The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 25, 1894, Page 4

ree BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES | J. D. ALLEN Eprror. J. D. Atrten & Co., Ptoprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: our per cal criticism, and the Tnvgs ie continue to criticise his public acts. As to bis puerile threat of d } al ailing character, we invite the most searching investigation, and) ‘are perfectly willing that he tell any ; thing he knows, so lovg as he con-| | fines himself to the trutb, and that, bear the ills we have than fly to | gether with the dangers incident to increasing our already too large office holding population certainly places the question of government ownership of railroads outside the | pale of favorable consideration of every lover of our country. “Better | The Weexry Times, published eyery | We suppose, he will have discretion those we know not of” is as true now | Thursday, will be sent to any address | one year, postage paid, for $1.00. | Democratic State Ticket. Judge-Supreme ‘Court, | FRANCIS M. BLACK. | School Commissioner, | WM. ‘I. CARRINGTON, j | Railroad Commissioner, | H. NK or Congress Dp, A, DEARMOND Yor State Senator J. N. BALLARD, Democratic Ticket. Representative —J. W. Cuoare erift—D A Colyer uit Clerk—Srewart Arciieson : surer—S H Fisner County Clerk—W M Crawtord Recorder—J C Hate Prosecuting Attorney—C F Boxtry Prebate Judge—W M Dacron Presiding Judge—J Z Graves Coroner—Dr, O F RENICK Judge north district—J S Haves judge south district—W T Kemrer County Prohibition Ticket. W. B. Miller J. N. Fisher Representative Presiding Judge Judge South Dist. Jadge North Dist Probate Judge Sheriff Circuit Clerk County Clerk John Durrett W. H. Holloway W. E. Taylor J.C. Clark Pratt Wyatt Recorder Miss Ann Frey ‘Treasurer W. A. Bales Coroner J. W. Ruble EXPLANATION NOT SATISFAG- TORY- The Times took occasion last week to recall the pecudéar action of the populist state committee in with- drawing the name of its candidate for supreme judge and endorsing tbe name of Judge Shirk, the repub- lican nominee, a notorious corpora- tion lawyer and at that time a paid attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. We also mentioned the fact that M. V. Carroll was chairman of the committee; and we suggested that its action in that matter had never been satisfactorily explained to the people. This is a matter of political history and open to public discussron at any time. Instead of explaining the commit- tees’ action in a plain statement of facts, and in a gentlemanly manner, Mr. Carroll writes one of his charac- ertistic abusive and bombastic let- ters to the Union. After pompously calling attention to a minor mistake of date and place of meeting of the committee, in the Times’ article, he enters into a long barangue about his personal character having been reflected upon. That is not now under discussion-—when it is, and it becomes necessary for us to partici pate, we will give it full and fair consideration. Mr. Carroll admits that the committee did endorse the name of Judge Shirk for supreme judge vice William Monka, resigned. (Whether this resignation was given under pressure or not does not ap- pear.) Now whether this action was taken two years ago at Lee's Summit or four years ago at Odessa, is not germane to the subject. Judge Shirk was a republican of the high protection, federalistic kind and all his education and practice had been againat the populistic ideas. He was a corporation lawyer and as such he could have no sympathy with the populist party and its plat- form, which posed as the especial enemy of corporations. Then why was he endorsed by the populist committee? We insist that Mr. Car- roll’s attempted explanation does not explain this maiter satisfactorily to the public, but leaves it just where it was before. If the populist yparty had no material for the place, as he claims, and is easily believed by the people, why did they not deave that place blank on the ticket? His further explanation that the effort was made to defeat Judge Sherwood is not true, because Judge Burgess is the one Shirk was pitted against and came near defeating, every railroad in the State was op. - posed to Judge Burgess. Mr. Carroll is not a private citizen, as he would make it appear, but is chairman of the populist executive committee, and is stumping the county in the interest of his party and as such is a fit subject for politi- Henry Francis |; enough to do. Vote the democratic ticket. POPULIST FALLAUIES- The pc puliste bese their claims to recos tion that neither of the old parties} will execute the people's will. As elections are frequent, terms of | office short, and every office holder | own ranks and elected by them through a secret ballot atsthe polls as when written by that sage cen- turies ago But the populists chief hobby is Notwithstanding the tariff directly affects every American and Finance the populists ignore it and refuse to declare their views. They point to' the low price of wheat as evidence | ofa‘“money famine”. Tested by| |selected by the people from their) the same rule we would point to the| has driven eapi high prices that beef, pork, bay and | corn brings as conclusive evidence | cannot borrow $1 on $5 worth of| gold ore actually in sight with which | to extract said ore and send it to! the smelter” Lenders would like’ to furnish the money, but they are afraid to take the risk of unfriendly populist legislation. The proverbi- al timidity of capital is fully justi-! fied by the conditions which have | been brought to pass in this case. | There is no assurance of safety for) it, but a standing menace against it: | in the character of the state govern-| ment and the aud ten- sentiments rnition largely sump- |. : : ; : gnitiou largely on the assumy | is especially damaging to the farmer, | dencies of the dominant party. As it is in Colorado, so it is more or lesa in all the other states where| populism has gained - controlling | force. The se of legislation | al away, shut up| manufactories, and produced stag-! nation in all brauches of trade. Inj cou itis not plain how this objection] that the low price of wheat is not/no respect whatever have the popu | would be remedied by electing pop- ulist for they, too, are chosen in the } same way. But their organs make assertions | and wit average populist that is sufficient. Proof is of secondary im- portance. If the craze has reached | the stage where the victim dis-| courses continuously and flippantly on “Per Capita Circulation” “Issuing Billions cf Irredeemable Currency” “Ownership of railroads” “Sub treas- ury” schemes and other yisionary projects, rest assured his mind is ‘vious to argument based on and backed by facts. He pre d, unsubstantial assertion— fers a a political chestnut, to a common sense truth One of their themes is the government ownership of rail roads. Now, would this ownership favorite be practical or desirable and to any de- gree beneficial to the public. In the light of experrence we think not. The government does not own the They belong to as many different corporations as there are railroads. The billions of money to build and equip them was furnish- ed by selling off stocks and bonds to millions of people of all classes, rich and poor, in the United States The railroads are not the sole property ef the rich. The stoeks and bonds are seattered over the world and the savings of the poor railroads wow. and in Europe. those of moderate means are invested in them. and There are but /x:o ways the govern ment can become owner of the rail- roais—by confiscation or purchase. Surely a people known everywhere for their intelligence and houesty would never seriously consider the question as to our government exer- cising the doubtful prerogative of confiscation. Necessarily then we would have to buy them. The immensity of this purchase reach beyond the of hnman computation and in dol- lars would aggregate such a fabulous sum that we could only approximate its grand total by comparison with some other stupendous thing The national debt at the close of the war was appalling, and many good people serionsly | doubted the ability of our people ever to pay it. Now. after twenty-eight years of eonstant drainage by taxation on sixty-five millions industrious thrifty people. that debt is yet unpaid. True, it has been reduced so that the next generation may possibly see it extinguished, and yet this war debt, which we have always consid | ered as the limit of our ability to! pay, pales into nothingness in com- | parison with that enormous debt we | would fasten on ourselves and our} posterity should our government buy the railroads. | Another objection is this: All pa triotic. thoughtful mep, even now, realize that the business of the gov-| ernment is so vast and its office hold- ers and employees so numerous that! it is a menace to its posterity. Quadruple this army of employes | in the government service, as would | have to be dene if railroad manage ment, is to be undertaken by the gov- ernment and a change of adminis tration would be well nigh impossi-| ble. Once let the office holders and employees of the federal goverment become so numerous as to hold the balanee of power, thus preventing the masses changing their rulers at will, and we have indeed sealed our fate as a free people. The vastness ef public debt that would be created would ken size of our iting them suspect it was for the caused by the scarcity of money The plain truth is, there is no} | such scarcity as they pretend to be | lieve deposits in the banks throughout | the country have been enormous. | In New York, Boston, Chicago, St. | Louis, Kansas City and in the smal!