The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, November 20, 1916, Page PAGE 4, Image 4
J MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1916. PLATTSMO UTII SEMI-TVEESLY JOURNAE. PAGE 4- F At 1 ilen J. 1 V nee i f Che plat tsmou tb ourna rUnUSIICD SEMI-WEEKLY AT PI.ATTSMOLTII, NEBRASKA. Entered at I'ostoffice at Plattsmouth. Neb., a3 second-class mail matter. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PKICEl Sl THOUGHT FOR TODAY. Heme is the resort cf love, of V" of peace and plenty -l- V where supporting cud support- v ed. polished friends "and dear relations mingle into bliss. Thomson. 'I' :o :- Piimpkin pie and cranberry sauce. Waime:- weather predicted. :o: Paimei are busy husking corn. :o: That lonely woman in congress, they say, is able to look out for herself. :o: The frirl who can't even make fudge is the one who thinks she would make an Heal wife. Nobody has yet written a Shake- MK'auan "rag" to comniemoi ale terce ntenary, says a contemp'"',r-'' ir And here's hoping that nobody "-' :o: . Ilenrv T. Clark spent - - , , . -7 v commis mg to be re-elected r:-'1 w-u-i i,:- nre:vjnt, Yjetor sioner. While, ha- ' f ..... . . r,t .i fing less than W i1s'n, got in h ? 1,000. ., use too manv "ifs' 1 he : '- " i .-;- whv Hughes vas de m vp ' r r..'. Ttcy no douht remember the . v ,. "ihe dog and the rabbit," in -:o:- 7 here has been a decline in rubber . i ices, but as it will probably be some t'rrc in reaching the retail dealer, you had better continue to be as careful as possible with your tires. :o: Declaring that Theodore Roosevelt 1 :is twice ruined the republican party, the thj.n G'obe says there remains b;t enc thing for the party to do: "Tell Mr. Roosevelt to go where they have no chilly wilder." :o: The bets on President Wilson's elec tion have all been paid up at Lincoln, as they should be. It was known the day after election that the president was elected, but the New York games ters hated to give up. :o : "The went did it," says the republi can stand-pat papers of the east. That's a fact: and it isn't the last time it will d;j it, cither, as long as such cattle as Penrose, Smoot & Co. are allowed to dominate the republican party. :o: One thing is certain, and don't you forget it, that hereafter the great vest is going to have considerable to say in the nominating conventions of b th parties, as it also will have in saying v.ho ;diall be president. :o: Eleven years ago Henry Ford's plants hiimd out le?s tWin "JOOMi!) cars "a year. Now they produce more than .""O.'ioo cars a year. When comes to being a successful business man Ihcy certainly have to hand it to Hank. A. P. Sprague, secretary of the democratic state convention, is being boomed for chief clerk of the house of representatives. To those who did the work belong the rewards. Revar both Chairman I,;:nghorst and Secre- taiy Sprague Langhorct with food c mmu: iom r, and L'prague with chief cicrk of the hojie, or ::o:ne other go'M p.'Miion. :o: The otates on the ?dexican border O'ifornia, New Mexico, Texas al voted for Wilson. They know more about our Mexican relations than folks farther away. The rest of us, being farther away, might as well take this jesult as an indication that the United r.i.i.-.. n..mri mt r.ri'ir-vl tfvvnrds r-,.an--j t -.. i cur siitsr republic -i" ivr.t far fiern the correct o:,e. Omr.ha News: PEtt YEAH IS ADVANCE Coal, like everything else, is going up. Less than two weeks ' till Thanks- :o: The town loafer never troubles hi head ovc the eight-hour law. :o : There will be a shortage in the wilt oats crop when Nebraska goes dry. :o: With a clear conscience, good health and your winter's supply of coal i the bin, you should be happy. :o: You can l et your sweet hte the frirl with a half sweetheart al wavs iinds things eon.mg her way. c. ... our next t!cor neigh- Sarpv count.