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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1913)
1 The Plattsmouth Journal : Published Semi-Weekly A. 11AT10H, J . 1 1 1 ll it; Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter fV?f PER YEAH IN ADVANCE -- THOUGHT FOR TODAY. J A riHuipr tin- pitfalls in our - way i Tlif best oT us walk J. blindly. J O man, be warned, watch J. and pray, ! J. And judge your brother J. kindly; Help back his feci if they f J have slid, i I- Nor count hint still your .J. debtor; h Perhaps the very wrong he 4 did 4 J Has made yourself the better. 4 Alice Carey. 4 :o: There is something peculiarly appropriate about the national organization for a sane Fourth of July, having its headquarters in Milk street, Boston. Neverthe less, we are for it. . :o: Every stranger that comes to Plaltsniouth goes away with praise upon their lips for the enterprise of our citizens in keep ing up with the procession in im provements and cleanly condi tion of the town in general. ;o: Some writer is worried about a possible invasion of this country by an army of 150,000. Where would they get the transports and what would they do when 20,000, 000 men of fighting age rushed to give them a spank and good duck ing? :o:- China is the fourteenth nation to indorse the peace plan pro posed by the United Slates, which is to think it over a long time be fore resorting to hostilities. It will at least put the hotspurs into the background a long step to ward safety and sanity. : ' :o: From the army (hat started out yesterday morning with scythes on their shoulders we suppose the weeds were "slayetl" right and left in some sections of the city. It is a great move on the part of the city, and we hope it. will be kepi up until every weed in (own falls by the wayside. The reason, probably, I here has been no decision by the t'niled Stales supreme court in refer ence to the two-cent fare in Ne braska is because the rale in this stale has not, been attacked in the courts. The roads here have probably held the matter in abey ance to see how the wind, blew elsewhere. MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS 9tAB TAKE IT. i JitfT mavc th xr zoc snoot I IY Fd THIS 1U, "e to put it neniiy I J v. at Plattsmouth, Neb.: There is mi use talking about a panic under-Hit: present admin istration. President Wilson and his cabinet are not going to have it that way, and Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo gave Wall street so to understand in a ery few words the other da v. Good for Mac. :o: The fact that there is just now a tremendous flood of old potatoes on the northwestern markets is one well worth investigation by that branch of the government which is looking into storage houses, where much of the secret of the high cost of living is in hiding. :o: A Plattsmouth young man who owns an automobile, and who has been "going" with a young lady a long time, has decided that he can't support a wife ami an auto mobile. Which one do you sup pose tie will give up? At the hour of going to press tie hadn't given up the automobile. :o: Tomorrow (Sunday) June 22, Old Sol will have ended his ex cursion north and starts south again to give us another winter. Some people no doubt wish it was a little cooler right now. But don't get in too big a hurry; the cold, chilly blasts will be here soon enough to suit the pocket books of most of us. :o: Judge Travis has decided in favor of the petitioners who want to oust Mayor J. I. Houston of Nebraska City, charging him with extravagance,' ami naming Paul S. Topping as the candidate to make the race for mayor in his stead. An election will be held. Nebraska City has experienced more or less trouble ever since they adopted the commission form of government. :o: The Tekamah Herald is an other paper that is opposed to having any association say that publishers shall incur the expense of getting out a boom edition to advertise the resources of the stale, without consulting over one-half of the newspapers of the state. The Herald says: "The Nebraska Press association, at its recent session, resolved to, issue or have all Hie papers issue spe cial editions o boom the stale. Wliv should that special expense fall on the newspapers? Would il not benefit the whole stale? If i i i i . . i . i i . . i i' . . : i so lei ine winui' Maie pa tor ii, what is not worth pain for is not worth having, is an old rule and .1 good one. Most of (lie papers use pa ires of space during each year for free boosting pur poses, that should be enouirh." raWI News fnun Washington says a man declares ho has a scheme to i I ''lil.i lJ.. .iiti- mil i.f fh rik.ifcl- er." It is not likely, however, that the present administration will look with favor on such a proposition at the present time, at least. About the lirst few real warm (lavs we have there are a whole lot of people who hae it that the crops are ruined, no matter if a good share of it is already made ami ready to harvest. There has been plenty of rain this spring and would it not prove more profitable to take advantage of some of the few dry days to get ritl of the weeds instead of worry ing about the