The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, October 18, 1915, Page PAGE 4, Image 4
PAGE 4.- PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. MONDAY. OCTOBER 18, J915. Che plattemcutb journal VI IILISI1KII SEMl-WWiKlV AT 1'I.ATTS.IIOl Til, MCIIKASKA. Entered at I'ostolIU'e at riattsmoutii. Nel., as second-class ma il matter. R. A. BATES, Publisher lUSlIlilTll. IMtKi:: Vl'Al VKAK IX A I J A N I'll Vi iiS"ii THOUGHT FOR TODAY. l Half the world is on the J wronjr stent in the pursuit of J Y happiness. They think it consists J in having and getting and in be- ! J injr served by others. It con- J J. sists in pivinp and in saving . J- others. Henrv Drummond. J :o:- A genuine gossiper is one who thinks little and talks much. :o: President Wilson surely believes in the second term of marriage. :o :- The whole world is a mystery, and out si.it of that no mysteries exist. :o:- Paving activities in Plattsmouth ma ke it look good for those who have the blues. :o: I am proud of my town. You are proud of your town. We are all proud of our town, or should be. :o: Pomember that if you do not like him and he does not like you, there are two sides to the street. :o: " The law may presume that you are innocent until proven guilty, but that is not the way with the public. :o: The modern person who uses a jaw bone of an ass to hurt somebody, might le called a modern gossip, male or female. . ;o: Speaking of mysterious disappear ances, what has become of the son-in-law? of Champ Clark, Teddy Roosevelt and W. J. I'.ryan? :o: OiF.cially speaking, we are the poor man's friend. No poor laboring man who owns an auto shall be given the worst of it if we can prevent it. :o : The international peace congress wants President Wilson to call a meet ing of neutral nations to devise means to stop the European war.-That would le a good move, r.o doubt. :o. It sounds something like a joke to see some of the republican papers talking of ex-Senator Burkett for president. It is possible they are simply doing it for a joke. '. O ; W. J. Bryan says national prohibi tion will not be an issue in the 1!)1J campaign, indicating that he still has something to say. Arfd he will, you can bet your bottom dollar on that. tor- There isn't much difference between a man and woman, after all. A wom an will travel a hundred miles to at tend a week-end p.trty and a man will get out of bed at three in the morning to go duck hunting. :o: Ross Hammond of the Fremont Tribune is a pretty fine fellow, and a very good writer, but when he at tempts to argue a question with Harvey Newbranch, the able editor of the World-Herald, he mutt acknow ledge that he is "not in it" even a lit lie bit. :o: A few years ago a good many Cass County people were going to Texas and Oklahoma. You don't see many going now, do you? A few years ago many of our people were crazy about California, and went out there to get rich raising fruit, but you don't see many filing out there now for that nurpuse. do you? Remain in Cass county and let well enough alone. Preachers and newspapers arc not always popular. Preachers marry people and newspapers tell why they are demanding a divorce. THE AMUSEMENT QUESTION. It was possibly a bit maladriot on the part of Billy Sunday. Just at the time he was mo;t sternly and sweep ingly denouncing what other people look upon as their innocent pleasures pinochle, high live, whist, dancing, theaters, moving pictures he went squirel hunting in the Missouri river bluffs north of Omaha. Now the Rev. William Sunday can see nothing wicked in shooting squir rels for sport. To his way of think ing it is a perfectly harmless and Christian form of entertainment, else he would not indulge himself in it. He is very fond of shooting the timid wild things of the fields and woods, both feathered and furred, we are told, and hugs the pleasure of it to his breast whenever opportunity offers. He means nothing wrong, thinks noth ing wrong, whe:i he does so. It is his idea of fun, just as it is of many other good and respectable people. And realizing that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy he plunges himself into it, every now and then, with the same vigor and vim that he displays when he is hunting Satan and frightening sinners into repentence. Rut, by the same token, other peo ple have other ideas of fun. Some think that casino or rummy is harm less and innocent sport. Some knosv no more pleasurable amusement than is afforded them when Otis Skinner or Maud Adams or Forbes Robertson comes to town. Others find relaxation and diversion in dan cing. There are good people, and clean and decent and pure-minded people among those devoted to all these various u.versions, and they in dulge in the quite as free from 1 bought s of evil as is Mr. Sunday him t elf when he draws a bead on the scurrying, bright-eyed Mr. Squirrel and drops him, plump, to the ground. Mr. Sunday declares the diversions of these others to be the very essence of w ickedness and demands, on pain of eternal punishment, that they be abandoned forwith. Rut, as appears from letters in the "Public Pulse" to day, over the names of Robert F. Gilder and K. K. Tsujigaki, some of these others look on Mr. Sunday's favorite sport with profound aver sion. They brand it is wanton kill ing, lhey want to know what harm the squirrel or the rabbit or the dove has done Mr. Sunday, or the people Mr. Sunday loves, or the God he wor ships, that he should take delight in slaying it. Plainly they think Mr. Sunday is quite as much in danger of hell fire when he kills one of God's creatures for the love of killing it as he would be if, for example, he went to a vaudeville show or melded three kings. Here is a nice little how-de-do. Without question there is room for an argument. A great many people will rgiee with Tsujigaki and Gilder; a great msny will agree with Sunday; still another large contingent will cry a pox on both their houses and declare that either side is making mountains out of mole hills. But the thought