The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 13, 1888, Page 4

Ly on it BUTLER MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY, J FOR ST i SENATOR. We are announce BY BEE, of Cass county idate for the off State Senator, from this subject to the Democrat tion. enth | nominating conv FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. we are authorize J of Rich Hill, asa c: Prosecuting attorne to the action of the UAMPAIGN OFFER. In order to have the Tres read by as many people in the county ‘as possible during the campaign, we have concluded to offer it from now until after the election for 40 cents ‘cash—less than one-half of the regu- lar price. All old subscribers can take advantage of this offer by pay- ing up back du CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING. Notice is hereby given, that there will be a meeting of the Democratic Central Committee of Bates county, at the court house in the city of Butler, on Saturday, June 23, 185, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of making arrangements for the selec- tion of delegates to the following conventions: First, to the State Senatorial vention, to be held in Harrisonville. on Saturday, July 21, 1888. Second, to the Congressional con- vention, to be held in Carthage, ou Wednesday, July 25, 1888. R. S. Besserv, Chairman. J.S. Frascisco, § Ohio has a noble son; His name is Allen G., And when the ile will el y come to count the votes, lia Bazoo The Sedalia Democrat announces MeGrath as a candidate for secretary of state. “The Globe Democrat has proba- bly discovered that it can never cur ry a Filley Wid-di comb.’—Marshall Democrat. cot pert SRE | PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRES!DENT. con- i As pre Heted by e oF and pure and ities statesmanship. With such a ticket anc | of eq la platform tuxes. economy | practiced ch offices, for the peo- |ple and ag: mouopolists. friends of the laboring classes, of the poor and down trodden masses, and especially the friend of the agri- cultural class, there is no good rea son why the democratic party should not sweep forward to a grand and glorious victory. The principles of est, just, economical and able. aye brilliant Cleveland as president has perpetu- ated the democratic party. ————— FOR THE PARTY GOOD. There is no necessity of any administration of Grover with average ability, misinterpretir our views on admitting the local o tion question into polities, as pressed in the last two issues of this paper. The Times has never said or | intimated, directly or indirectly, it was th good da > purpc an ocrat to bolt the t. and we defy lan Or hewspaper ssay other- ' | we did say was ina general way : ood, 1 ge tha ts passions and preju- that there r what we have nnd matter stil appeal to ¢ s not to drag this issueinto the We deny that our arti cles xre written with a double mean- That kind ef jour: Tm we | leave to our distingiushed and learn- ed contempor: ible reputation in this direction who gained an un- a certain congressional race, not over a thousand years ago. The Tres was consistent through The question has often been asked | ©4 the loeal option contest.and did us why Thurman is called the Roman, and what the bandana hand- kerchief is signiticant of. A Roman type of a statesman, and is applied to Thurman because of his ability and conspicuous honesty. The red bandana is the only Thurman uses, as he is a snuff taker. Of Lieutenant Generals the army of our country has had but four— handkerchiat the Tres declared the fight off be- Old | Bt Femain quiet up to the last issue, gain advertising by promises of » u rality and on the very eve of the ion by coming out editorially against it. Now, just one word more | ery, taxed 55 per cent. and he drinks trade.” for the benefit of Bro. Wade. when | tween the papers it meant it and we have persistently refused to allow anything that Mr. Wade construe could | as of a personal na-} Washington, Scott, Grant and Sheri- ture to appear in its columns. Last | dan. Washington was appointed to this title in 1798, Scott (by brevet, to take rank from 1847) in 1855, Grant in 1864, Sheridan m 1869. There have been four Generals—Washing- ton, appointed in 1899; Grant, ap- pointed in 1866; Sherman, appointed succeeding Grant, in 1860; and Sheri- dan, recently appointed. Sherman was retired as General, and Sheridan retained his rank as Lieut. General until made General a few days ago. The office of Lieutenant General does not now exist, and will not until it may be revived by act of congress. Omaha, Neb, June 10.