PLATT8M0UTH 8EEH-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
THURSDAY,
APRIL 2, 1914-
PAGE .
CT)e plattsmoutb journal
Published Semi-Weekly at Plattemouth. -Nebr.
Entered at the Postoffice t I'lattsmouth. Nebraska, as second-class mail matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
Subscription Price; $1.50 tor Year In Advanoe
THE LURE OF WAR.
A young man and an old
soldier were talking of the pos
sibility of invading Mexico, and
the young man thought he might
shy his hat into the ring when
the work started. Whereupon the
older one handed down wise
counsel based on much reading
and observation and some ex
perience, telling the youngster
what war meant; that it meant
hunger and thirst and bum grub,
fatigue, abuse and danger;
cruelty, evil associations,
wounds and sickness and even
death. All these and other
amplifications of General Sher
man's able definition, he deliver
ed from his fund of wisdom
which time offers to offset rheu
matic joints and a rebellious di
gestive apparatus. But if the
worst should happen, the young
man will likely inarch away, for
what is wise counsel when young
blood runs not? And the pulses
of the older one will beat faster
then, and lie will want to go, but
won't, having duties along the
plodding paths of peace, and a
love of comfort which comes
with the years. I3ut he knows
why the young one goes, for the
lure is there, despite the har
rowing scenes and dreadful con
sequences; the longing to take a
chance in the most thrilling
game that man has played since
time began. It may be this which
nfakes war possible, rather than
greed, or avarice or unfairness.
The savage frankly fought for
the love of fighting'. And, de
spite our complex civilization,
and being" heir to all the ages,
there is still something of the
savage in most of us. Which
means there is hard sledding
ahead for Col. Carnegie's peace
plans, and a journey over the
Marathon route before they ar
rive at fulfillment.
Now that the milliners have
had their openings, and the men
are getting over it nicely, we
quote: "There is nothing dearer
to a man than a good wife and
very little that is more ex
pensive.
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C. E. llarman, food commis
sioner, has filed for congress in
the Fifth district. Clarence is
a pretty nice fellow but one would
naturally suppose that he would
get tired of running for some
thing at every election. If he
doesn't, the people will.
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If the regular republicans ami
bull moosers in Nebraska adjust
matters and come together they
will be doing more than has been
accomplished in any other state
so far. There is "a power behind
the throne" that keeps telling
them to "stand by their colors"
and let the regulars come to them
and compromise will not wash.
Of course there will be a desper
ate effort made to bring the two
factions together in order to save
what, state offices they possibly
can.
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In speaking of Governor More
head and his administration, the
Slate Journal says: "Thus far
the administration of Governor
Morehead is conceded to have
been very satisfactory to the ma
jority of the people of the slate.
He is expected to go into the con
gressional race with the prestige
of a good record as governor.
With a growing demand for a
change in the ollice of congress
man and the governor's prestige
it is believed by his friends he
will have a good chance to win
the nomination from his party."
The prospects for a bumper
grain crop never were better;
That ought to be good for that
tired feeling.
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Spring floods on Mars are re
ported. Isn't this another good
excuse for an advance in the price
of food in the United States?
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Three terms is sufficient for any
man to serve in congress, and
this will prove the verdict of the
people of the First congressional
district.
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W. A. Selleck of Lincoln is sus
pected of desiring to try again
for the nomination for congress
in the First district. Mr. Selleck
is a strong man.
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Kansas is evidently becoming
conservative. A minister in that
state is quoted as saying there
are thirteen roads to hell. Even
an outsider like Billy Sunday
could name more than that.
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Every man who makes his fight
in the open and can maintain the
appearance of sincerity even, has
a right to the respect of his fel
low men, no matter how much
they may disagree with him
but the man who tries to play to
all men in all things has no claim
on any for their confidence. He
deserves no confidence.
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"My platform is to offer to
every- woman a home and a hus
band instead of the vote, and I
believe that nine-tenths of the
women would rather have a home
and a husband than the vote."
Such is the announcement of
John Basil Barhill, democratic
candidate for congressman-at-large
in Illinois, on an anti-suffragist
ticket.
