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About Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1895)
The Weekly Journal C. W. SHERMAN, Editor. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY AT PL ATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. aUBaOBIPTIQN. One year, in advance, $1.00 Six months, in advance, ...... .50 Three months, in advance, 25 ADVERTISING Rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce at Plattsmouth, Ne braska, as second-class matter. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1895. "I am clearly of th opinion that gold and sil ver at rates fixed by congress constitute the le gal standard of value In this country, and that neither congress nor any state (under the con stitution) has authority to establish any other standard or to displace this standard." Daniel Webster. "According to my views on the subject tnecon spiracy which seems to have been formed here and in Europe to destroy by legislation and oth erwise, from three sevenths to one half the me tallic money in the world is the most gigantic crime of this or any other age. The consumma tion of such a scheme would ultimately entail more misery upon the human race than all the wars, pestilences and famines that ever oc curred In the history of the world." John G. Carlisle, In 1878. Judicial Convention. Tha democratic judicial convention of the second judicial district, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for judge of the district court, will be held at the court house, in Nebraska City, on Thursday, October 3d, 1S95, at 1:30 o'clock p. m. The counties comprising said district are composed of Otoe and Cass and are entitled to nineteen (19) delegates each. F. P. Ireland, Chairman. C. M. IIubnek, Secretary. It seems from the News that Mr. Polk has concluded to tolerate Judge Chapman as a candidate. The judge will doubtless feel grateful. The Papillion Times, in speaking of Secretary Morton's payment of the free silver advocates among fcis clerks in silver, very aptly calls him "Ne braska's clown." The Kearney Democrat remarks that "when PresidentCleveland insists that he is a Jefferson democrat, it should be remembered that he means a 'Joe Jefferson democrat.' " J. Sterling Morton is announced as a candidate for president. The only thing Morton could carry in Nebraska would be the Lincoln Journal's ed itorial rooms. Kearney Democrat. Quay in Pennsylvania and IJrice in Ohio seem to be on top in their respect ive parties. In the senate these men are cheek-by-jowl, both men of one cloth, and it's a toss-up to say which is the better or worse of the two. It is an easy thing to run a news paper now if the editor Lappets to a gold bug. Eastern capitalists will fur nish weekly supplements gratis, and plate matter on the same terms. The express 1b always prepaid. Aurora Sun. Of all the contemptible farces that have ever been put up in the state Castor and Martin's attempt to keep alive their rump organization of bolt ers is the greatest. Hardly a county organization in the state will recognize them. Crete Democrat. The attention of the News is called to the platform of the Nebraska dem ocrats. It is the unadulterated bi metallic democracy of Thomas Jeffer son and there were only six votes against it. Ohio is not here, and Brice with his cuckooism is not in it. These object lessons of Secretary Morton's the paying out of the silver dollars is just the thing. The people want all of them they can get. But ono thing is pretty certain: he will never pay out any more of his own than he can avoid. lie isn't built that way. ' There are 1,000 delegates to the republican state" convention and GOO to Tobe Castor's mass meeting of stumptail democrats. The railroads will furnish them all with passes. Who will pay for those passes ? Why, the people, of course. Central City Democrat. There appears to be a lively con tention over the district judgeship in the republican press, and according to good local authority even Church Howe is taking a hand in the matter, and is credited as the author of the screed in Saturday's State Journal attacking Judge Chapman. Be calm, gentlemen; let not your hearts be troubled over Impossible things. The democrats will lectthe judge this time. It is their turn at the wheel. llEARU ON THE STItEKT CORNEK. Enter Free Silver Advocate and Gold Standard Advocate, when the following conversation occurs: Free Silver Advocate My friend, leaving all jokes and contention aside, (and I know you delight in compelling our free silver people to prove their . position just because you delight in the worry you give them), why don't you drop this talk for the gold stan dard and take up the side of the peo ple's money? Gold Standard Advocate Well, I confess I would like to see the experi ment of 'bimetallism tried, but I don't understand how the two metals are to be brought to an equal relative value just by operation of law. Here we see that silver bullion is only worth half aa much as the cold. How are we to bring them together? F. S. A. Just as they were brought together for hundreds of years