that will impress a good many is that Mr. Sunday, being so censorious, of others, should be especially particular in his own pleasure. They will say he denounces sweepingly such amuse ments as does rot appeal to him, but indulges freely in that which does, even though the indulgence pains and shocks others, and there he is there fore both unfair and inconsistent. The controvery, however, is by no means a new one. Through the thousands of years of human life upon this planet it has never been settled and the odds are entirely against its being settled while Mr. Sunday re mains in" Omaha. In the future as in the past men and women will con tinue to seek and enjoy such pleas ure as they like, whether it be dan cing or eating pie or drinking beer or reading novels or squirrel shooting or baseball or poker or the movies. They will continue to criticse and de ride each other's notion of what fun is, the same as they will criticise and deride each other's notions of other things. And for the most part the people holding to the one view will be just about as good people, with just alut as good a chance of going to heaven, as th6se holding to a con trary view. World-Herald. :o: Base ball dying? Didn't look much like it the past week. -:o: Revivals seem to be the order of the day. So why not quit your meanness and be good? :o: Old Hoary-Headed Winter is liable to be here before we know it. Be prepared for it. :o : If the Turks keep up their present lick long there will not be any Armenian question. :o : Villa says Mexico needs more educa tion. That ought to have occurred to somebody in authority forty or fifty years ago. :o: When the packers took the oath of allegience to the United States did they have the Sherman act particular ly in mind? :: To some dispositions there's enough to be comfortable about even if i isn't hot weather or cold weather. October itself, for them, has specks on it. :o : . Perhaps the European war has in spired a greater degree of patriotism even in neutral countries. In Boston la;;t Monday the Beaneaters gave the home team the largest attendance ever known at a base ball game. :o: . While in conversation with Hon. R. B. Windham in our office the other day wo found him very enthusiastic for a "Home Coming" celebration next sum mer. 'Mr. Windham is a pioneer resi dent of Plattsmouth and realizes the pleasure it would give those old resi dents who have moved away to visit with old friends they have not seen for many years. He thinks it would piove one of the grandest events ever held in Cass county and so does the Journal. :o:- It is rumored now that the anti treat ing law of Nebraska is to be hauled out from its hiding place for thirty-five years and an attempt made to enforce it. Well, if it is a law, why not enforce it? But, as you go along, there are numerous other laws that need enforcing much more than the anti-treating law, and which would result in a great deal more benefit to the general public. There is no use in trying to try to resucitate a law that has been dead so long. :o : Former Governor Aid rich doesn't appear to be getting very far in his campaign for the republican nomina tion for United States senator. Mr. Aldrich turned bull moose when he thought the short cut to the pie counter led that way, and promptly flopped back when ho discovered his mistake. Aldrich will discover that while the republican party will wel come his vote, they will be more slow in offering him a reward in the shape of a United States senatorship. Clay County Patriot. :o: It would seem that politicians are not very enthusiastic over the pros pects next year. Of course the demo crats are relying upon the popularity of President Wilson to carry them through to victory, while the repub licans will depend a good deal upon their own exertions, which in many cases pulls a ticket through to victory. There is nothing that works so charm ingly as a thorough organization and the placing in the field of a good, strong ticket. It is only about six months till the primaries, and it be hooves those who expect to be con sidered next year to be getting in on the ground floor, as the saying goes. WHAT TARIFF IS FOR. . Those who are looking for excuses for criticism of the administration are deriding the suggestion that the sugar tariff may not be abolished as pro posed by the free sugar plan begun in the last session of congress. They do not give the dominant party credit for the courage with which it defied the threatened hostility of the democratic south in determining to eventually put sugar on the free list. In fact they have kept up a run ning assault upon the action of con gress in regard to sugar, omitting mention of the fact that beet sugar production in the north has gone ahead of the production of cane sugar in the south in volume. The democratic idea all along has been that such tariff as is levied should be for revenue purposes. The difference between the republican and the democratc ideas of the tariff is that the protectionists want the tariff regulated to provide margins of profit for favored industries, without regard to the revenue needs of the government, while the democrats, satircally called "free traders," want just enough tariff taxes imposed to pay the expenses of the government when economically administered. Having discovered that there is a shortage in public revenues, because the war abroad has' interfered with American commerce, they now propose to retain a tax on sugar, not for so called "protection," but to j.rovide rev enues for meeting the expenses of government. It may be urged that the govern ment administered, and with some men is not economically administered, and with some reason. But every time a retrenchment of any sort is proposed the protectionists set up a howl that is quite painful to hear about how it is throwing good men out of employment and crippling government industries. However, if the government finds it necessary to retain the sugar tariff tax in order to provide sufficient rev