The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, February 06, 1913, Image 4
-The Piattsmouth Journal - CUD Published Semi-Weekly at Piattsmouth, Nebraska CZZD R. A. BATES, Publisher. Entered at the I'o.stoifiee at Piattsmouth, Nebrauka, as Becond-c!as matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Did tin; shadow? ground-hog see li is Well, what back in his holt :o: f it, if In- did go -:o: Some people don't go very inui'li on Mr. (irouud-hog, any way. :o: ' Sometimes a tempest in a tea pot servos tin; pood purpose of showing 1 1 i i 1 1 way I In wind Mows. :o: America wauls no monarchy or one-man government. That's the idea of Hie single six-year term for presidents. :o: No more liills will be in troduced in the Nebraska legis lature after this week. The lime limit of twenty days will bo up. Weather is a lot like people you know, in threatening more than it really does. And I ho semblance extends further tnlo I lie realms of uncertainty. :o: The light on the removal of the utate university is getting red-hot up around Lincoln, and if it be comes much holler somebody is liable to gel I heir lingers burned. :o: Governor Morehead will attend the inauguration of President Wilson, all ended by twenty-five members of his staff, who will participate in I he parade. :o: A lady writes to know whether liabies may eomo by parcel post. They may, but we doubt.it very much. It is hard to break peo ple away from old-fashioned no i ions. :o: You uocr saw a community in your life that did not possess a few people who always opposed public sentiment. Hut generally speaking, I hey are a class of peo ple who own no property and here only temporarily. :o: Piattsmouth needs harmony among its business men, but we can't have it with people en deavoring to create a turmoil among them. Piattsmouth is prospering well enough. And wo say, "Let well enough alone." :o: First call: Have you tested your sei-d corn yet? :o : What about a Chautauqua for I'latlsnioulh next season? Can't we get up one? Think about it and agitate it. :o:- The claim is made that it will cost 2,r00,000 to remove tho slato university. Just as well ex pend this amount in removal as to expend it in purchasing wound in the vicinity of of stato buildings as they are situated. See the point?" :o: The Nebraska legislature is truly on record as favoring tho Kovernmcnt ownership of tele graph and telephone lines. Hon Fred neuter's memorializing con gress to pass a bill to this effect, has passed both house and senate almost without a dissenting voice :o: Every time tho English law makers indicate that women should not have tho right to vote, tho women start out to smashing up things, and making themselves felt in this way, if they can't make themselves felt at tho ballot box. Poor way to accomplish their purpose. :o: There is no question about it W. J. Hryan can bo President Wilson's secretary of slato if ho wants lo be. And who is (here in the broad land that can 1111 the bill more efficiently? .Expm once of travel in foreign land has assisted very materially in lilting Mr. Bryan for this most important position. Some people are wondering why eggs sell in Piattsmouth at 25 and :i0 cents and in Omaha at 2 '.I ceiil s per dozen? .o: Nebraska is a rich stale, but (hat is no reason why the legis lature should squander her money on unnecessary appropriations. :o: If P. C. Johnson, chaplain of the penitentiary, Is as good as he iooks, Governor Morehead made .10 mistake in reinstating him to tin; position from which he stop ped down and out under Hie Ald I'ich administration. We will see by the last of the iionth how much the ground-hog tnows about it. The chances are ..bat ho is in and out of his hole jvery day from now- on, no matter how cold it gets. The ground hog is a fraud, anyway. :o: Omaha, during 1912, uphold her reputation as being the greatest creamery butler produc ing city in tho world. More than 20,000,000 pounds of Nebraska butter were sent out of the state, much of it being exported. Ne braska butter has gained reputation which gives it cnlrco to the very best in the world. :o: II must bo admitted that the discussion of the poslofllce qucs lion between Dr. Hall and Con grossnian Stephens has not changed Hie views of either on the mailer. Mr. Stephens expects to resort to Hie local primaries to settle the postmaster question in the various towns and villages of his district. :o: Kverjbody in Nebraska wants our slale university to measure up with the best in the land, and why not remove it now to a place where it can have pclnty of room to grow without being