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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30
DISCIPLES OF MOST.

News from New York that the
lives of Gotham's money kings are in
danger. The disciples of Herr Most
have sent threatening notices to the
%millionaires, and it is said they are
terrifying their houses against these
knights of the dynamite bomb. Is it
true that another Russell Sage scene
is TO be enactedP Win the curtain rise
upon another Haymarket riotp Of all
specimens of civilization the anarchist
is the worst. OF all subjects under a
free government they are most trouble
some. The New Workers are very fool
ish, however, in becoming alarmed at
these anonymous threats. The old
saying, ga barking dog seldom bites,"
will hold true in this case. Threats
and scrawls written in disguised hands
and above no authentic signature should
not scare or anger such men as have
amassed great fortunes by their shrewd
manipulations. A man who is afraid
to use his name or who will resort to
underground means of rendering such
information, is not brave enough to
enter into a lawless plot and carry it
out. 1t is the quiet fellow, who has
little to say, that should be feared.
The man who does his scheming be-
hind closed doors, and who does not
divulge his intention to the world is a
dangerous man, but the ssblow hard"
the crank who with pistol in hand
goes about publicly looking for his
victim, threatening to kill at sight, is
tdefenseless and harmless specimen
whom to fear would be folly.
The valuable lesson taught the Hay
rioters is still in the memory
of the anarchists, and they know full
we'll that the iron hand of our laws will
be raised mercilessly against them, and
they must pay the penalty for their
America has demonstrated
her power to handle these foreign born
knights of the sbomb and TORCH" and
she has little to fear from them. Now
and then q crank arises, assails his
fellowman, but these are exceptions
that prove the rule that a%narchistic
doctrines and teachers are in the
wrong country when they are on this
side of the ocean. Their clap trap
amounts to nothing.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

be the cause of plunging the country
into deeper depression than it has yet
known, and that the democratic party
may not be justly held responsible for
such a catastrophe. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND"
lie specifically states that he is OPP
posed to the free and unlimited coinage
of silver, such as is prescribed by the
democratic platform by virtue of which
he now holds the highest Office in the
gift of the American people. lie has
placed his own personal views
above those of his party, and even
though honest they may be, in this
matter alone he has fallen short of the
trust cOnfided to him. The Chicago
platform was not made us a highway
upon which the party was to ride to
victory, but it is the embodiment of a
line of action to be followed by the
party upon assuming the discharge of
nillCliLtti lttii htb piatuioihi
calls for the free and unlimited coinage
of gold and the coinage of silver on q
and without discrimination
against either metal or charge for
mintage. Under the instructions of
the assembled wisdom of the party
silver must be extended equal rights
with gold. If it is to be limited, gold
must likewise be limited. If gold is to
be free and unlimited then silver must
be the same. No half way ground for
silver is prescribed. OF course there
are many who claim that the platform
is ambiguous; if soSthcn there is only
one way to cOnstrue it and that is by
a broad and liberal ~construc-
ton on it by the light of the past plat
forms and continued teaching of the
party. Furthermore Mr..
has assumed the response
bility in his letter for the statement
that this country cannot inaugurate its
own financial policy, but must look to !
other countries to dictate them for us.
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CLEVELAND AND THE PLATFORM.

