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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
MEXICO MISSOURI, THURSDAY 1885,

or few wills cannot handle large
sums of money y it'll greater force
and effect that the scattered mil
lions who don't have time for any,
thing but hard work.
We, for I am still farmer at
heart, and with no hope gain ex-
cept by sharing in the prosperity
OF my forme- associates, are still
charitable and willing to subscribe
for the benefit of the really needy,
but are convinced that it is time
that it should be done of our own
volition, and not take from us by
law for the benefit of those whom we
believe more prosperous than our
selves. We hold with Mr.. Man
ming when he says: ~ respectively
recommend to Congress that they
confer upon the wage earners"
(farmers are such and dependent
upon the elements for pay "of the
United States the boon of untaxed
clothing and in order thereto the
immediate passage of an act simply
solely placing raw wool upon the
free list. Of course a repeal of the
duty on wool should be followed
but need not wait for compensat-
ing adjustment of the duties on
manufactured woolens. Uncommon
daily clothing of the American
people need not be taxed; ought
not to be taxed. To free their
clothing of taxes will finally
reduce by half their expense for
one of the three great necessities
of life and thus enlarge honestly
and justly the income of every wage
Garner in theUnited States" to any
man who has to have old flannel
shirts patched and repatched. Mr..
Manning's arguments will outweigh
any question as to proportion OF
calves and babies.
VIM. LfEwELLYN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
COOLIES.

It's a nod thing t0 see a man
asleep in church. -
Some 5000 eggs raay be found
in shad, all in a roe.
A straight flush"--the maiden's
cheek that is not painted.
Why is lover like a kernel of
corn? Because he turns pale when
he pops.
Speaking of the significance OF
flowers, cucumber blossom has o
double meaning.
The exact quantity of the lions
share is not stated; but it is all the
lion can get.
The portrait painter generally
gets his pay partially in advance.
He is thus always drawing head.
Old lady Ito grocer)-My daugh-
ter is quite an invalid, sir, and
wants some some nice fresh eggs.
Grocer-Yes, ma'am. Ito boy:)
James, show this lady those in
valid eggs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
A WaIk-oYer.
From the Galloway Gazette,


Carrying a county is SO rare with
the Morehouse men that when
they hear a rumor that they may
possibly carry one they glorify and
rejoice and are exceedingly glad.
So it was Sunday; they were chuck
ling over Benton county; but, as is
generally the case, the chuckle
proved premature, and Benton
went for Francis. The Morehouse
brethren will have to be content
with Audrain, Montgomery, and
Warren for awhile; those are the
only three beads they can show
against the long Francis string.
Come, boys, don't give up walk
over; it's getting monotonous.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
Slipped From a Horse.

Miss Ida Myers, young lady
whose home is in Washington, D.
c., and who has been the guest of
Colonel and Mrs. Green Clay for
some time, slipped from her horse
while riding ON the Boulevard
Wednesday and sustained serious
injuries. One of her wrists is dislo-
Gated and collar bone broken, be-
sides an injury on the head. Miss
Myers was at once taken to the
home of Col. Clay, where she is
now resting easily.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
..Tell tho Truth.n

Gov. Morehouse was furnished
with one ticket to the National
Convention. Mr.. Francis had
hundreds. The Governor of the
State was denied the courtesy of a
few extra tickets for his friends,
while every striker for his opponent
could count them by the dozens.
This sort of conduct may help Mr..
Francis among the politicians, but
it will not specially strengthen him
with that great mass of Democratic
votes who love fair play.--Mexico
Intellsgencer.
That's another contemplate
campaign lie. Francis did not have
the tickets at his disposal, but they
were in the hands of National
Committee. The editor of the
Guard and Bob White tried to get
tickets for personal friends but did
not succeed. If Francis gave
tickets to any of his friends he
bought them and paid for them out
of his own pocket; and we have
since learned Gov. Morehouse had
the same opportunity, for tickets
were on sale, as is well known. We
don't see why Morehouse should
not be entitled "the courtesy of a
few extra tickets' to distribute
around free of charge for campaign
purposes, when his opponent paid
cash for what few he gave to per-
sonal friends. Cook probably
couldn't get ticket and wants to
blame Francis because he did not
furnish Morehouse with one for his
especial benefit. The truth of the
matter is this: Mayor Francis
secured one of the best seats on the
platform and called around to the
Laclede Hotel with his buggy to
take Gov. Morehouse to the Con-
vention, but he was too mulish
and boorish 10 accept this courtesy,
which was rendered him in all
kindness, and as mark or honor
to his position as Governor of the
State. We understand Mayor
Francis has always treated the
Governor as a guest whenever ne
visits St. Louis, and it is in bad
taste for his mud singers to cast
slurs at Mayor Francis, who has at
all times and under all circum-
stances proven himself to be a
gentleman and shown everypossible
courtesy to his opponents.-Centra-
| lin G2tnrd
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
Won't Work,
From the Liberty Advance.