- Ui , naforitv of 111 for the bor, gave I U . f-.c iln nnnl'i'st (dim. wet; f -i.ia v"- ties u :o: The early winter weather is sirfri- ..J . m'.f I ,i'lw, Polio. provide themselves with plenty of fuel. The auto driver who insists on cut ting short corners, is sure courting death for himself and some other per sons. ' :o : Occasionally you will find a man :-o considerate that he will even make a fool of himself to save some woman the trouble of doing it. -:o:- Chiicrxe Ilarmaa's amendment was snowed under m great ;nape, as it deserved to be. He will probably be able to find another job. :o : The rule is, when a girl discourages a young man's attentions because "t.ho caught him in a falsehood," she didn't like him much in the first place. : i : Wh( n a girl, thinks her "best fel low" is l.ot "coming to time" regu- arly, she begins u flirtation with some other fellow. It was ever thus. 1 :o: A woman can forgive a great deal in a man if he is onlv a good. !L?ten- er. .Most men nave to listen wnetnei VVi V Ill they want to or not, if they are mar ried. :o: As we understand the situation in Poland, the population is getting a lot of flattering national recognition, when it would much prefer something to eat. :o: Things may go wrong and the world appear dark, but the man may at least rejoice that he is not a worm in China, where there are four hun dred million people to step on him. :o: Judge Sutton, late republican candi date for governor, has congratulated his successful opponent, Keith Neville, upon his election. That's the proper caper, judge, although yon might have had to grit your teeth in doing so. :o ; The women v.ho voted in the recent election displayed a very much demo cratic disposition. Like prohibition they ::ecm to be. corning to the front Let 'em coroo. We don't care, so long as the old my ids are kept in the rear. ;o ; The wintry blasts of the past week seem to have piil a crimp in business to a certain extent. The farmers have been hustling with their fall work, and but few of them come to town only when they have important busi ness. :o: The Journal desires to extend con gratulations to Hon. John Murtey on the magnificent victory he won at the polls for representative from Cass county in the legislature. No one will be mistaken in the make-up of John Murtey, and when the legislature meets he will be found battling for the Lest interests of his constituents in the house of representatives. The turkey season is on. :o:- The coal wagons are on the move. -:o: There will be plenty on the market. :o: Attorney General F.eed is a hum dinger. :o :- When the shoe fits there is always somebody to wear it. ' :o: A leader seldom gets left any v.ay you take him. :o:- A bachelor is never lonesome, be cause he is always on the move. :o: I-, . turkeys will be Reports say that i"1 , , i , iiu. same price as a sold nearly at tnt i year ago. :o:- m-cJu'ne has been invented that i i man to cut his ow n hair. TJa' ,s another blow at the barbers. :o : Those volcanoes in Hawaii need not he getting so active. Wo have no in tention of landing marines to uell the outbreak. "I'm running my own mouth.,'' say. one man. That's the trouble, too many icople are running their mouths, in stead of stopping them at the proper time. :o : Now comes the report from Omaha thr.t turkevs mav be lkirtv-1'onr cents. Many of us can't eat Thanksgiving tin-key at that price. Kid gloves are reported very scarce these days, but that fact do -sn't give much alarm. It's the price of ordi nary clothing and plain food that ueuso the masses. The "bears," "lions" and other wild m'mais represented in the wrestling Profession show pretty conclusively that there is nothing i?i a name. Ry carcfuily supine-sing the post script in a woman's letter, the British censor will prevent any important in- formation f?-om getting through. :o : There is in the const itiuien nothing which forbids any respectable person cf sound mind from 'ge' ting up an to jr earner every uay ir j:e :o so- eci s. :o :- Notwithstanding the inclcroency of he weather of the past week, there ppears to be about the usual mirr.bet automobile ccider.ts none -of which is due to extreme caution in driving, of course. ' , :o: President Wilson has issued his an nual Thanksgiving proclamation. naming Thursday, November 30, as the proper day to return thanks an:' eat tin key, goose, duck, chicken or anything your pocketbook will stand for. Me llon. John Mattes was in the city a short time Thursday evening, en route home from Omaha, and while here paid his respects to the Journal outfit. Senator Mattes feels good over his re-election, and he has a right to feel that way, because the prohibitionists tried harder to defeat him than