Mr.. Cleveland, in answer to q letter
from Governor Northen, of Georgia.
writes the following letter, which per.
haps more clearly than anything he has
ever written expresses his views or
silver:
To Hon. W. ]. Northen.
ssExEcUTIvE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
d. c., Sept. 27.-My Dear Sir: ]
hardly know how to reply to your let
ter of the 9th inst. 1t seems to me
that I am quite plainly on record con-
corning the financial, question. My
letter accepting the nomination to the
presidency when read in connection
with the message lately sent to con-
gress in extraordinary session, appears
to me to be very explicit. l want q
currency that is stable and safe in the
hands of our people. l will not know
ingly be implicated In a condition that
will justly make me in the least degree
answerable to any laborer or farmer in
the United States for the shrinkage in
the purchasing power of the dollar he
has received for a full dollars worth
of work, or for a good dollars worth
of the product of his toll.
1 not only want u currency to be
of such q character that all kinds of
dollars will be of equal purchasing
power at home, but l want it to be of
such a character as will demonstrate
abroad our wisdom and good faith,
thus placing upon a firm foundation
credit among the nations OF the earth.
| want our financial conditions and the
laws relating to our currency so safe
and reassuring that those who have
money will spend and invest it in bust
ness n new enterprises, instead of
hoardlng 1t. You can not cure fright
by calling it foolish and unreasonable,
and you can not prevent the frightened
man from boarding his money.
want good, sound and stable money
n q condition of confidence that will
keep it in use.
Within the limits of what I have
written, l am n friend of silver, but |
believe its proper place in our currency
can only be fixed by a reimbursement of
our currency legislation and the in
auguration of q consistent and compre-
hensive financial scheme. l think such
q thing can only be entered upon prof
itably and hopefully after the repeal of
the law which is charged with all our
financial woes. In the present state of
the public mind this law can not be
built upon nor patched IN such a way
as to relieve the situation.
l am therefore opposed to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver by this
country alone and Independently, and
/ am in favor of the immediate and un-
conditional repeal of the purchasing
clause of the so-called Sherman law.
l confess | am astonished by the
opposition in the n to such prompt
action as would relieve the present I'M
fortunate situation.
My daily prayer is that the delay
o%ccasioned by such opposition may not
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30
September 90, 1898.
THE REPUBLIC BUREAU,
Room 146 Times Building,
II. C. CHILEs.
New YORK, Sept. II, 1898.

New YORK, Sept. II, 1898.
Silver decentralization Is unconstitu.
%tional, according to Prof. Van Buren,
Denslow, of this city. Prof. Denslow
is a recognized authority on economical
subjects, and is a close student of gov
eminent. He has written many works
on economies, chief of which is ssPrin-
ciples of Economic Philosophy" which
has attracted wide attention. In n
very able paper oil the currency ques-
ton, published today, Prof. Denslow
said:
A local opinion has, since 1873, been
cultivated by the majority of the bank
ers and newspapers of the city of New
York, which is peculiar, e%rratic, and,
as it seems to the writer, fanatlcal in
its hostility to such a circulation of
silver as would be q relief to the true
wants of commerce everywhere, and to
such a proximate equality of silver
with gold as would be within our reach
if proper legislation were applied.
This state of opinion may be summed
up in the propositions that none but
owners of silver mines would be in
jured by the total disuse of silver as
money; that to circulate a coin in
which the bullion would, If melted, be
worth less than its coin value, is dis
honest; that the coin is only intrinsic
ally and actually worth what the bullion
in it would be worth if melted, and
that in view of the present departure
of the relative value of gold and silver
bullion from the normal ratio, in which
one ounce of gold would be worth six
teen ounces of silver, the honest, easy,
lawful, conservative, and safe thing to
do is to coin and use gold only, drop
ping silver altogether out of our legis-
lation and coinage, as the Spartan
must at some time have dropped iron
as a form of money, the early Romans
copper, the Greeks oxen, and the
.Virginians tobacco.
Even on the very day on which the
brokers pay two per cent premium to
exchange 100000 in gold coin for
5000 i'll cart wheel silver dollars,
thus making the actual value of n
silver dollar 102 cents in gold, dis
tinguished bankers of New York, de-
clare that the fifty-six-cent dollar must
be dropped. The certified checks on
banks of these same bankers will not
today buy silver at their par simply
because they have been refusing for
years to receive silver coin as deposits.
The Chemical Bank declines to pay q
check of $500, 900, drawn on it by the
New York Central Railroad Company.
Yet the sub-treasury could, at any
moment, have furnished this sum in
silver II the hostility of these same
bankers to the coinage of silver had
not prevented the coinage of upward
of 1920, 600, 900 in silver dollars from
the silver purchased under the Sher-
law. If coined, these dollars
would have proved just as acceptable,
if not to the New York Central Rail
road Company, at least to every one of
its employees, as paper notes. The
whole sum called for by the Central's
check would only weigh about thirty
tons, and the slightly larger clerical
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

We call the attention of our readers
10 an article, eStrong Plea for Silyer,''
IN another column. Our attention was
called to it by Col. II. c. Chiles, of
MAYHEM, at whose request it is pub
lished. Col. Chiles is well versed in
the affairs of state, and when he recon-
mends or writes an article it always
contains good and wholesome ideas.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30
Strong Plea for Silver.

