The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 27, 1904, Page 4

— o_o Was paid an _ traordinary expenses has arisen, h BUTLER W EE} TIME J. D, ALLEN, Eprror. TERMS OF SvuSCRI yN e Werkty Times, publishe Taursday, will be se ne vear, postage paid, for $1.00, toa add For President, ALTON BROOKS PARKER, OF NEW YORK For Vice-President, HENRY G. DAVIS, OF WEST VIRGINIA Srare Democratic Ticker, For Governor—JOSEPH W, FOLK. For Lieut.-Governor—THOMAS L. RUBEY, For Seer tary of State—SAM Bb. COOK, For Auditor—ALB T O, ALLEN. For Treasurer—J AMES COWGILL, For Attorney General—ELLIOTT W. MAJOR, For Rail Road Commissioner—H. R. OGLESBY, For Congress 6th District—D A, DkARMOND, Judge 2th Judicial Cireuit W. GRAVES, Democratic County Ticker. For Representative For Prosecating Attorney—A, For Sheritf—Moses B. Morris, or—W, R. Bell, yor—Edward lh, Borron, F or Public Administrator—S, T, Broaddus, For Coroner—Dr, W. H, Allen, For County Judge, South Dist — For County Judge, North Dist, —P Ton, James N. Sharp. aadwick, Wil Laney, A, Bruce, THAT SURPLUS FIASCO, The Republican county oommittee has employed W. 0 Atkeson to pre- pare campaign material to be used the last two weeks before the election. In order to earn his money he just had to tind something, and his first installment appeared in the Bates County Record last week, in the form of the balances taken from the pub- lished financial statements for the past tive years, fle chose to begib his comparisons on the statement for May, 1899, because it showed the biggest balance of any year, and consequently answered his purpose better. He could have started with the 1898 statement which showed a balance of $36,547.75 or $7,240.23 less than the one he selected, show- ing at the very start his determina- tion to be unfair and manufacture campaign material. The following is the showing he evolves: Balance in treasury May 1, 1889, $i oe ” od ho, A difference of $.9,1 Then be says the funda are practi- cally exhausted and claims that the total surplus has been expended “‘and the coudty is practically bankrupt.” Mr. Atkeson well knows, a8 does the editor cf the Record, that during the summer and full months there is very little money coming into the county treasury a1 the necessary expense has to be met by the surplus; that the taxes are all collected In the winter and spring and the treasury fa thereby replenished. Consequently the revenues in the fall always run low. This has been the condition from the foundation of the county and no one has been so silly as to raise that question, andit would not be raised now, except as it shows the extremes to which the opposition is forced to manufacture campaign lit- erature, The only pith in Mr. Atkeson’s showing is that $19,198 00 of the surplus has been expended in five years. The fiuancial stutemente as published, which shows this surplus so accurately, sets out in detail to whom aud for what purposes every trom the special levy | dinary expenses were outo ounty treasury aside Total amount collected during the u the special levy was fund eircult court tclerk’s office eum for Co, offices | Office fixtures 172 00 Electric light wiring and fixtures 450 00 l¢ oncrete walks 41.0 | Plans and specifications 1,195 00 >uperintendent’s salary 1,500 00 Two special elections court house 2,121 & Total extraordinary expenses 819,00 The above does not include about $2,400 paid for rents and fixing up temporary quarters while the court house was being voted for and built, which would run the extraordinary expenses, for which the court was in no way responsible, far above $19, 000, which Atkeson’s figures show was the amount the balances were depleted since the statement of 1899 Aside from these extraordinary ex penses the past two years have been harder on bridges than any two cor responding years in the county's his- tory, owing to the excessive wet sea- sone, and this court has responded nobly to every appeal tor bridgeés ustasfaras the revenue at their dispos sl would permit. The full result», after a fair and impartial investigation, will show that instead of being extravagant and profligate with the people's money, the court deserves praise for its economy. BRUKE LOOSE AGAIN, W. 0. AtkEsoN has broken loose again, and, as was expected, it is along the line of his spectalty, finance. Atkeson has been discuse- ing that question for many years, from as many different standpoints as the parties to which he has be- longed. It {s hardly expressive enough to say that he is an expert accountenant, he is more, a great financier