The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-07-16
NOTES FROM Butler.


The county court has appointed a
good river commission, md some.
thing WIN be doing ny and by to
conquer the mad waters which
sometimes como rolling down The
Marias des CyRucs. II may be how.
ever that nothing more than prclim
mary work can be accomplished
this year. Indeed &c looks as n no
money eau be raised before next tain
a year unless the board could borrow
It until the levy can bo made aud the
tax collected. hut some way should
be devised 60 make the survey and
estimates this season.
There Is some talk OF selling tho
poor farm out In Summit township
aud building n suitable inhrmniy
near this city, We second the mo-
tlon. The old farm Is a humbug
viewed from any standpoint
IL may be only a curious conceit,
but It seems that n close observer
can tell a Republican from a Demo-
crat by the way he walks through our
new court house. Take the average
Republican from the country and he
steps about as il he were moment
arily expecting some Democratic
official TO yell at him to get of the
thing. Some times they act as n
they were approaching some sacred
door in the Vatican, or the audience
room Of some powerful potentate.
But a Democrat from way up the
"crick" clangs his way up the stair
ways and bangs the doors In and
out OF the offices Just as II he owned
the whole dadgastcd house. and he
does this just the same whether he
voted for OF against theproposltlon.
We Ike to see Il. don't your It II
American.
W. J. Bryan, late candidate Of tie
unconquored Democracy, made his
maiden bow TO our people last Sat
urday at the opera house under the
auspices OF the Christian congrega-
tion Of this city. on the plan OF dlyi-
ding the gate receipts with said con-
gregation. He had a good audience
at % cents per, and we are told his
share amounted TO 5000 after all
expenses were paid. 1t was curious
to contemplate the politicians who
came In from all over the county To
hear the hoy orator from the
Platte" who has now so maturcd
under Democratic adversities that
he Is bald-headed. l do not speak Of
this In levity. for Il s. remarkable
that he has kept any hair on his
head at all when we consider the
hair-pulllug that has beer going on
In his party ever since he has been
trying TO lead Il into r.spcctability
and usefulness. When Col. Bryan
was a Populist and his proplc sent
him 90 Congress ho was a bright
ruby-facrd boy, fun OF life. energy
and zeal, But the pillows uf discord
have roarcd al his iect aud the White
caps have oyerw hclmed him aud his
Joyous heart 50 often since he be.
came a Democrat that he h u b.
pltied rather than blamed. lie IL a
nice man. We Ike TO hear him talk
He Is So UNNECESSARILY better than
the ramshacklcd party he Is trying
To get TO stand for something
that Is not discredltable. that one
feels Ike shaking hands with him
out 90 respect for his persistent
nerve, even II It l. all useless. AZ
night he talked az the court house
and as there was no % cents per nt
the door everybody In town-uearly
was there. He talked politics at
night, and on the money question
would have satisfied the old line
Populists. He even went iarcnough
to wink at the Socialists. ON the
tariff proposition be lined M with
Cleveland and a long llne ot hncicnt
Democratic statesmen; but on the
money aud trust problems he pour
led broadsidcs into Cleveland and his
Democracy. aud the Republican par.
~. When he came by easy stages
90 imperialism be was prepared Go
explode a bomb at the feet 81 plu.
tncracyi md 90 characterize the
polley 81 the government at wash.
ington as the same Mud aud brand
as that operated by George the
Third Ia that other colonial period
Of our country. But what amuscd
~ most ut all was his Rlorihratlun
of Missouri Democracy and lie bril-.
liant congressional delegation. OF
course We werc glad Go hear him
speak pleasantly 81 a congross
man. whose guest he WAS, and hen
he referred 90 the fact that Missouri
dld not have To Invite outside speak
ers 60 declare the uuscnrchable riches
oi Democracy, but had "a surplus 20
send abroad into the bcnightcd Re-
publican states Ne could not help
feeling Ia sympathy with the scutl-
meut. We admit n irankly-ther
are "a good many Democratic orators
"a this state that wc could spare. IL
would really De- good for us all To-
spare them indefinitely. Think 1T.
Lee. Faris. Cook-the whole gang at
Jefferson city. There are some even