Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1877-12-15
THE TOWNSHIP BONDS,


upon us, personally. is concerned we
care nothing the individuals making
are known in the county. and so are We
am! the assault injuries us no more than
a passing zephyr. Bn, that the state
mcut should so to the world that the
township bonds OF Lafayette county
were voted by a majority "i her qualified
and unqualified voters, wG do care. The
expressions ot every convention "l Our
people, III townships and at the county
seat. that the bulk ut these bonds wer"
Illegal, hccan>c ul the tact that thei
were issued by minority Of the pco-
pie. and very small representation OF
the property ot the county. is given the
lie by this statement. That :hc matter
in hand NAV be understood we present
our statement
'.rurn township after township, the owners
o. the PRO, errv being unIb, t. vote. were 10y
the vu.cr- ui z. lriuny!:v Ut the p"opi". AMI
wnftilly small representation "i thcir property,
piris,d To the payment ct 1rht7 winch would
aIve teen ourvnus, ,V"n tn"nah Va ue @..'' H'e"
received Tor tt, IA. -
The paper alluded to, the Lexington
Register. with characteristic cuarseness,
replies:
Tine township bonds We're yotri since tie
wAr. buI by ?. majority Of The 2""ir"d and
| unqualified rot.S ~ u.- t"trnsItip. The rec
| ur,is ol the dItlercnt ra'lryui elections III tins
| county viii show tnr-" facts, AMI the nIan WI"
wrote the editorial above alluded 10, anu then
procured its publication IN the It Louis tLIn'H
knew he was mlsrrprcs'utIng ;he fnc's and the
pc ,pe oi this county
\ more mOnstrOus statement was
never made. Here are Il people bowed
down with proyidential aiflictions. op-
pressed with many public and private
| debts which keep their noses TO the
! grinistouc year in and year out. deciar-
! ing the large part OF this debt Illegal,
! and honestly fighting il because OF its
! i.lega.itv. because OF the fact that their
| hands were tied when il was imposed
upon them. and Il newspaper III their
midst hrraidS it abroad that they mis-
represent the facts For it must be re-
membered that our statement has been
made. in even stronger language, by the
uuly authoritative representative body
that the county has ever had on this
| question - the taxpayers convention.
| What are the facts? Lexington town
ship has I township debt Of Sljo,oOo.
SO 900 to the Lexington IL ST Joseph
railroad. AMI $75. 900 to the Lexington.
Chillicothe i Gulf railroad; Washing
ton township has a debt ut SO, ,vQu TO tn"
Lexington, Chiilicothe * Cult railroad
>ni-a-BAr township has debt OF 81. 900
t. the same road: Davis township has Il
debt of SIu. 600 TO the Lexington X =
Louis railroad Freedom township has 4
debt to the same road OF S25.tmp; Mid
dleton township has i debt oi 81 90 10
the Tcbo 4 Ncosho railroad. Upon these
debts interest has been running and re-
mains unpaid from four To >jN years. In
order that our readers may understand!
Just how the people We're represented IN
vutiu: Tor these bonds We viii give
each case, promising always that the
great bulk OF the voters were not prop
~rtr owners, many of them iioaters in
the population, and that among The dis
iranchised We're the mass o: the proper
tv owners Of the county. We viii taxi
the townships ssrj"tj"'
The election in Lexington township
Tor the Lexington X St Joseph road tooE
place May 23rl. 1865 There were reg
i~tcred 4i3 voters. There were cast tol
the proposition $50 votes against it Ii
! The election in the same township To-
the Lexington, Chi!licothe Il Cult roal
took place November lSih. 1869. Their
were registered 600 voters, ot these p.
votes We're cast for the proposition, AZ
, - against il II will b- seen that IL til
llrst Vote majority OF the voters VIII
were permitted to vote favored the pro
position, but We vii, directly show nov
TAR this lel. short OF representing III
u people; in the second proposition thcr
Il was not even 4 majority of those whor
e the Drakonian code and its petty iu>tru
ineuts permitted to exercise the right
of the franchise. In the township l
.. question, still under registration, Al tn
), election in November, 1870, there weI
cast 929 votes; at the general clectlo
in the fall of 1872, test Oaths havin
been previously abolished 1896 vote
were cast in this township; at the ger
eral election in November, 1874, llU
= votes were cast; and At the general eIe'
N ton IN November, 1876, hos votes wer
I! cast. 50 it will easily be seen how nea
i the vote in 1868 came to being repre-
l. sentative, when it is remembered tn;
there has been no increase OF populate
o. since, $50 voters saddling this debt "a
i. on about 1000 voters who either cou
i. not or did not vote tor the proposi,Io
ID The election III Washington tOwnsh
Of to subscribe 5000 stock to the L.
y < G.. road, took place November, l3t
1869. There were reg gistered rs qualil'
voters l5i persons. There We're Cas-
;, tor the proposition Al votes; against
=, 1t will hardly be claimed that this
, either 4 majority OF the YHdiiHed or "
., quaIifed rotcrS. How many voters d
-, this township contain? At the gencr
=, election November. 1870. there were |
.d votes cast: at the general election
-, 1872. 4~3 votes at the genera. c,ectl
in 1874, 400 vote, ut the general ci'
ton in lS1G. iS3 votes. SO 1t VIII ht
ed be seen that this debt OF So. 900.
nd which not a dollar OF value has been
nv rciycd. wa, voted by 81 votes out of OK
ed 400. 10 per cent OF the voters, who
,at not represent per cent OF the proper
70, The election in Sni-a-Bar township
.ry subscribe S3j 900 to the capital stock
,ly the l.. c. 4 g. road took place Move
ON b.r 18th, 1869. There were register
tel as voters lO2 persons; OF these
led voted for the proposition, aud " aGa
it. 1t will hardly be GAINED that
is 4 majority of either the Y""ltfcd
"' nug"oiifcG rioters. How many yot
a." did this township contain At the z
hip .u,, oIo.,;,o :, is-o :, vo,., wore ca