The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 8, 1886, Page 4

a een eae amass SSS oe re ee ees = a BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES | J. D. ALLEN Eprror. | J.D. Atten & Co., Proprietors, | TERMS OF SUPSCRIPTION: | TheWeexry Times, published every Wednesday, will be sent to any ¢daress one year, postage paid, tor $1.25. BUTLER MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5, 1386. Charleston, S. C., is still being shaken by earthquakes. The democrats have the governors ot 22 states, while the republicans have only 16. The democrats have aclear majority in the House and | was induced to take this sjep after JENKINS RESIGNS. J. R. Jenkins informs us that he | his resi nation as Al- | has handed 1 derman ot the south ward to the city | clerx, who will present it to the next | meeting of the town board. He due consideration, not trom any de- sire to shirk the responsibilities at tending that position, but only from the tact that the present attitude ot the board of Aldermen in blocking the business ot the city to compel the mayor into pertorming an act inconsistent with his 1dea of law and justice, does not meet his approba- tion, and he considers that by this majority ot the Aldermen to hold the business of the town at a stand- gation the wishes of the people are gained three Serators, and with the vote of Riddleberger, of Virginia, the Senate will stand a tie. The Butier Times has just turned its ninth mile post. It is a sterling democratic sheet, and a 4001 news— paper, tuliy abreast of the demands of the times. We extend cordial ycod wishes to our brother for the vurure.—Henry Co. Democrat. Ten presidents and ex presidents have died since 1860—Van Buren and Taylor in 1862, Lincoln in 1565, Buchanan in 1868, Pierce in 1869, Fillmore ’74, Joinson in ’75. Gar field in 'S1, Grant in "85, and Arthur n 786. dent now living. ex-vice presidents ond Wheeier. The Kansas Cry | dire vengeance against all those as piring po utcans anc journalists in the fifth district course contest. interested Hayes is the only ex presi are two Hauili:: There iiving- imes threatens that condemned its in the congressional recet This will keep the Times for an mber of years to} come, and in ean time what will these politicians and journalists Mumtord stick his head above the brush? be doing should trend —— In last Mr. Catron Treasurer’s office a technicality. Week’s issue we said that expected to hold the util April rst on We in this matter as the law was changed Were mistaken mn 1885, making it imperative My. Catroa April rst, and giving him no choice in the matter. Mr. would cheerfully ou to hold bis office uatil Catron says he give up the office it he could see his way clear. Horace Greeley gave the toliowing opinion on ‘personal journalism :’” “There is nothing easier than to a bold stand on the side of law and justice as he understands it, and } would not under any consideration not subserved, and as he 1s power- less to assist them, he will not be a party to such action, hence sends in his resignation, after taking a very positive stand in this matter. The Morgan warrant which was the direct cause of the rupture in the Board, was voted during Mr. Jen kins’ absence, and without his knowledge, and ot course he is in no way responsible tor the present trouble, either directly or indirectly. He deeply deplores the unenviable light the Board has placed itself in and used his best endeavors to Mr. has the city business. ot the | proceed wit Jenkins one records of man that ever held He has held eight any | office in Bates county. clerk’s offi the circuit ce nands vears, or two terms, and c the confidence and esteem of every citizen in the county irrespective of politics. As Alderman he has taken commit a dishonorable act. While deeply deploring the cause wl induced Mr. Jen with: | drawal from the board, we can but commend the spirit which prompted him to take such action. as we au- derstand some of the members in their arrogance, declare their mten- tion not to vote another warrant until the one in dispute is disposed of. affairs of This leaves the the Mr. kins, seeing that no good could be town ina deplorable state and Jen accomplished by staying in the Board retires honorably. There 1s quite a number of just claims tinst the city that awails adjustments, mostly of them are held by poor men who worked on the streets by the day, need the money to put bread and meat into the mouths ot then families. The action of the Bosrd in refusing to allow their bills necessitates their bringing suit which and who edit a blackguard newspaper, and nothing more difficult than to get up a newspaper free from blackguard- ism. Fishwomen and bar room loaters are skilled in the tact ot bindying epithets and bespatteringt each other with dirty words. It re- quizes no skill to do this, but it does require both heart and brains to print a newspaper that a decent man 4“! woman can read withouta blush.” nny Tt 1s officially announced by the Kansas City Times that Major Ed- wards 1s to take editorial charge