The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-30
H MISSOURI PRESS.
what II EdIIOrs are Saying i'm
their ~pers.

II S"ny NlO i'S -" "lh ..
"The Missouri legislature ought to
enact Il law making il the duty III over
scers to cut the weeds in the public
roads. They are "A great nuisance and
cause many serious accidents to midi
viduals and property. This matter is
respectfully called Ia the attention of
our state senator and representative"
Brother Gustin will permit us TO
call his attention to section 1922, Re-
vised Statutes 1889, which provides:
"And it shall be the duty of every road
overscer to keep all oad in his dis
trict clear of all distractions, and
capse to DO cut down and removed,
between the 10Th day of July and the
18th of August of each year, all weeds
or other distractions calculated to i'm
pede or interrupt travel thereon, and
Immediately on being informed that
any person has INSTRUCTED any road III
his district by any OF the named
in this article, or otherwise, il shall be
his duty to give the notice provided
for in section 1927 of this article" IL
| is evident, therefore, that il isn't law
| which Platte county wants, so much as
| overseers who will know their DUTY
aud perform it. In some instances
there has been ignorance of this section
| OF law, which was amended at the last
| session of the general assembly.
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Editor Fisher, of the Pennington
Times, is a fruitful and pungent writer.
lie grasps tho situation with particular
earnestuess and fidelity in the follow
ing EDITORIAL
"a few months ago MIR. Carnegie
established u magnificent library at
Pittsburgh with the money he wrung
out of his army of employees by cutting
down their wages, and theu attempted
to pose before the country as a great
public b%eneiactOr. Instead OF using n
small per cent. of the vast fortune he
had made off of his poorly paid work
men and off of the American people by
means of n discriminating high tariff
he must cut their wages and make
them pay for a to his ambi-
ton to shine as II philauthropist. And
now this Scotch alien, having saved
another large sum OF money out of the
wages due his employees, takes $50, 900
of il over to Scotland and establishes
another library at the expense of the
mouths and stomachs of the mothers
and children whose husbands ana
fathers have TO work for wages fixed
and dictated by their Scotch master.
What a wonderful protection To Aineri-
can labor is the robber tariff, and what
IL great and good philanthropist is Par
venu Carnegiel"
Editor Bradshaw ably replies to the
absurd attacks upon Mr.. Bland, and
in the Lebanon Rustic prints this state
ment of fact
'.Instead OF Mr.. Bland changing
position or proving treacherOus to the
people of the west he formerly stood by
the people OF the west in their demand
for Tree coinage OF silver, but the republi-
can party stands before the country
convicted of the very worst perlidy.
In its national platform for 1858 and
up II which Dir. Harrison was elected,
the republican parry declared for free
coinage of silver and yet ut the first
opportunity the party, by almost
unanimous vote OF its members of con
gress, vote against a direct free coinage
bill, aud for II bill that by indirection
demonetizes silver, and fixes a single,
or gold standard, tor the money ri the
country. Nor il this all. BY this pre-
tended silver bill which the republi.
cans are parahing before the country all
government bonds are made payable in
gold. The bonds, by law, are payable
10 coin. After July LIST, 1891, the only
money to be coined is gold; SO that
from that date, under the present law
all government bonds will be payable
la gold. John Sherman is the author
OF this law. John Sherman dcmone.
iizcd silver in 1873 and made govern,
ment bonds payable in gold. Verify
the old Wall Street crowd arc in au'
thorily again. Wall Street money
power is debating the financial policy o.
the government and demonetizing sIl
YER in 1890 as il did in 1873. LooE
out again tor Black Fridays they
are sure to come. And yet inlelligenu
men, honest farmers, are asked anC
| Ca DCCttu W NOtC aSdlubb WI. Dlhtlt u
the bchest of that crowdl'
Editor Wright has the following
stirring paragraph in his Waynesvill'
Democrat
"Missouri is preparing to roll up
democratic majority for the state tiCke
this is.l that will equal if not exceed
any record of recent years. The tim
is ] p and so are the people. Tn,
record made by the republican party
tor the { Vo years il has been in pOwel
at Washington will conduce to thii
end. Its reckless handling of tn,
nations funds and the startling rapidit'
with which it caused a deficit whcr,
but a short time ago the question wa
what to do with the surplus has no
done much to boom rapublicanism il
Missouri. The rapid growth of TIN
) tariff reform movement in this state
and the favor with which all proposition
looking to a reduction of the presen
%exorbitant scale have been met, justi
fies the belief hat Missouri democrac,
will ride 10 Il 40, ZOO majority finish il
T November. Throughout the state tn
people irrespective of politics, hay
become awakened to the TACT that dem
ocratic success means in time emauci
! patton from the party which has with
! two years produced a deficit on a
enormous surplus, and is now seckin,
, to increase enormously the alread
heavy burdens OF the taxpayers. Il
D make that rebuke the more scathing
Missouri will cast a democratic vote s
large that even Filley will despair"
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Editor Tetwiler, of the Charlcsto
Democrat, knows more about th
luscious "watcrmilynn" than any OthC
\ man in the state. But he has recent
! had an addition to his knowledge
which he proceeds to publish in thi
form =
u "Every season develops more all
]. more fully the prevailing necessity 1"
T. the discovery OF some practical an
profitable use to which he surplu
melon crop may he put. Every melo
u lett in the field at the end OF the season
except Tor seed, represents a waste
A means by which this waste. while
=, annually assumes enormous prOpOI
= TORS, would no doubt be hailed wit
pleasure by every melon grower N III
= country; therefore tho announcement
c from the southland 10 the effect tn,
q such means has been discovered,
authenticated, is an Important one
V The new discovery, which consists I
converting the melon bulb into syrul
II il il alleged, will establish in the sout
4 an industry scarcely OF second impnr