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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President
WOODROW WILSON
of New Jersey.
Tor Vice President
THOS. R. MARSHALL
of Indiana.
for United States Senator
A. C. SHALLENBERGER.
For Governor
JOHN H. MOREHEAD.
For Lieutenant Governor
HERMAN DIERS.
For Secretary of State
JOHN W. KELLEY.
For Auditor Public Accounts
HENRY C. RICHMOND,
'or State Treasurer
GEORGE E. HALL.
For State Superintendent
R. V. CLARK.
For Attorney General
ANDREW M. MORRISSEY.
For Commissioner Public I.ands-
WILLIAM B. EASTMAN.
For Railroad Commissioner
CLARENCE E. HARMAN.
For Congressman
JOHN A. MAGUIRE.
For Stale Senator
WILLIAM B. BANNING.
For llejiresenl alive
JOHN J. GUSTIM.
For Float Representative
CHARLES H. BUSCH.
For County Assessor
W. R. BRYAN.
For Coiinlv Commissioner
JULIUS PITZ.
.Next .Monday is Labor day. Re
member there vill be no paper
issued from this ollice on tbat
lay.
That smile Renlly slealing over
the coal man's face indicates tbat
he, too, lias beard (be katydid's
song.
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IHurh as we fuss in politics, it
would help some if everyone were
as polite ami pleasant as the can
didates. :o:
Since 18(H) forty three counties
in Nebraska have voted bonds for
court bouses, a total amount of
3,305,000.
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"When you go to the stale fair
next week, don't fail to call at
democratic headquarters, on the
air grounds. You are welcome.
This is a ureal country, but
Some people seem In have an idea
thai it is going fo take an awful
lol of talk to save it.
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Soine men are progressive ami
ail the same lime safe, while
others fein progressive at tributes
and are not safe. Governor Wil
son comes under the former class
and is the only man out for presi
dent llial can 1111 the bill.
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The regular republicans,
through their executive com
mittee, in session at Lincoln,
Monday evening, politely asked
(he bull moose electors to leave
the ticket, and the order is sent
direct to candidates. The regulars
evidently mean business.
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Congressman John A. Maguire
will arrive at home in Lincoln this
week. Many farmers throughout
Ibe First district, as well as
friends in the cities, towns and
villages, are awaiting to givo him
(ho glad hand, with the, greeting:
"Well done, thou good and faith
ful servant."
The third term proposition is
beginning to take effect with the
people throughout the country,
and the nearer the approach of
Ihe election the more serious are
the American people in the
thought that the third term for
Roosevelt is a bad precedent to
slablish in this country, which
had already been refused to that
foldier and patriot General U. S
C.rnnt.
Cold .storage didn't do much for
the egg, but il has reduced the
visible supply of dried apples,
which helps some.
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The slate bankers, in session at
Omaha this week, seemed very
well satisfied with the bank guar
antee law, as they asked for no
change.
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President Tall, doesn't seem the
b-asl bit excited over the political
outlook. Perhaps he thinks it is
just as well, for Wilson and Mar
shall will be elected anyway.
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Hul a lillle over two months till
election, ami I hat is comparatively
a short lime in which to organize
the democratic party as it should
be for the great battle on the 5th
day of November.
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There is ju.-t one more thing
thai the hull moosers forgot to
put in their platform, and that
was o endorse the hobble skirt,
lint from what they are willing to
stand for if is apparent llial this
was only an oversight.
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The success of the democratic
party in Nebraska depends lo a
great exlent upon bow thorough
ly the parly is organized in the
state. livery democrat should
look at it. in I hat light, and every
one put on his hustling clothes.
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A year ago Ibis lime everything
was burning up. The lawns were
dry as powder and crop condi
tions discouraging. Today the
lawns are green and the crops
look eloquent in promise. Look
around you and see the contrast.
One of (he crop expert says the
United Slates will produce an in
crease of four hundred million in
corn.
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Acording to the St. Louis Globe
hemocrat, five of the seven gov
ernors who came out for the colo
nel as a candidate before the Chi
cago convention decline to join
the third party. Our own gove
rnor is one of them. He has not
espoused the new parly, but he
evidently considers it susceptible
to bis charms and has been carry
ing on a desperate flirtation with
it. Lincoln Star.
