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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-20
"GRANO OLD MISSOURI"
What the Present Governor Has
to Say of the State.

At the banquet in 81. Louis the
other night, in honor OF Goy.-elect
VIM. j. Stone, one ri the most sen
sible speeches was made by Governor
Francis, Jim response to the Toast OF
"GrandsOld Missouri" The COVER
nor said, substantially:
am grateful for the opportunity of
uniting with this assemblage OF repre-
sentative St. Louisans to greet and
congratulate the man who has been
chosen by the people of Missouri for
the highest office within their gift and
to pledge him that support due from
every citizen who loves his state and
desires her prosperity. l bespeak for
him, as nv successor, that considerable
indulgence and strengthening fealty
which the good peOpleof iscity have
extended to me during the guberna-
torial term now drawing to close.
Missouri is what her people have
made her, and of them | desire to
speak. The great material resources
Of the state are the gift of nature, but
they would have lain here dormant
had not the brain and muscle of man
been applied to their Development.
The formation, location and the econ
omic advantages of country have
great influence in determining the
character of its inhabitants. Missouri,
with her $1,000 square miles of ter
ritory, embracing fertile soil teeming
forests and rich mineral deposits, ia
vored with saluhrious climate,
bounded and traver-e,i ~ nerIgahie
rivers, located at the iuncture OF the
renowned Missouri and Mississippi
valleys, the heart OF the great basin
that lies between the Alleghe-
MES and the Rookie ani the
Lake and the Gulf, midway between
the two oceans which was the eastern
and western shores of this hemisphere,
occupies an enviable position as the
geographical center of the richest
country on the globe. The dominant
element in her population are the de-
scendants OF those pioneers who set
tied in Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
nessee in the early days, and impelled
by spirit of adventure and daring,
81 not a love of conquest, moved west
ward on latitudinalor isothermal lines
A hardy race of Anglo-Saxon origin,
with deep-rooted convictions on reli-
gion and government, they were i'm
bued with an irrepressible love of
freedom. They repealed the savages,
felled the forests, advanced the out
posts of civilization aud prepared the
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THE NEXT FAIR.
It Will be One of the Best Ever
! Held in Missouri.

The management of the Sedalia end
of the Missouri State Fair Association
is already at work preparing for the
season of 1898, and will spare neither
labor or expense to make the coming
meeting one of the finest ever held in
the west
At the recent meeting Of the West
ern and Southern Trotting Circuit as
ISOLATION in Chicago the. following
dates for 1893 were agreed upon:
Sturgls. Mich. July 81 70 August s.
Grand Rapids, Mich. August to
~.
Chicago, August II 70 rs.
From Chicago the horses will split
a portion going west and the others
south. Columbus and Fort Wayne
conflicting with the Independence,
meeting. The other dates follows:
Independence, Iowa, August % to
September 3.
Mason City, Iowa. September II to
Is.
st. Joseph, September Is to 23.
Sedalia, September % to 30.
Columbus, o., August % to Sep
tember 9
Indianapolis. Indiana, August 4
too.
Columbus, Ind. August Is to q.
Terre Haute, Ind, August % t.
so.
Evansville, Ind, October 2 tot.
Lexington, Kentucky, October 8
to IA.
Nashville, Tenn October Is to %.
According to the old rules the purse
money on all tracks was divided into
four parts, 30 per cent going to the
first, % to the second, Is to the third
and 10 to the fourth. Hereafter the
purse money can be distributed at tina
option of each association.
A call of members showed that the
total amount in purses to be offered
next year would aggregate $500, 600.
each member announcing its added
money as follows: Sturgis, $50, 900;
Grand Rapids, $4,000; Chicago.
s75, 900; Independence, 500, 900;
Mason City. $4,000; st. Joseph,
$40, 900; Sedalia, $50, 600; Columbus,
o., s25, GOO; indianapolis, s25, 600;
Fort Wayne, $4,000; Columbus,
Ind, $50, 900; Terre Haute, s25, 900;
Evansville, S25 1000; Chillicothe,
S25, 600; Nashville, s75, 900. Grand
total, $500, 900.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-20
Criminal Court.