before 1873, when the gold standard was set up give them equal rights at the mint. G. S. A. You believe in fiatism,then that the government's say-so will make the silver dollar equal to the gold dollar? F. S. A. No, that isn't the idea at all. But by admitting silver to the mint, on an equal basis with gold at the present ratio 16 to 1, a steadfast mar ket will be made for all the silver in existence at the value of $1.29 an ounce and that will have the effect of lixing the price of all the bullion that comes into market at that price, less cost of carriage to the mint. It is the use and not the fiat that thus creates the value just as the value of all gold bul lion is fixed in all parts of the world by the mintage price. G. S. A. But what I don't under stand is, what makes you so confi dent that such will be the result how will that bring the metals to an equal ity, and why will not gold go into hid ing or go skurrying out of the country and create a panic the moment silver is made free? F. S. A. The experience of the world in all the ages since money was first made ought to settle that matter but we have bad a recent practical ex ample or test of the process by which parity is to be brought about. G. S. A. How is that? A recent example, you say? F. S. A. Yes; don't you remember that in 1890 the U. S. senate passed a free coinage bill? G. S. A. Yes; but it did not become a law. F. S. A. No; but did you not notice what effect the passage of that bill by the senate had on the price of silver bullion? G. S. A. Well, I remember there was quite a flurry among the silver bullion holders. F. S. A. Certainly; silver bullion took a sudden rise and went up from 90 cents to 81.21 an ounce, in a week or so, just on the probable passage of that bill by the house after it had gone through the senate. Now, did it ever occur to you why that sudden rise took place? G. S. A. Why, that was plain enough. The cusses who had the silver bullion wouldn't sell for any less, and others wanted it, so it went up. F. S. A. That's just the point I am trying to make. If silver bullion would go up 31 cents in a week, just because one of the legislative bodies of the na tion had passed a bill for its free coin agebecause the men who held the bullion wouldn't take any less, can you not see that if a free coinage bill were to be passed by both houses of congress, were signed by the president and became a law, that silver bullion would at once go up to par with gold bullion and for the same reason that the silver bullion owners wouldn't take a cent less for it than the mint would afford them? G. S. A. O, that is just one of your free coinage vagaries. F. S. A. Well, it is the "vagary" of common sense that no gold standard advocate can explain away. It brings ablush of - shame to the cheek of every true American to see this great government truckling to a syndicate of English capitalists, who can at will increase or decrease the gold reserve. Such a financial policy is little short of criminal. The Times would love to be able to commend the course of this administration which uerB me democratic name, dui a traitor is none the less a traitor under a democratic cloak, and we cannot re gard as less than traitorous the action of the administration in delivering into the hands of an English syndicate the financial policy of our government. Papillion Times. fcOWARDLX hoLD&UQS. As a rule it will be found that the democrats who favor the gold standard are cuckoos and take that position, not from conviction, but because they want to stand in with the administra tion. This is illustrated very well by the attitude of the Ohio variety of this species. Allen W. Thurman, who is at the head of the silver sentiment in that state, says in an interwiew: "The silver men said plainly what they wanted. I asked Senator Brice to do the same. lie said he wanted the platform of 1892 and that it meant gold, but he was afraid to declare this openly. The committee on resolutions met and I am told that Mr. Ingalls was brave and honest about the mat ter and wanted a straight-out declara tion, but the other members of the committee sat down on him. "The reports were submitted aud in presenting the silver report Judge ratnck charged that Mr. Cleveland, the members of his cabinet, Mr. Brice and others had interpreted the plank of 1892, reported by Mr. Hurd to mean simply gold, and he then openly chal lenged thani to stand un before the convention and be brave and honest enough to say to the delegates just what they had said to me and others. They did not do this by any means, but on the contrary Mr. Hurd, in replying to Judge L'atrick, said that no man had a right to interpret that platform to mean gold, that Mr. Cleveland had no right to interpret it, nor Senator Brice nor himself but that every democrat could interpret it to suit himself, that it was the declaration of the national party and must stand until another national convention said what the democracy really did advocute." If Brice and the cuckoos had any faith in their doctrines, why need they be afraid to say so. "The silver