To the Editor of the Intelligencer: -
1 take the privilege of enclosing an
article taken from the trl-weekly Re-
public, of last Monday, with the request
that you publish it in the INTELLIGENT
GER for the benefit of your numerous
readers. To my mind it is the most
comprehensive and conclusive argu-
ment that / have seen on the allah
sorbing question of silver and its uses
as a money metal. Respectfully,
II. G.. CHILEs.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

Our friends who have been telling us
that Mr.. Cleveland was in favor of
silver coinage as soon as a proper ratio
could be determined, will please ex-
plain these words in his recent letter,
81 am therefore opposed to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver by this
country alone and Independently"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30
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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

A large wing of the democratic party
differ from Mr.. Cleveland on the silvtr
question, but when it come to resent
ing such an attack as the one made by
Senator Stewart, the whole party rallies
to his support.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

William +. Gladstone unawed by
defeat; made n of the greatest
speeches of his life to his Midlothian
constituents last Wednesday. He de-
clared the fight for home rule was not
a failure, and If the house of lords
maintained their present position as
regards the easure they may find
themselves fighting for their own exist
ence.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

The st. Louis Republic suggests that
the next worlds fair be held in st.
Louis, in 1902 or 1908, to celebrate the
centennial of the purchase of the Lou
isiana territory.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

st. Joseph (Mo.) was visited by a
million dollar fire last Monday. A
cigarette stub cast into the storeroom
on the fifth floor of the Townsend &
Wyatt building by a careless clerk is
supposed to have started the confla-
grafton.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

Mr.. Stewards arraignment of Presi-
dent Cleveland for interfering with
both bran ches of congress, will not de-
crease the esteem in which Mr.. Cleye-
land is held by any one. Nor will it
IN any way affect the unenviable repu-
tation OF the republican fillibuster from
Nevada.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

The retail grocers of Missouri will
hold a state association at st. Louis,
on October 6, at their hall, 307 Locust
street, at ten O'Clock, a. m. Any re-
tail merchant in the state will be adj
mitted. That night will be "Retail
Merchants Night at the exposition.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

by virtue of IN order of the probate court
of Lafayette county Missouri, made O N August
2Hth, 1893, the undersigned public administra-
tor, as administrator de bOniS non, with will
annexed, has taken charge of the estate of
Henry Hagen, deceased.
All persons having claims against said es-
tate, are required to exhibit them for allow
ance Ia the administrator within one year after
the date of said letters or they may he preclnd-
cd from any benefit of such estate; ahdif shch
claims he not exhibited within two years from
the date of said letters they will be forever
barred.
This 3Oth day of August, 1903,
STEPHEN N. WILSON,
Public AdminiStrator,and as such having in
charge the estate of Henry Hagen, deceased,
as administrator de bonis non, with Will an
ncXed. 9-2|t5
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

The Missouri Pacific railway is selling
tickets to Portland, Ore; Spokane Falls;
Helena, Butte. Garrison, Montana; Ogden
Utah; as follows: first class, $500, I'd
class 1890. Tacoma, WASH, S25.55; Seat
tie, WASH, $3.50; Vancouver, 1906. A.
s. Loomis, ticket apent.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

Official statistics show that since
January l, $50 state and private banks
have failed, and that 70 have resumed
business 155 national banks closed
doors snd 20 of them have resumed.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

Ex-senator Henderson is authority
for the statement that the reason
Grover Cleveland is slow about making
changes Iii the federal Offices of MIS-
souri, 4 t'at the majority of newspapers
and people 81 The state are opposed to
bis financial views. The learned sena-
tor cannot, however, point to a word,
sign, or deed, in the life and character
Of the president that would warrant
his statement.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

Attorney General olney should begin
to fight the lumber trust before it gets
under way. 1t is always in order to
fight such institutions, and the attor-
ney general should wage bitter war
against it.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

The question of abolishing the house
of lords is a dominant question in
England. Gladstone is being urged
by the liberals to declare war against
the peers at once. The next congress
OF the national liberal federation will
perhaps adopt a permanent plank in
their platform, demanding the reform
or abolitIon of the upper house. Verify
the ~questionless finger of destinypoints
to a not far distant day when England
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

The ear of Russia is said to have
made a change as regards succession
to the throne. Believing that his old
est son, the czarowitz, is too sickly,
and passing e his second son, Grand
Duke George, the sailor prince, he has
chosen his favorite son, Grand Duke
Michael, of fifteen summers, to eventu-
ally wear the imperial crown of the
Romanoffs. The young Grand Duke
Michael is SAID to be intelligent and
energetic, and gives promise of growing
up to be a great ruler.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

