Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-26
COL. DAVIS REJOINDER.

We print below Col. Jss. Davis re)oindef 10
an editorial which recently appeared in the
InteIligencer. Col. Davis article WAS arst
printed in another paper. probably under the
feeling that he did net like to ask the favor OF
it's publication IN the Intelligencer alter its crlt-
icism. 1t would have been no favor on our part
but simply an act of justice and fairness. We
have no sort of desire to misrePresent Col.
DAVIS, or to place him before the people In q
wrong light. and his own unsupported state
ment positively made would have been quite
sufficient as to his speech of opposition. Inc
records, as We said, contain NO evidence OF
motions to amend in the direction indicated.
We subml what the colonel has to say without
further m
From the Lexington, Mo-, Register. Nov. PAL
EDITOR REGISTER: - desire thr ouRh the
columns OF your paper to notice an editorial in
the Intelligencsr of the l2th inst. in which the
editor tries to impress upon the public that l
was q member of the Lafayette convention. urg-
ing its existence. and that 1 made NO objections
to its proceedings, intimating that l acquisseed
in everything that it done, without ever raising
my voice against it. Among other things the
editor says: 'tCol. Davis could hardly with
honor to himself have voted against the csmprs-
mise, and we are glad to see that he does net
state positively that he did. He places his sp-
position to compromising his " bonds ate
cents upon the fact that other bonds of . higher
rate of interest were placed NJ SO cents. We
have examined the record carefully. but failed
to find that he ever submitted an amendment. or
otherwise sought to impress that view upon the
convention. We remember NO discussion Of
such . proposition" Gentlemen who are well
known in this county and whose verscity has
never been doubted. differ with the editor.
| Hear what they say:
10 ~hom Il may coscers:
In Justice to Col. Davis We desire to state that
we were members Of the lafayette county tax
payers convention In 1915. and that during the
| deliberations and proceedings Of this convention
we heard Col. Davis make . speech. urging the
injustice of placing the 8 per cent. bonds issued
In accordance with the charter granted tho Lex
ington & st. Lsuis Railroad Company, At 10
cents on the dollar. aud ether bonds, u portion
of which had been changed by the county court
Of Lafayette county from 8 to 10 per cent. inter-
est, at 80 cents on the dollar. Col. Davis made a
lengthy speech, urging the ~injustics OF srch .
course" Il. j. SMITH.
LOCK TERHUNE.
November, 1881.
l was . member Of the above named oenven-
ton. and to the best Of my recollection the above
statement is true. j. H. HIGGENs.
November 10, 1881.
With the statenent of these three gentlemen l
presume the public will be satisfied. l only
want to say In regard to the deputy sheriA's
name being used instead Of the deputy clerk.
who was the gentleman l referred to, that 1t was
either = mistake Of mine or . typographical En-
ror Of the Higginsville Advance, bat in either
event it anounts to nothing. The deputy county
clerk treated me with all the c~iyilitiss that .
gentleman is entitled to. and I will venture the
opinion that he will not say that I Infatuated or
intimatsd that the ballots had been Intentionally
withheld or that I left the impression on him
that any unfair advantage had been taken Of nj.
In conclusion l will say that my statement
published in the Higginsvills Advance Of Oct.
20, 1881. and copied by the Register and Inlelli-
gencer is to the best Of my knowledge and be-
lief smphatically and strictly true, and that
would be qualified On every count therein con-
tanned as readily as any ether fact that has trans
plrsd within the past seven years.
JOSEPH DAVIS.
November 81. 1881