men," as Thurman save, "say just what they want," but the cuckoocrowd are afraid such cowards that they dare not state their position. They are just like the whigs were on the slavery question before the war they want to deceive the people by equivocation, and like that party they will go down into de served oblivion. Sam B. Evans, Cleveland' post master in Ottumwa, la., in 1SS6, and who was two years ago appointed by Cleveland consul to Nicaragua, is out in an open letter t the president be laboring the federal office holders for their undignified activity in the late Iowa state convention, bringing the civil rules into contempt. The letter is very patronizing to Mr. Cleveland, but takes the hide off the federal office holders. In conclusion Evans says: "The traditional policy of the demo cratic party is for Washington to keep hands ofT and let the people manage their own affairs whether at the polls or in nominating conventions. I be lieve in your integrity, Mr. President, and that you earnestly desire civil ser vice reform; that you will not approve ot the indecency of the men, who, at Marshalltown, armed with your com missioners, took advantage of their places, triumphed over their fellow democrats, and then, in stinging words, taunted them with the humiliation of defeat. This letter is made public be cause the subject is of public concern, and with the hope that your dissap proval of such methods will be so ex pressed as to prove a lesson to those who, temporarily clothed in authority, would make your administration rules a farce and democracy a shame in the sight of decent men." Years ago, we remember, certain democrats were very ginger about the party in thi3 county declaring itself on the liquor question, for fear it would hurt the county ticket, although all on the quiet admitted that they were op posed to prohibition. But the knot was cut, and ever after everybody was glad it had been done. It is so now on the money question. There are those who are afraid to say their souls are their own for fear it will hurt the county ticket. For one, this news paper don't believe in that sort of poli tics. It might possibly help some indi vidual who doesn't care a snap for principle, but wants an office awful bad, but we don't believe that. In politics we believe in the Donnybrook fair idea, "wherever there is a head,hit it," or, in other words, stand courage ously by your principles and it will be sure to win in the long run. If you want to see your enemy run make a charge on him. As great a newspaper as the Chicago - Record is, its editor has shown himself lamentably ignorant of Nebraska politics. In an editorial printed last Saturday it says that after great discension on the financial question the free silver men bolted and fused with the populists. The fact was the goldbugs and cuckoos were the bolters, and there were only 36 of them all told. The platform had been dis cussed and adopted, Mr. Bryan bad been unanimously nominated for U. S. senatorial preference, by a call of counties, before there was any show of a bolt, and it was only after Judge Holcomb bad been nominated for gov ernor and placed on the ticket by a very large majority vote of the conven tion that the few bolters walked out of the convention, and after the bolters were gone there were over 500 delegates left in the convention. The Chicago Becord is. grossly in error and inexcusably ignorant of the facts. It is so uniformly fair that we conclude it has not wilfully misstated anything. Henri Watterson says that Gro ver could not carry a congressional dis trict in the Union as a candidate for a third term. He also says that the man who regards Grover as a statesman is a "fool or a craven tool." This we fear, coming from a goldbug, will discourage some of Grover's worshippers. That shrewd schemer, W. C. Whitney, says, "in the next twelvemonths Mr. Cleve land will grow greatly in public es teem." Whitney manipulated the ex- officeholders at Chicago and secured the nomination of Grover and is anxious that his work be not rejected. He is also anxious to he president him self and wants the. cuckoo support. Democrats have had enough of the New York band of democracy for a while and will not likely take another dose soon. Crete Democrat. Secretary Morton went over to Mauassas, Virginia, the other day and by pre-arraugeinent. had his presiden tial boom started from that place, at a farmers' institute. It is veiy appai eut why he didn't come to Nebraska for that purpose, as there isn't a re spectable number of democrats that could be got together for such a pur pose. Mr. MorUn Iackp many neces sary elements Hint wjuld make him a popul.r c-mdidite with the common people. Farmers of Cass, do uot permit miy sort of a slip in arrangements to inter fere with making nn exhibit at the state fnir. If there c;n be no unity of action beforehand, prepare an exhibi tion of your own, and depend upon uniting with others on the grounds. Cass county can beat the state, if .slit tries, aud it ought to be done by all means. There is one test of a goldbug which takes in nine-tenths