Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-03
THE MATTER OF ELEOTING A REP
RESENTATIVE IN THE NEXT
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:-In reading the
Intelligencer Of the 2Oth uit., 1 Ov. ROCKED
the communication of your Corder cores
pondent, "W," and read for the first time
that portion of the article referring to Col.
c." in Its reproduction in the Odessa Demo-
crat of the following week. The following
extract from the communication is made that
| may attempt an answer:
"We are at a loss to understand Col. C's.
reason for not permitting his name to be
used in connection with county representa-
tive"
To enable "W' and other friends to fully
understand my reasons for such declaration,
| now state that my former publication III
the Inteiligencer was designed to present my
reasons for not being a candidate plainly and
unequivocally, and l very much regret that
w." or any other friends, should now be at
a loss in understanding my position in refer
euce to this matter. l then stated in words
perhaps different, but in substance, l,t, That
the usual eiectSoneerSng efforts to obtain II
Party nomination for this office were Incom-
patiblc with my views; and 2nd, that Il re-
quirement was made, and to be made, of al
iot tuio oIIIO VI pttuiICIN
ing his individual preference for u. S. sena-
tor, and thus becoming a party to the cleo
ton of some other individual than himself.
| object to the whole system of pooIiag.
The injustice of this requirement can best
be illustrated by what occurred to me in the
streets OF your town, Lexington. Within
three days, after your first notice of my
being a probable candidate, | met an intimate
personal and thoroughly democratic friend,
who Informed me, after a very short CONVEX
sation on the subject of representative. that
he had MECHANICALLY made up his mind that
he would vote for no man for this Office who
was not an outSDOken advocate of the election
of Il man (namel by him), for u. 5. SENATOR.
In the course of an hour or two, in Il similar
conversation with another unllinching demo-
cratic friend, he expressed with considerable
earnestness, just the contrary determination.
From such occurrences rs these my friend
w must see the dilemma in which IA can
didate would be placed, looking at it from
his standpoint. a candidates fitness for the
position, and the work to be lone by him,
should lie be elected to the position, are mat
tiers OF no consequence III comparison to his
views upon this all important subject of U.
5. senatorial succession. 1t can thus be seen
that no matter from which horn of this sena-
torial bull Il candidate should choose 10 I'M
furl his banner as Il candidate he must neccs-
sarily be SOred by the other horn.
MY friend 'W' says he knows no better
way of determining this senatorial question
than by this requirement to be made from
candidates. will suggest what | conceive
to be Il very much better way of settling this
question, Use the same means and appIi-
ances in this matter that will be used in
selecting nominees for the various county
offices TO be filed at the general election in
November next. This will require but little
more time or money, and when so deiermin-
cd Your representative, whoever he may be.
will have his instructions, and canno go be
hind the returns. By this mode of procedure
you can mot only select your representative on
his own merits and fitness for the position
but you remove all the disintegraling ele-
ments that you find cropping out Of
almost every mans mouth and in the weekly
publications OF most OF your county papers.
TIL integrity and success of the demo-
cratic party is of first Importance with ne.
My own or the aspirations of any other indi-
vIduil are of small consideration when COM
pared with the fair name and success Of the
party of which | am an humble and insis-
niicant member. Ii. e.. CHILES.