The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-02
Ugh aohool aud city engineer OF Lex

high school and city engineer OF Lex
ingtOn.-
"D. w. Fleet, brother of DR.. A. T..
Fleet, was in Columbia, this week.
MIR. Fleet is resident of Montesano.
Washington, and has not visited Mis-
souri, since 1888. lie is an enthusiast
as to the prospects of the new sts.e OF
Washington. The climate there il
perennially pleasant, the Chinook
winds temper the winter " lille the sea.
breeZes make the summers cool and
delightful. Ice seldom forins and
August is not hotter than onr May.
Montesano is the county seat OF Cheha.
lis county an is about 35 miles from
the Pacific ocean. IL is in th. centeI
of a great timbered region and lurnber,
ing is one of the COnntS's greatPsi
industries. Salmon canning is also
large industry. Some of Tho stories thai
Mr.. Fleet tells, as II matter OF course
sound strange TO Missourian. lie
sold one tree some tune ago at len
cents cord. IL neItcd him 81 80. Il
is nothing unusual for trees 10 make
from twenty to forty cords of wood
each. Most of the wood is tir and
spruce. excellent for bridge building
and similar purposes. Tne salmon
are quite large. One fish will make
about two dozen cans. They are caught
by Americans but canned by the
Chinese The agricultural regions
OF the state are largely undevel0ped,
though all crops except corn can be
raised in abundance. Eight hundred
bushels OF potatoes 10 the acre IL not
iuirequent. Cabbages weigh N pounds
and Iurnips 20; Other vege!aRl !; 4. Er2Y 2Ss,
are vet in their infaB6Sg xAlja41p
silver, copper and coaixktaoEI fBsse
found in large quantities. q, atxs
Fleet Is pleasant, courteous geU-
lieman, thoroughly imbued with tht
idea that Washington, despite iLn
Chinese, is destined to become, indeed
already is, the most desirable home
upon the globe"
Editor ,Jewett, OF the Shelbina Dem
ocrat, points out very clearly that tho
republican party ls not representative
of Il majority of the people, any more
numerically than by its unpatri0tic
acts:-
| "The republicans are accustomed to
call themselves "the people, but lhe
| fact il they have been iu the minority
Tor II years. Tiden had majority
OF 257 900 over Hayes. Garfield was
elected by minority. Cleveland had
about one hundred thousand majority
over Harrison. Taking out the color
ed population, very large proportion
of whom vote the republican ticket
W hen they vote at all, and the demo
cratic majority would be over a million
In other words there are in the United
States to- day, and has been for 16 or Il
years, one million mere democratic
voters among white people than repub
lican voters. Occasionally republi.
can complains that they made grea
mistake i'm enfranchlsing the negroes
because this has given the soutl
more power, and it has all been WELD
ed against the republican party. Suct
men do not know what they are talk
ing about HAYES, Garfield and Harri
son would never have occupied tn
presidential chair had it not been TO
| NotO. LhOiO LOO oOOh h'
time in 20 years when a good larg'
majority of the white voters of Connec
ticnt, New York, New Jersey, Ohio
Indiana and Illinois were not demo
Gratis. The colOred voters OF thes
states haye given them to the republi
! cans whenever they have been carries
by that party. The republicans woul
have no hope OF carrying these state
mentioned, Wisconsin or Michigan il
was not for the negro vote. The re
; publicans pride themselves on thei
; intelligence, yet it Is the most ignoran
and degraded part of the popnlatio
which has continued them in powe
:, during the past 20 years, and on whic
they rely for any success in the future
: The republican politicians who entrar
chlsed the colored man were vii
g enough to see it was the only hope Il
q their success. IL was done when the
). ruled by carpet bag aud bayonet pow
g in the south, which they knew W,
v becoming too odIous to last. 1t is trl
thousands of the more intelligent colo
v edmen are becoming democrats; but
q yet the great majority OF them q
: republicans, and in most of the nort
}, ern states they defeat the majority OF {
,r whites, and make many of those stat
n republican But even reinforced by
Is million and quarter of colored voter
u the republican party is in the minorit
r The democratic party has been steadi
!. growing in power in all the northe
a states during the past 20 years!
u was never growing so last as to-da
# The Harrison administration has Iii
k gusted tens of thousands of dece
n republicans. The Mckinley prOhil
c tory tariff bill is Disgusting tens
thousands more. The extravaganza
the republican congress is still furth
.r disgusting republicans. Some W
swallow their disgust and return 10 4
fold. Many will refuse to vote at 4
u coming election; while Others will 10
: come democrats. Republican CORFU
's tlos, Encouragement and misgo
U ernment have been steadily maki
democrats for 90 years past. IL
y !. making them faster to-day than ev
! before.