BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES
J. D. ALLEN Editor.
J. D. Allev & Co., Ptoprietors.
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The only paper of standing in the
country to criticise the president's
raeasage on the Venezuela question
was the New York World. ;
Speaker Keeu announced his com
mittees Saturday and we see that
Judge DeArmond has been given
three good places, being placed on
education, election and judiciary.
There is one good result of the
war scare with England. It is
bringing around a closer union of
the north and south and fully dem
onstrates that we are one union, one
flag, one country and one pleople.
The biggest sensation this coun
try has had since 1801 w as the spec
ial message on the Venezulan con
troversy sent to congress by presi
dent Cleveland last week. An earth
quake could not have caused a great
er consternation among the people.
President Cleveland found time to
take a duck hunt of a week in North
Carolina, return to Washington and
send two messages to congress be
f oro the organization of congress by
Czar Reed. Yet the republicans say
put us in power and we will show
you how to run the government.
The populist party has gone out
of business in New York state. The
official figures of the last election
only gives the party a little over
9,000 votes in the states which
being less than one per cent of the
vote candidates could not get their
names on the official ballot except by
petition.
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In the organization of the house
Judge DeArmond is plaeed upon
three important committees, judici
ary, education and election. No
state or district in the union has a
more faithful or conscientious repre
sentative than Judge DeArmond and
the trust imposed by placing him on
these committees will be jealously
guarded.
Columbia, Mo , Dec. 21. The
senior law class of the State univer
sity has decided that it does not
want an address by Colonel Robert
G. Ingersoll at its next commence
ment. It was a general surprise, as
it had been announced a few days
ago that the clasB was confident of
securing from the faculty an invita
tion for him to address the students.
President Jesse said to day that
under no circumstances would Col
onel Ingersoll have been invited.
Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 20.
State treasurer Stephens will to
morrow send to the American na
tional exchange bank at New York
the state's fiscal agent, draft for
$55,000 to pay the state G per cent
bonds maturing on Jan. 1, 1896. He
will also send to the fiscal agent a
draft $101,095 to pay semi-annual
interest due January 1, on the bond
ed debt of the state. The redemp
tion of bonds to be made on Jan. 1,
1S96, will reduce the state debt to
$5,434,000, only $348,000 of which
bear 6 per cent interest, the remain
der the low rate of 3 per cent. This
is a splendid showing for the state
finances.
Senator Hill, of New York intro
duced a bill in the senate the other
day for the repeal of the law impos
ing disabilities on those who served
on the side of the south in the late
war, and asked its immediate pas
sage. This afforded the republicans
a splendid opportunity to display
their magnanimity toward the south
ern soldiery, and drive out sectiona
annimoeitie?. The bill would prob
ably have passed but for the inter
ference of the wooden nut meg ped
dler senator Piatt, of Conneticut,
who objected, by saying there was
no immediate haste,and there niijht
be no objection to it, upon examina
tion after the holidays, and as unan
imous consent was neccessary for
the passage of the bill, the matter
was deferred. The intent of Sena
tor Hill's bill was to remove the dis-
ablities prohibiting officers of the
southern army from enlisting in the
army of the United States.
SENATORS P1SCUSS FINANCE.
Silver Men Will Oppose Legislation
Recommended by Mr. Cleveland.
Washington, D. C, Dee. 21. The
session of the Senate to-day was
notable in bringing out a very point
ed statement from Mr. Dubois of
Idaho, who was understood to voice
the views of the silver element in
the Senate, that no financial legista
tion was possible along the lines
desired by President Cleveland, and
strenuously urged in the message f
la9t evening. It was patent to every
Senator, Mr. Dubois said, and should
be understood by the country, that
the President's desire for the retire
ment of the greenbacks, or the au
thorization of a bond issue, were
utterly impossible of accomplish
ment. The only action the Senate
would take, if it was given the op
portunity to vote, he said, would be
to adopt the resolution of Mr. Vest
of Missouri, offered earlier in the
day, directing the coinage of silver
bullion in the Treasury and the pay
ment of government obligations in
silver. The only immediate response
to the President's message was in
the presentation of the two resolu
tions favorable to silver, one by Mr.
Vest and another by Mr. Butler, the
new Populist member from North
Carolina, proposing gold payments
while the metals were at a parity
and silver payments when gold went
to a premium.
The first response came in the
form of a resolution offered by Mr.
Vest of Missouri, as follows:
Resolved, That the Secretary of
the Treasury is hereby directed, in
pursuance of the existing law vest
ing in him full power to do so, to
coin as rapidly as possible the silver
bullion in the Treasury purchased
under the act of July 4, 1890 into
standard silver dollars, and with
such dollars to redeem, cancel and
retire the treasury notes of the
United States of July 14, 1890, issu
ed in the purchase of such bullion,
and also to redeem the United States
notes commonly called greenbacks
in standard silver dollars, as well as
in gold, using whichever may be
most abundant and convenient.