hampered upon a few town lots in Lincoln? he slale university belongs to the people of Nebraska, and if the matter cannot bo decided any other way, let the people vole up on the question. "Let the people ulel" :o: The man who introduced a bill The mere submission of any J question by the council to the people for their decision, does not, of course, commit any mem ber one way or the other, but usually when the people thus de cide a matter by ballot the coun cilmen take it for granted that they must do as thus requested. :o: The legislature ha- no more right to permit passes on rail roads for state ollicials than they have to permit passes to news paper men. There can be no dis tinction made. If railroads are permitted to grant such favors to slale ollicers, they can also issue passes to any other olllce-holders they see lit. Out upon such class legislation as the Foster bill. :o: A good rain would benefit the His Hogship's prognastication farmers more than anything else will surely hold true this year if righf now. :o: Home rule for cities is becom ing more popular every day and is bound to succeed. :o: Ami now Senator Harlling want to increase the salaries of all the state ollicials. Even a afraid of enemies lie :o: brave man a miracle can't see. :o: may be or other No story is good enough for a busy man to appreciate when he's busy. .Ius think of the editor. :o: If you are a good citizen you will keep boosting for Platts niouth. Jlnosting is what brings :o: President-elect Wilson is sue feeding remarkably well in his Prosperity determination to refrain from :o discussinii possible members nf If General Sherman had not do his cabinet. This is a matter '""'d war the lurkish Cities on personal to him, although every M1"' Hating lino would be ready citizen has an interest in the so- l" r'" 1,10 pap. led inns to bo made. Mr. Wilson, lowever, is the one that is most interested in selecting tlie very lest men ine nation anonis tor us advisers. :o: Over $10,000,000 in appropria tions is tho estimated demand iroin mo legislature. lnis is more than the income, away yonder, for two years. It is esti mated that this amount exceeds the income in the next two years by $1,000,000. The present legis lature has a big job upon its bands and it should go slow on the appropriation business. In Hie language of Davey Crocket He sure you're right, then go ahead." Russia and Austria have large armies mobolized, a situation that is almost as expensive as war, and often compels it. :o: Caslro finds the United States, as well as Venezuela, closed auainsl him. He has a chance to say that he likes Paris best, anyway. :o: The Turks are more sensitive alMHit giving up Iheir mosques than I hey w ere about capturing Christian temples several cen turies ago. :o: The Fuller bill in the bouse for the county ownership of tele phones has attracted consider able attention from other states, When a person serves on tho n,i if. may possibly become a law petit jury all they have lo do is jn Nebraska. to demand their fee from I ho dis trict clerk and ho issues a slip di rected to the county clerk, who in turn issues a warrant directed to the county treasurer yesterday's snow is any indica tion. And only a few hours after he witnessed his shadow. Brother Groundhog is evidently onto his job. :o: The TariiV Reform club in New York is warning the people that the promise of tariff reform is in danger of not being carried'out. There is no need of worrying- over the matter. The democrats are pledged to certain measures and they will prove true to their promises. And woe be it to the congressman or senalor that de serts the party in the time of need. :o: The members of the legislature want lo watch the interests of their constituents and vote against any outrageous measures that are calculated to fradulently eke money from the state treas ury. Necessary appropriation bills are all right, but watch those bills that are liable, to slip through under the title of ap propriation that are nothing but purely graft measures. :o: -:o: :o:- people. Were the president to see all these folks he would not have time for anything else, and the secretary must winnow the wheat from the chaff and send the chart" away actually delighted . because they haven't seen tho president. The president's secretary is a buffer between his chief and the Uniled States senators and mem bers of the house of represent atives, witH myriad axes to grind. He must be a diplomat with the most famous diplomats of the world when they call at the White bouse to take up the time of the president. Indeed, it