The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-02-15
RESENTED THE INSULT.
The Citizens of Concordia and
Community Resent the
Insult Offered by
Higginsville.
CAN RESOLVE FOR THEMSELVES.
And They Don't Need Citizens from
Higginsyille- Services in Voting
Their Opinions.

Inc INTELLIGENCER believes 1t IS
safe to say that there is not one man in
a dozen living in and around COncordia
who believes in county seat removal.
On January the ODD at a meeting at
tended by over 800 citizens, Concordia
and vicinity gave expression to their
wishes i'll the matter Of removal. These
resolutions so generally endorsed were
thorns in the flesh of Higginsville. So
last Saturday she imported a hundred or
more from Davis township, and at Con-
cordia passed, by virtue of Davis town
ship votes, resolutions for removal.
The tone of the speeches and the reso-
lutions were an insult to Freedom town.
ship, and on Saturday evening this
insult was strongly resented. The meet
ing was largely attended. Many of the
most prominent farmers in the vicinity
were present.
The proceedings were as follows:
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. 5. ID. Fox, who was afterward
selected us chairman, and in q sensible
talk explained hat the meeting was
called that the Taxpayers of Concordia
could do their own resolving and ex-
press their views on the appropriation
made by the county court without the
assistance and dictation of the citizens
of Higginsville and Davis township.
Mr.. G. N. Richards, of the Concor-
dian, was chosen secretary.
On motion Messrs. William Doblie,
Charles Bergman, G. Wahrenbrock and
Louis Stuenkel were chosen as a COM
mittee on resolutions.
Mr.. II. Sinauer was the chief speaker.
He spoke in German, and many were
the unanswerable arguments presented.
Ills remarks were well received, enthu-
siasm being uubounded-
The speech making over the commit
tee on resolutions submitted the follow
ing, being unanimously adopted.
Whereas, A meeting of citizens of
Davis and Freedom townships was
called to meet in the city of Concordia
on February 8, 1896, and
Whereas, The said meeting was called
at the instance and attended by a num-
Der of citizens from Higginsville, for the
purpose of adopting resolutions pre-
pared at Higginsville, against the i'm
provement of our county court house
and for the removal of the county seat;
and
Whereas, Such meeting was called for
the purpose of conveying to the minds
OF b citizens of this county a false and
erroneous statement of our position in
regard to said improvements and re-
mOVal, and
Whereas. Such resolutions misrepre-
sent the sentiment and expressed views
of Concordia n vicinity, and
Whereas, 1t became manifest from the
speeches made by citizens of Higgins
vile, delivered at SAID meeting, that
their object is more of an advertising
scheme, for selfish interests. than the
welfare of the people of the county;
be it
Resolved, That we, the citizens Of
and vicinity, repudiate the
of the citizens of Higginsville
thus had called, controlled and
manipulated said meeting; and
Resolved, That we endorse the action
the county court in their movement
TO improve our county court house, and
re-indOrse, emphasize and re-atfirm
resolutions passed by the citizens of
his community on January q, 1896, and
declare these resolutionsst to be a careful,
honest and impartial declaration of our
position upon these issues.
WM. DOaLE,
G. BERGMAN,
G.. WAHRENBROCK,
LOUIS STUENKEL.
Committee.
Before the meeting adjourned brief
speeches were made by a number of
PERSONS, all emphatically endorsing the
l5ove resolutions.
The matter of road improvements was
Ilso discussed and a committee of three
onsisting of Adolph Bergman, J.P.
and l.. G. Mehl was ap-
'ointed to confer with farmers on the
inc of road leading to the Taggart
eighborhood with a view of improving
shortening theroad.
The meeting then adjourned.