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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07
A GOOD RICH MAN.

There has been so much written and
said the last few years about pre-
datory wealth" that many very we'll
disposed and kindly people have be-
come seized with the idea that every
man who has gained largely of this
worlds goods is of necessity a rascal
and thief.
Against this kind Of social doctrine
The News most vigorously protests.
1t has within it the seeds of class
hatred and social ruin. 1t is false
assumption based upon totally wrong
premises that lead only to despair.
A mans worth depends not upon
money or the lack of money. Char
acter is now and ever must be the key
stone to real value. 1T is not in our
stars but in ourselves that we are I'm.
derlings."
There are some dishonest rich and
there are some dishonest poor. The
dishonest are always the bane of ma
tional and neighborhood life. They
receive and deserve merited condem
nation and should be promptly pun,
ished.
There are. however, a great many
honest men, both among the rich and
the poor, who do a great deal of last
ing good. Among wealthy men of this
class was Morris X. Jessup who re
Gently died in New York City. He was
worth probably fifty million of dollars
and yet-even in these strenuous days
when suspicion is rife and accusation
easy-he was not known for what he
had, but for what he gave. He was q
man of affairs, president Of the New
York Chamber of Commerce, but nc
stock jobbing operation ever was mix
ed up with his name. He gave away
great sums of money to assist in re
ligious work, education, art anG
science but his name was never blaz
oned before the public. He was a quiet
kindly, self poised gentleman, doing
good constantly through a thousand
different channels, AS a close friend
said of him; He was intensely inter
ested in promoting the morals OF
Jesus Christ, the dignity of labor and
the advantages of democracy"
1t is a pleasure to call attention tc
Morris X. Jessup-the millionaire
many times over, yet the lover of his
kind, whose hands and heart were
always clean and whose daily life
found its highest expression in giving
To destroy all the comfort OF reading.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

but recently revolution threatened our
great trade and investment interests
in Cuba, he hurried down there and ny
diplomacy and candor averted the ca
tastrophc, inducing the malcontents on
both sides to accept provisional gov
eminent at American hands. under
which government the island Is peace
full and prosperous
The people want Taft because
| though vigorously urged by President
Roosevelt to accept seat for life on
the bench of the Supreme Court of the
United States-the most highly re.
| spected judicial body in the world--he
remained true to his promise to the
people of the Philippines that he would
not leave them until civil government
was firmly established.
The people want Taft because when
the need arose, mainly in the interest
of speedy construction of the American
Panama canal, he accepted the great
Office OF secretary of war, and by per.
sonal visits to Panama by the cutting
of red tape" by care in letting con
tracts and buying supplies he Is push
ing the work to expected completion al
a considerably earlier date than an
peared possible before the work came
under his charge.
The people want Taft because he Is
a man in every sense OF the word q.
man whose word is his bond; man
who impresses his virile manhood upon
other men; man whose work Is
never done while there is any of his
country's work to do: a man whose
watchword is duty; a man whose sim
pie creed is MY God, my country, my
party, and my neighbour" a man who
is a true husband, a good father and
a patriotic citizen; man who Is loved
by all who know him, feared by all
who oppose his righteous acts, and
praised by all who have watched and
studied his work.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07
A MISSING PANIC.

That this country is on good
solid foundation in its business ahairs
is demonstrated beyond peradVenture
nv the onward and steady course OF
events during the past ninety days.
Three months ago dark cloud threat
ened depression and business paraly'
sis lowered over the land, spreading
from New York City west and south
until It had covered the length and
breadth of the republic "as the waters
cover the sea-" Some folks were de
termined that we were going 10 nave
a full fledged panic-all wool ana
ward wide-and did their best to make
their prophesies come true
The American people as whole
however. are sane, sensible and hope
full. They had good crops, good prices
busy factories, good wages, undeVei
oped resources, brain and Drawn, aho
they utterly refused to become fright
ened and stay in that mood. The re
suit everybody knows. For a rev
weeks they didn't jingle as mucf
money in their pockets as usual but
they kept right on tending to business
day by day and saving wood-unu
the clouds. have gone again, there is
plenty of corn and the sun continues
10 shine over a prosperous nation.
Will Allen White in his Emporia
Kansas, Gazette thus sweeps the
strings of his Tyre and chants the dirge
of the panic that was, but didn't
There came to this country wop
per-jawed panic with foam on Its
whiskers and blood on its horns, and
things for a season looked rather vol
rlafiR Qy.d- peonle-- Wore Dlacards
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

