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PLATTSMotrrn semi-weekly journal.
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916.
Che plattsmouth 'Journal
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTI1, NEBR.ISKA.
Entered at Postoffice at Plattsmouth. Neb., as second-class mail matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
SCBSCHIPTIO PIUCEt $1.50
J. THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
J Expression is a joy, but it Is 4
usually paid for with the gold 4
that was formerly won by si-
V
ence. Emilart.
I-I-I-I'I-
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We need quiet for a few weeks.
:o::
The farmers are now pretty busy.
:o :
We could use a little warm weather
right now.
:o:
Work is never well done if it can
be done better.
:o:
Few men under 35 ever sigh and
wish they were boys again.
:o:
The Easter hat doesn't look so pret
ty now as it did last Sunday.
:o:
And this year we will have to get
along with "Seeing America Again."
Well, it didn't rain Sunday, so we
are not to have rain for seven Sun
days. :o:
No steps will be taken to appoint a
curator for John D , even if his ice
plant is a failure.
-:o:
It doesn't seem to be much over GO
years sines we got a sound spanking
for swatting flies.
.o:
Notwithstanding the scarcity of
dyestuffs, one sees a red nose here
and there, oj:cas Tonally.
:o:
It begins to look as though the war
would continue until Europe ran en
tirely out of "die" stuff.
The bankers are greatly of the opin
ion that the national banking act has
been a great benefit to the public.
:o:
Easter being over, we may confi
dently look for better and more pleas
i.nt weather, for a while, at least.
:o ;
Advocates of compulsory universal
military service are not pointing to
the popularity of conscription in Eng
land. :o:
Do you suppose there is any dan
ger that the Mexican rumpus will
cause a return of the tanga, disguised
as the "fantangc"?
-:o:-
Inasmuch as not one letter of rec
ommendation in a hundred ever is
taken seriously, why so much insist
ence for "references"?
:o:
The Census Bureau rules arc very
interesting in themselves. They are
more broadly comprehensive than the
rules governing the life insurance
companies.
:o: .
If a woman is interested in having
her husband tell her the truth, she
may partially succeed by never ask
ing "Where have you been?" and
"Whom have you been with?"
::
It may be possible that Charley
Bryan will accept a nomination for
governor on the populist ticket. But
ve hardly think so, but it's hard to
tell what some men will do when they
are mad.
-:o:
The republicans of Danville and
Vermilion county, Illinois, the home
of Joe Cannon, are asking him to run
r.gain for congress. It appears that
this is only one way to keep Danville
cn the map.
:o:
John Wunderlich made a great race
for the renomination for sheriff, and
returns fully demonstrate that he was
very popular with the democrats all
over the county and that his vote at
the general election would be greatly
increased. John is a fine fellow, and
the people of the county know that
he will make a splendid official.
:o:
Sutton got in by a very small mar
gin over McKelvie. The younger man
made a magnificent ngnt ior tne re
publican nomination and demonstrated
ht hn was a great cam-
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irner. while Sutton appealed to the
churches principally to save him. Mc
Kelvie is the most popular man of the
tvrn and could possibly pun tnrougn
nt the general election, but Sutton
pever,
'the members of the council, iKe
PEIl VKAIl IN ADVANCE
WHAT WOULD A WAR WITH
GERMANY MEAN?
There is prospect of a severance of
diplomatic relations with Germany
ever the submarine issue. Severance
of diplomatic relations would OTdinar
ily mean war, but not always. In this
case there is little doubt that sever
ance would mean a state of war, as
the conditions which have brought
about the present state of affairs
would become much worse. With no
diplomatic relations between this
country and Germany there would be
no means of carrying on any negotia
tions. Neither country would feel hfce
making the first break toward recon
ciliation. War with Germany would
not mean that we would have to raise
an army ft the present time to fight
Germany. The United States would
probably confine her efforts to cutting
off all aid of any kind that may be
leaching Germany through this coun
try. All German agents who have
been working in this country would be
come persona non grata and would
have to go home. Those who would
stay yould probably devote their ef
forts to damaging property in this
country, such as munitionspJants and
dipping. The United States would
undoubtedly seize all German and
Austrian ships interned in the United
States, and these ships might be used
for carrying supplies to the enemies
of Germany and Austria. The United
States would find that'a war with
Mexico would be the next step. Ger
man agents in this country who might
be driven out, would undoubtedly go
to Mexico and as a matter of helping
their own country, urge on war be
tween the Mexicans and the United
States as a means of diverting some
of the supplies that are going to
Europe. The United States navy
might be used to some extent in pa
troling European waters to protect
United States shipping. The United
States would begin losing ships and
cargoes and there would be no ground
for protest. There is every reason to
believe that for the present, at least,
Germany would concede many of the
demands of the United States to avert
a break. Germany would not wish to
have the United States in the list of
those who would be discriminating
itgainst German goods after the war is
over. It is generally conceded that
when actual hostilities have ended the
Teutonic powers will be hunting mar
kets for their goods, and there is no
doubt that in the countries which
have been at war with Germany, there
will be much opposition to the use of
goods made by the enemy.
