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The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04

We are a strong admirer of the
Joplin Globe as newspaper but fear
that this most excellent paper is max
ing a serious mistake in the stand
which it has taken upon the question
of Missouri's choice for president.
That is a question which will eventu-
ally be settled either for better or for
worse, and a fight for either candi-
date by a Democratic newspaper will
only serve to make the present mud
die worse, and willunnecessarily inject
bitterness into the campaign, which
all good Democrats hope will be left
out. Discussing possible "splits" in
the party and condemning promi-
nent Democrat and his friends is not
calculated to make for harmony, and
besides it is not within the iurisdic-
ton of a Democratic newspaper, with
the interests of the party at heart,
to make the party's nominations.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04

The Oklahoma Judge and the pros
ecuting attorney who refused to make
an effort to prosecute the members of
the mob which lynched a negro for
attacking white woman, is each in
deed "a Daniel come to judgment. !"
Law and order are indeed precious,
and should be held sacred by those
chosen to safeguard the interests of
justice, but when crime is commit
ted, so appalling that the printable
facts are sickening to read, then the
public spirited citizens who take mat
ters into their own hands and make it
unnecessary to drag out the revolving
details in a court room, ARE to be
praised, rather than prosecuted.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04
''The Clark and Folk Muddle. 81
IT. 4, T:.~oc Dallas NJ

The Times, Butler, Mo.
Permit me the use of your paper to
the extent of noticing the communi-
cation of Mr.. j. L. Bennett under
above heading in a recent issue of the
Kansas City Times, in which he very
pleasantly criticises a letter written
by me to, and published in, the St.
Louis Republic, and which certain
other papers re-published.
In that letter commended an edi-
torial Of the Republic wherein it was
said by that paper that neither Gov.
Folk nor any Of his well informed
friends would claim the declaration
Of the 1910 State Democratic Conven-
ton for Gov. Folk as Missouri's can
didate for the presidency was bind
ing upon the party, and l therein
further stated that the editorial re-
1erred to seemed 10 put Congressman
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Washington Correspond
ent of The Times.


by Clvd II. Tavenner.
Washington, Dec.-"Business men
all over the country are expressing
complete confidence in the Democratic
House. They are not being fooled
by the old bugaboo about Democratic
Success meaning business depression.
l am familiar with how the Democratic
leaders feel about this, and the lead
ers and the majority of the party are
conservative. The tariff will be re.
vised downward, but it will be done
conservatively, and without disturb.
ing business conditions unnecessarily.
Democrats realize that bushes men
have rights which must be protected. "
The statement by Congressman
John H. Rothermel, of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the committee on ex-
penditures in the department of COM
merce and labor, is endorsed by all
the Democrats in Congress. Mr..
Rothermel's home is in Reading,
Pennsylvania, which is in the heart
of the Pennsylvania manufacturing
section.
Evidence is multiplying that busi-
ness men do not fear Democratic sue
cess in 1912, and that, on the contrary,
they will welcome it. This is due al
most wholly, the House leaders say,
to the business like way in which the
Democrats have handled affairs since
they were placed in control of the
lower house of Congress year ago.
The steel trust, which would have
more reason than any other trust to
be suspicious of Democratic success,
is thriving as never before at this sea-
son of the year, and the customary
holidays let up of twelve days was re-
duced to two. Early in January, it is
said, the steel mills all over the coun-
try will be working up to 80 per cent
of capacity. Blast furnaces, long
idle, have resumed operations, and
the steel corporation confidently ex-
poets 1912 to be the banner year of
its history.
The same story of increased activ-
ity is told by the railroads. The New
York, New Haven and Hartford,
which last spring laid off several
thousand men, lately has taken them
all back, and many more besides.
The shops at Hartford, the company
officials say, will be buster during the
coming year than they have been for
four. years back. All the big railroads
have placed large orders for new
equipment a recent order Of the New
York Central alone calling for an ex-
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04
DON'T GIVE UP.
Discouraged Citizens Will Find Comfort
in the Experience of Butler
Man