any other candidate in eastern Nebraska. Even Mr. Bryan was induced to come down to Eagle to make a talk again t him. But Tipton precinct, in whirl) Eagle is located, gave twenty more votes fqr our able senator than it did two years ago. With all the hard vcrk done against him, lie come:; out triumphant, and the Journal extendi congratulations. :o: THE KNOCKER. After -God had finished making the rattlesnake, the toad and the vam pire; he had ;;ome awful jubstancc left of which he made a knocker. A knock er is a two-legged animal with a cork screw soul, a' water rogged brain and a combination back bfHic of jelly and glue. Where other men have their hearts he carries a tumor of decayed principles. When the knocker comes down the street henest men( turn their backs, the angels weep in hcaven, and the devil shuts the gate of hell to keen him out; therefore, don't be a knocker! You can't saw wood with a hammer, boys be a booster. ' WILSON'S LEADERSHIP. In nearly cvciy .state Mr. Hughes ran behind his ticket and President Wilson ran ahead of his ticket. " To appreciate the extraordinary po lltical change that has resulted from Mr. Wikson's leadership of the demo cratic .'party it is necessary only to read the returns in the presidential elections of the last twenty years. In 188(5 Mr. McKkdeyV. popular plu rality over Mr. B:au was (:tl,o,-l. Mr. McKinley having 1271 votes in the electoral college to Mr. Bryan's 17(k In l&y-O Mr. McKirdcy's popular plu rality was increased to 81S,790, hi i electoral vote being 2D2 to 155 for Mr. Bryan. In I'JOl the republican ascendance increased tremendously. Mr. Roose velt's popular plurality was !,." l-v" 1! '. and he had W,V' votes in th-; Electoral college to Judge Parker's 110. In ln03 the democratic party picked up a little but not much. Mr. Taft's popular plurality over Mr. Bryan was 1,2(':,S01. His electoral veto was 321 to Mr. Bryan's lo'J. Thus in four successive presidential elections the smallest republican plu rality in the popular votoMvas 01,Soi. and the sma1le--t republican majority in the electoral college was Vo. In 1912 the Roosevelt bolt destroyed party lines, and although Mr. Wilson was elected by an enormous majority in the ckx-to-xl college, the combined Tuft -Roosevelt vote was 7,50 l,.r(i: against a Wilson vote of only V-t'.-01!). The rcpiddican-progressive plu rality of the popular vote was 1,;U1, 154. or slightly more than in leH;8. In l!lf the Wilson popular vote is 2,1(50,000 beyon I the previous demo cratic record. It is 000,000 more than the Roosevclt-Taft total of 1012. It is more than U'O.GOO in advance of the reunited republican party. TIito is no more talk of a "minority presi dent." Mr. Wilson has put the two parties on an equality again. The great re publican majorities of the last twenty years have been broken, ami the coun try will profit from 'this rostoratior f the balance. There is no" better as surance of good government than t wo pa! tics practically equal in power an 1 each at the m ; cy of the independent vcte.-T-NV.v York World. LINES (S! A GROUCH. The election is over, and I lie good Dr. Rosewaler is licked as usual, but, he cannot cen: e his sad rc pinings. He continues to grouch and cavil and rail at Senator Hitchcock after election the same as before election. The trouble with Dr. Rosewater b; that he wore out his hammer long ago and doe. n't realize it. He keeps onknocking, knocking, knocking with the poor little splintered stick that is loft in his impotent fist, and only suc ceeds in making himself and his long ailing newspaper ridiculous while the party that is burdened with him sinks deeper and deeper into the slough of despond. In a perfectly friendly and sympa thetic way we have tried, but all in vain, to give the editor of the Bee r valuable and badly needed tip. Why doesn't he throw- away his grouch, to gether vith his used-to-be hammer, and cheer up! U would do l im ixwi. do his newspaper good, do the com munity good and do his party good. Can't he ever learn that while the echoes bound to a joyful sound and that they shrink frcni a sigh, of de spair ? Cheer up, doctor; for heaven's sake cheer up! Even if you hate "iho sen ator" don't let it corrode and blast your young life. Somewhere the sun shines and the birds sing. Somewhere