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PLATTSMOUTH SOU-WEEKLY JO URN AC THURSDAY, AUGUST SI, 1916. republican candidate. But in its issue Still cool but very pleasant. ;o: Big crowd at the carnival night. :o: Oe plattsmoutb journal PUBUSHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. Entered at Postoffice at Plattamouth. Neb., as second-class mail matter. of August 19, says: "Mr. Hughes has been campaigning every two weeks, the outlines of his position are known, and his admirers are apol ogetic and on the defensive. Among I It is suspected that Greece is too proud to fight. -:o: Chicken season opens Friday. John ny, get your gun and hike west. the voters who have no party loyalty, R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICEi fl.M PER VEAR IN ADVANCE the liberals and progressives and in dependents, Mr. Hughes is weaker than he was on the day of his nom- PAGE I. 4 THOUGHT FOR TODAY 4 J The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the J 4- brow of him who plucks them; J- for they are the only roses J which do not retain their sweet- J ness after they have lost their 4 beauty. Hannah More. 4- iK-I"!"I":"HI' :o Nail the speeder every time. -:o: Carnival week and "Home Coming. Welcome to the old town, former pioneers. -:o: Greet the stranger with a smile of welcome. :o: Anyhow, Italy and Germany kept their tempers for two years. :o: There are coal mines in Greenland and. we know of no happier life in Greenland than that in a coal mine when the long Artie night comes on. :o: People Usually complain more about the high cost of living than they do of the costly high living. In many in stances the latter is the cause of the former, perhaps. :o: The speeders must not go too fast in Plattsmouth, for they will surely get "nipped" if they do. Chief Bar clay ever has his eagle eye on those autoLsts who insist on going too fast. :o: In New York the auto speeders are not fined but imprisoned. They have no choice in the matter, if found guilty of speeding beyond the limit. Mayor Dahlman favors such a law for Oma ha. :o:- The cost of living has increased 25 per cent in the past year, according to mathematic sharks. Yet we notice that most of us still manage to live, and the rest usually succeed in ex isting. :o: Everything is working smoothly at the state headquarters of the demo cratic party in Lincoln. A great deal of work is being done, and Chairman Langhorst and force are kept very busy. :o: The Brundage Carnival company is on hand, and is a great addition to the festivities this week. In fact it i.s the largest company on the road. The comnany hns a first-class reputa tion in every respect. :o: Clark Perkins of Aurora, a mem ber of the state committee and editor of the Aurora Republican, has, for the second time, politely demanded that A. L. Sutton, candidate for gov ernor, withdraw from the race. He does not agree with the platform. :o: Some 10,000 "busy" bees escaped from a Chicago show window display the other day and proceeded down La Selle street, the heart of the windy city's financial district, chasing great crowds before them. Many business and professional men were stung. However, there are other ways of get ting stung ever more painful to the average man than any inflicted by the insect which is said to "improve each shining hour." :o: Asquith has finally decided to en dorse the cause of equal suffrage in England, in a speech which he re cently made before the house of com mons'.1 Evidently the "brickbat" cam paign! adopted bythe suffragettes in that country was necessary to make the English premier and his advisers "see the point" in the arguments ad vanced by those believing that women know enough to make a few crosses after the names of men on a ballot. G. O. P. MELANCHOLIA. Something" is happening has hap pened to the republican campaign, Colonel Roosevelt expressed the fear, before assenting to Mr. Hughes' nomination, that "we may be handed another -gold brick," which same was a right-handed reference to Mr. Taft and a left-handed compliment for Mr. 4 Hughes. There are a great many re publicans, and numerous progressives, who in five or six weeks have come to the reluctant conclusion that the Colonel's gloomy forebodings were well founded. The New York Herald, which boosted Hughes for months in ad vance of his nomination, admits the corn, liere is a part of what it has to say: "Republicans generally are wonder ing what ails their presidential cam paign. It was first in a squall. Next ran afoul of the doldrums. Now they don't know what it's in. But they know it's something that doesn't make for party success. ..v, .u-ia.ucu xcpuyiaaiis nu thrived for a generation on a diet of pep and ginger' were at first dis turbed. Now they are worried. Some of them are inclined to be alarmed. Some of the republican veterans of past campaigns are suitenng trom a form of 'political melancholia.' It is something entirely new with them. It is becoming epidemic. Io secret is betrayed by stating that republicans as a rule are disap pointed thus far in the campaign trip of Mr. Hughes. They had not the slightest doubt that he would be 'on' the first page of every newspaper in the land from the time he left New York until he returned. In all quar ters, in fact, the word has been passed that Mr. Hughes has not made the profound impression upon the elec torate which his historic Youngstown speech of 1908 