The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 23, 1888, Page 4

RR rer eC EL EE i = TIM BUTLER WEEKLY TIM J. D. ALLEN Enprror. ES | J.D. Atten & Co., Proprietors, TERMS OF SUFSCRIPTION: TheWeexty Times, pu! Wednesday, will be sent to one year, postage paid, tor $1.25. BUTLER MISSOURI. FOR SUPREME JUDGE. The Tres together with the many friends of Judge DeArmond in th section of the state is highly fied at the strength he is developing in the race for supreme judge. Ful- grat : | ly two-thirds of the counties that have already selected their delegates to the judicial convention at Spring field, have either instructed or the delegates have expressed themselves in his favor. Everywhere he goes WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1885, FOR STATE SENATOR. We are authorized to announce _ as Hidave tor’ the office of ate for Sates Senator from this, the Sixteenth District sabject tothe Democratic nominating conven- tion. vention has endorsed President Cleveland’s administration. Attorney-General Boone, in an- swer to many letters, announces that in counties that have adopted the Wood law druggists can not sell wine, brandy, or whisky on the pre- scription of a physician; but that they may sell pure alcohol without prescription. The name of P. C. Fulkerson has been mentioned in connéction with the office of representative. Mr. Fulkerson is 2 worthy and honora- ble gentleman and a good democrat, and he would reflect credit upon Bates county as her representative. He informed a Tes reporter that he had not yet gained his own consent to make the’race. Mrs. Belva Ann Lockwood has been gominated for president by the National Equal Rights convention and will sail into the canvass on a platform favoring woman suffrage pensions for all needy soldiers and sailors, a protective tariff with free sugar and lumber, the repeal of the tax on whisky and tobacco and against unrestricted immigration. Judge D. A. DeArmond. of Bates county, made us a pleasant call last Friday. Heisa candidate for su- preme judge, and as he stood at the head of the bar when in practice, and has made a good record as a tircuit judge, there isa fair prospect ef his getting there. He will do his whole duty should he succeed in his ambition.—Warrensburg Jour- nal-Democrat. The delegates to the Springtield convention from Morgan county are for Judge D. A. DeArmond for su- preme judge. South of the river where Judge DeArmond is_ best known he is best liked, and those who know thoroughly his qualifi- sations for the position are more than anxious to see him nominated, while even those who favor another candidate concede his just fitness for the exalted position.—Howard Co. Advertiser. e@ The reception tendered Senator Ingalls at Washington by the re- publican league seems to have been quite a resplendent affair, and the beneficiary of the glittering ovation sichly earned his supper by opening up afresh the floodgates of abuse upon the democratic party, which he eharacterized as the ‘compost heap ef American politics, wedded to slavery, secession, the rag-baby and free trade.” It is very evident that it was a mere chance of sex that made Mr. Ingalls a politician instead - of a fish-wife. The Rich Hill Review of the 18th, eommenting prospectively on P. C. Fulkerson’s candidacy for legislative honors, has this to say: “Mr. Fulkerson is well known to the democracy and the people of Bates county--enterprising, honest, earnest and a gentleman, he is worthy of any position at the hands of his friends. When Rich Hill was young, giving new life to the empire of Bates, he was among the first to take advantage of the situation and aiding in every wa; possible the ad- tertising of our count Rich Hill, of course, is for Hon. J. H. Hinton for a second term in the legislature; he has been tried and found not wanting. Like the faith- ful virgins his lamp has 2!ways been trimmed and burning in the interest of the people, and we believe he can again be entrusted with our fran. ehises to the good of Bates county and his own glory. Yet should the democrats decide otherwise and nominate Col. Fulkerson, he will be entitled to and will most heartily receive our undivided ss and admiration for his sterling integ- rity and known and recognized abil-' ity, he makes friends during his | stay and at his departure leaves a strong following. the term, but a lawyer of recognized ability and merit, an honorable, honest and just judge. No one ever accused David A. DeArmond of be- ing unjust or partial in the dischage of his official acts. He knows the laws and administers them to the letter, no matter whether it works a hardship to friend or foe. In mak- ing this race for supreme judge he does not claim any advantage over his competitors on account of past party services, though he is a life- long democrat, serving his party at all times zealously and fearlessly. He would not do a dishonorable act to secure the office and will not resort to tricks and schemes, some- times practiced by politicians to gain votes, but with a laudable am- bition to hold this high and honora- ble office, he comes before the dem- ocracy of the state and asks to be indorsed on his merits and past offi- cial services. He has held many high and important offices such as state senator, supreine court com missioner, presidential elector, and at present judge of this judicial cir- cuit, nominated and elected without opposition, the republican party fail- | ing to put out a candidate for this | office, though, with this exception, having a complete ticket in the field. In all of these positions he has ac- | quitted himself with credit and dis- | tinction. | The democratic party in honoring | such a man as David A. DeArmond but reflects honors upon itself. Missouri's Delegates to the National | Convention. | The following delegates were se- | lected at the Sedalia convention, May 17th, to represent Missouri in | thd national convention at St. Louis June 5th, 1888: | First district—J. H. Carroll, of Putnam and | J.C. Gresty, of Scotland. Second—D C. Gore, cf Monroe and O. G. Young, of Carroll county.