of the crowd. He is a money lender for hire. Whenever a man conies to the conclus ion that he will depend on the labor aud enterprise of others to enrich him, he wants the fatUst dollar he can et for his return, and he cares little who is wrecketl so he gets his own. The Nebraska City News, which supports the bob-tails, prints the call for the meeting of that coterie which it terms the "democratic state conven tion," for 1 September oih, irox. Why, man the democratic state convention met and adjourned on the '22 inst. There Is nothing democratic about that affair of vours. To Patron f Public School. Most of the schools of Cass county begin Monday, Sept. 2d. The first day is an all-important one to all con cerned, hence the necessity of readi ness on the part of patrons, pupils and teachers. The following suggestions are intended to bring to your attent ion now a few important matters relative to your school, which otherwise might not come to your notice until school begins: Will all the pupils have the neces sary books with which to begin work? Will the teacher know anything about the work of her particular school Lefore meeting her pupils the first morning. Will the school yard bo covered with tall grass and weeds? Arv tbera blinds or curtains on the sunny side of the building? Are there any window-panes out? Is there a sufficient number of good, comfortable seats? How about blackboards? Have arrangements been made to have the rooms thoroughly scrubbed before school begins? Is your school supplied with wash basin and towels? Are you ready to give the school board and teacher any assistance pos sible in making the school this year the best you have ever had? Are you going to make a special effort to see that your children are at school every day and on time? Trusting that you may profit by these suggestions, I am, Yours, Geo. Li. Farley, County Superintendent. Cull Fur Prohibition Convention. The prohibition electors of Cass county, Nebraska, are hereby called to meet in convention at Murray, in said county, on Friday, August 30, 1895, at two o'clock p. m., for the purpose of placing in nomination the following officers', to-wit: Clerk of the district court, county clerk, county treasurer, county sheriff, county judge, county superintendent of schools, county cor oner and county surveyor, and for the transaction of such other business as may lawfully come before the conven tion. W. O.. Tucker, Chairman. Tom Walling, abstractor of titles, Todd block. Guarantees accuracy of all his work. lOtf. i TlIK CKEll'tON, (Written for The Journal.) God kissed the waters ami the Day was ton-. A maiden white and fair, lie called Ills rosy, smiling daughter Morn. And touched her yellow hair. When she grew weary and her blue eyes drooped, He spread her. with a veil. And from its folds a chining army tro-jped, Iler wakening to hail. His nighty voice upon the bilenre fell, The great initial sound, It echoed onward with incieti-ir.g swell, And Melody was found. Isabel Kichet. Married hlxry-Oiie Years. Very few couples, indeed, are there residing in Cass county, and in Ne braska, for that matter, who have been married, and aie still enjoying a state of wedded bliss, for a period of sixty-one years. Such is the case, however, with Grandpa and Grandma George Meisinger, residing seven, and one-half miles west of Plattsmouth. Tuesday, August 27th, Grandpa Meisinger was eighty-three years old and it vvaa al.so lii.s sixty-first wedding anniversary, while Grandma Meisinger is only one year his junior. Sunday his seven sons and their families, who all reside in Ca-8 county, and a number of friends from Ihi.s city went out to Mr. Meisinger's pleasant home and duly celebrated the double event. About seventy-live people were present, of whom some fifty were children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of the venerable host and hostess. The Turner winging so ciety of this city rendered some choice vocal music and the day was passed in a quiet and enjoyable manner. Grandpa and Grandma Meisinger located in this county about twenty one years ago and since then have seeu their seven sturdy sons become well-to-do and prosperous farmers of Cass county. The only child residing outside of Cass county is a daughter, whose home is in Illinois. Grandma and Grandma Meisinger are both hale and hearty old people and bid fair to live weveral years to come, which is rtainly the hearty wish of their legion of friends. IlilS Apple For tl Fhit. Dr. It 1$ Wallace of Cass county left a basket of wpides at th Wor'd-IIcr-ald office yesterday. t;even in number, that weighed from one pound, one and three-fourth ounces to one pound, two and a half our ces and slmut'il an average circumference of fourteen and one-fourth inches. These remarkable apples were grown by John Clarenre, near Union, 'ass county, who has a tii;e orchard, well filled with many varieties of excellent apples. It must be remembered tlut C!fs9 county in 1S70, at the centennial, took the prize for large, fine apples over all the balance of the United Stales. It will not be strange, then, if