Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1880-05-29

yentIon which was carried.
The secretary was in tructed to notify tne |
executive committees oi the various counties OF
the action OF this committee.
ON motion OF Mr.. Harwood the democratic
newspapers of the district were requested u
publish the proceedings of this committee
The committee tncn adyourneu
a. j. HALL, Chairman
J. IL. JOHNSTON. Secretary.
THE CANVASS.
EpIroR iSrELLIaENcEK: The following is an
extract from account of Cot: Rathbun's
speech at Dover, in your paper OF May ., sign.
ed 'DoTer,' which was written IN the interest
of Col Rathbun. and if not 9y him, Dy MS
"a single instance referred to the tcdr record
of either oI' his opponents IN Mts race, Dnl
one Of Them Hnden, had rersis'e IN ,ia dons so, o.
ask the question OF bone tax in order to give the
Judge an opportunity to cxpaia 1t. isathoun
said me hal been accused of this, but the people
knew better and now the third man had to be
brought in. lie asked Col. Warren If he had not
consulted with Burden and il it was not under
is a positive statement by Hathbun that Judge
Burden had go ten Warren TO nsk the question,
and an attempt 20 show, by galGlsa .tatemsn, enni,
ed scheme by Burden and Warren that the ques-
ton should be asked. Hear Col. Warren On the
subject: ,,,a
DOVER, Mo-, May 27th, 1880.
When Col. Rlthbun asked me, in the meeting
at Dover, ifJudge Burden had not requested me
emphat;caliy, ''He did not" l stated we had
talked about The bone tax and other matters, but
that Judge Burden did net request me TO ask
him to explain the bone tax. GEO. b. w WARREN. .
But suppose Burden had made such II request
Of Col Warren; Is there anything wrong Ill 1t ?
Il bsne tax was such hSrr.bie Ia ssiT was m ns
lsathbun, like the woli, having iirst muuaiea =,
the stream by raising the cry of .'b'ne tax,
IT TO- on on dvend
Now notice lsathbun's declaration in the Italics
above. where he says he had not in this race re-
lerred to the war record OF Burden, and also the
following, which is taken from sn editorial in
the Colonel's organ, the Sentinel, editei by his
particular friend and champion, wnere, III
speaking of the speech Of Rathbun at Yelling
tom he uses these words: Rathbun said that
there was not man in the county who ever
heard him refer to the bone tax, or any party
| record of any candidate making this race
lie: the following statement frOn some OF the
truest men our county affords, including the
| chairman and secretary Of the meeting at Chapel
these broad assertions of Col: Rsthbun and de-
termins who raised The cry of bone tax; 800
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, May q. 1880.
| This is to certify that at Chapel Hill. during
| the present canvass. while Judge Hurteh was
addressing the audience, and before anything
had been said about bone tax Col. EathnuL
| asked Judge Burden how much he had gottei
| out of the bone tax, and Immediately Col. Rath
bun produced and read openly and publicly :
| notice of the military assessment known as Ill,
bone tax, signed by Judge Burden. Genera
| Vau .han and others, which notice stated IN SUD
stance that Rathbun had been assessed so iniici
| for bushwhacker deppelat IONS liz killing unior
| men, and he, Rathbyn. wanted to know wha
| had become of the money. We were present ant
| heard the whole affair.
| ". p. sEAWELL. Sec'y,
| JOSEPH RAGSDALE,
| Il. Il. HENRY.
The speaking at Chaf:el Till was the second !
the CANVASS and the Colonel forgot what he sai
there before he reached Dover, showing hieiE
ory too short to make good judge, ,.,o
| Int rn q
| the following account Is given Ot ltathDun'
| speech at Alma which he has never dcnie
either on the stump or In the papers, aithous
Judge Burden has repeated it in every speec
since, and which statement can he verified U
scor.s Of men, to-wii "Rsthbhn said ludg
| Burden claimed ciedit Tor having decided til
Drake iron clad oath unconstitutional in lsG;
on his application TO practice law in the probal
=, court. but that Hurdrn deserved no credit Tor
that time John Il. Burden was u Candidate Il
recorder and Judge Burden was forced by Rltf
bun To make the dscision, because Rathbun ha
threatened 10 oppose Johns election il lie dl
not do 80, and that he (Rsthhun) had determil
, ! ed from that time till new that Rsilh' Joh
Burden or the Judge snGuld aver nold an otAt
l in Lafayette county,
| WAS auch utlice rs recorder In existence II
two years after l:athhun says John Burden ",
e II candidate, the office all that time being pa
Of the circuit clerk s office and held Dy MIR. Gu
' ' | rir. and it is Impossible tha; he could have 10
S ced the decision by his pretended threats:
On Friday June 1'h 1857, =. the ea,y aayoarn .nn,
-
the following among other proceedings we
= had, to-wit: "Whereas. the statutes Of the sta
d of Missouri provide that the office of clerk OF 4
No circuit court anh rec"rier of amy county In sn
~ state, where the inhabitants thereof exceed Il
Il thousand in number, may be separated by 1
: county court OF sunh county; and whereas,
e appears to the satisfaction OF the court here tn
K the Inhabitants of Lafayette county exceed I
thousand, 1t 10 tiiereiOra o;der.d that the oil
:, Of clerk Of the circiIt court and recorder OF si
If county oi Lafayette be and the same are here
r separated. And il is further ordered by
Le court that special election be held on iues'i''
l. July the 9th. let'1. to elect recorder for 81
is county to I'LL Tive vacancy created by said seq
le ration.
