The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-09-24

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the play ground where its malice finds
delight In each old wound that it can
make to bleed again. and as It thrusts
its venomed tongue into the faces oil
the brave who lost, its hatred turns
into that kind of Joy which may some
times tickle the hearts of fiendS,
Bear with me while quote:
"Turn the Guerrlllas Out"
"Train robbery in Jackson county
will. never cease until the cause, OF
which masked bandits are the effect
is eradicated, or rendered harmless.
1.-THE cause is the sympathy of the
dyed.in-the-wool butternut Democracy
of Jackson county with train robbery,
This element must be driven from of
flee. 1t must be taught that the days
OF war and rapine are over, and that
Kansas City does not propose to have
the specter of Quantrell preside oven
its department of justice. The rea
son train robbers have not been pun
ished Is simply because the officials
have truckled to the element in Jack
son county which still bears allegi
ance to the late Confederacy.
These persons are still at wal
with the United States and don't com
prehend that robbing trains is not an
act of reprisal and war. To get into
power 1t has been the custom of the
worst men of the city and county DEM
ocracy to fraternize with this Guer
rilla element, and elect to office its
sympathizers and kinsmen."
| Nor are these ancient and dust COW
cred utterances. Nor yet have they
been confined to one paper. They
have been the common stock in trade
of many of the Republican papers, al
though the Star in this, as in most
things infamous, leads on the mob.
| 1t was but on July, 18th, last, that
the Globe-Democrat gave tongue again
to the old villainy. In this insance
however, the assault was not directed
against ex-Confederates alone, but was
general broadside aimed indiscrim
inately at all Democrats who live in
the country districts. A preliminary
word. Edward Hickman was Secre
tary of Chief of Police Hays of Kansas
City; he was transferred to anothef
position by the Police Board, and John
Marens, formerly Democratic editor
of Hamilton, Missouri, was appointed
Secretary. Here now, is the infa
nous article:
Hickman Is distasteful to the rural
Democracy Of Jackson county
and its objection to him Is that he shot
and killed train robber, who refused
to obey his summons to halt.
But the rural Democracy in Jackson
county which idealizes- and idnlizes
fellows who hold up trains. have not
been brought to frame Of mind
where they can be either forgetful Oh
forgiving. The rural ring Of the party
thinks 1t is retribution too long de-
layed, and not sufficiently severe, be
cause he is not removed from the rolls
altogether, and they will go after his
scalp with renewed vigor, regarding
his removal from the Secretaryship
as a waning of the powers behind
him."
April 9th, 1865, the war was ended,
and children then unborn are now the
heads of families and counselors of
State. Another war has come, and
sons Of those who wore the Blue and
those who wore the Gray have died
together upon Santiago hills to give
an added glory to their common flag.
Thirty-eight years have passed, but
the surviving veterans of the Confed.
eracy, who through them all have
been the best of citizens, are still tho
targets for an envenomed press.
Yet, again let us consider. These
are the same papers that. having for
years cast the foulest Of ISLANDERS upon
the reputation Of the State, suddenly
raised the cry, stand up for Mis-
souri," but, even here, the force Of
long continued habit got the mastery,
and SO they mingled such utterances
as Poor old Missouri" and Moss
Back Missouri" with STAND up fol
Missouri" 1t was a delightfully."-
ludicrous though insulting paradox.
But the people Of Missouri re-
membered the day when the Re.
publican party had not STOOD I'm
for Missouri" but had stood Missouri
up" and robbed her of more than
twenty millions of dollars, and they
respectfully declined to repeat the ex-
perience.
Once more let us reflect. These are
the same papers that only last CAM
paign asserted that the public moneys
had been pilfered. and the school
fund looted, and that In the face Of
the indubitable facts continue to this
very day to insult the intelligence Of