Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-14
state Senator.

The contest for the position Of State
Senator promises to be rather . warm
oue.. The competitors for the honor
of . nomination by the Senatorial
Convention will be more numerous
than we had expected. Three in our
county, two in Pcttis and two In Sa-
line, all very clever gentlemen, will
furnish abundant material from
which to select a representative in
every way worthy of the district.
While it is not All agreeable task to
discriminate between candidates, all
of whom merit and possess our es-
teen, and any one Of whom would
fill the Office with credit, we yet feel
no hesitation in saying that, in our
Judgment, Lafayette county should
90 to the Convention a unit for the
Hon. Il. j. Mitchell. We took &C.
casiOm in u recent issue to express Our
preference for this gentleman for tile
position of State Senator, and have
since seen no reason for altering this
opinion. This county sent MI.
Mitchell to the Legislature in 1870,
and gave him duties ut once oncrous
and unpleasant to perform. The
manner in which lie ACQUITTED him
self must command the applause of
every III i'll sympathy with the OBJ
jcct he sought to accomplish. But
apart from the special duties imposed
upon him by his constituency, Mr..
Mitchell took IN active and prOmi-
mcnt part in all the business both of
the regular and of the adjourned ses-
sions of the Legislature. He held po-
%sitioEs on several prominent rommit
tees, and thus enjoyed the fullest OPP
portunlty of becoming familiar with
all the details of legislation. Young,
vigorous, industrious and indcfatiga-
BILE IN labor, there is not the least
danger that public interests will suf-
fer from sloth or i%mattention OH his
part. Possessed of a rare address in
social intercourse, he exercises scarce
" less influence through the
charm ofhi< urbane amt courteous
manners, than by his intellectual at
%tainncnts, which are ofthe first order.
No member of the last House wac
personally more popular than he, and
no one left q more enviablc record
among his fellow members for integ-
rity, energy and efficiency. W. sup
port Nj. Mitchell, then, - against all
outsiders, because he 10 Of our own
county, and VIC make it n rule to give
preference to home men, other things
being equal. We support him as
against the other Lafayette county
candidates, because, having served us
faithfully for two years in the lower
House, lie must have a more accu-
rate insight into the condition OF af.
fairs at large than his opponents who
have been at home during this time,
engaged in private pursuits. His ex-
tensivc personal acquaintance also,
with the men. in other parts of the
State, who are likely to be
returned to the next Lcgisla-
ture, will give him greater intlu-
encc than all entirely new We
support him. finally. because we re-
gard him in every respect qualified
for the position to which he aspire>,
and think it is but right that he
should be encouraged to devote his
talents to tho public service. We
trust Mr.. Mitchell's friends will bear
in mind that his claim will be passed
upon in the primary meetings to-day,
and that they will be out in sufficient
force to see that lie has at least a fair
show.