who can finance govern- menta off hand, that would require the best thought, careful investiga- tion, research and years of study of the brightest and most learned men. Atkeson can tell just what the per capita is and ought to be and how ‘/to increase the volume of money, aud has & mass of statistics at hand that would make an ordinary in. dividual dizzy to contemplate. The only trouble with the public is that it doesn’t fully appreciate Atkeson’s great abilities in that direction. Why, he can give Coin Harvey both trumps and the ace and have him skinned to death iu that game, After straightening out the Republican party in Kansas, to his satisfaction, in afow weeks, he has returned to Bates county to show our people that her finances have not been properly conducted for the past 30 years under Democratic administra- tion. He has taken up the publish- ed financial statements, where the Republican Press’ ‘‘Farmer”’ left off, and we may expect something to drop. Like “Farmer” he presents a mass of figures to confuse the minds of the voters, but heis not as fair even as that individual, for he waits to within two weeke of election to spread his poison. The sensible voters of Bates county have hereto- fore and will continue to refuse to credit sensational stuff sprung on the eve of election. The last 1,331.09] 438 0 | GRAND CALL TO DUTY. | Judge Alton B. Parker's Greeting at His Home to the Democratic Editors. A Dem portunity to see and take som measure of the Demc for President of t Their timely and jus wr has been happily and 2 ntly re- warded. That he has more than reached a satisfactory height of ex- pectation is, according to the testi- mony of an-impartial press, a fact in- disputable and unquestioned Judge Parker received the editor visitors at his Rosemount home, with a dignity and cordiality which cap-! tivated every guest. Unaffected plicity and manifest sincerity marked the bearing of the man and denis! impressed his visitors. The good babies oftentimes spoken of him by his friends were fully justified in the ex-| cellent impression wrought by his own individuality, The superiority of the man was palpable in every accent! and gesture, and all his demeanor marked him worthy of high honor he wears. The introductory words, of Col. Knapp, editor of the St. Louis Re-; “We rejoice,” said Col, Knap ad} dressing the candidate, “that th ciples and policies of Democracy have} found so worthy an exponent in 1904, \ We are proud of the man who has 80° impressively demonstrated that he would rather be right than be Presi-! dent.” Responding to this greeting the Democratic candidate immediately, in! a happy way, comniended the leaders of his party by contrasting the cabinet officers of the last Democratic ad- ministration with those of their suc- ceeding political opponents. The re- minder of the characters of the men he named and extolled warmed. the hearts of his admiring visitors, They knew he spoke words of conviction which represented the general public impression, They knew and reflected that every one of the eminent Demo- crats he named left office with a clean record of duty, honestly, faithfully and excellently performed. No scandal at- tached to the régime of any Demo- cratic cabinet officer.. Not the slight- est question hinting of occasion or propriety for investigation ever arose as to a single executive chief of the last Democratic administrations. The suggestiveness of the Judge's allu- sions, in view of the extravagance, the recklessness and the disregard of of- ficial obligations exhibited by Republi- can cabinet officers was so patent and forceful that it naturally delighted his hearers. It gave fcrth a thought well and constantly to be borne in mind during the vital stress of this cam- paign. \ public, were peculiarly apt. | FOUND HIM FULLY WORTHY. Judge Parker's Great Appeal for Uni- ty and the Impression it Made. The occasion of the visit of the Democratic editors to Esopus presented the candidate of the great party in a new and edifying light. Having fully committed himself to acceptance of the leadership of the Democratic hosts in their battle for the rescue of the republic from the ben and blight of corruption in office long continued; having given his earnest, honest heart to this great tuuse, he stinted no words to call the leaders of Democratic thought to a binding sense of solemn duty. He has started out grandly to perform his obligation of response to the great honor done him at St. Louis. Nobody who has ever known Judge Parker, @0065 aia FL pA Ae CICISERTEEE] 