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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
4
The Plattsmouth Journal discusses Nebraska politics including Shallenberger vs Dahlman in the governor’s race, Sterge and Shallenberger primary votes, and Taft Bryan debates. It questions the effect of Roosevelt-leaning tariffs on farmers and hints at Rosewater’s role in election dynamics.
Republicans fear lacking past voter tallies on their candidate while Taft’s career is seen as handed to him. Taft spoke in Youngstown as steel plants closed for the event, inviting workers to hear both sides. Workingmen hear Bryan freely, while trusts press Taft, raising questions about audience honor.
William Jennings Bryan spoke to Chicago labor crowds by invitation of unions while Samuel Gompers addressed workers in Danville Illinois. The Danville event highlighted Speaker Cannon’s bid for reelection to Congress amid strong labor support.
The passage argues national banks exist by congressional act and their notes are government guaranteed. It notes depositors are creditors to the bank and questions why the government should guarantee deposits as well as notes, proposing a debate on expanding guarantees beyond bank notes.
The piece argues that Roosevelt and Taft faces a widening revolt across the nation, with the East and big cities turning away from Roosevelt’s policies. It claims Bryan would win if free, and predicts a Democratic victory on November 3, sealing Rooseveltism’s fate.
A letter denounces voters who claim prohibitionist principles yet back nonprohibition candidates. The writer accuses self-styled prohibitionists of hypocrisy, noting Republicans support Taft and Sherman and Democrats Bryan and Kern, urging visible color on election day in Plattsmouth.
A political commentary argues the presidential contest should favor merit over wealth, stressing fitness of candidates as the key to national leadership. It frames the race as a test of capability rather than money, urging voters to prioritize competence.
Reports indicate William C. Ramsey is set for a tremendous vote for County Attorney. He is described as able energetic and vigorous and the best prosecutor in the field by odds.
The nomination of Schallenberger for governor gains prompt acquiescence from Dahlman and Berge. The trio forms a united front and positions Schallenberger as an ideal leader likely to win.
Reported large labor turnout for Bryan last Monday shows strong support for the nominee. Organizers say labor seeks a fair opportunity for all, claiming Republicans have not provided it.
The Journal notes a season of exceptional fruit harvests with apples described as large and fine in flavor. It lauds Cass County as the state’s banner county for fruit, crediting thrifty farmers for the achievement and saluting the growers.
Voter appeal promotes C N Seybert as energetic and honest Democratic candidate for Cass County commissioner. The notice urges united party support and endorsement from every citizen who cares about county welfare. A vote for Seybert is framed as a vote for duty and integrity.
The piece lauds the Democratic County ticket from Banning for senator to Bates for float representative with Sattler Laughlin Ramsey Seybert marking key roles. It urges turnout and continued support, claiming the slate is A 1 and winnable, deserving the Bryan and Democrat vote in the county.
Testimony from the Omaha coroner's jury depicts a once bright young man sinking into crime and addiction. The narrative links his death to a life of sin and the surrounding ruin of his family, with a fallen associate and a threatened background of the gallows in the backdrop.
J F Tubbs offers three pure bred dark Jersey male pigs for sale at 15 dollars each. Pigs legible to register. Sale details provided in notice form.
Taft leaves Middle Bass Island for Cincinnati as part of a bus tour through Ohio. The day includes a visit to Spiegel Grove and a luncheon, with a volley of greetings from crowds in Port Clinton and Fremont as the Taft party travels by boat auto and trolley.
Rewards were offered for 22 sailors who failed to report aboard their ships as the fleet left Melbourne on Saturday for Albany. Efforts to locate the stragglers have yielded little progress.
Judge Alton Parker, chief AFL counsel, takes charge in the Bucks Stove & Range Co. suit against the American Federation of Labor before the U S Supreme Court in Washington. The case centers on contempt of court claims tied to an injunction against AFL actions. The Bucks president I W Van Cleave also leads the National Manufacturers Association and seeks to curb AFL guidance to organized labor.
Joe James indicted for the murder of Clergy A Ballard faced a jurist arraignment and pled not guilty, seeking venue change due to prejudice after mob riots. Abe Taymer, mob leader in Scott Burton and W H Donnegan killings, had indictments quashed on one count. Springfield forms a law and order league led by Rev J H Boswell to combat vice and push for a workhouse for prisoners.
Mrs Kiiza D Neumann, distraught over Ensign Neumann killed in a Georgia turret blast off Boston last fall, is believed to have leaped from the City of Sydney near Acapulco on September 1 while many hours from port.
John Mitchell former UMWA president addressed about 2 000 attendees at a Labor Day celebration in Marion He condemned the notion that wealth concentrates among the rich while the poor fall behind noting rapid progress of laboring classes.
In New York on Labor Day an unemployed rally at Cooper Union turned chaotic. Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman faced arrest amid calls for anarchy, while a woman identified as Mary Smith was detained. Police halted the disruption as crowd agitation rose.
F D Bethune a New York corporation attorney who vanished from his home August 23 is believed in Los Angeles. No motive is known and his family last heard from him by long distance call from Buffalo saying a search would be useless. He is said to be suffering from mental derangement.
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