ot that paper shorily, probably this week. Major Edwards is one ot the mest brilliant writers in the jour- nalistic field in the west,and his facile ben will no doubt prove a God-send tothe Times at this critical time in its history. However if any man in the country can remstate that paper in favor with good democrats it is Major Edwards, who knows noth- ing but democracy, pure and unde- fled. Austin is rightly informed in re- xard to Judge Gantt’s being retained to detend Mr. Glazebrook in the contest suit. But he did not tell the whole truth, he should have told that Burch’s triends tried to secure the eminent services of the Judge. which was very properly «leclined. It 1s will involve the citv in additional costs. We have no hesitancy in saying that the action ot some of the members of the Board is shameful and disgracetul, and if they do not resign atter so foolhardy a course and let good men be elected who have the interest of the city at heart, they should be petitioned by every citizen of Butler so to do. For the benefit ot the Record we repeat ‘It any of the present mem- bers of the board retuse to transact the business of their office, and, by their fool-hardy course, involve the town in lawsuits, they should be pe- titioned to resign and let other men be elected who have the interests of the city more at heart,’’ and also “uf Mayor Brown is wrong in not signing the warrant ordered by the board, there 1s a lega! way of pro ceeding against him.”’ Is there any discrepency in this, or as Aus. terms it, blowing hot and cold in the same breath. Mayor Brown refused to sign a warrant to pay Morgan tor the same work that Dickerson had already been paid. Brown was mandamused by Morgan, as suggested by the Ties, months ag’ Brown has announced ready for trial at every term of the circuit court thereatter and tor some reason best known to Morgan his attorrey has continued the case. This even Austin will not have the temerity to deny. Now what logical conclusion can only be deduced from these Premises. Mr. Morgan's attorney | ‘0. PLAIN TALK —»-e-=— From a Citizen Who Knows W He Speaks. The Truth Told at Last. -ese- Epiror TIMEs: I getout of all sort of patience with the democratic papers ot our | county; you quietly stand by with your fingers on your mouths while the republican papers, trom week to week and moath to month, assail our democratic state, county and city officers. The dirty little cabbage leaf in the opera house has been mandatory action on the part of the | doing this since its birth, and no word of protest from you—or at least so feeble a word as almost to amount still and probably imvolve it 1n liti- | to an admission of the truth of its insinuations ; and of late Austin, of the Record, whose standing in the republican party had become shaky, because ot his intimacy with some of the democratic boys and his firm belief in at least one ot the planks of the democratic platform, thought it necessary, in order to re-establish himself in the good graces of his party, to especially give Mayor Brown and Judge Sullensh—. The town muddle has, for nearly two years, been ringing in the ears of the people in all its changes, by these two papers, and today some | of our democratic friends, because of ignorance ot the true state of the case, believe the democratic wing of the city government 4h been en- gaged in very crooked work, and, as if you will permit me, I should lke to give my views of this celebrated muddle, and ihe true state of the case as | believe it exists, feeling truth in the minds assured that if the whole is known, the blame w tw ot the people, here it properly } belongs. It will be remembe spring el mn ot t es of election threw out was wi as the Fox votes and give John Dickerson the city marshalship. Mr. | Morgan took the case into court and after several months had passed it) was decided in bis favor and Dicker- office, but the son surre ed board of alderm refused to him a part of the salary he claimed and money pard out durmg the time he served as marshal and Mr. D, brought suit for the san The case Was appealed f: it court to the supre ce by that body referred to the at Kansas City, where it sti decided, a which may probably will decided against the city in favor Dickerson. After Mr. Morgantook the office ot marsha!, or its surrender by Dickerson, his monthly salary bills were paid each month promptly, until some time since, when Morgan presented a bill tor the unpaid time of Dickerson, and for which Dicker- son now has a suit as above stated. This bill was voted for by the re- publican members ot the board and Mayor Brown retused to sign the warrant until Dickerson’s case m the court ot appeals should be decided. Then at a later date another bill was presented by Morgan for the whoie salary paid to and claimed by Dick- erson trom the date ot his induction into the office until his surrender of Mr. was present at the meeting of the board and Smith and McVeigh voted in favor of the bill and it passed. Again Mayor Brown retused to sign the warrant for the same reason, that