Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-01-31
MASS MEETING AT wAvERLY

ihe people Of Middleton township, fully
aroused a. &c the corrupt practices OF The
present county court, and determined to use
all awful means to get rid of u body unwor-
thy of public trust and confidence, met in
mass atWavcrly on thea9th inst. Although the
notice given was short, yet a large number
Of the most worthy and influential citizens
Of the township were in attendance. The
call OF the meeting, and the action taken.
were the work of Old gray-haired and MID
hie-aged men-mcn OF arm princip!cs-who>e
answering honesty in all matters. public
and private. has not, and cannot be question
ell. The resolutions passed express the sem
unients of the people of this township.
almost as 4 unit. scarcely Il voice being heard
herein favor of retaining the present court.
The meeting was called to order by Nv.
;. Beck. and on motion of Wm. Saunders,
w. Boyd was called to the chair, and y. F.
Groves appointed secretary. The chair
man in a forciblc and pointed speech en-
piaincd the object OF the meeting. After
4 concise speech from William T..
Doyle. setting forth the grievances under
which the people llIDred. and urging the
necessity Of prompt action on their part, it
was moved by Mr.. Buck that i committee
of four be appointed to draft a series of reso-
buttons. W%hcreupom the chair appointed U.
r. Thomas, ". T. Doyle, W. ;. Beck and
VIM. Saunders said committe.
In the absence of the committee, ut the cali
Of the house. y. w. Crecl. Esq, an intelli-
gent and influential farmer. made 4 speech.
in which he lucidiy and graphically portray
ed the base and treachcrous conduct of the
county court clique. He concluded his speech
by saying that of all the rings of which he
had an! personal knowledge. the county
cn:irt ring OF l. lexington was the most cor
rupt. and that Dustin" was too mild 4 rene
dy. GrorgeC. Fletcher and Chris. Catrou
were then called upon to give an account oil
their mission to Jefferson City. &Ir. Fletcher
IN rc-rol>c. gave Il >uccinrt report of their
action III the Capitol.and Irprr>rnirdShewai-
ter ~ Il irctcii, r"u-. ,loIaJlc-'lral:n- missile p
rv>cntativc u!thc interests ofni> constituents.
Munviilc Hulord was then called. Wlo. il he
dbl not understand the cnn>tituiio;iiiity OF
the "o">tins bill" felt assured that the corri
mcril"d the coudrmna;i n of aIl honest citi-
Zcn>. Mr.. boLlemadc the concluding speech.
in which he reviewed i'll = clIi>i.c Iuan-
ner. an article which appear ID in the Lex
in"tOn Register. crn>urin~ two of the mos!
worry citizens of Middleton township, y,
the close of his speech. the committee entered
ana introduced the following resolution,
which were unanimously adopted:
H.s"'r.|. That We. the citizens. taxpayer.
and voters of the Eastern District OF Lafay
cite couity cordially endorse tho cGurs,
pursued by the Hon. Il. j. Mitchell. bclor.
't,n l"-i>llt""' "r our State. in introiuciu.
aud advocating The bill, ~ Dust the prcscn
. county court of oar county.
E,."is.i, That We do most cordially en-
ior-c Mr>srS. {. Cairon and G.. G. Fletcher
delegates appointed by lis to represent on
wishes at Jefferson city. as oil. tried an,
Faithful citizens at orr district. ami especial
'y their c"ur>c in respect To said bill. .An'
Furthermore. that, wlilc we woElI di>cInin
. to stab any man in the dark. we claim it III
, duty of every representative to consult tn
wishes and best Interests Of hi, constituency
!. or resign his trust.
=, E'so}c.d. That we cordially endorse III
;. recent course of the Lexington INTEI.Ll
GENCEi and WavrrIy Express. newspaper
published i'll our county. a> faithful expo
I neni- of The sentiments of The people Of IL
r iayciic. thy being IN our opinion. the OnI
I papers i'll the county correctly rrprc>cn,in
, their Interests.
On motion Of W. L. Catron. the LeXingto
lNrELLiGENCER and Waverlv Express ar
r Requested to publish the proceedings of thi
meeting,