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zi ! - rp hi i : ; et Acpany, N. Y., Dee. 2oth, "34 Cheaper Money. BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES J. BD. ALLEN Enprrox. c sD. Apreesn & HARD TIMES. We are trequently asked whe sca hard times an of ci mstances must trans to sure better are Sever TERMS OF SUIPSCRIPTIGN ze € The Werery mi i ever ~ Wednesday, wil ae Et one vear, po: 1 og : over cu intry and t uncertainty BUTLER MISSOURI of the policy ot t ncoming stration has a tenle tomake cap WEDNESDAY, JAN 7, 1354. istra ‘ : j Itahisis Cautious investi Weare authorized to announce the | money. Banks and individuals are same of FE. A. f g asa candidate tor | hoarding up vast sums f sic office of Constable of Mt. Pleasa : | ae a ctneanenre tare ee by pebiect to the action o +t Pemocratic Convention. t Marmaduke ha Governor-cle id his respects in person to Presi P dent-elect Cleveland. Cent The Democratic tate mmittee s called to meet a yesterd -¢fferson Ci The Kansas democratic editor N hold thei t Kansas City to-morrow. —— Tt is reported that RM. Field ha editorial convention éesigned his position as paragraphe nthe Kansas City Z¥mes and 1 oow enga f Missouri loses s “he pre vs ablest writers in this cl Zinited 1s 16,000,000. {us 10.600,000 are enrolled 1, #ublic schools. system of the country spends more | and than $91,000,000 n yeur, tloys 270,000 teach ‘the teaching sche son vob in 3 fe son of J. G. Blaine is loaf sround Washington in the vain hope ““cate gs onto’ something in the Here is the force ape of office. “example clearly elucidated. the old cock the vounz one crows —_____. We call attention to the letter of Gov. Cleveland in regard to civil cervice reform in another €t ig a plain common sense document tod shows plainly that Cleveland in- column, fnds to endeavor tocarry out those gvmesples of reform on which ne waselected. He evidently believes ‘ “all where they may. ——___ ‘To the victors belong the spoils, as been the motto of the republican «arty for the past twenty-tour years. Gow the boot is on the aad they are ennging like whipped other toot curs and whinning about civil cervice ‘storm ; the wrong ox is being gored. Turn tre rascals out, was the watch- word of the last campaign. Com- 08 events cast their shadows before and Cleveland’s letter is ah shadow ever the spirits of the wolders. V—__—_—_—_— There is considerable excitement and complicatians existing in New York City over the change in the tty administration . seems determined to make it comtortable as possible for his cessor, Grace, and has made ap- #ointments and had them contirmed tw the counsel that Properly came ender the new administration. Spoils seems to be the only incentive + politice in that city and either ) would willingly sacritice al! out- de political influence tor a pluck at s&s fat goose. { was industr ously circulated Sreughout polit and sec creles in New York City by Jobn Kelly’s enemies that the ceteat of Tammany in the city election had turned the great chieftain’s head, that ius malady was of the most Violent Mayor Edison a> oun- suce ates z eature and three strong men were &ept in constant attendance on him to prevent his injuring himseli or “Others. As these wild stories spread taey gained credence. The tacts as by the famuly are that Mr. Svelly was pl Uy prostrated af- tis now rapic ec outina fer the election, i vering and w Gays. red on the Chicago Neirs. one of in the pubhe school hewing to the. line, let the chips | manufactories are f | clerks and mechanics ar S| | of employment forced beggars i In | ene r s ot bus dare | garnere Lup, layi le | The tiller of t an * | avenue throug! i turn t } i > id ear on of Comius i i i ch a dead obsolete law is resurected from the « ire es | State Statutes and e torce fat ay oreign ot fields and home cay “his law embodies the creat = question of commerce betwee: states about which so much t THEIR REPRESENTATIVES oN THE R- &- QUESTION. the agent w we s 125 or 150 Ibs n rges t ssioners M se 2 5 . several car re = v iep sop 4 > et aS F Z : 5 corporations tf ng 2 iwers t ans ‘ aS i e > 4a i ¢ ot the t General A 2 2 — Le comin tro co eee ances BS :: i é *e | because s ects : it ty t tr cL lissia s s Sy eande : . oe i, : e a stock c a i e ee ? t ec . er reas R < a : nbs es e time. f reason son f : MG is I cath 4 £ x : = > time decli roe: : 2 eds and aa lt 8 10. stand © | the So east, suc oS. ts ‘ : \ a = Sta aCatle as 7 1 h Vo 4 oF Ky es te miivwat to co ie Z Wn: or if eis one th cee t e einen €< rd : i oe ote : es Gi y UTA ad spec it t H ” =| ts and hionest jud ind those len Are hey don’t kne any ean be enforced uy candidate i private pe tor a judicial position in the future j had better read up onthe other side said and written and to which e . 2 the report (of 2gt pages) is 1 of these questions. could not be done in a Shin er caved) kon peneced : i ay poo SePORs ore Son enednortet carers Missouri has more statute law on Paper article, A very : torial shane i : then, such as merchants, grain si | ; _ = 7 A . ee ee : ay {rattroads than any other state has, from the St. Louis Republican on - See ae oa! shippers . 