The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 30, 1884, Page 4

PARTY BOSSISM- ITT PR WEEKLY TIMES | ™% = £ 6b} sism’’ 1s fast BU TLE ‘ WEEKLY TIM ge | [The moon of ‘*bossism’’ 1 the Democratic party. Epiror. J. D. ALLEN, SUPSURIPTION: LERMS OF a shout of indignation Missouri i all State of i | the chairm: f the State Democ ic Central Co tee dared to dic BUTLER MISSOUR tate to the counties conver WEDNESDAY, JULY 30., county’s DEMOCRATIC TICKET: | polities 2 | ticians could make ena eee: | the democrats to days are past and gone forever. T! people are determined to choose their GROVER CLEVELAND, OF NEW YORK. own officers and it is just and right PPD net ga ere that this should be done. A man THOS. A. HENDRICKS, that is afraid to risk his chances for OF INDIANA. office with the people is unwor- thy and should be deteated. In just one month from to-day the township conyentions will be held to send delegates to the county Demo- cratic convention, on the 6th ot Sep- tember, to select candidates tor the ditterent county offic In order ANNOUNCEMENT + $10 00 For Congress, .- For County Offices, For County Judges,. REPR TATIVE. We are authorized to announce A. Henry, as a candidate tor Representa- aie eee es lect the tive, subject to the action ot the Demo- | that this convention may select the cratic convention. choice of the people as standard We are authorized to announce Pierce Hackett, of Homer township, as a candi- date tor Represetative, subjectto the act- ion ot the Democratic Comvention. bearers, and not that of any clique or ring, the delegates should have an expression from their respective townships. Democrats throughout the county should turn out the convention, the 30th of August, and see that only the best men are chosen be instructed town- We are authorized to announce the to name ot Martin L. Brown, ot Rich Hull, as a candidate for the office of Prosecuting Attorney, subject to the decision or the Democratic county convention. We are authorized to announce W- ©. Jackson of Butler, as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of Bates county, subject to the action of the Democratic convention. We are authorized to announce the name of Thomas J. Smith ot Mt. Pleas- ant township, tor Pposecuting Attorney ot Bates County, subject to] the action ot the Democratic Convention. Weare authorized to announce the as delegates, and they to vote fur the choice of their In this way, and in this way es be chos- ships. only, can a set of candird en that will be the choice of the peo- ple. ———————— CONGRESSIONAL. Henry county held her convention name of Sim Francisco, as_a candidate }| Jast Saturday and elected delegates tor the office of Prosecuting Attorn i i tis to the Congressional convention at subject to the decision of the Democrat county convention. Appleton City, August 26th 18S4. A solid delegation for Stone was chosen. The interests of Butes and Henry counties are so nearly allied, being in the same Senatorial and Ju- dicial districts and Bates having fa SHERIFF, We are authorized to announce Allen Wright, of Summitt township, tor sheriff otf Bates county, subject to the action of the Democratic convention. We are authorized to announce W.- Hanks, tor sheriff of Bates county, sub- ject to the action ot the Democratic con- yention. vored Henry in the past, we had a right to, and did expect better treat- Taman ment at her hands. Had Bates We are authorized to announce R. S.{ County presented a candidate who c tron, as a candidate tor re-election to Was not qua fied tor the position, asurer of Bates County, subject to the action of the Domocratic Convention. We are then we would have said amen But John W. Ab- ernathy is qualified in every respect Ilenry’s choice. authorized to announce name of F. M, Trimble, of Walnut town- ship, as andidate for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Democratic county convention. he stands at the head of As a lawyer his profession, and one among the sane Gia meer finest speakers in the State. Lf nom- mated the democracy need have no fear but what he would poll the full A. Neptune asa caudidate for re-election to the office of County Judge from the southern district, subject to the Demo- eratic Convention, vote ot the district, and ably repre- sent them in Congress. We think that Henry county would only have Weare autho to announce the a name ot J. N- of Deer Creek with the township, as a candidate for the office ot County Judge of the Northern Distri subject to the decision ot the Democratic cuunty convention. been treating our county courtesy due her, had she, at least, rt of the dele- authoritatively given our favorite a pz gation. We hear it stated that the ruli We are authorized to announce W. W. Denney as a candidate for the office of County Judge from the southern district. subject to the Democratic convention. gs ot the chair- man were not 2ctly according to pa a part ot the convention withdrew before the That, as it amentary laws, and t COUNT SURVEYOR, Weare anthorized to announce the name ot Marshall L. Wolfe, asa candi- date tor the office of County Surveyor, subject to the decision