The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 25, 1888, Page 4

BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES J. D. ALLEN Epiror. J. D. Atten & Co., Proprietors, TERMS OF SUFPSCRIPTION: publish be sent one year, postage paid, tor $ to BUTLER MISSOURI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1555, _— Call For Committee Meeting. For the purpose of selecting place and appointing the time for a holding a convention to nominate a democratic candidate for congress in it, the committee of said district is hereby notified and requested to meet at the Prier house, in Appleton City, on Tuesday, May Ist, at 2 o'clock p. m. A full and prompt attendance is respectfully requested, By order of E. M. Vance, Chm. Cong’ Com. fore democratic executive J.D. Aten, Secretary. The ex-queen of Naples is living in exile in France. She has plenty of money and devotes her time and energies to horseracing. She keeps a large stable of fine horses. They are racers. There was no financial reason be- yond greed why Jacob Sharp should become a boodler. He died worth $2,000,000. He belonged to that American class of citizens who “want more” all the time.” At the township convention on May 5th democrats must not forget to elect their central committeemen for the coming campaign. There will have to be lots of hard work done in the coming election, and as NO PARTY BOSS WANTED. ' Frankness is to be admired at all, times, and Bro. Wade deserves his full share of praise for the display of this manly quality last week when he admitted, editorially, that he was i supreme d party in Bates county and, from his own s: when he surren dered this great power. The editor of the Times respectfully declines to very generous act assuine 80 great a responsibility, Mr. Wade the power to transfer it t were endowed with o other shoul- We reit- erate what we said last week. and \ that the demo- | ders as he might dictate. have alw claimed cratic party needs no dictator or the 12th congressional district, and party boss. No party can bear for the transaction of such other] .uch a burden and be success- business as may properly come be-| tui for a great length of time, | the only wonder is that the democ- racy of Batescould solong stand the | 5 strain. We are only too proud to choice, and fight in the ranks, shoul- der to shoulder with the honest yeo- manry who have been systematically robbed year after year by a robber tariff, created during the turbulent times of warand continued by a party that has persistently legislated in fa- vor of the few and against the many, in favor of capital and against labor, in favor of the manufacturing class and against the producers and consum- ers. We say that we are proud to be an humble soldier in the ranks of that party fighting for a principle, for justice and right. We shall continue to fight in this ; great battle for the people and will permit, but while we are doing this we want no master or dictator to barter our suffrage as so much chattels for his own personal and necessarily evil ends, even if by so doing an in e could be made in strike as telling blows into the ranks | of the enemy as our feeble strength | State Mine Inspector M. L. Wolfe, Professor Potter, president of the Washington versity, Thomas Park, of Jefferson City. Dr. Se State mine inspector of Kans: intendent Patterson, of the Deep- superintendent of der contro! of the Santé system. of Osage City, Kans: W. Finley, ex-state mine inspector of Kansas, Joseph Reavely, tendent of the Rich Hill coal « as Flemi Ransas and nY'S We The inves being thoreugh a: evid iausting all case. The report of Prof. Potte will dthe report of I from a scientific standpoint, given soon, an Commissioner Kochtizky and the expert gentlemen who assisted, will | be given Governor Morehouse next } wear the uniform of the party of our | week. | From expressions by the various | gentlemen making the investigation, | itis safe tosay their report will be ad- verse to that of the coroner's verdict. | They will report from expert testi- | mony, a personal inspection of the imine, exploring every chamber and | cavity from a scientific basis, that the | explosion was purely accidental, and jincidental to all deep mines; that | overcharges of powder and a suc- | without the | proper discretien and against the explicit orders and rules of the mine caused the fatality. | Gnquiry) inquest | cession of shots made So the jury of id. |yonc their jurisdiction; that it in- y went be- vestivnted and passed sentence upon * that they had no authori We believe the sto find the manner of | death not go into a scientifie inves- tigatio somet] | ty to -it on. office of co on something beyond the | knowledge aud experience of the ju | rors and the jurisdiction of what the ence of possible interest to the | it is a presidential year, it necessi- tates that much better organization. Sixty or seventy papers in various parts of Missouri have expressed a preference for the Hon. Jno. M. the majorities for the time being. | office prescribed. The state mine For the American spirit with which ; inspector now standscondemned by our people are imbued is jealous of }a jury of gentlemen never having its liberty and such a course could | been ina mine. But the state offi- but end in defeat, disaster and ruin | cials, assisted by practical men from We to party hopes in the end. have escaped this evil for once, prov identially, it seems, let us guard against what must ultimately end disastrously. Glover as the democratic candidate for the position of governor. We believe that no man doubts his abil- ity to fill the position of governor. We believe that no man doubts his ability to fill the position with hon- Cass, Vernon, Barton and Jasper of Missouri.