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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22
PENSIONS AND A DEFICIT.

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As the Graud Army procession was
passing the Madison house in JEFFERSON
City, when the state body met there
last, we heard a prominent republican
OF this county say: swell, II Johh
Tarsney coulu have seen this crowd no
would never have made the speech ne
did oil pensions"
Perhaps It is fortunate that Mr. .Tars'
ney did not see the procession, as II nj
had thereby been prevented from re-
iterating his words of warning, he
might not have been reelected by d
majority of nearly six thousand votes.
1t is to be hoped, too, that the merce-
nary sentiment expressed is not really
representative of the purposes OF the
Grand Army of the Republic. There
are SO many noble things that 1t can do
that It would be very sad If, not satisii-
| ed with the liberal views of Mr.. Tarsney
for pensioning the deserving needy, II
should constitute itself q pretoriaii
guard, for the purpose of bleeding the
United States treasury. There seems
In many minds TO be a kind ct mania
on this subject, and nothing appears
e%xtravagant if it Is only labeled open.
sions." This fact has raised up an army
of denagogues to take advantage OF II.
Happily public sentiment has reached
q condition where 1t calls q halt. Ger
tainly 1t should do so. We have for
some weeks been calling attention to
the fact that there vas expended for
pensions during the past fiscal year
over $lO9 900 900 90. To many minds
this does not seem to convey anything,
but, as q matter of fact, this sum should
be enough to pay all of the expenses OF
the country, less its interest charge. TO
see the rapid increase of the pension
list one has but to observe that in 1887
it took $4,000, 1902; in 1888, $50, 2sS.
500; in 1889, $s7 1924, 779; and in 1890
Gall for the fiscal year ending June LIST
OF the time given), 81O9, 1857 .6S4. For
the current year the pension expense
will be $1s6, 600, 900, and the onse-
quence will be a deficiency OF S3l 900,
600. That this has not been brought
about by reckless extravaganza it will
be hard to convince the country. The
people are willing to be generous, but
they cannot see, If they are still burden
ed with war taxes. why the revenues
are not adequate to tho expenditures.
| they were, with Mr.. Cleyeland's man
agement-not only. adequate, but when
he gave up the government he lett in
the treasury Q surplus OF, SlOo. 900 900
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

Here is what President Cleveland
SAID In his celebrated message;-"Our
progress toward a wise conclusion will
not be improved by dwelling upon the
theories of protection and free trade.
This savors too much of bandylng
epithets. Ii is a condition which COLI
fronts us-not a theory. The question
OF free trade is absolutely irrelevant;
and the persistent claim made In certain
quarters, that all efforts to relieve the
people from unjust and unnece ssary
taxation are schemes of so. called free
traders,is mischievous and far removed
from any consideration for the public
good. The simple and plain duty
which we owe the people Is to reduce
taxation to the necessary expenses of
an economical operation OF the govern
ment, and to restore to the business of
the country the money which we hold
then treasury through the pervers ion
OF governmental powers. These things
can and should be done with safety to all
our industries, without danger to the
opportunity for remunerative labor
which our workingmen need, and with
benefit to them and all our people bv
cheapening their means of subsistence
n increasing the measure of their
This was the real issue on
November 4. In 1888 the people were
into believing that 1t meant a
revolution into free trade. In !
1890 they had come to understand the
question better. In 1892 they will be
still better informed, and the Mckinley
gang will have as much show as has a
stump.tailed bull in fly tine.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

Set up on end a row of bricks. One
topping over can reach the next, and
so on. Twist the row in this way and
out that way, no matter how long
Call the first q London, the next
New York, Chicago, st. Louis. San
Francisco. They seem stable enough
while u%ndisturbed, a gust OF wind
comes along and shakes them here and
there, the on-looker is alarmed, but
they easily recover; after awhile a hard
storm strikes the first brick-it rocks
and sways, il totters, it falls. So does
the next one, and the next, and all of
them to the end. So il is nowadays in
the financial world. To such an extent
is business based on credit and conf
dence that when the centropolis, so TO
speak, tumbles, all the others ON
down. Let us be very thankful that
the Earrings failure in LONDON resulted
only in a gust of wind aud not In a
hard and irresistible storm, for had
London gone to the wall, this country
would have felt 1t from OCEAN to ocean.
This ramiicstion of interests becomes
more and more intimate as civilization
advances, but the recompense for the
danger incident to 1t lies In the fact
that better methods in business, and a
large fraternity among business men.
can now frequently ameliorate a storm
into a zephyr, The fact that the inti-
macy of interests does exist, and is
made apparent, is a rebuke TO those
politicians of narrow vision who would
crib, cabin and contlne their statesman
ship by the horizon of a single country
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22
NJ. GRATIS makes Il change IN business Jan.

