Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-04-13
REPLY TO THE QUERY REVIEWED

EDITOR lSTELLIGENCER Having been re-
"a. -t"i hy SOM. ui The -igners of last weeks
tIery 20 Tie COLutr co.rt. III .ns"rr the reply
Of the court, W. ask .r II smLnii sl'"ct i" sUut
paper. We have, W" presume, but Two gentle
men to answer. As Mr. Barnett seems to be II
sort u: non:sso";tal T. The count. farin: good
opinions, hn permitting iE' m 10 be cvc.iulcI
in obeyins and heartily indorsImg all III" sus-
~sestion= OF the two responsibilities. The query
VS. e.!'lell.y moi It swept morsei thrown under
the Tongues OF The court. nui inr r.riy -"u,,
have pleased the people much better II they had
gwen some lawful and substantial reason ior
their action. instead Of whining about discour-
tc.y, u nothing OF the kind was meant. Had
some OF thu, gentlemen urged their objections IN
r,.r Iortt, ii is .aors than probable that they
'ypul! i!lyr received III. ytIn. yalUr ans pnc,.-
tam reply. Furthermore. when public servants
aye guilty. of public WRONG. the piar. to speak ol
Ii is :hruus.. .hE great rNHoser and f~ecil:yrr oil
such 'iec't7-tEc public pres. Tia ni.tuIsemrHt
OF the pr.sen, physician may have been very
efficient for certain purposes. unh pleasing 10
the two respon-iblcs, but 1t has not been 90
efficient in r'n !rring trnc professional services
IL ....ny u the pauper sick. as can be clearly
and strongly proven, /. So Jrsire3. As for NE
economy, the people can judge Wien inry
know that lie gets from eight hundred to Il
thousand dollars II year, when other physicians
of lust u good, and we don't hesilat" 10 say,
bsttcr cha.aG'cT, both professional and other
wise, have offered to tahs the Office ior much!
less uIJIcy. II Is quite true that cheap doctors
like cheap judges are mol always the best; 'ri, if
Il physician oilers To take the Office for y small
amount, siched ut the s"inr time Ivy u lOod
bond, and Tails 10 fulfil his contract, all The
court has TO do Is 10 discharge him or suc him
| on his bond. From The two re=ron-IDie- own
confession II is natural to suppose that il Il
| bridge -. AS tG he built IN ti- county and two or
more responsible c0ntracIors w.r, 10 bI' far II;
| the bid would he to the highest bidder. on the
grounds, possibly, that he would ''stoop'' to
| things that other men wouldn't. Let us sup
pose, too, rs WAS sarcasticnliy suggested, that n
| PHI STEFAN WAS the originator of the present
mor.lncnt. isn't this still the LAND of the
tree. " ,nd hasu.'t Il PHI. sicinn as good II right as
any one to look into and condemn public iilus-
tIcc; aud even If this be not so. it is barely pos
sib!e that all '~.fair-mindes ~people'' Will look
quite ~ clarltably upon this impatient pnysi-
Clan, rs upon q court Who, in order to ernsivcly
answer IL plain and tair question. asked py their
fellow citizens. n!u-, sake refuge behind I'M
gKinarJ n.isuiIiernis inieutiuns, stupiiiy aud
without cause, ascribet to ile supp0se.. GrigI-
major. Let every one ask the two resp JHslh!es
why they think the present Incumbent, the best
man for the place. and zee if their real reason
partatc. o; Il Christian or even VERY humane
nature. the 4iery w. not CIRCULATED, nor the
above w,Irt,n, with the hope or fNprctatloa Of
any present reform; but We hope and believe
that it will serve to show to the people The hIr-
,rT.rc" uecded between the present responsibilities
sud no. VAC .:c 20 he That the movement was
proper, us indicated from th- iagt That Crl" one
man ont III iorty-s"ven 70 whom tine IherY Was
presented, refused TO sign IT., and twice treble
The number have, since IT'S publication. eN-
pressed Il regret irut they had not the opportu-
n.ty Vi adding their nunies 10 1t.
ORIGINATOR.