The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 3, 1904, Page 4

THAT MARCH LETTER ™~™ ECD WEE ’ TIVE BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES a | Tue Republican papers and speak- 7T - | { J. D. ALLEN, Enprror. 7 = written last spring by Judge March TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION to a paper in his district, presumably * ; for local reasons, which we did not| fi The Werxty Times, published every | tin and do not now understand, | Toaursday, wil) be sent to any address) qe year, postage paid, for $1.00. jin which he very clearly showed that there had been extraordiuary demands made upon the county for For President, cs jers are making much of a letter|in mind, at the coming election and which the court was in no manner responsible, which extraordinary de- mands increased the expenses over ordinary years. There was no public demand for the letter, because the people well understood that the building of the court house would cause additional expenses, and there was no pablic charge of ex- travagance to defend. Tar Tries did not publish the letter at the time because it was not addressed to this paper and we were not requested to publish it, and there was no more reason why we should have published that letter, addressed to a contem porary, than we should publish others, similarly addressed, which, appear in the county papers weekly. The Republican papers appear to ALTON BROOKS PARKER, AS OF NEW YORK. For Vice-President, RENRY-6G.- DAMS, OF WEST VIRGINIA : I — . » I Stare Democratic TICKET. L ! for Governer—JOSEPH W. FOLK. for Lieut.-Governor—THO MAS L. RUBEY. for Secretary of State—SAM B, COOK. for Awlitor—ALBERT 0, ALLEN, Wor Treasurer—J AMES COWGILL, For Attorney General—ELLIOLT W. MAJOR, ¥or Rail Road Commissioner—H. R. OGLESBY. Por Congress 6th District—D. A. DeARMOND, Judge Mth Judicial Cireult—W. W. GRAVES, t Democratic County TICKET. t for Representative—H on, James N, Sharp. \ Yor Prosecuting Attorney—A, B, Ladwick, H For Sheriff—Moses B. Morris. ( for Treasurer—W. RB. Bell, 1 Por Surveyor—Kdward b. Borron, «oN ¥ or Pablic Administrator—S, T. Broaddus, have discovered something very re : , Mer Coroner—De. WH. Allen, markable in this letter, on the eve of For County Judge, South Dist ,—Will Laney, ‘ for County Judge, North Dist, —P. A. Brace. the election, and are trying to dis- i : : {tort Judge March’s meaning, in . TO CREATE DOUBT AND DISTRUST making campaign thunder. There V Two weeks ago Atkeson presented will net be a voter in Bates county a mess of figures through the Record deceived by such flimsy and cheap + to show that the balances in the stuff sprung at the last moment. : county treasury on the 1st of May, 2904, were not so large as they were u dive years before, although from his own figures the very comfortable bal ance of over $24,000 remains We 3 conceded the correctness of his tig- ‘ ures without investigation and con- 1 tended that if it could be shown that v during the years to which he referred, demands for extraordinary expenses a ovcurred for which the court was noé responsible, then his argument that ) fhe court had been extravagant y would not hold. Wethen showed by a indisputable figures that the extra- ordinary exvenses during that perlod were more thau the differences In the a balances. Tustead of Mr. Atkeson y challenging the correctness of our de- ductions or denying that our figures were correct, he ignored them and dished up a full page of conglomerat- ed, disconnected mess of stuff that is impossible of analysis in any reason- able spaceandtime, So if the people ol were not already convinced by his 2 past attempts of asimilar character, + just before each election, that the x ouly ot ject was to create doubt aud 1¢ distrust in the minds of the voters, Che present effort would be proof pos a itive beyond the possibility of a doubt. The financial statement for the county was published in May, and for six months had not been ques- tioned, then on the eve of election Atkeson pretends to discover that something is wrong, but, from his fizures, a Philadelphia lawyer gould not tell what that something is. The records and facts bear us out , in the assertion that the fiscal affairs of Bates county have heen as well or y better managed that any county in this or any other state in the union. The public improvements have kept pace with