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

Did money rain like mann 4
down upon the people, and did tlcy
pay it? No sir; it was paid i'll this .
way. 1t was made up from the sale of
bank stock held by the state and hand
ed down fir IN former democratic ad
ministrations. 1t was made up from
the sale of railroads, and the payment
Of interest andI dues from railroad
companies ALSO from the. war indemnity
paid by the United States government
to the state of Missouri, amounting 10
nearly $5,000,000. 1t was made up
also partly by the bonus paid by the
banks. Thus it will be seen that rs Il
matter of fact, Governor Fletcher did
not reduce the state debt one dollar
during the four years of his admins
tration.
AN ANECDOTE OF LINCOLN.
Mr.. Lincoln, when he was pres
ident of the United States, was man
of uncommon ability and great good
sense, kind of sense that is worth all
the other sense that a man can have.
Some by 4 little general of the army,
who wanted to be elevated, went to
him and said: "Mr. Lincoln, General
Grant is running the army and the
country; he is drunk all the time"
Mr.. Lincoln at once perceived what
the man wanted. He saw that he
wanted to be elevated to the position
occupied by General Grant; SO he said
to him: "Can you tell me where Gen
eral Grant gets his whisky? If you
can | would like to buy some of it to
send to some Of my other generals and
scatter it through the army, for Gcner-
al Grant is the only one that seems to
be doing anything" Laughter So,
my friends, l thinkif you will
excuse the personal reference. You had
better send to the legislature good men
who will run your state in the way we
have been running it, SO that it may be
ruined some more III the same fashion.
During this administration we have
extended your school allowances, yonr
school houses and your schools as far
as was in our power. in every county
and in every township throughout the
state. We have carefully husbanded
and credited every cent of money that
has been paid by you, the toiliny tax
payers, in the treasury. Not single,
solitary dollar has been lost. We have
protected the credit of the state until it
is not surpassed by that of any other
state i'll the nnion. And l say it here
to the people of Lafayette county, at
the close of my administration, when
expect to retire from political life-I do
not know that | could get anything
else if wanted it, and do not want
anything else if the people want to
give it to mel say it is the best ad
ministration that the state of Mis-
souri, has ever had. When 1
say this | call your attention to the
record and to the books, and j call
your attention to the figures themselves
and to the pages and the dates and the
year for you to determine. And yet
they cry" Poor old Missourir' Laugh
teri Iwish you democrats would IN
scribe upon. your banners as one of
your notices from now on to the end
of the campaign "Poor Old Missouri"
and let it be put there, not only in
black letters, but in letters of gold ;and
let it be emblazoned upon your plat
forms and upon your banners, and
upon every flag you have. floating
Ove' every township and every county
"POor old Missouri" under democrat
ic rule.
have here another specimen of re-
. publican sophistry. This is from the
Kansas City Journal of September 5
and it says: GA republican victory il
{ Missouri would enhance the value o
3 property fifty millions of dollars the
day after the announcement was made
: 1t is to the pecuniary interest, therefore
Of every citizen and of every propert,
T. holder in the state to vote for the re
publican ticket, and for freedom ant
}, patriotism" The very moment rea,
$ that III the Kansas City Journal / sen
to the auditors Office to ascertain th'
q increase in the value of real and per
T. sonal property in this state from 1856
u to 1888. Your assessment for 1884 ha
y not been reported yet. and therefor
v we cannot tell what the value of tn
IS property of the state will be for thi
year. Let us look ut the assessment @
: 1888. Listen: Ii 1866 the assesse
y valuation of your property, rea an
:, personal, was $332 900 900; in 1868
Is was$47O, ,0O0, 900; in 1871 it was 1859
600 900; in 1872 1t was $571 900 900: i
1876 it was $500.OO0,0 900, having d.
% 90 creased somewhat owing to the strin
" gency of the times; in 1880 it wa
~ 1929, ,OOO, 900; in 1883, just at the yer
I" identical time when was being hount
GO cd all over the state as having RUNE
m every acre of land, and every individ
ic ual in the state, your personal and re;
estate was valued at 1925, 900, 900, mol
II than double what it was when the rt
I publican party had possession of ii
state. Aud still they say in the face
ve y all these figures '.Poor Old Missouri
&C. Laughing and cheering. Yes, n
a. friends, it will be poor old Missouri
r.. place of any other exclamation uni
IN they get hold of the state, and then
,r. reality the Old turkey will be pluckt
"a. clear and clean, and it will be iIdee
.se poor old Missouri! Renewed laught
IRA and cheering.] They will pick Il
,er bird from beak to tail, and you will g.
N. such gathering of all these boards
ev Office seekers such az were here
no carpet baggers in the state in 1865, ai
'or afterward-andy you people know maj
yas of them, for there was not u county
mr. the state that did not have them; tn
IN would return to this state again ii
ed harpies-they would come in flock
i'm. they would hover over your state
;ch you have seen the black birds hoy
rv over your corn fields at times; a
.ed would get access to the treasury of yo
nes state again, and they would prey al
prey upon it as long as they had
not state. [Cheering and laughing.]
GRE FACTS AND FIGURES.
ont Iwant to give you some more {
our ures. Figures are very dry, but it
Inv important that you should know
ese facts. wish to present some fgu
nis. and facts before you, SO that you
of determine whether the democratic p
lin ty should be perpetuated in power
old not. Ii it has not been faithful y
ought to turn it out of power and
9TH. in other men. If the democratic p
the ty has not protected the interests of
uri. state, say in the name of CONN
edit honesty, in the name of common j
@ of tice to yourselves, turn the demOcr
is party ont, and put some other party
D of that will serve you more faithful
to But is it true that it has not been fa
A. full! Let us see. During Cover
200 Fletchcr's administration, the twci
the third general assembly cost you
that round numbers, 1889 600; that is
ads. the first two years. The second
hese years cost you $379, 900, or about 81
that 900 for the four years of his admi
first tration. Governor McClurg's admi
,rity tration for two years cost You 8:
ned. 900. Governor Browns adm
the tration cost you S45l 900. G
,lete. ernOr Woodson's administration
nsid- two years cost you $4,000. {
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