- The Plattsmouth Journal
r"-" Published Semi-Weekly
R. A. BATES,
Entered at the Postotfice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-claa
matter.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President
WOODROW WILSON
of New Jersey.
For Vice President
I THOS. R. MARSHALL
i of Indiana.
For United States Senator
A. C. SHALLENBERGER.
For Governor
JOHN H. MOREHEAO.
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,
.'or State Superintendent
R. V. CLARK.
For Attorney General
ANDREW M. MORRISSEY.
For Commissioner Public Lands
WILLIAM B. EASTMAN.
"For Railroad Commissioner
CLARENCE E. HARMAN.
For Congressman
JOHN A. MAGUIRE.
For State Senator
WILLIAM B. BANNING.
For Representative
JOHN J. GUSTIN.
For Float Representative
CHARLES H. BUSCH.
For County Assessor
W. R. BRYAN.
For County Commissioner
. JULIUS PITZ.
Campaign arguments are to
tti'l votes, but some! inifs I bey pet
votes (lie wrong way.
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Only three more weeks till clec
lion. If you are not in line for
Wilson and Marshall, gel in line
right away, for they are going to
win, and don't voir forget, il.
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President Taft put hides on the
free list, but kejl Ihe tariff on the
wool. For that they'll presently
hang bis political hide on Ihe
fence and throw stones at it.
When a president goes a-voo
gathering, something's hound to
happen lo him.
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Secretary of Slate Wait turns
down request of Ihe regular re
publicans for place for Taft
Hectors. Wail, has an eye to busi
ness in his own interests, and his
refusal to give the regulars a
place on the ticket is an insult to
'vcry Taft man in the slate.
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Perkins' attempt to advise Hie
people of the United Stales as to
Ihe kind of laws they ought to
have for the suppression of the
lruls could only be paralleled in
its insolence by an, nssociat ion of
highwaymen insisting upon revis
ing the code relating to robbery.
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If Congressman Maguire is not
re-elected on the 5th day of No
vember it will not be his fault, lie
fulfilled his pledges to the people
of the First congressional district
and he will endeavor lo see all his
constituents before the election.
John is a mighty busy man these
days.
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The few democratic papers that
Aldrich bought by giving them Ihe
publication of the constitutional
amendments ure not of much
force in their different localities.
They nro all cheap skates and the
people have no confidence in
papers that would sell their poli
tical principles for a mess of
pot age.
The taxpayers of Cass county
should elect Julius Pilz to the
position of county commissioner,
because he is a young man pos
sessing the necessary business
qualifications to" perform the
duties of the office satisfactorily
to nil who are directly Interested
in the affairs of the county.
at Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Publisher.
Remember when you vole for
W. It. Mryan, the farmer candid
ate for county assessor, you are
supporting a man eminently well
filled for Ihe position.
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Rally around the banner with
"Wilson and Marshall" inscribed
thereon and march to the polls in
one solid phalanx and victory will
crown our efforts on the 5th day
of November.
Teddy has denounced the su
preme court of Idaho for refus
ing to allow Ihe bull moose elect
ors printed on the ballot. He has
also denounced (tie supreme court
of North Dakota for the same
thing. It is hardly right to allow
two setts of electors for one party
on the ballots, anyhow, is it?
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"Corn majestic, fruitful, wim
derous plant! The corn trium
phant, that with the aid of man
hath made victorious procession
across the tufted palin, and laid
foundation for the social excel
lence that is, ami is to be. This
glorious plant, transmuted by the
alchemy of God, sustains the
warrior in battle, the poet in song,
and strengthens everywhere, the
thousand arms that work the pur
poses of life."
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The people should support Hon.
II. H. Manning for the senate be
cause he has proved true to his
constituents. lie always done
what he thought was right and
voted against the wrong in serv
ing the people and the people
know il. Those who know Mr.
Manning host in. both Otoe and
Cass counties know there are ho
comparisons to be made between
Ihe two candidates as to ability.
This fad was demonstrated in Ihe
last session.