of the Democratic county convention. delegates were chosen. feel that they have been aggrieved by Henry county’s actions in_ the matter. Let the nomination fall where it may, Bates county will roll up as large or larger demo- cratic majority this tall than ever be- Better material could not be Tue Times CHOICE FOR CONGRESS, Joun W. ABERNATHY OF BATES COUNTY. Friends of the candidates for the offices should so enthusiastic for a favorite that they fore. found im the district than the present not become would various ‘ 5 aspirants, either of whom ably and fearlessly represent her enter into personal abuse of his op- Congres: penents. This is very bad policy, for all the candidates that have an- We tak attention ot nounced, so far, are sterling demo-— crats and good reliable men, any one } nouncement of of whom would make a good officer; | Lone Oak tow? and besides, there is no telling where the hghtning may strike, and after ject to convention. Mr. Denney has lived in Bates county for sub county the nomination crow diet might be in ggder. Every democrat has a twenty-six vears and his every pertect right to have his tavorite | ests are allied with our people. He} among aspirants to office, and work | has heid the position of township for that tavorite, but no democrat trustee ever since township organiz- should enter mto personal abuse ot ation, and we can tr say that he another, unless that other is incom- has made as 1a trustee as any! petent or dishonest, then it should township in county has ever had. be made so plain by proof that the He is a sterling democ t.and lone party will make no mistake in select- ing their candidates. We do not accuse any democrat of engaging in this nefarious practice, but warn the People against such electioneering. —_——— There 1s such a thing as a journal ag * a candidate to his political ath. much for his party in the county, be- ing the central committeman his township. He is inevery respect worthy the ofhce if nominated and elected will make Bates county x saie, reliable judge. trom and flon. F. M. Cockrell will accept our thanks for public documents. Ht has been to | may be, the people of Bates county ! county judge of the southern district, | date tor district, they toon an came out bol Democrat & he democrat: more sonal differences and b h s | Stet € | not a better democrat State of | 1e ot the court house ring has certainly whispered to the “TIMES had better go a hittle the Walnut boom. The Tres start- ed out last week just it to **chaw’? up the Walnut enterprise Boss Pace, and all.—Republican. The Timrs gives tacts as they exist slow that it ke | | | { i | of our citizens, now we consider it a huge swindle and stated. We may be mistaken, and sincerely hope that we are. But it requires work to convince the people that they have not been duped. Hon. John T. Heard was nomi- nated tor Congress by the democrats of the Sixth Congressional district on the 3S8qth ballot. The convention was at a dead-lock for several days, when the resolution was adopted to drop the hindmost man on each suc- so cessive tenth bailot. —<—<—<$—<$_$ ~~ Senator Cockrell returned home from Washington, Monday evening. He expresses himself as confident of the election ot Cleveland and Hen- dricks. The Senator will address the Democratic ratification meeting Saturday night.— Warrensburg Jour- nal-Democrat. Jobn P. St. John was nominated by acclamation for President by the prohibition convention Pittsburg On the 24th inst. ‘Lhe f his name was the signal for tumultu- the of all Mention o ous applause 2 names other gentlemen were withdrawn in his favor. | John Cockrell, of Warrensburg, | son of Senator F. M. Cockrell, is a | | candidate for Congress from the 5th are Wallace, +s. Jackson coun- | district. His oppone Franklin and Gr, ty chooses to wieid olds the balance of power if she it ltor B to the Irish element now, but how is sine to toady Its all very w e goings to explain away the slander- ous attacks he has made in the past? they do not often rest quietly under an insult. papers in Ohio support Blaine and The nomination of Jim and was a repubtican blunder of i } j i — | Not one of the seventeen German { H | 1.0gan. | Jack large proportions, and one that is likely to cost the party the loss ot the post-offices - The Belleville Zeztueg, one ot the most influential republican pa— pers printed in the German language comes squarely out for ticket and Cleveland. The Times received a programme Teachers j tute, to be begun in the city of But- { of the Bates county ler on the 26th day of August and hold five days. Blaine and Logan are not entirely Ex-Gove nor Moses, vithout hope. ot South Carolina, says he will sup— ; port them heartily--when. gets | out of formall nomina by the notified of his n ; democratic party yesterday, Colonel William Vilas, of Wisconsin, being spokesman. The democrats and greenbackers wanted } and leaves its readers to draw their own conclusions. We had faith in| the Walnut boom, as did nearly all The Irish are a sensitive people and | in Souther Ilinois, bolts the Blaine | Insti- | | dealt with by the pl | } on | } } ot the sixth