Peter Seitz charged with obtaining
goods by false pretenses, entered a
motion to squash the Indictment,
which was Overruled and on his plea
of guilty he was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary.
Charles Weyand, entered plea OF
not guilty and his case was continued
to next term in bond of $500 with
Martin Weyand and William Holt a.
sureties.
In cases agains, George w. .Ferrell,
for fiourishing revolver, ETC., on mo-
ton to quash same was continued TO
next term of court.
Ernest Flemming, confidence game,
got two years; VIM. Petty, robbery.
five years. VIM. Petty, assault with
intent to rape, five years.
VIM. Smith, robbery, five years.
Jacob Kramer, confidence game, two
years. George Walker, petit larceny,
second ofense, two years. James NJ.
Bozerman and Albert j. Adams, bur-
glary and larceny, FIVE years each.
The grand jury was discharged from
further service. and stated as this was
special term of the criminal court,
they could make no further report as
to the condition of the county Jail and
the poor farm, than that which had
been furnished by the last grand
jury.
They also returned six indictments
for minor offenses, and the judge hav-
ing authorized the sheriff to take bail i.
thereupon adjourned court until regu-
lar term in course.
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that what l. right should not only bc
made known but he made prevalent :
that that's evil should not only he de-
tected but he defeated" Con,crva-
tive but not Bourbons. they are pro-
gressiue but not radical. They do
not take constitution in hand IL saw
ayes would looking-gla>s." Patient
and long suffering, their endurance has
limits. The fallacies of visionary the
orists find no Judgment there. En-
perience is their guide and reflection
their mentor. They do not favor ex-
periments in government. They cher
ish the institutions which have with
stood the test of a century.
The wave of political unrest which
disturbed and demOralized the settled
convictions of our sister and neighbor-
ing agricultural commonwealth heat
in vain against the serried front OF
Missouri democracy. With Il steal
fastness worthy of the principles i'll
spired, a determination sustained by
conviction of right and strengthened
by the hope of deliverance from in
dustrial bondage. Missouri has tor six
consecutive presidential elections cast
her vote with unfailing reliability for
the democratic nominees. No other
state of equal voice in national coun-
ellis has done ~ well. In voice in the
Electoral college Missouri is the largest
surely democratic state in the union.
Whilst sincere and immovable in
their political beliefs our people are
rot bigoted nor illiberal; between
elections the line of party demarka-
ton is not drawn in commercial and
social relations. Living comfortably
but not luxuriou>ly, they are ho-pita-
BILE and generous. The stranger Is
ever welcome within their gates and
to the needy Il helping hand is prompt
ly extended.
Forgiving and not re>entful, they
frown upon the revival of ISSUES th"'
have been settled. They have p,.,i-
tive opinions about government. and
believe it should interfere to the least
extent possible with the liberty Of the
individual. They were divided n to
the side Missouri should espouse in
the sanguinary war between the sec
tons. but when the contest was deci-
ded they were united in accepting the
result. They are harmonious and en-
thusiastic in upholding the banner of
the state and believe this common
wealth should perform her part in
maintaining the prestige and promot-
ing the glory OF common country.
STATE PRIDE.
Their state pride is genuine and ro-
bust. They look with mingled feel
ings of pity and contempt upon the
man who, whilst enjoying the blessing
of residence within their borders, ira.
duces the fair fame of the state whOee
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laws give him protection and whose
soil the people provide him with sus-
tenauce and endow him with riches.
Conscious Of the great natural advant-
ages of their state, they are sanguine
Of her future. Cautious, if not econ
omical, they jealousy guard the credit
and honor of the commonwealth, and
object to the mourning of obligations
for posterity to discharge.
FOrceful and broad in keeping with
the vastness and grandeur of the ma
ture surrounding them, and imbued
with ambitions and resolves common
surate Herewith, they realize the re-
sponsibilities resting upon them and
are accordingly progressive and public
spirited. They believe that it is
strong, good common-sense that rules
the world and act upon that principle.
Their record in fostering and promOt-
ing education indicates the estimate
they place on the first requisite for
self government. Their endowment
of the State University evidenced an
appreciation of the needs of the State.
and engendered renewed interest in an
institution destined to perform an I'M
portant part in shaping the thought
and accelerating the advancement of
Missouri. Their liberal and timely
provision for an exhibit of state pro-
duets at the Worlds Columbian Expo
sition disproved the SANDER of those
who wanted to call them unprogressive
and furnished worthy example to
older and richer cOmmOnwealths
They have contributed more toward
the construction of railroads than
have the people of any other
State. Where is he who would call
such people narrow, prejudiced or
unprogressive! Go among them if
YOU would know what they are doing.
Look around you here in this growing
city if you would see the evidences Of
prosperity and activity. But it is not
confined To st. Louis nor the larger
cities of the state. Ny acquaintance
with interior Missouri can hardly be
said to date back more than four
years, and within that brief period I
have seen settlements spring up which
can now boast Of populations of >, 600
souls. Seldom if ever before have
our people been so hopeful OF so con-
fident. Full of life and energy and
force. able To discern merit and quick
to reward it, proud of their state, jeal-
Gus of her fame, earnestly DESTROYS
that Missouri shall he foremost in
every arena into which Common
wealths enter, possessed of high aims
and realizing the duties that devolve
upon them, no grander constituency
ever upheld the arms of public ser.
want, and he should indeed feel hon.
ored who is called to preside over their
destinies.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-20
Good Looks.

