The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-10-19

N'S O'oi hoOH5 tuhl tuBD DhI UGIIef de-
r. vote all their energies for the present
ii to the task laid before them by candid
# Iowa editor who says apropos of the
e hrlnhell incident: Hadn't we better
= PICK out some of the beams from our
:. own eyes before VIC make such a fuss
aOont the NOTES in the ewes of olhers2p
=. MISS0URIANS AT WASHINGTON.
! what Will Happen 10 Them when
! Congress Meets.
/ John A. Hannay in Sedalia Gazette
f AS result of last November's elec-
'ioh' .he even tenor of The way of many
pio.nineht Missouriaus at The national
capita, mas and will be materially dis
, tufOed But, like the thorouphbreds
, they are, when the hatchet falls the
head gracefully tumbles into the bas-
Ket' and the body goes marching brave
ly on.
Ex-Sfate Senator K +. Baldwin. of
HICKORY county. anticipating Grover
C'eVeiands tariff reform defeat long
oeiore the election, resigned his snug
ana lucrative position in the treasury
department and went INTO business on
pennsylvania avenue. He took i'm a
partner, and the firm wisely entered
INTO contract with the government 10
inrhish The treasury department with
al the paint, putty, oil, varnsh, etc,
'hai nuge concern would need for a
pcriod OF live Years. With his usual
wisdom 1t Is not unlikely that Ernest
lhciuued "whltewash" in the contract.
i"r God knows there will be demand
ior II I'D year or SO if Harrison,s
administration continues as il is now.
Senator Baldwin contemplates, at The
expiration of his contract with The GOV
ernment, returning TO Missouri.
FRANK =. Nesbit, who so ably filed
the position of chief clerk to Colonel
CoIman, commissioner of agriculture.
retlfed gracefully upon the appoint
ment OF his republican successor. and
Is now engaged with his brother, Scott
NesDlt, formerly engaged in the bank
ing business at OsceOla, i'm the real
estate and loan business. Their office
| is on + street, opposite the Ebbiit
house.
George C.Heard, brother of Congress.
man Heard. long before the political
axe could fell upon his democratic neck,
! prudehtly resigned and engaged in the
practice of law. He gives his attention
mainly to questions of titles. etc. in
the general land department. His Office
Is In the Atlantic building, street.
opposite the interior department. Cliff
Is doing good business.
Judge Lacy, whose "haw -eatern
speech made him politically famous
throughout the sixth district. has sut
iered reduction in his salary, thouohs.
ne is required TO perform the same i'm
portant and difficult duties TOR whiC:
ne received 80, ,000 per anuum ~
cleveland. In other words, a reat care
can draws the pay and Lacy p
The work at a clerks salary.
General John B. Clark, th
clerk OF the house, will maIget It.
"boodler'' upon the org
Sssss,is sG,sss sni b5i;s; S;s:isss. s;ss. .LAND.
tnls city. be will pra
Washington, though u IS w 's.:..: a
OF his present intentio =. :; ; s.
Col. Switzler has, H -
superior officer, SecreN- = ~ Id q b.
rendered his resignation
the bureau of statistics. It h h
That Depnty-President Brock. WHO
came within several thousand votes of
oeatlng Col. Hatch for congress, will
succeed Swltzler. AS to the latter,s
tnture, he is undecided, and, while he
may remain in Washington, il ia wbis-
pered that he contemplates taking nm
his residence in st. Louis.
Col. Chas. W. Coombs, the iudisnen.
sible department messenger of The
house, will remain where he is. if he
desires. The position he holds is one
oi MS own making, and he has become
80 perfect IN his work, and is so uniyer-
sally courteous aud accommodating to
congressman and all others, that he
cannot well be spared. Anybody can
draw the pay, but few can perform the
duties of Coombs' position.
Dr. 5. b. Cunningham, disbursino
clerk of the house. was amused recent.
y TO read In that usually unreliable ST
Louis paper, the Post Dispatch. that
he had "packed up" his goods, aud,
'cc0mp mpalled by his family, returned TO
Missouri, The doctor will "play ouitsp
with the balance of us i'm Dacember
nd, l am of the opjnion, return To
beloved "Grand Old MissonfS .ssaais
Major Towles doesn't yet know
xactly what he will do, except that he
Won't perform the responsible duties
i chief clerk of the house in the fitty-
rst congress. 1t is not altogether i'm
robable that he will return to Mis-
ourl ana engage in the newspaper
uslness, but where-well, my infor-
lant sealed my lips on that and I
ever "squeal."
Captain Jos 0. Fnks will probablv
west with the boys aud 90 into bnsi.
ess ID north Missouri. He is 10th to
unit the nature of the business and
lie probable place of location, but on
lie sly he has hinted that the sale of
apie and fancy groceries might engage
Is attention next spring. | shall not
surprised, however, for jim is
pod eater.
Col. Z. Q. Morrow, assistant execp-
We clerk OF the senate. and Col. Jas.
: Edwards, messenger of the senate.
Ill probably hold fast to what thew
ave.
Bob Wallace, tine genial and talented
Iitor OF the LaGrange Democrat, will
lit cierklng for the committee on
and turn his attention
holly to Missouri affairs.
Jim Chinn, one OF the most alfalfa
essengers of the house, from the ST
e district, located claim in Okla
ma, and has since been elected a
erin OF one of the counties He will
obably quit Missouri and, unless cx-
adingly careful, give up his life in
discharge of his duties i'll that.'dear
mDed distracted" Indian country.
Judge Holladay still holds his posi-
n in the treasury department, but
II not be surprised at request Tor
resignation at any time. OF course
Judge will return to his old home
ell the willy Window suggests the
pripty of his doing so. Democrats.
know, are very obIiging at Washing.
tins year. The slightest request for
IN to ''get out of the way" for some
else, be it negro ,Chinaman or Hot
lot, is promptly and politely com
d with
olonel Nick Bell couldn't stand
namaker's Sunday school hypocrisy
resigned before the clothier cabi-
officer was ready tor it. The place
hard to fill, and it will be n lone
before the Z. Nj. G.. can find n
lblican able to discharge the duties
he office as efficiently as Colonel
I. The colonel is now manager If
iather-in-law's tobacco ware6npSa
t. Louis. 0"0"s'
thur Briscoe, OF Versailles. Rob
lstsnt, of Plat;sburg, and Charley
liield, of Troy, are still drawinS
IN the postofiice and treasury de.
nents' They are civil service CLERKS