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Some of the papers that have
been allotted portions of the .$50,
ooil printing fund dispensed by
the governor for printing the
amendments endeavor lo convey
the impression that Mr. Metcalfe's
speeches do not uphold Senator
Morehead's candidacy for gov
ernor. Why do they no print
what Mr. Metcalfe says in his
speeches in that respect? Can it
be because such a course would
rob them of their chief asset in
Hie campaign? Lincoln Star.
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F.very voter in Cass and Otoe
counties should know, if they
don't, that W. H. Manning is one
of the best men that eer was en
lined to n seal in the senate
chamber of Nebraska. Attentive
to every desire of his con
stituents, always in the front
rank with the ablest members of
the, senate, he has won for him
self the honor as well as the
satisfaction of doing his duty at
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in nines ami unuer an circum-
.xi.uires. no j on. mini; you can
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vole against the re-election of
Senator Manning? We hope'not
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Less than a year ago (he pres.
ent governor of Nebraska praised
President Taft very highly and no
one could say kinder words of the
president. Hut after he, Hadley
and the other the governors went
east and solicited Roosevelt to
come out in opposition to Taft for
president, and he did, words were
inadequate lo express his con
tempt for President Taft. Now,
after he lias heaped all the abuse
possible upon the president, he
has the hardihood to ask the
friends of Taft to assist in his
elect ion. The close friends of tho
president will prove queer peoplo
if they can consistently vote for
the wily little governor.
Frosts are earlier than usual
Ibis jear, but still they fail to
compare with those slated for
early November. What shall the
harvest be?
A vole for Julius Pit for coun
ty commissioner is a vole for "the
right man in the right place." The
position of county commissioner
needs a man who is well versed
in such matters of business as
comes before (he board of county
commissioners, and Julius Pilz
possesses all the requirements to
do the work properly with credit
to himself and the taxpayers of
Cass county.
The little man who sometimes
occupies the governor's office in
the stale house at Lincoln, has
made himself so ridiculously un
popular with the masses of the
republican party of Nebraska, that
he has about given up all hope of
success unless some plan or
scheme can be perfected to
wheedle the Taft men into sup
porting him. "Anything, oh, Lord,
to save the coon" with Aldrich,
Wait and the balance of the re
publican ticket.
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Wouldn't it, make you cuss to
have some long-eared jackanape
rear up on his pedal extremities
and declare that any man who
won't come over to the bull moose
party is not a progressive? Most
of the leaders in the democratic
party were shouldering arms for
the progressive cause when some
of these other felolws were mere
ly serving as wet nurses to a
political microbe without form or
substance. There are thousands
of democrats and thousands of
republicans who are as honestly
progressive as any man with a
set of antlers sprouting from his
shoulders.
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There are a great many reasons
why Hon. John A. Maguire should
be re-elected, and one which is
sufficient to commend him to the
voters of the First district. The
principal reason, however, is that
he has served his constituents
faithfully and in a business-like
manner. John A. Maguire has
built iip a reputation in con
gress for honesty and integrity
and constant attention to the
duties devolving upon him as the
representative of the peoplo of
one of (he finest agricultural dis
tricts in the state. And the Jour
nal believes thai the farmers are
so well pleased with his work that
the most of them' will vote to re
turn him to congress on the 5th
day of November.
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In all our experience with
politicians, of nearly fifty years,
we never came across a cleaner
man politically, ' socially and in
business matters than Hon. John
H. Morehead. He is too clean a
man to rope with such villiflers as
Aldrich in a campaign. Mr. More
head is a gentleman who does not
desire nor will he be guilty of re
sorting to undue means to secure
a few votes. He can and will be
elected without such work. The
clean campaign he is making all
over the state has gained him
thousands of republican voles
men who regret they ever did vote
for Aldrich. The people nre con
trasting (he characters and the
standing of the two candidates
fwr governor at their own homes
and their manner of conducting
their campaigns. Aldrich has
been tried and found wanting in
his duties as chief executive of
the slate. They view in Mr.
