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PLJLTTSHOUTH 3EKII-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1914.
XZbz plattsmoutb journal
Published Sem l-W eekly at Plattemouth. Nebr.
Etwrt-J xi the r.jt,to3Ice at I'lattsmouUi. NotraV. as second-cli.ss mail matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
Subscription Price: S1.50 Per Year in Advenoe
CONGRESS SHOULD GO HOME.
A soon a tin .-t-uatf has re
gained the national honor from
pawn and its own independence
fr-:n the shipping trust, it
gr.-s., should aljurn anil go
home.
'llir senators and congressmen
haw 1 n so bng in Washington
that they arc entirely out of
1- u h with America. This has
!:! dearly ii.ivii by 1 1 absurd
l of I. ;1 I all-'tt-', Bristovv.
anil 4"ummiii lighting th-ir own
i!"tit'i'r!-!'s ) t li w'rr.iMjt i's
si.e f railroad discrimination.
Oeigr -- sh-uld go home.
It does 1 1 t fiiiw anything
ah ut t f i - ir-iit state of public
' I-ini.-Ti. It nut know any
thing aliit thi' present condition
"f business.
If it- committees ever sought
i:if'rii;a'i' :i "ii public questions
toy have ii-. w become si
i r'jvli -. by partisanship a- t
blind Hi in t anything imt tlnir
vri bigoted views.
Iiiilh'-.- t:u-t l'-i-!ati"ii is
i;t- d'-d. That we kii"v.
I xi:id i.f I -:-iai that i
::ed-d o-r.-ro-- rj...-- u . . t ki:w.
i'.i::-i knw tlif conditions
that p'-rtaiii'd two years a-".
Tin-y have utterly no coneep
of t F j - c-nditi'Mi that pertain-
("day.
'I he c-'ij i:r---i!i.-n should go
h'-i'i.- to find oi;t what i - going o;i
an. I what i- h..-7ii' thought, and
th n a- many of them a arc re
!!. should r-a---inhIf next
winter anil nact a law to treat
bu-in. condition- a- th"y exist
today. Chicago Tribune.
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A bumper apple crop j pre
dicted in southeast Nebraska.
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What next? I'-coration and
and '.'nmn riccmcnt have pa.--.-d.
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Candid af - f..r cn-rc-s on 1 1
Prospects for
cioji has pulled
prices.
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aa enormous
down wheat
FUTURE DECORATION DAY.
Tlie spirit of Decoration day
exercises, held -May 30 throughout
the northern states in honor uf
the heroic dead, has vastly
thanked of recent years. Once
there was the glamor of crowds,
a stalwart parade of former
soldiers, an enthusiastic feather
ings of citizenship. The depletion
o'f the ranks of the veterans bv
ueatn gives cacti rcciirriii? Dec
oration day a deeper note of. sad
ness. The spirit of sectional
triumph and bitterness has pi.nc,
The mediators will probahly
disagree un the question of in
demnity. At some stage in the
game of war somebody always
insists upon being' paid.
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. CENSORSHIP OF FILMS.
ah doubt I lit loppv that is urg-
iii ir me House committee on
education to recoinimnd the pas
sage of a bill that would provide
for federal censorship of motion
The Lincoln Herald savs: "If picture lilms is composed of
Governor Morehead receives tht I l-iyh-ininded persons, actuated
nomination they will have to get h' tnc loftiest motives. They
a llyintr machine to beat him to urge upon the committee the fact
it." Well, lie
nomination.
will sure get the
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The only way to keep Teildy out
of politics would be to abolish
politic-, or banish TedJy.
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The io- eminent is tryin'-r to
supple-- tiie Indian dance-, some
f which are as bud as the tango.
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A .e Yoik phy-ician ha in-
ente, J a harmle-s bichloride, but
there js not likely to be any demand.
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A man mu?t have a mean dis-po-iti.-n
to try to beat another
at f a nomination on the pro
gressive ticket in .Missouri.
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I"b Fitz.-iiiiiiioiis, who is be
iiii.' .-md for divorce, may con
sider himself eli-'ible to the class
with I)e'olf Hopper, Nat Good
win and Lillian Hussell.
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The -reat cutest to increase
I fie suh-criptioa H-t of the Jour
nal will soon be on. see the
mairiiilicent prizes oilered. in
cluding one of those line 0er
land automobile.
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Teddy should hasten to Oregon,
where the registration of repub
licans js ixte n limes that "f the
progressives. and more than
double that of the democrats and
pi . .pressiv es combined.