NJ. GRATIS makes u change IN business Jan.
LIST. and is selling everything at cut prices.
Erwin Hacker has Il fine line OF imported
cigars, cigar and cigarette holders and pure
meerscLaum pipes. noy22tI
For Sale.-The Musgrove house, corner Of
Main and 10Th streets. Prise low. Terms to
suit. Inquire at this Office or address W. q.
Muscroye, Medicine Lodge. Kansas.
PEI sons failing to get their paper regularly
the carrier will greatly oblige MS by
leaving word at this office, where Il paper
will he given you and a reprimand To the
IL we hear no complaint, OF course
we must conclude that the paperiIs left with
due Lee MARTY. "
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22
1T STILL SPEAKS.

The recent election was not merely a
protest, It was q savage, indignant
turning of the people against the party
In power, which had abused its privi-
leges, and rending it assundsr.
II teaches anew the lesson that at it's
core the heart OF the people is right,
and that any assault upon their liberties
will be resented as by an army with
banners. 1t teaches again that the
people are greater than parties, and
that the inherent patriotism OF tue
masses Is under any circumstance
equal to the task of preserving the in.
tegrity of u Institutions. Passion,
prejudice, tradition, everything, is
surrendered In the front of a common
danger, and only pure and nnalloyed
patriotism rallies about the flag.
The republican party,grown insolsnt
with its long lease of power, assaulted
the public treasury and squandered its
millions, unnecessarily filched from
the people. 1t created an army OF pre-
torians that shamed the patriotism OF
The country. In the conduct of Its
Reeds II violated all the precedents and
traditions OF constitutional legislation,
aud mensced the constitution itself
when that instrument impeded the
madness of party. It threatened the
the country in q time of profound peace
and prosperity with the tyrannical
machinery Of force bills and bayonets
at the ballot box. In the face of the
protest of the whole country It I'M
necessarily increased, under the thin
disguise of a protective tariff, the
taxes of the people preposterously,
o~utrageously. 1t sneered at the will
of majorities and spurned from the
halls OF congress the chosen represen.
of the people.
The people were patient, bnt their
p~atience was construed into scquies-
cence or submission.
The republican party was OUTLYING
its usefulness. 1t was rushing on 10
It's doom. The blow fell. The wrath
of the people came upon it, and in d
time fhe republican party with
lis splendid organization, with it's
pretorlan guards, with the treasury Of
the United States at its back, with oil
lie insoIence and arrogance and power.
was swept out OF existence. Once again
.s vindicated the truth that O popuH
.oz Del. The masses, like a huge
mastiff infuriated, picked up this miser-
able thing OF adegenerated republican
party and shook II to pieces.
II the lesson has been taught anew
that no party can long abuse the trus,
in II, or menace the liberty
II the people and the integrity of our
the correlatiye lesson is
learned once more that in
very danger when liberty is threaten
ID and right is to be protected the
country with q common instinct turns
the democratic party as the ark of
Other parties live, play their
parts upon tho stage and pass
way, bnt the democratic party sur
i've them all, because It's tenets of
aiih are those OF the people, and the
of its principles are assurances
4 the perpetustion OF constitutional
iberty and the prosp Gritty OF the
ountry.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

This wise word of warning from the
Globe Democrat would better be heed.
ed by some of the thick and-thin
bourbon republican organs who seem
incapable of either forgetting or learn
ing anythiDg:-"The democrats have
not been in power In all branches OF
the government simultaneously since
before the war, but some of the repub-
lican leaders, by their explanations of
the recent uefeat, show IN ignorance
of the actual situation, which is favor
able to democratic chances In 1892 for
both branches OF congress al well as the
p~raaidencY.n
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

Sarah Althea Terry is before the
public again, and this time she came
with a parasol in her hand, which she
smashed over the head of Lawyer N.
G.. Caldwell, at Fresno, CAL, after
slapping his face. The trouble grew
out of the winding mp of the estate OF
the late Judge Terry. Caldwell is at
torney for the executor and Sarah
iancies they are trying to cheat her
out of her share. He alluded to her
as "that woman" In a very offensive
way. Caldwell Is a six-foot Texan.
Sarah waited for hip in the window,
and when he passed she first slapped
his face with a %resounding smack, and
then raised her sun protector and
smashed 1t or the lawyer good and
hard. Caldwell prevented q repetition
of the blow, and applied a
epithet to her. The news spread, and
created a sensation, which was intensi-
fed when Sarah swore out a warrant
and caused Caldwell's arrest for dis
turbing the peace. This Ia the second
encounter between the two, and the
chances favor u big roundup, which
will create a sensation.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22
The Pulpit and the Stage.

