The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 18, 1882, Page 4

es BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES on file at Geo. seereise where NEW YORK. Chas. T. Mc¥ arland, ‘DITOR AND PROPRIETOR, — ea TERMS OF SUrSCRIPTION: The Weery Times, published every Wednesday, will be sent to any eduress one vear, postage paid, for $1.2<. BUTLER MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY, OCT, 18, 1882. eee Democratic State Ticket. For Supreme Judge, Thos. A. Sherwood For Sup’t. Public Schools, W. E. Coleman. For Railroad Commissioner, Gen. James Harding. eee Soo eae For Congress Twelfth District, CHARLES UW. MORGAN. For State enator Sixteenth District, John H. Britts. Democratic County Ticket. For Re resentative. LEVI MOLER, ¥or Probate Judge, S. F. HAWKINS, Fo: Presiding Judge County Court, JOHN A. LEFKER, For County Clerk, : R. J. STARKE, For Circuit Clerk, J. 8. JENKINS, For Sheriff, ; W. F. HANKS, For Prosecuting Attorney, S. P. FRANCISCO, For Recorder, JAMES R. SIMPSON, For County Treasurer, R. S. CATRON, For Coroner, e * D. D. WOOD, For County Judge District No. 1. ANDREW RITCHEY, For County Judge, District No, 2. A. NEPTUNE, Dr. D. D. Wood for Coroner. Keep things moving for Charley Morgan boys, we must be recorded as the banner county. aa Eee Remember that W. J. Stone, one of the most brilliant speakers in the southwest, will address the Democ- racy, and everybody else, at Butier, on Saturday the 21st inst. The Hannibal & St. Joseph rail- | road company, paid into the State Treasury, on the 2nd inst. $90,000 to prevent the advertisement and sale of the road by the State. ee Hon. F.C Nesbit ef St. Clair county, will address the Democracy and everybody else at Butler, on Novomber 3rd. Remember date and come out and listen to one of the most natural oritors in the State. James O. Broadhead, was nomi- nated by the Vemocrats ot the Ninth Congressional District in the citv of St. Louis. on the 2nd inst. For once the Repudlisan pulled its man through. We are in receipt of the first num- bers of the Sedalia Dispatch, a new eight column daily paper with Maj. John Edwards at the head. From the general appearance of the paper and the acknowledged repu— tation of the management, the out- look for the Déspatch is indeed promising. [SES EE The old Democratic war-horse, Col. Sam Hawkins, is known and loved trom one end of the county to the other. A purer man never breathed, and his administration sowill prove that a nore efficient Pro- bate Judge can not be found in the great State of Missouri Robert M. Yost has taken editor- tal charge of the Sedalia Democrat as Maj. Edwards’ successor. Mr. Yost is a journalist of rare ability, and we believe under his manage- ment the Democraé will continue to prosper, the | WHO I8 RIGHT- It is the duty of every Democrat— and as for that matter every Radical and Greenbacker too, or member otf any political party—who is worthy to be called by that name, to stand by the organization of the party, its platforms and its policies. Every Democrat has a voice, directly or in- directly, in the make up of his par- | ty’s platform upon which its 1ssues are based and its policies promulga- ted. When, therefore, in its organ- ized and authorative capacity the Democratic party announces its de- cree, we look upon those who band themselves together upon side is- sues and operate against the will and best interests of the party and its principles, as unfit to be termed its advisers and unsafe to be trusted as teachers. A fitting application of the last sentence above can be made to the eleven Democrats who signed the communication 1n last week’s Times, taking us to task for our classification: | now used—as anti-Democratic. These gentlemen take issue with us for declaring the Prohibition question an agency of the opposi- tion, and in the best reasoning at their command attempt to demon- strate tous thatit 1s a Democratic issue. In this connection these mod- ern teachers inyite our attention to the late Democratic State Conven- tion and the plankengrafted into the platform at that time touching Pro- hibition. Surely these ‘*Many Dem- ocrats’’ are sadly off in their reckon- ing if they really believe the defeat ot the anti-Pronibition plank ment that the convention was con- troled by Prohibitionists. As a del- egate in that convention we well re- member every