Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-09
EX- -OONrEDERATEs IN OFFICE.

BX-O0NrEDERATIs IN OFFICE.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Sept. IL
! There is not the semblance of truth in
the statement that ex-confederates
hold majority of or the most impor-
tant offices in this state nor In the dec
laration of the radical prohibition con-
| vention which recently met at Sedalia
"that the calling of the names of demo-
Gratis holding Office in Missouri sounds
to-day like calling the roll OF the con-
federate army" OF the state officers
proper, which include the governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
auditor, treasurer, attorney general,
superintendent of schools, railroad
commissioners, register OF lands, insur.
ance commissioner, adjutant general,
warden of the penitenliary, labor COM
missioner and clerk of the supreme
court, only seven had any connection
in any capacity with the confederacy
Not one OF the five judges of the
supreme court was in the confederate
army. OF the six judges of the courts
of appeal, one only had any sympathy
with the south, aud he was not in the
army. There are thirty four circuit
judges in the state, of whom only four
had any identity whatever with the
confederacy, and only three of them
were in the confederate army. Not
one of the four criminal court judges is
an ex-confederate.
OF the fourteen democratic members
Of congress, both the senators and
three of the represen. atives are ex-
confederates, and of the sixteen MEM
bera, five who were not in the c"nfed-
crate army and hal no sympathy
Herewith were elected in m-,ri,-.s
having large ex-contederaie pop
uIa,iOm and vote. o, the ,hirt, tour
state senators three are ex-c -cOmIe.,er-
ates, and only twenty-three OF tiI- 40
members OF the house wer' in The
southern army. The president, prc>i-
dent pro tenn and secretary of i". s"-
ate. the speaker and speaker pr, tenn
and clerk OF the hOuse-nUt vne of
these Is an ex-confederate.
VI eighteen coal oil inspectors ap.
pointed by the governor only two are
ex-confederates, and only one of the
three marshals OF the courts OF appeal.
Nor ls the state tobacco inspector an
ex-confcierate, and neither of the
clerks of the courts of appeal were in
the army, nor was the deputy warden,
physician or chaplain of the penitentia-
ry. OF the members of the state
board of agriculture and horticulture
and fish commission, two are ex.con-
federates. Not one of the secretaries
with the southern army. OF the men,
bers OF the state boards of pharmacy
and of health, two are ex-cOnfederstes.
Tho vnOliNn hno oNAo nf Sc
Kansas City have but one member who
Nor is the chief of police OF either of
these cities an exconfederate.
The State University has nine cura-
tors; one of them was In the southern
army. The four lunatic and blind
asylums have thirty five managers in
their boards; OF this number seven are
ex-confederates. The tour normal
schools have twenty-four regents; tour
of these are ex-confederates. One
of the principals only of these lnstitu.
few Of the officers and faculty were in
sympathy with the south during the
late war. OF the one hundred or more
officers OF the penitentiary only seven
are known as ex.confederates. OF the
generals commanding the several mill
tary districts of the state not one is an
ex confederate, and the same is true of
the colonies commanding the regiments
with one exception. OF the governors
stan the adjatant general, the surgeon
general aud inspector general are ex-
confederates.
thestate sixteen elective officers. These
are: three county court judges, sheriff,
collector, circuit and county clerks,
prosecuting attorney, coroner, record
er of deeds, public administrator,
treasurer, assessor, surveyor and school
eommissioner-in all $40. More ex-
confederstes are filing the Office of
sheriff than any other county Office,
and yet there are but fifteen sherifis Of
the 1l5, ex-cOnfederates, and one of
these was elected on the radical ticket.
In the Offices of collector, circuit and
county clerk and recorder, the aver
age of fex-cOnfederates is about twelve.
In the Offices of judges of the county
court and probate, coroner, public ad-
mlnlstrator, treasurer, assessor and
surveyor, the average is about ten. OF
the lis prosecuting attorneys, three
are ex-cOnfederates, and of the ia
county school commissioners, only two
were in the confederate service.
Of the clerical force In the several
state departments, numbering about
thirty, two were in the confederate
army Only one of the fourteen members
of the democratic state central commit.
tee Is an ex-confederate.
The foregoing comprise about all the
9TH ;ers in the state, other than federal,
and numbering about 2,400. Less than
25O OF these are held by ex-conied-
crates.