If you viii look over the list
you will find that every paper in
Missouri that is supporting Francis
for Governor, IS solid for the return
OF George G. Vest to the United
State Senate, and rice uersa.
"Straws show which way the wind
blows" The antilVest combina-
ton won't work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
For the first time in many YEAR

For the first time in many years
the odds are against the Republi-
can party, and its leaders perceive
that they must proceed with un-
usual caution and sagacity. The
onus of showing to the people that
change is desirable is now upon
them. The Democrats are in
possession, and that counts for
much in an election. Hence the
problem at Chicago is not to choose
the fittest but the strongest candi-
date.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
Farmers for Francis.
From the Marshall News.

Ho! 1t can't be. Warsaw, the
county-seat of Benton county, gave
a majority of one against David
Francis, yet Francis carried the
county. The farmers for Francis
Great Scott! Somebody pass q
bottle of old Rye TO the Governor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
THE result of the vote on Loca

THE result of the vote on Local
Option in Mexico is not a victory
for whisky. 1t simply means that
the citizens of Mexico, by vote of
2 to /, favor high license over
free alcohol. They favor it's sale
over licensed bar to a blind tiger.
They are satisfied with Mexico and
do not want a 'Macon City" .
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Independence, Mo-, will vote on
the Local Option law on June 9th,
and the Progress is hitting some
telling blows against The measure.
In view of the fact that the law has
been a failure wherever adopted,
the people of that town win prob
ably not adopt it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
Strange.
From the Marshall News.

Strange: 'Tis passing strange,
that Audrain county was conceded
to Francis by Morehouse men and
tk- Mexico Daily Intetligencer did
not find it out until four days after
the primaries. How ignorant some
newspapers would have US believe
they are
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

PROF. D. A. MCMILLAN, of Mex
leo, has been elected conductor Of
the Teachers Institute to be held
at Pilot Grove, Cooper county,
beginning July 30th, ,and continuing
three weeks. No better selection
could have been made.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
Suicide in Monroe County.

PARIS, Mo-, June 20.-T. r.
Hardesty, farmer living two or
three miles south of Monroe City,
in this county, committed suicide
this evening by hanging himself
while laboring in a field. The cor
oner is now holding an inquest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

GEN. SHERIDAN has been getting
better ever since the Democratic
National Convention passed a re-
solution expressing hope for his
recovery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

VANDALIA has organized an en-
thusiastic Democratic club with S.
D. Ely president and Cash Black
burn secretary. 1t will be known
as the Vest Democratic Club, and
will be ready at once for active
campaign work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

GREAT excitement has been
caused by the discovery Of gold in
Michigan. 1t is also rumored that
Michigan gold has been found in
Chicago in large quantities.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

REV. DR.. WINCH published a
card declining to be delegate to
the Prohibition State Convention.
He says he is opposed to a third
Darty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