proceeding. True, there were Prohibitiomst and anti-Prohibitionist, plenty ot them, but the wise men controled and the re- sults tell the tale. We are satis- fied the statement will bear the closest investigation, when we say i i} | i ; that not one fourth the members in the Convention were Prohibition- ists. But turn to the plank in the plat- form, and certainly it reflects the sen- timent of the Convention. Does 1t denounce Prohibition, or does it fa- vor it? Neither does it do the one thing or the other, and it ‘*Many Democrats’ can find consolation and encouragement for their Puritan dectrine in these words: ‘*We the Democratic party of Missouri, are in tavor of the largest personal liberty censistant with the public welfare,” then they are welcome to make the most of their delusive interpretation. The opinion that ruled in the State Convention was that Prohibi- tien was not a question to be con- sidered, and in the State at large it is cutting no figure now, in local- ities only it is assuming such shape as to call forth some express- ion of sentiment. The merits of the question are not beforeus, however; it is only our purpose at this time to fix the proper political status of the | Prohibitionist. That done and our {mission in this controversy ends. | The evils ot intemperance are great | we admit; would to God they were ‘less, but the methods in operation | to produce a mitigation wil! only age | gravate the evil. { ; The question between the Times jand. **Many Democrats’* is which ‘reoresent the Democracy. The Times takes the position square to the mark, that Prohibition in Bates | county means down with Democracy, jandwe do not hesitate in saying jthat the aid and encouragement ‘*Many Democrats’’ are lending to | the issue are hostile totheir party’s | best interests and welfare. By tar | the greatest majonty of the Prohib- itionist inthe county are Repubh- cans and Greenbackers. Tiaey have | adopted the issue because it is ‘“‘any- thing to beat the Democrats.”” The mingling in with this element of ‘Many Democrats” is bad enough ; Without them arrogating to them- | Selves the apostolic faith of the Dem- | ocratis party and the right to teach | Prohibition as a Democratic issue. | Doubtless these ‘‘“Many Democrats” j are honest in their convictions, but | it is patent to every observer that they | love Prohibition with its evil associ- | ations better than they do the Demo- ‘ cracy with its principles of liberty ‘and justice. We submit the question. | of the Prohibition question—as 1t is } HON. LEVI MOLER. When ex-Treasurer Gates was be- fore the Missoun Legislature under- going the process of impeachmeni, Hon. Levi Moler, then a member of that body, voted against the im- peachment. For that vote he was severely criticized at home. But time has demonstrated be- yond a doubt that, Levi Moler’s knowledge and judgment in that matter was better than that of his constituents, and that he acted the part of a patriot and statesman in dasting that vote though ne knew that his people would condemn him for it. The recent very flattering nomi- nation ot Judge Moler, over a pop- ular and able man, is evidence suf- ficient that the Democratic party de- sired to vindicate him in that con- duct The people know and admit, by this time, that Judge Moler is, | every inch of him, a true man whose convictions of duty are not affected | by any signs of temporary unpopu- larity. Such men are worthy of | honorable t®&sts and a place in_his- | tory that will pe conspicuous and enduring. A DCOMED MAN. | The Tres is creditably informed | that the Gazetfe at Rich Hull, is} owned and managed by R. B. Par- rack, the Greenback candidate for County Judge in the Southern Dist. | The Gazette’s columns are laden Veen week with the most shametul | abuse and venomus slander of Esq., A. Neptune, one of the Infant Won- der’s most honorable and worthy cit- izens, just because he is the Dems ocratic nominee against Mr. Par- rack, with unquestionable chances of election. Mr. Parrack is a saloon man—al- though he is trying to get into office ona Prohibition platform—and ac- cuses "Squire Neptune of agreeing to pay him $10.00 for whiskey money on the day of the Primaries Sept. 16th. A few days ago the two men met in the Post-office and ’Squire Nep- tune took his vilityer to task for cir- culating the slanderous story about him, and pronounced it a