The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-11-03
CLAIMS And CLAIMS.
ADSIRDIGl OF REPUBLICAN B0ASISlN
FACE OF UNITED DEMOCRACY.
Al the Oil Game OF Trying II lr.,h'el
IND Corrupt III! p!ep,c by
Flashing Money.

II seems Impossible tllat any In
tclligrnt person should Lee drt%i'rd
Ivy the statement ISSUED by Senator
Scott. ur the Republican National
COMMITTEES, puraorting 10 hc "rnh,
sentative" cSliuilt" 1T the "lanrtN al
EnoSrVclt AMI PARKER, respectively.
There are manT persons. hrW"Nrr
who are not familiar with political
conditions ar ,lurai@n M"iho'S, WI"
may ~ mis.pI tty inr see lE,"@iN silt
core AMI honest Sl"teAynt r"t" ~
Senator Scutt, WHO is Il very ~ ''ih
politician ana II past master IN tho ar
Of pcl'ljcal hlriii'@.
There are 10; electoral vote. 10 a.
divided between ia" raHdda's>. AMI 81
these Scott noicStly claims 30 lie -!
Lows Parker only Ito, vhirn rri'i S"nt
tie "Solid S"ulh." not incindll@ West
Virginia or Maryland. ll". with equal
'muI1Siy. appr"pria;tS every - called
,nnhtfrl State Of ihc f.a~; anI West
badge Parker ii" says, with t'Hi a. e.
/ FIJI conservatism which always char
! actw.z"S his political utlaran"c.. VIII
. ,r hratrn rs badly ~ Greeley WAS in
/ ISL" New Work hp puts down i"i
! FROM lu.nuw 10 1000 plurality Tor
/ Roosevelt.
~ an ,li>ct to This ridiculous state
! mrnt. there is the latest estimate of
! the Democratic managers. which
! claims 2.,i electoral votes Tor Parker.
/ o. seventeen more Than Su!'iritHi ia
EJECT him. Now York is cia.gHd for
. Ia .1'... al
uoii, Ia plurality for hila 81 from
3".Gnp 10 4Hm1. ard . lead cr ~ least
NitHRi tor Iicr.'ick over Higgins. New
Iorh has rcvrr given 4 Republican
-iI- I,laA.Lnillial election Il
+ ;hr Democracy was united. 1t will
lll belle its record This year II Is
py",p,ratir to-day. andii Will he Demo
cratic. ul the Eurn,n. a;icT election
New Jersey. connecticut. Dr.n"aic
Maryland. West virginia, Indiana
Montana. Colorado. Idaho ana N"vA
IA az, all cialm"d iy the Democrats
and in most cases with much hriirl
r..asnn than The Republicans can All
vrnrr. There is ground for hop" iha
Wisconsin and Idaho will give thri
electoral votes 10 PARKER. hut thrS'
two States arc not counted on Tor him
The Republican Committees claim
is no mora pXtrayagant nor worthless
than the claim it put forth few day
urior to the election in 1SIo, the mos
recent election with which it is rea
snnahle 20 make Il comparison now
That committee was. ar pretended Il
he, just as certain Of walkovrr 70
Harrison as it row prctents To he o
n walkover for Roosevelt. Ii claimed
everything, specifically including New
York, New Jersey. Indiana and Con
rpcticut. and on the night before III
election it sent David Marin to III
Hoffman Hous" with S1GH.;Mn 10 he
on Harrison. Tire Republican, EaiIag
crS always claim cyeryillin" in sight
. 1t las never heSitated to deceive pee
PIE even 10 the extent of inducing
them to bet on Republican candidates
when 1t knew that the Democra;
: would win. 1t has done this in Tn
past. hoping TO create n general fee
ing that It's own candidates would h
: elected. This year 1t has wruE. sue
enormous SUMS of money from iii
trusts and railroad systems that it
evidently setting aside a much large
: amount than usual TO Influence be
ting.
> Against this sort of chlcancry le
Democrats AMI independents be o
: their guard. Let all such stand b
= their guns aud continue TO work 70
4 Parker and Davis. II this Is done,
| will I've very plain OH The morning a
| Ter election that not the Democratic
= hut the Republican campaign. wa
what Senator Scott calls 9 Joke"