The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-11

WEEKLY BAZOO.
SEDAIIA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IL. 1879.
REMOVING THE CAPITAL.
A proposition in the shape OF bill has
been prepared and will be introduced into
the House, having for its object the renov-
a OF the State Capital from Jeferson City
to Sedalis. A. may Be expected, the
proposition will meet With opposition from
certain parties, and particularly incur the
hostility of that fungus up,n the State,
Jefferson City.
But i. il not the opposition that the
proposition will meet that should be taken
INTO consideration but. rather, the nscesi-
" for it, removal, which il yearly growing
moro imperative, in the hut place; and
the most favorable place for it in the event
Of it, removal, in the second place. 1t
cannot BE- disputed that Sedalis possesses
pre-eminent advantages for the location OF
the Capital, far above those enjoyed BY any
other city in the State.
Situated On the apex Of miles OF rolling
prairie. tar beyond the poisonous
miasma of ague breeding bottoms
or river-chilled drafts. it enjoys sanitary
advantages second to those of no city in
the West. Iu public bulldog can be seen
for miles in either direction, and 70 the
traveller upon either Of the great thorough
fares it presents . splendid appearance and
leaves the most favorable Impressions. 1t
il situated nearly At the exact center o!
of the state, ct the intersection of two OF
the Largest railroad thoroughfares in the
West, aud trains almost hourly arrive and
depart for every point Of the compass.
Sedalia 10 recognized ~ the model city OF
the State-the personi6cation Of that life,
energy, thrift, intelligence and enterprise
characteristic of the age In which We live,
and identified With that spirit of progress
that 10 carrying the nation forward in its
irresistible march 70 all the advantages Of
. higher civilization.
An important consideration in connec-
ton With the Capital should be, that the
city in which it IL located should be in
keeping to certain degree with the high
character Of the honor conferred-some-
thing more than hundred saloons. double
the amount OF boarding houses, and
choice collection of gambling bells that
prey upon the body polite, spiritual and
temporal.
Sedalia Il city that has future-s
golden future, based upon the soundest
investments of her own capital, skill,
industry snd perseverance,. What better
place, then, could be selected for the Cap
itol Of this great and grand Commonwealth
than in tits. the most prosperous and beau
tiful central city Of iis realm! The erection
Of the Capital here would. instead Of being
IN unaishty pile upon the peak Of preci-
pics, be an imposing edi6ce o'erlooking
miles and miles of the richest lands in the
State, and surrounded By the evidences OF
manufacturing. agricultural and CONNER
ciaI prosperity.
The unfavorable position Of Jefferson
City se the Capital Of the state, has been
recognised for yean the ineoovenient.
illy-coostructed and shapeless building
called the Capitol. has been . dIAgrace to
the State for yean; il iaaccessibil.ty and
isolation he's been drawback for yesn !;
it, unhealthiness has been .dreaded for
years but the fearful rate Of mortality
that has prevailed Of late years readers the
removal of the Capital IN imperative
necessity, and one that must be recognized.
The condition Of the Capitol IL too we'll
knowo to refer to it Aside from its archi
tectural blundes, its cellars are filled With
damp and noisome vapon; il u impossible
to preservsble IN equsble temperature from
any heating spparasus; and its high, bleak,
position 10 constant menace 10 the lives
Of the member o. the Legislature, from
pneumonia and kindred diaeasss. These
facts cannot be Gainsaid. And in this
connection, We will ak did JefEenon City
ever contributed one dollar to the States
Interests in any manner, shape or form,
although for yean il very life hes been
drawn from the States breastf
Jeferson City 10 simply collection Of
inhabitants, most Of whom exist and have
their being because of the State institutions
which are there located, and the patronage
of those who naturally assemble to attend
to public business. Az the busbandman
looks to the harvest for his support, 20 does
the Jefferson Ctyan to the assembling Of
the Legislature, the meeting Of the United
States courtS and the occasional crumbs
directly or indirectly connected with the
penitentiasy. Il has no manufacturing in
terests, it has no commercial Interests, it
hes no agricultural interests, and, in fact,
Il has 10 Interests Of it own beyond the
vigllant watch Of the Influx Of strangers
compelled 70 90 there. 1t i destitute Of
metropolitan eaergy. for it has no resources;
it lacks energy and independence, because
it has ever been sustained By foreign in6u-
ences; and remove The State institutions
from Jederson City Tomorrow, and ii
would instantly subside into the most apa-
thetic. spiritles village IN the State.
To the eye Of the stranger, it, impressions
are anything bat p:easant-to those who
pas By it upon its only railroad. they are
positively repulsive and disaGreeable. Such
l. Jefferson City. The picture " not over