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The greatest kindncss | can do INV many thou
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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The council of administration of the
ex-coniederate association OF Missouri
met In st. Louis last Wednesday. The
principal business was the considera-
ton of the soldiers home question.
Eiigginsville submitted two PROPOSE
LONESOME for cash and the other
including Mr.. Grove Young's farm.
Linwood Lawn was also offered by
it's proprietor. Other propositions
were made, and a committee of five
was appointed to visit the different
places and report. Washington Park,
near Kansas City. was chosen as the
next place Of meeting OF the associa-
ton,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

How weak and puerile, puny and
insignificant are the republican criti-
cisms of Mr.. Cleveland's speech at the
Thurman banquet. The terse, vigorous
address contained more sense and logic
than three columns of Rlaine's plati-
tudes delivered during the canvass. In
it MIR. Cleveland defended the sanctity
Of the home from insult by over-fed
monopolists, and from robbery of ITS
substance by their political tools.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

A correspondent of the st. Joseph
Herald in a recent letter, in which he
defends the Mckinley bill as being a
good measure and in the interest of the
masses says:-"True it does not favor
the masses across the big pond, nor
was 1t intended to do so, as our demo.
cratic friends, the enemy, would have
it," Now, what utter rot is this.
"Upon what meat bath this our Cesar
fed that he has grown so great" Are
those, iorsooth, who think as he does
alone the patriots of our country? Doth
the fool no know even OF his folly /?
Why at the recent elections the demo.
Gratis elected nearly three-fourtbs of the
members of the popular branch of con-
gress. In the north they elected twice
many congressman as did the repub-
Does this critic mean to say
that all these democrats intended to
"favor the masses across the big pond?'
he doesn't mean that what does he
mean? If he does mean that he writes
drivel that no reJr ectsble newspaper
print.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

"Morc than two weeks have elapsed
since the rod Of political affection smote
the Globe.D Democrat and put upon il
the habillments of present and poignant
grief. In that time we have expert
enced some mitigations of tho sorrow
which al first overwhelmed ne, and
upon mature reflection we have con.
cluded that the time has come when,
like u young widow who finds the
somber rigors of woes unrelieved
attire to be u~nbecoming to her beauty
OF form and figure, we car 20 into
second mourning. Thus can we give
to the softened asperities of inward
griefan outward and modified form.
aud lhus-agaln initiating the beauti.
full example of the young widow-can
we mourn the past while tenderly
looking to the FUTURE" It is unneces.
sary TO say whence this wall. At II
rate it is graceful one, softened into
what MIR. Peacock in the Caxton's
would call the mellihuous flow of
sweet Williams rhythmic measure.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The official vote on the state ticket
shows that Judge CAN'T received $780,
oil votes: aud Mr.. Mullins 1873, 22S.
Majority tor Judge CAN'T, 6 ,7ss. For
superintendent of public schools Mr..
Wolfe received 250,079 votes, and Mr.,
Sewers 1888 ,248. Mr.. Wolfe's majority
over Mr.. Sewers, 61,S3l. For railroad
commissioner Mr.. Hickman received
25l ,53l votes. Mr.. Mortified 1877 JIG.
Hickman's majority, 64,4l2.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

at Is rather unfortunate for our
democratic friends that the Wall street
crashes came 30 Dor after their glori-
u victory" says the ST. Joseph Her.
aid. Not half so unfortunate as II was
to the republican party that the Nc.
Kinley bill passed Just before the
aforesaid glorious victory.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22
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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The story 10 the effect that Jay
Gould had purchased a controlling
interest in the Santa Fe 10 denied by
President Reinhart. 1.-THE majority OF
our STOCK" he said, sis owned in New
England, mostly by people who own
the bonds also and keep the stock as
protection. We have 10000 shares of
the stock now issued. Of this some
" here between 575. 900 and GOO, 900 are
owned in New England. Mr.. Gould
il q large owner IN our stock. lie &c.
Quired a good deal when we bought
the st. Louis & San Francisco. Mr..
Huntington also owns a good DEAL"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The Globe Democrat hits the force
bill advocates pretty hard. 1t says
"Tbe man who thinks the republican
party .yould be benefited by the pas
90. a the force bill hasn't sense
~ keep from grabbing q live
Re with both hands"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