- er places the banks are full of money and interest rates lower than for years before and still tending down- In order to sea if this pleth-| oric condition of money existed here we concluded to interview our | merchants and baukers without let-} For months past the peoples | ward. purpose of publication and in every instance the answer was an abund. ance of money for legitimate busi-| ness | Capt EF. J. Tygard, president of | the Bites County Bank, said, in sub- stance: Yes, the financial panic is over, money is easy and cheap, and} is secking investments. Atthis time last year, 1893, we had a deposit of only ¥91,000 now we have a deposit of $148,000 I would eall that a very yratifying increase in business: and it shows a prosperous condition of our business men and farmers. Win. E. Walton, President of the Missouri State Bank, said: My ob servation is that confidence has been restored and the panic is over and an era of prosperity is dawning up- on The newspapers and bank| journals everywhere indicate this. | us. Money is easy and seeking inves The panic learned our people a lesson not to goin debt too deep for the! ments at a low rate of interest. purpose of speculation. They will | hereafter. Yes, | the business men and farmers are! feeling the good effect here. Our! business shows that the people have | the Missouri State Bank over fifty thousand dollars more now than in October a year be more cautious on deposit in ago. Oscar Reeder, President of the! Farmers Bank, said that the business of that bank showed a very gratify ing increase, in fact that institution never had a better outlook. It’s wonderful increase in deposits over last October shows the merchants and farmers to be prosperous. Mon-| is plenty, and seeking investments! at a low rate of interest. The evidence of ovr mercbants is} that trade is better than for years | past. with a larger per cent of cash sales. They are selling more goods and cheaper than ever before in the history of the county | Truly this is gratifying news to! everybody but the calamity howler, and such evidence is awful tough on him. He has our sympathy. Vote the democratic ticket. The Rale ot the Populists. Globe- Democrat i The document sent out by the business men's league of Denver— representing 5,000 men engaged in commercial pursuits in that city— with regard to the effects of popu- list rule in Colorado,deserves the at- tention of intelligent and patriotie citizen’ everywhere. Itasserts that $3,000,000 of the values of that state have been destreyed by the impairment of credit, the obstruc- tion of business and the crippling | of industry. The selling price of property in Denver has falien two- thirds, and a relative depreciation of farm property has ensued. Be- fore the advent of the populists; Col- orado’s borrowing power ranked next to that of New York, and new, she car not borrow at all. “So with- | ering has been the effect in this re-| spect,” we are told, “that at the jits pretenses and promises are known | tury. jabout stealing and corruption that I lists demonstrated a capacity for, dealing satisf y with public af-| fairs. their | doctrines has been followed by det-| all instances. | Their leaders have turned out to be, mere charlatans and scapegraces. The men whom they have elected to) offices of trust and responsibility bave generally proved incompetent | and often corrupt. Some of worst scandals in contemporary pol-| itics have attended their manage-| ment of state institutions, and their | pretended efforts to promote good | government. A party with such al record is surely not entitled to the} The enforcement of rimeutal results in the} support or countenance of honest | and’reputable people anywhere. It} isa demonstrated fraud and nui-| sauce, which every self respecting | voter should delight to kick. All of | to be false. It has been tried and found wanting not merely in one} particular, but in all relations; and| it ought to be 80 effectually whipped that it strength | in the approaching election will never again have enough to do any harm. Vote the democratic ticket ———— The democratic party is as old as our government. The wants} of the common people brought it into existence, and their friendship for its principles and teachings has caused it to live and grow for a cen-| Its platforms and doctrines} have always been broad and liberal} ov which all good citizens can stand. Always composed largely of the com- | mon people it has ever been the} friend of the oppressed It opposes} a protective tariff because it taxes millions of the poor that buy manu- factured goods for the benefit of a few hundred manufacturers. Itis opposed to any protected privileged classes whether living in Massachusetts, Louisiana where. The democratic party stands for equal laws and exact justice to the rich and poor alike. Low taxes, easy government hands off anda free race for all are its its cardinal! doctrines. While it fights legislation that gives one class of people advan. tage over the others it does not stifle ambition by traducing those who in life’s race,by their industry and abil- ity,sueceed in accumulating property. | Vote the democratic ticket. of else- A Wanderer’s Return. | Preasant Gap, Mo.) Oct. 22p, 1894, Mr. ALLEN, or THE Times: I voted the pe- ples ticket four years ago because I thought that the democrats had con- trolled things so long in Bates county, and there was so much said thought the books ought to be ex- amined. When they had Prof. Alli son to work on the nooks so long and found out everything was all right I was powerful proud of the old democratic party, but I was ashamed to ceme back, and I guess I would have voted the populist tick- et again this fall if I hadn't found out that the republicans were all going back to their party and 1 just said 1 wouldn't be made a cat's paw of to defeat the democratic party; and I am going to vote the demo cratic ticket straight and I advise jall the other democratic boys, who went off to do the