Good looks are more than skin deep, de-
pending upon healthy condition Of all
the vital organs. Ii the Liver be inactive.
you have a Bilious Look, If your stomach
be disordered you have a Dyspeptic Look
and il your Kidneys be affected you have
a Pinched Look. Secure good health and
you will have good looks. Electric Bitters
is the great alternative and Tonic acts di-
rectly on these vital organs. Cures Pimples
Blotches, Boils and gives = good complex
ion. Sold at Mertz & Hale's, drugstore,
Joe per bottle.
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way for the establishment of the hap
py home, we now enjoy. The plains
of Illinois and the unbroken wastes of
kansa. had little attraction for them.
and if in later days their offspring
have gone farther toward the setting
sun it has been To the Rocky Noun
tains or the Pacific slope. Pierre
Liguest Lacledc. with his enierprising
band of commercial travellers, had pre-
ceded them. The ingenious sons of
New England, after gaining intelli-
gence of the lavish manner in which
nature had endowed this section, were
not long in coming hither, and As the
tide of immigration poured into the
country there came to our borders the
stalwart and versatile children of for
eign clime>. These component parts,
welded together by common interests
and love of horne. constitute homoge-
neous people possessing all the attrib-
utes of good citizenship.
Their instincts are right annd they
can he trusted. \ community, like
an individual, NAV have strength of
character. Drawing danger, endur-
ing hardship and achieving laborious
undertakings broaden the understand
ing, enlarge the vision and strengthen
the brain is well a. the Drawn of the
individual and of the community.
CHARACTERISTIC, OF MIsSoURIANs.
The characteristics of these people
are well defined. Prominent among
them is a love Of fair play. He who
in any controversy take undue advan-
tage of his adversary forfeits their
respect. They are eminently just
and have so sincere a reverence for
the law that they are disposed to take
its execution into their own hands
when its enforcement is presistently
di-regarlcd by legally constituted au-
thority. Whilst not hero worshipers,
thew hold their leaders in high esteem
but will promptly remove and crush
those who would be their masters
Their standard of citizenship is high
and their standard of official conduct
equally so. They expect and require
faithful and conscientious discharge
of the public trust. They are not I'M
duly exacting, but demand honesty of
purpose and sincerity of motive. Mis-
takes in judgment they are prompt to
forgive, but carelessness the reprobate
and indifference they class as crime,
Courageous beyond question, they APP
plaud boldness with conviction, but
with defiant stubborness they have no
patience. Technical littleness they
abhor. Breadth of view and COM
prehensiveness of purpose they
admire. They do not believe
the end justifies the means, but they
do estimate worth by what is accom-
plished. They believe with Burke
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Before Breakfast

always use SOZODONT and rub il in WELL
II gives such pleasant relief from parched
tongue resulting from sleep, promotes the
healthiul secretions OF the mouth. 1t will
cost more for meat and such things, but
don't begrudge it.
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The Hon. j. +. Davidson. O