enues, these high protectionists are quite sure to be inconsolable. Lin coln Star. :n: Whet) money talks what docs it say to the miser? :o; It is never to late to swat a My, nor too early. But swat 'em before they're hatched. :o: Secretary Lansing withholds his views of woman suffrage because he cannot vote. Is that diplomatic or nolitician ? -:o: This is a free country that an American can say things right out loud every day that a diplomat for whispering may be sent home. :o: One thing in which we rejoice tha pumpkin pie crop is said to be fully up to the usual standard. There is no pie so good as a pumpkin pie. :o: Behold how easy it was to "pacific-ate" Haiti; and it is likely that the pacification of Mexico wouldn't be the monster task that has been predicted. :o: From 1900 to 1915 or 1920 will be known in history as the period of the outbreak of the automobile; and we're curious to know what history will say about it. :o:- Senator J. Ham Lewis of Illinois, predicts a new Europe as a result of the war. The old one is being shot so full of holes that a new one will probably be necessary. :o: Owing to the well known war, cod liver oil is now listed among luxuries, according to one of our favorite jour nals, but it isn't, and those who have taken it will be glad if the price be comes prohibitive. :o: Eight Americans are serving as aviators in the French army and eleven others are in training. William Thaw, who is a second lieutenant, says the Yankees are endeavoring to form a special American squadrilla. The eight now serving are Norman Prince, Elliott Cowden, James Bach, Frazier Curtis, H. G. Guerin, Burt Hall, Didier Masson and Thaw. IflTPQ P.AM SPEND MONEY TO THEIR CONTENT Last Legislature Removed Embarrass ing Features of the Old Corrupt Practices Act. LIMIT DEPTH OF THE POGKET Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 17. The almost immediate opening of headquarters for John L. Kennedy in his contest for United States senator, with Victor Seymour in charge, headquarters that will be busy for the next year if Mr Kennedy gets past the primary, brings up the fact that the last legislature let the bars down on the matter of expenditures of a legitimate nature Candidates can spend almost any sum they desire, and need not falsify their statements as has been charged against some prominent candidates in the past. Previous to this new form of the coriupt practices act a candidate might spend ..r0 at the primary and .'ofU at the general election, if he were running for a state-wide office II' did not have to count his personal traveling expenses and hotel bills in this list, but everything else went. If he was not left at the post at the pri mary he could spent not more than .? 1,300 besides his car fare and hotel bills, unless he swore in his statement to falsehoods. Neither Mr. Kennedy nor any other candidate for senator or governor, or state ofTIcer, will have any such bur den to bear. No treats are permitted and no other forms of entertainment, but the candidate can spend .$1,150 for the primary campaign and as much more for his subsequent cam paign if he gets past the primary. He can spend ? 1,000 more than before, and show it in his statement. But the real favor the legislature performed for all candidates with a Song pocketbook was in defining what shall be reported and what may be forgotten. Under the old law nothing could be omitted but traveling ex penses. Under the present law hardly anything except clerk and worker hire and space in newspapers need be re ported in a sworn statement. All else can be forgotten. This is the law now: "Provided, that money expended by any candidate for his necessary per sonal traveling expenses incurred for himself alone, for travel anil subsis tence, for stationery and postage, for writing or printing and distributing letters, circulars and posters, and for telegraph and telephone service, shall not be regarded as an expenditure within the meaning of this section and shall not be considered any part of the sum herein fixed as the limit of ex penses, and need not be shown in the statement herein required to be filed." It has always been claimed by can didates that they could not circularize their territory under the old law and not be liable for violation. One man now holding high office in the state violated the provisions of the old law and declared that he was justified, that the restriction deprived him of the right of petition. As the act passed the 1915 house without debate of any kind it provided that any candidate for state office might, under present voting totals, spend about $2,500 and still be exempt from the items enumerated in the law at the present time. That is he might if his candidacy ran through primary r.nd to general election, spend 5,000 for help and office rent and newspa per advertising and such other inci dentals not excepted. This was too much for the senate, which cut out about $1,400 from the total by limit ing the amount to the votes up to 100, 000, where the house bill had placed no limit. The new law carries the names of the Douglas county delegation, but it is n"t their pet. The bill that delega tion introduced was prepared by Elec tion Commissioner Harley G. Moor head and was a copy of the Ohio law. It permitted the candidate for sena tor and governor to spend $5,000 each at primary and general election, but did not make the exceptions carried in the Nebraska law. The house com mittee on elections concocted the pres ent exceptions form, although that committee did not otherwise take the lid off. It proposed to limit the out side expense to $400. The house it self raised that amount by $2,100 and on passage only one member of the house voted in the negative, Chambers of Douglas. The senate cut down the figure by more than half. L. G. Meisinger, Ed Tschirren and Ffitz Siemoneit departed yesterday afternoon for Florence, Neb., where they visited over Sunday with rela tives and friends. ........ 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