crops, which are doing remarkably well and call for no calamitous bowling what ever? :o: Senator Marline of New Jersey one of the three senators in vestigating the dastardly Out rages perpetrated upon the min ers of West Virginia by the mine owners themselves, is a man of the hour. He has shown no disposition whatever to shirk the responsibility placed upon his shoulders. He talks straight from the shoulder to the mine bosses, and tells them they are not fit to do business in free America. Sen ator Marline has demonstrated that he is the proper person on such committee, and proposes that the dastardly mine owners shall be punished for their cowardly treatment of the men and tlieir lamilies in tneir em ploy shooting them down like wild beasts of the forest. :o: Wonder what has come over the spirit of his dreams? Friend Hales of the Plattsmouth Journal is now defending our "business governor" from "kicks that won't hurt him." Then why waste time and space in defending against that which will not hurt. Hear in mind, it is the truth that causes the hurling. Anyhow, Col., -When the Platlsinouth post mastership is given out, the Herald sincerely hopes you will not have cause to change your tune on any of the "great" men in your party. Lin coln Herald. With all due respect to our friend, Huckins, we beg leave to inform him that our dis appointments" have been so many in the past, fifty years that we have become hardened to fate. We have winked and voted for those whom we imagined were our friends, only to be hooted at when asked a favor from them, and yet we feel ready to rally to the democratic standard when duty calls. We do not feel that it is our duly to resort to abuse in older to gel even with those who I urn against us. If one is a democrat from principle he must l i . i I fill .. a neiiionsi raie ine laci ny ins acis. And no matter how muchly we may desire the poslollice, if we fail in our aspirations, we are slill a democrat, and will always he found in the front rank when duly calls. Thai's the sort of people that brings success to the democratic party. fc tJC uiuuuuiiLL ti 1 ,sr j htys v rf-j'KM CTmiuuiumfcj an i in,.,, ext-1 b i w i tgr rijT niii innirii imi m Another reason the farmer is independent is that he doesn't need tit take a vacation to get plenty of exercise in the open air. Eagle, the fourth town in size in Cass county, now boasts of an electric light plant. If that isn't enterprise we don't know what you'd call iU :o: There is an ordinance pro hibiting the tiring of combustibles inside the corporation on any other day than the Fourth of July. Still it is being done in various parts of the city with impunity. There is not much use in having ordinances unless they are en forced. There is enough risk in tiring them on the Fourth without doing so when there is no oc casion for it. :o: KEEPINQ IN THE SWIM. The fear of being called a "tight wad" colors the whole life and dictates most of the actions of the average American, says Colonel Henry Watterson. The truth of his assertion no one can' dispute. Few of us can deny a pule. Few of us can deny share of the general weakness. We are afraid of being suspected of stinginess. Consequently we buy things we don't need and do many things we don't really want to do just because our neighbors do. What "they will say" is the bugaboo in many a home. Yet what do "they" do for one? When the strain of "keeping up appear ances" finally causes bankruptcy, where are the friends of days of plenty? Somewhere else. It would be good for all of us if we thought less of "they" and more of plain "us." This is not selfish ness. It is common sense. We are put in this world to live our own lives in our own way, pro vided that in doing so we disturb no one else in the same right. I!y bowing down before Ibis false idol of "they" we shackle ourselves in the most galling of chains. Because what "they will sa" is so much an unwritten law in this country we see pleasant lit I ie people w ho would be per fecllv happv and comfortable if they lived within their means, anvthiiig but happy. Families on S'.'j or 8IJ0 a week aspire to own automobiles. Men who ought to he buying homes belong to the fashionable clubs. Women well able to do their own work keep maids. The well-to-do try to emulate the very rich in enter tainment and display. Many who would be healtiher and stronger for walking a mile or so to the place of employment take street cars. Families that would be stranded if wages stopped for a week fritter away countless nickels and dimes in theaters, motion pictures and excursions. We want to stand well with our friends anil neighbors and we foolishly think the way to do it is lo "keep in the swim." IHit in comes are not like rubber bauds. They won't stretch.. And in try ing to please everybody we please nobody. The right kind of friends do not call one stingy for trying to live within one's means I & i (Fflf 3 ' fcT 5oie OP TMCSe Plattsmouth has not done much braugimr about her natural scenery, but it affords many beautiful spots in her shady groves tm high knolls overlooking the Missouri river that are beautiful enough to make sum mer resorts. Nice