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( PCATTSUOUTHSEMI-WEEKLT JOUHNAE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 2, 181. PAGE 4. Cbz plattsmoutb -Journal FITBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOl'TH, NEBRASKA. Eater at Poatofflce it Plittsmouth. Neb., as second-class mall matter. R. A. BATES, Pubiiiher CBgCRIPXIOH PHICEl l.SO THOUGHT FOR TODAY Man is not boni to solve the -J J problem of the universe, but to J. find out what he has to do, and J. to restrain himself within the -J J- limits of his comprehension. 4- Goethe. They will be afloat this week. :o: Nail 'em wherever you find them. :o: No man wants to become a subject of under-dog sympathy. :o: . Riches and fame do not always carry with them real happiness. :o: Our idea of a neat little curio for a keepsake is a $50 gold piece. :o: A week from today and the tale will l told in the battle of the ballots. :o: Peace doves that twitter in the midst of the fighters are nature fak ers. , :o: i Some preachers will agree with Thomas Edison Jthat people sleep too much. jS :o: I'. has been thirty days since we hive received a pamphlet telling all about who started the war. :o: When one is constantly a public tar get for light and heavy artillery, and mud batteries as well, he certainly does not feel very free and easy. :o: They are trying awful hard to de feat Senator Hitchcock. If they suc ceed by electing Kennedy, the people will see their mistake when it is too lite. He was in the lower house of congress, and his record is a blank. :o: The democratic ticket in its entir ity is one of the best ever placed be fore the voters of Cass county, and deserves the support of not only every democrat but of every liberal-minded voter. You'll not miss the mark by voting for everyone on the ticket. :o: The Hughes' indictments of Wilson boil down to this: That Wilson failed to recognize Huerta and has brought prosperity to America. If Wilson only had indorsed assination in Mexico and had brought panic to the United States, Hughes would readily forgive him. And well he might. :o: ine democrats snould leel very proud of such candidates as Keith Neville, Attorney General Reed and Edgar Howard. All are men of abil ity, fine orators and personally very popular. While in Platttsmouth thej met many friends who will take pm:.? in voting for them on the 7th day of November. :o: Citizens of Atnens, ureece, are clamoring to have the United States government intervene and stop the Occupancy of that city by entente forces. Should we heed their appea or should we turn them the deaf ear? It would be quite an undertaking for this country to see that justice was dealt in all parts of the world. :o: The people have had an opportunity to see and hear Keith Neville, the democratic candidate for governor, and the roost of them have change their minds in regard to his standing n the issues of the campaign. They readily note that he has been shame r.iiiw Vhh uDon and slandered. He is a fine appearing gentleman, and while not a brilliant orator, they see he is a :o: business man, and that is the kind of. and a man who don't know ; you only j ery f armexndjyaga earner will read they want at the head of the ' when he's running for office is not the j ily see'the impending national disaster state administration Hoop it up for Keith Neville from now till election ' day - J PER if EAR lit ADTANCE THE OMAHA SPEECHES. Readine President Wilson's two Omaha speeches after going through the recent outgivings of Hughes, Taft, Roosevelt, Shaw and the rest of the republican orators was like coming into the fresh air of outdoors after a long stay in a stuffy room. There was breadth' and vision in those speeches. Together they constitute a comprehensive statement of 'how a statesman sees the future of the United States, not in the light of tem porary events and difficulties, but in relation to the fundamentals of na tional belief and aspiration. We have heard a great deal about war, how we have kept out of it or why we should go in. These discus sions have related to mines in Mexico or blockades in Europe. Now Presi dent Wilson tells us that if we are forced into war it must , be over a clear issue of human rights, and in stantly the American conscience as sents. Our country was born of a war for human rights, and if we have any mission among the nations of the earth it is the assertion of those rights and their extension everywhere. If we mingle in world politics it must be with an aim in view, and President Wilson told his hearers that he fa vored letting the world know that we are ready to lend our force without stint to the preservation of peace1 in the interest of mankind. That is to be our world policy with respect to war and peace if President Wilson is re-elected, and what Ameri can cannot join with him in that? There cannot be many, nor can there be many, either, who would prefer the leadership of those whose policy would drag us into the present European conflict, with its tangled motives rang ing all the way from righteous in dignation to land-hunger, dynastic ambition and revenge. ' But we have opportunities as well as duties. How does President Wil son see our opportunities? He does not see them in a return to policies which confined our operation