Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-06
was the hatchery in Rails. Zap

plaUse.
Sullivan county stated, through j.
Craig, that ar offer had been made to
their creditors of a 80 per cent COM
promise, 6 per cen bonds to be paid
on maturity. Two hundred thousand
dollars were the figures in this in
stance.
S. w. Birch, of Scotland county,
after r~anting around for sometime
throwing chain shot at Gen. Guitar,
who could not reply, finally stated
that his county owed $500 which
they did not intend to pay, at least
not more than 50per cent, and il the
bond holders did notl like it they could
go to He'll.
This beautiful sentiment was re-
ceived with prolonged applause and
we expected to e the convention
make Birch a present for this bright
idea SO classically expressed.
Mckee, from Scotland, then ranted
off about having the press excluded
at the night session. The question
was bitterly discussed and as some
of the members saw the vitiating eff
iects of this discussion the owen
ton adjourned till 8 p. m. without
settling the question of a secret ses-
sion.
NIGHT SECRET SESSION.
The convention met at 8 p. m.
persuant to adjournment. On mo-
ton of Mckee, of Scotland, the con-
vention vas conducted with closed
doors. W B Stephens was appointed
door keeper. When Mckee made
this motion he looked like he had
something he wanted to say that
would not stand the criticism of the
press.
The convention then went into Sc
cret session and excluded the repor-
tiers, but as we have started to report
this convention, and as this is our
business we shall do it thoroughly
and correctly.
This convention pretends to repre-
sen the people Of their respective
counties and we think that their con-
stituents should know how they rep
resent, correctly OF not.
Immediately on the exclusion of
the reporters, Judge FagS, of Louisi-
ana, made the suggestion that We
hear from the
LAWYERS
in the convention and see what they
knew about the legality of these
bonds. He suggested the names of
Mckee, of Scotland, Cunningham, of
St. Louis and Crews of Franklin.
The gentlemen were to enlighten
the convention on ways and mean of
evading these debts, &C., We have
not the time nor inclination to give
the speeches Of these gentlemen in
full, although we could if necessary.
We will simply try and give you the
sentiments which they endorse.
TwB CREWS,
of Franklin county, was then intro
duced. AS he took his stand before
the convention he looked a. if he was
master of the situation, and if the
convention would only trust TO him
and pay him for it he would see that
they need not pay their debt, honest
or dishonest. He explained all about
how q mandamus could be thwarted,
and its object averted, and how the
courts could be worried and BULLDOG
ed till the end could be avoided and
Justice evaded. He stated that law
ycrs were trIcksters and as good as
stated that he was prince of wire pull
ers and that if this matter could be
turned over to lawyers, they would
beat the Devil at his own game. He
.insinulted that it would not be good
for a mar to bid in any land i'll his
county put up under Il levy for rail
road debts. Prolonged applause.
He hooted at the idea of being afraid
of MALTA. He said such n thing 81
their interfering was never heard of
before, and that if a mans land was
put up for sale under alevy for this
debt some one might drop a cane ac-
cidentally against the head of the
bidder and knock him down, raise a
confusion and break up the sale.
A beautiful sentiment this was for
a lawyer to advance. But we refrain
from any observations. He stated
hat for years and years he he had Civ
this matter his study and fully I'M
dcrstood and grasped the whole prob
lem, (bidding for work you seq and
then he went on to relate with great
gusto how at different times he had
raised He'll with the bond holder.
And then he gave some of the best
plans to evade the law i'll the payment
of the bonds.
We have no wish to expose the
which are the private proper
~ of the gentleman, only we will
saw tina the talks too much for his
good health such warn nights, and
then too, he gives his profession dead
away by exposing their hand. But
the brightest idea of all which, he
cXpatiated on was how this league
could raise cash for the defence of the
regulators against the having of the
bond holders. 1t was in this way.
lie spoke of the way the Galloway
county collector was elected on the
81 800 plan and then he said: We
IL 20 to Il man and tell him, now
su n and such an office is worth
So, 700 IL year, if you will give us all
owe 81 900 of your salary to use in
this work of defense against bond
hold rs. Chat is give it to US, (which
means pay it to us lawyers, we Will
YOU TO said office.
Now this is what we call q bright
idea. This gentleman Is making ar
ranrements all ready for his re-
tainer fee. That's all right.
You beat the bondholder out OF his
money if you can, and put it in your
own pocket. If you would work half
as hard TO pay your debts as you do
to resist them, you would have been
free from debt long, long ago. The
speaker may have meant right in his
remarks, but if SO, he had an awk-
way of putting it.
lie also made some remarks about
j. b. Henderson being a blower, but
this is neither here nor there. lie
said that care must be taken who
goes to congress, and who goes to
legislature, and be careful that only