Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-04
THE TOWNSHIP BONDS.

s~ettlement. in some way. Of the town
ship bonded debt is Il serious and dell
cate one, and deserves the t%housht'u'
consideration and cooperation oil every
intelligent taxpayer. Ii all these aeo.s
stood exactly upon the Same equltaoie
foundation, or if the suggestion OF pay
ing what might be agreed on in some oil
the townships. could not wronginiiy
prejudice settlements at a lower price
IN others, the question would be much
simplifed, and might be discussed more
freely. But an intelligent discussion Oh
It should be had, and we second the mo-
ton of the Sentinel to nave a meetipS
next court day, December e, OF citizens
of the various townships Interested IN
the matter. The writer advised, IN the
original taxpayers convention, thai the
bonds should be bought at the then pre-
vailing prices, which were very low.
Since then they have been weakened
and strengthened by iuctuating decis-
ions. We hold that the whole batch oil
them are illegal. null. void and oil no
account. and we sincerely believe ina
no processes of law will ever be able to
compel their payment. This tact. we
! think, should be kept well to the 'front.',
aud the people should keep the handle
end oil the whip in the negotiations
| With this understanding it will do to
take steps for u settlement. for the rea-
son, not that there is a tangible legal
| claim against the townships, but merely
that there is a claim, which it is advis-
able, for the sake of peace, to settle. We
understand the various hardshlps which
some very innocent purchasers have
been made to suffer. We ask them, on
the other hand, to look at the fully as
great hardships which the people have
had to endure. 1t is true that the many
might bear a stated loss easier than the
few, but how many of these few are
there that would pay u tax bill to help
out the many, II even a technlcality Of
law interviewed to protect them from its
paymen,? Not one. We say by all
means let there be taken steps toward a
solution Of the difficulty. 1t is the cas-
lest matter in the world to figure out the
advantages OF a favorable compromise
over an adverse result of the whole
question. We are not prepared to con-
template such a result. What VIC think
common sense dictates in the matter IS,
that all the townships interested act to-
gether,, after first acting separately,
even though their propositions be va
rious, and that the convention Tor
the purpose be composed Of delegates
az mass conventions or meetings are
sure to be unrepresentatIve of more than
a circumscribsd locality. One phase Of
+ the situation should be borne in mind
!. and that is, unless there is practlca
Q upanimity in the conclusions arrived at
: nothing can be done. Onr opening sen
a tence again recurs to us. the question 1
a serious and delicate one; still W
d would like to see it practically settled
e and Tor this purpose nothing could b.
better than a meeting OF prominent CIT
= izens to mark out a plan OF action. AM
no time and place could be more suit
able than, say 2 o'clock, Monday aiter
is neon, December 6, at the courthouse.
!: Because this paper naturally take
the side al the people OF the county l
" bond matters is no reason why 1t desire
l to be Unfair to the township bondhoit
er.. We invite them freely to expire:
= their views in our columns, and sspecia
'. ly as to what they are willing to take
u cash or renewal funding bonds Tor tho:
- they hold.
in A strange incident occurred at la
Saginaw. Mich. A resident there u
mittea two strange girls to his house
rest a tow minutes. Within an no
'ai thereafter each gave birth to well d
IN veloped babes. The young mothe
were from Strathroy, Ont, and had
fd, money. They were we'll treated,
OF course. 1t is seldom that two WON
.ea are found SO much of a mind.
There seems to be no doubt that &c
Craig received 1884 votes in Ray cot
III ty, giving him a majority oil two in
district, but Mr.. Ford does not hesit;
a moment to take advantage OF a Gle
- cal error to claim the place. In ad
ton to being y nonentity as a congre
man, he seems to be a scurvy fellow
well.
in The democracy need seek for no n
tifc issues. Their old mes are good enou
If they will only stand by them. ID
money, home rule, Tree trade and ssii'
rights. with opposition to monopoi
is a good enough platform, with q
tho enough issues.
and The land reform fever is spread
,ach from Ireland over into England. wi
ion it is about as badly needed. a ter
hle farmer once a tenant farmer Away:
.pub the rule there. There is no such IL
as a poor man earning his farm and
independence.
lUGl- |
.aoo Clerical error Ford, OF the ninth
,tt a tric,, may as we'll get all the goot
the can out OF his position as congress
en- this time. We do not believe there
the constituency in Missouri mean enc
!, sad to return such q fellow after finding
out.
900. The democrats cast 4.436,O OLA Vot
IT,. the last election, and 2,S49,5SI OF
votes were east north OF Mason l.
...- en's line. Still the republicans
49,. the impudsnce to stlgmatiZo the d
cratic rs the southern party.
srs as Congressmar Singleton fought 20
" for the free trade plank in the d
made eiatic platform, and is the only
- az. cratic representative from LIMOS
from Increased his majority over his
II the nent.
be in 1t is asserted in London thai
iexico GranvilIe's speech means that L