the development of the county. The streamsare bridged by splendid steel structures; public build Jugs are in keeping with the ¢éounty’s srreatness. The county is out of debt with a snug balance of nearly tweny _—_———— Consistency is a jewel with which the Republican press and speakers in this county are not overburdened. They denounce the present county court in the most scathing termsand make glaring indictments against its conduct of the county’s business, and in the same breath they hold up one of the Judges, the oldest in point of service on the court, as @ para- gon of rugged honesty and capabili- ty, aad yet the records show that Judge March voted for every billand every measure against which they so bitterly eomplain, and the records fail to showasingle protest that Judge March ever made against any act of the court. Judge March is an honest man and a capable officer, and Judge McFadden and Judge Bruce ate equally as ‘honest and equally as capable. Bates county never had a better court and the county’s affairs are safe in their hands. _ ie us We repeat that many of the prom inent Republican attorneys are giving Judge Graves loyal support; notwithstanding the denial of Editor Atkeson in the Record and Republi- can-Press, We know of our own knowledge that this ts true, because we accept the evidence of our own eyes when we see it in black and white. At pretends to speak for every Republican lawyer in Bates county. When did those gentlemen give him the power of attorney to so represent them? They are abun- dantly able to speak for themeelves and his assumptions in that regard ere on & par with many of the other misstatements he is making. 4 d The St Louis Sunday Republic saye: “Way down in Farmington there are merry times a brewing at the Clardy farm. Pretty Virginia Clardy is there this month with a whole houseful of young people, and last Friday night a train from St. | Comite aetna 2064 DXXICEE £@0¢ EIEEECCC® LEVY'S Clothing Departament The general demand is for a better class of Clothing. We have paid particular attention to the purchase of this department and show The voters of the state should _—_ rs vote for Constitutional Amendment | : Number 5, providing for the crea tion of a special fund for the building| of a new State Capitol. The middle section of the present bui'ding was erected in the year 1838, and the ad- ditions at the end were made about twenty years ago. It is inadequate for the present and future wauts of the atate; besides, is not a fira proof structure, and is lacking in vaults and other facil ties for the proper care and heeping of the public records of the state. Theadjoining states «f Towa, Kansas, [ilinois have all fine modern state capitols, erected in recent years, and which reflect credit on the citizens of those states. Ar- kansas has one in the course of con- struction Misseuri outranks all of these states with the exception of Illinols in population and wealth, and exceeds Illinois in area. The contemplated tax for the new State Capitol is neither a permanent nor a heavy one It is to continue for only five years, and if the amendment is adopted, will be 4 cents on 100 dol- lurs assessed valuation of property; that is, each tax payer will pay forty 4, " cents on each thousand dollars of property valuation during the five- year period. It is estimated that it will take at least ten years to com plete the new butlding, and that the contemplated rate of taxation will in said period raise a fund of about 2,500,000; sufficient to erect an up-to date modern structure—one that will be a credit to the state and the pride of all Missourians. Vote Yes. ee + to-day the best makes Folk in Omaha. The World. Herald has the following to say of Mr, Folk’s meeting in that city last week: . “The meeting was one of the larg est ever held in Omaha, and by far the largest that bas been held here this fall. Hundreds of men stood on the arena floor at the rear and throughout Mr. Folk’s speech and in | pq the balcony onty a comparatively few of the remotest seats were un0c-| By cupied. Hundreds of the leading cit- co izonv of Omaha and vielnity occupied * places upon the stage as_vice presi- 2 dents of the meeting. Congressman ‘ Hitchcock presided, and he, too, was given a highly flattering reception. Mr. Folk was welcomed by Omaha wy + * * always the same. with au ardor and a noisy acclaim ; that