Experience is the modern in
structor.
Profit by the experience of Others
1t may save your life.
The experience of friends and
neighbors, the testimony of Butler
people will bring renewed encourage
ment.
Here is case in point:
M. S. Clay. 2ll N. High St., Butler,
NO., says: II can nothing to my
former public endorsement of Doan's
Kidney Pills, except to say that l am
in good health, although we'll along
in years. l had lumbago and was also
bothered by'irregular passages of the
kidney secretions. When suffering
intensely, l got box of Doan's Kid
ney Pills at Frank T. Clay's Drug
Store, and their use soon brought me
entire relief. This preparation cam
not be endorsed too highly"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other. 112t
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04

NuChCI Uul VI llllS Cldoo VI "Oii III
formed friends" of Gov. Folk, if he
had been correctly reported in an in
terview referred to therein.
So far as | have seen no other per-
son, save Mr.. Bennett, has since ap-
peared in print to question the cor
rectness Of the Republics editorial,
which commended.
The trouble with Mr.. Bennett is
that he seems not to understand the
meaning of some very simple terms.
He assumes that the 1910 Conven.
ton, which under the law had nc
power except to formulate and pub
lish a platform, had the power to
name candidate, and thereby fore
stall the action of a convention to be
held two years later.
In other words, he seems to be of
the opinion that the naming of can
didate is a part of a platform. Web
ster defines the word platform as
used in this sense as "a declaration
of principles of person, sect or party
upon which it proposes to stand.
Until now it has never been sup
posed that the naming of candidate
was any part of platform.
To further illustrate, suppose my
friend Bennett should go as a delegate
to a county, state or national conven-
ton as the avowed friend of Mr..
Jones for nomination to a given office
and along with him should 60 his
townsmen and friend, DR.. Walls, also
a delegate, and the DR.. should get to
be chairman of the committee on
platform and should report as part of
the platform resolution favoring
Mr.. Folk, his friend, for the office.
Would not Mr.. Bennett at once rise
up and say that the committee on
platform had nothing to do with NAM
ing the candidate. And every "well
informed friend" would say he was
right, because the platform committee
was not appointed for that purpose.
Now, the 1910 convention was,
under the law which authorized its
being held and gave it all the power
it had was simply and only a platform
committee of the Democratic party.
To illustrate further, suppose my
friend, Mr.. Bennett, a stock feeder, l
believe, should send his hired man
"a delegate he would be) out to buy
for him load of crib corn, oats or
rye, and this hired man should 90
over to Adrian and claiming to be his
agent should purchase DR.. Walls
drug store, agreeing that Mr.. Bennett
should pay him 5000 therefor two
years after date.
Imagine what Mr.. Bennett would
say if DR.. Walls should call on him at
the end Of two years demanding the
5000 upon the ground that the hired
man was Mr.. BIS agent or delegate,
words practically synonymous?
In its last analysis the position of
those who claim Missouri in 1912 for
Mr.. Folk upon the ground that he
was endorsed by the convention In
1910 Is that a convention without any
authority must bind one having full
authority.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04
Butler Won q Basket Ball Title.

The basket ball championship
of Bates county was decided
here Friday night when the
Butler Loyal Sons defeated the Rich
Hill High School team in the hottest
contested game of the season, "a to
%. The championship of the county
was played for by six teams and it
took Butler and Rich Hill to decide it.
The Loyal Sons basket ball team is
composed of the following players:
Bruce Black, Manager, Scott New
some, Captain, Fred Hupp, Joe Hupp,
Lon Price, Alfred Ellis and Lloyd
Kinney.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04