= Third—C. Killery, of Clinton and J.F. Chap- man of Caldwell. Fourth —S. B. Green, of Buchanan and R. P. C. Wilson, of Platte. Fifth—J. C. Tarsney, of Kansas City and J. D. Shewalter, of Lafayette. Sixth—George Jackson, of Sedalia and James Johnson, of Pike Seventh—J. N. Jones, of Franklin and Cash Blackburn, of Audrian. Eighth—P. O’Mallery and J. B. O'Mara, of | St. Louis. Ninth—G. W. Allen andC. W. Knapp, of St. Louis. Tenth—I. C. Terry, of St. Louis and Jasper Burks, of Farmington. Eleventh—J. I. Nichols, of Callaway and H. E. Warren. of Pulaski. Twelfth—Bobert T. Railey of Cass and B. G. Thurman, of Barton. Thirteenth—O. H. Travers, of Green and John Tell, of Lawrence. Fourteenth—J. S, Wilson. of Mississppi and Dr. H. M. Pitts, of Howell. The alternates for the twelfth con- | gressional district are W. E. Shelton, | of St. Claircounty, and J A. McClure, Dade county. The delegates at large are Edward L. Martin, of Jack- | he is met with the greatest respect | He is not a poli-| tician, in the common acceptation of | | If it is the tirst, then Messrs. Carlisle | jand Mills and the other fellows in | | Own purposes, and it looks that way, | publican speeches have been made | States, where it is supposed some company 5 a ply able to build it if they so desire, and the indications point strongly in that direction. Information Wanted. Mr. Eprtor:—I want you, or some democratic friend, to give me some point and from that time has been | |information. For along timeT have yaising steadily at the rate of from | been reading your paper and trying | four to fourteen inches daily. The | |to keep posted on politics, and thought from the reading of Presi- ‘the speeches in congress on the tariff, that we farmers were suffering on account of the tariff and could not get any prices for our produce, because we had to compete with the pauper labor of England, Russia, and England. NowI want to be- lieve what the democratic papers publish, also what our congressmen say, is for the best interests of our party, because I know what is for the party’s good is bound to be for the country’s good; but Sunday I met some of my neighbors at church who had been to Butler to the con- vention last Saturday, and they were talking a great deal about the prices of farm produce being fixed by the grain dealers and boards of trade and merchants exchanges in the large cities, and I have been troubled jawfully about the thing ever since. | The papers and congressmen say the price for us is made at Liverpool at | what the produce of this cheap labor in India and Russia sells at, and we |have to compete with this cheap | labor with our stuff, that we are the sufferers, while the protected in-| dust::¢s east, who have no compe- titior:, charge us what they please for we buy, of things they ve, that are made by un-| id and pauper labor which they | here to compete with our | workmen, to break down the price | of Now, what know is, which is true? wh man laci | der brir labor. I want to] The price} of our produce is either fixed in the | large cities in this country or at Liverpool, England; it can’t be both. congress, as well as our democratic papers, are durned fools and are really insulti If it is the latter and the price is made in England, then somebody in Butler must have hoodwinked my neighbors for their r US. because for 2 or 3 weeks 2 or 3 re- in congress every day on the tariff, and their worst stumbling-block has been what our fellows say on the farmer question, and none of them, or their papers, have yet said as an offset that the big cities and boards of trade fixed the prices for farmers’ stuff. It is very funny but it is very serious, for if the true and tried democratic farmers of old Bates can be fooled in this way by appealing to their prejudices against these grain dealers, boards of trade and merchants exchange, then what will be its effect on those farmers on the fence or siding with our party on the tariff issue in the northwestern have for that reason become doubt- ful? Iam afraid, Mr. Editor, the Rey. Burchard with his three R's is likely to be repeated, with the differ- son county; John O'Day, of Green county; Nat Dryden, of Lincoln | sounty; D. W. Carruth, of St. Louis. | W. H. Phelps, ex-Governor Silas | Woodson, Ed. Robb and Lon V.! Stephens, having received the next highest number of votes, were de- clared the alternates. The Kansas City, Monett & South- ern railway company started their ence that it will be our party hurt. We farmers want the truth but don’t like to be fooled, and we are apt to scald the fellows who try to do us. You might send Mr. Stone a copy of this when published and see what he says. Get us the truth, any- how. dent Grover Cleveland's message and | THE RIVER'S RAVAGES. Brief Review of the Terrible Work Done by the Mississippi. Quincy, Il., May 18.