the matter was in litigation, and until that was decided by the court of appeals he should protect the interests of the city by keeping the money im the city treasury. Morgan applied to the circuit court for a writ of mandamus to compel Mayor Brown to do as he desired, and although the Mayor has always been ready for tnal, yet Morgan never ts. Now this matter could very easily be decided by the circuit court if Mor- gan was willing or anxious it should the same. Jenkins to under! lat’s law, nts the people governmen and v anc that **w hen he hollers and,th rough some unex plained cause, has succeeded in tastening Smith and McVeigh to his belt, and together are trying the i | bulldozing process on Mayor Brown } R the | wheels ot our city | completely blocked by the seditious | Jenkins, and to-day and J. government are | schemes and actions ot Smith and McVeigh under the dictation of their autocrat and master. Poor men who have just claims against the city for work performed under contracts 1] pay | not} entirely wrong tor Judge Gantt to serous that he can not force the accept a case which comes up for| Mayor to sign this warrant and hopes San j tial long after his term ot judgeshi by keeping t in court and continu- | Delieved, he will neither pay an at- | “ade, ees sipetat yy P| ally agitating the matter and block- jtormey a decent sum to carry his} shal nears enda emo-| ing the town business to force that | case into court or believe these same Ctat, but if it is to prosecuteademo-| which | . tai a cn : cademo-| which he cannot obtain by a legal attorneys when chi I erat it would be all right and Proper. | Process. But gentlemen your little | truth “th: t h hi ee a | Go to, Aus,, and drop some of that | 8%™¢ is blocked and Mayor Brown | Cpegnestan oo: Same be; but it his lawyers are to be | they ; p = % B é {court,’’ but, autocrat that he is, | rejudice, “Let j Will never, never, never sign that | © . y —. be done | warrant until forced to do so by the | Wants to be mayor, marshal, board | the heavens higher courts. jot aldermen—in fact the whole city | | Sotavy made with the board of aldermen are denied their dues, because tor- sooth the Mayor refuses to be a party to paying Morgan money out of the treasury that the courts, whose aid he has invoked, have not yet, and perhaps never may, decide is nighttully his. No measure bene- ficial to the city can be passed, no steps taken in which the city has an interest, because Brown won't sign Morgan’s warrant. Verily. Mr. Editor, if I can have my choice, give me any disease rather than the Smith big head. Yours for Justice, Democrat. The Kansas City Times, in a two-colum belabored article attempts | what it is pleased to call anexposure of Col. Lesueur, of the Lexington | Intelligencer. It will be remembered that the Intelligencer gave the Times a most unmercitul lampooning tor us recent couise in assisting in the defeat of Judge Philips, the regular nominee for In the intends to wage a relentless war upon congress in the 5th district. retaliation Times Col. Lesueur and forever squelch We opine this | his political aspirations. Col. tack of bile, even though it should will bear up under | | } the ' | | i j be pushed to a persecution; but we have jw the Times it will no Jardine to handie in the gifted and talented Lesueur and may look for some heavy tilts. ‘The country press 1 sustain Col. Lesueur. fay Get Some Democrat. | T Seveland will yet bave vere isa prospect that President an oppor- tunity of appointing several Supreme Chief Justice Waite reached ins Zoth birthday a tew days Court Justices. ago, and he is entitled to retire with | full pay. Associate Ju Miller, Field and Bradtey have also passed i their 7oth birthdays, and as they H have served ten vears, they, too, are j entitled to retire on fu ciate Justice Woods is i ay. Asso- and there is a likelihood that this may either cause his death leave or compel him to He lacks eight limit and four of the time seryice limit which would permit him to vacate the post on the tull-pav allowance. The health of Waite, Miller, Field and Bradley is good, and none of them. so tar as the bench. years of the age the public has learned, has signified ot With men who have passed the seventieth any intention retiring. milestone on life’s journey, however, the continuance of health and strength is very uncertain at the best. —Globe-Democrat. Salt Rheum The agonies of those who suffer from severe salt rheum are indescribable. The cleansing, healing, purifying influences of Hood's Sarsa- parilla are unequalled by any other medicine. “T take pleasure in recommending Hood’s Sarsaparilla, for it has done wonders for me. over nearly my entire body. Only those who have suffered from this disease in its worst form can imagine the extent of my affliction. I tried many medicines, but failed to receive benefit until I took Hood's Sarsaparilla. Then the disease began to subside, the Agonizing Itch and Pain disappeared, and now I am entirely free from the disease. 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