The discussion of finances has de-
yeloped some wonderful platform con-
structors. It has brought forth some
who can see embodied IN our democra-
cy plenty of foreign gold, and no
domestic silver. Others who clam to
be on the platform want a limited sup
ply Of silver and an unlimited amount
Of gold, but the large majority of the
party want for silver just what is pre-
scribed in the Chicago platform, coined
on a parity with gold, without dis
crmination or charge for mintage.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

Van Allen may not be a good man
to represent the United States in Italy,
but from all reports he is a good one to
have out of the country.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

The fewer train robbers that are al
lowed to escape the iron hand of the
law, the sooner will that crime become
a thing of the past.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

Have tn6] anarchists forgotten the
Haymarkct riot, and its final tragical
endingP
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

A democratic president, senate and
congress must prove to the American
people that democratic pledges are not
'straced in sand"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

Mr.. Talmage proposes II grand cele-
bratlon of the 1900th anniversary of
the birth of Christ to be held in New
York.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

1t is said that there are enough pop
ulists to do the calamity bowling in the
Cherokee strip. They a go to work
conscientiously.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30
John Powell.
Grocer, Franklin Avenue.
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, James w. Thomas NOW nine
months dead and Cora ID. Thomas, his wife,
nv their certain deed of trust, bearing date
December I'd, A. D., 1891, and recorded in the
recorders Office of Lafayette county, in the
state of Missouri, III the fifth day of Decem-
Der, A. d., 1891, in book los, at page 1872, con-
vcyed 60 the undersigned, trustee, the follow
ing described real estate, lying and being
situated in the county of Lafayette, and
state of Missouri, and being described us fol-
lows, to-wit: The west half of the northeast
quarter of section six (6). township forty-nine
40, of range twenty-eight CsS), containing
eighty acres more or less; which said deed of
trust was made to secure the m of a
certain promisSory note therein described;
and, whereas, said note mas become due and
remains unpaid; now, therefore,, notice is
hereby given that /, the undersigned, trustee.
AT the request of the legal holder and owner
of said note, will in accordance with the terms
and provisions of said deed of trust, proceed
to sell the real estate therein described at
public venduc, to the highest bidder, for cash,
ut the front door of the court house, in the
city of Lexington, Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,, Oh
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1893,
between the hours of nine o'clock in the fore
noon and five O'Clock I'm the afternoon of said
day, To pay of and satisfy said note, together
with interest due thereon, and all costs and
expenses of executing this trust.
GEORGE w. RATES
This Sept, IL, 1898. o-lG-it Trustc.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

The fight in the senate is warming
up a little.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

The postal department has decided
that live bees are mailable.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

will throw off her outward trappings
of royalty and place herself upon the
~;nvulnerable rock of republican form
of government.
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The attempt to rob q train at st.
Joseph, unsuccessful as it was, will
go down in history. Five out of the
six criminals have quit the business,
and q valuable lesson has been taught
to the members of the train robbing
order. The skillful mn in which
the entire matter was manipulated is a
credit TO the road as well rs the police
authorities. BY making capital pun
ishment the penalty for such II crime
the good that would result ut best
would be only a conjecture. But by
placing armed men on the train to pro-
tect and defend, all attempts would not
only be foiled but the perpetrators
would in most cases be captured and
placed in the hands of the law. This
is the only way train robbery can be
prevented. Catch the criminal and
then administer the law we now have.
Our laws are strong enough. The
weakness lies in the manner of their
execution.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30
Something
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f Reservoir Flower Pot

Is the only pot that does not leak or
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The pot is made of metallic ware, which
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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

The tariff, the grandest steal known
to man, should be regulated immedi-
ately. Statesmen who have been
preaching 'stariff for revenue" doctrine
for twenty years should be able to
present a bill without much delay.
For the first time in more than thirty
years we are in power from page to
president, and the country is right in
demanding speedy legislation on vital
questions. Wipe republican legis-
lation off the statute books and replace
1t with good wholesome democratic
laws, insuring both continuance in
power and happiness and prosperity
to the nation.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

HOODS PILLS are the best family cathartie,
Ientle and effective. Try o box. Price Csc
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1893-09-30

Lexington, State of Missouri,
at the close of business on the Sixteenth
day of September, 1893.