The Sedalia weekly bazoo., 1878-05-14
TROUBLE AT SPRINGFIELD.
Blue 4onday IN the Southwest
The Spirit Of Lsvlessness shown
IN the Libsration Of . Prisoner.
rom the Springfield Patriot. Nav

w usVb SIbuSnt "
D. D':ch ri i'~nxy by bad whisky aud ND 1,
>" ma'ory hara's:us> delivered ',y their ie..ir
81 The day it>~ii Sa> b~sui,Iui, too br .utii
T: Ia have been 'i->rvr ,I~.i i,y an act oi Ia
y ir.ssn~--. aud In- Ia-n who e,,.. ,x,d in
a. veil ~ tho-r S!,o encouraged %.
-timnist,d %, ~iIl yet live io r,ytrt u,
,h-y have -uhcIrd Inrn,-~ivr- Il. t~ ury.
hyo. Il the t-'',..i .,,-- m Il d, the i,~.
i" TIN. i''I-'rSbn squads came "a on h"r-
back, UrIncip lily tr.,,,, the ~.t>t and a-.
: ""'ii -.'Inr $50 Or three hundred had q,
''ved. Al one oclork y. IL the nrrt,u
UnirI Ws"i, wi," - un,i-r~t,nai q. q
Cnairm,n al the National Executive Cnm
niiie~ of the county. Rrporls of Commi,
ices were then called Tor, ani Jm.!y. Sho,
csm- Twsri aud r~l'urt~,i the follow ~.
rr-olutions. IL will be sen thu, sh~v ar
temperate, AMI Indicate clearly u di>tp-i
Iion on the part oi those ~ho adopted then
To abide by the Lac. whether favorable O.
unfsvor.ble I their drmansi-. To thi
There IL mn Obj -cti"n- Here Is the r.pn,
WHEREAS. rh.r~ n,,w over niue hun
.lr..i prs ns sa~si ia tis- t;srene county C,r
..uii Court in1 their delinquent raiiro,i TAX
snd are commanded i, appear on the fir>,
'tsv ut Court, IN pnr-u ,ncr ai sai,i su,nIu,mr-
we are here ~ is~-ahriIng citiz-n-. To- make
-uc., ans ser aud dsir,.>- =. wall secure /.
united aciion on the part "f ai..
Resored rnal we are in favor of IN king
.n agreed case IN court. aud to smp;oy co,,n
sel ior tina; purps'-r, and that We are in H.
vor III appointing consmitire tor that pur
p,se. to CONSIST oi ose n,rInbrr fr,sn each
"wn.hip. aud that u maiHrity of said cun,-
mit,e~ may act.
Aud we further declare that We beli~v..
the railroad bonsi> oi Greene county arc H.
legal aud should not ~ paid, and we further
resolve that we will u-e all hcnorabir
means tn defeat tin cullection of said nd.
"r the int-re-t on the same, aud that we
h~r-bv pledge our hos,nr q" stand bv aud
sustain every one who Is defending against
the collection oi said bond-. and pledge our
selves and pruI~rty io Support and sustain
a defense against the collection vi said
i,ond..
The Judge made speech of consider ,bi-
length, ~hich, while u wss not wholly OBJ
jrrt,unai.l-, was On the whole i~,nl~rat-,
after which the resolutions w-se adapted
and the crowd adj burned ,o the Bell ro~~r,
from the bsic"ny III which .,'r-,.i,es wrrc
mad. bv w. u. Gsrr,nttr, +. j Underwm.i,
Ira :. Haz-.tine and J"o. McCab~. From
this paint tie i"Ih,'xIns resolutions were
r-a.i hv ~ w. FarrIs and we're adopted hy
the cro~d:
WHEREAS, On the Iih of October. 1870,
Iwo nrutsr~ ii the County court "t ;'-~n-
-ouniy. undertook to sut-cri e S1OO,OOO tu
Ihe capital stock of the Hannibal aud ~. !