Cass county con en to the state fair with some record breakers. World-Herald. A Nwvere Arcitlmt. F. S White is wearing a badly crushed arm and hand, the result of accident lait Saturday. He was sit ting in a car eating bananas and as the train was crossing the bridge at Ashland, Mr. White threw some of the peels out of the open window. In doing so he tin usl his arm out too far, and the bridge struck it. The aim was badly bruised trtun the shoulder to the hand and several (ingf-rs were crushed. The wounds were very pain ful, and Mr. White will probably not be so particular hereafter, where he throws banana peels. Pushes Track Ltiying. The Omaha street railway compauy Is bending every energy to build the state fair grounds track to the grounds in time for Jubilee day, Friday of next week, and ahead of the fair. It has laid curves at Elmwood park and crossings at the Missouri Pacific tracks at Fortieth aud Forty-eighth streets, and will bo ready to jump in when the county and city finish the grading of .Leavenworth street this week. World-Herald . An Agtil Couple Weddel. John Marsh, aged 63, and Mrs. Mar garet Johnson aged G5, both of Cass county, came to this city and were united in marriage by County Judge Eaton. Thus do the gods of love feast the aching void of the hearts of the aged as well as of the young. The Press extends to the aged couple the wish that briars of solitude and dis content may be permanently removed from their path as they jog along the few remainingyearsof life. Nebraska City Press. Doe Your lireath Come in Duchess Trousers? Many get theirs that way. C. E. Wescott & Son in sales have passed the line of 4,000 pairs of Duchess Trousers. Everybody happy in Duchess Trous ers. C. E. Wescott & Son sells them, and everyone who tries them is sure to buy none other. 1 1 . de Peppeiberg, Buds and Bock'y are superior to any other branda of cigars. in this western country. ! J. Pepperberg, Mf t. HI pays Bargains worth having; The sweeping clearing sales in every de partment during July will be a great say ids to people in buying dress goods, ilks, sheeting, muslin, white goods, linens, Defl spreads, towels, ginghams, or in fact any article in the dry goods line. Bargains in every department. A (Jreat Slaughter Clothing Sal For ten days we will sell men's, y and children's clothing at one half of regular prices. Don't think don't wait but come and buy your clothing at half price. Clothing . $ 5.00 suits now for $ a. 50 7.50 suits now for 3-75 10.00 suits now for 5- 12.50 suits now for 6.25 18.00 suits now for 9.00 20.00 suits now for 10.00 Men's fine all wool $2 and $2.50 pants 05c All $3.50 to $5 pants for $1.75 All $s to $7-5 pants for $2.30 Boys long- pants suits Sizes 16 to 19 ye rs. All $5 to S5.50 suits for $3.50 All f.7.50 to fg suits for $375 All $10 and $1 1 suits at $5 Boys' wash suits at 45c Boys wash knee pants at 19c . ' Hayden's Grocery Sale Qreat reduction in our New Dried Fruits Good raisins per lb jKc Grapes . " 3c New California Prunes 7 tts for 50c " nMz New California Prunes 6 JLs for 50c " 10c New California Prunes 5 fts for 50c.... " i2c New California Pears 5 s for 5c " 12WC New California peaches 5 lbs for 50c ... . " nc New Evaporated Raspberries " 20c New Evaporated Blackberries " 7J4c New Evaporated Apples " 9C All above dried fruits are 1S95 crop. Coffee and Tea Golden Rio Coffee 4 s for $1 per ft 32c Good Rio Coffee 5 fls for $1 " 22c Standard Java Its for $1 " 3?c Best Japan and Mocha 3 lis for $1 " 40c Japan Tea ic Good Japan Tea ' 25c Choice new colored Japan 3 2s for $1... n 40c Select new colored Japan 2 lbs for $1... " oc Fancy new colored Japan 2 Tbs for $1 .... " 60c Best new colored Japan 2 SjS for $1.20... 7 Canned Fruits and Syrups 3-tt) cans peaches 15c two for 25c 2- tb cans extra peaches 20c " 3c 3- !t cans best peaches 2?c " 4?C 3-lb cans plums all kinds 12C Golden Drip syrup 50c gral 5 gal. for $.2 00 Honey Drip syrup 50c gal 5 " a Amber Drip syrup 50c gal 5 " 250 Best Golden Honey syrup 70c gal. ..J " 300 imported Chow-Chow 15c qt per galjoc mported mixed pickles 15c qt " $ Hardware Grass scythes only...oc Grass snaths only. ..50c Grass sickles only. ..50c Grass rakes only 50c Machinery oil from acc per gallon up. Scythe stones 5c each. Screen doors 75c each. Ve carry large stocks of poultry wire, screen wire, barb and plain wire, guns, etc. Hayden Bros., I6th and Dodge, Omaha. Neb. Try The JOURNAL Job Department. Zuchweiler & Lutz RELIABLE GROCERS, Cor. Sixth and Pearl Sts., KEEP EVERYTHING IN TUEIR LINK. n SELL CHEAP, GIVE GOOD WEIGHT, DELIVER PROMPTLY. m m m TOUR CUSTOM IS SOLIC1TKU SD. mZGBRALD, I'll A I.1 KK1.IAIU.K Liveryman HAS PURCHASED THE Sixth Street Checkered Stain, AND WILL RUN IT !.r. FIRST-CLASS S'j . Special attention to Funerals. Uatkt. be uu to all trains. "PromptnoHu and Fidelity to Cub tomers" fs his motto H. Q. LIVINGSTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, INSUEAIJCE. Plattsmouth. NefrBfcM OH AS. GRISJES, -ttOriiey at XjflW, plattsmouth. neu - . -vwii uui ui me i uui nioc. et of the coin noue. ; tin hi K' tains1 ' . ny . . . . X f