to the territory of the United States and forget the rest of the world. Already under his guidance we have taken great strides toward the goal of world. wide trade. This country has ceased to heckle business and begun to help business. The establishment of the trade commission for that purpose marks our advance in this direction, and the new currency law with its provisions for branch banks in foreign lands is pioneering the way for great er trade. These accomplishments are sufficient evidence of the president's ability to go forward, as he tells us he wishes us to do, with a policy which sees the whole world as Amer ica's field. In place of this forward vision, Mr. Hughes asks the country to turn back to the policies which made the United States the most self centered of the great nations. We do not believe the United States will turn back with Hughes. We be lieve it will go forward with Wilson. St. Louis Republic. : :o: Reports from the east are very en couraging for President Wilson, and there seems to be but little doubt about his election. , :o; Judge Begley will have no opposi tion for judge of the district court This would signify that the people are very well satisfied with his judicial work. , -:o:- Every voter should post himself on ' the standing and qualities of the j?en-l ilereen running for ; office? in, Cass4 j county. isormbility goes, a Jong ways. .niah to serve the common people in any, position, especially, when .it comes .to the taxpayers to be served. - , .The. week. Hfor.roarbaca. v ,.;k -sot- Beware of the last hour circulars." -tot- Only four weeks, till Thanksgiving. Use your qwn" judgment about' vot ing. tor- Plenty . of work and good pay for shucking corn. . -tot- Whoop 'er upVboys, from now till Ihe close of the polls next Tues'day. ' ' ; ' . tor ' Don't worry about Nebraska. Wil son will carry the state by a good ma jority. tot It takes a sincere smile to put sun shine in the soul and gladden the hearts of others. i :o: The democrats seem to be most en thusiastic for Wilson and the entire democratic ticket. ' -:o: Candidates are not the only ones that keep busy these days. There are the speculators, who are going some. :o:- Several republicans voluntarily o!d Keith Neville while he was here Mon day night, that they .intended to sup port him for governor. . :o: Remember and mark an x in the circle after John Murtey's name for member of the state legislature, when you vote on Nevember 7, and you will make no mistake. -tot- The political pot begins to simmer in great shape, and will slop over one way of the other next Tuesday, but we will wait for one week to say which way. tot Senator Hitchcock has established a brilliant record in the United States senate, and he is one of the great eaders of the upper house of con gress. .Nebraska is one ot the great est progressive states in the union, and that is one reason why a progres sive citizen like Hon. Gilbert M. 'Hitch cock should be kept where he has done and is doing so much good for the state of his birth. tot- REASONS FOR DEFEATING WIL- SON. Candidate Hughes, floundering in the sea of conjecture for a plank upon which he and ihe republican party can keep afloat, might do well to seize upon some of the following sound, solid and weighty business reasons for the defeat of Mr. Wilson: The population of the United States lias increased, during the Wilson ad ministration, approximately from 94,- 736,000 to 101,300,000. There 'has been an increase of $41,000,000, or 21 per cent in the national wealth. Our debt to Europe has been, reduced from $6,500,000,000 to $3,160,000,000, or 51 per cent. ' Gross annual bank clearings have climbed from $163,408,000,000 to $224,338,000,000, a gain of 34.9. An' increase of $6,500,000,000 or 33 per cent is noted in total bank depos its, and the stock of gold in the United States had mounted from $1,818,006, 000 to $2,439,000,000, an increase of 34.1 per cent. During this same administration foreign commerce has increased from $4,278,000,000 to $6,531,000,000, or 52.i per cent. .The balance of trade in our favor has gone up to $2,136,000,000 from $55i,000,000, a gain of 287.6 per cent. Manufactured exports have in creased from $1,020,000,000 to $2,600,- 000,000, a 155 per cent' gain. ,. Surely these ..facts and ' figures should bring about the downfall of President Wilson and ; the ' democratic administration, but? should njore. rea sons be required, thistmight be -added: " ; Wages : paid-in ..manufacturing in dustries have gone from $3,766,000,000 to $5,320,000,000, gaining 4115 per cent. And the value of manufactured products has increased $9,400,000,000 or 41.2 per cent. Capital employed in manufacturing industres, has soared from $21,000,000,000 to $32,200,000,-1 000 a gaiii of 30.9 per cent." ' .. . Naturally, every business maYf, jby Impending in these figures. Such.Sri administra- tion ,!s, incupabledown ith it! World-Herald, , v. EtVyELi feNOyciii Alone.' -to: Frcm. his Ohio home Murk Hanria twenty years ago said to the repub licans of the nation t . "Let well enough alone! Keep price; of our products high by keeping . U3 ii power!' ' ' ; If Mark could be interviewed now he would hardly fierht democracy. For under the very doctrine which he set down a3 fundamental in tho conduct of