10 l. WIN Il. Sleela, clerk OF the county cOu
le within and for the county and stale aroresai
l. Ito hereby certify that the foregoing is full II
81 true copy OF the order OF the af"resait cour
l. court is the appears Of resur,i III InF D.
rs Office, in book 10, ut page 81 In testimo
20 whereof, l do hereunto set my hand and a!fiN
Ir VIM. L STEELE. Clerk
IN AS to Rtihbun's expressed determination u
~ Judge Burden should never hold an Office af
se la6J. read the following call which was TIL
rs years after he says he forced the test oath I
ut c,sinn, and to which Is nppenieu hia o
in signature.
T. PROBATE JUDGE.
lie LEXINGTON Mo, July IA, lSGS
Sc IIOE. ELDKpGk RURDRN-SIR:-lIaving
i utmost cUnii !-nce III your uprightness AMI
l. trgrIty as Il man and judg-. we, your fello
'm citizens. and members of tie bar. beg of you
~ allow your name to go before the people ~
candidate Tor r!.-clectiou 10 the oil &c OF prob
III judge at the ensuing November election
~ know the inheritance of havln. an cxperienc,
VI competent lawyer on the bench rs probate ju'
Dr ol our county, and your past conduct and I
e ings as Il judge give us the best guarantee
i your future aciIsn IN said position, should
n, n lie reelected. PleEging our hearty support,
~ request the use OF your name AS Il candidate
lh said eflice vi probate judge. We are your
er Joha f Ryland H.C. Wallace,
q. yonophon Kyland, ZACH, J.; Mitchell,
oi 4. W. Ruck2r, W. Walker.
OF /. Davis, George $. iiathhpn,
~ Greon, a +. Alexander,
oi ii. l.. Haynes, William Young.
ue Mark l.. DeMOtte, l.. Davis.
N" At Alma Rathbun said that Burden. in Is
:, made II forced decision against his will by Ea
nj bun $ threats IN lS,iS he signs statement
= | he has the utmost confidence IN his uprishtr
M aud integrity. AT Alma he says he detrrmi
r in l.sti5 Burden should never hold Office; III
Ia wears after he pledges him his hearty support
,is | probate Judge. An attorney amt officer nt
" court, he confesses to have been guilty OF }
N. | curing a Judge through threat to make Il dtcIs
mn lie otherwise would not have made, and
rk crrlties to the integrity Oi that Judge With
hIs breath he lad not hesitate 10 destroy the chai
rrs ter of ii brother IN the church VINO hah rep,
: a ton for uprIghtness ami int sr'ty acquired
.es nearly half II century oi honorable useiuln'
mn and certified to by some Of the trnest men
,.t county affords with the lamented Rylan'
IL their head Here then has Col. Rathbun
of attempting - take an unfair aavautage ol
Nv opponent. hedi:et himself ~ WIN net W
NO for him la escape, and which exonorates c>
lr man who signed his call from voting Tor h
md And now dIsmissIng C"l- George .. isath
an | and his brilliant satellites allow me to sa.
nv the people of Lafayette county that when
MA tholght too l;lic to rr1ntc them. doubtless II
the VIII Dc more !'!isi"i '''h' u I'm VI.
,.,. Source these which hay" cost so mil;h tro'
of and expense to -Npnse, but those VII" io.e 4
oc- and iair dealing may answer thein nt The
l.. mary
lr :Truth crushed to earth VIII rise asan,
m The eternal years OF t'oi are hrf-;
in While error wounded wrirhrs III pam.
IN And dies amid her worsll'p"rs
crt
;cll Central College commencement
of -
an sabbath May 30, commencement serlnoi
IN Rev G. e Woods, ID. D.. oi Kansas city.
IN Oral examination VIII he in progress at
-r- College Chapel each morning, from 5, u IN
us L..
ose Wednesday evening. June :. an eANlbi
the Will br given al Hagen y opera house.
md Thursday evening, June :. the exercises
. t,tn, Ia "a III