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Ima-'iue Zapata, Villa and
Obrcgou settling down to the
placid par-aits of piping peace;
iiiiauine all this, we repeat, and
it will demonstrate that you have
a u-Teat littb imagination.
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John i. Maher has written an
olehr caustic attack on W. J.
for which all arc thankful. Jtut I Hryan and Urothcr Charley, such
in the place of the sturdy march- articles are md calculated to gain
!ers of twenty years ago, there is votes from Mr. Bryan's
bat a fragment left who usually friends, and perhaps he does not
proceed to the cemeteries in car- expect any. If t'.ol. Maher could
ria-'es and automobiles. The! run as well as he can write, he
surviving soldiers earnestly en-pv"uld lead them a merry chase.
treat their townspeople in irivel :o:-
inese commemorative exercises
the
large. Hut too often the veterans
seem to have passed from the
center i me stage, me young-
While the friends of Governor
support of dignified assemb-1 Morhend in Cass county .lid not
want to see him withdraw from
the congressional race, they be
lieve that he was right in doing
er generation know of their deeds so and again run for governor,
only through dull history boks. The great demand for his candi
Ball games and outdoor life dacy again for re-election was
draw the" crowds, while these greater than many supposed, and L
patriotic services are commonly it is generally believed now that
md well attended. Similarly the his party will be a unit for him at
observance of the various Mem- the general election
oriai nays of me southern states I :o:
take on a deeper note of pathos in reference to Governor More-
each car. All who admire the head s declaration to run f
that there are now 18,000 motion!
picture theaters in the Unitedl
States with an average attendance
.! . ....... ; . . .
aany oi ii,u(ioTooo persons, manv
of whom are children. That only
clean and whole-nine lilms should
ie eunme.i io a miscellaneous
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assembly, m winch there are
yoathtal spectators, with plastic
minds ami immature characters,
goes without saying. If the cen
sorship could be restricted to the
elimination f immoral ami hurt
ful pictures. the wisdom of its
esiaiiu.-nnieui count noj, je .pies-
tioned. Hat the human equation
cannot be ignored. experience
with censorship, p-xlending back
J i -
io remote nines' ami covering
many lands, has demonstrated:
that oilicial power feeds on it-elf
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aim iii.il ni-nii) noes no iie-naie
inudge anything that dis
pleases it. The acti'-n of petty
po-tal oilicials and of a few li
brary boards has demonstrated.
even m our ow u country and in
5ct
as
JlJUIullI
For Infants and Children.
ALCOHOL. 3 PER f-vvT
AVgefabkrYcpsrarrmErAs
sLuila riir the Yoci an-JRrga
tug Uic Sioaacls alBcr i
-So
ncss nni IfesuCcntaLns ecjodt
Opitmi lorphbe ncrSacral
Not Xab cotic.
f,Tf-r?xit - .
iTewr.
ADcrfect Remedy for Dmsflr
tlon , Sour StomadiDtarriaa
Voriasfom'alskrasJoTrislj-
ncss and LOSS orSLEEP.
i
Tile Centauh Compau;
NEW YOKK.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the -,
Signature $
of
oar own time, on what whimiscal
"'' a grounds some r.f the most
heroism shown in the civil war second term, isn't it natural fr
will wish to see the exercises in any person to change his mind?
honor of the blue and the gray How many people in the world
continued after the last veterans have never changed their mind?
have gone. Hut in a few years We would like to ..( the color of
there will be few or none who feel the hair of the fellow that has
directly responsible f-r carrying not. Anyone has a right to change
on the work. In some towns his mind when he thinks it right
various churches and societies to do so. The matter has weigh
have already organized to observe d upon Governor Morchead's
this occasion in place of the vet- mind for many weeks, and as he
era ns who have gone. Graves of has always been right on matters
federal "and confederate dead that have came before him during
alike are decorated. Honor is his present administration, we
done to all who made these sacri- cannot help but believe he is
Jice- of the past, and a similar right on the matter of his run-
spun oi seii-uevoiion in iuuire i iimtr again.
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Exact Copy of Wrapper.
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In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
18)
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ft
THt cnwTAua totiwT. facta voaa crrr
meritorious books and works of
art may be placed under the oili
cial ban.
