Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-12

with much mort ttsats their cotstita-
tionnl arca Of territory aud tho ratio
of popHlatioIL Nnasis inaiiy tho least
Objectionable of all tho new county
projects.
The bill crcat,Mg tho county Of
Decatur, by taking tofrit0ry from the
counties Of Jasper, Newton. Law.
rcico and Barry, will DO i~niroluced
next Monday, 80 YOU will observe
that tiie.new county question IL one
OF some mngnitnae.
THE BRIBERr INVESTIGATING CON-.
MITrEE.
Thiscommittee which WINS appoint
Cd neari; four weeks ago, to see
tain whether any OF Tho candidates
for United States Senator, or their
'friends, had mhde,use OF money to in-
tiure members of the Legislatures to
vota for them, has thus iar fnilel IT,
elicit 4 word Of testimony daniaging
OF the Legislature. 1t has been n
sublime and ridiculous farce, this fur
aud yesterday, AIR. Collins; with his
usual goost sense. introduced the fol-
lowing preamble auai resolution
"Whefeas, The COMMITTEES appoint
ed BY the house Il investigate the
alleged charges Of corruption i'll rela-
ton to the election of United States
Senator have had the same Under
consideration for nearly three weeks,
| and, according To the testimony eli
rit..a ard published in the newspa-
pers from day 10 day, nothing appears
to imp!icatc IN an, manner either the
Senator elect or any member Of til:
General Assembly;
And whereas, The proceedings up.
pear to have ~dcgcnerHted into ali cX-
animation of frivolous charges and
street rumors, with which tho house
or its committees have nothing 10 do
proceedings which are rapidly
bringing this house aud its commit
tee into contempt and ridiculc, and
making great injury to tl,c reputation
Of the State abroad. therefore, be il
Resolved, That the committee be-
requested to inform this house,
through its chairman, whether il is
not yot ready to report its conclusion
rs derived from the testimony alrea-
dv taken, and whether any good
reason exists why the Investigation
should be longer continued"
Mr.. Collins stated that he hail
been induced to Offer this resolution
on account of an extra in the shape OF
advanced sheets ofanediioriul thatha,i
been scnt to certain members of tho
house by the proprietor of or editor
Of n paper published in his Lafsycttc)
county.
The extra was tho prediction of |;
man who gloried in his desire and in.
tcntiom TO keep alive those issues OF
the past which tend to excite the feel.
ings of all partiZans. lie wished to
say, as the Representative from that
county. that this same man was re.
pudiatcd by the people OF thai coun.
~, and did not represent the Demo.
cracy of the place where his paper
was published.
Quite n spirited discussion now
cnsued, which WAS cmtird hy laying
over the resolution till Tomorrow,
when the Investigating committee
agreed TO report. In accordance with
this %ayrrcuent, the committee re
ported this morning, that the evil
licncc so far did not show thai
Senator Bogy had used any money To
secure his election. Not that Gen.
Doris, who to all intemts and pur-
poses, was not a senatorial comdidatc,
did attempt to bribc two members of
the Legislature to vote for him. So
ends the farce, and may We never
again behold the like again. But rs
my letter has already exceeded the
limits intended in the beginning, |
will wait till next week, when you
shall hear further from JEFF.