Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-27
Our Next Legislature.

Our Next Legislature.
A grcat'deal has been written since
the election on the topic we nv.
,hout to discuss, and were onc-LaII
the Suggestions which have been
made carried out, the session would
last MITCH longer than VIC desire i.
10 do. But rs lin the multiplicity of
counsel there is wisdom."we will add
omr.mite. We have no douhtfhat M the
organization of the house, the rings.
"'ilues and jOhbcrs, will have q can
d','ato for speaker upon nho,n they
will have pretty well agreed, with
WHICHEVER easy-goimg members they
may find. and it may be more diff
cult to defeat this organized effort
than would appear at first blush.
We say to thc country members, 60
there determined to break down any
such attempt. This is a Democratic
Legislature, the first for lively.
wears, and IT must not be di.gracci
by having As prc,iding' officer Of the
house other tlan Il i.nn of ability .
ana OF unb!emishei character; n nian
above suspicion in every regard. who
VIII command the respect of all par
fics. Then. in the employment Of
clerks, pages aud other attendants.
" warn our legislators that the ucu.
pie are looking for ii There
As no reason why boys who could
lot earn IL dollar anywhere else.
should DC paid three dollars a day for
i"nngiing around our SoIon.' chairs.
TO run tAelr crrands. And there i, no
cause Tor having twice ~ uianv of
THESE servants Of tic servants o! tn"
people rs there isany Use for. Iftl.crc
Is 20 be economy let it be inauuur-
at"d III little thiuy=. aud it Will come
OF Itself IN greater. Thcagci is given TO
extravaganza. and it has run so fast
since the war. that it ha, made many
committees bankrupt, and many more ;
hard up. We want good. ola-fash- ,
I"n";l horse sense, and economy. TO
bring prosperity TO uurSi4tc. There
Is II pernicious practice which we
hope to see frowncd down. and that /
Is the e~tefnnlly Ion" speech whivl, )
every yolin@ legislator thinks lie .
must make. to snow that g - .ncrc, i
and to prove that lie il somebody.
The people do not care 4 farthiry for e"
e~ioquencc; some of our very best a
spSute:s lave come TO grief in this t
canvass. and We hope ii Will be =
lint that work is wanted and not /
iaik. There will necessarily be some z
Legislation 10 be dong. in regard TO :
indispensable appropriations. and /
some little Strengthening up of affairs /
already under way. For this. good I
committees should he selected. nm, Il
they should work and bring matters h
before the house in such shape i,
That they will require very II
little elocutioniziyg. Tie frs, "
will of course be the cleo Ii
lion ola United States Senator, Gen. I
term having expired. In this b'
most serious matter, we hope to see W
I'll the wisdom of the assembly 81
to bear. That it is over &C
"helminsly Democratic give. us the ri
anxiety, as VIZ desire TO see Ia
his assembly gain 4 name for patr;- to
'!is!n and observation-disclosures. We I"
that they will act with judy til
nc'I!, and without passion or prcju- "
lice, aud give us the very bcs; man &C
hey can select for the place. When IL
is done, aud the business 10 M
which We have aliuded'is dispatched, OF
ought all TO be accomplished 1!
inside OF two weeks. we hope to u
&c the legislature call Il constitu- OF
ioEal convention. 10 he held at the OF
convenient and practicable &C
line, and then adjourn sine die. IN
Our present constitution WAS cor- III
i'll hate, during TIE distracted W
tate os affairs in which the war left I'll
's. AVID contains provisions obnox- ic'
""s I" many if moi a majority Of our re
'cor'e. The purposes for which il al
as created have been accomplished III
a "a great &. measure as its most az "i
lent friends could have hoped. and M
that We are once more a united pc
all working for the COM al
.ion good of Il state, its liberty, IA
- Intelligence, and its national u
let us lave a constitr:- th
made in peace by the whole uco- da
Nc; a piaiE, simple Fundamental a
.w, ziist all can understand one II
hat will project tho iowost as wei! a
> the highest; n thai will recog- ne
rights OF n,hlor;4:es as well as is
n that will guard our th
against the entertainments an
f corporations, and, in fine, one that M
'ill breathe. so different a spirit from pc
be brakeman code. tbatit NAV here. pc
ifer be said in Missouri, next TO Va
eng a good christian. is being ia
God Democrat. grr
tht
The Democratic Party. DC