his own Missourians could hard-| R¥ ly have equaled, and that told elo- quently the story of his place in the affections of Nebraskans, This in By 100,000 Mr. Folk Says domitable and untiring enemy of the foes of good government, to St. Louis, Oct. 31 —The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says to-day; “I con- whom a “Democratic boodler Jooks just as bad asa Republican boodler,” fidently expect to carry 100 out of the 114 counties of the atate and to is a dark complexioned man of me- dium height and square build, mod- win by a majority of not less than 100,000,” .was the statement of est and unassuming in manner, with features of cameo like clearness of outline and a face on which is stamp- ed fearlessness and aggressive hon- Joseph W.Folk, Democratic nominee for governor, when asked if he believed his anticipated majority would be greater than ever before esty. Hehas a clear, mellow and penetrating voice, that was heard Missouri gubernatorial can- without difficulty in the farthest cor- ner of the auditorium. His style of speech is direct and simple. His sen- ” tences are short and crisp and there |8!V°? - ia never the slightest doubt as to didate. what he means. The faintest trace i of the engaging southern accent adds Kansas Bookkeeper a Suicide. charm to his speech. His blows are) wingeld, Kan., Oct. 31—M. B. fairly struck and honestly planted, Shields, twenty-eight years book five thousand dollars inthe treasury, z)] accomplished on a minimum rate of taxation that has in no wise been burdensome on the tax payer. Certainly good and substantial censons should be given for a people to turna party out that has ac- complished all this and reinstate a party that went out underashadow. ‘That left a bonded debt on a num- ber of our townships that our peo- ple are still laboring to pay off; whose sheriff and collector was a defaulter for $30,000 and only “$15,000 was collected off his bonds men, A party that ostraciz-d and distranchised voters, took armed possession of the polls and run them with a high hand, That same party now asks that they be given a wote of confidence and relustated ‘over the party that has 80 success fally conducted the county’s affairs ali these years. But they signally fail to give @ single substantial reason for suchachange and the woters will be slow in turning down id and tried servante for a party “hat proved recreant to trust while dn power. mere. They drove overland for the four miles that lay between Farming- ton and railroads and landed at the farm about nine o’clock, when the barn dance, for which they had been invited, was beginning to swing gay- ly. The new barn, really a very pretty structure, was thus properly inaugurated and a hundred and fifty young people spent an evening to remember.” Tue staff correspondent for the Kansas, City World, investigating the outlook for Indiana, says a fierce fight is on between the two parties to capture the state and that the majority either way willnot exceed ten thousand. Bryan hesays wasastrong drawing card in the state and was given bigger ovations than that given Blaine in 1884, The correspondent says: “It is no crime to bay votes in Indiana. Democrats in 1888 passed a law making it a criminal offedee toelther buy or sell votes. Half a dozen —_—_—_—_— eriminal to ell.” The general staff states that the Biusesiui losses between October 6th ‘men, killed and wounded. and take your neighbor with you. The years ago the Republicans changed the law providing it to be legal and gentlemanly to buy votes, but Vote the Democratic ticket next and 18, were 800 officers and 45,000] Tuesday. Vote the ticket straight, | burning and in all liklihood the with an Impact that resounds.” keeper tor the J. B. Lynn dry goods tae he bhai, store here, killed himeelf about noon Four Shot in Nebraska. today by shooting himself in the Valentine, Neb., Oct. 31 —Four| right temple with a small calibre persons were shot in a dunce hall|revolver. The cause for the deed is near Fort Niobrara today. Ray-|not known. He was p8 years old. mond J. B. Smith, a quarter-bluod Indian, and Lulu Johnson received Only 18 Men In The Mine bullets through the body. from the es i effects of which they probably will| fuided, Col.,Oct. 31.