9©0¢ ERIE 9000 EEXIEKE 0006 EEX! aS Boys and Children. chase. years. The demand always the same. SAM'L LEVY & CO. ih Clothing Department. The general demand is for a better class of Clothing. We have paid particular attention to the purchase of this department and show ; to-day the best makes of clothing for en, Boys and Children Overcoats, all new and up-to-date for Men, very popular and we believe it will be to your interest to visit us before you make any pur- We handle the celebrated Double Shield and Back Underwear which we have been selling for nearly eight purchased in large quantities and our prices Our prices are as usual is growing daily. We ‘ thoughtful consideration. This, in part, is what he said in conclusion to’ the Democratic editors at Esopus: “The Democratic party is not a ma- chine; it is a body of citizeas who be- lieve that on the whole its fundamen- tal principles are best adapted to the) conduct of the Government, “Among so many patriotic and In-| telligent men it is inevitable that di- vergence of opinion as to minor ques- tions and differences of view as to the correctness of the disposition of dead issues should be found, The party is concededly united to-day as to cv- ery vital article of faith which can reasonably enter into the pending can- vass. Mr. Atkeson or any member of the committee that employs him, will point out where one dollar has been illegally paid, the members of the county court can be held criminally liable, It is not wise of the county court to horde up an unduly large surplus in the treasury that does no one any good, and when such 4 con- dition arises the court very properly builds a few extra bridges, which is always of direct benefit to the county and the people. ; In the past five years, which covers the period of Mr. Atkeson’s efforts to show there is something wrong with the county finances, occasion for ex- which in themselves fully cover the $19,000 expenditure he complains of. The people in that time voted a $50,000 court house, and provided that it be paid for in three years, by & levy of 15 cents on the $100 valua- tion, The assessed valuation of Bates county for the period covering those three years, was little above ten millions of dollars: It it had been just ten millions and every dollar of the taxes collected, it would have amounted to only $45,000, leaving the court to pay $5,000 out of the clal statement of the county was published in May, six months ago, and if there was anything wrong why was it not expored, and not wait until too late to be fully refuted before the election. _ While it is @ common expression that figures wont lie, it is well known that as many conclusions can be drawn from a mass of figures as there are accountenants who start with @ conclusion they desire dem- onstrated. In this case Atkeson, backed up by the Republican party, starts out with the desire to con vince the voters that there is some thing wrong with thecounty finances as managed by the Democratic party, and of course, any demonstration he makes with the figures must bear him out in this assumption. While the balances he copies cor- rectly from the different statements, the conclusions:he draws are based upon falee premises and are mis- leading and confusing, as they are meant to be. Tue National Republican Com- mittee has assigned Senator Fair- banks a topr of Missouri. He Speak at Hannibal the 27th, then Booneville, Jefferson City, California balances in the treasury, besides for; Tipton, Sedalia, Windeor, Clinton, the extras in the work andfurnishing | Appleton City, Lamar, Greenfield the house when, completed. This is) and Springfield. His campaign will exactly what happened, and the 1 with an address at St. Louis, or who is familiar with his official and political record, doubts a moment but that he will prove in the future as he has showed in the past: not only that public office is a public trust, but that party honor is a party trust. That he will discharge the obligations of both to the highest honor of his party and the eminent credit of his country none doubts who knows him. He has made a great appeal for party unity for public duty. He has eommended his party to all the citi- zens of the republic, by basing his ap- peal upon the very highest grounds. The great, silent, thinking vote of the country must surely respond will- ingly to this call to national duty. It is not assuming too much for the character and ability of the Demo- eratic candidate to repel the idea that his call to duty to the Democratic editors is the mere echo of