Among Americans one of the
most prized possessions is free
doni to speak and write, subject
to the laws of the land holding a
person responsible for what he
lias sai..i or puniisiieii. it carin
as a result of an age-old straggb
c
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liom present appearances
here will be an even dozen re
publican candidates out for gov
ernor before the primary election
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It is apparent that Sleuth
Hums and his men are not
niooth enough to go up against
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wiiii i.muiiis oi inougni. .aen ! i,..r. i.-.i.i..,., .i. ...i .
. eumiiiaii ai:u me imiana
rotted ill jaiN ami mounted .-caf- -lmin ,.,:, lion
urged. Certainly Ieeoration day
should not be sulTlTeied to lapse
as the two armies depart on their
long journey and there need to be
some observance other than those
This eounlry, at least need md at lhe -aI- Irk.
worry aleuit its army oilicers :o:
resigning' in large numbers. Senators and representative
Here a commission is a good job cannot be blamed for attending get her wit h a few henchmen cat-
fobJs and stood at burning stakes
in its behalf. It is too rich a
heritage. c-ting too much Hood,
and tears, to be surrendered to an
oilicial. even though he be elect
ed by the people. Xo matter what
11M.M . :i r ii. I 1. .
uiie u i- uue mat tue nemo- high purpf.ses may be urged for
crals of Nebraska are in a serious the establishment of a censorship
1 1 re. 1 i e.l M 1 ei 1 1 I 1 1 ! Vn - i . i I I .. i. i . .
--- . ...... ... ,,r Uow. nagraui mav le the
caa-e for them being that way, ailv,.s sought to be corrected.
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when a little ring at Lincoln tries in..,-,.
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o:;e get- a glimp.-e of what a
ternble thing war is by rellect-
ing that possibly as many Ameri
cans have been killed in Mexico
as have met their deaths in this
country in automobile accidents.
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It. L. Metcalfe was not long in
republican fi.-k-t are -till multi-plving-.
IMal t-n:outh remembered tin
old -oidi'-r- remarkably well this
li'-coratiou day.
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It remains f.-r Thomas a. Ivli
son to blame cigarettes fr luo-t
of the trouble in Mexico.
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lake good care of your com
mon -en-er bos. Some day it
will be worth more than pur.
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The timely rains are making
the wh.-at li-Id- dap then- hands
and corn lields laugh with joy.
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The season is at hand when
ity folks begin to long for a
sight of their relatives on the
farm.
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Teddy Roosevelt's enthu-ia-m
for Mr. J'inchot of Pennsylvania
vill not assist his cause much in
some of the western states.
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Saturday was an ideal iJeeora
tion day, and everybody turned
oat to ob-eive the time-honored
event.
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Most men who are out of
touch with the political .situation
are taking good care of their
families.
The corn crop is booming in
every section of ('ass county, and
the farmers feel rejoiced over the
prospects.
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If there is any virtue in media
tion the Mexican delegates are
anxious for prompt action at Nia
gara Tails. Immediate mediation
is their battle cry.
liuding out the true situation in
is an ever-present danger Nebraska, and as he fol.l
io ,an me anairs of me parly in (hat a censor will become arid-LIiaI friend
their own sellisll manner, and to- fiaiv io Ihe exercise of lii r.ower .....ii...
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1 he possibilities of the motion Ho. . i. .. ... .,..... ; ...... ..... ..i
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moil me w, ii nor marries money, "m .on.-s us n-ug .is me usii- lereu nere ami mere, to io meir picture are immense both in th
and the limited supply of heir- i'i-'"ii team is doing well. It is dirty work, they are determined wav
esses makes that impossible' for ' m-ve experience to all the home to have their own way or bu-t the
the majority. fans to have them win. party wide open. This they have
-o. -o. almost complete,! now, and ir printed page and nobody can esli-
So much faalt has been found! And now comes State Supcrin- they do not check their mad JMate the fai'-rearliing eiFect that
with Secretary Hryan recently lendent of Schools Ialel! and career, thev w ill finish t he job b
Itepata- ponent hamn himself, when Maff
a per-
the other dav in
the cause of the fued in
iitic party was n
together oii"-sidcd, either."