The Hon. j. +. Davidson. Of
Hannibal, Mo-, a candidate for
speaker of the house of the Thirty
seventh general assembly, is the au-
thor of the bill providing for the state
school book commission and for uni
form text books, adopted during the
last session of the legislature.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-12-20

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam stops the cough at orces<
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Their state pride is genuine and ro-
bust. They look with mingled feel
ings Of pity and contempt upon the
man who, whilst enjoying the blessing
of residence within their borders. ira.
duces the fair fame Of the state whOse
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-11-23
"The Ignorant Foreign Vote

The Spirit Of the Valley says the
Democrats would have been badly
beaten but for the ignorant foreign
vote"
That is the only paper, so far as we
have observed, that attributes the de-
feat Of the Republican party to the
Ignorant foreign vote"
A majority of more than a million of
the white voters cast their votes for the
Democratic ticket. But for the 'igno-
rant" negro vote the Republicans would
have no chance whatever.
There are more ignorant voters in the
Republican than in the Democratic
party. A large majority of the white
people vote for the Democratic party,
whilst a large majority of the negroes
vote for the Republican party, and as
the negroes are more ignorant than the
whites, there are more ignorant voters
in the Republican than in the Demo
cratic party. We do not maintain that
this is true of the party in the North,
but that it is true of the party as
whole, for most of it's ignorant voters
are in the South, and without that class
of voters, even in the North, it would be
in hopeless minority.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-11-23
CONDITION Better for the Negro. ;

The Ide1-ApDeag says that Rev. W.
| Bishop Johnson, colored minister OF
the Baptist persuasion, preached at a
| Washington church, last Sunday week
upon the results of the recent election.
| For his text he had taken Exodus III,
| 8: "And | am come down to deliver
them out of the hands of the Egyptians
and to bring them up out of that land
unto good land and a larger, unto a
land flowing with milk and honey
Viewing the democratic victory from
the standpoint of the negro, especially
| the Southern negro, Rev. Mr.. Johnson
failed to discern in it anything to cause
apprehension. We quote from the
Washington Posts report of the dis
course =
Passing to the consideration of the
effect of the political landslide upon
his race, DR.. johnson said that the
election Of Cleveland will make the
conditions better for the negro. 1t
means the absolute enforcement of the
negro from all parties, and will de-
moving to great extent their cause,
thereby destroying the race prejudice,
because the Southern man will begin
to regard the negro as a fellow citizen
and not as the tool of political party.
The election of Tuesday will be, he
declared, the means of Cpening to the
negro the doors of industry, and will
stamp premium on his vote, making
him man to be sought after by all
parties. The negro had nothing to
fear, but proposed to continue in the
requirement of property and the es-
tablishment of a sterling character for
himself as an individual and com
ponent part of great race, thereby
making himself respected and esteemed
by the community and a factor in the
government of which he is a part"
That this clergyman does not over
draw his picture and his prophecy is
already proved by the fact that in all
parts of the country, notably in the
South, large numbers of colored voters
cast their ballots for democratic candi-
dates. The recognition which Mr.
Cleveland, when President, accorded
to the colOred race, and the amicable
relations which then, more than at any
other time, existed between negroes
and their white fellow-citizens, no
doubt SO impressed their memory that
they reasoned another term of Mr.
Cleveland to mean an enlargement of
that recognition and strengthening
of the friendly relations of the whites
towards. them. Rev. Mr.. johnson is
evidently of the opinion that his peo-
pie will not be disappointed in these
expectations, and if they will only
pursue the path which he points out,
they will contribute an important
share to the solution of those govern
mental and social problems with which
the nation now is, and for some time
to come will be, confronted"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-11-23
British and American Farmers.