5 ee th + cattle shippers, coal sees I: tina teticn, Vt be en- this subject will be found : other i } i = es farmers Xc., reporting to. the com- | : contended Arne a : : : ~ <9 ‘ forced, and nef intended to have column. To insure better times | ae Ba ; in- | H i missioners how they had been. swin- agceth oa Boe nn ! confidence must be restored by the | Z © ‘ any etlect. as every section in it, has | a mes ‘ d defrauded by the rail road protupt action of congress i dled companies, by which losses were re- eel Sehseaes tte $400 or 500, in some cases. ox country will not Re HSS Sie hee reports were generally made j a ie ge ee under the behet by the co makin j : . a | them, that the commissioners had au- and thority, to enforce restoration on the | veying his products to market. in our own State, cheap monies from our border i be repealed. -_ The vote m the Senate i the admission of Dakota ns a4 State | | showed a decidely pattisan zteund! on which the admission question is the law repel being agitate: This is all Wrong to draw party lines on such an import- ant question as the admission of a} Territory to the dignity of a State. ! If Dakota has advanced to that population point improvement ! in and Where she is entitled to such recog-} nition by the Sr. cal mo-, es no po ives should be allowed to dehar citizens trom these pryileges. the other hand she should not b in on party grounds if she the proper pequisites that distinction. has ; Ment of LE, A. Ewing can | constable ot Mr. Pleasant Mr. Ewing is well aad township favorably known to the people of this tow nship, | having resided in Butler for oy ertwo j years and all that time has been ac- tively engaged in public business. He served some time as deputy Co. | Clerk and is at present deputy treas- urer and in both positions gave the! best of satistaction. He comes « tone of the oldest and best known fami! in the state. Is courteus, agreeable and accommodating and if elected to the office would discharge the duties faithfully, bonestly, and efficient The ex-confederate soldiers new = resid = in Bates county are Tequest- gd to meet at the court house iz ety next Saturday morning, tor the purpose at h ‘ public m various lines, is rail roads, but they were informed promptly that there is no such power the The com- ef this char- i miner commissioners. in or instance a: a A ceal owne on the Lexington Branch of the Mo. P. R. R. says the company discriminates against him, and in favor ot Mr. Gould’s company, so that he cannot market his coc! The people of Bates county understand this trom actual experience. By this system of bulldozing and swindling, Gould his coal companies has monopo- lized all the coal between the Miss- issippi and the Gulf. Then in the fall and winter the business of the positively refused in western Missouri when the market will take ali the coat that all the cars will carry tor Mr. Gould. northern nia A prominent gentle: Bates a year ago, hada large amount b he wanted to market, and was requested by the fine baled hav. wh ‘railroad agent to haul it in and ship He hauled it and then was intormed that they hed no cars, al- coal to the been arranged by tie rail road lobby. Now let this: stuff be all enacted three repeated. or Then let there be four pages, written up by some law- yerin sympathy wath the people, and who Which will put in torce the provis- which pro- understands his business, J ions of our constitution | vide that ail railroads are | highways, and railroad companies Let it be provid- that public common carrics. ed for instance amy let company toad be shail fail its who shall refuce to t used as pabhe highway, « | or refuse to perform all its obhga- | uons impartially as 2 common car* | rier, shall torteit and as penal dam- | ages to the party complaining a sum not less than $1,000, and not more { than $10,000. As well as all dam- ages sustained by the complainant. aud attorney fees of complainant to be taxed as other costs in the Let it provide that railroad compa- nies shall receive at anv and all sta- tions and stopping places on their roads any kind of freight offered for shipment, and shall haul and deliver case. the same in a reasonable time to its place of destination, and the shipper stall only be bound to pay a reason- able price tor the same. Then if the railroad commissioners are to be retained in office let it be | one of their duties to fix reasonable | rates, and give them power to en- i force it, bv deciaring the railroad hauling Dear Sirn—Your communication . 1 Dec. 20th, addresse co = ‘Ate 4 gress \ ase ‘ ac en zene pec ‘ nestents enlo ‘ ch has > i egard ~myselt ged this us V conce ot t Democrat t t vas entore ! id ! j ecaus mar t rances made nee ‘ e pty to which I I no spo- “ rc il r dispe sition whatever, to disclaim, I have, the people this {should be done, Tam not unmind ful of t fact to whic ye reter, onal ex at abuses kno ey are pose nt I those who profess tc : eform, wills it obstruct Ww and place, but ppi ato the rust committed to my char wv, nO such consideration cause a re- ion on my p of an earnest et- fort to enforce this law. There 1s a Cass of government positions whic! are not within the letter of she civil service statute, but which solely connected with the pclicy of an ade ministration, that removal therefrom of present incumbents, in my opin ton, should not be ma during the ore erotics : -_, , charter forfeited to the state it nec- same market the hay was destined. i Seas ‘ EST , | essary. The hay lay at the station till the fal! H z rains and weather ruined ir, in} : . : Pi ‘ one . Aga "T We wish to call attention to the a merchant has a lot of f ls a ae Batl cenes shipped him. and althot | nancial statement of the cies ceived by the rail road compa } National Bank, published in another good condition, whea they arive he }column. This statement shows the finds a box broken. and $4 er $5} bank co be in a solid and prosperous Worth Oi