great campaigns he would have to join hands with democracy, this year. and aid in the fight to preserve th; gratifying high prices which all of Nebraska farm products now bring. The ''well enough" of the Wilson administration has been just a little; bit the best "well enough" the nation has seen. Prosperity is universal . Mark would have to admit it if he saw it and everywhere the hum and whirl of the wheels of industry make musk to which a mammoth army of working men chant a gladsome refrain. In the name of Mark Hanna and with the aid of Mark Hanna's most subtle and most irresistible argument we, ask republicans to vote the demo cratic ticket. If all democratic reasons-fail surely this traditional repub lican reason should not World-Her ald. tot That was certainly an outpouring of voters who came to Plattsmouth to see and hear Keith Neville, the democratic candidate for ' governor, Monday night. Hon. John a Maguire should be elected to congress because he is a man of the. people. He done good work for his constituents when he was a member of congress for six years, and he will continue the good work, if elected next Tuesday. to: When you vote for Mike Tritsch for treasurer you will be supporting one of the best and most competent men for the office in Cass county. And you know it takes a competent man to do the business of the treasurer's of fice to the satisfaction of those who pay the taxes. :o: Abraham Lincoln Sutton, while ?. member of the legislature, voted against further protection of female chastity by raising the age of consent from 15 to 18 years. Are we to under stand that Abraham Lincoln Sutton's republicanism is the kind that believes in protecting American industry and putting famale virtue on the free list? :o: Think for yourself and not for. Ha r- man, the present food commissioner, and vote against the amendment to extend his term of office to six years longer. That is what there is in it for Harman, and nothing for the people. It is pure selfishness on the part of Harman to ask for the adoption of such a selfish amendment, and nothing more. :o: -U In 1912, when Justice Hughes was a member of the United States supreme court, and was asked to become a candidate for president, he said: "The man who, on the highest judicial tri bunal would consider another office, is fit neither for the one he holds nor for the one to which he aspires." What possessed Mr. Hughes to change his mind at this time? :o:- All but two of the republican candi dates for state office live in Omaha or Lincoln. The two living outside of the two big cities will not, if elected, serve on any state board having to do with the finances of the state. Mr. Farmer, do you want your land valued for taxation by men whose knowledge of land values is formed from the standpoint of city real estate values ? ; i :ot- 'JoBn Murtey, democratic candidate fbr . member of the house of repre sentatiyes, is a whirlwind on foot, and from ihe way the voters are talking everybody" nearly 'is' going to vote for iim. He- is one of the common people, wlXh AMltty. abundantly. , to. espouse their interests in-the legislature, lie is gentlemanly a'n'd genial, and possesses-such qualjties as to make him popular . among his fellow members. Popularity goes a great ways in wield ing influence. ' ow Democrat eHivered. Record of Achievement in State and Nation. Some of the many good things the Common People now enjoy AT WASHINGTON IN FOUR YEARS Federal Reserve Bank Law Anti-Child Labor Law Farm Loan Law Eight-Hour Day Law c Income Tax Law Inheritance Tax Law Workmen's Compensation Law Seamen's Welfare Law Tariff Revised Downward . Agricultural Extension Law Non-partisan Tariff Commission Good Roads Law x Merchant Marine Law Grain Gambling Stopped. Improved Paroels Post. Anti-Injunction Labor Law v Post Oflice Self-Supporting Children's Bureau Created Peace With Honor Maintained Alaskan Railroad Law Danish West Indies Purchased , Adequate National Defense Maintained National Neutrality Banished Lobby from Washington Freedom for Filipinos Won Confidence of Latin-Americas Crushed Militaryism Prosperity Restored To approve this and those who stand Gilbert M. Hitchcock for Senator Keith Neville for Governor Edgar Howard for Lieutenant Governor Charles W. Pool for Secretary of State William K. Smith for Auditor Willis E. Reed for Attorney-General George E. Hall for State Treasurer Vote for WILSO THE AGE OF CONSENT. When Sutton voted against raising the age of consent of the girls of Ne braska in the legislature of 1895 there were but two others who voted with him. One of these was Robertson of Lancaster, who explained his vote by saying that it "wasn't a bill to pre vent crime, but a bill to prevent the seduction of young girls under 18 years. And tnat is just the conten tion that is being made today. It was a bill to stop the seduction of young girls under 18 years of age that A. L. Sutton voted against the passage of when he was in the house 'of representatives. Opposed to Mr. Sutton and voting for the bill was found such men as Charles H. Sloan, now congressman from this district; T. P. Munger, now judge of the fed eral court; Edgar Howard, now a candidate for lieutenant governor; C. D. Casper, Orlando Teft, Addison Wai, Mr. Rouse, afterward speaker of the house; Mr. Garrison, after ward president pro tern of the senate. These and others of prominence fought and worked for the bill. It received 80 votes in the house and 20 votes in the senate. And only 3 votes were cast against it in both houses, of which A. L. Sutton was one. Mr. Voter, you have got to say whether you like this on election day. It is up to you. Folk County Demo crat. -:o: .When baby suffers with croup, ap ply and givjc Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil at' once. Safe for children. A little goes a long way. 25c and 50c. At drug stores. Itching, bleedina:, protuding or blind piles have yielded to Doan's Ointment. 