lie out of whole cloth and Mr. Parrack as its author. Mr. R. B, Parrack, may be for all we know, to the contrary, an honest, enterprising man and would make a fair County Judge, but the course he has taken to secure votes is discreditable in the extreme and will recoil in ample time to pro- duce his overwhelming defeat with the stain of his conduct still left on his torehead as a token of the sad story. Mr. Parrack 1s a doomed | man politically. Ina letter to the Rich Hill “Ga- zette under date of Oct. 7th, Mr. J. R. Putman, of Elkhart township, wkom it will be remembered criti- cised so severely the leaders of his party through the Times a tew weeks ago, exonerates D. N. Thompson irom the charges then al- leged against him and others of set- ting up the fushion business, but omits to mention or forgive the most ancient Greenbacker of them all, Dr. A. L. Betz. It was necessa- ; ty that this charge should. be lifted from Mr. Thompson’s shoulders, as he is a candidate, and consequently | heavy pressure was brought to bear on the retractory Putman, but as to poor Doe’s. vindication that was of j no importance, and he murt bear the | brand. | ° The Rich Hill Gazette. 1s sing- ling cut certain men on the Demo- | cratic ticket whom it holds some spite against. and attacking their character, public and private in a most shameful manner. Among others it. jumps on to Hon. Levi Moler, and with its jargon of nasty invective aims to crush him out at one blow. Judge Moler is not the kind of a man, neither in his record the kind of a record that can; be smirched one iota before the peo- ple of Bates county, by sucha false | prattle as the National Gazette uses in ats insignificant effort to say some- thing. Judge Moler and the Dem- ocratic party cares no more for what this paper says than they do| | to know how its editer will vote in| | November, THE OHI0 SUvOP- | Notwithstanding she was the | mother of the murdered President | and the special ward of Jay Hub-— bell’s money vaults, yet m_ spite ot | this Ohio changes front from a Re- | publican majority of 24,000, to aj Democratic majority of about the same size. And what is worse ot all a gain of | eight or ten congressmen. This last | too 1s awful bad. Its more than the | “grand old party’’ can well stand. It plays particular thunder with the Radicals in Congress, for the Dem. ocrats will control the next !fouse without a doubt. ‘The Republican press and lead- | ers attribute the defeat to the liquor | interest. To a great extent this may be true, but there were other potent agencies at work that contri- | buted largely to the catastrophe. | This wonderful Democratic vic- John J. Cockrell, managing edi- tor of the Post-Dispatch, shot and killed Col. A. W. Slayback, a prom- inent attorney of St. Louis, and law partner of Col. James O. Broad- | Cal. | 2) | Ciremt Clerks so dull and far be. hind the times that he opposes raj}. roads coming to the county head, on Friday evening last. Slayback had denounced the paper and its editor in strong terms in a ‘speech the evening before, and the Post-Dispatch rejoined provoking him to appear at the office for satis- faction. Only a few words were passed between the men, when Slayback, making some demonstra- tions towards drawing a __ pistol. Cockrell picked his weapon up trom where it was lying on the desk and fired the fatal shot. noblest champions, will bring to the administration of the county clerk’s office a ripe experience in active | business life, besides other qualifica- tory will not be without its fruits. The forthcoming elections in New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana, | will feel its effects, and the Presi- dential contest two years hence will teH the tale of these crushing de- | feats. The Ohio scoop will be followed by a still greater from New York, and then all along the line the party of corruption will have taken its last tumble. and by the close ot election day in 1884 it will be clothed in sack cloth and ashes in waiting for the funeral. The Rich Hill Review shows signs of a desire to read us Dem- ocratic doctrine on our method ot disposing of the prohibition ques- tion We appreciate wise advice and the exposition of sound Dem- ocratic doctrine, but must be par- doned for suggesting that any thing the Review may say doesn’t belogg to that category. The editor of that usually spicy sheet has no political opinion worthy the name, and is not recognized as authority on either Democratic, Republican or Greenback party principles. Therefore, the Times don’t look to him to be taught in the prin- ciples of the Democratic party. Judging from the Review’s past re- cord and present conduct in fighting Democratic candidates, we would consider it a first-class agency for the Prohibitionist—a fit ally ot the | Radical and Greenback parties IfR. B. Parrack 1s not elected no bridge will be built over the river east of town, as Mr. Neptune would only be a figure head in the county court to do the bidding of the boss- es.