place in which to spend a week's outing. :o: Leo Matthews has resigned the position of secretary of the democratic state central com mittee to accept the secretary ship of the state board of control. Of course there is more money in the latter position and it would not appear just exactly right to attempt to hold both positions. :o: MEXICANS OR AMERICANS. Persistent attempts on the part of the Huerla government in Mexico to gain the recognition of President Wilson and the United States raises a suspicion in the minds of many that there must be some hidden force back of the government to urge this persist ence. The suspicion is, however, ol enlireIv new and to us seems iji.0iv ,n ho i onuiv rrminH less. That American capital has been much interested in Mexico, as well as the Central American states, is well known. The sus picion that these interests have been instrumental in many of the uprisings in. those countries is probably not entirely incorrect. It has been claimed frequently that American interests have taken the plan of finding some promising candidate for leader of a revolution, financing the pro ject and putting him in power, taking for their pay abundant rich concessions in the way of lands or privileges. That this same plan has been tried out on a larger' scale than. ever before in Mexico recently seems quite prob able. The hypothesis that two rival American factions, each backed by almost unlimited cap ital, may be promoting the revolution .which has kept our sister republic to the south in such a turmoil for so long seems not entirely devoid uf foundation. II seems that some ideas of this have appealed to President Wilson, as he has considered the advisability of giving official recognition to the new govern ment . Not as easily hoodwinked as Ambassador Wilson, who has been in the midst of the turmoil, he hesitates to take such a step. In view of the very strong sus picions, if they can be called nothing more, we believe Presi dent Wilson does well lo withhold the recognition sought. The American nation cannot well af ford to make itself parly to pro moling tlie selfish interests and ends of even her most prominent citizens, and the sooner they find il out emphatically the belter off will I lie rest of fie country be. Here's hoping that this country will never be dragged into any sort of dill'ienlty whose chief aim and purpose is to put more money into the pockets of her already over rich financial adventurers. What a pitiful tab of woe Jos eph M-'Hii.-ii is attempting to put. up. The money has been spent, ami what good has it done any one? He isn't any better than a lot of other fellows that hae gone wrong, and he should suffer the consequences the same as ot tiers hae. :o: The suffragettes in Illinois al ready want to "rule the roost." Tliev demand that Governor lHiune sign the woman's suffrage bill without awaiting the opinion of the attorney general as to its validity. What does a constitu tion amount to between the right to vole and the sufi'ragetles, any how "J. :o: "The wish i? father to the thought.',', evidently, when the re publican papers intimate that there is a friction between Presi dent Wilson and Secretary Bryan. How the opposition papers would like for something of this kind to happen. But don't hold your breath, gentlemen, till such a thing happens, for you may never recover from the effects. :o: While generally speaking, post masters are as prompt and courteous in the handling of mail matter as circumstances will per mit, there are enough of the other kind to make it desirable to have the receiving of mail stamp ed on the back of envelopes. The department cutting out that back stamping was not necessary and ill-advised, to say the least. Im portant letters can be held back longer than necessary if so de .M'red, from parties who perhaps are not on friendly terms with the postmaster. For instance, during political campaigns. Postmaster General Burleson has made a grave mistake in this ruling, we canuiiiiv neiieve. Ros Hammond of the Fremont Tribune hits the nail pretty squarely on the head as follows: "Tin' Nebraska Press association has appointed a committee to re port a "sane and common sense" tax plan at its next meeting. This will be a sweet boon for the legis lature, at no session of which has there ever been such a measure introduced or passed. The secret of the committee's appointment is that a single-tax crank caused such a resolution to be introduced and it went through by default. The editorial association exists for the purpose of advancing the cause of publishing and printing. When it gets this business learn ed reasonably well, so the finan cial credit of editors and publish ers will be respectable it may broaden its scope of inquiry and field of usefulness to include, other lines. For our part, we are of the opinion a committee on tuberculosis should cMne before a committee on tax reform. For publishers are more likely , bave tuberculosis than they are to have, properly to tax. Property is not infectious. The shoemakers of the Nebraska Press association would do well to keep their lasts ; close at hand." By Gross Jill f VI OEAE. 00 ST "N I