Mr. Vest asked immediate consid
eration of the resolution, but Mr
Piatt of Conneticut objected and
the subject went over.
"I am greatly surprised,"' said Mr.
Cockrell of Missouri, -'that such a
resolution should meet with objec
tion." Mr. Butler soon brought
forward the subject in another form
by asking immediate consideration
for a resolution directing the Secre
tary of the Treasury to pay govern
ment obligations in gold when the
parity of the metals stood at 25 8 10
grains of gold for 412. grains of
si'ver, and to pay in silver when this
parity was disturbed by the advance
in the value of gold.
Mr. Piatt again'objected and, at
1 o'clock, the Senate went into ex
ecutive session.
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BUT ONE OPINION HERE.
Venezuelan Commission Bill
Passed by the Senate.
NOT A VOTE CAST IN DISSENT.
Both Houses of Congress in Accord
With the President. Patriotism
Above Party.
Washington, D. G, Dec. 20 The
United States senate, by unanimous
vote and without the formality of a
roll call, to day passed the bill
already adopted by the House of
Representatives empowering the
President to appoint a commission
to determine the Venezuela-British
Guiana boundary.
This action was the culmination
of a debate adding a memorable
page to congressional history. It
was a day of notable speeches by
notable men. The subject of war
between the United States and Great
Britian was the prevailing theme,
which found expression in lofty
patriotic sentiments, in stirring ap
peals for preparation and defense
in graphic portrayals of the horrors
of war, and at times in defiant warn
ings to the people across the water.
By a singular coincidence, the ses
sion which was to be marked by
such vigorous debate and action
was opened by an invocation of
classic beauty from the blind chap
lain of the senate, breathing the
spirit of good will between the two
prominent English speaking nations.
This wa9 speedily followed by the
adoption of Mr. Allen's somewhat
laconic resolution calling on the
finance committee to investigate the
needs f the unlimited coinage of
silver.
Shoitly before 4 o'clock Mr. Mor
gan unexpectedly withdrew the
amendments to the bill, leaving it in
its original form. There was no de
mand for a roll-call, as the sentiment
of the senate was clearly a unit, and
by a loud viva voce vote the bill was
passed without a dissenting vote.
This completed the legislative enact
ment of the measure, which, with
the signature of the president, has
the full force and effect of a law.
Nothing Small About St. Louis,
Washington, D. C, Dec. 20. St
Louis is early in the fight for the
democratic national convention, as
well as the republican. Represent
ative Cobb left for home to-day to
attend the meeting of the business
men's association of St. Louis Mon
day next, which will appoint a com
mittee to confer with the national
committee Januarv 16 in this city.
Senator Vest has already started
West to be present also at Monday's
meeting. The committee from St,
Louis will open headquarters in this
city January 14. It will be non
partisan politically and will include
a duzen or more of St. Louis' most
prominent business men. The Mis
souri members of congress are con
fident that this committee will be
successful. The same tactics which
were pursued with the republicans
will be again employed with the
democrats.
Cleveland Did It.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 18
Who wrote the president's message
on the Venezuelan matter?"
This question has been asked a
hundred times since the reading
of the war-like document in con
gress. Erroneously, the backbone,
the spirit and general vigor of the
message are credited to secretary of
state Uiney, ana many oi the eastern
papers have inaugurated a presi
dential boom for the Massachusetts
member of the cabinet.
But Olney didn't do it; neither did
Lamont, nor Carlisle. From an
absolutely reliable source the author
of the document is traced direct to
President Cleveland. He wrote it
with a pen on a white house cad of
copy paper between the hours of 9
o'clock Sunday night and 4 o'clock
Monday morning. He spent the
entire night in composing the draft
of the message, and not until 2
o'clock Mondav afternoon did anv
. . .. .
member of the cabinet see it. Ab
the story goes and there can be no
doubt of its reliability the presi
dent upon his return from his duck
ing expedition. Sunday afternoon,
saw Secretary Carlisle for a few min
utes. Later he talked with Lamont
and Olney, and then, excusing him-
seil, retired to his private omce.
Jacob Fetterling, one of the oldest
and best known farmers of Johnson
county living near Warrensburg,
was instantly killed in the Mo. Pa
cific yards at Warrensburg the other
day by an engine. Hi3 head being
severed from hia body.
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authorities could well afford to con
sider with profit to the city. Noth
ing adds so much to the appearance
of a town as good streets and side
walks, and Butler has neither.
a. drowning man would have little
use for a method of rescue which
would require days. A dyspeptic
doesn t want to bother with a rem
edy that is going to take weeks to
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FREE SILVF.lt.
Free Coinage Resolution Adopted bv a
36 to 24 Vote.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 21. The
adoption of Senator Allen's motion
for the free coinage of silver at 16 to
1 in view of the expected war over
Venezuela passed by a vote of 36 to
2-1. Senators Cockrell and Vest
supported the resolution.
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