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It is certainly a very poor
policy for a person who lives in
Plattsmoulh to go to Omaha and
Lincoln to invest their savings in
building and loan shares. We
have two as good building and
loan associations here in I'latts
mouth as there are in any town
in Nebraska, and they pay as
large a per cent as any of them.
If a city is good enough to live
and do business in it certainly
should be good enough for you to
invest your savings in. If you
think differently then go and live
where your money is. There are
no strings tied to such people.
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Governor Morehead goes into
the race for the democratic nom
ination for congress with as clean
a record as anyone who has been
in public life as long as he has
been. When he steps down and
out of the executive chair he will
do so feeling that he has done his
duty by the people of the state.
No one will have the audacity to
say that he has not made one of
the best governors the state ever
had. Just as we have said of
President Wilson "he is the
president" the same can be said
of John II. Morehead "he is the
governor" controlled by no
clique or ring. What he does he
does openly in a free and in
dependent manner and by thus
doing he has gained the con
fidence of the people of Nebraska.
He will prove faithful in any posi
tion you place him, and that is the
principal reason the Journal is
ready to support him for con
gress. In speaking of his can
didacy for congress the Lincoln
Herald says, and truthfully, too:
"If he goes to congress the peo
ple of the district will at least
know they have a representative
at Washington."
ALL IN ONE YEAR.
In reviewing what the demo
cratic party has done in the mat
ter of fulfilling is promises to the
people, the World-Herald says:
Within that year it has gone
further in the direction of fulfill
ingf its pledges and meeting the
expectations of the American
people than any other adminis
tration has ever done in the same
length of time.
It has revised the tariff,
radically downward, honestly and
fairly, with the minimum disturb
ance to business and in a manner
so satisfactory that it promises to
take the tariff question out of
politics for at least another gen
eration.
It has enacted a law for the re
form of our banking and currency
system so important and far
reaching that it is generally con
ceded to be the most notable piece
of American legislation in fifty
years.
It has put on the statute books
an income tax law that tends to
equalize the burden of taxation by
shifting a very considerable por
tion from the backs of the poor to
the shoulders of the wealthy.
It has witnessed the adoption.
and put into operation, a funda
mental reform long advocated by
the democratic party a constitu
tional amendment for the election
of United States senators by di
rect vote of the people.
It has granted a modified self-
government to the people of the
Philippine Islands.
It has carried forward the par
cel post system to a high state of
jerfection.
Other important reforms are
now well on the way to comple
tion, including a public railway
for the development of Alaska, a
rural credit system, and additions
to the code of trust laws calculat
ed to complete the destruction of
monopoly, and setting free of
business, the initial steps of
which were tariff reform and cur
rency and banking reform.
Notable as are these achieve
ments, others, equally notable,
and many will make more so, have
jeen accomplished without legis-
ative action.
A "constitution of peace" has
een established between the gov
ernment, on behalf of the ueople,
and the great corporate enter-
u ises. The government has been
divorced from the control, or in
fluence of Big Business, responsi-
le representative government
ias been re-established.
And, by virtue of these aecomp
ishments, what the World-Her
ald regards as the greatest gift of
all to the American people has
sprung from the present demo
cratic administration. The con
fidence of the people in their gov
ernment has been restored.
This last gift is a gift beyond
price. More tban mat, it is a gut
hat was indispensable to the
erpetuity of our institutions as
hey now exist.
WoodroAv Wilson and a demo
cratic congress have restored
confidence, in the capacity of the
democratic party to administer
government wisely and safely
nit, far more important than
that, they have restored to all the
people their confidence in rep
resentative government to act for
the people faithfully, honestly
and patriotically.
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Since Governor Morehead made
tiis announcement that he would
run for congress we have heard
many democrats remark that they
elt rejoiced at the opportunity of
voting for a man, who, if elected,
would reflect credit upon the peo
ple of the First congressional
district.
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So long as Chicago controls the
shipment of Argentine beef so
ong will the price of beef be sky-
high.
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Wild geese are still flying
northward, which, of course, in
dicates that summer will arrive
when it gets here.
Buffalo Bill is a woman suf
fragist. Well, what do you think
of that?
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If you can't say a kind word for
your neighbor let somebody else
do the talking.
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The man who. says the righ
thing at the right time usually
does the right thing at the right
time
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Somebody seems to be oven
looking something the peach
crop hasn't been killed for this
year yet.