—This evening the steamers Gen. Terry and Helena arrived here from Bismarck: having on board the Fifth United States infantry, in command of Col. Gibson, en route from Fort Keogh. | Mont., to various posts in Texas. In | passing under the Union Pacific bridge the Gen. Terry struck her pier and stove a hole in her side amidships and began to sink. A pan- | ic ensued, but was quieted by the Officers. The boat was run ashore and all got off without much trouble. She lies in about seven feet of water and can be raised. All baggage is being taken off. The Gen. Terry 200 s i boat. men. week we published a rumor that was | the common street talk and if there | had been no truth in the matter he | could have so stated and we would have cheerfully published his denial. | But how has the Democrat observed | the truce made, as we thought. in | good faith. Not a week has passed since that the Democrat has not at- | tacked, either directly or by insinua- tions and innuendoes, the editor of | this paper These we have persist- ently ignored and shall continue to do so,’ barring this slight diyersion. The success of the democratic party until after the election. and the Dem- ocrat could accomplish much good in that direction if the editor could cork up his spleen until after that | date. re Trvs has no part or parcel in 1 option contest at Rich Hill, ng it a local question, and that | bel | Rich j interested in the result. It he Hill and her citizens are alone would ily be the proper thing, in ¢ outside volunts for ce. but we can see no any gentle accept democracy as carried out in the hon- | jtaxed 45 per cent, with pots and senator is used to signify the highest election attempt to defeat local op- | ; Sugar that he puts in his tea is taxed should be our main object from now | cee ne PE I EE I I I EE ERIE A cr loe. loca EDITORIAL COMMENT. All Sorts of Newspaper Opinions onthe he Plat i Her s: “sEbas honorable ¢i as Mr. § mes eempt! protection at night fr Repub- all things en suit taxe fated ars hair ys the platform is cotton shirt taxed 45 per cent, a} 1d that the name of Mr. woolen hat taxed 75 per cent. a pair | Thurman will not help to carry any jof gloves in winter taxed 75 per | State. The Public Ledger of Philadel- | phia considers that so far as the platform departs from the tariff de- | clarations of ‘S4 it is in a wrong and window pane, risky direction. cent. He carries in his hand a tin dinner ed 45 per cent, and greets | wife with a che at him thro sm the as she loc tuxed 60 per cent. from w she| The Chicago Morning News says has drawn aside the curtains taxed | 1t is a singular piece of good fortune | for the democracy that couples the | “sentimental ideal” of the party with 40 per cent. After scraper taxed 4 scraping lis boots on a per cent. he wipes | “the man of desti: The San Franci ~The platform | enized the truth that the party ,} could not nominate Cleveland H . 5 . > them on a mat of bagging taxed 40 { co Post ifts the door latch taxed | ca common and earry water on both shoulders.” co Inter Oce Thurman will H1C0 ays the bourbons but repel the the plat irances Monop the on of the the man and ote that the re throw says the Ch s will against ago Herald, independent demoeratie, “will bring | thousands of suffrages that no lesser led. ‘tically the platform has but com = 1 ik. and east oue that plank free tin b trade, and that plank exemplitied is them « Grover Cleveland,” is the opinion of cane looking | the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Phil- stayed 45 per es his | #delphia Press takes a similar view. with a binsh and eomb taxed 30] The Tribune says: “This time, per cent thanks to the southern brig. He is now his supper, the country owes a debt of which his wife has cooked ona stove | probably to them exclusively, and not to the president in this instance, The table | fer the explicit commitment of the is spread with the commonest erock- | democratic party to the cause of free kettles taxed 53 percent. his water out of a cheap glass tumb-| The Chicago Tribune, tariff reform ler taxed 45 per cent. The little |Tepublican, is of the opinion that, “The democratic friends of Gray in 80 per cent, and he stirs it with a| the doubtful state of Indiana will spoon taxed 45 per cent. His meal | 20t be likely to ratify the Cleveland is a frugal one because hard times} Programme, which forced have cut his wages down and he is| through the convention at the ex- saving every cent he can to pay the | pense of their own candidate.” next installments due on his house.