The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-11-03

AS to whether the state could abro-
gate or anuul this contract before IL
by it's own terms, without
consent ofJ. Il. Price " Co.
IL.
To draw up u protest to the legisla-
ture against abrogating or annuiilng
the contract before it expired by It's
ewn terms.
Which employment we took simply
as lawyers, and performed H., ana Tor
which my firm was paid by zen.
Waady Thompson, for j. B. Price u
Co., the sum of $l00. | say to the
voters of this district, l am opposed
and shall oppose, il elected any
scheme to work n convicts outside
the prison in competition with free
labor, and | deny the right OF The
republican party. or of anyone, TO
me down against the laboring mon
because l nave been called upon i'll b
practice of my profession, ss = lawyer,
TO become the legal adviser OF men
who were working convicts. Ii every
law yer in the land is to be considered
to have and hold the principles and
political faith OF his clients, or to
endorse the line of conduct pursued by
his clients, concerning which he has
been consulted, it would convert
lawyers into chdmeteenS. 10 affirm
that a lawyer who defends a murderer
or highwayman is at heart q murderer
and a robber, or believes in the com.
| mission Of these crimes, Is nonsensicxl;
| and the political hue given to my con.
| duct in acting as attorney OF D. b..
| Price q Co. in their matter, is equally
| SO, and not deserving OF notice, and l
| would not have noticed it, if the facts
| had been stated as they were 1t is
passing strange that this precinct,
| which has always been republican by
q majority of from 200 to 40, and
which polls a large vote of working
men from the quarries, gave me, AZ =
| democrat, q majority of more than lOO
in 1882, when elected to the legislature,
and again In 1887 against John Bridge
water, for the position | now hold, II
it 10 true that l am regarded in any
other light than as the friend of the
laboring man.
Nv father emigrated from Surrey
county, N. c., in 1914, settling near
where Odessa now stands, in your
county, where my boyhood was spent;
atterward, he moved to this county,
where [ grew to manhood and where
[ still live. | was raised upon and did
labor Oh a farm until | entered college
to D myself for my profession. ]
have been through the mill Of adversely
and am still i'm the pit of poverty from
which | have been ~endeavOring 10
extricate myself, with varying success
One of the reasons why l am a demo-
crat is because the party proposes II
lace burdens upon all alike and giV'
the poor man q chance in the struggle
for existence. If any laboring mai
t shall vote against the democratic can
, didates on the 9th of November it viii
be because he still has the cotton put il
: his ear for all ache twenty-five year.
ago.
1 have not been in your county yer!
much during the campaign for TIT
i reason that I have been assisting TIT
! ticket in this county, whenever l hat
the time to spare from the daily strug
, gle for bread. l propose, however, u
. visit your county during the next, thu
i last week of the campaign. l will g.
ND to the Kansas City court of appeal
on Monday 20, thence to Lexington
where | will be pleased to meet yo'
and other democrats, and, ii occasion
= require, discuss publicly the issues o
the day, and freely give my views o.
= the labor question. The withholding
g of this charge and projecting it into tn
eleventh hour is enough of itself t
stamp il al a fraud.
n You are at Liberty to make such us
O of this letter ss,in yOur good Judgment
= may seem proper. Please show to Jno
y S. Blackwell, Esq chairman OF YOU
o county central committee. Yours YER
respectfully and truly,
SAM'L. =. SPARKS.