—The great flood that now prevails along the Mississippi river has never been equaled except in 1851. Ten days ago the water reached the danger | government gauge now marks 19 \feet 9 inches, being seven inches | higher than the great flood of 1881. Above and below Quincy are over 100 miles of levees for the protection | of fully 300,000 acres of land, the most productive farming land in the valley. grove levee. acre were laid waste. sudden and overwhelming was the onrush of the torrents. the embankment was the great river, a solid body of water twenty feet deep, and as soom as a crevasse was made it poured through the opening with a roar that could be heard a long distance. Every moment in- creased the width of the crevasse. Thrifty homes were deserted on the momeut’s notice from riders who were sent out to give warning of the danger, in many cases the people being obliged to leave everything and fly to the bluffs or seek safety in boats. Monday the Sny Carte levee, an embankment commencing just below Quincey and extending south fifty- four miles, gave way between Han- nibal and Louisiana, and the scenes enacted the day previous were re- peated and intensified. Early in the week the Alexandria levee, thirty miles above Quincy, gave way, completely flooding that thrifty city. Yesterday a crevasse was made in the Sny levee at East Hannipal, followed soon after by another break a mile south, and last night the destruction in all the levee districts was complete. Not an acre of ground in this vast territory can escape the flood, and the loss to the farming interests is simply incalcu- lable. Cattle and horses fairly swarmed in many places and many were drowned. The river above and below the city is from ten to fifteen miles broad, covering all the farms on both sides, and extending from the bluffs on the Illinois side to the high bluffs in Missouri. The scene of desolation between Quincy and Hannibal is simply piti- able. What was a few days ago a fertile valley teeming with abundant crops is a vast expanse of water, deserted by every living thing. The water is pouring over the top of the levee, beside rushing through the breaks from 300 to 400 yards wide with irresistible force. On the dry places on the embankment are hundreds of horses, cattle and hogs without feed. Far across on the opposite side of the bluffs are gath- ered hundreds of men, women and children in small groups, destitute suffering and despairing. They look upon the ruin wrought, on farms laid waste, property destroyed, homes almost completely under water and furniture floating. Many of them are utterly destitute, have not sufficient clothing nor shelter and Yours truly, Fanwer. | The republican convention held in | some are suffering for food, despite | the bravery of their more fortunate neighbors, who are making every exertion to relieve their immediate wants. Steps have been taken to engineer, J. E. Ottis, from Monett Sedalia the 16th, nominated the fol-| aid them. Thursday to run a line to Kansas City. Major Bond, chief engineer lowing ticket: For governor, E. E. | Kimball, of Nevada; Lieutenant-gov- | of the road, is in Monett and will! ernor, George A. Wallace. of How- | make that city his headquarters. There is great enthusiasm at the new division point, and in all the ‘towns and counties along the route, over the prospects for the early com- pletion hell City News. ; of the road. Builer is on an air line between the two points above the road, if bu through this city. ioned and will certa Ther ard county; Secretary of State, F. | - Mott. of Si. Louis; State Treas- ; urer, A. P. Frowein, of Henry coun- | ty: State Auditor, Geo. W. Martin, St. Charles: Attorney-general, of mS L. of . of Iron cow W. ia: Register | s , have be Alma, Ark., May 18.—The bnrdest rains for many years have been fall- ing in Arkansas the last few days and the streams are all overflowed. Immense cotton fields and corn bot- toms are under wate is suffer a general inundation. So quick was the rise from the Big Frog Clear creek that the people were forced from their homes and me were compelled to swim for ten feet deep around th rising. Sunday morning the first break occurred in one of these, the Indian During the day two other crevasses were made and with- in a few hours thousands of acres of winter wheat that promised a yield of from forty to sixty bushels to the The farmers had been working on the embank- ment night and day in the hope of saving their homes, and when the flood came a majority of them had barely time to save their families, so Outside of ind the country } — THE BEST 1S THE CHEAPES IF YOU WANT THE BEST TOP BUGGY, SPRING WAGON, PHAETON OR CARRIACE, GO TO BENNETT, WHEELER & CO, seweesstee tt tos” IF YOU WANT THE BEST Binder, Mower or Combined Machine, On the market get the BUCKEYE of BENNETT, WHEELER & CO. If you want the best Farm Wagon be sure and get the SCHUTTLER, MITCHELL OR STUDEBAKER: It you want the best. HAY RAKE, ROAD SCRAPER. PUMP, WIND MILL, BARB WIRE or HARDWARE OR CROCERIES, goto BENNETT, WHEELER & CO. | IRON T. L. Harper, P. C. FULKERSON, ER Pres’t. Treas. J. EVERINGHAM, Geo. 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