Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-08-27

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,beeger. r.,goyerpmelt had, lxedgs nav
'c6Gstftntion Upon the people; ID the
aethodS or " kfch they wore ettife
strab9ers, among Wi1ichIWAs M Siab6I
orete public tree school lsgalemsr This
cost annually nearly . MILF Of dol.
farhs. una the other expenses 81 thies
COY nni4nt we're nkaflyI U xfmi)liO61
moraE eHhe npsople'were,u thSte fore,
with an obi ixst tion I'd pay
about 5000, 600 annually, andssll che
property III the state wohld Hot have
s6Ex under the 'hamrdera for $500, ,bOO.-
000.i Ihis presented y sgsave,prob blsm
to the people Of the te,vhr9ken
do IN and disPirited as they Hefe.1
Matters stood in this form In. 1877. d
when ean election came to be hold for,
gQYernor andfanew Legislature. Then
William, Malone 4s~ s.ct a,.sd e0
s4sw ZANE UPON THE STAGE IsSs
AZ, T. Candidate for gAyernor.. This
persOn's history can be very briefly
dispatched. He was the son be, o
rOadside, tavern.keeper in Son 1thAmpr'
ton county and was educated III What
be; IesrnedD cAA be caile1l an educs-
titan Eat hthe expense. of5the stitesxt
|. the. VirginiaSsM Military inptttutea a.At
Lexington.n, He was in, the embloy.
meht Of the Norfolk and fetersbura
re iirOad company until the war came
90 when he was. givenacot1mahd Of q
Virginia regiment, the. Twentieth
Virginia infantry, If l recollect Alright.
He was made brigadier general In
November, 1862 and served under
Gen. Les's. s.immediate eyey from tha.
time to the end of the Awer; He re-
mained q, brigsdieg-genersl untn the
30th of July. 1854. when lie was pro.
t'moted TO the rank of major.geaeral,
because he was the seniort bSifAh Ahier.
general in the sdi yisiop, ,sand the rules
Of the service required it, He .ehdsd
the war in chic position, You may
the beginning of the awari to tho end
of it aud iyon will mot tindns refer
ence-to Malone. / mention these
things. 1becanss iti.has sebeenE several
times -statad in PRINT that he was
Gen. Lee's favorite officer, and that
he fGen. Eee) desired Mahons, to
succeed him ii he Should be Killed.
THESE statepepts have always come
from Malone himself. If you doubt
| this consult the Historical Magazine,
ffpubiishedA at M0rrisania, N. Y |, for
tl872, and 1873, thei monthsrI f0rRetl !,
autobiogrsphy of Maj. Gen. vi fliam
Malone. . He represents himseifito
have been e great soldier, but he waa
ns consummate q humbug, in that ca.
pacity as he is In all others. Aftei
the war he procured a consolid stioaI
Of three railroads In the state, bnill
1 of the money which the state then
owed, and, through her CONTROLLING
Interest in those roads acquired rby
that Doney. he got himself made
fpresident of'1heH three at a'salaryI ol
425 900 per annQm. He soon ran thfs
concern into bankruptcy by using its
revenues to corrupt the politics oi
the state and to control her. lesisla.
tnre, so that the federal court took II
awsy from him and put Il into the
hands Of Q receiver. This was Just
prior to 1877. The year 1877. there.
fore, found him without, an,eccu pa.
[pation., Surveying the situation, he
found it to be as l have describedsit
1 He knew that the negroes, " Nd con,
stituted almost oneshAtf5sl the 20 ters
of the state, could be relied upon "a
vote for aily scheme sof rep6d tfon;
aud he saw that ofsthsi brQken-ddwu
white people of the state, there were
only too many who could be tempted
into what they would have scoru cd
to contemplate ten years before. He
therefore declared himself "a candi.
date ior governor upon q, plat form Of
forcing the creditors to relfnquishi g
part Of their, annual interest," To dc
this, you will observe that it waa
necessary to turn out all the judges
in the state and to- put rascsls IN who
wonld hold that the state. was moi
bound to receive her, coupons in pay.
ment of her taxes. He did not blink
at this, but was prepared to go the
whole length. AN animated aud
bitter controversy took plack all over
the state between Malone, on his
t"resdjustmen" platform, as he called
it, aud John w. Daniel. Oh q debt.
payers PLATFORM, for the nomination
Of the democratic party. Daniel beat
Malone. and was entitled to the
nominstion.S but Mahoue, aupon tind.
ing this out. transferred his, entire
vote. to Holiday, who. had an insig.
niacant support. and thus defea, cd
Daniel. Holiday, q debt-payer, was
elected governor, but Legislatures OF
readj listers was elected. This
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