Iowa congressional dis j trict have nominated Gen Jas. B. Weaver for congress. Where the 4 was Ben Butler; when the prohibition convention was | going on at Pittsburg. Echo an— | swers. | ery sentiment. | astronomy can follow his argu i ‘Are we a Nation of Rasc | F. Hume, er, C but all country. Fallin! The battle begins to-day which is never to know «sir hour of rest or flag November. the nes of Put bv the scarts and p! dress parades. Get the baggage wagons to the rear quickly. Never } mind the holiday attire—there will not be left to it ina week a single shining button. Never mind the pomp and circumstance, so only there are muskets, ammunition and rations enough to last through all the desperate marching and fighting. Fallin! It is gomg to bea stric en field for somebody. If Republi- canism wins, the entrenchments ot corruption become impregnable. Four more years at the treasury will make it invincible like those Roman proconsuls who plundered a_ prov- ince that they might buy the purple. Four more years of a league with fowed int Ra cle now x press, concerning the upple cro iSS4, the supply is going to be light. Additic ormation coming in daily relative to | the subject indicates a much smaller | yield, especially in_ the corporate power will so debauch the | civil service; so get control of the revenues; so further ply a fossilized senate with the license of irresponsi- ble power; so further increase the arrogance and despotism of the ex- ecutive. so further pack, muzzle, put collars on, and label a subserv- ient supreme court that liberty would come speedily to its Black Hole of Calcutta, and all the free institutions of the land perish at the pestilential touch of a Blaine regime, buttressed upon enormous ring robberies and the enormous concentration constitutional tederal Power. If Demoer: ot un- constitu wins, the tion wins. No more rogucry then. No more satrips. No more ot little Johnny Davenport’s bashi bazouks o more Guiteaus about the polls. without a pistol like old Zach Chand- ler, and no more receivers of stolen goods like Rutherford B. No more electoral commissions. No revenue more pillaging at Washington. more wasting of the public upen rotten navies, star route sters. jail birds turned ficials, election plug uglies hired to steal or stuff ballot boxes, and 5.000 other species, murderers mer- cenaries called revenue agents. No more congressional interference with the rights of the states. No Jeffrey work on the part of the fed- eral judiciary, organized to rob in the name of a black Republican govern- No more federal opposition and treasury of- and more ment. at home and fawning abroad. - No more wrong, scoundrelism and unlimited ty. Theretore, Fail in! It trom Maine to Matamoras. Smoothe Bury ev- Forget every indi- ot opimon. Let the tariff question alone save as it is Unite. Go to work. Quit bickering, quar— cringing fraud, general rascali- is War now—war away every rough point. vidual difference torm. reling and fault finding. The ticket is good enough tor any Democrat, even though that Democrat was good enough to be caug up to heaven in a chariot of fire. The North American Review for August contains an article by Justice James G. Campbell on ‘I En- croachments of Capitai’’ which will command the serious attention of all readers. Richard A. Proctor treats of *The Ongin ot Comets,’and suc in presenting that difficult subject e ceeds Hayes. | No| Ting- | West, than has heretotore been, predicted. Ken- half tucky now claims only a crop, three-tourths, — Hlinois Tennessee | only halt—the southern part ot the State not having one-fourth of what she shipped last A drouth prevailing in Michigan threatens to largely reduce the Indi- ana has only two-thirds, while Mis- year. rop there. i . j souri cannot say much of her crop with the exception of the western portion ot the State, which is quite promising. St. Louis county, which always floods the St. Louis market at this season, has not half crop, and the prices prevailing in this city are much higher than they were weeks ago.—Rural World. a remarkable resemblance op- Thereisa between the attitude of Blaine’s ponents in the republican Conven- tion and of Cleveland’s opponents in Convention. The that Blaine’s « determ— democratic merely the difference nomination was fought b is ined minority of conscientious re- formers, while Cleveland’s nomina tion 1s opposed by a minority of ma- chine politicians. — ost Dispatch. The Gate City expends a page of its strength to demonstrate the weak- ness Cleveland. Why such a waste of ammunition if there ot Grover be sincerity in the belief assumed by the Gate that Cleveland 1s really The nomination of Cleve ricks is the death-knell weak ? land and Hen ot radicalism and the Gate knows it only hope is to save lowa. —Keokuk (lowa,) Constitution. A Blaine organ in Massachusetts makes this thrilling appeal: **Every postoflice in this state will be in’ the hands of the democrats next surnmer if we falter now.” Lowa postmaster editors, of whom there is one most every county, will soon re-echo the thrillng Massachusetts war cry. —Keokuk (Iowa,) Constitution. Anna and