Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-27
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May 3Oth is decoration day.

May SOth is decoration day.
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Blaine has the shakes. He is letting
down early in the action.
The California democratic state con-
vention met in San Francisco on the 25th
inst. and passed strong hard money and
anti Chinese resolutions.
Alexander p. Tuition, the convenient
witness in the Babcock case, has been
rewarded for his efficient services to his
country by being appointed collector at
Philadelphia.
The Indiin appropriation bill reported
by the committee provides for So, 9O5, All.
1t transfers the Indian bureau from the
interior to the war department, and I
abolishes the Office of commissions OF :
Indian affairs. .
It is now in order for Secretary Kobe 8
son to explain the Cattell percentages, t
and the general rottenness in the navy +
expenditures. At least, the New York a
Times, the leading republican paper OF a
the country. thinks SO. o
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Our present state auditor, Hon. Thos. q
Holiday, is one of the most efficient L
officers that the stat. of Missouri ever G.
had, and we are glad to see hat the z
press all over the state is advocating "
his reelection. He will have nc oppo- q
sition. u
Morton's personal explanation OF that :,
$3.50, 900 was followed by a fainting fit :,
those horrible bonds lave given Blaine :,
the ..chills, /" and Grant has just recovered y
from another periodical attack of neu. :,
ralgia. Poor fellows, that democratic ;,
congress makes 'em all sick. n
Godlove S. Orth, of Indiana, has re- O
turned home. He has resigned as h
Minister to Austria. and is preparing to I'll
canvass his state for governor; but. God b
love his soul, that old jeans coated tt
granger, Williams will plant him so deep d
in the earth that he will never cease G
bewailing his resignation. "
New that the republicans in Lexing- .
ton are cuddlingg up the colored voter, it :,
would be interesting to hear their opin- \
ion of the party, a part of whose politi- :.
cal machinery was the Freedman's bank, -
an institution which robbed the poor, :.
~uneducated negroes of the south of -
hundreds of thousands of dollars. -
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More radical rottenness has been de- b
veloped in Atlanta, Georgia, where. on o
the 22nd inst. the grand jury found a t.
true bill against the late State Treasurer C
Jones, for illegally Withholding money Ii
. from the State to the amount OSLO, 27O. d
Jones was arrested and required to give r.
pond for $40, 1000. c.
The captain-general of Cuba recently -
proclaimed that there was no war in :,
that country; now we have the news -
that an engagement took place near :,
Los Cruces, lasting all day, between th. =
Spanish forces and the insurgents, the n
latter being victorious. The Spanish =
loss is said to AVE been between 1000 >,
and 800. la
Judge Gottschalk, of the circuit court "
of St. Louis, has delivered a decision in O
the gas suits. for a long time pending in "
his court, decreeing that the gas works "
have belonged to the city since January g
LIST, 1870, and that all revenues received v
by them since that time belong to the e
city. This includes the Laclede gas "
company as well as the old st. Louis v
company. v
The President has given Conkling n
stock such a lift that Mr.. Bristow is =
said to have become sick of the contest o
while Blaine's friends say that he is q
suffering from an attack Of malarial e
fever, though the truth is that he is
quaking IN his boots at his impending II
doom. We can't help feeling sorry for o
Bristow, but the only reason in the 7
world that would cause us to rejoice at !
the nomination of Blaine is the %convic- e
ton that he would be easily beaten. i
We had the pleasure of visit, on last c
Wednesday from Col. NJ. D. Morgan, of q
st. Joseph. Col. Morgan is prominent :
candidate for register of lands. He is an
o~ld-fashioned Kentucky gentleman, who
would reflect credit upon any position.
He emigrated to Missouri in 1913, has
been twice elected sheriff of Buchanan
county, and was coal oil inspector at
st. Louis under Gov. Woodson. The
Colonel is warmly supported in the
northwest, and is q strong candidate.
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The Kentucky democratic state con-
yention which met in Louisville on May
25th, selected Henry Watterson, Col. NJ
P. Breckenridge, Hon. Will. P. Moohen
and Hon. Jud. NJ. Rice as delegates at
large to the national convention. The
convention was largely attended and the
proceedings were orderly. 1t is not
ascertalned yet with certainty how the
delegation stands as regards presidential
candidates, but the overwhelming vote
cast for Watterson and Breckenridge,
who are pronounced administrative re-
formers and hard money men, is regard
ed as significant. i
The republican state convention, which
met in Jefferson City on last Wednesday,
was not a very harmonious affair. A
resolution was offered that no Federal
Office holder should be sent as a delegate
to the national convention, but was, after
a sharp contest voted down. The Office
holders also captured the convention on
a resolution indorsing Grants admins
tration. While they could see nothing
but good in Grants regime they viewed
with holy horror the Investigations by a
democratic house. Rumors are confiic-
ting as to who the delegation will favor
for president.
The president, IN last Monday, drop