Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-28
TARDI LEGISLATURE.

There are some very strong COM
plants made against the Missouri
Legislature. II of which is that it
doe. i,r, lille business. All legisla-
tive bodies ha We on members who
retard business. andit would be ono
what remarkable if IL General As
scmbly should constitute all exception
to the rule.
We arc not prepared to say to what
extent the members are amcnable
to the criticisms which have been be-
slowed upon them, but while VIC
think that q majority of them are
faithful, prompt, efficient public SER
wants, we arc forced to admit that the
would be greatly facilitated, if not
improved, were some three or four
ut home Or bcrcft of speech. Our
friend Lccpcr, of WAYNE, speaks t"
all questions and "nOvcs 10 amend"
every thing that comes before the
House. We verify believe that he
"ouib ~ u" NV
were it introduced in the House.
Whenever any other member intro
duces any measure. the everlasting
Mr.. S-p-c-a-k-e-r I'm again that bill
and | ''movc to amend roll mp from
the seat Gust above it) Of the member
from WAYNE. To such an extent is
this true. that when any new measure
is Introduced, all rye instinctivcly
turn to Lccper, and after Speaker
Wilson states the question. Il minute
or two of time is given to the MEM
Der from Wayne TO prepare for the
attack, and he generally comes to
time.
There is Mullings, of Greene, who
isalways rising to "a pint" of order
and showing constitutional intcrdicts
to proposed legislation. Were any
member to propose to recognize the
authenticity ofthe Lords Prayer, VIC
feel quite certain that the member
from Greene would rise to a pint
Of order and pick some flaw in it.
The young member from Cedar
opens pretty often, but then he is
young and will say less as he grows
older.
After all we arc not certain but
j. that these members are doing better
service to the State than those who
work more and talk less. as the grear
danger of all Legislative bodies is tina,
they will do too much.
;, The Senators, so far as We were
! able to sec, arc not likely to do too
much, especially when they have ~
-, quorum present, which has been til,
case, generally of late, as we wer,
: informed. The Senate, like tn,
House, is a very respectable body
and the members are n Il rule. abb,
men. We hung our heads n little
when we saw our own Senator, ant
reflected that he stood alone in sh,
. body of which he is a member; Blu
y his time will soon be up, when hi
:, Senatorial honors will be up also
1Scddlid Democrat.
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NEW YORK, Feb. GA Londol
D special dispatch say that the German
i arc arriving at the military depot
and two corps are ordered to be il
readiness. The cause for thcs
$ preparations is the great activity O
G political parties ut Versailles and til
II possibility of a change in the govern
Cmcnt of France. Germany reserve
the right to decide as to whethc
there should be any new g .vcrnmeIl
IS there. Should she deem such govern
. mcnt unlikely, either by inclinatio
or %incapacity, toexccute the treaty c
! peace, there will be another invasion
Mrs. Laura Fair, the Californi
It murdcress, will not be hanged. Sll
u has been granted a new Trial by tn
,r Supreme Court, aud has written
,r mclodrama in five acts, with u blight
&c cd heart in it and q miscreaht d.
.~tstroyer, rcd fire and high toned mora
!, Its impossible to hang so mite
:, talent as that. >.
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y. Mrs. William Il. AstOr died in Ne
to York, on the 18th, In her s~event!
third year. She leaves &c. O9, 900
&c her californian prsudchild. Mi,