Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-31
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From the Commercial Gazette.
Gen Patrick Collins, of Boston, has
determined to retire from congress. and
will refuse to accept q nomination. Says
he: IL never had to work as hard for
myself as have to for the government
and my constituents. There IL no re-
ward in it for me, and / am making q
serious sacrifice of my private business
and necessarily losing place in my pro-
fession. simply cannot afford to re-
main in congress, and shall 60 out"
Some time ago Martin Foran said he
had worked up Q practice worth S1O,-
900 year, and there is nothing in the
toll and vexations of congressional ser.
vice to compensate him for q sacrifice
of 81, 900 year, beside the growing
injury done to his practice.
Gen Ben LeFevre has also announc-
ed his determination to retire. He
says: 81 have to work like day
laborer and employ several clerks. 1t
is all can do to make ends meet at the
close of each year, and can't save a
cent. l have got to stop working for
others aud look out for myself, or by
aud by shall find myself at the end of
my congressional career and fat on my
back financially" +.
1t is understood that LeFevre is to
be permanently located in New York,
as vice-president of q railroad, with
$40 900 q year salary.
Two members from Texas, Messrs.
Miller and Throckmorton, announce
that they will retire. Mr.. Throckmor-
ton gives ill-health as a reason for his
determination, but Mr.. Miller says he
can't afford it.
Mr.. Mitchell, of Connecticut. is also
announced as having determined to re-
tire. He and Gen. Collins are the only
New England congressman who will
do so voluntarily. Collins is one of the
ablest men on the democratic side, and
will be greatly missed.
Two prominent Virginians declare
that they will not stand for re- election.
One of them, Mr.. Barbour, is q man of
ability, and the best politician by long
odds in Virginia. He has given his
time and his money freely to aid the
party in that state, aud Gen. Malone
says that the republican defeat and the
election of the democratic legislature
were due more to Barbour and his
! shrewd management than to all other
campaign influences combined.
| 1uo OlucT Y tiT&lul6u WIZ UcCi0TcS no
will retire is John Randolph Tucker.
Abram 8. Hewitt has recently ex-
pressed his disgust with congress and
his desire to quit it. He says the house
is made up of a swarm of small politi-
clans, who cannot rise to any great
question of principle or craftsmanship,
and that men trying to accomplish
great objects for the good OF the coun-
try are harassed and defeated by this
small fry, who are incapable of acting
from any nobler impulse than party or
personal interest. He feels like giving
up.
There is one republican who declares
that he will never, never, 80 help me,
come back to congress. That is Mr..
Louttit, OF California. He is disgusted
with Washington and with the east land
especially with Washington climate and
malaria. He says he hopes the old boy
may fly away with him if he is ever
caught outside the tender influences o
the glorious climate of California again
Mckenna, another California republi
can, talks good deal like Louttit, anG
says he will make no effort to get re
turned.