The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
CONVENTION OF PATRIOTS.

Inc gOlu JULIUS vi lhio SOuiibJ
under the leadership of Capt. A. E.
r Asbury, will hold a convention at Hig-
r ginsville today for the purpose OF
eiecting delegates to go somewhere to
help nominate another national ticket.
When the boys meet at Higginsville
today and stand up and count them
selves, we hope they will see in the
absence of four thousand Lafayette
county democrats the error of their
way and adjourn and go home. y
When they meet down there today
and call Lexington township for what
they call sstrue democrats and see
tina there is no one there to answer for
Jno. S. Blackwell, VIM. Aull, w. H.
ChiIes, j. Q. ~Plattenburg, w. b. Will
son, Fred A. Young, Philip Keller, w.
G. McCausland, Richard Field, John
G. WOrthington, Il. A. Catron, Zach
Wright, VIM. Young, S. N. Wilson,,
H. C. Wallace, John Price and a host
of others from Lexington, who used to
be considered pretty good democrats;
And when they call Dover township,
and no one answers for Jim Chinn, w.
G. Neale, w. A. Mcqueen, Irving
Zeysing, Geo. b. Gordon, Jno. Walker,
Dan Jackson, Nathan Corder, VIM.
Wilson, j. w. Brand, DIR. r. E. L.
Hit, and all the other boys down there
who have heretofore worked in demo-
cratic harness and considered pretty
good democrats;
And then Middleton township, and
no one answers for f. M. Edwards,
Jno. Webb, Tom Landrum, w. p.
Minor, Scott Thomas, Jim Galloway,
Ike Taylor, James Goodwin, and the
rest of the boys in that township who
have been fighting democracy's battles
in the past, and generally considered
pretty fair fellows;
And then when they call Freedom
township, and Julius Vogt, Geo. Fox,
II. j. YESTERDAYS, Chas. V%andiver,
Handley, Thoreson, and all the
hosts down there who used TO be true
don't answer;
And then Davis township, and Jake
Tom Walker, Lon Barnes,
Jno. Neill, r. C. Carter, L. NJ. Lake,
and the rest of the boys don't answer,
they have always answered to
rolls before;
And her when they call Washing
ton, and Tom Wheatley, Jim Vickars,
Toll Graves, Tom Chinn, Jno. White,
McCown, Ed Lay, Weaver, and
The boys who have fought democracy's
battles there, and are sometimes con-
Iidered s'true blue," do not answer to
he roll; 4
And then Snl-a-Bar, and Charley
Jreasey, Maj. Anderson, NJ. Drum {
nond, Jno. Cobb, Ferd Bates, Ed Lee, 7
". T. Glover, Tom Lee and Jos.
thirsty are not there with the rest of
heir township to answer, and they
ave peer called sstrue blue'' demo- 1
rats, too; :
And then they come to Clay, and l
mong the absentees will be Henry :
IcNeill, Col. Sam White, Geo. Bates, '
Osborn, DR.. Frank Mann, n
osiah Mann, B. c. Drummond, Tom y
,hinn, Jno. Lockhart, and the rest of u
he boys in Clay whom the democratic u
andidates have always wanted to "
leet- "
Aud none of these are thereof, q
hat a democratic convention it will u
e! :"
Where is the democrat in Lafayette "
ounty who ever thought of going to a :"
emocratic convention and not meet .
lg some of those named abovep But :"
lese won't be there. According to -
lie call only those who want TO perpet- II
ate democratic principles for poster D
are wanted. Col. Sam White pre- 81
ded over a convention here a few y
avs ago that represented 1000 demo- =
but Col. Sam can't get in this II
invention, because it wants none but u
Jno. Blackwell has talked ~
emocratic principles 10 conventions u
ntil his voice was worn out, but Col. "
ohn can't get in Capt. Asbury's con- III
because only patriots are q
Steve Wilson has worked p
ithfully for the democratic ticket, but l
is out of this convention, because he o'
int present the credentials. Even III
Iough it is held in Davis township, re
Jake Fulkerson could not get in, N
Id Lon Barnes would not be allowed p
stand at the door, because they are III
1t patriots. II
Every fellow who gets in that con- "
,ntion of Capt. Asbury's must be a L
ltriot who had rather see Mckinley n
ected than Bryan. u
BRYAN'S SPEECH.
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