theic will be another election and possibly you'll have better luck ne::V time. Besides all is not lost, even of what was put to the test in the late election. Did you not succeed, in a gallant, faithful, uphill fight, in. sav ing Robert Smith? Look at the doughnut, not at the hole," and try to smile a little. World-Herahf. :o : The freight car shortage Is throw ing a- scare into the east, as well as the west. If' the scare is big enough in the east, the west may get some relief. The man who puts everything in hi wife's pimi will never be in a great hurry about getting 'a divorce. :o: Those fellows who claimed they couldn't get as many beis as thev wanted before the election, are prob ably glad now they did not takeany more. Mrs. Pankhursf is not dead, and neither is she sleeping. She proposes to wake up the suffragists to more trouble for the police in London. She don't have to wait till the war is over. :o : The rural mail carrier's life is not a bed of roses by r.ny'means, espe cially in the winter time, when they are compelled to pick pennies out of the mail boxes. :o : The democrats of "Nebraska can congratulate themselves upon electing a gentleman and scholar to the posi tion of lieutenant governor, who is peculiarly fitted for this important oiiice. Edgrr Howard is not only a voiy brilliant newspaper man, but ho is a gentleman of .great ability othc: wi. e, and we doubt if ever there was anyone who occupied the position of lieutenant governor who acquired the ofi-ce with more honor and dignity t h a n Ed ga r 1 1 owa rd . :: me Sprine held Keruuiican says: "There are Ohio, Indiana and Illinois in a low. Ohio, at ore cn, goe for Wilson by 7-".,,--a; Illinois, at the other end, goes for liu.nhes by nearly 200,- 000, are' Irrru'.na, m ine middle. na' eiy goes lor Jiugncs uy some o.oou Who can explain the marked differ ences m Hie moment politics of t hose- three slates, which are so much alike in population and economic interests?' WOE I'Oll THE HOUSES. It is. not the ltpublican l.-osse.-: alone that star.d rebuked by the ret urns. Un.Ic abtedly the spectacle of the Smoot, Cannon, i nrse, Ciane, I'lynn buneh back r.f Tdi-. Hughes did muck to incense the' voters against hi -t:v.v.-c. But the ranks of the discredit ed do not stop there. Peering through the mists arising from the battle one can eliscern thi .i;g'e;! rem:.' vis o loss lUrpnv ot i mrr.any, anil Bo j Roger Sullivan '.ho (!cr'',i'! ''tie an Just behind them si erat oT Hlin'-ic Y; Bo-er. Taggarl of Indiana. The-re is no doubt that Tammany's effort in behalf of Wilson in New York was negative. The pitiful ma jority given the president in that dem ocratic stronghold, where Wall street 1ms long ruled both parties through the paity bosses, pioves it. And Illi nois, that 1ms stood politieady at the beck of Roger Sullivan, went over whelmingly against the president. In both of these localities there were ele ments that might have been won for the president by honee-t and earnest effort. The labor .vote in New York city would easily have been swung foi Wilson had Tammany been zealous. The .woman vote of Illinois was just as available had Roger Sullivan been diligent in the president's behalf. We have heard Judson Harmon oft en denounced as an ally of Wall street and doubtless a great many gullible people had. been led to believe it. But we rennet, overlook the. re u't in Ohio, where Harmon is a dominant factor in democratic affairs. Some of these who had set Judson Harmon down as a lieutenant of the Wall street bunch are going to have to revise their esti mates of him. However, it is tome comfort to know that Tammany, Sullivan and Taggart are not apt hereafter to be recognized as the autocrats of democ racy, and when a democrat goes to a national convention hereafter he will have a right to complain if he should lie compelled to occupy only such quarters as have not been parceled out to the Sullivan and Tammany forces. Lincoln Star. :o:- If you have anyming for rale adver tise in the Journal. ASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bear; 7 . , i ! Bit i" AYc:tdr.l'1e?2atm j u '' -rris 4 . . r n.. V. I.LLL jii ' ii'.irhna.'cS ' -i. . v,r-T. n f:t.TT' v z. - r I 1 : i ;r.Y7 msdi Every boost for Plattsmouth is a boost for yeurrcif, if you are in busi ness and own property here. -:o: Ai'voiu can work when he feels like it. Put .