The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-16


as we'll as in Nebraska, have been
taking advantage of the fact that large
of fish have come up into
the drainage bitches and are easily
caught.
am friend of the birds, but if
hawk or crow gets too friendly and
tries to impose on my weakness by
getting his living out of the hen yard
he must be on his guard. There is
limit to all things.
The Calamity Game Has Been
Overplayed.
The people understand. Penrose
worked the scheme in Pennsylvania,
Foraker is working it in Ohio and
Cannon in Illinois. All the old stand
pat exiles are bowling calamity as
means of coming back.
The howl against Woodrow wilson
in Missouri is part of the great
game. He has done the exact thing
for which the insurgent Republicans
appealed. In the tariff, he did the
things the Republican national plat
form of 1908 promised. In the cur
rency law, he took the control Of
money and credit out of Wall street
and placed it under the control of the
government.
The American people have waited
long and clamored long for such
legislation. The insurgent Republi-
cans appealed for it throughout a de-
cade or more. The Democratic DEM
ocrats urged it similar period. The
masses of the American people have
petitioned and appealed for it.
Never before did the people of
America get SO much that they voted
for. Never before have the promises
made before election been so faith
fully kept after election.
It is because an American president
has at last secured, or nearly secured,
for the people the things for which
they have long fought, that the calam-
ity game has lost its effect. 1t is be-
cause an American presidents plans
at last are the peoples plans, that the
hard times yell is perfectly compre-
hended by the people to be the ruse
of Penrose, the artifice of Foraker,
the strategem Of reaction, the plan of
the cunning to lead progressive mas
ses into the camp Of standpatism.
The game has been overplayed. 1t
was overplayed by the Oregon bank
ers in their demand for President
Wilson to drop his antitrust legisla-
ton. 1t was overpowered by the De-
troit automobile manufacturer, who
advised boycott of newspapers sup
porting Wilson. 1t was overplayed
by trust brigadiers, who sent out cir
cular letters requesting their cores
pondents to telegraph the president
to back down with his trust bills. It
was overplayed by the railroads,
which flooded the White House with
threats, petitions and miscellaneous
attacks.
Instead of hating antitrust legisla-
ton, the campaign of calamity has
made it certain that congress will pass
all the presidents measure before it
adjourns.: The calamity game has
failed to deter the president and failed
to fool the people.
President Wilson, as well as the
people of the whole country, appre-
ciate the work of those splendid rep
resentatives in Congress who are so
patiently and conscientiously remain
ing at their duties in Washington in
stead of Sinking their duty and ad-
iourning for the heated term. Many
of the senators and congressman have
contests on their hands at home, but
they are showing their patriotism and
love of country and their duty by re-
naming steadfastly at their posts and
the matter of their campaign
to their constituents. st. Joseph OBJ
server.
Sale Dates
John Speer and j. r. Baum, Jersey