he has had ever since Cuba became
Independent of Spanish rule and prac.
tlcaily under the protection of the
United States
Havana is the point he has in mind
to reach and his ultimate purpose is
through rail route from New York.
Huge ferries will operate between
Key West and Havana and the time to
make a trip from New York to Ha-
yana will be less than forty.eight hours.
Twenty million dollars have already
been expended in this gigantic work
and more is needed. 1t will not for
some years begin to pay the interest
on the investment. But when direct
communication is established with
Havana, with the growing trade to and
from Cuba both passenger and freight
traffic on this strange sea line of rail.
road promises to be immense and the
returns will be large.
This railroad over the Florida Keys
only demonstrates anew what men
with great visions, indomitable will
and splendid courage can do with great
wealth. There are captains of in.
dustry" who deserve much apprecia.
ton for the beneficence of their plans
and purposes. Henry M. Flagler is
one of them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07
TAFT FOREMOST.

There is no doubt that Governor
Hughes of New York greatly strength
ened himself before the country in his
speech given in New York few days
ago in which for the first time he
broke the silence which has hedged
him about since he became the chief
executive of the Empire state.
In that speech he declared himself
on national questions. He avowed
his hearty and cordial approval of the
republican party's achievements dur
ing the administration now coming to
a close; spoke highly of the good
work that President Roosevelt has
done; and set himself down as a true
advocate of fair play, deploring de-
structive legislation enacted in pas
sion or the spirit of class hatred, and
pleading for calm and sane investiga-
ton, unaffected by popular clamor, as
the only logical and the only safe
basis for any lawmaking, if this coun-
try's constructive progress and sound
balance is to be preserved.
Governor Hughes utterances will
have weight not alone because of his
clear ringing tones, couched in sane
and we'll poised sentences, but as we'll
because he was manly enough to
speak courteously of all other candi-
dates, pleading for party harmony
above all else as essential to sue
cess in contending for great national
policies which the republican party
so prominently stands for and the
modest, straightforward assurance
that his candidacy for the presidency
must stand on its own merits and
would not be accompanied by mere
by-plays actuated by self seeking.
There is no longer any question but
that Hughes will be recognized as ex-
cellent material for the presidency
But there is no reason why he should
be preferred to Secretary Taft. All
the qualifications for the presidency
which Hughes has are possessed by
Taft. In honesty of purpose, in I'M
stained public careers, both men oc-
cupy a similar unchallenged position.
n..A -..ko IL ao,,a.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07
THE PROPOSAL OF TIE JApS

llE ! INDl OoAs oI NE JAYS
The Japanese government is willing
TO settle the trouble with the United
states by giving its verbal promise to
restrict coolie immigration to this
country. The laps may be wise as
serpents but we are not yet convinced
that they are harmless as doves. In
fact, the history of the past five years
and their aggressive military prepar.
edness at present both argue very
positively against It.
Such proposition, therefore. com
ing at this time, will most certainly
not be pleasing to the Pacific coast
states. II is hardly probable that It
will meet with favor from the national
administration. There are two rea-
sons for this, each of them legitimate
and weighty.
From political standpoint no such
uncertain and compromising settle
ment of veXed question like this
could be taken without imperiling the
electoral votes Of California, Wash
ing things. The president rings clear
and true in all his utterances regard
ing national honor. He does not hest
tate to reiterate whenever occasion
calls for it, that just war is far pre-
ferable to an unworthy and ignoble
peace
Moreover neither the president or
his able secretary of war are going to
be caught mapping and swallow any
kind Of bait thrown out by the Japs
however attractive it may look.
America should and will be court
eous and desire peace from It's utmost
soul with the people across the Pacific
as we'll as all the nations of the world.
All the more because it seeks the con-
tinued good will of the Nipponese, it
will not be content with mere verbal
assurances. This government is alive
to recent history. 1t remembers the
midnight attack made by the Japanese
OF wv al thui WuiIh Dt5dH lOollll
ties before war was declared. With
Japan it will ask that any contract be
made in such unequivocal terms that
there can be no ambiguity nor room
for misunderstanding. These terms
will be signed by both nations "in the
presence of witnesses" and their con-
ditions made known to all the world
There will be no chance for lodging.
No sly game will work Diplomacy
with America must be free from all
duplicity. The Roosevelt administra-
ton stands for square deal not only
at home but wherever the United
States does business. If Japan is
equally determined to be just and
frank and to conceal nothing up it's
sleeve there will be amity and peace
between us.
Meantime, Admiral Evans battle
ships are steadily making their way
into Pacific waters and the United
States is not only strong in the power
of its own self respect but while intent
on pursuing peace, alert to all pos
sible dangers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

Joking; the country was side tracked,
It's aXles were smoking, the panic
was on II and chewing 1t raw. Where
now is that panic that wilted our col
lars, and made our old hair perpendi.
cular stand? The banks are all load
ed with all kinds of dollars, they're
dlshing out wealth as a grocer does
sand; the panic grew tired of It's use
less endeavor the country joys on
just as smoothly as ever; the people
won't scare at bogie--no, never!--
till one comes along that is not made
of straw"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07
TAET IN NEBRASKA.