| The San Francisco Examiner, dem- With an appetite worthy of an ocratic, says: “The nomination of ampler meal he takes up his knife] Thurman has proved even more and fork taxed 45 per cent, and be- strikingly than that of Cleveland gins to eat a piece of salted fish | that when the people of this country taxed 25 per cent. He pours on a have made up their minds toa thing little vinegar taxed 36 per cent. their politicians may as well stand Upon his boiled potatoes taxed 40 aside. Thurman means victory.” per cent he sprinkles salt taxed 80 The Indianapolis Sentinel, demo- per cent. and eats a small pickle cratic, says, “The most ardent tariff taxed 35 per cent. He exds his|Teformer could not have asked a meal with a pudding of rice taxed | ™OTe clear, explicit or emphatie de- 112 per cent and an orange taxed 20 finition of the principles and policy per cent. of the party.” Of Thurman it says, was After supper he smokes a pipe and enjoys the happiness of his wife who has this day bought a woolen shaw] taxed 65 per cent. a black silk dress taxed 50 per cent. and a pair of seissors taxed 45 per cent.—Phila- delphia Cali. e bestoweds 9 8" eS ee = * Indiana's fifteen electoral votes may be safely set down for Cleveland and Thurman.” “Whatever doubt may have exist- ed as to the meaning of any phase of that instrument (the platform of 1884), says the Louisville Journal, “is removed by the declara- don't know where, I nen, I don't see bhow—} something of great value to me. and for the return of which I ruly thankful, viz.: a good appetite.” Focxp.—H blood. Courier- shall be nd the j message of Mr. Cleveland strength. | i of th that subsequent approv of the dem tepubli- { i¥ YOU WANT THE BEST » TOP BUGGY, SPRING WAGON, OR CARRIA - G0 TO BENNETT, WHEELER & CO: PHATON On the market get PTIMIP MP, WIND MIL BENNETT, the per- but Chinese, above 2ll his exan has sweetened and corrected po > now cuts 1 a good 1 The San F publican. s take Clev the face of his ays ronicle, re in the propriety of any one’s candidate 2 of the pointed out as att: dane a course, they had a p was an honor more worthily ! !doso. The nominat g Thurman was due solely to expedi ency. The platform must and will be construed by the people as a free trade declaration.” TRUE AS GOSPEL. What Gen. Johnson Says About His G. A. R. Contribution. In reference to his becoming a contributing member of the G. A. R. Gen. Joseph E. Johnson said: “AS week or so ago I received a circular letter from Mr. Frazier, of Phila- delphia post, stating that it was proposed to extend the charitable work of the organization by taking in contributing members. He in- closed a blank form of application, which I filled by inserting the amount of my contribution and signing my | name. This I inclosed in a register- ed letter for which I hold the return receipt. Ihave not yet received a direct acknowledgment from the post, though undoubtedly I shall. If I had written an original letter to the post it would not have been so formal. Some years ago steps were taken to establish a Confederate home at Richmond, aud generous contributions were received from | | tion that the party reiterates those | | declarations, as interpreted by the | Northern veterans. My contribution lis but a slight acknowledgment and ‘ reciprocation of these gifts. I have {no doubt other ex-Contederates will 'do the same. There was no ani- mosity between northern and south- I well remember three or four times, when ern soldiers during the war. r flags of truce, the opposing Y hed together and broke into fr. groups. I never met a 1 of Sherman's army without The animosity against the was formented by the poli- not by veterans.” Srugiar restand cor IF YOU WANT THE BEST Binder, Mower or Combined Machine, BENNETT, If you want the best Farm Wagon be sure and h SCHUTTLER, MEFCHELL OR STUDEBAKER: + protec- | It you want the best HAY RAKE, ROAD SCRAPER. IRO¥ Ly BARS E, the BUCKEYE of WHEELER & CO. . et the WIRE or HARDWARE OR CROCERIES, goto’ VIHEELER & CO; Pp. C. Fur KERsoOD & Pres’t SHAM, Geo. ¢ \ Piast THE BANKERS LOAN & TITLE C0: e Jaws ot Mo LAN TITLES EMAMIVER & CERTIFIES First Mortgage Loans Made on Farm BUTLER, MO. 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