The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-07-19
THEIR FRIEND.
Grand Chief Conductor Clark
Thanks Congressman
Dockerv.

of the Arbitration Bill Through
the House of Representatives
is a Friend TO the Rail
road Men.
The following is taken from the Sc
dalia Democrat OF last Sunday:
Many republican politicians. in
seeking for ome ground upon which
To base the hope OF an increased vote
for their party in Missouri. have
jumped to the conclusion that be
cause their nominee for Governor.
Joe FlOrv. was once a railroad man,
thousands OF railroad employees who
had been democrats heretofore are
going to fall over each other in rush
ing to the polls to vote the republi
can ticket.
Never was there more fimsy ground
upon which to build a hope, and new
er was disappointment more certain.
The railroad employees OF Missouri
are intelligent men. They must be
in order to perform the arduous and
often hazardous duties required of
them. Being intelligent men, they
act from reason and not from mere
class prejudice.
They are democrats, republicans,
populists or prohibitionists. They
have their clearly defined political
convictions, and, like the lawyers, the
physicians, the carpenters, the far
mers and men of other avOcatiOns,
they 90 to the polls and vote as their
Judgment dictates.
Nobody carries the railroad vote of
Missouri in his vest pocket.
Then. unless some good reason for
doing so can be assigned, there is no
ground upon which to believe that
democrats among railroad men are
going to vote for ther republican NOM
inee for governor, and to assume
that they will SO vote is to insult
them.
No such reason has been assigned
In all the speeches made and arti-
cles published in advocacy OF Flory.
the Democrat has seen no effort even
to show that Flory has ever done any
thing to earn the gratitude and
friendship Of railroad men.
To be sure, he was himself a rail
road employee years ago, and quit
his employment to go into politics.
But this is no reason why railroad
men should vote for him unless he
has done something to show an es-
pecial friendship for them.
Dockery was once a practicingphy-
stefan, and Sam Cook is "a newspaper
man, but nobody assumes that the
physicians and newspaper men are
going to vote the democratic ticket
merely because those two names are
upon it.
But. while there has been no proof
offered that Flory ever did anything
to merit the especial esteem of rail-
road men there is abundant evidence
of Dockery's labors i'll their behalf,
and evidence too, that the railroad
men appreciate these efforts.
In proof of both OF these PROPOSE
tions the Democrat submits the
following letter. whichis self-eXplana-
tory:
E. f. CLARK, NJ. CLANCY.
Grand Chief Couduc- Grand Secre-
tor. tary.
ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORs OF
AMERICA.
Cedar Rapids, To-, May 21, 1898.
Hon. \. NJ Dockery, House OF Repre-
sentatives. Washington, D c.:
Dear Sir-I have noted with pleas
ure the efforts you put forth in con-
nection with the recent passage by
House of Representatives, OF the bill
commonly known as the arbitration
Bill, - in which we have been deeply
| interested, and assure you that your
work is appreciated by myself and
those whom | represent.
Yours truly,
f. f. CLARK.
e.. c. C..
| Here. then. Is the democratic NOM
inee. man of especial ability, broad
minded. liberal, safe. conservative,
with public record upon which there
is neither spot nor blemish and who
has given proof of his regard for and