49, AS more and more counties in north
ern Nebraska are heard from, 1t be-
comes more and more apparent tha'
Secretary Taft holds bigger place IN
the hearts of all the people than any
other man looming up in the presi
dental race. A straw vote OF tne
Cunning county republican central com
committee showed that Taft was prac'
tically the unanimous choice, though IN
that county as in Madison the matter
of choosing delegates to the congress
sional convention will be left with the
party at large.
It is interesting to note that in the
straw ballot taken by the Chicago
Tribune, Secretary Taft Is FAR and
away In the lead among republicans
all over the nation, with Governor
Hughes of New York as an unques'
toned second in the race. tbs SHOWN
in this ballot that La Toilette, Foraker,
Knox and others have no chance what
ever of the nomination and that they
are potential candidates only in so far
as they unite their strength Tor some
body else. The prevailing belief
among informed republicans now, how
ever, Is that Secretary Tart Will De
nominated very early in the game
; probably on the first, second or third
ballot.
More and more the country is com
ing to appreciate the fact that Score
tary Taft is a big, broad-gauged states
man of wide experience in statecraf'
and of mind large enough to safely
and progressively steer the govern
, mental ship. His long training on the
bench has given him that logic IL
Judgment which renders him all the
more desirable.
There is no longer any question bu'
that the rank and file of republicanlsn
in Nebraska, as throughout the country
are enthusiastically in favor OF Secre
cary Taft as the leader of next fall!
presidential race.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07
WINNING THE BATTLE.

Tuberculosis Is one of the most APP
palling calamities which threaten the
health and happiness of the world. Oh
late wears IL has been definitely fought
as the great white plague. Earnest
men and women have waged earnest
and intelligent warfare against It's
dread ravages. SO much has been
written and told of its contagious
character and its spread-so thorough
~ and loudly has the alarm bell been
rung-that the popular Impression
has been, and largely remains today
that despite the enlightenment and the
EFFORTS of those engaged In the noole
crusade for its determination, but ht'ie
real progress was being made. MOI
"a this a fair statement OF the case
There has been a relief that the dis'
ease was spreading.
The facts, not only fail to JUSTIFY
any such conclusions but they sho"
the exact opposite. There has been q
marked decline in the Roadway tha'
consumption is making, due to the new
methods and measures of prevention
as well as cure.
Figures just made public by gov
eminent investigator are full OF nope
There Is a long hard battle to hgh'
against this terrible malady, but II II
is pushed with the same intelligent
zeal by the next generation that 1T has
been by the past, there is the strong
est possible ground to anticipate its
practical extinction.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07
500 Reward, SIOO.

me readers of this paper will be
one dreaded disease that science has
neen able to cure in all its stages, and
g; tnat Is catarrh. Halls CatarTh Cure
10 the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing a constitutional disease, REQUIRES a
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
d tarrh cure Is taken internally, acting
airectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, Thereby de-
stroylng the foundation OF the disease,
ana giving the patient strength by
sisting nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
SSurative powers that they offer one
malls, W 'os''
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