foreshadowed." The Herald speaks from the view point of disappointed and alarmed conservative republicanism. Let the Philadelphia North Amer- ican, since 1912 the foremost news- paper of proe-ressive re mahliran ism of the Roosevelt brand, speak for that element: "Mr. Hughes' letter of acceptance left much to be desired. In the pres ent campaign not even the most ar dent admirers will assert that up to this time he has convinced the wait ing public that he possesses excep tional strength. One condition is defi nite and obvious the progressive strength has not swung entirely over to Hughes, despite the confident pre dictions that Colonel Roosevelt's whole hearted indorsement would have that result. "It would be absurd to belittle the defection of such men as John M. Parker, of Louisiana; Judge Lindsay, of Colorado; Francis J. Heney, of California; Matthew Hale, of Massa- chusetts; Edwin N. Lee, of Louisiana; G. A. II. Hopkins, of New Jersey; Judge Nortoni, of Missouri; Bain- bridge Colby, of New York, and Henry M. Wallace." "There are large numbers of pro gressives who strongly believe in President Wilson. We know this through the protests which have reached us from readers who are vir tually always in accord with us, but who do not follow us in condemning the record of the Wilson administra tion. "Mr. Hughes' progress thus far is not inspiring to his supporters." The foregoing is the frank confes sion of a paper that has been giving Mr. Hughes loyal support since his nomination. Let "The New Republic" speak for the independent vote that "belongs" to no party. The New Republic, too, has been more than friendly to the "When Mr. Hughes leaves the field of administration and begins to talk about national and international pol- j icy he becomes so vague, so common place and so timid that his friends are at a loss to account for him. It is straining our faith to ask tor . . . ... . . . . . power to alter American destiny through generations to come, without any explanation whatever of his gen eral policy and views. Mr. Hughes is evading the issue because he has no policy or because he is afraid of los ing votes, in tne next montn ivir. Hughes should be forced to speak plainly about our relations to the great powers of Europe and the weak states of Latin America." To blind republican editors who are striving to make themselves believe that it is "only the democrats" that are dissatisfied and disappointed in Hughes, these utterances from non- democratic sources are respectfully submitted. World-Herald. -:o:- A genuine gossiper is one who thinks little and talks much. :o: Senator Hitchcock deserves credit f or nis effGrt to smash the paper trust -:o:- A good citizen is always proud of his town. We are proud of Platts mouth. :o: A demagogue is defined as a loud mouthed talking man who belongs to the other party. :o: Oil made one set' of American mil lionaires, automobiles another, and the making of munition millionaires i.s now going on. :o: - I Russian dancer is said to have the most perfect foot in the world. That's as good an excuse as any for being a high stepper. :o: The republicans concede the election of three state officials at the election this fall, so reports from Lincoln say. We suppose it will be governor, attor ney general and treasurer. :o: Hereafter in Canada there will be no .Methodist church, no rresbyterian church, no Congregational church. Those three have merged their mem- bership, their property and all their interests and will become "The United Church of Canada." This new church will be the largest and most influen tial Protestant denomination in that country, with ten thousand church buildings, six hundred thousand actual members and a constituency of more than one fourth the entire population of Canada. -:o:- WORDS OR DEEDS? We are now facing the question whether we want words or whether we want deeds Rollicking "Charley" Hughes. Candidate Hughes is dealing in 1'- Here are a few of the deeds President Wilson has dealt in: 1. The child labor law. 2. The law declaring human labor not to be a commercial commodity. 3. The federal trade commission. 4. The federal reserve system. 5. The income tax. 6. The parcel post. 7. National defense. 8. Peace with Europe. 9. Peace with Mexico. 10. The rural credits law. 11. The dispersion of the lobbies at Washington. 12. Freedom from Wall street con trol of government, the tariff and the financial system. 13. The suspension of the submar ine campaign. : ; 14. The repeal of the canal tolls law which repudiated the pledged word of the nation. 15. The appointment of Louis D. Brandeis, a representative of human ity, to the supreme court of the United States. taken away from them by the Rus- sians. -:o:- - I It is life, liberty and the pursuit of i happiness that is guaranteed in this country. :o:- I Tn llm vail i t- -i .t-1 " ""1Ut,V4 omvc nuiwuuiis I : i i i ii- a . lv l ,idIU Ior ine PUU11C aetermine just what is the crisis. There seems to be more than one j single track mind now pounding the railroad strike negotiations. :o: Most envied of all is Charlie Chap lin, because so many might have done it if they had thought of it. :c: The national encampment of the G. j A. R. being hold at Kansas City, ru mor says, will perhaps be the last one ever held. :o:- No man who really wants a fight is ever grateful to anyone who keeps him out of it, and elections times tell the tale. some- The