Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-07-29
LETTER FROM LEAVENWORTH.

LETTER FROM LEAVENWORTH.
EDITOR INTEILIGENCKR The ques-l
tion as to the identity OF the party who
parslized Billy Patterson pales into nj.
ter insigni6csucs when compared to a
query which is.now that harvest is oyer,
agitat,ug the minds OF the people here,
and that is AZ to who will be
THE NEXT GOVERNOR.
1t Is but short time, comparatively |
speaking. until the convention will be |
held. and the aspirsnts Tor the guberna- |
torial position are looking alter their |
fences. Beside the John with the pre-.
fix, who has twice been honored with |
the place. and john with the af1ix, who
is seeking to succeed the present incum- |
bent. there has been but one other gen.
tleman, SO lar as can ascertain, prom.
inently mentioned in injection with |
the Office. and tn Il is
HON. JOHN A. MARTIN,
of the Alchison Champion. For some
time his name has been used rs q possl.
BILE candidate, and it has met with con.
siderable approval in various parts of
the state. How MIR. Martin stands on
the question of.prohibition do not know,
although 1t is und rstood that. should he
be elected, he will do all In his power to
faithfully discharge all the laws Of the
state, one oi whioh is that liquor shall
not be manuiacturedesr sold within its
borders 8, but which law Is not paid any
very alarming degree OF respect. One Of
MIR. Martins qualificatlons-ff such It
can be calledl,is modesty, Tor he does
not copy into the columns OF his own
paper any Of the very dattering notices
which are so protasely showered upon
him by his editorial brethren, who are
pretty generally Unanimous In declar-
ing him gentleman Of honor, integrity
and ability. The Globe, one of Mr..
Martins home contemporaries. is :
most unholy sheet, for itspeaks OF Demi-
john St. John, and announces. in bold
faced type. at the head OF its editorial
columns. that it is for =
"ANYBoDY TO BEAT ST. JOHN,
but al there 10 no prospect that j. B.
johnson can do it. we are not in favor
Of him." Now. that these two gentle-
men are thus summarily disposed of BY
the Globe. it should say whether or not
Mr.. Martin is the anybody" Who can
relegat. Mr.. St. John to the obscurity
from which he sprung prior to his elec.
tion IS governor. l wrote you long
time ago. that the governor sought q
third term as q stepping stone 70 the
senatorship. and now it is currently re-
ported that he seeks 4 higher altitude.
and that nothing short Of domination
for 3. '' - a
PRESIDENT ON THE PROHIBITION TICKET
will be conferring upon him bis desire
for notoriety as a temperance man. and
the veteran cold-wster apostle from
away down east. Neal Dow, Is to be
m .de the tail Of this kite. Should this
come to pass. one might we'll e,claim,
will wonders never cease. There Is one
thing, however. of which I am pretty
sure, and that is that Mr.. st. John Will
find 1t az easy task to be nominated
for president as he will tor governor,
but that bis chances for election to thl
latter Office are as good as one those fol
the other. This is my opinion. formed
from reading number of papers, both
tor and against st. John. While speak.
ing of politics, it might not be amiss to
; say that the republican congressional
convention has met and nominated can.
didates, but among the nominees the
! name of Alfred Fairfax is conspicuous
for its absence. l allude to this particu.
, lar person because he is colored msn,
and was among those who sought con
t gressional nomination. l have mis-.
j placed or lost biographical sketch o
, him or would tell you who he is, 'bu,
/. suffice it to say that he is represented q.
I. being quite talented and man OF learn
, ing. He had the support OF his race
/; almost entirely, while some Of the news
. papers advocated his claims upon thi
i. convention, chief among them being thu
(, Emporia News. one Of the most proml
:. nent papers in the state. But Mi. Fair
(; fax was set down upon, and other IN
]. stance can be put upon record whereil
the republican party doesn't seem 4
regard the negro as gteatly'as i. pre-
: tends when the time for the distribu
tion OF Offices arrives. 1t is fact be
Q yond contradiction. 1 am reasonabl,
: sure. that the colored people contribut,
: moro toward the 2=7-e nj
SUPPORT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
in this state than any other one race
and 1t is also fact, equally a. true. s.tha
> but for their votes Kansas would b,
i democratic, yet when one Of their mum
ber asks for place at the hands OF th'
I; party Tor which he has tled-it teinf
> accorded by nearly all that he va
> thoroughly c0mpetent-he il ignored
!. and the same party rurns about aud ask
j. the negroes Tor their votes. Among th,
> candidates one was from th is place. W b.
> was also defeated. but who made an ex
ceptionally good race. only entering tn,
field two weeks before the convention
There is no doubt but what the republl
10 can congressional nominest will b.
o elected, but 1 repeat that in the eubsr
70 Material race there is going to be SOM
l. fun, even now there being very audible
wHIspERINes OF A holt,
~ which come from q very POI erful ele
ment in this state-an element DOS
, sessing three-iold power, l might say
, numbers wealth. intiuence-aad that 1
, the German voters. Should there be
bolt the iissensIOn will be bitter and ,
hard battle will be fought. There ar
10 many, many voters Of all nationaIitle
, who do not like the prohlbitory amend
ment. but the Germans are opposed TO it
If almost to man. They are for Johl
A. Martin for governor, and tive meet
}. ings have been held here by them, q