Gov. Francis in his Thanksgiving
proclamation desires the people to ex-
press their ''gratitnde for the ~fullness of
the year and the unwaveriDg manifes-
taiion OF divine goodness" The year
has been full of good things, but the
democrats seem to have appropriated
most OF them. Still q republican
friends ought to feel grateful that they
are spared monuments OF divine mercy.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The way Fyan ran is best illustrated
by a reference to Greene county. 1t il
republican, Of course, and Mullins, the
head of the republican ticket carried it
by 444 votes. Yet Fyan beat Wade
there l,056 votes, in spite of it's being
Wade's home.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The iiity-irst congress will never
pass Il free silver coinage act. II is a
republican congress and it is opposed
to Tree silver. The fifty-second con
gress will he a democratic congress,
and it will PASS u bill for tree coinage
nj s;ivar
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

A republican business man In this
city said recently that Mr.. Tarsney
would be 30 badly beaten he would not
know himself. Wonder whether the
Aforesaid b. m. knows himself about
now when he meets himself on the
afraat.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22
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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The Globe-D Democrat praised the
bullion bill because It caused silver 10
60 up. Il is now still praisiDg II,
becsuse, we suppose, silver has gone
down. 1t also prophesies that 1t will
fall still lower.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

Governor +. T.. Warren and Joseph
NJ. Carey have been elected United
States senator's for Wyoming. This
little republican burrough somehow
escaped the democratic tornado that
swept over the country on the fourth
of November.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The bloody shirt shriekers for q
force bill to compel the southern people
to vote the republican ticket In the
south, will please observe that the
democrats have twice as many OF the
new members Of congress In the north
90 haye the republicans.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

There is some queer old demagoging
going on among republican newspapers
about now. They are so badly scared
by the recent election that they are adj.
vocsting the widest theories of green
bsckism, quack reciprocity schemes,
which they say don't mean free trade,
but which of course do, and any guam
tity more OF puerile vagaries. They
fail TO turn 10 the real panscea. The
only way the republican party can
reinstate itself in the confidence of the
people is for it to become honest and
decent, and as it oannot do either with
its present leaders,i is more than likely
that il will die even more dead In 1892
than il did in 1890.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22
Senator Major became dis9us,ed VIII

Senator Major became Disguised with
9 client before the U. s. dist riot court
the other day and threw up his case.
The old nan came forward and made a
maudlin speech Of eulogy OF his at
torney. The senator finally could stand
it no longer and got up to leave the
room, when the suitor threw up his
hands, and pathetically howled: "My
beloved Sam abandons mel" Judge
Philips and the crowd in the court
room fairly roared With laughter, as the
tall form Of the senator disappeared
through tho door.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The republican party has given us
some respectable presidents, but II has
the distinction Of giving us two of the
most Insignificant specimens ever
known in the history of the country
Hayes, the Fraud, and Ben Harrison. the
Little,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

II is said that DIR. Koch will make
public his discovery Of a cure for con-
sumption. There is little doubt that
there is a great deal of merit in DIR.
koch's discovery, and Koch's name
may yet become as familiar as n hene-
fsctor to the human race as Jemer's, the
discoverer of vaccination for small box.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

Globe democrat :-"Goy. Francis; in
his Thanksgiving proclamation, asks
that gratitude be expressed tor 'the
continued boon of a free government
and the renewed promise OF its perpe-
tuity.' This is a slight squirting at the
recent democratic victories In Missouri
and elsewhere. Some people give queer
reasons tor the annual turkey gorge "
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

Coy. Oglesby will please observe
that there will be more democrats
from the north In the 52nd congress
than republicans from all sections, and
remodel the old speech he has been
intiicting on the country for twenty
five years.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The Globe.D Democrat beat Bland
ono q day, every morning, for abont
two months before the election. On
the night of November 4th the great
advocate OF free silver had loss major
fly over all.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

The Wall street panic was caused in
London, and no one knows that better
than the gentlemen demagogues no
are charging ii to the democratic vic
tory. The democratic victory will take
care of itself. thank YOU.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

After all the Globe Democrat talk to
the contrary the Georgia legislature
promptly elected Gen. John Il. Gordon
United States senator, last Tuesday, on
the first ballot.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

"The republicans can now wait with
serene confidence for the democratic
majority in congress to make a colossal
ass of itself, In this expectation they
have never been disappointed YETI
prints the Chicago Tribune. When
did the country aver say that the demo-
cratic majority In congress was a colos.
sal ass, as smphatically as 1t 30 branded
the Mckinley Reed congressional
mensgerie2 Certainly not when 1t
by bribery, the republican
majority of six In the ffty-flrst congress.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

Tie t~hirty-third annual meeting OF
the Missouri State horticultural Society
will be held at clinton, Henry county,
Missouri, at the opera house, on
December 2, 8 and 4, 1890.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-11-22

Jay Gould has secured cuntrol OF the
Union Pacific, and it is suspected OF
the Santa Fe. If he has added these to
his other possessions he is the most
powerful railroad ~potentate on earth.