The people need have no fear
foe Ihe' welfare of Nebraska with
.John II. Morebead at the head of
the administration of affairs. The
same sound business principles
that won for him personal suc
cess will be applied lo the affairs
of stale. The democrats could
nut base possibly made u wiser
choice for governor, and many
republicans are coming over to
the Morebead side every day.
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Kugcne V. Debs, the socialist
candidate for president, is a very
bright man. No one can dispute
that, successfully, but he is mis
taken in some of his utterances.
For instance, he declares "that
Ihe progressive tendency which is
manifested in the organization of
a new parly can never be checked,
tut will become more and more
pronounced until it ends in
socialism." Hut if he things that
the Roosevelt third parly tends to
wards socialism he is very much
mistaken. II contains too many
trust magnates. They are for the
socialism of wealth, hut never for
the socialism of the poor. We
would like to know wherein Theo
dore Roosevelt ever gave th
laboring men of this country the
least bit of encouragement. He is
supported for president by some
of the worst white-slave drivers
that ever existed in this country
which boasts of so much freedom
Governor Aldrich has at last
issued his Labor day proclama
tion. Hetter late I ban never. He
has been so busy endeavoring to
repair bis political fences that he
had probably forgotten his duty in
Ibis respect.
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Senator La Folb-tle proposes to
have Roosevelt campaign dona
tions investigated, and to keep up
(be light until they are. Roose
velt was elected by millions of
trust money, and Senator La I'oJ
lelfe knows it.
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A Taft republican, up in slate
politics, says the bull moosers
will have to paddle their own
canoe, and that they needn't ex
pect t hat the regulars are going
lo play tail to their kite. The
candidate on the stale ticket who
does not come out for the straight
republican ticket is going to get
left.
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Paul Clark is getting deeper
and deeper in the soup, and is
Mumped as lo a way to get out.
The fact is that Paul has tried so
many schemes to get Taft repub
lican support that he is plum
schemed out, and is up a tree as
lo what to do next. John Maguire
will give him plenty of employ
ment from now till election, and
lieu be will be free lo return to
lis haunts in the west.
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The seed corn question is be
ginning to get very monotonous
wild the farmers. Every year
someone springs something new
on the seed corn queslioii, as if
Ihe fanners did not have sense
noiigh to know their own busi
ness. J-avorable weather lias
more lo do with a good corn crop
than anything else. As far as
seed corn is concerned, every
farmer makes a practice of lay
ing by seed corn, and there is but
little use for the professional
man, politician or newspaper man
to worry themselves to death on
that score.
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The bankers of Nebraska met
in Omaha Monday for a two-days'
session. Monday afternoon T. S.
Mathews, cashier of the Fremont
Savings bank, and former United
States marshal for Nebraska,
made a speech, in which he closed
with a severe attack upon Ihe evils
of concentrated wealth, assailing
the sincerity of the leaders of
the bull moose party, Roosevelt
and George- V. Perkins, hia
financial manager, coming in for
a share of censure. The speech
was a masterly effort and received
great applause- from the 400
bankers present.
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The voters
tf Otoe and Cass
ounlies will re-elect Hon. W. H.
Manning to the slate senate, be-
ause they have confidence in bis
integrity and statesmanship. The
most of the people of Ihese two
otmtics have known Hill Han
niug from early boyhood days and
he has always proved faithful to
very trust reposed in him. In
Ihe slale senate no one wielded
more inlliience, ami lie was al
ways right in the front rank when
Ihe interests of his constituents
were at slake. He is a man, every
inch of him, and he has proved
so in every position ine people
have placed him.
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'Julis Pit., the democratic can
didate for county commissioner,
las been pretty busy on the farm
and has not had an opportunity to
see many voters throughout the
county, but he has plenty of time
yet before the election to visit the
farmers and towns in the county.
Those who are. not acquainted
with Mr. Pitz will find him a most
genial gentleman, and at first ac
quaintance will see in him a man
who possesses all the require
ments to till the responsible posi
tion of commissioner with ability
and to the satisfaction of the tax
payers. He is a good man, in fact
one of the best that ever aspirer
to a position that required so
much business qualifactions, and
do the business right.
There may yet be a third party
candidate nominated for governor
in Nebraska. No telling.
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Michael Flipllop Harrington is
keeping very quiet these days.
Perhaps he is getting ready to
make another change of heart,
and may vote for Wilson yet.
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After being thrown down by
Aldrich as chairman of the bull
moose party, F. P. Carrick has
been selected as chairman of the
"third party."
