The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-02-24

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Miss Hazel Ludwick who has
been visiting her brother, Frank
in Kansas City has returned home.
The income tax, the most just
of all taxes, has been upheld in ev-
cry particular by the United
States Supreme Court. This is
another constructive measure of
Democracy.
The only Missouri Congressman
who voted "no" on the national
good roads bill was Meeker, the
Republican member from the
Tenth district. He didn't want
Missouri to get her share of that
$25, 100000.
If the principles of civil liberty
and self-government are worth
fighting for, they are certainly
worth voting for. Along with all
this national preparedness we are
also in favor of a good bit Of Dem
ocratic preparedness.
If the abolition of the prison
contract system has made the pen
itentiary a vast burden to the
State, whose fault is it? Don't
all speak at once. Every Repub-
lican in the Legislature, voted to
abolish convict labor.
A load of fat lambs sold for $11
per cwt. on the market last week
"a new record high price for
mutton. Yes, Bildad, this is the
same sheep the calamity howlers
Of the Republican party said you
couldn't give away if Wilson was
elected President. just how any
standpatter can look a sheep in
the face is too nervy question
for us to answer.
Butler Encampment l. 0. O. f.
had a most enthusiastic meeting
Tuesday evening. Grand Senior
Warden Fischer, of Liberty and
Past Chief Patriarch Collins Of
Lamar, both live wires, were pres
ent and assisted in comforting the
degrees on three candidates. At
the conclusion of the business of
the evening lunch of coffee and
sandwiches was served.
The Young Mems Democratic
Association will hold its next ralt
ly at Mexico, Mo-, March 3. This
organization of fighting young
Democrats is doing much good
work and should be encourag I'd
in every way possible Make up
your mind now to attend this tal-
ly and help swell the Democri Attic
tidal wave that is to engulf the
stand-pat forces of putocracy
this fall. When the young men
go to the front, victory pefches
upon the standards of Demoq racy.
Nobody doubts that given
time enough we can assert any
amount of force necessary. But
when the world is on fire, how
much time do you want to take to
be ready? When you know that
there are combustible mater ials in
the life of the world and in your
own national life, and that the
sky is full Of floating sparks from
a great conflagration are you GO
ing to sit down and say it is time
when the fire begins to do some
thing about it 2" Here is a query
propounded by the President that
the wailing Jeremiahs Of g. 0. p.
might answer.
They who assume to criticise
the Missouri State government
should first learn something
about it. The entire history of
the State, with but few excep-
tions, is an unbroken record of the
achievements of the lDenfOcratic
party in the science Of govern
ment. All our State institutions
as well as our entire educational
system and the great body of our
laws owe their origin absolutely
to the Democratic party. Mis-
souri, has never owed anything to
the Republican party but about
forty million dollars of debts,
which were paid by Democratic
officials while reducing the State !