pCAOltulO 2 VI YAO)OOO. All VI tlIClu al Q
working their men to capacity.
Republican orators who expect to
fool the voters with the old scare
about Democratic success meaning
business depression are going to have
both hands full from now on.
What Tariff Board Proves.
The Taft tariff board exonerates
woolen manufacturers of anything like
taking advantage of high tariff rates
to advance prices. The boards re-
port would make it appear that the
woolen trust wouldn't do such a
thing.
But the report isn't altogether USE
less, because it proves beyond sue
cessful contradiction:
First-That Schedule TX" is inde-
fensible; it proves this conclusively
and for all time.
Second-1t confirms practically
every charge made against the woolen
schedule by Democrats and Progress
sive Republicans.
Third-lt proves that the American
people are victims of extortion from
wool manufacturers.
Fourth-And that President Taft's
veto of the Underwood-LaFollet bill
was against the interests of go, 600, 600
consumers of woolens; that it was ab-
solutely unjustified; unnecessary, and
therefore unforgivable.
Tariff Protects Trusts Only.
Louis D. Brandeis, the famous
Boston lawyer, who looks, acts
walks and talks like Abraham Lincoln,
while testifying before the Senate
trust investigating committee, showed
how the trusts receiving the greatest
protection have destroyed trades
unionism, reduced wages, increased
working hours and driven Americans
out and brought foreign immigrant
labor into their mills.
He exposed the injustice and futility
of the tobacco trust settlement, effect
ed by the United States Supreme
Court, and said the rule laid down
amounted to this: "What man has
illegally joined together, let no court
put asunder."
In contrast with the record of the
tariff protected trusts, Mr.. Brandeis
presented instances where prices have
been reduced, and wages raised, in
industries operated under free COM
petition. Yet the Standpatters would
have the workingmen believe that the
Payne-Aldrich high protection wall
was put up exclusively for their |
benefit.
Will Gather the Coin.
The Republicans have selected the |
man who is to be. in charge of the
filling of the Republican campaign |
barrel for the 1912 contest. He is
Fred w. Upham, who was assistant |
trust contribution grabber in 1908.
Between presidential elections Mr.. |
Upham trains with the Buss machine
n Chicago, runs a coal monopoly dur.
ing the winter and an ice trust during
the summer, and also has a lumber
company, railroad, and a few banks
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04

referred to as clicque and caucuses
hatched for the purpose OF forestalling
an honest expression of opinion.
If a majority of Democrats in Mis-
souri, in 1918 are in favor of Gov.
Folk as their party candidate he
ought to be, and will receive the en-
dorsement of the convention to be
regularly called and held for that
purpose, and Speaker Clark, as ever,
and his friends will yield him a loyal
support.
If on the other hand a great ma.
jority of the Democrats now believe,
and in 1912 shall believe that Mr..
Clark is the stronger and more avail
able man, ought not their voice to
control?
In other words, shall the majority
rule?
Clark's friends believe he can Sc
cure the nomination with the hearty
support of Missouri and that >he will
have it.
Do the supporters Of Gov. Folks
candidacy so believe in him? ..
Mr.. Bennett himself says:
TT is not so much a question of
the possibility of Mr.. Folk or Mr..
Clark getting the nomination for
President as it is where will Mis-
souri's influence 60 in the conven-
tion.
The charge is thus covertly made
that Mr.. Clark's friends are using
him simply as stalking horse for the
interest of another land this charge
Clark friends Indignantly deny) and
OF the same time it is frankly con-
fessed by Mr.. Bennett that the real
object of Mr.. Folks candidacy as
viewed by him is in the interest of
some other person or object.
Within the last month in an inter-
view with Gov. Folk as published in
the Republic he himself is quoted as
substantially admitting the same
thing.
At this time, judging from press
reports from all parts of the country,
in the eyes of the national democracy
there are only three men who are
a ;credited with having considerable
strength as candidates for the presi-
dency, Clark, Wilson and Harmon,
with Clark rapidly gaining in strength
and the other two apparently losing.
Outside of Missouri and Arizona
Gov. Folk seems not to be considered
in connection with the presidency.
If you support Folk in Missouri,
you support one who is apparently
not factor in the race.
A vote for Clark is a vote for a
fair chance of such success.
The fact that Mr.. Clark was MEM
ber of the 1910 Convention in no way
prevents his friends who were not Of
that convention from pushing him for
the nomination. He himself has said
he has never asked anyone to sup
port him, but that no man ever did
or ever would decline his party's
nomination for the presidency. The
office seeking the man is thought to
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04

be higher ideal in politics than that
of the man seeking the office.
DeArmond was first nominated for
Congress though not an active candi-
date, over field full of those were
active.
Thos. j. Smith.
Dec. 20, 1911.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04
For Sale.