We clip the following characteristic
article from the editorial column OF
the New York Press:
Bv strange coincidence a great
number of American farmers, by lar
the most prosperous of their class III
the world, have decided that they
want the system under which their
great prosperity was attained abolish
ed, lust at time when the British far
mer, who has had nearly half centu-
RVS experience of the opposite policy,
is clamoring mcst loudly for protec-
ton.
Farming in England has been almost
ruined by free trade, and today ils con-
dition is wretched beyond description.
Meetings are being held, the cable IN
forms us, in the agricultural districts
to denounce free trade, and farmers
are universally demanding tariff to
protect their products.
The difference between the farmers
in Britain and America is simply that
the former have tried free trade and
know what it is, while the latter have
only heard it described by Democratic
orators. Wisdom will come in time to
them, as it has come to British agrl-
culturists.
Nothing, as the Lynchburg Adrdnce
says, could be more unfair and decept-
i've than the above statement and
nothing more illogical than the con-
clusion.
The condition of the English farmer
is in no respect similar to the condition
of the American farmer. tits well
known to all students of history that
the English agriculturists CLING to pro-
lection long after other classes had
reached the conclusion that it was a
bad national policy. The reason is
plain England does not produce half
enough grain to feed her people. The
estimated deficiency of the wheat crop
this year is 175,000,000 bushels. This
must be supplied mainly by the Unit
| ed States and the English farmer must
| compete in his home market with the
| farmers of our rich and boundless west.
| If the English farmers could persuade
their government to put duty of 90
cents per bushel on American wheat
| then they could get about so cents per
| bushel more for their product, but all
other classes of the community would
have to pay higher price for bread.
Protection would protect the British
farmer. But how is it with the Amer
lean farmer? He has no foreign com
petetion to encounter. A duty of one
| dollar per bushel would dc him nc
good. He wants foreign market fol
his surplus and he wants low tariff
which will permit him to buy manu-
| featured articles at reasonable price
In Great Britain the agriculturists
want protection and the manufacture
ers free trade In America conditions
are exactly reversed and manufacture
ers want protection while the farmers
want the privilege Of selling where
they can get the best price and buying
where they can make the best bargain.
1t is perfectly evident that selfish
ness is always and everywheret at the
bottom of demand for protection
The thin disguise of patriotism may
be assumed to cover the real object
but it is disguise which cannot con
ceal the real purpose of those who
wish to grow rich by taxing their fel
low citizens.
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The project of reform in the tariff
which meets the most general accep-
lance is to admit, free of duty, raw
materials, dyestuffs and the like, espe-
cially those not produced in this coun-
try at all, or not in the desirable quail
ties or sufficient quantities to meet the
wants of manufacturers, and to regu-
late the duty on other imports by the
needs of the Treasury, discriminating
as has been done to some extent i'll
every tariff heretofore adopted, in fav-
or of fabrics and products that call for
skilled labor as a large part of their
cost. 1t is a great mistake to charge
the tariff reformers with hostility to
the manufacturing interests. We have
been waited upon during all these dis
cussions by those supposed to represent
opposing theories on this subject and
have been surprised to notice how
nearly they came to a harmony of
views. The most intelligent manufac
turers, no matter how strongly they
may have favored the protective sys-
TEN. have become satisfied that the
Mckinley bill was unwise in many of
it's details, and would gladly assent to
some modification of its extreme pro-
visions. But whatever may be done
or attempted at Washington, there
will be no legislation that will force
workingmen in the east to walk the
streets looking for employment, or
! farmers in the west to waste their crops
unsold. The doleful walls of these
prophets of evil if accepted might issue
to some extent in producing such re-
suit. We think that the future to most
people has more cheerful outlook,
and we hope the public will deal sum-
marily with the croakers and refuse to
listen to their direful strains. The
election may have seemed to many like
a cyclone, but the legislation for which
it provides will have, we trust, more
the character of vivifying, refreshing
rain, leading to greater verdure and
fruitfulness on every field and plain,
and more profitable activity in every
warehouse and factory. There is this
time no ''bloody chasm" between vic
tors and vanquished to be spanned by
a distant hand shake and no reason
why they should not join side by side
in common purpose to promote the
. general weal.-N. Y. Journal Of Com
n1efce.