democratic prospects in Ne braska look britrht and Chairman ! Langhonat is letting no grass grow under his feet in pushing matters rignt aiong. ine democrats have a fine prospect of carrying the state. :o: The Deutschland has a sister-ship by name Bremen. Now the Bremen introduces a mother-ship, the Wille- had. Slowly we are becoming ac quainted with all this great U-family so recently sprung up out of the great-grandvaterland. :o: It is just as well to keep in mind the candidacy of John Murtey, of Alvo! for member of the legislature from Cass county. Mr. Murtey has lived in this county for many years and is a gentleman and scholar, with ability to represent Cass county in a manner to reflect great credit, not only upon himself but also upon his constituency. John Murtey is one of God's noblemen, and if elected will be found battling for the best interests of the tax payers of Cass county in the hall of the legis lature. DANCE SATURDAY EVENING. The Cosmopolitan club will give a " ,i c. i.... I iiumc uuiiuj; UdlllC UU Oil LU I uny evening, September 2d, at Coates'hall. The public is cordially invited to be present and to enjoy a good time. The music will be furnished by the Plattsmouth orchestra. PROPOSAL. Sealed proposals will be received by the school board, District No. 102, Cass county, Nebraska, up until noon, the 6th day of September, 1916, for the furnishing of all material and labor in the construction of a high school building in accordance with thi plans and specifications prepared by R. A. Bradley & Company, Architects, Exchange National Bank Building, Hastings, Nebraska. All bids for this work must be made out .on blank forms which will be supplied by the Architects. Said plans and specifications will be on file with the Secretary of the Board and the Architects on and after July 5th, 1916. All bids must be accompanied by an unconditional certified check for Two Hundred Dollars, ($200.00) on an Alvo Bank, payable to the order of S. Muir, Secretary. Any contractor or contractors de siring to figure on the above named building and desiring a set of plans until date of letting shall deposit with the Architects a certified check for Twenty-five Dollars ($2y.0U) as a guarantee that the contractor will not enly return plans but submit a bona fide bid to the Board of Education on or before .the date of letting,, otherwise the deposit will- be forfeited'. to; the Architects. V'ttSQ" Vnii instructions will be found in the specifications. The School Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. : . Signed, r " "T; S. Muir, " Secretary. IrOoinnieeomDinig Psaf Lots of big attractions are planned for Friday. Plattsmouth will be busy welcoming Homecomers. We hope we may have the pleasure of seeing many of our old friends and customers those who left Plattsmouth for other towns, months and years ago. A smile a hello a hearty handshake await you at corner of 5th and Main. Yes, we've changed some, but we've tried to keep pace with the progress of the good old town, and the policy that founded this business that is credited with its growth re mains the same. Enter Our Homecoming Free-for-All YOU MAY TAKE BACK ONE OF OUR ATTRACTIVE PRIZES: How tall are you? How much do you weigh? Were you born between 1854-1864? How many miles did you travel by auto? Did you come by train? How much fare? Did you come behind Old Dobbin? How many miles? Do you belong to the earliest allumni class attending? How long have you worked for the Burlington? We have an attractive prize for the best answer see list in Tuesday's paper. New ties every week! C. WOODMEN CIRCLE TAIN. TO ENTEU- The Woodmen Circle has rented the Modern Woodmen hall for the after noon and evening of Saturday, Sep tember 2d, to be used as their head quarters for all Woodmen Circle mem bers. Refreshments will be served free, by the local grove, to out-of-town Woodmen Circle members. Be sure and come to the hall during the day or evening and let us make your acquaintance. The Woodmen Circle members are working hard on the plans for enter taining their visitors, and this enter prising order will see that each of E. Wescotf's "Everybody's Store" Drs. Mach & tlTach, The Dentists The largest and best equipped dental offices in Omaha. Specialists in charge of all work. Lady attendant. Moderate Prices. Porcelain filling, just like tooth. Instruments carefully sterilized alter using. Send for free sample of Sani-Pyor Pyorrhea Treatment. the visitors is treated in a royal man ner. Charles Troop and wife accompa nied by their cousin, Mrs. George Car roll of Alva, Okla., departed this morning for Omaha where they will visit for the day in that city looking after matters of importance in that city. Welcome, Visitors! In a spirit of good fellowship, The Live Men's Store of Plattsmouth bids you welcome. We have and are making every effort to make your stay in Plattsmouth as pleasant as possible and an event that will long be remembered. 1MB -HPT VEFSaii-fn. We want you to make our store your headquarters while in Plattsmouth. Register here, arrange to meet your friends here, come to us for information in fact use us whereever you can. Come in and get acquainted today. v Sons 3rd Floor Paxton Block, OMAHA FOR SALE. Seven lots and eight-room brick house; eight blocks south of Main street, known as the Tutt place. For particulars, see Robert Richter. Sales Journal. bills aon quickly at the i