Two 4O-acre farms in Bates county.
Missouri, with good improvements
and good orchards. For prices and
descriptions address J. P. Hart, But
Ter, Mo. eat.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04

An order has been signed by the
president placing the rural route car
riers under the Civil Service rules.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04

and trust concerns. An ideal selec-
ton!
The Laws Rewards.
United States circuit court Judge
Peter S. Grossoup, of Chicago, has
managed to make a millionaire out of
himself while sitting upon the Federal
bench. Besides getting rich himself
he appointed Marshal E. Sampsell, his
court clerk, receiver for traction
company that was in litigation in his
court, at salary of $25, 900 year.
John M. Harlan, one of the really
great jurists in this nations history,
and one Of the best friends the COM
mon people ever had on the Supreme
bench, died a few weeks ago. HIS
daughter recently has accepted a posi-
ton as secretary to earn her living.
The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04

and trust concerns. An ideal selec-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-05
METHODIST PREACHERS.
Bishop Thomas 3. Nicely Arraigns the
Methodist Conference.

New York. June 4.-Bishop Thomas
b. Nicely of the Methodist Episcopal
church, who was retired, recently. on
half pay. addressed the Methodist
preachers, here yesterday. at their
weekly meeting arraigning in seathing
terms the Methodist General Confer
ence at Minneapolis, which took action
against the bishop. There was more
now delegates in the General Confer
ence just closed than in any yet held, $
said the bishop. and there were few
er who knew anything of Methodism,
lis traditions and especially the laws
governing General Conferences. 1t was
an impulsive body; il could hardly be
said to have been a deliberative body
st all.
Some think 1t was governed by pol
itlcs in larger degree than any con-
terence ever held. 1t did not give me
opportunity to defend myself from my
enemies. Some say the proceedings
We're high handed My health is good
| am not an old man. In or out of the
effective list, rightly or wrongly treat
ed, | shall not stop work. am good for
20 years work yet. Maybe l shall ac-
complish more on half pay than ever
| nave done on full pay"
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A cave-in in a cellar excavation
Tuesday, at Clinton. Mass, caused the
death of Martin Joyce. probably ia
tai hurts to Thomas Connolly anf
painful injuries to Steve Sackalx
Joyce's skull was fractured by being
buried under pile of bricks and cut
stone. and Connollys back was brok-
en-.
Massachusetts, Institute of TechnoI.
ogy conferred degrees upon 2SG mem
bers of the graduating class. Tuesday
at the commencement exercises in
Huntington hall, Boston. AT the close
OF the exercises, President Richard C.
MacIaurin held reception in the H.
brary for the graduates and their
friends
Professor Waldemar Lindgren of the
United States Geological Survey
Washington. has heen appointed head
of the Geological department of the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technol.
ogy. The announcement was made
Tuesday by President MacLaurin ia
the students at the Commencement
exercises Prof. Lindgren takes the
place of T. A. Jaeger. Jr.. who is tc
be director of the Hawaiian volcano
observatory fer five years.
The contest between Governor Foss
and the Massachusetts Legislature
over transportation questions, which
showed signs of adjustment, Monday
became acute again, today, when the
committee on railroads refused to re-
port any bill embodyng the sugges.
ton of the Governor. A sub-com.
mittee appointed, Monday. submitted
Tuesday, what was thought to be q
compromise measure, which contain.
ed several of the Governors sugges
lions including a tunnel for railroads
in Boston. and identification in tn,
Metropolitan district The full com
mittee voted against any bill and re
ported to the two branches that n,
legislation was necessary on any O
the Governors plans.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-05
FINE OF $4,000.
Victor We'll, Mine Promoter, Boston
Gets Maximum Penalty.

Boston, June A maximum penal
ty of $4,000 fine was imposed, today,
on Victor NJ. We'll. a mining promoter
of this city, a few minutes after he
had stopped his trial and pleaded
guilty to the charge of using the mails
in fraudulent mining schemes. In i'm
posing sentence Judge Putnam of the
United States district court said:
1T is impossible under the statutes
to punish this defendant for frauds.
All | can do is to impose the maxi
mum penalty for the use of the mails
in connection with the fraud. | am
unable to decide how extensive the
scheme has been but | shall require
the defendant to pay $1,000 fine on
each of the three counts in the in
dctment"
We'll was arrested in Actober 1910.
but was not placed on trial until
February of the present year and in
that instance the jury disagreed. The
governments case in the second trial
was about concluded when We'll en-
tered his plea of guilty
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Shipping News.

