, 1875-02-17
No Officials to Sell Lands that For.
cfgncrs Isare Buy.
The Debt q Per Gent Of Tho Assessments
4 State Reputation Convcn-
tion Called.
Tho Legislature Proposes Eastern Capitalists
Shall Take Less or Got hothing..." In.
dawmeEt Bonds" at Per
Cent.

~ W. W. e j." = 1'' .''r' ','S 'H,.
.otos' .,,.s A"'.yet,e ~ ~ ep' i''-1h'
ao-ea'led 5l!ssousi bond Reputation movement
Which originated in this county, aud which las
excited the appral,euxlons nf the Eastern hotdera
nj ,1iaso,rt .ncnr,ti.. IN cons;,,ntn,,a dao-oo
:. h.s;a,.ta,', Je..,,. - ..:sS' .,t:,,.
20 - .eb'a.''o6 ~ 4o'u's ~ pnu4e1u't'S l"'e'pls
ha'! OF sAe couhtles ID the otale are similarly
buIioncd, aud have leeu watching auxtously tue
nr,prees rade In tho soiptioo ~ +ha nr,11ar, 4v
80 'o1 ~ ne'""ou - ''o iAop'ent ~
Lafayette people. 1h!H comfy had run up
total debt Of nearly sl,50o,ouo For several
.a,r, 49,, ,r.o.oo, -, $50 skt;s..,... a,..t.
Seass Log 'nteseas on soese ooIsgatsonh, simply
enormous III comparison with the taxable .ealth
:. VIZ sou'' u"o o's" a4s' ~ 1a1ees''o seaues
" tun4 ovnu1' Auo ~, ucos "e"t
olt 'ucseaeln6 ~ heA1s"aH''ua1 aecteet'onH.
With tue close Of the Last year tho people OF
Lafayette nwo&e to the fact tnat coupons calEg
for ovtr Sim Ge0 ,vcre fn1I;nf, iuo Tia datt
-, IN ,as1t ~ s.,io, ~ 49,, 49, -,
"aa 'no iesu,@ W 1e'4e9 " o3'fa'aBant' nos 10
say scanaa46oh Contributions to railroad
scenes By successive County Courts, and tho
neoute rose al maaro .rainet the obligations
.hic1, thav conca,rat n t',ro oan ,,ir.tIr ;'a.
" .e,1 e nao Noe" ",'JasS'' 4u
o7ea' n oe'esa.o eonto''''o1 W." hc'o' eoau-
rased OF tho Lest men in the county, and tic
oounty debt a. il atooa
co17tn .,,r .vI .,,o,-, ,, ror ,r,,,n
eooIp soA AHu ~ 'hooIp ,ot We lAip'
some !epuo'assoh tala "aa luuu'eta H. ami tho
erped the action OF tho county autLo1it.es thus
tar:
pr,o;r.d rh,t The c,un,v f,,,,, IL. ,e,,,v+o, -
ritulolI lie tuuds ro. ~. ~, In 1rncvt. u rul,es
county railroad nonls.
Tic Convention lasted two da7a, and thu s,tu
atiou yaa thorouch1r dikcursed, Finally. t,,o
.Sh,.., .. t,.,,,,, +.an.1 ..1 ~
representing each township was appolntod to
draw up stntcmont Of the indebtedness Of the
| county, showing tue total inability of the roople
| m nv Tho tond.d doht NJ t,,o cot,,,,v J., ,ts
! present condition. Tue positive stand taken by
tbs Conyentinn attracted considerable attention,
+, aud Cass County followed, Almost Immediately.
the example ut Ly LAFAYETTE. md in others full,
s"sI4shS was e@pfeeeeo ~ ."e .note'neu'' aua
d determination decialed to follow IN the
same direction as Roon as q definite cousse
should be m,rkcd out. RoEeatcd interviews
a.tisfs your correspondent that they aro III caru,
eat In refusing to longer assume tho debt. but at
the samo time that they have no intortion to
ss,.,. s | ha,a t-os, .sa ssso,n,a1,, .os,.,a . =.
ta1h'ae po'o ifont aua feeo'esey ieiusine ~
meet tue interest on these bonas' they belleVo
they can - -.-... .
which will cquallze tho burden betwcen the tax
payers and tie bondhuldera.
The Convention held m adjourned meeting
last week. aud tho proceedings showed that tho
movement had lost mono Of lss enthusiasm or
Differentiation. Encouraged BY the favor with
which tho movement had met, 1t was determined
to call Ssate Convention OF delegates from alt
resolutions ws,o unanimously adopted:
Resolstd That hss Convention ele~t eight delegate.
to Convention to 10 held al Jefferson cty, Mo,
for the purpose Of taking some definite action w
oonded Indebtedness OF the various counties IN the
st9te.
4u''eMs ~ , ~ FL as & na.a @ ~ ss.ne!sa
~ se.te xch ~ burs, - lii sts,i,,r as ~
.}aSsttc thn ,nportance n said cnnycntinn er -,
quest tben to NEE. ua IN safd Convention. on Tues-
iay, tho Soth day Of March, 1876.
ConfIrmatory of the obinion e1nroesed aboya,
tho Couyaut1on also antlior,zed tiIt Tommi,tea
to recaiyo lad discusg nronosjtions from lie
hn]drra nj the eecnritins tnnE,nr IN cn1nnromae.
TIE tutal deht OF LAfayette (,onntv IL ii an a9G
and tue total amount Of the ssssrsed &c personal uni
~ast ia 10 a1nt M ~ Ja't +; ,;..1