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Matthew tiering has many re
...... it.
impiesse man me publican and democratic friends
in ('ass county who will support
him if he concludes to run for
llri1 ilnilv Iiriiilni'in" iim f I i . . nrn; n . -i. i . -
... - u .... - - is ii. will nt:i l.i rii-
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Tt.-.r.. ...... ....- o. .i.e. ...:.ii.-. a . .. ... i.i i . . i i.i i .
l.... iie.jii.-iu s wine- wains to run lor trie renuli ican line tune election aay ions ,... :in,i r,, ..;(;,,.,,
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pread whiskers are not being I nomination for congress in the around. They believe people h,
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tlMI.-ed as lliUCh as thev deserve. I'ilsf di-tifef nv i.i. .!..- KnO... I shoiil.l inte :is Imp' :is Ho
of entertainment, and educa
tion. In many respects the lilms
are iiior.
No objection to Huerta run
ning for president should be
raised, provided the election ma
chinery is in proper hands.
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The theory of the attraction of
opposUcs is illustrated by the
marriage at Albany, . Y., of he
timi. pound fat woman in a side
show to the I'O.pr.und dwarf.
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Huerta, who must be eliminat
ed, seems a little better than Vil
la, who is in turn, superior to
Zapata. The Mexican outlook is
a helva prospect, regardless of
developments at Niagra Falls
and points north.
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We
for
are disposed to blame them 'em on, while the track is hot.
the watchful waiting policy
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i t. . i . i i i I
e uie.uei owners are un eresieo goes before the I ide with his
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' 111 '""""""""r i 1 i'iii.k en "i di atorv, of winch he is proficient.
uo as they hi.j them. JJul the their places and in holding the
r ii.. i i: - . ...
.....sses oi o c 1 1 1 oi i .1 1 1 c p.n . , gno. i w 1 1 1 o i t h e i r pa t v ii s . par. Nehawka -News: The editor of
retiablicans. in Ihe .sev-lhave alwavs oimosed i-iiir rn le. I .... i - i i.i ...... n... n.I..,inp.. ,. ,
- I - s..,- Ui,u in. ui.ui.-i.-. s i,:iimt- n:lsiil iioieli v-m
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who are candidates and this year of i'Jii will see the attended by their children are paU,y for Ross Hammond in hi
. senate must envy little cotorie up at Lincoln Hat- reputable. Oilicers of the law candidacy for overiior It
nonentity congressman at Wash- the ease with which Penrose got tened out completely unless they should see that exhibilors of im- jut uch
mgion 11 1,111 j'rice should get the the nomination in Pennsylvania, blow their horns to dilTerent moral and degradin
i'-mioi. 1 uuc nomination or COIl-l Willie I'mcliot Ins oro.01w.nl .-n I iniisie ...I.. i.f 1.
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the "immaculate" :o:
or anything else you can think of.
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It will open the eyes of the
Those
eral states
fr the U.
goeruor. 11 is
pap-suckers as this
g pictures areLreek who has put the parly on the
... 11 vrl..l.
prosccuieij. 11 me hum. Il looks like en..n-'li of
-.ess. e mu-l sa. Ill Iioilol' oi I sii oriorteil I.i- Ho. " u-ul-iln" I I 1 : 1... . .1 I.. - ..
-- -- .......uu.uiv .w. 1'ies.in laws iii.m.ijuaie no these lellows have been turned
-ui. 1'iite, as l() ahinty he is tfar leddy. H. I.. Metcalfe made a talk in should be amended. Hut there down to -ive the .v.l 1 hint
supeii..r to me rellow who simply :o: Omaha the t.ther day, and we does md seem to be any imminent
1 1 I I 1 1 .. 1.. .1 . 1 1 I !;... . . f 1. . I . I : . . I t I I . .: 1. 4.1. -i - ,, - .. I r r 1 . i il .il I ... .. ...
.... - i.j 1 1 IMiiuil'ilt OI IIOIOIII I .111111111 li:i: If III Till Kii- I I ll. II'J.III 111 f..IIi:iTl-s lll.ll I l t i.iim 11 h I ll-...i ,1 ill' f I T-
I ....... .V ... .... n.v-c .. .... ...o . -.viu .ovii uuiu ii.- i rnMi me tone or some 01 our
.ovn his seat III Congress, and I Hammond who en-moo.- r...ln..l ..i-v- well ..-llisfie.l wifli i In. I ... 1 .... . . . ,.r ....,....,.1.;,. ;.. ...1 I. ,,-
- 1 ' ' v--""- 1 ..... - v .... tei"!'.. ."ii 01 . ... 11 .-.I. .-ou ... no- repumican exchanges lloss Ham
mat Is ail. I Ihe reimli! ienn Tioinoinl inti for I eoiiil i I ii nf tlie 1 1.. 1 1 1 1 1:1 1 ie I ...... .. ....1;...- ... r ;.r.. 1.. ... . . .
