state.
Why not organize a club in
l'latlsiuoulh?
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Uncle Sam has managed pretty
well, but as soon as the women
get, lo voting it will be claimed
I hat his w ife made him.
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The third party bull moose has
The third party bull moose
ticket has been nominated in Il
linois, and the battle will soon be
on good and plenty.
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Somehow the fanners never
take much interest in anything
pertaining to better methods of
agriculture that comes out from
Chicago and New York.
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There won't be much trouble
in the bull moose convention to
day. Everything1 is cocked and
primed and all they have to do is
go through the motion and Teddy
is 'It" with a big I.
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New Jersey was one of the
original thirteen slates of the
union; there were thirteen ses
sions of the Baltimore conven
tion; Bryan went to Wilson after
the thirteenth ' ballot, and there
are just thirteen letters in' Wood -row
Wilson's name. Io you
reckon there is anything in that?
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H is hard and sometimes im
possible to make a saint out of a
hardened sinner, and it cannot be
expected that all the seasoned
standpatters will vide for Wilson,
but many independent young men
who are not tied to the old g. o. p.'
ship will vote for Wilson and the
progressive ticket.
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The democrats in Washington
are rejoicing over the passage of
the Ua Follette wool bill in the
senate. The substitution of that
bill for the one that came from
the house, because voles enough
to pass the house bill could not bo
secured, has left the regular
standpatters in a terrible state of
confusion. They had expected to
pass the Penrose bill, and then
make it the basis of their cam
paign, for the president had
agreed to sign it.
Medill McConnick's demand
that republican congressmen
come to the front and say whether
they stand for Roosevelt or Taft,
met with replies something like
this from Congressman W. A.
Rodenberg: "I regard your in
quiry as impertinent, as I abso
lutely 'deny your right to inter
rogate any republican candidate
as to his attitude." The bull
moose bluffers may bo able to
bluff some weak-kneed congress
men, but none with the staminy
of Rodenberg.
It is not so much the high cost
of living, but. the cost of living
high that bothers many people.
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If an auto should not be run
upon the streets faster than the
law allows, why should a motor
cycle be allowed to do so? Will
someone please answer?
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Don't get the impression that
Woodrow Wilson is a mollycoddle
just because he is a schoolmaster.
You forget that it takes a real
man, physically and otherwise, to
make a success fn the school
room, and tliat niost of our great
men got their start by teaching.
Hesides, Woodrow played on the
college team, coached the college
football bunch and otherwise
demonstrated that his veins were
chock full of rich red blood. If
you don't believe-he is built for
the strenuous life - just stand
around and watch him heave re
publican ollice-holders down the
back stairs after March , 1 U 1 3 .
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On July 20 wheat was quoted
at 93 cents in Winnipeg and 90
cents in Kansas City. The dis
tance between Winnipeg and Kan
sas City and the Liverpool market
is practically the same, with Win
nipeg favored in rates because of
a longer water haul. American
wheal growers are "protected"
against the pauper wheat of
Canada by a tariff of 25 cents a
bushel. Puzzle: Why is the un
protected wheat of Canada selling
for more at Winnipeg than the
protected wheal, of the United
Slates is sidling at Kansas City?
Will some advocate of a high pro
tective tariff please answer?
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It has cost (he state more
money to publish the constitu
tional amendments lo be voted
upon at elections in the past ten
years than it would cost to make
an entire new constitution. And
over half of the money thus ex
pended has been a total waste, as
the amendments were defeated
more than half the time. It will
cost the state $50,000 to publish
the amendments to be voted on
this fall, and it is rather doubtful
if they are all adopted. Why
squander so much money thusly,
when it will not cost much more
lo make an entire new constitu
tion? The papers throughout the
slate should agitate the proposi
tion.
Oeorge W. Perkins of New-
York, the steel trust magnate, was
one of the first arrivals of note
that arrived for the bull moose
convention at Chicago. Roosevelt
enthusiasts should make a note of
this. A. J. Moore, another trust
magnate, of Pittsburg, is another
one of Roosevelt's supporters that
is on hand also. These two, with
Medill McConnick, another mil
lionaire "trust-buster," are tho
fellows who did finance Teddy's
campaign ngainsl Taft and they
propose to raise the money to still
try to pull Roosevelt back into the
presidential chair lo do their bid
ding. Isn't it strange that so
many people will be drawn into
the support of this wily Roosevelt,
with all these circumstances be
fore them?