War with Germany would be a na
tional misfortune. The United States
has taken a position that it will be
hard to back down from, as the course
of the United States has been based
on its interpretation of international
law and is in the name of humanity.
The next few days will see a show
down, and we will know whether there
is to be a breaking of diplomatic rela
tions with Germany. In the mean
time, it is up to the people of the
United States to- sit steady and not
rock the boat.
:o:
Some people can't understand why
they are not wanted for office.
:o:
A Yale professor says a boy is
worth $90 and an adult $4,000. The
one seems ridiculously low and the
other i3, in many instances, excessive
ly high.
, :o:
About the only convincing explana
tion of a trench taken single-handed is
that the intrepid hero carried a gun
that wasn't loaded.
:o:
We fear that we will never be a
great statesman. The first book we
ever read was not "The Pilgrim's
Progress." Our first venture into
classic literature was somebodyor
other's "Life of Wild Bill Hickok"
who, by the way, was quite a pilgrim
himself.
:o:-
The three-cornered race is what let
John Maguire in. The two defeated
candidates ran well, however, and it
is probable they both of them would
not have been in the race had they
4cnown in time that Maguire was com
ing out.
:o:
Easter, as we recall from our boy
hood days in Sunday school, wasn't
nearly so popular an occasion as
Christmas was. On Easter, we were
expected to give an extra large con
tributibn in the heathens' collection
box, and we got nothing for it except
maybe a pale green or red egg.
police I"
"Sold riTerywucrt?;
Don't take them off yet.
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The same old police force remains
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What's the matter with Judge
Douglas, anyway?
: :o r
Will it not be pleasant when the
world goes back to international chess
competitions?
l:o:
Along with the other faded out arti
cles the strawberry looks considerably
lighter this year.
:o:
But how unfair to all the deserving
favorite sons it would be to run Roose
velt for president.
:o:
History making just now is an oc
cupation which has all hands employ
ed and working overtime.
:o:
Every new excitement opens the
public purse, but war excitement tears
the cover off and takes a mortgage to
cover the deficiency.
:o:
The United States supreme court
fcays honest advertising must be made
and liability will accompany any ex
aggeration. This will pave the way to
scores of prosecutions of mail order
houses.
-:o:
Bill Moran of Nebraska City "ran
like a scared wolf" for district dele
gate, running over 300 ahead of the
high mark. H. E. Gooch is elected
along with Moran, but only defeated
Eager by 20 majority.
:o:
A German multi-millionaire has
committed suicide, fearing prosecution
for violation of a grain law. What a
crude legal system Germany must
lave when millionaires are driven to
suicide through fear of the law!
:o:-
We'll bet that Art Mullen is the
happiest man in Nebraska. And he
deserves to be happy because of his
election as democratic national com
mitteeman. And the democrats ought
also be happy because he is one of the
most capable organizers in the United
States.
:o:
A German army officer now in Chi
cago says American made shrapnel
oeldom explodes in battle, and when
the allies use it the Germans take a
day off. If the German officer is try
ing to show that our munition fac
tories don't use explosives he will fail.
Several of them already have ex
ploded. ,
As time goes on it can be taken for
granted that but little credence can
e put in the reports that come up
from Mexican activities by the troops
from this country. Villa, who was re
ported as being wounded and then
dead, seems to be alive and not hurt,
and capable of doing as much devil
ment as ever.
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ON WHAT ISSUE?
We desire to ask a wistful question.
What is the issue on which the repub
lican party proposes to go before the
people of the country in November?
The confusion about the candidate is
pardonable. We understand how that
is and are not disposed to be censori
ous. We can wait; we beg our G. O.
P. friends not to stop to consider us;
let them take their own time. But it
ceems to us that it really is time to
look up the matter of the issue.
Will the republicans make the tariff
the issue ? No one is interested in that
-there ja not time between now and
November to get the tremendously im
portant matters now occupying the. po
litical mind out of it and insert the
tariff in their place. .
They cannot take up the question of
national finance. The democracy has
acted with respect to a matter about
which, for fifty years the republicans
had only talked; and republican bank
ers and financiers everywhere praise
the result.
