Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-22
JEFFERSON OITY T T
JEFFERSON CITY, March 20, 1879.

JEtt EhooN ! " = |
Your regular correspondent being
otherwise engaged this week, it becomes
the pleasure of another to give to the
Intelligencer the news from the capitol.
Last Friday the resolution Of Mr..
Wiley, of Randolph, providing for the
appointment of a committee of five by
the speaker of the house to prepare
articles of impeachment against State
Treasurer Gates, came up, and after
thorough discussion was adopted by the
following vote-ayes. 63; nays, 50:
Yes-Messrs. Adams, Aldridge. Anderson,
Andrews. Beckner, Bonham. Booth, Bosnian
Brady, Brewer, Brown. Burford. Chenoweth,
Cloud. Cooper Cowan, Craig, Crow ,Crowther'
Dade, Diereks, Dilley, Drum, Gray, Greer,
Haynes, Harrigan, HARRISON, Hynes, Johnson,
Kendall, Knight, Larimc.e e, Lockiart, Mackey'
Manistre, Miles, Morrison, Mott, Mudd, OF st.
Louis, Mccormick, of Washington, McCormlck.
OF st. Louis. McElvain, McGarry. Mckinney.
Palmer. Penie. Pepper, Phelan, Powell. hawl-
inks. Reynolds, Smith. OF Cedar. Smith. Of st.
Louis City. Talbot. Taylor. Tieinan, Weygandt.
Whitaker, Wiley, Windss. Withers. Younger
g.
No-Messrs. Arnold, Bsshaw. Bergman.
Boulware, Bryan, Campbell, Of Atchison.
Carleton, Carroll. Chiffon, Chitwood. Cock.
Collins, Cook. Cox, Dale, DAVIS. Dodson,
Oougherty, Ellis, Ewing .Farr, Finks, Gwynne,
Hayes, Hall, Hale, Hammons. Hubbard, Helm,
kneisley, Lcsueur, Mabrey. Mahn, Moler.
Mudd; of Lincoln, Mcdaniel, Mcintyre, Nc
Kill, O'Mslley, Organ, Patterson, of schuyler,
Powers, Price, Raglan, Riley. Saunders. Swank,
Tevis, Turner, Waggener, Wells, Wisby, Mr.
Speaker-SS.
This vote is considered a test on the
impeachment question. In pursuance to
the resolution Speaker Belch on Monday
announced the following committee to
draw up the articles OF impeachment;
Wiley. OF Randolph. Taylor. OF St. LOUIS,
Farr, of johnson. Dryden. of st. Louis.
and Louthan, of Lewis. After this COM
mittee have reported it will be In order
for the house to adopt the report and
| elect q committee OF five to present the
| articles to the senate and conduct the
impeachment. Then trouble will begin
In earnest. And here it may not be out
| of place to remark that those best in
formed and best able to Judge are Of the
opinion that Col. Gates has been guilty
of nothing that could remove HIM from
! Office. His only ofense seems to be in
having placed too much confidence in
unworthy men. No evidence SO far
produced indicates that he has ever re-
celved one cent as interest on money
deposited in any bank. and though the
state has. temporarily. been deprived
Of a large amount of money by the fail
ure OF the Mastin bank, it is one OF the
accidents that any business man might
be subjected to. Under the bill regula'
ting the state treasury, which was ap'
proved by the governor last Saturday
the treasurer is required to give a new
bond for $5OO,OO0 within thirty day.
or his Office will be vacated, in which
event the governor will appoint a sue
~cessor. But Col. Gates will give The
bond, and that done, confidence will
be restored and perhaps a weeks tim
will settle the impeachment matter. II
say that the senate will adjourn unit
next summer or autumn and then NEE
to sit as an impeachment court is to-
much for the average mind! Think 9
the cost-anywhere from $4,000 t
$25, 900! The people don't want it
especially when they are satisfied thu
no thigh crimes or misdemeanors" hav
been committed.
. Last week the reporter on the kansa
City Times. Mr.. Thurston, published
statement to the effect that Mr.. McCoI
mick, of St. LOUIS, had made certai
, remarks about his brother member, NJ
Taylor. OF St. Louis. Mccormick d.
MED the charge. Mr.. Davis. of Salln
called his attention to the time OF tt
reported conversation. and so the matt
. rested until Monday. Mccormick the
offered a resolution expelling the IT
! porter aforesaid, giving as a reason tn
- he had attempted to blackmail a mel
= Der. A committee was appointed. al
on investie atlon concluded to report tn
no further action be taken-so Thurstt
remains in the house. The papers 81
that had the evidence in the blackm'
matter been published there would ha
been a necessity for some member bell
expelled. there being a woman in t
case.
10 And while on the subject of reporter
Mr.. Tennie Matthews was elected O.
cial reporter of the house at the begi
liz ming Of the session. He did his VIC
h. well for several weeks, but. being fe!
he unfortunately tell by drink, and
Office was to-day declared vacant. Ten
is a remarkably bright writer. and
& was a general regret that the house "
I'm compelled to take the action 1t did.
IN. morrow he may be entirely we'll. 8
ar may stay 50 tor months but to-day h'
,c. in a bad fix. J. H. Hawley, of St. Lo'
we was tonight nominated by caucus to
in the vacancy.
xa- On Monday the resolution memoir
po- izing congress to repeal certain Ii
90. authorizing the removal of causes fl
Y Is state to United States courts came
S a and was passed by 81 vote OF 81 t.
an MIR. Collins. chairman of the commi
rib on federal relations, said that the C
the mittee were unanimous in supper
by this memorial. Some action shoult
o it taken on this question. 1t ought L
red. taken by all the states, but partlcul
n in Missouri; and it was well that Miss
rm- should start the ball and set a good
of ample. The people OF Missouri
3 OF more interested than the people of
par other state, because here the heavy
cred of the federal courts had been mad
X at fall oppressively on the people in
tiers OF purely domestic concern. 1t
u question that comes home to the pc
of those counties which had been al
cd with outrageous taxation. IN u
'ns' peculiar tanner. While they
se''e struggling to tree themselves, to
LEX promise with their creditors. to
, we themselves OF burdens which oppr'