has been often said in Washington that the president's secretary must be as much of a diplomat as any mem ber of the diplomatic corps if he is to be of substantial value to bis chief. :o:- Tbere is 'only one way that party can expect to keep in power and that is to keep its pledges to This calls (he people. Will democratic, moni tor cash, under the new law and bers of the legislature please bear the jurors do not have to wait, as this in mind? J IL. .11 1 111 1 U .. unuer me uiu piau, uniii me ;0 county commissioners meet and There is a bill before the legis allow the claim and then wait ten Mature to give cities of 2,000 in- days for the warrants to gel habitants the riadit to chanse to npe. the commission form of govern :o: nient. but there is no assurance Tlion. is n niov,.nionl on foid '' S'1 Will go Ilirougll in the Missouri legislature to - make a law prohibiting the kill- legislature has hit upon ing or quail for live years. That '' right plan to settle the ques ts n verv sensible idea. No bird H'n of tho university removal, . I fiTi.-l will niAlnU' 4 lin mot is so good an insect-destroyer. i" """.- "" Moreover, the severe winter a 1T to a vote of the people. That's year ago thinned out the quail "u I'-r way io some u family until there are com- u"' people rule! paralivcly few left. A bill of this :o:" I . i character should be passed by the 11 1H 10 1,0 Icarea inai 111 Lase Nebraska legislature, but instead h one-term presidential resolu- of making it flvo, make it three ,i,m Monies n law, tho bull vears. The nuail familv in No- ,11f,"se party will bo dealt a fatal braska were thinned out almost ''low 'Let Or will it be possible for in the legislature to have the con stitutional amendments printed in pamphlet form instead of in newspapers of the state, is an nemy to the newspaper fra ternity. If a few more such freaks are found among tho membership of either house there is no telling what they will do before the legis lature adjourns, But, thank the Lord, this week ends all introduc tion of bills. :o: A single page in u single issue of l lie Century Magazine taken for advertising purpose costs $500; in Harpor's $100; in other prominent magazines from $350 to $100. A yearly advertisement of ono column in tho Chicago Trib une costs $20,000; in tho New York Tribune $2,000 is for tho lowest and $5,950 for tho highest rales; in tho New York Herald $3C,201 tor tho lowest, $319,000 for tho highest priced column These papers uro never at a loss for advertising to fill their columns. Theso figures will doubt less be of interest to the man lio invests $10 and Halters him "If with the idea that he is a iheral advertiser. to extinction last winter. :o: liv a vote or 17 to J.i, or ono more than the requisite two thirds vote, the United States sen ale decided in favor of a six-year presidential term, and makes tho president ineligible for another term. The resolution now goes lo the house, and if there passed by a two-thirds vote it will then be acted upon by tho state legis lalures, and must be carried by three-fourths of tho states. It is believed I hat all tho provisions will he complied with before tho expiration of President Wilson's term. :o; tho moose to continue agitation just for the love of publicity? :o: Mid you ever notice there are 3l)5 spots on a deck of cards, 52 cards in a deck, i lace cards in a deck and 13 tncKsY wnicn should remind you that there are 3t5 days in a year, or 52 weeks, or 12 months, and there is a new moon 13 times a year. :o: President-elect Wilson an nounces that he has completed his plans respecting mon and policies, and I hat thero w ill be no more party conferences for the next thirty days. In tho meantime the policies will be allowed to cure and the men to speculate as to Nebraska has all the normal schools she needs, and if the legislature has any money to throw away on the purchase of another private normal school let it reconsider the matter. Spend the money you would thus ap propriate to installing a binder twine plant at the penitentiary. This would bring in a revenue to the slate, while the normal school purchase would bo money out every two years to keep it going. :o: The moving picture shows have revolutionized the stage. Ten years ago they were comparatively unknown. Last, year they took in $102,000,000. The effect upon the regular drama has been mark ed. One thousand four hundred play houses boarded up their doors, or swapped live actors for films. Now, Edison declares that he has combined these pictures with the phonograph so that the patrons can listen to the actual plays. :o: The board of county commis sioners Tuesday passed a resolu tion submitting the jail question again to a vote of the people of Cass county. There is not a county in tiic slate that needs a new jail half as bad as our coun ty, and it should have been built years ago. Cass is one of the wealthiest counties in Nebraska, and it is an outrage that wo have to put up with the old bastile that is hardly fit for a pig pen. Every bonaflde taxpayer has or should feel a pride in the public build ings of his county, and should know that a now jail will save them money. That tho democrats in the Ne braska legislature must draw tho line at assaults on the treasury is apparent to every thoughtful taxpayer. Under the laws as they now si ami only a certain amount of revenue can be raised. The legislature must economize so as to bring the expenditures entirely within the revenue. Tentative appropriations should not be en couraged. Rather they should bo discouraged. The house is demo cratic and tho democratic mem bers can keep down reckless ap propriations if they feel so dis posed. New schemes are being brought forward daily that re quire money to put them in operation. Salaries are being raised, about a half a hundred useles and unnecessary clerks are on tho pay-roll in the house eat ing the substanco of the taxpay ers. I ins vicious and scandalous graft should be cut out. It would leave thousands of dollars in tiro treasury to be applied to legiti mate purposes. The democratic members of the legislature should bear in mind that they are mak ing history for the campaign of 1911. The party will be measured by Hie history they dre making, just as the Aldrich administration was measured. If members are in the legislature at Lincoln merely for what they can get out of the treasury then it was a mis take to send them there. They are a positive detriment to the party and will do more to encom pass democratic defeat than any other agency. Tho flush of victory should not cause politicians to lose their heads. Your duty is plain: Vote down all extravagant measures, and cast out all wall flower clerks that are drawing salaries for doing nothing. -:o:- To show you tho size of our what is coming supremo court, we only nave to :o: call your attention to a recent do- Missouri is not to be outdone cision declaring that a city coun- by (he Oklahoma boy who got cil can convey tho title of our $100 from an acre of corn, but public streets and alleys to those Robert Uelford. a farmer near who wish to buy or get possession Hannibal, has just taken $200, of them. According to this do- 000 from only n small part of an cision, wo are not safe in tho pos- acre of his corn-field, where bank session of our public thorough- robbers left it. This is sus- fares. Wo may wako up any piciously near the scene of the morning and find the streets in boyhood and early inspirations of front of our houses transferred Mark Twain's stories, but then lo someone wno wants lo use is enougn prooi io reneo mo them for Pis lots tu build stables . story of its Colonel Sellers upon. We need a new court. Havor. The death of Henry T. Clarko doses a long and eventful life of a man well known in Nebraska The deceased was a pioneer citizen and a most active one up to the date of his long illness. It was a pleasure to know him. The writer became acquainted with Mr. Clarke during the session of the legislature four years ago, and had numerous pleasant social chats with him. We found him to be one of the most affable gen tlemen we ever met. Notwith standing his advanced age, his death is a great loss to Nebraska. :o: The duties of a secretary to the president are not considered at all secondary in importance to those of a cabinet officer. He is tho man who first meets the thou, sands of visitors to tho president He must know just whom the president desires lo see or should see without bothering the presi dent. These visitors come from all parts of the Uniled Slates on all sorts of missions, some ini poitani, nut. mosuy ot a very (rival character, nnd they come bringing all sorts of loiters of introduction from all sorts of Real Estate Bought and Sold ON COMMISSION! Insurance Placed in Best Companies! Farm Loans and Rental Agency Virgil r.lullis 8 ulu'liiili. ROBERT WILKINSON DUNBAR L.J. HALL UNION Wilkinson & Hall -AUCTIONEERS- The holding of successful sales is our line. Oar interests are with the seller when it comes to getting every dollar your property is worth. For open dates address or call either of us at our expense by phone. Dates can bo made at the Journal ofhee. VJILKIHSGSi fi HALL-