Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-09-22
n. ". a. Picnic at Prairie Hill.

Last Saturday was gaia Gay lof
the thriving village of Prairie Hill, in
Wayand township, and it was the
good fortune of the editor of the
COURIER to be present to JOIN in the
festivities of the Modern Woodmen
of America picnic, one-halt mile west
of that place.
In company with ex-Constable F.
NJ. Veatch of KeytesviIe township We
made the trip across the country in
? hours and 20 minutes, and found
many on the picnic grounds when We
arrived and Attorney J. F. Pratt of
keytesvllle on the rostrum respond
ing to an address of welcome, which
had just been delivered by DR.. ]. d.
McAdam of Praltie HUI, a prominent
member of the Modern Woodmen.
Shortly after Mr.. Pratt's speech,
dinner was announced. 1t was our
pleasure and privilege to accept an
invitation to dine with Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. n. Burrus Of near Clifton Hill,
Randolph county and we enjoyed their
bountiful spread of substantial and
dainty edibIes to the fullest extent.
In the afternoon speeches were
made by ex-Congressman L. S. Hall
of near Hubbard, Tom Dunn of
Salisbury and Hon. A. M. Dockery of
Gallatin.
Mr.. Halls remarks were mostly on
the lines Of higher education and in
the interest of private school he is
now conducting at Grand Center.
He touched on some of the political
issues Of the day. and declared the
high tariff to be a promoter of trusts.
He expressed his disapproNation Of
imperialism, but SAID that his
mind was still unchanged on the hnan
cial question. He did not say wheth-
er he referred to the mind" he had
before he went to congress, or "the
mind he had two or three years after
he got there.
Mr.. Hall was followed by Tom
DUNN, who covered himself with glory
in an impromptu speech on Patriot
ism. "Mr. Dunn has a fine command
of language, and his speech was replete
with well-rounded sentences and bore
the true ring of the patriot.
This young man is not one Of the
coming orators, but already ranks
with the best public speakers IN
Charlton county, and has many ar
dent admirers, especially among the
fair sex.
The next speaker was Hon. A.
NJ. Dockery of Gallat1n. who as
pires to be Missouri's next Democrat
ic governor, and is one of the best
posted men of the day on questions
affecting the public veal or woe. We
have not the space to fully review Mr..
Dockery's speech, but suffice to say
that he stands with both feet on the
Chicago Democratic platform of 1896,
and sets the stamp Of his condemna-
ton on the greedy, grinding trusts and
Mckinley imperialism. Like Mr..
Hall, Mr.. Dockery held that the way
to route the trusts is to tear down
the walls OF a protective tariff, and
force trusts, combines and mo-
nopolies to enter the open markets
of the world, and thus insure the
sounding OF their death-knell. Mr..
Dockery's arguments were forceful
and convincing, and he did not men
ton an existing evil for which he did
not offer a logical remedy: His re-
marks were frequeetly applauded,
which evlnced the nigh esteem IN
in which he was held by the audience.
If there is an anti-Dockery man for
governor up about Prairie Hill, the
editor of the COURIER failed to see or
hear of him last Saturday.
Between the speeches of Mr. DUNN
and Mr.. Dockery, Capt. Durnell gave
very entertaining drill with several
Sunday-sChool young ladies.
The base ball game between the
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