JUDGE John T. Philips, of the
Kansas City Court of Appeals, has
been appointed to succeed Judge
Krekel, resigned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Total vote. .S1I
Wet vote. .543
Dry vote. .274
Wet majority. ............. 1853
The election of Friday did not
pass off like elections are wont to
pass off in this town, for it was not
as quiet and peaceful as it should
have been. While there was not a
great deal ofill-feeling engendered,
there was just enough bad blood
brought out to last for many
months, just as the LEDGER has
feared would result from a move
ment of this character. The polls
at the Court House were crowded
from the time voting began, early
in the morning. Vets and drys,
disinterested friends of both sides,
small Sunday School children and
unfedged, interested youths,
whose voting time has not arrived,
filled the east yard and the cor
ridors of the Court House.
Immediately in front of the vot-
ing window two police officers were
stationed to keep the crowd back.
From Z o'clock until noon a steady
stream of voters, many of them
colored, filed between the officers
and deposited their ballots. The
morning voting seemed decidedly
wet. Almost to a man the colored
voters of the morning put down
their ballots for a continuance of
the present excellent system of
regulating the liquor traffic by the
Downing high license law, and a
large per cent. of the white voters
did likewise.
THE CHILDREN's PROCESSION.
At 9 o'clock a procession of Sun,
day School children, mostly of lit.
tie girls, marched around the
square and along the principal
down town streets, stopping in the
Court House Park. The line was
two or three blocks in length and
was quite pretty, but this little
play of sentimentalism failed to
catch a single vote for the drys,
The Grand Army drum corps led
the procession of little girls and
boys and enlivened matters by a
few of its favorite selections.
Nearly every one of the children
carried banners. The inscriptions
on them were, for the most part,
of the usual order, but some are
worthy of notice on account OF
their amusing character. The old
one, "Tremble, King Alcohol, "
was there, and is very good in a
fight against whisky, but in this
case, where the fight was purely
an anti-saloon fight, it was strik-
ingly out Of place. The boy who
carried the banner, "I drink what
my daddy drinks" made fun fol
the crowd. But his banner didn't
say much and was strictly a dry
one, for the boys daddy is a
tippler of Adams Ale only.
After a march of thirty minutes
the juveniles were led into the
Court House yard, where they
planted their banners and sang a
few songs. They had been in
training for some time and furnish
ed good music, but every voter
had made up his mind and couldn't
be changed. At 10 O'Clock the
children disbanded, leaving their
banners lying on the grass to make
a silent but vain appeal for the
cause of the drys.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
The Majority Should Rule.

EfUHI tHt aHuaiIa s1c~oeI'-
Delegates to the Congressional
convention should remember that
the field must combine to beat Rob-
inson, whereas three votes from
any other candidate will nominate
him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

ELECTIONS of all kinds are over
now lets settle down to business
and be good friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

Miss Rose Hite is the guest of
Centralia friends. .
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

FRIDAY was the longest day
in the year. 1.-THE day could have
been longer the wet vote would
have been larger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
A VERY WET TOWN.
The Voters of Mexico Decide to
Continue Under the Present
Law.

The most enthusiastic "wet"
did not place the majority at any
thing like as large a figure as the
Local Option law was defeated by
Friday Of the SIT votes cast,
269 more voters favored a con-
tinuance of the sale of liquor under
the Downing law rather than "free
whisky under the Wood law.
There was no demonstration when
the vote was announced soon after
the closing of the polls and a
good spirit prevailed. The saloons
remained closed as during the day
and no drunkenness was seen on
the street. The vote was as fol.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28

THERE were eight close States in
1884 as follows:
Western appeal., 1888-03-03
What am i to do?

That depends on what's the matter
with you or what yonr needs are. If
you are sick, want to get married, or
want to find some patent short method
of getting rich, we can't answer the
question for you. Oh! want to know
how to go from st. Paul and Minne-
apolis to Chicago, Peoria, st. Louis,
Denver, Kansas City? Well, yes; we
can give you the name Of the best route
between those points very easy-'The
Burlington Chicago, Burlington &
Northern Railroad What you are to
"do' is to ask the railroad agent for
tickets to your destination by "The
Burlington and take no other. And,
while we are on this subject, just let us
say that from Winona, La Crosse,
Prairie du Chen, Dubuque and Galena,
the best and quickest route to all points
North, South, East, or West, is by s'The
Burlington" which is the direct line to
and from all Upper Mississippi points.
Your ticket agent should have tickets
by this line, but if he has not, or can't
tell you all you want to know about it,
write direct to WI G. Kenyon, Gen.
Pass, Agent c., B. & N. r. r., st. Paul,
MINI.
Western appeal., 1888-03-03
Kansas CITY. Mo.

The foot pads are letting up for a
while.
Mrs. Ella Brown arrived home
Monday, from Washington.
Editor D. L. Robinson, of the Wichita
Globe, is visiting parents in the city.
Mr.. Fred Harvey spent last week in
this city, left Monday for California.
Mr.. Willie Neil took flying trip
up to Lawrence, to see her, and re-
turned in order to fulfil an engage
ment across the Kaw.
Ada Compton died Tuesday in Wyan-
dotte, of cerebro meningitis, was
brought to Kansas City for burial, fur
neral services were conducted by Elder
Stewart.
Lenten services will be held every
Wednesday and Friday evenings, at the
st. Augustine Mission. a very interest
ing sermon by Rector Thomas G.. Har-
per was delivered to a crowded house,
Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Ben Martin took sick at the fire
department, where he has been EN-.
ployed for several years, was brought
home and the following Sunday, ats p
IN. died of pneumonia. He was all able
member Of Allen Chapel. All who
knew him loved him. Mr. Martin
leaves host of friends to mourn his
Western appeal., 1888-03-03
sr PAUl4, MINNEAPOLIs& e CHICAGO, MARCH 8, 1855.