—Pleasant Hill Review. | have organized county immigration Maj. Harvey W. Salmon, of Clin-| Societies to work in conjunction ton, is reported to have said that he | With the Southwest Immigration So- would rather be, as he is, president ciety. Bates cannot nor should not of the southwest Missouri immigra. | 2eglect this opportunity of assisting tion society than governor of Mis- in one grand organized effort to let souri. The chances are that with | the outside world know of the great his boundless energy and fertility of wealth and beauty of this section of resource his immigration work will | the state heretofore unadvertised. do the state more good than would | Mr. Brugler has made a step for- lie in the chief executive's power to | Ward single-handed, to advertise the do. At all events the need for| Vast agricultural and stock-raising workers in the immigration vineyard advantages and mineral resources of is far more pressing than in the} Bates county. This is bound to ae- field of state polities—Kansas City complish very much good, and he Times. deserves all praise and credit for his enterprise, thrift and generosity in advancing this good work, and farther he is not stopping at this, _ It has been decided to hold a mass meeting in Butler on Saturday, May 12, for the purpose of deciding but is the president of the Bates Co. what stand Bates county ma going to Immigration society, andis doing all take toward the SCORES IOI MOVE | in his power to make it a success. ment in Southwest Missouri. All Let others emulate his example. the other counties around us are There is a call for a mass meeting at moving in this matter and unless Rhaloourt Hooke ron Geieda wine some vigorous action is taken by ies ‘ ayia 12th, at which time the presi- a0 sa a ee = ye be ee dent of the Southwest society, ee eons et every Major Harvey W. Salmon, and farmer and business man attend this meeting on May 12th. Let there be # large, enthusiastic meeting; for Bates county, with her vast resoure- es, ought to lead in this movement instead of lagging behind. other workers in the cause will be present and give their views and experiences in the matter. Every man in the county who has a mort- gage on his farm can well afford to be very liberal in this matter, for in this way alone will the price of land be increased and a market had for it. There are men to-day in Bates county whose land, if put up at a forced sale, would not near bring the mortgage on it, and yet these very men refuse to lend even their moral aid to this great enterprise, by staying away from the meetings and speaking disparagingly of them. The executive committee of the state bar association closed its ses- sion at Kansas City Friday evening. The committee decided to hold this year’s meeting at Pertle Springs, Warrensburg, Mo. July 17th. Judge Gantt, was chairman of the eommittee. A letter was sent to Allen G. Thurman some time ago asking him to be present and ad dress the meeting and from advices | received it is almost certain he will | be present and deliver the opening | address. Pertle Springs is a nice The investigation by experts and state officials of the Keith & Perry mine No. 6 and the causes which place to hold convention and it [lea to the terrible explosion was is predicted that this ye: ' concluded Saturday morning. The ing will be the largest ever held in! examination was conducted by State the state. ; Labor Commissioner, Kochtizky. S meet- or to himself and credit to the state | counties, all on the border like Bates, | different states, Prof. Potter, presi- dent of Washington college, an expert }in chemistry and mine engineering, | will step in and vindieate Mr. Wolfe; | exonerate him and Mes: Keith & Perry. | Yet in this matter we do not lose sight of or forget the sacrifice of human life. Twenty-three human beings perished in that terrible ex- | plosion and by the foulair following. ‘Homes have been made desolate, | widows and orphans weep. and the | community view the scene with sor But in this, like all calamities, | life is uncertain; men fall im all of the walks of life. But in this mat- ter judgment may have been pass- led too soon,innocent part made \the “scape goat” of wrath called {down by a terrible accident.—Rieh | Hill Enterprise. | row. ies Encouraging News. Secretary Gwynn, of the South- west Missouri Immigration Society, was in Carthage yesterday in the in- | terest of the association, and left for | Lamar on the evening train to return ;to-morrow. He speaks in the most | enthusiastic terms of the chance for | success anda great boom for this part of the state. The Missouri | Pacific Railway Co., through the | chief of the traffic department, New- | man, has pledged itself to sell cheap | excursion tickets to every point in | the territory embraced in the socie- \ty’s erganization as soon as a full organization is effected. And be- sides the M. P. company will dupli- ‘cate any sum the society will raise | for an immigration fund—under one ‘hundred thousand dollars. Barton and Cedar counties will be govern- ed largely in their action by the re- ‘sult of the meeting here to-morrow. Barton organizes on Monday and Cedar county on Saturday.—Jasper County Democrat. An Active Democrat. Hon. R. T. Railey, of Harrison- ville, is in the city attending the su- preme court. Mr. Railey is one of the active democrats of the Twelfth congressional district. whose name is frequently mentioned as a succes- sor to Congressman Stone. He Was a member of the last national | conventionand will also go as a dele- gate to the St. Louis convention.— _ Jefferson City Tribune. Judge DeArmond. The for used to p sessions of cuit court, the settlement of questions in our courts of justice. This work was taken up by Judge r the judicial admi jof Judge De Armond, the utmost He people's time; he s into consideration the individ- economy is observed. is con- siderate of the juror’s cireumstances, excuses if consistent with private inter , est, and publie duty. He discharges the regular jurors ;at the earliest day they can be dis pensed with, and in the general man- | agement of his court, avoids unnec- te ry delays to jurors, litigants and witnesses. He enforces order, decorum and dignity in the courtroom. He com- mands the respect and confidence of our people. He isa elose thinker. a cogent reasoner, and possesses the rare faculty of stating clearly what he thinks. He never labors the debility of indecision. He has a keen insight into the laws and lines of mental action, and is a remarkable good judge of human nature. He is governed by a steady, calm, imperturbable mental action, which proceeds from education and will power. under Among men, Judge DeArmond deserves the acclaim due to mental and moral worth.