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A government report says that
the heat of the sun often causes
big-head in sheep. Then how in
thunder can we account for so
many of the two-legged sheep in
Plattsmoulh getting the big-head
during the winter months?
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Garden seeds are coming in
from the seed department of the
Agricultural Department at
ashmgton, according to in
structions from "our public serv
ant." The seed packages don't
cost him a cent, neither does the
postage. All he has to do is to
furnish the names to whom he
wants them sent, and that is all
Cheap way to carry favor with the
unsuspecting farmer who may
think the congressman has to pay
for them. You can bet your bot
tom dollar that if they cost
money you wouldn't get them.
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The Stale Association of Com
mercial Clubs, at a meeting held
in Omaha a few days ago, decided
to ask the local clubs of the
various towns and cities to co
operate in the raising of $50,000
by volunteer contribution to erect
a building on the Panama exposi
tion grounds. The duty of ap
propriating money for such
things devolved upon the state
legislature, but it refused to do
so, and now if Nebraska gets a
building it will depend upon the
liberality of the people, which is a
hard matter now to tell to what
extent the people will subscribe
for such a purpose. The winter
before the exposition in Omaha
the legislature of Missouri turned
down. a proposition to appropriate
850,000 for a building, and Gov
ernor Stephens appointed a com
mission to go to various parts of
the state and raise the money by
subscription. The writer was one
of that commission, and we visit
ed every large city in the state,
and was out for nearly two weeks.
If our memory serves us right
only about 815,000 or $20,000 was
raised, and by the hardest work
that was ever done in that line.
We found at every town men who
insisted that Governor Stephens
should call a special session of
the legislature for the purpose of
appropriating money for this
purpose, but he didn't do it, and
as a result Missouri had a poor
exhibit at the Omaha Inter-State
exposition.
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The Cincinnati doctor who is
suing for divorce did not object
to his wife wearing his clothes,
but he protested against her sell
ing them to procure money with
which to attend suffrage con
ventions.
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Our "eminent" congressman
picks A. V. Johnson for post
master at Lincorn. Lx-aiayor
Frank Brown was an applicant
for the place. Thus another
hard-working democrat has been
turned down. Not only is he a
good democrat, but he is a fine
gentleman and an influential
citizen.
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'Don't stop to swap horses
while crossing a stream," is a
saying that is as old as the hills.
It is not a good thing to swap a
good mayor for one inexperi
enced in the duties of the posi
tion, either, at this time. Mayor
Sattler has been right to the
forefront in working for the up-
building of the city.
'ROUND AND 'ROUND.
It is said that woman's work is
never done. She cooks, washes
dishes and sweeps, and the next
day she sweeps, washes dishes
and cooks, and so it goes, day af
ter day and year after year, time
without end. Amen. It becomes
mighty irksome to travel 'round
and 'round for an entire lifetime,
and get nowhere. It seems that
there ought to be a break some
where in the rim of this circle
that hedges us in; that there
ought to be a resting place where
tired brains and weary muscles
might find a soothing respite
from the constant grind. It seems
i
that there! ought to be stations
now and then where one might
stop and refresh the soul and ycap affo "j$uffalo Bill" dis- nant, but just a little wnne a-o
body and gather fresh life and covered that the 'movies had even a far-reaching vision would
new ambition. Hut there are no ,issed the wild west show busi- hardly have heralded a dry Ken
such places. The journey of life ness. And what did "Buffalo lucky. And yet it seems about
stops only when the end is reach-
ed. It is only when the stream
runs dry that the mill .ceases to
turn. We are climbing the
treadmill, whether we would or
not, and we turn it over and over
until our life task is done. Man':
work is just as irksome as is
that of woman. He also goes
'round and 'round, and gels no-
where. Man does the same thing
t. 1 llllll 111 1 , ,1 L 11:5 UIU jw ,
from the day of creation, has
turned 'round and 'round before
lying down. And man has always
traveled thus in circles, whether
in the things that bring health
and happiness, or in the thing:
that bring misery and death. Cain
illed his brother, Abel, and from
the day of that first human
tragedy, men have been killing
each other without cause or pro.
vocation. Men have been getting
Irunk since wine was first trod
len from the grape, and by so do
ing nave entailed immeasurable
misery upon me human race.