goods taken out or destrov- ed. The company’s agent tell he will report it, and atter a week or { ten days, when the agent has forgot- ten that such a tra: curred, the merchant ca formed the “compa sponsible for such action ever sa not Agam a -osses, him } oc- re- | condition, with over one hundred thousand dollars loaned out and over {ten thousand dollars as profits. The Butler National Bank has never lost a dollar in had debts since its or i - - Tv a Zanization. The officers are to their conservat he congratulated or tand successful management. term tor which they were ippointed for r places and solely on partison grounds the purpose of putting inthe those who in accord are political But ch positions hi with appointing powe: many ave tor- now holding s feited ‘tention = be- ui just claim to Cause they have used their places for their duty to the people and because in- party purposes in disrecard of servants stead Of being decent pal they have proved themselv« offen- sive partisans and unscrupulous ma- nipulators for local party manage- ment. The lessons of the pust should now be unlearned, and such officials as well as their successors should be taught that efficiency. fit- ness and denotion to public duty are the conditions of their continuance m public place, that the quiet and unobtrusiye exercise of political rights is the reasonable measure ot their party service. It Il were ad dressing none but party tnends I shonld deem it entirely Proper to re- mind theta that though the coming administration is tobe Deu ocratic, a due regard tor the people's inter- est dues not permit the faitinful par- tv workers to be always rewarded } y appomtment to office and tu say to them that while Democrats may exs pect all proper consideration in the selections tor offices not within the eivil service rules, will be based upon sufficient inquiry as to fitness, Dy those charged with that duty, rather instituted upon persistent importunity or self- tes ntment. solicited recommendations on haif ot candidates tor Yours very truly, Grover CLEvELANp. appr The reason the *trebel yell"? an- ess. F a ‘ hing ned en wat ull @ ite are the gp legislation a is greater itis always so in new a Prospe ous states have a laige y jndustr ition; we cheap and fertile lands; wo | mines of coal, lead, iron, zine gy i clay: and have quarries t jimarble and limestone: we have § | ests of + pine, walnut, gum | polar; we have Walelt-pow land 00 miles of navigable riven pet tiet are only the raw clemen ot w require capital make the ible—to conve cheap » productive 1 cu 1a “ need money Hd and equ ,creameries, to import improve | tor € hors. cattle and i | Our farmers, perhaps, need chey } money more than any other ‘ | the population: they need i j the improvements which 4 foub the productive capacity and value ¢ their farms, and anticipate the tut that awaits them. ‘his ) m cannot be had in the state, for all home capital is actively employed t must come from abro and iti | | ' ' embraced they | j legislation than | noys the radical politicians so much | is, they are not used to it. [¢ they had heard it a few times during the | war instead ot running off to Europe, it wouldn’t go so hard with them.— Austin (Texas )Statesman. Never G.ve Uy + f you vre suttering with low de- i ssed spirt-, loss of appetite, general ae- He , disordered blood, weak constitu- ! dacee nr any disease of a billious t us procure a bottle of { ou will be surprised that will! imnproveme after the reassenbl the true policy of the Rate to oper its doors and invite it toenter. The more capital that comes the better i will be for us. The snore mone offered in loans trom outside corpor ations the cheaper will be the rateo It which repels from a is unwise — leyislation state a Phat legis interest thing warch its people needs. multiplies life, the lation is wise which and eaupens the necessaries of ‘waterials of industry, the auxiliaries of enterprise and the agencies of production. There is no more pro priety in keeping toreign money ow] of the state than there would be it keeping out agricultural implements tum. boots and shoes, blankets : ber. Our people need one as much as the other. The Silver Question. Washington, D. C.. Jan. 1.—Mr Bland, chairman of the house com mittee on coinage and weights ani measures, says he does not think the committee will report Buckner’ bill for the suspension of the coinage of favorably. The committee will meet Wednes, to the and 1 witl oppose the bill te silver dollars next subject Tle says silver day consider Ble whenever there shall must be to give unlim ited comage ot silver, but the ques tion should be let alone this session Representative McMillan said to a Star reporter he does Deleve there is the least probability of the passage of any act restricting silver comage this session. He “ far as thu house is concerned, even if the Buckner bill should be report ed from the comage committee # would not pass. He thinks there would be a two-thirds vote in the house against it. McMillan does not believe such a bill would pass the senate. The house committee on comage stood five to five on the anti arvival of Chairman Blend. presence makes the commnuttce six to five against the bill, so there is very little prospect of fits vetting out of committee. In the senate the finance ¢ to deter th not the bhis stand imit con ante tee have ced sideration ot the silver que i the arrival of Senator Jones ot Ne vada ! very sous of congres® who is expec ti “ [ p W

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