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Taft supporters are getting in
line to do effective campaign work
for their favorite, and they will
have some pretty strong speakers
on the stump in the various
stales.
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George V. Hankins, .one-time
king of Chicago gamblers, the
man who once wagered $50,000
upon the turn of a single card and
lost without batting an eye or
blinking a blinker, is dead in Chi
cago. At one time be was esti
mated to be worth about four or
live millions of dollars, but died
penniless and old-time friends
had to arrange for his burial. He
was 07 years oldT
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Roosevelt talks against trusts,
and ties himself to them. When
president, Paul Morton was found
guilty of rebating. Roosevelt
slopped proseculimis against him
and gave him a cabinet, position
He accepted the assistance of
llarriman lo carry New York
Georgf? Perkins is now bis chief
upporfer. The Perkins interests
may be prosecuted by the govern-
neiit. If they are, and Roosevelt
is president, will lie not dismiss
the suits and give Perkins what
ever he asks
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With charadieris-tie magiiamiu-
ily, the bull unooe candidate for
president invito all honest and
true American of bUi parties to
believe and be- s-asictj under the
banuer-of Ihe. ma.n, wk bolted the
republican nalietwuU convention.
Roosevelt's (leliuiJ.it'Ha) an honest
and true Amcriau bums an in
dividual anxious tc MEow bis
leadership, whether Ur m.itvbkial
be of Ihe Hos Fln.m fiypn ur a
high-brow like I3t;veirii'llg.e-.. Na
turally he assume Uuwk air some
of that sort iii th &tni;wcralic
party; perhaps hit think. there
are a good many siu:h,. bttiug con
ceiled concerning, ha pov-. Ami
having issued I hi Lil)ia.t and
cordial invitation,. th- bu.lt nuxtser
talks freely of breaking, the solid
south. Thai, incidentally,, is all
stuff. He has- talked1 that way he
fore, when ho was- mounted on
Ihe elephant inslead! of the bull
moose, and when he had the en
lire republican party at his back.
Hut if did not get him anything.
Teddy is a gay deceiver; that's all
you can mute out of him.
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While the Aldrich idea is tbat
Ihe taxpayer should be content
wilh merely paying the, taxes a
sacred privilege among ttie
plank in the democratic stale
platform will be found the follow
ing for your consideration: "Ne-
truska's awkward and inequitable
taxation system should be re
placed by a twentieth century
method. We favor, therefor, taxa
tion reforms by separation of the
sources of the slate and local
revenues, thus giving to counties
ami towns the privilege of enjoy
ing the taxes from purely local
valuations. Land held for specu
lative purposes and without im
provement ought to carry a larger
share of taxation than it now
does. To this end we promise to
submit to the vote of the people
a proposed constitutional amend
nient enlarging the powers of the
legislature with respect to the en
nctment of the taxation system,
and then provide for the selection
of a commission whose business
it will be to investigate and report
for the consideration of the legis
lature its ideas of the taxation
svstem suited for Nebraska's
peculiar needs."
TWO SYSTEMS; BOTH CAUGHT.
Are the confessions of Senator
Penrose in keeping with what we
know of the management and
policies of the republican party
luring the last sixteen years?
Tbat is the point, says the New
York World.
There will be disagreement as
li personal culpability of this
man or that; The word of some
people, will be doubled. There will
be differences of opinion as to de
grees of guilt, as to motives and
as to purposes. There are those
who will profanely wonder how it
happened I hat w hen some uncon
scionable deviltry in the political
interest of Theodore Roosevelt
was afoot he always wrote a
private letter to somebody, to be
produced later, disavowing the
villiany.
Put concerning the main point
we think there can be but one
conclusion. When the republican
parly was Hannaized in 1896 it
fell into the hands of the protect
ed interests, which considered
laws a commodity to be bought
like anything else. In return for
gigantic campaign funds that
party gave the government of the
United States into the keeping of
these interests. They have writ
ten and to a large exlent (hey have
"enforced" the laws that they
bought.
The period of Hannaisin em
braces the presidencies of Mc-
Kinley, Roosevelt and Taft. Of
Mr. McKinley's devotion lo the
idea that il is the duty of govern
ment to take care of the rich and
lo trust the rich to look after the
welfare of other people there can
be no question.