History's first picture of man
shows him to be a criminal, and
all the way from that misty morn
until the present noonday of the
race' men have been slashing at
each other's throats. The circle
ias Decn growing larger, out men
iave been going 'round and
round and have been doing over
and over things that have cursed
he world. We track men all
through history by their bloody
foot-prints, and Dy the war and
waste that strew the way. No
matter how tired we get, we can-
not stop. Reason cannot explain
why the world is so full of crime
and misery and wretchedness. It
does not seem fair to Providence
to say that this condition is in
accordance with the laws of na-
ture and cannot le changed. And
yet, it has not been changed.
dam made the first crooked path
as he turned away from Eden's
gates, and men have ever follow-
ed after. It has been their choice,
unvever, and not their destiny.
While men may be destined to
ravel 'round and 'round, yet
they may choose the circle in
which they travel. Every man ever, this latest reform is due to sadly missed from any com
chooses his own circle, and lie encounter difficulty before win- '"unity. His body was interred
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may make tins circle as oroau
and as bright as he chooses to
make it. Every man may make
lis circle a belt of sunshine, and
every round he may make a jour-
uey of joy and happiness.
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The city improvements planned
or the coming season are quite
extensive, and will be made ac-
rll
cording to the wishes of the prop-
erty owners in various sections
of the city. The retention of
Mayor Sattler for another year
will mean economy of time and
will prevent any friction that
might be atienuani upon me
change of the cily government at
this time. Mayor Sattler has been
unceasing in his efforts to please
the people of every ward in the
city, and has always favored ex-
pending the funds of the city
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qually, when and where 1111-
provements are really needed,
rrli . -1 . f rf i' x-H I mi Pill 111 ! " I f I
4.HU imcia inn i'ui.-uiv 11 ow I
course in working for and voting,
or tne ie-eieciion 01 :uajor
Sattler.
The. month of May has been
decided upon as the month when Kentucky is to vote on a pro-fourth-class
"postmasters of Ne- hjbition amendment affording a
braska will have to walk the
plank. "
Too -many weddings, says an
old pioneer, take place without
the contracting parties having
given due consideration as to Grass state, and see what a topl
how breakfast will be procured of tradilion the possibility
next morning. ,
:o:
Late reports from Mexico in-
dicale that General Villa has
lcen too busy in the vicinity oi
Torreon during the last few days
to reduce any more American or
... - . .
British subjects to ashes.
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uiii tio? jje simply went into
n,e moving lifeline business him-
self.
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For many years we have been
a great admirer of Speaker Clark,
but we can't say that we admire
his antagonism to President Wil
son on the Panama tolls ques
tion. It will not do the demo
cratic party any good, and we
vvpi'c in linito fhnt. fho nresidenf
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nmi pi n crrti4 woiilo cor nloncrl
without any such
'scraps."
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Senator Ransdcll of Louisiana
probably feels that he started
omelhing in the United States
enate, and probably has if he
holds out. He proposes to settle
tin; divorce question for all time.
His bill in congress provides a
uniform law for all the states by
means of an amendment to the
federal constitution. It secures
legal separation, but divorce with
permission to remarry will be
. . . ....
prohibited throughout the union.
I 1 11 o li r ifi-kiihl nnri n in lr inn?.
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at "rst s,nt
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'he committees of the two
01 mi-- iqiuuiauu
of the state met :n Lincoln Tues-
day, and after considerable
wrangling- it was agreed to. hold
hnly one convention and that
botn chairmen issue an individu-
al call for the convention to meet
m Lincoln on iuesday, July 28.
The meeting l(icJced a good deal
01 oeing narmonious, ana wnne
it might have appeared upon the
surface as congenial, underneath
it all there appeared a wrangling
01 dissatisfaction on the part of
several of the committeemen on
both sides.