--ucee.s; comes to the one who weeks whjthVr !g feels like it or not. Covem op Neville will enforce the p ohibicion kuv to the letter, as he -.aid ho would. We'il bet our money on that pi oporitiou. , ;o: This is the supreme moment for the democrats of Nebraska. They are irj control of every department of the state and should remember that this authority cai ries with it all of the re ': ponsi'oiiity. Let every man elected to effiec in .Nebraska do bis full share toward carrying that responsibility with honor and for the good ef all. The people have approved the demo, crr.tie record of the past four years. Let nothing h'J done that will shake that confidence. :e: It is very easy for two or three fel 'cws to take credit for the success in the recent election. They mrwy ele serve their share of it. The truth of the matte;- is the democratic newspa pers cf Nebraska deserve more credit for the great victory just won than any other branch of the party. It is a very easy matter to spend the money in the campaign contributed by honest democrats, but the newspapers got right down to business every day and week and securcel less reward for their labors. :o:- CORN SHELLING. I am no w ready to do all kinds of com shcllkig and wood sawing. Call Murray Tel. Exchange. Omar Yard- ley. ll-208twkly The Journai delivered at your door for only 10 cents a week. Not ZtMic otic. r. V2JL ; liri-Ct Copy of Wvcprtr. the cintauh eownnr, wcvn o city. I LOOK WESTTM1! re :,oii or your tons using proper energies towards finding land, im rial or professional opportunities in localities adjacent to the Burlington 1 lt ' ; -Montana.', I can. put you in touch with ;V " voicbKa arestcauily increasing in value -The town the North V bitfn Vail good business chances. The oil industry of Central Wvomin. , ?? ZrZ1. 1" , " " " -" Wyoming mmn , rf-y xu.uIt;, eiuier help you. S-B. HOWARD, 1004 - J For Infant3 and Children. Mothers i(nov Thai - Genuine Castoria Always Bears the gnature 01 For Over Thirty Years NOBLE DEMOCRAT WORKERS It would be futile to endeavor to pi tribute to the thoroughbred Nebras democratic workers in the measu that they deserve. From one end Nebraska to the other, from the roe. ribbed hills of Sioux county to t verdant hills of Dakota county, froj apple-bearing Richardson to the fq tile lands of Perkins county, thj state is blessed with some of the mc unselfish, hardworking and fair-mini eel democrats the earth ever saj They put on their fighting clothes ev before the battle waxed hot, and el tered into it with the ardor of pi tviots. They did not succumb to tl repeated asaults of republicanism of disconcerting sounds within the own ranks. They asked no quarter ar they gave none. They slept on thcj arms often ou the battlefield, and q though their patience and endurani were often tried, they never gave u It was a spleneliel fight conducted I democracy's appointed ones, and hi tory will never carry upon its scrol enough space to contain the names all .those w ho had their part in brin; ing about an all-glorious victory. But we must be charitable and fa ar.d thankful in our hour of joy. Tl republicans who stepped over the party lines and made possible tl achievement of the results were mai in number. We must admit that this they showed a most commendat spirit. They did not hearken to t' calls of their distracted leaders wh they insisted that a vote for demc racy might be a vote for continuatj of a "horrid" power in this stai They went serenely on their way al did just what they thought was rig for them to do. The affected solii ' tude of the distracted republican ma agers thought it would. Gaddis World-Herald. Dr. II. J. Lehnhoff anel family Lincoln were in the city yesterq enjoying a few hours' visit at home of Mrs. F. D. Lehnhoff A daughter, Miss Tillie Lehnhoff. Lehnhoff and family have been v. ing in Omaha and motored on d(i to this city, departing yesterday aftl neon for their home. j iNonneastern Colorado or SoutI rv,rlUnf A . . .his new oy is greati; widening! through service betJ via Alliance and Wendover. have bef-e you the of ior yourself or for your sons, le Immigration Agent, C. 6. & Q. R. Farnam St., Omaha.Neb. iSi f Use ,.. iQ,: 4 v p &'J