Morehead's mode of campaign
ing that of a perfect gentleman
and a man in whom they can place
the utmost confidence that he will
do all he promises to do give the
people of Nebraska a purely busi
ness administration and not, let
politics sway him from perform
ing his duties to republicans,
socialists, bull moosers and
democrats alike. That's the kind
of governor John II. Morehead
wilt prove, if elected on the 5th
day of November, which he sure
ly will be.
A WARNING.
Chairman Thompson of the
democratic state committee
sounds a timely note in his inter
view printed in today's World
Herald, when be warns the demo
crats of Nebraska aaain.-l over
conlhlence, and points to the
dangerous and "deceptive cam
paign the supporters of Colonel
Roosevelt are making.
It is high time such a warning
were issued. Nebraska, to start
with, is not a democratic state.
The democrats lack 20,000 votes
of assured control of the state in
a normal election. It is true the
republican party Is this year di
vided. Mut it is equally true it
is not evenly divided. The big
bulk of it is following Colonel
Roosevelt and will vote for him
the fifth of next month. He is ap
pealing also ' in many insidious
ways and through various chan
nels for the support of socialists,
populists and democratic farm
ers and workingmen, including
railroad men, who he is trying to
cajole to his support by raising
the time-worn calamity cry.
The surface indications, it is
true, point plainly to Wilson
carrying Nebraska. Mut there is
a silent vote that is saying nothing-.
There is a larger undecided
vote right now; than has existed
in any previous presidential cam
paign, three weeks before elec
tion. Roosevelt's following is an
unknown quantity. All we know
about it is that it is large. How
large we do not know, and if any
body attempts to tell you he does
know, and that it is small and
getting smaller, heed him not.
He is likely to prove a delusion
and a snare to your feet.
Roosevelt may lose support, be
tween now and election day, or he
may gain support. If he gains,
he may carry Nebraska. The light
is squarely between Roosevelt and
Wilson, as Chairman Thompson
says, and it is going to depend
largely on the energy and de
termination thai the democrats
put into their campaign, for the
next three weeks, whether Wilson
wins an assured victory or the
outcome is left trembling in Ihe
balance.
We might as well face condi
tions fearlessly and frankly and
not follow the silly course of try
ing to deceive ourselves. Wilson,
in one important way, is not so
strong in Nebraska as he vv a
month ago. We refer to the sup
port he is receiving at the hands
of regular republicans. A month
ago it seemed assured that he
would poll a large vote from this
quarter to insure Roosevelt's de
feat. Since then the Taft cam
paign has taken a brace, due in
considerable part, we regret to
say, to the warvvhoops of victory
raised by over-confident demo
crats before the victory had been
won. Roosevelt has been rep
resented as losing heapily, and
these representations have led
many regular republicans, who
had intended to vote for Wilson,
to decide to vote for Taft, in the
hope of making Taft a second
rather than third man in the race.
Every vote thus subtracted from
tre democratic' candidate is a
vole to help Roosevelt beat Wil
scn, and democrats may as well
recognize it.
This campaign is not won. It
will be won, or lost, on elecion
day three weeks hence. Roose
velt is now, and will bo then, a
dangerous candidate.' His pop
ularity in Nebraska has long been
great. He is the best advertised
and best known man in the world.
He is the shrewdest and ablest
politician the country has pro
duced. He has powerful interests
backing him interests in Ne
braska as elsewhere that are
keeping under cover, and that will
not show their hands till Novem
ber 5. So far as Taft it concern
ed, his fight in Nebraska is utter
ly beyond hope, and every well in
formed republican must admit it.
Mut Roosevelt will bo a factor a
factor that must be reckoned with
till the voles are counted.
Nebraska democrats will do
well to listen to the warning of
their state chairman, arouse from
their lethargy of over-confidence,
buckle on their armor, and get
into the tight in deadly earnest.
Theodore Roosevelt is not a can
didate that can be defeated by
men walking and talking in
their sleep. World-Herald.
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While in the senate W. M. Man
ning was right in the fore
front when all important meas
ures were up for action. He didn't
skulk to the cloak room or make
himself conspicuously absent to
keep from going on record for or
against any bill presented. He
was there lo vote either for or
against it. Senator Manning has
served the people faithfully and
they can't help but realize this
fact to the extent of returning him
to the senate by a good majority.