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certain suff adds another to
the list of woman's rights, in the
demand that the female of the
species should throw off the mar-
rjage label, and keep the name
her parents pave her. thereby
proving her independence, even
when she gets married. How-
ll. . . . I
ning a. majority in its favor. The
young things rather revel in the
new name of their heart's desire.
aud the older ones have the habit
and wouldn't care to shift with-
out the benefit of the divorce
court, which is already over-
harked in this land of the some-
" .u
the complications which children
. . " . . .
might cause, being curious to
kn(jW jugl what Ueir
might be. And there are spins
who might also kick on the pro-
posed changes of plans, being
glad of their staie of blessedness,
ami opposed to being confused
wim many matrons 01 their ac-
quaintance.AVhat the men might
think of the innovation doesn't
matter, of course; nothing they
may say in an argument with the
women being taken seriously by
the women, who are the ones di-
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rectly concerned m eliminating
the marriage label. Men, how-
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n r T .A,-bijirl-irtrwi -.l.. l II I
1. 1 1 1 , .-im nw 1. num 1. 111 uUMKc lIKMI'lilll niu
marriage label, which is
a worn
anu naunteu iook and an ant one
u , t v-wm. I
r&.
cnance Gf a "dry" Kentucky,
rr.i.:i. r.t it o pnnnlft of thinks
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more. Consider the chorus of
. which has chanted long
I f th( fah WOIIiellf fast horses
I d fine wUisky 0f the old Blue
L,ri.a fmasrination is fertile,
I vC o v
land may furnish a vision of a
smokeless Pittsburg, a Puntani-
cai Paris, a peaceful Mexico, a
modest New ioik, or a iow
Chicago; one might even think of
a candidate who didn't hope to
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win. or a winter league nan uuu
that would not claim -the pen-
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to happen, and the jokesmuu
must go elsewhere for ins pooze
bromides, while the sob artists
who stir tender sentiment into
the mint julep shall seek another
field. Even the gun play for gore
and glory shall give way lor
I peaceful pastimes in a coininon
! wealth which cools its thirst and
its ardor with nothing stronger
than soda pop. A strange situa
tion and some change. Yet not
so strange nor such a change, if
you consiuer me iacis m ui
case, instead 01 time-iionoreu
a 1
traditions; much of Kentucky is
already "dry" under a county or
local option arrangement, and
Peoria, Illinois produces much
more whisky than Kentucky. The
change will be noticed more on
the outside than in the state it
self.
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Dr. William II. Dearing, whose
death was chronicled in yester-
day's Journal, was born in Cass
cmmly mjnois. January 19.
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1859. Gradualed from the de-
parlment of medicine of the Uni-
versity of Iowa in 1882. Was
m Warren county, Iowa, 111 1883,
ami moeu 10 eurusha m 1000,
settling at Wabash, in Cass
county, practicing his profession,
until he was elected clerk of the
district court, in which capacity
he served four years. He was
soon after elected to the stale
senate. He was appointed by
both Governors Holcomb and
u'oynter as head physician for
the hospitals for the insane at
Norfolk and Lincoln and also ap-
pointed superintendent of the
feeble minded institute by Gov-
ernor Poyntcr, where he served
to the end of his term, instituting
mang reforms in its manage-
hent. He was also assistant see-
retary of the Trans-Mississippi
exposition held in 1897. Di.
Dearing was " a likeable man,
forming friendships with all with
xvnom "e came in contact, was of
gentlemanly instinct and bearing,
aml Nvas a citizen who would be
a
1,1 iusnton cemetery for the
Present, and later the remains
hvjH b brought to Plattsmontli
fr re-interment.
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A CONSERVATIVE VIEW
Johnnie Maguire has made an-
other of those appointments for
u,ui e is oecomiug rapidly
famous. Thi
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Johnson county, where he an
ap-
master. Mr. Wright has not been
active politically fop
years, lives a few miles in the
country and has a small circl of
admirinir friend 11 1 .. ..
postmaster under c v 1
editor of the Journ-il Ti ii..., 1
and one of the st iunclw. I 1 1
crats Johnson county ever had
was a candidate. Mr r
gentleman ele-m -i .1
tooth mornllv .,,..1 ...-n. ...
' "'" VlllIlT 111 1 o
things are the truth M-.- "
an imri-afe ... . ..
t "in iiru 11 I'M I I in.
1. .. it
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enemies ever
claimed he was. or l,.i n..-.,..
to .1,1 u-iii .. . .
' : . ' ""'ns "re appointee.
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