ace 10 good government whenever ana
by whoever they are manifested.
Men have given their votes through
sympathy to men whom they were
perfectly aware were incompetent to
fill the position to which their votes
helped to elect them; men have paid
personal obligations by their vote;
men have voted for men whom they
knew TO be utterly unworthy because
above them was a party name which
they held dear. The result of these
various phases of dereliction has been
found in continuous failures, scandals
and disappointments wherever they
have prevailed.
1t is this kind and quality of voting
which has weakened courts, put cheap
men often on guard in responsible
positions and brought discredit, often.
times, on local self government.
Happily, the large army Of voters
in this country are getting a better
view point from which to judge their
public duties. Henry Ward Beecher
said 1.-The cure for democracy is more
democracy. The truth of this is evil
denced in the rising tide of popular
opinion as this inestimaDle privilege
of casting ballot.
The honest and intelligent voter
and that means the large majority Of
American men-are coming to see
very clearly that what is most needed
in the public affairs of the country
is clean and efficient service.
They recognize that there are ma
turally wide differences of opinion
among free and progressive people,
as to the best methods and policies to
be pursued in the settlement of great
problems. 1t is for this season that
men ally themselves under different
party banners, hoping and battling
for the triumphs of those ideas which
they believe in.
| But there has been a notable i'm
prOvement in the personnel of party
leaders. 1t is a tribute to the voters
of the nation that the man most likely
to be the republican candidate for the
presidency is not only big Of body,
large Of brain and sound on basic prin-
ciples of government, but he is of
stainless integrity and admirable
habits. The same holds true of the
man who Is quite certain to again for
the third time lead the democratic
hosts to defeat. For, however numer-
CTS and striking may be his political
faliacies, as kindly high minded
gentleman of unimpeachable personal
character the orator-editor of Lincoln
is fine specimen of American man.
hood. In William H. Taft and w. ].
Bryan is found the type of leaders
which the American voters today are
demanding. They can be duplicated
as far as character is concerned many
times.
1t augurs we'll for the republic that
never before in its history were the
people calling for such a high class
of men to represent them in public
life. That the patriotic purpose of
the voters turns so strongly toward
the men who hold honest and efficient
public service above all other consid-
erations is in itself complete and
overwhelming answer to the question
which superficial observers and shall
low pessimists raise.
America is making good, democracy
is triumphing and in the more discrim-
mating demands of the voter and his
eagerness to promote the general well
fare is found the incontestable proof.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07
FOR THE GENERAL WELFARE

rON IHE HENEtAL WELFARE
There has been perceptible and
distinct gain during the past few
years in the attitude of the average
voter regarding the value of the bal,
lot.
There is no use denying that in
days that are past men have by hun
dreds been tremendously swayed by
considerations which on the one hand
were purely personal and selfish and
on the other by partisan spirit
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

Is there anybody present who didn't
predict the Thaw verdict? Everybody
you met, after it was over, seemed to
have forecasted it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

NO sooner had there come an end to
Thaw in New York before Norfolk's
thaw began.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

Frank Brink murdered Bessie New.
ton at Ponca only year ago yester-
day. And it does seem as if he's been
out of the insane asylum for a year.
and half.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

The girls who are losing their nerve
on the leap year proposition ought to
brace up and act like men.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07
AROUND TOWN.

Now for a week of stock company
heroes. Why is it that girls always
like the looks of an actor so much bet
ter than civilian who is just as good
looking?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

You can't look at the big audiences
greeting every performance of the
stock company at the Auditorium this
week without realizing that the people
want to be amused most of the time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

Have you told the committee vet
now many Y. NJ. c. A. delegates you'll
entertain? Get busy. It's I'D to Won.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

Was there ever grounding day
when the ground hog didn't see his
shadow?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

when young woman asks a young
man to let her sew on a button, the
world holds it's breath.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

A woman who is too good to chill
dren is as culpable as the man who is
not good enough.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

About the most disagreeable fellow
on earth is the man who is always
trying to get an Office, but never gets
it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

1t never surprises a man to be ad-
mired, but no man ever lives long
enough to know why people dislike
him.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

plete refutation of the too popular
idea that great wealth and personal
righteousness are incompatible.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

A Y. NJ c. A. building in Norfolk,
with its gymnasium and baths and
other accessories, would be one of the
finest institutions and one of the most
potent in forming wholesome young
manhood, that this city could get hold
of
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07
ATcHlSON GLOBE SIGHTS.

Great men and tramps get more for
nothing than any other class of people
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

i am either becoming an imbecile,"
citizen said today, cor my business
becomes more eXasperating every
day."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

Wonder if that Thaw jury would feel
badly about it if they realized how
much grief they caused The Norfolk
News in trying to catch outgoing trains
with their verdict.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-07

inc average woman's experience
with financial matters has been such
that she is usually more than half in
FAVOR OF her daughter marrying for
money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-03

and deputy sheriffs in the court room
drew their revolvers and opened nre
with half a dozen bullets in his body.
He was taken to a hospital and VIII
recover.
Harvey st. John, superintendent OF
police, was shot In the side. Deputy
Sheriff Ira Welton sustained wound
in the chin. Sylvester Doyle. city court
bailiff was shot in the leg Another
shot struck a bystander-
The shooting was the climax OF a
sensational trial. The police depart,
ment has been active in the case and
several officers were in the court room
to hear the verdict. They had expect
ed some demonstration, but were mol
expecting such action.
The events which eliminated SO
PRACTICALLY had their origin in the dyna-
hitting outrage that destroyed the
Methodist church and the genera
stores of Shickle and Johnson and !:
W. Reese OF Sanford on the night OF
February 81. 1907. Henry MCDONALD
and James Scanlon were arrested the
next day, charged with the crime IN
4, former trial the Jury stood eleven Toe