The twelfth annual commencement
of Meharry Medical College, and the
second Of the dental school, of Central
Tennessee College soccured last week
in Nashville, Tenn. There were twenty
graduates, eighteen in the medical and,
two in the dental departments. It is
very gratifying that young men, masters
of their professions are being yearly
turned out from these colleges. In the
professions, if they can only establish.
the fact that they are the equals of any
of their fellows, of any race or nation.
ality, their success is assured. They
have only to labor and to wait.
Western appeal., 1888-03-03

What q difference there is between
the feelings of the black man toward
the whites, and the white man toward
the blacks. The whites boast of their
superiority, meaning thereby, that
they are superior from a christian,
humane or moral standpoint. Yet
their christianity is not strong enough
to cause them to acknowledge by their
actions that of one blood. God made
all the nations of the earth, the black
man included. Their humanity seldom
prompts them to accord to their black
brothers free and fair show in the
battle Of life, and to Judge them by
their capabilities and worth without
regard to the color Of their skin
While their idea of morals is that the
blighting results of any infracton of
the moral law must fall upon the blacks
any way connected in the infraction.
In christianity, humanity and morals
they admit that the blacks have place,
but inconsistently and unjustly ,lesig-
nate that place somewhere below the
plane, they themselves occupy. They
think it all right for white men to be
missionaries, preachers, evangellsts
etc, ETC.. and labor for the salvation of
black mems souls, but not for black men
to fill the same Offices for them,
though they give every evidence of
being christians, and possess undes-
puted ability. They believe it is right
for white doctors, white lawyers, white
merchants etc., ETC., to administer to
the needs of black men, but seldom
return the compliment. They show
their interest in the morals of the
black men. by shutting their eyes to
the fact that gambling is carried on by
them, the same as if no law against
gambling existed, and license houses of
prostitution for black women, with a
provision that black men are not to be
permitted to visit them.
In all their institutions OF whatever
nature, all peoples are made welcome
on equal terms excepting the black
man. On the other hand, there is abso-
lutely nothing over which the black
man has control, that is so high, so
sacred or so low, that his white brother
will not be accorded an equal chance
with himself, in the race for it's posses
sion. If charity is the best of christian
graces, our white brothers ought to
practice it as we'll as preach it. God is
no respecter of persons; to be superior
and Godlike, men should not be
either.
Western appeal., 1888-03-03

Mr.. B. G. Yancy, of Edena Mills,
Mimi, has been spending the winter
in Washington, D. C. Last week he
made speech at the 'Bethel Literary
in which he gave some good advice to
the young people, in regard to going
West. His words were entitled to en-
tire confidence, as he is a tiller of the
soil, and has grown rich since he came
to this state few years ago.
Western appeal., 1888-03-03

The "manly art" (?), seems to have
a number of devotees among Colored
men nowadays, and the p,.pers
constantly contain mention of
their "scraps.' Last Friday, the
"Cricket' knocked out Jackson
in two rounds at Minneapolis;
Andrew Miller and Joe Seawright
fought ten rounds, with Miller the vim
ner, at Hessville, Ind, followed by a
fight to a finish between Tom Andrews,
of Chicago, and Harry Smith, of Mime
apolis, which Andrews won in the third
round; Black Frank and j P. Donner
fought ten round draw at Duluth.
They had better expend their muscle
in mauling rails.
Western appeal., 1888-03-03
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/ The last weeks issue ofthe WESTERN
APPEAL" lacked but five columns Of
being Chicago paper.
"Ti's true it "has more Chicago news
than any Of them. "-Chattaanoga,
(1enn.) Dispatch.
The people Of Chicago take the Ap-
PEvL, AMI are pleased with it, and the
APPEAL tries to please them by publish
ing the news of the city. The APPEAL is
a Chicago paper now. "Did you notice
it?"
Western appeal., 1888-03-03

Charles Dudley Warner, in Harpsr's
Magazine for March, gives the "twin
cities" big ad. The phenomenal
growth and prosperity of st. Paul and
Minneapolis is convencing proof that
the liberal Use of printers ink pays.
Western appeal., 1888-03-03

An effort is being made in the Hub"
to raise money to carry on the Atlanta
University, which had its state appro-
priation taken from it, because both
races were taught there. About s16,-
900 is needed, and it is safe to bet it
Western appeal., 1888-03-03

The anti Cleveland sentiment is grow
Ing and gaining ground in the Demo-
cratic party.
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