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Teddy Roosevelt was the great
est man that ever came down the
pike when Aldrich and Paul Clark
came home from the convention
at Chicago when Taft was nom
inated. Now they are "crawfish
ing" in the direction of the Taft
people, but Paul Clark hasn't said
who he will vote for if he is elect
ed and the election of president
is thrown into the house. Mut
they can't fool the Taft people in
to supporting them, after the
abuse they have heaped upon the
president.
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Mr. Paul Clark, if you are elect
ed and the election of a president
depends upon the house, which
will you vote for President Taft
or T. R. Roosevelt? The people,
and especially the republicans,
have a right to know, so that they
can vote accordingly. Answer
soon, Mr. Clark, or the Taft sup
porters will take it for granted
that you will vote for Roosevelt.
Don't try to crawfish, but out
witli an answer.
It is very important that demo
crats should negin to think
seriously of the election of Wil
son, and begin also to think
seriously of how important it is
for everyone to help all they pos
sibly can to bring about this most
desired result. You can help more
than you think you can, and you
must do it right now, and keep on
doing il, until the last hour, and
the last minute on November 5.
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The man who shot Roosevelt at
Milwaukee Monday night is de
clared a lunatic. There are too
many such lunatics running at
large in this country and some
thing should be done to rid the
United Slates of such heretics.
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Wilson and Marshall clubs are
being organized in a number of
Cass county towns. Murray will
organize a club of about 150 next
Friday night. Wilson is gaining
ground every day in Nebraska, and
every democrat should rally to his
support.
"Crawfishing" is now the chief
sport of the bull moosers in Nebraska.
Wo.., trow Wilson is in the sad
dle and i leading the democratic
hosts on to victory. The peoplo
everywhere realize, that he is an
able niiiu and worthy of serving
as chief executive of this great
republic.
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Senator Ollie James of Ken
tucky truthfully said the other day
at Vincennes, Ind., that "President
Taft. is the only president in the
history of this great republic that
ever vetoed a bill that cheapened
clothing (o the shivering poor."
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Charles H. Musch, democratic
candidate for float representative
for Otoe and Cass counties, is at
his home now from a business trip
down in Kansas and expects to
see all the voters lie possibly can
between now and election. He is
a good man.
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The taxpayers of Cass county
see in Julius Pitz a young man of
ability and one who. will look to
their interests in a business-like
manner. This Is the sort of a
man they want on the county
board of commissioners, and
those who want to see their in
terests protected will vote for
Julius Pitz.
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Reports from the several coun
ties of the First congressional
district seem more encouraging
than ever for Hon. John A. Ma
guire. He is a man of the people,
and the people generally believe
in letting well enough alone. John
A. Maguire has performed his
duty well and the people of this
district will re-elect him by an
increased majority.
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Governor Woodrow Wilson and
Governor Thomas Riley Marshall
are gaining ground so rapidly in
Indiana that there no longer is
any serious doubt about their
carrying the state. The outlook
for the success of the democratic
ticket in. this so-called pivotal
state is so good that not a dollar
is being offered there that Wilson
and Marshall will not win.
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The people of Nebraska esteem
Hon. John H. Morehead very high
ly, because of his character as a
man, a citizen and genuine good
ness of heart. He is not a boast
er, like his opponent, but is plain
in his remarks to the voters tell
ing them what he will do if elected
governor and they believe he
will do just as he says he will. He
is a plain business man and one
that has been very successful in
conducting his own affairs. A
man who has been thus success
ful you can surely depend upon
it thai he will make a governor
that will look after the affairs of
slate creditably to the taxpayers.
That is Hon.' John II. Morehead.
In buying clothes,
as in buying other
things. It's always wise to be sure
you get what you pay for; some
times the ignorance of a buyer is
the chief source of profit to the
seller.
When you come here you know
exactly what you're getting; every
article is marked in plain figures,
from which there is no discount.
Every good model in fashionable .
overcoats is here. The prices are
made to represent supreme values
$12.50 to $30
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