The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-23
HcNORICKSON ON POLITICS.
Is Quoted in Post-Dispatch on
Stone-Phelps Row.
BRICK INTERESTED IN MINES.
He Relates Some Interesting Political
"reminiscences.

gossip:
Hon. Birch Hendrickson, OF Orono-
go. who represented the Jasper-N er-
non district in the senate from 1891
TO 1895, was among the political
visitors this week. A friend reports
him as discussing the Stone Phelps
row as follows:
Il am living on my farm and not
king any papers and do not know
what is going on. | don't take as
much interest in politics as formerly,
l am more interested in mines and
mining lands. Our land. which two
years ago we could have beer glad to
have sold for so or $40 per acre, is
now bringing from 5000 to $500 and
we don't have any time TO waste on
politics.
He was asked about the Stone
Phelps controversy and what he
thought about Stones interview in
opposition to the candidacy OF Phelps
for delegate at large to the national
Il haven't read the interview of
which YOU speak. but don't believe
Phelps is IL candidate. He was out
to my place about three weeks ago,
looking after some right of way mat
tiers for he Missouri Pacific railway,
and told him that had heard some
Webb City boys speak of him as be-
ing Il candidate, and he said he was
not: that he had been Il delegate to
several national conventions and he
did not care to be delegate again,
but that he had heard that there
woald be a fight on Stone, for mem
Der of the national committee and
that he might want to go to help
bjnl. but that he didn't take much
interest in the matter because of
Stones support OF Mckinley's policy
in the Philippines
in his interview that he will oppose
Phelps as a candidate for delegate.
We'll, l would have to hear Stone
say that himself to believe it. He
and Phelps have been so closely iden-
t fed in political matters SO long
that l would be 10th to believe that
there is any difference now. He is
under too many obligations to Phelps
to 90 back on him. Stone is a man
who always remembers his friends.
If a man wants to fasten Stone to
him for life with hooks of steel, all
that is necessary is for him to do
something for Stone, and he can
draw on him at will. Phelps made
the fight of his life for him in Jasper
county in 1886 when he defeated
Judge CAN'T. Il was chairman of the
convention when Phelps stole the
delegation for Stone. and Stone was
there and saw it, and so was Harvey
Salmon, and he knows what was
done. And then in the state conven
ton which nominated Stone for gov
eraor [ wasn't there, but | knew what |
was done, and there cannot be any |
trouble between them. Inever heard |
n jar between them except once. Dur
in = the fight between CAN'T and Stone |
for the nomination i'll 1886, Phelps |
had charge of Stones interests in |
Jasper county, and nearly all of the |
other politicians of the county were
against him. In fact, | don't recall |
more than two or three who We're |
friendly to Stone. Harvey Salmon,
Tom Lingle, Casey, Boone and other
Henry county politicians were down
there doing all they could for CAN'T. |
We were all at the Carl Junction on
the day OF the primary there and the
friends of Judge CAN'T had been
charging that Stone was the railroad
candidate, and the friends of Stone
charged that Salmon and the other
Henry county politicians had come
down to buy the delegation for Judge
CAN'T. 1t was charged that Salmon
had agreed to pay one man $500 for
switching from Stone to CAN'T, but
no one believed that. Stone had
grown very sensitive over the charge
made against him, and he tried TO
avoid being seen with Phelps when it
was possible, to the amusement of
everybody, and whenever he and
Phelps went 10 thecountry either one
or the other would walk out to the
edge of town, where he would lie
Joined by the other driving the team.
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