--Gazette. The Gazette has a very croneous idea of the power ot bridge build- ing. As long as township organi- zation lasts the county court could’nt build a bridge over the river at the | point above indicated, or no where | else, ina decade. The thing for the Gazette to do is to assist 1m abol- ishing the townsmp organization system and then there will chance for the building of a bridge over the river in the near future. As for Judge Neptune being a “figure head to do the bidding of the bosses,’’ we weuld just remind the Gazette that its apprehensions are alltounded. Bossism is busted, | and after the first of January 1t will never be heard again. To estimate asto what Jchn A. Letker will be as Presiding Justice | of the county court, it is only neces- sary to know what he has been asa , public spirited citzen and Mayor of the city of Butler. His 1deas of the affairs of the county is in keeping with the just demands of every lo- cality. “There is nota man in the county who understands more than | he does the needs and wishes of the people, and mark our word for it his | administration will. result as near satisfactory to everybody as it is pos- sible tor such a thing to be. We assure the good people south of the river that they need have no fears as to his position on bridge building en The enemy is in ambush on every Side # treacherous work must be ex- pected, therefore, Democrats stand close to your colors and when the charge is mad2 on November 7th, let the result be anmhilation of every | vestage of Radical and Greenback ©pposition. be a} tions that are born with the man. ! True to every trust that was ever jreposed to his keeping, he will | guard the peoples interest in the po- | sition to which they have called him with that patriotic jealousy that be- ; comes every true servant of the peo- jple- His victory at the primaries will be only a *‘patching’* to that of November 7th We are in receipt of circulars rep- resenting the matrimonial insurance plan, from the Texas and Missouri Martiage Association of San Anto- nio Texas. As these Associations are now in operation all over the South, and as numerous investiga- tions have proven the system and practice a grand fraud, we would take this opportunity to warn our readers against having anything whatever to do with these concerns. | The history ot Bates county does not furnish an instance where the Sheriff elect has entered upon the duties of the office with any more, if as much, practical experience and superior attainments as W. F. Hanks will furnish. For four years deputy sheriff under Sherff Simp- son, Will Hanks will know how to be Sheriff of Bates county without having to learn. | no opposition at the primaries, 1s evidence ot the appreciation with which the people regard him. The office of Circuit Clerk has never and worthy the popularity he has won than y. R. Jenkins. His nomi- nation on Sept. 16th, is only typical of what his election will be on No- vember 7th. ——— No man questions J. R. Simp- son’s qualfications to fill the office of Recorder. Jim Simpson’s poli- tics never waver either; his Democ- racy is the same through all kinds of weather. Besides this he is a gen- tleman against whose private char- jacter the finger of suspicion has never been pointed. '- The old Democratic legions of Bates county are again marching to the tune of repeated victories. | There is no occasion tor discord, !mone for mutiny like that which \infests the opposing parties. | ' . | Ple made it and they will elect it. There is one man on the cratic ticket who seems not, so fags | to-be a special target of the opposi- |tion. That man is Esg. Richey, | candidate for judge in the Northern | District. All parties recognize his | fitness for the