The Butler weekly times., 1905-04-27
WILL RECORD OUR PROTEST.

duty to the party and clearly within
Its rights, pointed out defects In th,
Democratic committee organization
and urged that they be remedied al
an early date by a thorough and
compact organization that would
bring the party into closer touch
with the individual voter.
The editor OF the Democrat, who ID
chairman OF both the county central
committee and the campaign com.
mittee, takes exceptions to our com.
nents, and publishes a long diatribe
oiinnuendoes and reflections Of a per.
sonal nature upon the editor OF TIE
TINES. The article does not attempt
to show wherein we had falsiiied or
misstate or even overdrawn the
facts, and Is valuable to the public
only in confirming our position.
In the artiul attempt to make IL
appear that THE TINES was r, feet.
ing upon the individual members OF
the committee, the writer In the Dem
ocrat dodges the responsibilities and
shields behind worthy members, while
he never fails to be In the lead when
the loaves and fishes are distributed
to the elect few, thereby displaying Q
characteristic that has become ap
parent to all who have watched the
trend of affairs in this county OF re.
cent years
The conduct and management OF q
campaign Is always intrusted to an
executive or campaign committee,
and the chairman thereof is always
ooked to as the one In authority on
party questions and policies during
a campaign. The individual men,
bsrs of the central committee have
no more voice In the matters OF de-
tall as they come up for adjustment,
and are no more responsible for the
decisions ofthe chairman, than the In.
dividual stockholders OF the Equita.
BILE Assurance company are RESPONSE
BILE for the mismansgemsnt Of that
CO mpany's vast assets by the Presi-
dent and Vice. President, now being
brought to an accounting.
The intimation that the principal
OF The TINES was q desire to
control the committee, comes with
poor grace from one who sought,
and, through influential connections,
obtained control OF the committee
before dropping his
political swaddling clothes, when II In
the election one half the same energy
and scheming had been displayed, the
present political history would not
be making. He was placed In com.
ma nd OF the party forces whom he
had never fought a battle and had
not the experience to entitle him to
the position over old, tried and true
men, who had devoted their lives to
the Democratic cause and carried
honorable scars that spoke eloquent
y OF many conflicts, who had grown
ripe In party wisdom and experience.
Such men could have been found In
every township in the county, yet
this great power was put into the
hands of q stripping that the party
mac hinery could be used to the ad-
OF few. Is there any
wonder that we lost q part OF the
ticket last fall and the nominee
'or superintendent OF schools was de-
'eated this spring? Isn't it fair to
assume that the desire for a continu-
ance Of this control prompts him
TO retain the chairmanships Of both
20 mmittees, although he has moved
With his family to Jefferson City2
We charge that the chairman Of
the Democratic campaign commit
Tee failed and refused to call that
committee together to open the cam
p aign for the election in the fall OF
904, although repeatedly requested
and urged so to do, and when the
campaign was finally opened, only a
short time before the election, It
was too late to counteract the poison
which had been scattered to the indi.
vidual voters over the county by q
well organized opposition party.
We charge that the chairman Ut
terly failed and neglected to organize
the party by obtaining q thorough
and systematic poll Of the county by
townships and school districts, al.
though the power Of ths party ma
chinerv Was placed In his hands for