a seliish ambition. Not in all the political his- tory of this country has there been &@ man cleaner and freer of the dross of sordid ambition. Honors have gone after him and followed him to find him ever as modest as competent, ever as true and courageous in public piace as in the no less honorable walks of private life that in the broad concrete of American citizenship has given the greatest glory to the American name. Our country has recently been car- med too far along the path of dis- credit to its good name. Judge Park- er has asked that all citizens unite to keep the republic in the path of hon- orable safety. What he said in this “Our adversaries are intrenched, in full possession of every department of the Government, and it is a mistaken policy that would drive away voters who would help to oust them. “The cause cannot be advanced by attacks on others within the party with whom we have had disagree- ments, but who are now working with us for a common result. “All men who have attained any degree of prominénce have their friends, and the exercise of ordinary prudence forbids the alienation of al- lies who are willing and anxious to assist.” All voters who have moved into Missouri tn the last two years and are now entitled to vote in November are respectfully requested, says the Moberly Democrat, to compare their tax receipte with the ones they pafd in Iowa, Illinois, or what ever state they may have lived in heretofore. After you have done so please take notice that the rate in Missouri is because the Democratic party has had charge of affairs for thirty years | wonderful and at the same time paid off her entire debt. In a very shorts time this party_promises to relieve the tax payers from any state tax whatever. Study and compare your tax veln 1s well worth repetition and | receipts. The statement published broadcast , over the state by the Republican- | press that Dr. Tyrrell the St. Louis gifted divine, who had started out to support Folk had deserted him, is about as true as much of the other seneational stuff they are spreading over the state. At the time this charge was being published Dr. Tyrrel had a number of speaking dates for different points in the state, published in St Louis Republic as announced by the State Democratic committee. Broke Into His House. S. Le Quinn of Cavendish, Vt., was invasion of chronic chustipation: When Dr. King’s New Life Pills broke into his house, his trouble was ar- rested and now he’s entirely cured. They’re guaranteed to cure, 25c at Frank T. Clay’s drug store. For two weeks a Vernon county farmer has been offering extra wages ‘for corn cutters. Four idle negro men who were approached said the work was two hard, and during the greater part of that time they have been shooting robins in the neighbor. hood. They must eat, wearclothing and find shelter. Some one must labor in order that such people may live. What would our Socialist friends do with that problem if they were able to introduce their ideas into practical government?—Nevada Post. Saves Two From Death. “Our little daughter had an almost fatal attack of w cough and broncitie,” writes Mrs. W. K. Havi- land, of Armonk, N. Y., “but when all other remedies failed, we saved her life with Dr. King’e New Disco’ Our niece, who had consumption qa pede 0 advanced ae, also used this she is joorae | wel” Des Des; beth ws t hand hed di to Dr. ioe rat Das no other cine on earth. Infallible for a evumhe and colds, 50c and spon ieee by Frank T. Trial bot. Oe Street Duel at Sturgeon. Sturgeon, Mo., Oct, 24 —In a pistol and knife duel in Sturgeon this after- noon Duke Monyhan, Ben Merry and F. Gilmer may die. The trouble occurred on Main street in the midst of a large crowd, but no others were hurt. It is said the trouble was the result of a grudge of long standing. Gilmer lefc arm was shatvered by @ pistol ball. Monyhan was shot through the bead and right leg. Merry’s neck ant face were bad- ly cut. Dr. John A. DeArmond, of Daven- port, Iowa, youngest brother of Judge DeArmond, arrived in the city Thursday night for a brief visit to his mother, Catharine DeArmond. She is in her ninetieth year, and has been in fgiling health tor some time. Dr. DeArmond remained but a day finding her in as good health as could be expected at her advanced age.—Democrat. Take cold easily? Throat tenderP Lungs weak? An’ wedded have consumption Then a cough means a great Cherry Pectoral deal to you. Follow your doctor’s advice and take Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. It heals, Merspyomyes prevents.