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This for the Nebraska City-
News: Formerly each couuty was
a senatorial district. This gave
Otoe and Cass counties each a
member of the slate committee,
but now one for both counties. At
the Fremont convention a year
ago, when the lime came to select
a representative on the state
committee, the delegates from the
two counties held a conference,
and it was decided lo elect Dr.
Livingston for the first year and
then Otoe could name the mem
ber for this year. And this is the
way the understanding came
about. The Journal did not mean
that it was an understanding to
elect Mr. Young, but that Otoe,
according to the agreement at
Fremont, was entitled to the
member of the state committee
the ensuing year. This, and noth
ing more.
Now it is reported that con
gress will adjourn about the 17th
of this month.
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Teddy thinks lie is "II" now,
but he won't think so much that
way after the 5th of November.
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Woodrow Wilson knows some
thing' about running a campaign
himself and will probably take a
hand in doing so.
The night police should be a
little more alert on the watch for
night prowlers. We hear of some
and they are not strangers in the
cily either.
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W. J. Bryan has sent $1,000 to
Woodrow Wilson lo add to the
campaign fund. This is the largest
that has yet been contributed.
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Wilson and Marshall are be
coming household words already,
and the youngsters barely able to
talk are this early hurrahing for
"Wilson and Marshall."
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Roosevelt expects to "stand in"
Willi southern people by refusing
support from the niggers. Too
thin, Teddy. It won't bear wash
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An out-of-town young man has
queered himself with a Plalls
inoulh school niarni by misspel
ling a word in his last letter, lie
called her his "sweat-heart."
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We do not believe there is a
democrat in Cass county that will
not vole for Wilson and Marshall.
And we know of a large number
of republicans who will support
Hie ticket.
We do not understand a demo
cratic editor who supports Aid
rich in preferenve to a gentleman
and democrat like lion. John II.
Morehead. The publication of the
constitutional amendments no
doubt was the inducement. Such
cattle do not command a big
price.
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There are a few republican
patters in Nebraska that failed to
receive a bite of the constitutional
amendment pie. They are regular
republican supporters, of course,
with no bull moose attachments.
This, of course, is done for spite
on the part of Aldrich. 'But he!
will need these papers before the
ides of November, and need them
badly, loo.
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Some republicans about Platts
inoulh are halting between two
opinions. iiiey don't know
whether to gel into the bull moose
band-wagon or stay with the reg
ulars. The suggestion that they
get aboard the Wilson band
wagon might furnish a solution
of the knotty problem.
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John H. Morehead is right the
opposite of his opponent. He is
steadfast in his views of right
and no man has ever charged that
he is a "spraddler" on any ques
tion that has ever come up before
the public. John II. Morehead
ha9 only one method of winning
people to himself and that is the
principle of honesty and un
equvocal fairness.
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In this county Hon. John II.
Morehead will receive a large
number of republican votes men
who really believe he is the best
and safest man for governor of
Nebraska. They say that Aldrich
has made a great failure, and has
proved to be entirely too small in
many of his acts for governor.
He does not possess the dignity,
they say, that a governor should
possess, and has been entirely too
officious in matters that did not
belong to his department in any
respect, v, They believe that Sen
ator Morehead is a gentleman of
sound judgment and one of most
excellent business qualities, and
they believe Mr. Morehead will
give them just what a governor
should give them a purely busi
ness administration. And he will
not disappoint them.
The prolific political crop may
be endured much more easily if
the crop of golden grain pans out
as they promise.
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The bull moose convention was
not attended by very many Ne
braskans. In fact, the convention
was not nearly as large an affair
as it was "cracked up" to be.
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A bred her of Senator La Fol
lette says that Wilson and Mar
shall will carry Wisconsin. And
he is not the only man in Wiscon
sin that tli inks that way, either.
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According to the assessment re
turns several weeks ago, Cass
county had 207 automobiles, and
it is'presunied that enough have
since been bought to reach over
300.
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Speaker Clark and Congressman
Underwood will both campaign in
the interest of Wilson and Mar
shall. They will begin their work
in Maine, where the state election
comes off the first of September.
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There has not been a time in the
last twenty years when a united
democratic party could not have
defeated (he republican party.
