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While no STONE OPPOSES held numerous township offices, but The Butler Weekly Times Dance al din the) °Ca8!28 war upon him, and alded all) gorgure could be soo harsh for the ew : papry_| shieis his first effort for a county of- Printod on Thursday of each week. emocrats are Interested {n the) he could tn his defeat at the polls.” t 1 DEBATE WITHIN PARTY, | facttonal atrife going on in the ranks| \fr Askeson dhethend: eh tedtens managers of & publication who would fice. He is now asking his party to 1D. ALLEN, Ed'tor and Prop Senator Stone takes a strong pos!- allow such criticism to appear nominate him for county treasurer, he Republican party in Bates: county, only to the extent of keeping a line on those gentlemen and the of_hisletter, tu “go further some historical facts.’ These are serlows charges affecting the party Entered at the postotiice of:Butler, Mo., a8 econd-class mail matter. against so noble-an-tostitutton aston against joint speeches or de- for—whlelf-ottice he 1e-woll qualified, h ’ n- our police system, we sincerely re tae te enone chara He {s & most genial gentleman, hon- ANNOUNCEMENTS. be arog {ts may have on the cam- loyalty of these gentlemen and we do oo. " id Pane Way Cees between Champ Clark and Jim R-ed, Grants aus bi oponed Be woe Wi ice kdthaslecd to Make tke following bes WDEIED. af 4 punishment 80 severe as they | ings and would make a strong nom- area rd pea AEN AN oh a x no’ see how they can les them go justly deserve and between Senator Stone and Gov. | dnce tor Kid part otc: UU W.0. Atkeson, candidate for Re-) unropudiated without injury {to their : Folk. The Senator writes the Post | Leal publican nomination for Congress, protean has felt that he had a: grievance sia seas a chlaae agalnet certain leaders in his party, 1, J, MARCH, opposed to his nomination and he New Home township goes after thom hammerand tongues. JAS, NX, SHARP, In @ 3% column article published tn Mocnd township congress as a body and caricature | Democrats would not only want to/clty the fore part of the week. The our army and navy on the etage or nominate candidates, but elect them, | Judge {sa candidate for re-election in publications, You may crack| We have had too much factfonalism | to the supreme bench, a position he coarse jokes at the expense of our. in Missour! already. If there is any-| has for the past two years so accept- thing that endangers Democracy su- | ably filled. It will be remembered REP NTATIVE, political prestige. “CLOTHED IN A LITTLE BRIEF AUTHORITY.” At a convention of the Interna- sens aailaee the Republican-Press last week he) tlonal Association of Police Chiefs ergo a nea — or Pri’ premacy in thie state it is this, It{e|shat Judge Graves was nominated pete eg SRpOsee patty: irenchery on the part] which was held in Detroit, Michigan, 1! 4 ‘by ‘ ; | the duty of every Democrat to strive | at the state judicial convention held ESTE3 SMITH, of some leaders which, if true, fe un-| last week, @ resolution was unani-|Féllglon; but woe betide you, whether | toallay rather than to intensify that| here two years ago. Judge Graves spirit. As I assume that Mesers.|{s one of Missouri’s able jurists; a Clark, Reed and Folk intend to sup-|*rue Democrat and 4 gentleman of port the state and national plat-|the highest type His record as an forme and tickets, as I certainly ex | official of thé highest tribunal o pect to do, I do not see what issue of | our state, is without a flaw and in public moment there would be for|#8king the Democracy of Missouri for thelr endorsement at the state Mingo township, north district, s, PADDOCK, 6t Polnt township, north district. a, D, HYDE, Preirie township, south district, J. K. KELSO, Howard township, south district, you be one high in station of an| humble monologist of a “ten-twent- | thirt” production, should you dare to lacerate the delicate and sensitive feelings of an aristocracy of gentle. men who are of the finer clay—the noblest institution which ever blos- | somed upon American soil,—OUR [any of ns to debate. Instead of die- primary, does so upon his record of POLICE. np,a, {cussing public questions {nvolving | the past. The Democrat who cast pardonable from a party stand point, and which up to this time have not been dented by those gentle- men, The following are excerps from his article bearing on the charges and published without prejudice by us: “On the night before the Congres- eional convention assembled at Rich mously adopted declaring that po- Hicemen are entitled to more respect and consideration. The cartooning and caricaturing of the policeman in publications, and the making of him @ subject of ridicule in stage produc- tions was condemned and efforts to stop {¢ were ordered begun. At last the long-suffering police e P. Wi. ——— party differences, such @ proceeding | his vote for Judge Graves at th ; — a ail, Jeeer beeen aoe has — upon the pack of L. S. PADDOCK, as that suggested would almost cer- | August prima = do = th Deer Creek township. arriving —_— —< = o'clock. Sorin aah: ps hhc thane Through our announcement col-| tainly degenerate into mere pertonee pvr fen 6 en dee J.B, ANGLE, peg nih ss Pilsen ; * ba he to pull she gall umne, {s asking the Deinocrats of the | "*@"eling and controversy. and an ablejurist.