50c at all stores. For regular action of the bowete easy, natural movements, relief of con stipation, try Doan's Regulets. 25c at' all stoies. Impure blcod runs you down makes you an easy victim of dis ease. For pure blood and bound di gestion Burdock Blood Bitters. At nV drug stores. Price, f 1.00. The' Rural School Consolidation -Mother's Pensions Anti-Loan Shark Law Shorter Day for Working Women Elue Sky Law Anti-Bridge Trust Law Flat Rate Telegraph Law Code Insurance Law Voting by Mail Physical Valuation of Railroads Modern Irrigation Code Comprehensive Drainage Code Normal Training Law Purified State Institutions Economy in State Government unprecedented record, vote pledged to continue it. N, PEACE and P By Your Ballot November 7, Mr. Nebraska Mor, You Say Whether Yeu Approve The savin r to the people of this state fully $1,000,04)0 year 1 unreasonably liigh freight rates. The uniform classification of freight charges, made hy th Slaie Kiiilway Commission. The reduction of SOCo of the charges on shipment of o! vtitliln the Mate. Promulgation of State Kail way Commis.ion orders so fair and so well fortiled by facts that railroads and other public utilities concede they cannot be annulled. Preventing reductions In freight rates attempted by the leglMlature without knowledge of existing rates or the efTects such reductions would hare on the slaie. Fair freight charges on all shipments originating within the state. Proper sanitary condition of cars, both freight and passenger. Protection against "watered''" stock and worthless bond issues of public utilities in Nebraska. 1'air express, telegraph and telephone charges ; adequate depot and witching facilities, reasonable Pullman fares. A competent, well informed, fully trained, experienced and eourage ' onsly fair man to direct the relations of the people with their rublie utility corporations. A VOTE FOR HENRY T. CLARKE. Jr. present chairman of the State Railway Commission, who has been largely respon sible for these far-reaching accomplishments of the commission, will show that YOU AFPKOVE HIS KKCOKD The work of the State Railway Commission directly affects the pocket book of every Nebraskan. Cash transactions of theimrious companies under its supervision amounts to about $40,000,000 a year, nhich is paid by the people of this state. It is the duty of every voter to see that the proper sort of men are placed on this commission in order that the people's money may not be squandered. The question every voter should decide is: Shall I rote blindly a partisan ticket, or shall I vote upon the basis that I would vote for a manager of my own company doing a $40,000,000 business? Think it over and you'll cast your ballot for HENRY T. CLARKE, JR. Mrs. G. P. Eastwood returned home this afternoon from Des Moines, la., where she has been attending the gen eral convention of the Church of Christ. Mrs. Eastwood also stopped at Ames to visit her mother a short time. Drs. Etlach & Maori, The Dentists Ths largest and best equipped dental cfSces in Omaha. Specialist in chares of all work. . Lady attendant. - Moderate Prices. Porcelain fillings, just like tooth. Instrument! carefully sterilized alter using. Send for thkb sampje of Sani-Pyor Pyorrhea Treatment. I im . ii 3rd Floor Paxton Block, OMAHA PiliPKS FISTULA Pay After You Aro Cured li I B s w mji(j system of treatment, that cures Piles, Fistula and "other Rectal Diseases in a short time, without a 'surgical operation. No Chloroform Ether or other Reneral acasth.etic;used. iA cure guaranteed in every case ac cepted for treatment, acd. no money to be paid until cured.. Write for book oa Rectal diseases, with testimonials of . prominent peoplo who have been permanently cured. DR. TARRY Deo Dulldlng Omaha. TTTT i Goods 1 from Democratic Rule. f( AT LINCOLN IN SIX YEARS Reduced State Taxes in Two Years tha : sum of $1,018,330 Put State Treasury on Cash Basis ' : State Board of Control : ; ' Bank Guaranty Law , Employers' Liability Act Non-partisan Judiciary Law Eight o'clock Closing Law Abolished Liquor on Trains Initiative and Referendum Albert Law to Abate Prostitution Anti-Bucket Shop Law " Rural High Schools a. for those who made it Victor E. Wilson for Railway Com- missioner Grant L. Shumway, for Land Com- -? missioner W. H. Clemmons for State Superin tendent Dr. P. L. Hall, H. D. Landis for regents of the University, and democrats for Congress ROSPERITY J Call at The Journal office for your Dennison Hallowe'en party decora tions. We have the finest line ever before shown by us. Call and make your selections early. Office supplies at the Journal office. 8
