Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-25

any way whatever. l will tell you
where the shoe pinches. 1t is a matter
of the profoundest regret to the repub-
licans that the banditti was put down
by the democratic party. To-day they
would pour out one-half of their wealth
if that were not the case. They would
like to have these James boys now per-
from one end of the state
to the other, attacking banks and rail-
road trains on all occasions. They
would gladly do anything in their pow
er to-day to reinstate these bands II
they could have it said that the demo-
cratic party was protecting and con-
sorting with these men. The thing
that hurts them the most is that that
band has been overthrown, and it has
been done through the instrumentality
of the democraticofficia throughout the
state. There is where the shee pinches
the most.
THREE ENDS IN VIEW.
My friends, have had three policies
in view since l have been the governor
of this state-three things on my mind
that l desired to accomplish or as
sist in accomplishing while was in
the executive chair. The first was to
break up, or to assist in breaking up
all the outlawry in the state. You re-
member there were four bands in the
state-the James gang, the band that
robbed the bank at Brooktield (the
Mason gang )and the Morris gang in
southeast Missouri, band that conted-
Grated together for robbery, murder
and rapine, and the Lewis gang in the
southwestern part of the state. The
first has been broken up root and
branch; the Mason gang which robbed
the bank at Brooktield were every one
of them captured, tried, convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary of the
state for twenty-five years. The Lewis
gang In the southwest, ,confederated to-
gether for the purpose of ROBBERY and
murder, were captured and confined in
the penitentiary and they are now there
under lifetime sentences. OF the Morris
gang in Southeast Missouri two of
them were shot in pursuit, and two OF
them are in the penitentiary for twenty
five years each, and two more were
hanged under a sentence of the court,
SO that the band was broken up entirely.
And l say now, in confirmation of the
first desire [ had in view, that these
bands have all been broken up, and to
day Missouri is as clear of outlawry
and as free from all kinds Of crime o.
that character as the states of Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, New York or any
| other state in the Union. Cheering.
1t was asserted few days ago by ont
of the distinguished leaders, and ont
of the most honorable members of th'
. republican party, in a speech made a
jefferson Ci'y-I allude to j. Milton
, Turner Loud laughter and cheering
that the trains had shortened their tim
+ between st. Louis and Kansas Cit,
several hours, SO that it would give tn
!. travelling community that much bette
, chance to escape with their lives AM
! property in their transit through tn
!. state. That is as base SANDER as wa
ever uttered upon thestate of Missouri
+, but he was speaking for the republica
+ party and that party is responsible TO
i it; he is one of their leaders-One c
!, their most prominent and distinguish
!. ell leaders. Renewed laughter, cheer
/ and cries. say to you that he is on
Q OF their ablest leaders. [Renewe
8 laughter] and that it is as base
: calumny as was ever heaped upon tn
). state. Lite and property wer
e and are as safe in the stat
e of Missouri, as they ever were, and il
/, finitely more SO than they were durin
: the days of Governors Fletcher al
It McClurg. There is less CRIME, althoug
h the state has grownt to a greater exten
= and there is more rabid and certa
e conviction for crimes committed tha
II ever before. think you will say
response to what now tell you tn
Il my first policy has been accomplishe
y do not claim the honor Of doing it
" all. 1t belongs to the honest officia
!. and the honest people Of the state wi
ls inspired their officials to do the wOr
IT. There is where the honor belongs.
le THE SCHOOLS.
o.. The second policy that l started o
~ ~ to follow was that the schools of
y ~ state should be protected and plac
If upon more permanent basis than h
II : been ever before possible. In 9th
-, words was friend to the educati
40 10 of the children of this land of eve
~ hue and class, whether white or blac
a' ad for believe it makes better citizens
II T ways to educate every class. l do l
~, say that those who are not educat
:, are not good citizens. | say it wOl
~ add that much more to a mans usef
%o ness and value as citizen of he WI
nv ,n educated. By education do not me
~ the lifting of man up to the classi
an l mean giving him such comm
,.a un school education as You and got,
-, friends, in the old log schOolhOuses
rst the country when we got as far as t
rIa and tret in Rays arithmetic. We
p; the original builders and construct
ln .i,n OF the educational system now in fO
,me ANY, in the state of Missouri. The repul
nst Ln can party may claim that honor, br
ost ost assert here, and challenge contrat
,,,w ton, that your educational policy
aua adopted in the state OF Missouri bel
nre @ the republican party had any eXiste
whatever in the state of Missouri.
tod original suggestor of that policy '
xos as | remember, Governor Edwal
ava who was the governor of your s
onS many years ago. But it was forml
@ am ed and framed into living existe
in and law during the administratio
off Governor Sterling Price of Misst
: bv and it stands as an everlasting me
.t I ment to day to that great and dis
mr.; guished man. Loud cheers.
rrv as Mr.. Jefferson had placed upon
TO- tombstone the inscription that he
tata the founder of the college of Vir9
nos. and the friend of education, you c
tho pass no greater encOmium upon
the life of Sterling Price than that he
stow. the founder of the common school
q of TEN of the state of Missouri. [Cl
thot ing. In order to make my argu
.Ith shorter on that point, | state here
;.on the state of Missouri has Il larger
cav more permanent school fund tt
than any state in the Union. Cl
,.,,. ing.l Indiana few years ago h
am large school fund than Missouri
Missouri has surpassed it, and to
it stands first in the land. OF cou
made am not including Texas, the empire
have Ocratic state, because 1t has s.
Is fund in lands worth millions of do
nest, of which know nothing and C;
&c, is speak. 1t may be ten millions, it
there be fifty millions of dollars, or it
any be one hundred millions of dolla
who makes no difference what it is;
Iues- also q democratic state and like
le up souri, is the friend Of education
IS ad- these two democratic states are
$ full lead of all the other states o
do it Union; and you never hear rel
nest can senator or member OF cOngre
ected one word against Missouri III l.
is an to its common school system. [Ch
and r,,,, ,,rn,r ~, ,,,Sso,,,
band ~
| this Now as for the third point;