—Excelelor Springs _ Mt, Pleasant township oly eae gees re . Ag 5 ee oo north digtrict to nominate him for| FOF myeeltI am entirely willing togo | Standard. “ ae . Ke . ‘om the lo! estal x TREASURER. {na cancas tn the front room Over| he has otased Woah 4 Tr be | County Judge of that district, at the over the etate, beginning atjany time YANCY COMBS, Mr. Garrison’ssaloonmakingspeech-| 5a No | th fr August primaries, Mr. Paddock |®!ter my opening speech at;Marshall E xX C U R S I O N H. H, HAVELY, es in opposition to my nomination, | 4ispersed. No loner will the anarch- has been a citizen of Bates county |" July 16, and jointly debate pollt- ; Walnut township. and endeavoring to deafeat the ac-|{stic cartoonist be permitted to cari- anise oa! ain fe ri {cal questions with any Republican} To Calgary Canda SAM L. COLEMAN, tion of the Bates county convention | cature our handsome police officers; | °!" early eighties. He was in Potter seed Mtoe orot the butcher business in Butler | hoe public and party standing te Deep Water township, and set at naught it’s instructions, po longer will the paragraphers be <i RS, by alding in the nomination of a for @ number of such as would justity me in doing 80.) July 6,--R. ip $60. eee. - |gentleman tromanothercounty. * {Slowed to indulge tn coarse wittt-| 0° Of peel Fe mip hay. . et oo ter ax: tee Bomecrate seme| te? o POund Trip $60.00 G. W.STITH, * © Sofar a8 Bates county men|!sms in regard to our policemen, gave hima large acquaintance. He|P®!s0 within the party ts concerned, ~ Mt. Pleacaut township participated in {ts PURPOSES it| and woe betide the criminal actor or I am opposed to any move calculat- J. EMMETT HOOK, was an act of open rebellion against | comedian who shall permit bimeelf| ved for a number of years on his ANTED—Farmers and Capi- Hudson township. the instructions of the county con- estndetan ta Wieden. abd Ponsa farm in Charlotte township and last |°4 os vice personal or factional talists to join us in going ov- HARRY W. JENKINS, vention, and hese party er tng near jokes againet the flowerand|"!%#F moved into Amsterdam to eee ree er the most beautiful scenic railroad Shawnee townehip. nd eo far as they are conce: no meagre to visit the 3-million- T. W, FISK, amount of skilifalshuffilog ean break |chivalry of our government, our | °D&@s® !n me Danae Sees. SAM L. COLEMAN. sel ketaee ee tract of the best/land in the world. They are raising 40 bu. wheat, 50 bu. barley, 75 bu. oats, 3 tons timothy, 15 tons sugar beets and 3 crops alfalfa EVERY year. Cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry, fruits, dairying and vegetables do remark- ably: well and are very profitable. The water rate is the lowest price on record, only 50c per acré. The climate is known as ‘‘Sunny Al- berta,"’ and winters are delightlul. Price $10 to $25 per acre, on easy terms. Literature sent on applica- tion to secant ag Lye — The subject of this sketch was born been & oandidade before die: Demo in Bates county, and now lives on cratic party, for sheriffand Recorder, si 10 homestead in Deep Water and was defeated each time by anar- township, which he owns. He came row margin. Mr. Paddock {s an of good old southern Democratic honorable gentleman; honest, fair stock, has ever lived up to the faith. : Since his majority there is no man and just in all his dealings, a good bestinael wan ind would . ditably in the county who has taken more interest in the success of his party, fill the office for which he aspires. from township up. He has not mies. es Notwithstanding the fact that the|ed an election, and {t ig rare indeed ewe betas oer i politan newspaper comes to thefront| 4. A. R. campe all over the country |that he ever misséda convention. — of hie influence. A little later | *his week with a lengthy editorial | arepassing resolutions strongly con-|Sam Coleman has been loyal to Hitrery folowing, anon re neoteertig fn wren ei ates ones dpaghaan pda heed every Democratic candidate that “4 . conventio: police to arrest a mansusPEcTED | allusions in regard to General .jever offered from that township, nominated Pro. 6. of e cel, +0 place him in eolitary|Grant’s fondness for strong drink, |true tp his trlendsand always veai Janes Cheatle, oklin school a But- confinement, without any proof of| theese same old veterans will line up/ his tnfluence for party harmony and | Gen. Agt. Canadian PacificLandCo, * Mit. Pleasant township. it’s force or remove itéodium. * *| sacred policeman. ; asl Sa gee ha In the past newspapers have, at self an fecue in shiscanvase, Let| mes, been disrespectful and rash , Ai. yanimenpeaniions that be my apology for mentioning | tough to protest against what they George Creel, editor of the News| him further. Call the roll on hiscon- | clatmed the “useless and brutal club- Book, a weekly publication in Kan-| duct subsequent to the Congresston-| bing” administered to a citizen by a eas City, makes & vory h c~ Taaeorn i atagor ee ounty — police officer. Hereatter in a case of upon Senator Stone fn hie mag-}vention metand named @ county) ii. ting @ writer will be compelled k. He honestly |tickes headed by Hon. George " pee pew Bn by Church, and Wix promptly went in-}*0 take {nto consideration that to rebellion and fought two or three| probably the victim was rude or im- of the candidates to & finish, among polite to the officer. A certain metro-