Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-12
MORE ABOUT THE COLLBCTORsBIP

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MORE ABOUT THE COLLBGTORSHIP.
EDITOR lNIELLIGENCER:-I see that Col.
Elliott has come out in your paper with an
other letter in regard to iiie coilectorship,a and
he says his first letter w:is written solely and
alone IN the interest of harmOny-iO simply
point ont the relative strength Of the candi-
IateS." Now, if flns be The only and sole mo-
tive of his letter. why doe, he charge that
Judge Harrison and Mr.. Bcalic were simply
running to see which could beat the Other.
when he ought to have known that Judge
Harrison was being run by his friends on ac-
count of his honesty and ability to discharge
The duties of the office. and had more claims
upon the people of Lafayette county for said
Office than any other candidate: Permit me
10 ask you, if You be indeed The friend of Dr.
Chambers, what has he ever done for the
dem"crat!c party save and except to vote:
Who ever saw him in and taking part in a
democratic meeting? When was he ever
selected by his neighbors To represent them
in a democratic convention: What public act
did he ever do 10 him rs :: repre-
sentative democrat? But can this be said Of
Judge Harrison! Has he not always taken II
leading and active part in his township, for
his party, at the expense of his time and
money: We therefore urge his claims for the
Office OF collector, because he has ALWAYS been
recognized rs IN active, leading democrat,
and because he has made more sacrifices for
the people than any other candidate who is
an aspirant for The office of collector. Who
among them has ever been imprisoned in be-
half OF those people who are now :skin. the
people TO support them for office.
Col. Elliott, who was it that was trying TO
belittie the ciai rs of Judge Harrison whilst
lie was in prison in jefferson CITY for reflIs-
ing to make Il levy Of taxes upon the people,
TO pay an unjust bonded Indebtedness. Call
YOU not this act Il 'Slabbing of Il man i'm the
back" And after the people saw that YOUR
setterwas more favorable TO Mountjoy than to
DR.. Chambers, and believing that il was WRIT
ten by 4 friend of Mr.. Mouniioy, Won pretend
10 affect the belief that the correspondence in
your paper, and the two i'm the Advance were
written by Mr.. Mountjoy's friends. 1t re-
minded me of the story of Il thief, when be-
ing perSlied Tor his stealing, with 4 crowd af-
ter him, hallooing, "Stop The thief;r the
thief also takes up the cry and i,;,lloos louder
than any of them, stop thief. step thief
fermii me to say TO you, this is q little bit tco
thin; you cannot make any person believe
such an abSurdfty. And You also say look
closely at the correspondcnre-lwo i'm the
Advance and one in the Intelligencer-aud
see If ihn ma Itn,rIf,. .t;, .-I ~
uohIt perVade The three letters; therefore they
Were written by the same person and handed
around for publication. Well, pcrbaps
each one saw the facts in the sal,. light. bnt
| do not know the authors of those Ietiersiu
The Advance, and never saw or heard of said
letters until | read them in the pnner, and as
you seem 10 be anxious to know their an
tnorS, ! guess if you do not know how 10
lind out, perhaps you have Il friend in Gen.,
Vaughan WHO will tell You 10 call upon the
editors o. those papers in 4 proper manner.
and You can find out.
me colonel gives us n history of his life.
Now, don't propose TO discuss this question.
| am not after his history. That neither aids
10 nor diminishes anything in regard 10 ihe
candidates, and we only propose to lay before
:he voters the claims thai Judge Harrison has
Tor their support, and whilst dom. this we
think it he :eSsary 10 deuounce the col
"iti asa HEuiture, vampire or sluethhound for
The ~Jackals OF politics to gnaw at, and TO hold
high carnival over 1t is not necessary for
us 10 deal in such slang in order To adyorate
the claims OF the judge. We propose 10 elect
him by fair and honorable means, and if we
caiinot elect him by those means. we are will
ing tor him 10 fall. 1t is not necessary for us
to Use such vile language wiiliont . ra,lse.
aild we must be excused from sa,in. any
mere on this subject.
'oi"iei,there Is one thing we would like TO
know, and that is, who wrote the letter over
your signature. We don't think il Is vour
s'N!e, thought or diciion. Was MOI General
Y :Iglan and Dr.. Chambers present when il
was written, or did not Dr. Chambers see The
letter hefor" IL went 10 press: Such WAS not
the case with Judge Harrison. for he knew
Whatever OF my writing the letter
published IL the !ntclliaercrr, nor did / think
II necessary TO show it to him. My only
ann ana purpose WAS to preseni the claims Of
JUDGE for The Office for which ir is a can
iniAte. believing, as | did, if the attention of
the people WAS called 10 them. he would be
elected by Il large majority, and from al the
'itnrmati"n | can get, lic is Gaining votes in
aIi parts of the county daily. Your, &". c..
What the People Want.
Just received a large stock OF new Mol
lake salt, u 60 per barrel.
If YOU want machine oil for harvesting
that viii not gum, bny my castor
machine oil.
The Live Oak and Monarch" whiskie.
are The bes! IN America; they are always he
the same. Price ii per gallon. Also pure
distilled whisky al - per gallon.
II y"n want roasted coffee Try my Java
roH~tcl, Santos r"istcd or Rio roasted. II
N"n w-ni green coffee try nav Java. African
Java, mocha, golden rio, Mexican lnguirl, or
green RIO, they are all good.
| have a good fresh stock of i"t. and can
suit any one in both quality aad price.
Now i The time 10 hay sugar while ii is
Gail AMI get bottom price,
| have apple and white Wine VINEGAR. pure
ana lH''iahlr, Just what Non want for pick
iiHg.
| have also ANYTHING YOU want in The wood
enWare line. Wire feed baskets. towel roll
rf-' bread hoIri>, clothes baskets, d~u>lcr>.
&c, &c.
| have just received II uew stock OF queens
Ware, al! new patterns, AMI Al Greatly re-
Ia ii prizes.
Respectfully,
JnEe2lt3 JOHN POWELL ,