—W: Times. aw Sensible — Position—Local Not an Issue. A Option This thing of working the local option racket in our local elections is all wrong. We care not who the volunteer champions may be, wheth- er they may favor or be opposed to the law. By the passage of the lo- cal option law,the representatives ot the Democratic party in the legisla- ture, hoped to place the question of temperance reform beyond the do- main of current politics. Like grangerism and labor reforms, tem- perance reform has been the source of worry and trouble to the political party in power in every state in the American Union. Temperance reform, whether sought to be advanced by moral training, or by legal enactment, is a moral and economic measure, and as such, there is no more reason for its admixture with the current politics of the state than there is for lug- ging of the question of our public schools, or any other purely non- political matter. To antagonize the commendable purpose of our Demo- cratic legislators in this matter by forcing the temperance question to the front as an issue or quali- fication of democrats for office, is calculated to jeopardize the predom- inance of the democratic party in the state of Missouri. Early last year, before the local option cam- paign in this county grew to a white heat, and men, good men—good democrats on both sides, became al- most crazed with an eagerness to win in the impending struggle the Progress, following the policy the democratic legislators had in sub- mitting the law, announced its dis- inclination to participate in a con- test to be settled Setween democrat- ic voters upon the question that was purely non-political. The Progress appeals to the mass- es of the democratic party in Saline county—and confidently too—to keep the temperance question in its proper sphere—in that sphere, where as regards the qualifications of dem- ocrats for office, a democratic legis- lature tried to place it.—Saline Co. Progress. ed a platform which doubtles sounds the party keynote of the presidential campaign. The prominent part | which that state always assumes in | a national political contest, and the nish the standard bearer of the par- jty, justify this assumption. The | #HA arising | | AND A FULL LINE OF FIRST-CLASS FARM MAGHINERY, TOP BUCCIES SPRING AND FARM WACONS. Store, East Side Square. - THE GRANGE STOR ——DEALERS IN—— GROCERIES, DRY GOODS &¢ Also Agents tor the STANDARD IMPLEMENT CO, Plows, Harrows, Corn Planters, Mowers and repairs for — E, the same. These are the same goods handled by L. G. HENRY. J.C. McCONNELL, Manager. platform charges the democratic par- Messrs. Weaver and Hall, also off ty with an unlawful enjoyment of cers of the Association, and both power by the suppression of the franchise in the southern states; it characterizes the tariff reform meas- jhave commanded my confidence | during an acquaintance of more | than ten years. It affords me pleas- }ure to give this testimony most | heartily, and with no qualification | or reserve.” Hon. Henry Cribben, of Cribben- tition with cheap labor and abundant | Sexton & Co., Chicago, also speaks capital of foreign nations; it makes | good words of ¢ ures now pending in congress as an open assault upon American indus- tries and a movement to bring the markets of this country into compe- ommendation for a plea for an extension of pension | the association.: “I have carefully relief, and condemns the democratic | investigated the plans of the A. L. members of the house for prevent- | | The Ohio republicans have adopt- | prospect that she will this year fur-} ing the passage of the direct tax re- | funding bill. It is fully in line with | the sentiment expressed by senator | Sherman in his recent public utter- ances, and its unqualified endorse- | ment of him as the choice of the Ohio republicans for the presidential candidacy warrants the belief that its declaration of principles embod- ies substantially the platform on which Mr. Sherman is willing to go before the country. The tone of the platform harmonizes with the in- tensely partisan spirit which has al- ways characterized the republican party in Ohio, and with the sectional prejudice which is as active there to- day as it was twenty years ago. It is true to the traditions which have | resulted in Forakerism and other ag- grevated forms of political intoler- ance. It turns from theliving ques- | tions of to-day to the dead issues of the past. and fights again a war that has been crowned with victory and peace. It is not unlikely that such a platform may be endorsed in Ohio, where the influence which aided in forming it are so strong, but the is- sues which it presents can never stand before the intelligence and so- ber judgment of the nation —K. C. Star. We learn through the representa- | tive of the American Literary and Supply Association that he is having | great success in the canvas of our } city for memberships in that worthy enterprise. Rev. John M. Caldwell, ! Pastor Oakland M. E. Church, Chi- | cago, writes: “This is to certify) that I have been somewhat familiar ; with the advantages of a connection with an Association whose methods were similar to those of the Ameri- ean Literary and Supply Association and I have come to think them very great. especially to the purchaser of books. Most men would secure | great gain from such a connection. E. P. Kingsley, the secretary of this Association, I have known intimately for eleven years. I never knew a man of more rigid integrity and higher sense of honor, who could not be induced to intentionally de- ceive or wrong any man. I also think highly of his business ability in every respect. I have also known | | | & S. A. and do not hesitate to say it will prove a good investment to all. I have been acquainted with the secretary and Treasurer for the past ten years or more and know them to be men of unquestioned honesty and ability. Any business entrusted to their care will receive prompt and careful attention. 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