Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-05-06
LETTER FROM JEFFERSON CITY.
JEFFERSON CITY, May 8. 1882


EDITOR INTELLIGENcER:-In pursu-
ance to the proclamation of the governor
we assembled here on the evening of the
10Th ult. At the appointed hour the house
was called to order by Speaker bashaw;
Assistant Chief Clerk Hsnnay called the
roll there not being q quorum, we ad-
journed until the next day. The reason
why we had no quorum was because OF
q wrecked train on The M. P. Il. r.,
which delayed the west bound train on
which were quite a large number Of rep
resentatives and senators. The next
day we met, and a quorum being pres
ent, the governor call was read, inc an
organization perfected.
The work 10 be done was the redis-
tricting of the state, and, we may add,
the redistricting OF the state 80 as. in
our judgment, to secure the greatest
good 10 the greatest number" OF
course, to US this meapt to shape Jul
districts IN such . way as to fully meet
the constitutional requirements, and to
make as many OF them democratic as
possible, and at the same time be Just.
This necessarily made tho work OF This
session q democratic work. Hence we
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OF action. A committee was appointed
from our number to whom all bills were
referred and before whom all plans
were discussed. The work of this CON-
mittee was long and tedious, and every
member Of 1t deserves special credit for
the thoroughness of their work. The
plans suggested by different parties
were many and various, and OH this &C.
count the committee required a number
of days to perfect their work. The ma
iority finally agreed upon what is gem
orally known as the "Daniels map"
This plan gives, as you have doubtless
sean. u working democratic majority in
all but che district. This unfortunate
district will be known az the thirteenth
and is in the southwest. There the op-
position have n combined majority of
over six thousand aud six hundred, with
the republicans q little in the lead. Still.
the democrats there will have q eight
ing chance" Mr.. Editor, we have
c:llea the above an unfortunate dis
trict, and surely any nan who is at all
acquainted with the days Of prescription,
and of financial extravaganza when the
state was under republican rule will
certainly end.rse the adjective here
used. How any natipc Missouriau, who
believes in the right OF local self gov
eminent, the use OF silver and gold and
paper currency, q government .sby the
people and for the people," and who is
opposed to mono metalism, monopoly,
Capitalization and carpet bagism, can
support and favor the ''republicanism''
Of to-day, is Il matter beyond the com.
prehension OF this ''mossback."
But have dIgressed. The outcome
OF the committee work. as stated above
was the adoption OF the Daniels plan
In all of lis most important features
Senator Lloyd, OF Newton, submitted tc
the caucus a minority report, making
all the districts democratic, and valiant
ly did he fight for his section and PEG
pie but tnte. or numbers. was agains'
him, and the majority report was sus
tanned. This will be the next basis fol
our congressional elections. Before
this reaches your paper, the specla
session will most likely have closed
And the session begun, thirty days latel
than the ILLINOIS legislature convened
Tor a similar purpose, will have finished
its work, while that controlled by re
puOIicanS dfags IT'S SLOW length along
The republican members have lat
ample opportunity to urge their objec
ti"ns. offer their amendments, and de
liver themselves OF quite an amount O
campaign e%loquence since the bill
agr. ed upon III caucus, was submitted
to the house. One of these gentlemen
a "divine'., from Lawrence county
placed his objections to the caucus bill
upon the Gas be stated it), high groun,
OF morality. Though where the moral
ity ceased and the immortality began
he tailed to tell us; yet stated to IL
that the bill was such a mo%nstrosity tina
those who supported 1t were worse mel
than the convicts in the %penitentlary
This shows to what extent yadiculisn
will carry even a preacher. 1t seem.
to us about time for the doctrine o
"%eternal hate to cease being preached
Principles, not passions from this on
should QOvern men. w n n