The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-04-13
CALL A HALT. '

Ahoi0 oio oouhy hi1 ohus icI uiie
the most heroic treatment and the
surgeons knife, while severe and pain.
full, 10 the only remedy and a great
blessing to the sufferer. The same
can be said Of party organization.
A long line Of successes tends to lull
the party leaders to rest In iancied
security, or the control gets into the
hands of those who through incom-
potency or neglect let the party inter-
est drift, while the enemy Is alert and
active with a complete and compact
organization. There we're never
truer words uttered than: eternal
vigilance is the price Of liberty" An
organized and well trained regiment
can whip a disorganized mob OF many
times It's numerical strength.
There are no sore spots on us and
what We say Is in all kindness, but
loving the old Democratic party as
we do, In which We have spent our
whole life. Of which We have given the
best part to It's welfare, we feel that
duty compels us to Issue q warning
and call halt when we see it drift
ing upon the rock Of defeat. Our
party organization in Bates county
is not what 1t ought to be. We call
ed attention in a mild way to the
dangers OF letting matters drift be.
fore the November election, but our
warning was spurned and disregard.
ed and the result was what we
thought we could foresee.
When the party nominated a can.
didatet Tor county school superintend.
ent, he was as much entitled to the
support OF the party organization az
II he had been the nominee for presi-
dent OF the United States. The CEN
trail committee, we are reliably in
formed, told him he could manage
his own campaign and the committee
was not called together from that
date, nor did they furnish a dollar or
give Mr.. Ives support as a commit.
tee. On the other hand the Republi.
can campaign committee had active
charge OF Miss Cassity's campaign
and raised a substantial fund for
thatpurpose. They had an accurate
poll of the county and kept in touch
with the voters and on the eve OF
election letter from headquarters
was mailed to each individual voter
in the county appealing to him to go
to the polls and vote the ticket which
was enclosed therein, that for Miss
Emma Classify for superintendent Of
schools. Is there any wonder that
Miss Cassity's majority was 800?
Tho wonder ID that it was not
greater.
Weintend to talk plainly, believing
that the surgeons knife Is necessary.
The Democratic committee has no
accurate poll Of Bates county, giving
the voters names and cost Office ad-
dress. The only poll they had was
last fall, which showed the Demo-
Gratis had q majority Of over 500,
which proved to be wholly worthless
and almost ridiculous.
Isthis condition to be permitted to
remain until the opening Of the cam
paign pext year, whom II will DO too
late TO organize in oil the details and
ramiHcations 20 essential In q biz
county like Bates? The party man.
agement must be in touch with the
voters and the individual voter must
be taken into confidence and made to
feel that he IL part Of the whole and
his vote 10 needed and appreciated.
The Democratic party has . clear
majority Of between four and Ave
hundredin Bates county, butitnesds
organization and effort 70 gst out
the vote and Insure success. The