The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1891-01-24

IL tue .JOICC Ottt. udJ Is llS proper
designation.
Editor McCullagh also says:-
The republican majority of fourteen
| in the senate OF the present congress is
| likely to be cut down more than half in
the next congress. OF course, the cut
| will not stop there unless the party
| turns over new Leaf.
Yes but how IL it to turn over new
leaf if it keeps as leaders Messrs. Hoar
and Edmunds in the senate?
-
Editor Ewing, of the Jefferson City
Tribune, has this to say very appositely
of sanctifled gentleman in the United
States senate:-
| The Hon. George Frfsbie Hoar, in
| the first session OF his speech for the
force bill, said that "for four years the
presidency of the United States itself
had been held by usurper." He
omitted to mention that he himself was
one of the principle abettors and
apologists of the crime OF 1876. He is
but following the natural evolution of
his principle and career in seeking TO
put upon the statue book a law which
places the election of congressman in
the hands of the party IN power, and
brings both force ana fraud to suppress
the free choice of the people. In 1877
nr. HOar, as member of the electoral
commission, helped elect a president
by fraud. In 1890 Mr.. Hoar is the
shrillest advocate of electing congress-
men by fraud. To be the constant
defender and champion of crimes
against honest elections seems to be
Mr.. Hoar's purpose and ambition IN
public life. Is his fondness for fraud
another manifestation Of his excessive
self esteem?
Editor Jackson, of the Montgomery
Standard, tells this sad story:
Little John Davis, about 10 months
old, the youngest son of Judge L. Nj
Hughes of this city, died Monda,
morning. 1t will be remembered tha
he suffered of disease of the throa
some weeks ago and that it was neces
sary for the physicians to insert tube
in his wind pipe i'm order to keep hin
. from sufloCatIng. Since the little fellow
had been up the doctors had been re
moving the tube frequently to see if ht
could breathe naturally. He seemed
to be doing quite well and Monday
breathed so naturally that the tube wa
kept out al honr and half. He play
ed around on the floor with some o
his childish playthings and it seemed
possible the tube would not nave to b
replaced in the throat at all. But all a
| hto htn., liCtrnaoaf
D and in an attempt to re-insert the tub
it was found that the muscles had con
tracted so that the lncision in the win,
b pipe conld not be fonnd and the littl
fellow suffocated before it could b
prevented.
-"
Editor Hyde, of the ST. Joseph Bal
lot, thinks
The more the result of the Novembe
elections are examined, the bigger
5 grows. The official vote for congress
men III all the districts In all the state
has been obtained, and il shows, a
8 compared with the presidential vote 9
1888, democratic gain of nearl.
100000. There were nine states Il
% which the republicans made net gains
aud six of these were southern, Will
the democrats made gains In all tn
. others, and the fjgnres reveal tie fac
: whioi may be laid aside for ur6 In Oh
national contest OF 1892, viz: that th
n idemocrstic gains and the republics
losses were greatest in those state
= here the tariff reduction question wa
a made the leading issue. And it is Ger
tain that, in the west at least, the peo
1 Of tn,n
most cheerful republican cannot Gi'
cover single indication OF popula
opinion on which to base hope {
reaction; and if the straight issue wei
submitted 10 popular vote to.morro'
1t is certain that nearly every wester
state would decide against the admin
istration and republicanism. In plai
words, the republicans have lost IL