The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-03-10
NE COUNTRY EDITOR,
BY CHAMP CLARK.
iSneeeh Against the Loud Bill
hy the Missouri Congress-
man.
The Republic Bureau,
I4th St. and PENNSYLVANIA Ave

Land bill was under debate in the
bouse to day Congressman Champ
clark made characteristic speech
anon the country editor, his potency
!. the nation and the need for
.rsngtheoi his hands wherever
possible-
aGentlemen, you ought to study
.h;s thing little The gentleman
f,om California, Mr.. Loud, is asking
,ou TO cut off your noses to spite
your faces"
Mr.. Clark stated his objections to
tho bill and continued:
aOne of the most eminent Ameri-
a. preachers said: I'VE must edu-
,.ts. we must educate or we must
perish.
Thomas Jefferson declared that
bs would rather live Al a country
With news papers and without a gov.
srnment than in country with
Government but without newspa-
pers.
Henry ", as the high water mark
Of prosperity for his people, express
al the hope that each family in
France might be SO we'll to do that
il could have meat for its Christmas
dinner.
III could have one wish and only
one granted for the happiness of the
American people and the perpetuity
Of the republic it would be to see
every voter well enough educated to
read his ballot on election day.
Having once been country editor
myself, I entertain a most kindly
feeling for my old confsrers. l am
wiling to make affidavit that the IL
months I spent editing a rural jour
nal were the most beneficial of my
life to myself, and perhaps to others.
am proud to have belonged to the
editorial guild. I am unalterably
opposed to anything that will injure
the country editor, curtail his profits
circumscribe his usefulness or place
an additional thorn in his pathway.
The rural editor-God bless him!
lis the most persistent of teachers.
Like charity, as described by st.
Paul in the 18th chapter of 1st Cor
inthians, he suftereth long and is
kind which cannot be said of the
men who got up this bill. He 'envi-
eth not, in which he does not resem-
bic some people on this side of the
house. He is not pulled up in
which he does not resemble good
many of us.
He does not behave himself IN
sesmly; seeksth not his own; 10 moi
easily provoked In this latter re
spsct he does not at all resemble my
friend from California, Mr.. Loud.
He thiuketh no evil 10 which he
is vastly superior to a great many
OF US; 'rejoiceth not in iniquity.' il
which he is totally unlike the repub
licans (laughter); but rejoieeth il
the truth, which proves that he il
cousin german to the democrats
applause
He beareth all things, hepeth al
things, endureth ali things and il
that respect he is very much in tn
predicament of the minority of THU
house under the Reed rules. Laugh
ter)
He is the packhorse of every COM
munity. the promoter Of every laud
able enterprise, the worst underpsi'
iaborsr in the vineyard. Counting
his space as his capital, he give
more to charity, his means conside,
cd, than any other member Q
society. He is power in politics
apillar OF the church, a leader in tn
crusade for better morals. He i
pre- eminentlY the friend of human
ity.
He joyfully chronicles our adver
into this world, briefly notes our W
rlsings and our down sittipgs an
sorrowfully records our exit.
DE is the greatest and most il
genious of manufacturers; for. Will
others manufacture perishable slut
he is engaged in manufacturing in