—Eighteen die, Arthur Trumbull, livery |°o!iae were sent to Terlco to-day on an order of the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron company for the driver and John Stratton were badly wonntel. Tee Sree Eee ee burial of the victime of the mine ex- plosion last Friday. The bodies en, Boys and Children Overcoats, all new and up-to-date for Men, Boys and Children, Our prices are as usual very popular and we believe it will be to your interest to visit us before you make amy pur- chase. We handle the celebrated Double Shield ad Back uderaear which we have been selling for nearly eight years. .The demand is growing daily. We purchased in large quantities and our prices CAML LEVY & C0, | the daughter of Robert Driscoll, one preparing to leave the wagon when have not yet been ‘recovered, but fired upon from ambush. The two officials of the company who have horses were killed. The persons who did the shooting escaped. No -cause aun’ 1 the town now say that only eighteen men were in the mine is given for the shooting. H H Expl ; atthe time of the explosion It ts Dio in Mine esion. belived that none of these escaped. Trinidad, Col., Oct. 31 —Between « thirty and sixty men are dead as the Disastrous Wrecks. result of an explosion in mine No. 3 ‘ of the Rocky Mountain Fuel & Iron ee ee company at Terio, forty miles west | are pot A human wrecks of sufferers of here, from throat and lu:g troubles. But The number reported as having! since the advent of Dr. King’s New gone into the mine this morning was Discovery for consumption, coughs seventeen miners and four company Seer kad nepdes todnatane Loi men. This afternoon many more | no longer necessary. Mrs, Lois miners are known to have gone into| of Dorchester, Mass., is one of the mine and the exacs number dead | New Dieco may neyer be known as the mine 18 is gu Pn 0 by . This for all $1. . Price 50¢ and bodjes will be cremated. whoee life was aaved by Dr. King’s of clothing for Rescurer of the Alamo to be Texas Hostess. Globe- Democrat, Oue of the beautiful Texas women will be the hostess of the Texas build- ing pext week. Miss Clara Driscoll of San Antonfo, who won the grati- tude of all Texas by her patriotic reacue of the historic Alamo, is the young lady in question. When the old building where Crockett defied the Mexican general, Santa Anna, was to have been sold to a Chicago company by the owner, Miss Driscoll advanced $75,000 to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas in order that the society the building an preserve it. The Chicago company was to have charged admission toit, making it a commercial proposition. It was agreed to return the money to Miss Driecoll, and after several years but $17,000 have beencontrib- uted to thefund. Miss Driscoll is Parker’s Thanks to Bryan, Esopus. N. Y., Oct, 31.—Judge Parker nas expressed high apprecia- of the part William J. Bryan has taken in the present campaign. Judge Parker sent Mr. Bryan to-day & telegram as follows: To the Hon. William J. Bryan: I wish to thank you for the extended service you have rendered to the Democratic party in Indiana and elsewhere during the present cam- paign. Dead in. His Bathroom. Columbus, O, Oct. 31 —Ex-Gov- ernor Geo. K. Nash died in his bath- room today of heart disease. = Judge Nash was governor of Obio from 1900 to 1904 Myron T. Her- rick was his successor. Mr, Nash was 62 years old. He had been in failing health for sometime. Last June he had a long illness, and, at one time, it was not believed that he would recover. of the largest land and cattle owners in Texas, 4nd an heiress in her own name. She will entertain the Texas commission Tuesday night in the Texas building at one of the most brilliant receptions ever held there, What are your friends saying about youP That your gray hair makes you look old? And yet, you are not forty! Postpone this fooking old. Hair Vigor Use Ayer’s Hair Vigor and restore to your gray hair all the deep, dark, rich color of early life. Then be satisfied. the eo Are Hair Vigor restored His Airship Flies Again. St. Louis, Nov. 2—Thomas 8. Buldwin’s airship, the “California | Arrow,” made another asconsion to day from the World’s Fair aero- nautic concourse, with A, Roy Knab- enshue of Toledo, who made two previous flights, at the helm. The day was clear and aseven-mile breeze blew from the southwest.. When re- leased from its ite the airehip rose gradually to a height of about 700 feet and sailed with the wind in @ northwesterly direction, with the i - Mer bn “