The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-15
The Land Boomers, Abstract
stractors and Press Pur-
chasers Took a
Day off.
AND THEY WENT 70 CONCORDIA
And There Told the Citizens OF
Freedom Township Where
to Buy Goods and
How to Vote.
RESOLUTIONS PREPARED IN DAVIS
And Adopted by Higginsyllle as Inc
Voice of Freedom Township.

And Adopted by Higginsyllle as The
Voice of Freedom Township.
There was meeting nt Concordia
last Saturday, that on account OF It's
origin and and the manner in which II
was conducted, gives ii importance
enough to command newspaper space
The story of it cannot be told without
giving a little history Prior to Jan.
22, 1896, there had been good deal
of talk going the rounds about the court
house improvement and county seat
removal, and on that date the citizens
of Concordia and vicinity called a
meeting to give expression to their
views. This meeting was largely
attended and strong resolutions favor
lag the improvement and present
location wereI passed. Higginsville
could not stand it. Here was an in
fnence that must he discounted. So
she called a meeting at Odessa. The
meeting was held with not a very
large attendance. A committee oil
resolutions was appointed and through
their secretary the Higginsville crowd
sent carefully prepared set of resolu-
tlons to the committee for approval.
But the committee was made of stcrner
stuff. They refused to pass the resolu-
ton for removal and asked for 81, 800
Improvement on the present structure.
Odessa is not for removal. This
meeting was not satisfactory. What
next?
Concordia and Odessa had said no.
Higginsville stood alone. She must
stap-ti+e-iuffusnce of theGe Concordia
resolutions. She got desperate. There
was one way to get favorable resola-
tions through at Concordia. That was
TO take enough citizens down there
from Davis township to do it. 1t was
the only way and this was seized upon
with yigor.
The date decided upon was Saturday
last, and her hired solicitors went TO
work to get crowd. About seventy
five arrived in Concordia on the train.
Now between Higginsville and Com
cordia there is but one station; that is
Aullville, eight miles from Concordia.
These seventy-five were either from
Higginsville or Aullville. But it
matters not from which place, for
Davis township was named IN the call
and they had right to vote and did
vote.
The hall was fairly well filed, about
one hundred and seventy-fife being
present. There were several speeches
made. The RESOLUTIONS WERE WRIT
TIN IN HIGGINsyILLE AND TAKEN
THERE. CThis is not n guess, its
fact,) The meeting was called to order
by Herman Teppencamp, Mr.. Stein
man was nominated for chairman
before he was elected he started 10
take charge, but some one said he had
letter be elected and he was.
Prof. L. ID. Jones, of Warrensburg,
a sophomore young man who teaches
school in the eastern end of the county
was made secretary. The chairman
then picked up piece of paper and
appointed therefrom Herman Teppen-
camp, Fl. Wehrs, H.. Ward and ID.
Roepe as committee to go out and
get those erstwhile prepared resolu-
tions and bring them in. The COM
|mittee discharged this duty ably. Now
the ball was open.
STANLEY b. WALKER
was the first fiddler, and here is the
way he opened up on the question;
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN -
suppose that have been called over
here to talk against fine while this
committee is doing their werk in the
room, and as most of you
are strangers te me, and | am a
stranger 10 you, i feel like stranger
in strange land. My business has
lot called me in your direction, unfor-
for me, -and probably fortu
nately for you. Yoh don't know who
1 am, and | don't care to tell yon
! articularly who / am. daughter,
Int very weak But | will tell you
il hat / am not lawyer 10 begin with,
and / suppose you would have known
that had 1 not told you, because
neither have law books under my arm
nor the wise know-it-all look upon my
that you would expect
in the face OF one of the 'LeXington
barr You can tell that / am not a
lawyer for great many reasons; !
don't begin on my first introduction to
you to read from. a law book. | was
here on an occasion not long ago, an
interested spectator. having come down
here to try to buy some wheat to run
my little mill, when two gentlemen of
the law profession were here. ! heard
their extravagant dissertations on law
il was law TO begin with and law to
end with. 1t was like to fellows
mush, there was nothing else in the
pot. Now | am glad, | say right here,
that / am not lawyer. Not that
lawyers are not necessary, but there
are so many lawyers that fall so far
below any moral and mental capacity
and high standard that they should
occupy. There are lawyers that fall
so far below that that they are only
in getting the yeomanry of
the country in the quarrels that they
may fatten and feast while the yeOman-
ry pays the price. A long time ago,
when but a school boy, | remember to
hnNe seen In an old school book The