Portland, Me-, June ARRIVED:
Schooner Lizzie B. Wiley, Brunswick.
Ga; Henry w. Cramp. Newport
News Nile, Rockport for Boston;
Railroad, Oceanville: Lizzie Lee. Ston-
ington. for New York: Nat Meader.
Bangor for do; Henrietta Simmons.
Gardiner for do: Ella F. Crowell.
Rockland. for do: William J. Jones.
Bangor for do; Mary E. Smith. New
Harbor; wamteak. Stockton
Spring for New York.
Sailed: Schooner Three Marys.
Jacksonville.
New York, June ARRIVED: Steamers
Ancona, Naples: Vaderland, Antwerp.
Boston, June 4.-Arrived: Steamers
Canopic (Br). Mediterranean ports.
schooners Union (Br), Transport, n.
s.: Orosimbo, St John. N. B.; Maud
Palmer, Lambert's Point, Va; VIII
liam Keene. Red Beach.
Sailed; Steamer Arabic. (Br). Liver
pool. Schooners Annie M. Preble. Jones'
port: Moneola, Eastern port; John J..
Perry, Rockland, Me-: Chester X. Law
renee. Rockport. Me-: Atronto. Port
land; Regina. Bangor; Omaha. Dennis
Vile.
Bangor. Me. June ARRIVED
Schooners ]. Frank Seavey, New
York: Northern Light Boston.
Boothbay Harbor, Me, June A.
Sailed Schooner Giyndon (Br). from
New York to ST. John. N. B.
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The Telephone Co.
To Give Pensions,

Boston, June A minimum pen
sion of sos per month and a maximum
of 800 per month are the principal
features of new pension system,
which the New England Telephone <
Telegraph Co. announced, tonight, 1t
would put into effect July l.
After 20 years of service an EN-
ployee of the company may be pen
stoned for disability at 90 and 50. he
may retire upon a pension at his own
violation and at 10 retirement is COM
pulsory unless the board of directors
decides to make an exception. EN-
ployes are not called upon to make
any contribution towards the main
tenance of the pension fund.
The plan provides that employees in
service from 20 to Is years sholl re-
ceive a pension equal to one per cent.
of the average salary for 10 years
preceding retirement multiplied by the
number of years of their service.
Those in the service from % to IS
years will receive | 1-2 per cent. adj
ditionaf over IS while those in the
service from 35 to 40 years will receive
2 per cent additional for each year
above IS. Those retired after 40
years of service are to receive half
pay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-05
CAPITAL JOTTiNGS.

The money trust investigation will
be taken up in New York. Thursday.
The banking and currency committee
of the House. Tuesday. came to that
decision. Preliminary hearings will
be held in the New York clearing
house and the New York Stock En-
change.
The Underwood cotton tariff redue-
ton bill was favorably reported to
the House. Tuesday by the ways and
means committee. The bill is identical
with that passed by both houses and
vetoed by President Taft last August.
The bill is expected to pass the House
quickly but may encounter compIiea-
tions in the Senate.
The department of agriculture in its
first cotton report of the season esti-
mates the condition on May b of the
growing cotton crop to be 7S9 per cent.
of a normal, Conditions by states fol-
low: Virginia SO, North Carolina 81,
South Carolina 49, Georgia "A, Florida IS,
Alabama a. Mississippi Y. Louisiana 60.
Texas Sc, Tennessee "A, Missouri "A, Okla
homa Is, California sc, Arkansas 70.
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WOMEN'S CLUBS.
Massachusetts, Federation Holds goth
Annual Meeting.

Templeton. Mass, June A lengthy
program, including the reports of Of
fieers and committees. held the atten-
ton of the delegates to the goth an
nual meeting of the Massachusetts
Federation of Womens Clubs here. to-
day. The program for the opening ses-
sion contained an address of welcome.
by Mrs. Carrie r. Manning, president
of the Wellington Club of this town
and the response by Mrs. Henry Cool
idge Mulligan. president of the State
Federation.
Work accomplished during the year
wa sreported upon by officers and
chairmen of special committees. The
report of Miss Grace Vose Hubbard
corresponding secretary. showed that
the Federation has increased it's mem-
bership. during the year, by the adj
dltion of eight new clubs and that one
club disbanded. The federation now
has an enrolment of 249 clubs. with a
total membership of 94046.