Ben From the Cnicago News- We bearthat Miss Anna Dickinson wept copiously when she heard that Ben Butler was deteated for the dem- ocratic nomination at Chicago. For rs Butler has been her ind finally a number of 5 devoted suitor last spring she promised to be his if he in turn became President. Asthe campaign progressed, she had good reasons for beheying he would fulfil his part of the contract and she became so con- hident of his success that she disband- ed her theatrical company and began to look around tor a trousseau. When the blow came—when she discovered | that Ben was not going to make the riffle, atter all—her gret was natur- ally overwhelming. It is not stated how Ben feels about it, butit is reas- | onable tosurmise he 1s all broken up, | bitter vears. | paper, relating to every ina light so clear that persons who | have little or no acquaintance with the startling title of an article by John who shows that ' counties and municipalities in the Carl Schurz wil! take the stump tor } the democratic ticket. j Ohio. ‘That mear ; United States nave already formally too. There is something imeonceiv- anly pathetic in the hungry watching of these two re and patient waits ponsive hearts all these long. weary, It beats the romance of ia all hollow. Paul and Virgi Colman’s Rural Wor d. Farmers who want an agricultural ot farming, and keeping pace with the branch progress of the age, containing the latest and best tarm and stock market reports, should subscribe for Cod- man’s Rural World. itisa large, eight page, fitty-six column weekly, states, | printed on excellent paper, and 1s published at $1.50 a year, or sent eight months for $1.00. Address. Ves 6 Cleveland and Hendricks, tes on -D, I k T yN. D1 & ( Mis: New \ exhaustively, the f 0 Land manhood of their private lives and py es—but to have am at ing interest than the ordinary ¢ | n hook, this end , | corps of skilled designers and ¢ gravers to elegantly and profusely lustrate the scenes and incident the lives of these eminent men, y so prominently before the peop! Personal anecdotes and reminisces ces will constitute leading an certainly a most entertaining and jp structive feature ot this timely word Col. Triplett has marked ability and enjoys especial distinction as biographical writer. While exhaus tive in the recital of facts, his pow ers of analysis. and ‘us keen insigh into the philosophy of events an measures, give him special prom) nence amoag American writers o personal history. It is not too mud { to say that he is better prepared {| the work in hand thaa any othe American author. 4 The books from his pen, ot whi several have been published, hay met the popular taste and been mor than successful, The have given him high rank among authors, and the pub men ot the day — This be» given him unsurpassed _ facile for procuring all the material for th work now in hand. Asa_ book fascinating interest, beauty and pr fuseness of illustration, and of com m ordinarily American lic prehensiveness ot tact, it will com mend itself to every voter. To the book agent this bination of authentic his tory, piew author ship, will at once suggest the unive rare com rial illustration and brilliant sal demand it will create. and als the advantages in interest it has ow the ordinary Campaign book, a the grand opportunity it offers f profitable agency. We advertise in another column. St. John accepts. | Pittsburg. July 25—J. S. Lite of Newark, N. J. , received the fe lowing telegram this morning | Governor St. Jobn: Rochester, N. Y. July 25—T Hon. B. "inch, George R. Scoote M. B. Bennett: Lakesié yesterday and did telegram until this morning. While did not seek or destre the nomination I greatly appreciate the unanim ty with which it was given, as we as the honor which it conferred. Ca only say, now, that I acquiesce int action of the convention, and looking to God for his guidance shall try ® I was at not receive yor do my duty. [Signed J John P. St. Jobe APPRECIATIVE BODIES. Leavenworth, Kas., July 25—Te tollowing telegram was sent to Gor St. John to-day, and may be of it terest as coming from the leadit ations ot his 0 | | | ' | temperance orgar state: Leavenworth, July 25—The We man’s Christian Temperance Unie of Kansas congratulates Gov. © John upon his nomination tor pre" dent of the United States. Mav bless and lead to victory the ™ who has stood by the home. (Signed] Laura B. Fields President Kansas W. C. T.! WHAT IS SAID. Pittsburg, July 25—The deleg#” ry | are leaving for home on every * to-morrow will have After the adjournment a the Ca of Di | a hang and by all the city. conven last evenir beh - gave itornia delegation on R. H. McDona! es. to the dele a Leaders of the convention claim thar they * | terviews to das | poll 500,000 to 1,000,000 vote : , o probably carry Kansas ® | nd and so throw the ele will | Mary | into congress su seriow® Fleetwood Thomas, burnt in the face by powder of repudiated, or defaulted in the pay- | Norman J Colman, Publisher, 600/ night of the nomination ot Cleves ment of interest on an amount of} Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. land Mendricxs is slowly recov