Now that it faces a divided repub
lican party wit h its ranks closed
up and not a gap in the whole line
of battle, can there be much doubt
about what the result will be?
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Paul Clark no doubt would like
lo go to congress, but be will have
o move lo some district other
than the First in order to satisfy
his desire. The voters in Ibis dis
trict are so well pleased with
Hon. John A. Maguire that they
are not ready yet lo give him up.
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The editor of the Fremont
Herald is a democrat after our
own heart, and speaks our senti
ments precisely as fololws: "He
who plays the political game and
cannot take his medicine with a
smiling face,, ought to step aside
and join the ranks of the down-and-outers.
The anti-Brynes fac
tion have their inning now, and
are entitled to laugh and cheer
and sing over the victory. But all
of those defeated at Grand Island
are willing, for the sake of demo
cracy, to stand shoulder lo
shoulder and fight for the success
or the national ticket, believing it
best for the people and besl for
the nation. The democrats of Ne
braska may have their quarrels,
but in Ibis year of grace all fac
tions will cease their bickering
that the success of Wilson and
Marshall may be the greatest of
any political battle fought within
the state."
The Trials of a Traveler.
"I am a traveling salesman,"
writes E. E. Youngs, E. Berkshire,
VI., "and was often torubled with
constipation and indigestion till I
began to use Dr. King's New Life
Pills, which I have found an ex
cellent remedy." For all stom
ach, liver or kidney troubles they
are unequaled. Only 25 cents at
F. O. Fricke & Co.
s
TF you knew how fast these
-Ifine suits are getting away from
you, we're sure you'd let no time
elapse before you'd be trying yours on. We're going
to sell them allclean up the whole Summer stock;
and you can take our word for it you want some of
them. '
Suits from Hart, Schaffner &. Marx and Alfred
Decker & Cohn now selling for $10, $14 and $18.
You know their real value. '
All Straw Hats & Price!
" Sulfa VchUlcfj;
Manhattan Shirts
GETING REM FOR
1HE1L TRADE
The Live-Wire Merchant These
Quiet Days Is Getting Ready
for Busy Fall Trade.
During these dull, quiet days
the live-wire retailer is making
plans for a big, busy fall trade.
He is planning rearrangements
of slock in certain departments
perhaps new paint inside and out
possibly a new store front.
He is outlining a campaign of
real advertising, too, beginning
with a "Fall Opening Week" and
going right through to the end of
the year. Of course, ho can only
outline it now, as the details must
be worked out week by week later
on, but the early preparation now
when there's plenty of time will
save dollars and make greater
profits, too, when the campaign
gets under way.
He is figuring out ways and
means of getting as many people
as possible into his store; of giv
ing them the very best service
there and of selling them all the
dependable merchandise in, his
line they can afford to buy.
But this live-wire retailer does
not slop there, for he is thinking
of some town-boosting plans to
suggest at the next meeting of the
local retailers' association. He
realizes fully (hat he will share
directly in the benefits accruing
from any plan that will bring
more people to town and make
them glad to come. He knows that
people like to trade in the town
and in the store where there's
something worth while going on.
They "get, enough of deadly dull
monotony on f lie farm.
So the live-wire retailer be
lieves in giving them something
to do, something to think and
talk about, when they come to
town.
And assuredly he is wise in his
day and generation.
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Such Proof as This Should Con
vince Any Plattsmouth
Citizen.
Tho public endorsement of a
local citizen is the best proof that
can be produced.. None better,
none stronger can be had. When
a man conies forward and testifies
to his fellow-citizens, addresses
his friends and neighbors, you
may be sure he is thoroughly con
vinced or he would not do so. Tell
ing one's experience when it is for i
the public good is an act of kind
ness that should be appreciated.
The following statement given by
a resident of Plattsmouth adds
one more to the many cases of
Homo Endorsement which are be
ing published about Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Read it..
W. M. Barclay, proprielor of
restaurant, Main street, Platts
mouth, Neb., says: "I have not
had a single symptom of kidney
complaint' since I loan's Kidney
Pills cured me several years ago.
I am glad to verify the statement
I gave in 1908 endorsing them.
had an extreme lameness across
my loins, when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. This rem
edy soon corrected the trouble."
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United States. ,
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.
Stetson Hats
ENDORSED AT ROM