I - ......... 1 1 11 M miu is inn, going io nave a
o: - I governor, and threatens to rim nartv in Nebraska, and the man- free inf il n t i. m s ....... .i 1.1. . 1.. n. .. .
.... . ' I l'- '"H-uuiiij; as ne UIUU.IU m
ihe political situation in Ne- for governo r again himself. Ross ner they are "cutting and slash- :o: would for the nomination for
.. . -.n..o uooosi n.tu nener uo someuiing 10 pacny nig one anoiiier, or worus 10 .u independent oil company governor And neither is Th irlev
Wet'p. When you the Venegance of Ihe ir:ile evllhaf elTect. Ilick Melcal fe under- I loi- )..... el. -mi-. ..I of e ii n i n .- I 1 . ... 1 . :.. 1..-. ,
overnor. Islands the inside of the little charges. This is good fortune, refary of stat
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1 . 1
1 1 1 a i e a n g e i s
l"ok at some politicians in both
parties, some of whom have
worked their way well up to the
on the dt
001 e in
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cotorie at Lincoln, aim couni pos- but md eipial to tlie good loriune eratic ticket
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xne me inspection committee simy open me eyes 01 me masses 01 being "dissolv ed. ' gettin- fire.l of inn .n.-i,.,.
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.!-, an.j neiioia me tactics used that attended the state lire mar- of the democratic party of the :o: thp lime
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ny t. iem, you wonder what sort of shall to this city were highly state if he those to do so. Mr. Ross Hammond held onto the
moral liber they are made of. It pleased with tin.
And still a republican is draw
ing postmaster's salary in the
Lincoln postoiiice, and the "Log
gerheads" at Washington d-aft
seem to care a contental cent
what the common democrats
think about it, either. Still a
gentleman was recommended for
the position two months ago.
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The last state legislature pro
vided by the statue for the observ
ance of the "Pioneer's Memorial
lay," the second Sunday in June
each year. This year it ernes on
Jane li, and the oilicers of the
Nebraska Territorial Pioneers
association and of tlie State His
torical society are anxious for its
general observance throughout
the state. The law provides:
"That the second Sunday in June
in each year shall be known as
Pioneers Memorial Ikiy and the
same shall be set apart for hold
ing suitable exorcists in the
schools and churches of the state,
and when possible in the ceme
teries and over the graves of de
parted pioneers, and that th
present inhabitants snd future
general i, o.n tuay x.t forcel th
spirit and the acaieven.e-.ts of the
demo-jineu and women who se'.f'e-.i these
The people are i plains and pr.unes and eUM. sh
all led the institutions wh:ch we now
enjo .
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cleanliness 01 1 .neicaiie, 111 speaKing 01 me con- collector s oince as long as m
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l" 1e -'u-ue that there the town and the fire protection, dition of affairs in Nebraska, had thought it was healthy to do so.
is no conscience left. They say Plattsmouth is the this to say: "I have been here Hut his successor has not been
" :o- cleanest city they have visited, less than forty-eight hours and I appointed yet, and it is hard to
Mr. Hryun thinks of going on Let us keep the reputation we have seen more butcher knives tell when he will be mavbe not
tin- Chautauqua circuit this sea- have gained. than I thought were in the world, until after tin- adjournment of
-on. well, what if he does? Has :o: There is more hatred among Ne- the senate.
he not as good a right as Taft's It will be found when the vole braska democrats than in all the
wuoie tamnei nan.' that isn t it, at the state primary is summed West Virginia feuds. And the No man can offer any good c.-
but it will ghe the republican up that tiovernor Morehead has trouble is not a difference of cuse for the democrats of Ne-
papers an opportunity to blow made a great number of new principles. : It is all personal, braska being split, up the back the
their bazoos, becaase it is Hryan. friends, simply because he has There is bitter personal feeling way they are. The leaders are
Anyone else occupying a similar conducted an administration of among the leaders. When the responsible for tin- condition of
po-ilion could cut the chautau- which the democrats and repub- rank and lile of Nebraska demo- affairs, and the only way to rem-
qua caper and you would not licans feel proud. And no one crats come to realize this, they edy matters, .as R. S. Metcalfe
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lear a chirp from any of them, can say that it has not been will speak out and choose new says, "Is for new leaders to as-
NoW, ain't that a fact? economical. leaders for Ihemselves" some Ihe nartv reins."
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