Of Mr. Taft's inability, in spite
of promises, to free hmis-elf from
the all-powerful clutches of the
protected trusts and combine we
have bad sad and repeated proof
in his vetoes of the democratic
republican bills reducing the ct
of living.
There remains to be consider
ed Theodore Roosevelt. He vva at
l lie head or the Hannaized. gov
ernment nearly twice as long- a.s
McKinley or Taft. The only dif
ference between him and. them
was mat, neing violent,, joamiu
and resentful, he fell out with, a
few of the great corporations-
while heaping favors uponitliM
others. In the matter of misohiBf
done he was the worst of the Han
naized presidents, for his- glut
tonous ambition made him par
ticularly susceptible to thos-wh
pandered to his vanity andi hi
lust of power. He has atwailhd!
many things, but he has novum
yet attacked the tariff whiehiguMu
him the presidency.
Thus we have three Hammj.e
administrations, all with records
of contempt for populaii right
that lit exactly the theory, of gov
ernment by syndicate, that Mark
Hanna established. Can we won
der that the great: party thus
shamelessly perverted, has gone to
pieces? Can we. niarVel at the
feuds that have appeared anion.
its leaders? Can- wu be surprised
because they an1' breaking their
ong sibnee? Is. there anything
strange about the efforts of some
if the worst of them to make it
appear- that they are innocent t
It was. -inevitable that a system
such a this should be exposed
It is mot in human nature to main
tain forever in secret offenses so
outrageous. We believe that the
Penrose, confession will be fol
lowed by others. Fear, revenge
and hope of reward will roveal the
truth as to Hanna's national sys
tem as they are now doing in New
York with relation to the in
famous police system.
They are two of a kind.
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Prof. Condra of the state uni
versity has just returned from the
east, where he has been as an in
structor in Cornell university at
Ithaca, N. Y., during the summer
season. Ho says many educators
of the country arc for Woodrow
Wilson for president, regardless
of their party affiliations, and that
Wilson stock is away in the
ascendancy in the east.
Vacation time is almost at an
end. The Plattsmouth High school
ill open one week from next
Monday. Other schools, many of
them, commence next, Monday.
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President Taft has declined to
make any political speeches dur
ing the campaign. He says the
oters will have to make up their
minds without any more speeches
from him.
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Aldrich thinks ho owns the bull
moo.se party, and he is using bis
utmost efforts to capture the third
party and also Ihe regular repub
lican party. He will have ulentv
o keep him busy.
Governor Marshall, democratic
candidate for vice president, is
nuking some telling speeches in
Maine. Champ Clark ami Con.
pressman Lnderwood are both
speaking in that state, also.
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Some economist has staled that
if the American people would quit
ating veal the cost of beef would
get lower. Too many of the cat
tle in this country are slafn he.
fore they are fullv develoned
Every democrat who attends the
slate fair next week should bear
in mind that headquarters have
been established on the grounds
ind I hat' all the democratic can
didates will be there to meet vou
and that you will receive a cordial
greeting.
SIciriiiMi mi Ih'il ia,.iw.;I nv.,1 ,.'..
1 "l' ...m j'l. itv il uil'l
I hose school books gathered up
for the time is close at hand
when you must answer the sum
mons of the school bell and set
tle down to work and see just bow
much you have forgotten since
the last term of school closed.
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Having b'n thrown down by
fPw progressive republican fac
tion, through the- activities of the
governor, K p. Corrick has de
termined to "-manage" the third
parly tise in this state. Are we
f ewiichnie that it may determine
to nominate a candidate for gov
(MMr? LineoEa Star.
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Mofe- improvements will have
bu made-'hi Plattsmouth by the -fciaso'-f
tnn seas! closes this year
than any season for a number of
ye, lae fine- Woodman tem
pt,, th new laundry building,
four or five up-to-date resi
dence and the several business
houses remodeled are evidences of
this- faeti, and. stilt the good work
goes- ort. Desirable residences to
rent are a very scarce article and
are very much in demand.
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William Flinu, the Pittsburg
niilUotiaire politician, and rep
resenting the Roosevelt interests
in Pennsylvania, evidently has
not the greatest confidence in the
success of the Roosevelt ticket.
Hilles, chairman of the repub
lican national committee, has re
ceived a proposition from Flinn
to withdraw the electors from the
republican ticket and substitute
Taft electors in their places. This,
is politics in Pennsylvania.
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