The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-11
uDON'T BE TOO SURE.
.,,tionaI Committee Sends Out
Warning to Republicans.
uuIyLEY HAS 40 CINCH.
co,sdence Will Be Excuse for
nefeat if Bryan Tidal Wave
Svamps Hannd's Crowd.

;sagain haunting INC
.nablican party, Notwithstanding
- fact that Mark Hanna said a lew
..ys ago that there was no more
soathy in the east, and Joe Manley'
.t;onal committeeman from Maine.
anlv last Wednesday gave out a fore
...f in which he claimed everything
!. sight. This time it is Perry ;.
uooth. who is ct the head of the lit
,,ary bureau of the committee, that
.ounds the note OF warning" He
aas inst sent out to the editors OF all
no supposedly republican papers in
,be country, in sealed envelopes
narked confidential" a letter in
rhicb he urges them to Join with
NIGHT and main in the chorus OF the
nopular republican song, Don't
sonnt YOUR chickens till they're
batebed." He asks them to remind
their readers that the republicans
If the country were afflicted with
ovsr confidence in 1892, and to inn
.ress upon them the fact that unless
they get good and scared and hump
themselves. the same thing will come
to pass this year that came to pass
tbep-a democrat president will be
elected. The following is Mr. Heath's
letter:
Republican National Committee,
Western Headquarters, 223 Michi
can avenue, Chicago, H., Oct. l.
To the Editor-Dear Sir: | hope
YOU will agree with me when | say
that republicans generally through
out the country are rather inclined
to be over confident as to the cleo
ton of Mckinley and Roosevelt. We
have noticed in some OF the republi-
can papers a tendency toward eX-
IRENE positiveness in this direction,
and this has brought from many OF
our friends suggestions that words
Of warming be sent to all friendly
newspapers.
The republican national committee
has never worked harder to elect its
candidates than during this year,
and it solicits the assistance of all
who sympathize with its efforts.
There are many subtle influences at
work against us, and it is hoped that
a few strong appeals by you may
have good effect, il addressed in your
columns to your readers. Please
warn them not to be over confident.
Warn them that there is much work
yet to be done. Warn them that our
trends, the enemy, are active by day
and DO night. Warn them that the
republicans were over confident in
1892, and remind them what was
then the result.
Apologizing for intruding these
suggestions, which it is hoped will be
productive of good results, am,
yours, faithfully,
PERRY :. HEATH, Secretary.
MUST PUSH PROSPERITY CLAIMS.
While Mr.. Heath had his pen in
hand he wrote another appeal to the
republican editors, a Macedonian
cry Tor them To come to the rescue o.
the party and back up its claim that
general prosperity had resulted from
the benignant reign of President
Mckinley. He wants them to begin
right away the publication OF short
interviews with anybody, real or i'm
aginary, the only essential being
that the interviews have the right
klnd OF aprosperity ring about them
The point to be brought out in the
interviews is, according to Mr. Heath
that the republican party should b'
continued in power, - or (as Mr.
Heath omitted to state) as Marl
Hanna said at Ashbury Park at thu
opening OF the campaign, why tn
administration OF William Mckinle,
should be ''perpetuated. :
In this connection Mr., Heath give
The republican editors a nice littl
Jolly He tells them that if the.
VIII print interviews with people thes
same people will look in the pape
ior them, and their friends will b
uckled and look in the paper, too
and consequently the circulation e
the paper will be largely increased
ihls Jolly" is in lieu of the check
winch four years ago, accompanied
requests OF this character emanatin;
irom republican national headquaI
IprS Hon., :. u,.+hf S.aA,,,