They cannot go before the people
on the issue of preparedness. For the
democrats inherited the army and
navy that a half century of republican
rule had fitted the country out with
and the ideals of military efficiency
that a half century of pork-barrel re
publican statesmanship had "shaped.
And the democrats are now acting
constructively, just as they did on the
money question. There will be no
core to the preparedness apple by No
vember.
Will Mexico be made the issue? We
hardly think so. For the democrats
would insist on inquiring what wp.s
done with the constructive opportuni
ties which were ours in Mexican af
fairs during the four years preceding
March 4, 1913. They would insist on
"reading into the record" the story of
dollar diplomacy, when Philander C.
Knox was secretary of state and Hen
ry Lane Wilson, friend of Richard
Achilles Ballinger, was ambassador
and dean of the diplomatic corps in
the City of Mexico. '
We end as we began. On what issue
do our friends, the republicans, prp-
pose to go before the country in No
vember ? St.' Louis Republic.
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GEOGRAPHY OF THE TICKETS.
If the apportionment of nomina
tions to the various portions of the
state counts for anything, the demo
crats enjoy a decided tactical advan-
tage as a result of the primaries, for
they have selected their candidates
from all portions of the state, while
the republican ticket will be made up
almost exclusively of men from Lin
coln and Omaha.
On their state ticket the democrats
have selected for governor Keith .Nev
ille of North Platte, for lieutenant
governor Edgar Howard of Columbus,
for treasurer George Hall of Frank
lin, for secretary of state Charles W.
Pool of Tecumseh, for state auditor
W. H. Smith of Seward, for attorney
general Willis Reed of Madison, for
land commissioner G. L. Shumway of
Scottsbluffs, for railway commission
er Victor Wilson of Stromsburg, and
for superintendent of public instruc
tion W. II. Clemmons of Fremont.
These are the officials who will con
duct the affairs of state, and the dem
ocrats have not only gene into the
rural sections to get them, but have
apportioned them to all sections of the
state, so that every part will have an
official voice in the adjustment of the
affairs of the state.
The republicans have made up their
slate quite exclusively of men from
Omaha and Lincoln. How they could
have been so partial it is difficult to
conceive, it certainly coma not nave
been in the mind of the individual
voter that it would be unsafe to en
trust state affairs to provincial rep
resentative or that all the statesmen
live in either the metropolis or the
capital. But here is the result: For
governor, A. L. Sutton of Omaha, for
lieutenant governor II. P. Shumway
of Wakefield, for secretary of state
Addison Wait of Lincoln, for state
auditor Walter L. Minor of Lincoln,
for state treasurer W. H. Reynolds of
Chadron, for attorney general Robert
W. Devos of Lincoln, for land com
missioner Fred Bcckmann of Lincoln,
ftr railway commissioner Henry T.
Clarke of Omaha or Lincoln, for su
perintendent of public instruction Dr.
Thomas of Ke?.rn)v.'
It is only in the nomination for uni- j
versity regents that the democrats
:sk anything for Lincoln, their choice
eing Dr. P. L. Hall. With him they
;ave selected H. D. Landis of Seward.
The republicans seem to have chosen
for regents S. C. Bassett of Gibbon
snd George N. Seymour of Elgin.
In the selection of other representa- j
tives the democrats gave the senator
ial nominatipn and that for national
committeeman to Omaha. Not one of
the delegates r.t large to the national
convention comes from that city, but
Lincoln claims one in the person of
W. B. Price, the other three going to
Grand Island, Kearney and Seward.
On the republican side the senator
ial nomination, the national commit
teeship and two of the four delegates
at large are from Omaha.
Scant recognition seems to have
been given by the republicans to the
fact that there is something to Ne
braska besides Omaha and Lincoln.
Four members of the Bryan slate
have been chosen by the democrats,
W. H. Thompson and J. J. Thomas for
delegates at large, G. L. Shumway for
land commissioner and Edgar How
ard for lieutenant governor.
There appears to be about as many
"dry" democrats on the democratic
ticket as there are "dry" republicans
on the republican ticket, and if those
slated by Mr. Bryan can be rated as
"dry" the proportion is even greater.
Lincoln Star.
:o:
Spain is getting aroused over the
submarine warfare. Now, maybe
Germany will listen to reason.
:o:
To the numerous moralizings based
upon the career of Lady Eglantine,'a
champion egg layer may be added one
to the effect that the cackling is a
mere incident.
:o!
Don't stop cleaning up the city un
til we make a respectable appearance,
anyway. Some people go so far as
to say we have the dirtiest town in
Nebraska. This seems to us a slander'
on Plattsmouth. Let us get to work
and refute this slander by showing
them the. way the "clean up" work is
done.