same thing. Now, Mr. Allen, you can use my name if you want to and think best. and they all know me I expect Atkeson and Carroll and the whole caboodle will jump on me, but I don’t care. I am back to stay, and can stand their to ever go off. Yours for democratic success, E OAK GARLAND. THE BESTIS THE CHEAPEST S8AO]IG YOON YeO Ad VeYO FOR SALE ONLY BY l Bennett-Wheeler Merc. Co. Jealers in Hardware, Groceries, Queensware. | duce At Higginsville Sunday Jennie Joues knocked Kate Hardin down and then stabbed her to the heart with a pocket knife, killing her in- stantly. Both women were colored and the fight was occasioned by the jealousy of the Jones woman of her husband and Kate. Then ana Now. Schuler Clinton, StudebakerFarmWagons The highest price paid for all kinds of country pro- One of our prominent merchante | hauded us the following, and said, | “This is the way the notices from our | wholesale firms read on the passage of the McKinley bill:’ St. Leuis, Oct. 15, 1590. She price of certain goods which are now arriving are naturally atfect- ed by the passage of the Me Kinley Ril, consequently we have to ad- vanes prices on such goods. Truly yours, Prart, Srvioxs & Co Under the new tariff bill this same | merchant says they are new song, the burden singing a) of which is that prices are going down. He says during his business career he} has never bought and suld goods so cheap ard that the reductions range from 10 to 25 per cent. Brewning, King & Co. one of the largest bouses in St Louis, advertise iu the Globe Democrat, that woolen goods are cheaper than they have been in thirty years. This year the adver tisements inthe city and country papers are splendid democratic campaign literature en 1 its the kind of literature that tells the trutb. as no reputable merchant will lie to the people through his advertisement. Vote the democratic ticket. Like Morning Dew Hood’s Sarsaparilia Fresh- ens, Strengthens, Cures Heart Paipitation— Distress in the Stomach — That Tired Feeling. “Tam glad te state that Hood’s Sarsaparilia has done me lots of good. I was subject to cramps in the stomach, liver complaint, indi- gestion, palpitation of the heart, and that tired feeling. Two years ago I gave Hood’s Sarsa- parilia atrial Ihave not been without a sup ply of it from that time. Itrelieved me won- derfully, and now when I feel the least uneasi- ness I resort to Hood's Sarsaparilla, and it always gives me immediate relief. I could not do without it, and several of my neighbors have used it upon my recommendation and found it An Excellent Medicine, Doing them good after all other medicines | failed. I am also highly pleased with the effects of Hood’s Pills. As morning dew refreshes pass now for being such a fool as Hood's Cures £283, so Hood's Sarsaparilia and Pills Tux Propieat. | retresh the human body of ills and pains.” The populists of this county are by the purchase of the railroads to-/ present moment even a gold mine / not investigating the books this year. Haxurer M. Sroven, Versailles, Missourt. Heeod’s Pile are the best family geatie and effective. Try a box Steel Ranges Ashort time ago ibe Rich Hill Review had dit flying just svuth of the location of the Mo, was to be uioved up from Nevada. Was there a hiteb in the proceeding of the re- moval, or was it that the Review town, for Pacitic divison which went off half cocked over the laying of a little track for coal switches. Vote the democratic ticket KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet- ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world’s best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and | met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid- neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug- gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man- ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. “Trustee's Sale. Whereas John FryJr., asingle man by his deed of trust dated Octo- ber 15th. 1801, and recorded in the recorder’s office within and for Bates E county, Missouri, in book No. 107 at page 282, conveyed to the undersigned trustee the follow- ing described real estate lying and being situate in the county of Batex and state of Missouri, to-wit: The north half of southwest quar- ter of section twenty-six (26), the northeast quarter of section twenty- | seven (27), and the north half of the southeast quarter of section twenty- seven (27), allin township forty (40 of range thirty (30) containing three hundred and twenty (320) acres more or less, whic conveyance was made in trust to secure the pay- ment of two certain notes fully de- scribed in said deed of trust, and whereas, default has been made in the payment of both of said notes which are now past due and unpaid. Now therefore at the request of the legal holder of said notes and pursuant tothe conditions of said deed of trust,! will proceed to sell the above described premises at ublic vendue to the highest bidder or eash, at the east front door of the court house, in the city of Butler, county of Bates and state of Missouri. on Friday Noyember 16, 1894, between the hours of ibe o’elock in the forenoon and five o’elock in the Poses of eatiofying seid dott ieee pos poh debt, interest . D. ALLEN,