J..-eph railroad c',mpany wiIh"mt the c"n
.~n, oi Ju.ig~ Kite, the chirf of the ss.urt. |
mi without ssibn,i Ting the qn->tion t' - |
'ote I'll the people, ~ a similar propositions
,sd t~cn vo,~d d,wn hv over t~o thirds ot /
he leg u VOTERS I'll Greene c,'sntv aud
WHEREAS. o., the 7th day ri April, 1871. |
" the unsnin,",is .ction oi said County |
~ ri, said fraudulent order was r~Scin.ird.
md the b,nK b,.'"l> burned, aud u STATEN mt
Il .trd upon the record that the Hannibal
md 81. J.- rsiIr"ai had refused to accept
aid -ub crip,ion. and the X ,n>,~ City aud
Il~mpl,is railroad hal no legal existence
md.
WHEREAS. On the 9TH dsy of July. 1871,
wo m,unt,er- oi = lid c,urt. knuwingiy aud
rsu.iulenily PLACED upon the rec"rd an
,r.i-r re-cindinx the said Or,ier oi
h~ 9Th of April 1871; aud
WHEREAs, AfI~r~.rri-. during vacation.
he said nemb~rs oi said c,,urt lid clan
-.iinrly, without the kno~le,l.e cons-ni.
y signature of Judge Kite, the chief I'll
all c,,,,rt, franduIentIv is-ie innsis upon
;r~~ne c"nniy and place them up,n the
market ant,
WHEREAS. A subsequent County court.
bv one Il the tOrmer c.'n.piTa
mrs, 70 man wI.., h I'll rvcriv~,i, ~ he pub
icIy kmwl~,lysr.i, SlOO ot the p~uplr'-
money e., learn all the fsct- Show ing the
Ii,ule matter to i'r u fraud. dii lew . tax
DR. the y ,vment of the interest up,n sai.i
b.n'i- and.
WHEREAS. The ps"pl- had exprs-se,i
heir ~i by ~'ectsny t~u az said Cnnty
"si,--. pi-i.rd ;',hIirIy .gai"-t the P,y
,-nt IL said i"'n.i> aud. II
WHkREas. The people have presented
-titiun> Io the pres Mt c,suri, ,ll oi wh"u,
IRE pied. 4 ,yainst the bou.!s. to -u-r~.nd
u .nch taxes irHm forcibl- r"l,-rti"n until
&c tttC w sc"vsV'stV
,e State Of Missouri. u u the United States
uprrme c"urt Oi Cases n"w i~fore said .
,urtS: and,
WHEREAS. Said C.ninty C"urt, i'm the
,i~re-, I'll b~,nJ -r~cui.I"rs. witi'oIi regard
|, the rights and wi-,,.s g! the l~"p'e ~
xpr~S-ed through the ballot h.x anil b.
ri,Iion. have wiiIfu iy and kn"~iny!v.
iti,out :egar.i for the great principi,.- at
'-,ic-, ~i,hoit rr-p-ci f'r the rights 81
m-ricsn citiz~n-, .ud IN their "~n I.i-,iyr-,
su-est hsrr.>>inr -uii- Q" I~ c,''nu,enc .,
!, ,ius. over twei.iy .ix hun.i,-,l cir,z ns .i
r-ne cs'sn,v; nov, ther~t''fr. he IL
Rssntred, Thst all the unnecessary Ii,iys-
on, snx,~tv, harrss-m~ns aud Disturbance ,
the qri~,uai- ii the ps"pi-'. is'n-. of
r--ne c,,,inty, caused hy suits i'm the inter
= ii t.,nd sp~euI.s'rs, would hav,. h-en
s"i,ir.i mad the County C..urt refused q" I
Wv the railso,d ls,nd tar, or had s,,.I~n.iesi !
frnm inreible collection, AZ the lac pro- ,
id-d.
REQ red. That we heart " approve of the
rt,"n I'll Judge Kite in his "pIsriri.m q" I
~ is-,,isax "f the Kansas City aud Men,
hi. R,i,r,ssi t~'nsi-. sn.i oppo-i,ion To- the
wing "f any tax iO pay the Interest
!, n said bnnis, ard alan his aciian in i..
bring the .n-pentinx "f sail tax ironn forci- :
e c,,llecsion. Ia
Re~lrcd, That ~ there are two suirs
fn.iing b~fore the supreme Cnurt. there
IN he no iust or honorable motive in har-
,s-ing the people with other suits until
,o-e shalt be decided. III
Resolved. That ~ isw-abiding people we
em aud that bs,nd speculaioss aud cuurts
,sIl aiso abide bv the great principle~ of |