position and his char- acter asaman is beyord any re- i proach. | Nobody doubts the ; S. Catron to manage the finances of i t } | the county, and look after the work | cf collecting our taxes. He is a |man whose name-is a synonym ot | integrity, | wherever known. | fear for the affairs of county govern- ; ; ment when Bob. Catron 1s possessor ‘of the trust. : | Gov. Foster of Ohio, said tnat the | Republicans lost that State because |they failed to come out to |the polls and vote. Democrats, | See to it thaf your county, State and } Party does not suffer from the same : neglect. The tact that J. R. Jenkins had | been filled by a man more efficient | | The Democratic ticket could not) | have been ‘nade better, for the pco- | Demo- | 3 | Go ® Crouch Bros. shop, near southwet | corner of the square. They have anealy © comfortable room. q respéeted and bonored | No citizen need | ate habits. and doubts have been fre quently expressed about his sanity, He has been before the recorder here frequently for being drunk on the street. rounding the above case this ‘man Bassett’’ must be the same one of that name who resided in this city se veral years, doubt in the premises 1s the fact that certain legal lights seem not to have | been present. : i i | 2 i i proclamation revoking the Teward | offered for the apprehension and conviction of Jesse and Frank James j —_——__—_—_—____ fice will be handed down by Tom. Silvers to Sim Francisco with lan. rels, none of which will be lost or defaced while in the latters Posess. ion. that the hour is an all importan: one for the Democracy, and when the 7th ot November comes vote early and late, every man ot them, oO Kansas City Evening Star. police station about 30’clock this af- ternoon thut a man named Bassett, whorresides on Brooklyn ave. just south of Independance ave., and who has been on a spree for several da past, arrived at his residence about nvon and commenced the immediate destruction of all things in the house, He broke up chairs, tables. and everything he came in cantaet with. street, and attempted to set ciuity went and put the fire ont, but Bassett still made incendiary threats, The Bassett residance is just outside the city timits and Chiet Speen doubted his jurisdiction in the matter but however, he sent officer McCorkel to the scene to protect Bassett’s wife and prevent him trom burning the house up until a warrant could be sworn out and served by a constable of the square, just opposite the Opera building, is now tor sale on reasonable terms. Call on or address 45-tt. W. J. Lansdowa. cffice. common yarns for 40 per cent. below customary price at Mappy’s, * Willgive you a neat shave, sham; | hair-cut, hair dye inthe latest and | approved style. | perienced barbers. | jewelry store, north side square. have ever brought to Butler will commence arriving next week, callonR. Weil & Co. with, ity of R. | Calton it with cait on yea | ers of Attorney, Leases, Xc., written call on Gov. Crittenden has issued his | The Republican - candidate for The Prosecuting Attorney's of rere Democrats should bear in mind Wanted a fire. Informations was received at the mirrors He drove his wite into the FIRE TO THE HOUSE. Some carpenter working in the yi- Bassett is a man of very intemper From all the circunstances sur the only evidence of Cleaks! Cloaks?! In endless variety at Cassidy & Pitking, — Hotel Property for Sale, The Olive House, on sofffhwest cornet House and Lot for Sale. Situated in the northwest part of the city, house has four rooms; size ot lot 165x80 A good well and other improvement For further information apply at thit” 4st First-class wool yarn sold at prices of A.S. Martin & Co. A splendid line of hats and winter capr — ~ Fred Dora He keeps none but Rooms uext to Dutt’ tf. The largest stock of steves We McBride & Co. © For a Clean Shave 30-tf For good boots and shoes do not fail#e 9) It you want to rent a house leave & ¥en, B. Canterbury For a good farm any where in BatesCo- Bex B. CanTerscny- For improved land callon ; Ben B. Canrespury, It you want to sell town property + Bex B. Caxtegpory > For insureance in reliable compat Bex 8. Canter: For Abstracts or Titles call on Ben B. Cantersunt It you want to sell a farm put it with Ban B. Cantersury- If you want to borrow money on 3 OF § rs time call on Baw B. Canteen? If you want Deeds, Trust Deeds, Pow — Bex B. Caxtersune