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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
4
Osage Township figures include C Williamson and Joseph B March with Mound Township reference and date line. Details imply local notice style listing names and jurisdictions.
A historic appeal to Progressives who split from the GOP in 1912 to vindicate their ideals by backing Woodrow Wilson. It argues the remaining reformists face a choice between surrender to party bosses or supporting a Democratic platform that embodies their once cherished political principles.
The Republican national platform is described as a bewildering mass of self contradiction yet mainly endorses Wilson era reforms. It asserts authorship of key reforms and pledges measures already enacted or under consideration by a Democratic Congress and President, signaling policy overlap and political strategy.
The National Democratic Convention opened in the St Louis auditorium with the national anthem as Rev James W Lee led the opening prayer. Martin H Glynn of New York was named temporary chairman and William Jennings Bryan voiced support for President Wilson's reelection in a post event interview.
Local items report Alvie Smith joining the army and Mrs. Grant Oldham and her mother visiting near Passaic amid her illness. Updates include Leona Hedger in a new buggy, W B Welch's Bates County treasurer bid, Frank Oldham ditching and tile work, rheumatism afflictions, Hazel Groutsch vacation from Columbus High School, and a Virginia band gathering Saturdays. Community health notes, farm sales, new telephone on Amsterdam line, sweet potato plants, church meetings with basket dinners, and weather-related delays. A youth named Smith, 16 but looking older, confessed to robberies involving $175 worth of goods from Rockville, and was bound over to circuit court after pleading guilty.
Miss Louise Meade and Arthur Waddell were united in marriage Wednesday evening of last week at the home of the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs Lee Meade on North Main Street by the Rev.
The convention erupted with enthusiasm as Theodore Roosevelt won the nomination amid a clash over Justice Hughes and party discontent. Supporters shouted and debated while critics from Victor Murdock Allen White and Raymond Robins simmered with anger at the proceedings.
Elmer Simpson faced charged egging and was released on a 500 bond. He was not in court when his case was called, prompting concerns over his bond status and potential consequences.
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