Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-24
THE SUPREME JUDaEsHIP.


the people of Lafayette county will assemble
together for the purpose of selecting delegates
to represent them In the state convention
Let our good people take heed that those
whom they select for this purpose are ''tru.
bLus"in every particular. There is one point
on which our people feel and speak as unit
and which is to them a matter of great inter
| est. SO
| What kind of candidate do we want?
We will tell you. At the outset we will
tell you the kind of q man we don't want,
and we can't do this in fewer or better words
than Major Jno. N. Edwards has used:-
"No stilted arfstocrat of arrogant air and
snpercilious mein, no born lover Of bonds and
corporations. no natural ally and advocate Of
the moneyed power need apply!" ..,.,.
This language has the genuine old fashion
ed ring about it; language that we used to
hear; language that we used to nc. on before
the "moneyed power'' had seized us by our
throats, mortgaged our farms against our
will aud imprisoned our county judges be-
cause they refused to help the bond robbers
| eXtort from US what we had honestly earned
by lives Of frugallty and hard handed toll.
This language we have quoted Is full Of
meaning and the long and short Of it Is, good
bye Turveydrop. Do you know. who this
"TurveydrOp" IL? You will know when
we remind you of little incident. Once
upon time our county judges were ordered
To Jail because they refused TO oppress our
people and respond to the thieving exactions
Of this same "moneyed power.'' The wealth.
er WAS very warm. and Judge Krekel was too
kind hearted a man TO send our judges to a
nosome and loathsome Jail In such terrible
hot weather. so he gave them permission 10
remain in Jefferson City and report when
called for. While they were there they used
to frequent the Capitol aud enjoy the cooling
shade. "Turveydrop" saw them one day and
said with supercllious sneer:-ssThere 90
krekers cattle" Had our county Judges
ever done "Turveydrop" any harm which
moved him to make such heartless remark
No they had not. How then came he to
make It? We will tell you. His love of the
bond robbers WAS so great, and his hatred OF
the bound and shackled taxpayers so strong
that the moccasin juice of his hate came TO his
lips before he could choke il down.
"Out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh, says the good book, and
this instance proves 1t. Very likely he would |
like now to have few Of "Krekel's Cattle" to |
pull him into Office again, but "nary yoken
can he get in Lafayette county! Our heads
are sot Oh that pint and Turveydrop ssmust
gov'
Now,l will tell you what kind OF a man we
TO want. Wewant a man "of the people and |
for the people," just as Jno.. Edwards says
we Wanta man who has never yet bowed |
and who never will bow the knee or give in |
allegiance to the "moneyed power," or serf-
like wear its calling and corrupting yoke. |
We want man whose sight is 10 clear and |
so strong that all the bonds and coupons that |
ever fraud or felony spawned on the market |
OF Missouri, shall not be able to hide from his /
eyes the taxpayers and his rights when they
are presented In y court of justice. We are |
about to choose public servant, u Judge Of |
The supreme court, and we will be pretty
set OF Tools II we choose man who liz pre-
JUDGED against us and our cause at the very
start. No, never fear, we will do nothing of
Lie Kind. We have no favors to ask of the
supreme court or any OF its Judges, but " hen
We are looking about for new Judge, let us
be certain that he is not an enemy to our best
interests; that he will at least give US the
'ame measure and the same kind OF Justice
hat would be granted us without hesitation
u any other kind of y case except a bond
:ase. And we invite all Uf the other bond
ounties in this state to make common cause
With Us and assist in this lhirg. Man, of
hem are doing so now and more will follow, i
nd with all of us united, we can select a fair S
minded IN al and not bipartisan and champion
4 bond holders US our next Judge.
Here is u little sum we have worLed ont
IRE You good at figures! One from five leaves
onr; don't itI And one from four leaves
hree; don't il! And one from three leaves
Wo; dontit: In two years more if we figure 4
lgnt tnis year we can work out this sum to c
Dme purpose. See! ,JUsT,cr- g