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The Literary Digest says that in the
year of 1880, the gold production of
thi scountry was 36 millian dollars; in
1914 it was 94 million dollars. Inas
much as the world's total output of
gold is now approximately 360 million
dollars, the output of this country in
1914 -would therefore represents 20
per cent of the total. Our output,
moreover, is exceeded by the output
of only one other country South
America, which produces nearly half
the world's toal, that is, 212 million
dollars. Outside of Russia every
country in Europe is dependent abso
lutely on the rest of the world for its
gold supply. In this country twenty
states reported outputs of gold in the
year 1914, the largest being Califor
nia, Colorado, Alaska, Nevada and
South Dakota.
There are indications that? e'er long
the unspeakable Turk may acquire
sufficient loquacity to cry "Enough!"
:o:
"The Fatherland," a German paper
printed in New York, speaking of the
recent primary held in this state, says
"In Nebraska an aggi-essive fight is
being waged by the prohibitionists and
the jingo element to defeat Senator
Hitchcock for re-election. Hitchcock
has incurred the enmity of many who
resent his proposal to put an embargo
on arms. They want to put a frienc
of Great Britain in the senate, and
the opposition is formidable, but not
so formidable that the great number
of republicans who stand with Sena
tor Hitchcock on the same platform as
himself with regard to an embargo
and prohibition will not be able to
overcome this opposition to one of the
most intellectual and truly patriotic
Americans in the upper chamber of
congress."
-:o:--
We have in our possession the first
paper printed in Plattsmouth, en
titled "The Platte Valley Herald" and
dated October IS, 1?U0. Alfred Thom
son was the editor and publisher. It
is a fine appearing country paper for
that early date, as it was published
several years before Nebraska became
a state and seems to be well patron
ized. Several wholesale hour.es were
here, which supplied outfits to those
going to California. Among those es
lablishments wan Tootle & Hanna,
who went from here to St. Joseph,
Missouri and became millionaires in
the wholesale dry goods business. We
want to thank our old friend, lion. E.
A. Kirkpatrick of Nchawka, for this
memento of the past, and assure him
(hat he will occasionally hear more
from that old paper as time gees on.
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INDEPENDENT DE3IOCRATS.
Nebraska democrats shewed a sort
cf intelligent independence in last
week's primaries; to make all mem
bers of the party proud. They were
not controlled bv leaders nor were
their votes decided by slates. They
picked the candidates they believed to
be the best men for the place, regard
less of leaders and reg:ardle?s of any
dates.
Take, for examnle, the imnortant
office cf rai!ro?d commissioner. Mr.
Bryan had slated for this position An
drew Clute cf Hastings. Mr. Clute
crot barclv enough votes to lift him
gell of Alliance, who was favoied by
cut of the "also, ran" cLvss. Mr. Rid-
'.hc slate house organization and who
had the support of slates put out in
many counties m opposition to the
Bryan slr.ts, leceived a good many
more votes than Clue, it is truo,hut
not nearly enough to nominate him.
The nomination went to Victor Wilson
of Stromrburg, a radical prohibition-
st who unsparingly criticised and de
nounced Bryan in the progress of the
campaign and who had long both
criticised and opposed Senator Hitch
cock. The intelligent democratic
voter didn't give a darn where Wilson
tood on prohibition or what he
bought of Bryan or Hitchcock. He
hose Wilson because of his plain
poken independence and his qualifi
cations for the position.
So again, in the case of Louis Piatti
;f Omaha, candidate for delegate at
argc to the St. Louis convention. Mr.
Piatti. first of all, was nominated cn
the Bryan slate. He was then nomi
nated on the anti-Bryan slate.
"There's one man has a cinch," said
the politicians. "He's on both slates,
both-Xiowds are for him, and he'll get
11 the votes. The fight is for the
ither three places." It worked out
quite otherwise. Instead of beinir
high man, "with no opposition," Pi
atti, if elected at all, is elected as low
man of the successful four. Many
democrats opposed to Bryan failed to
vote for Piatti, and voted instead for
Billy" Thompson or Judge Thomas,
w
ho were out-and-out Bryan candi-
ates. And many thick and thin Bry
an democrats refused to vote for Pi
atti though Bryan asked them to do
;o. and voted instead for Price or Old
ham, whom Bryan had asked them to
oppose.
Other instances might be analyzed,
but these are enough for the purpose.
The democratic party is a party it is
pleasure to afhhate with because
is both intelligent and independent.
Thev wear no collars but their own.
They bow to no bosses. They are the
st kind of American citizens
World-Herald.
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