The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-03-05

lnenJ VI tllS elulcs. AltSi 'uo Slte
had been secured, the legislature
passed an act authorizing the com
m~issioners to sell the lots at public
auction, applying the proceeds To-
wards the erection of a state house
This building, when completed, cost
nearly 5000, 900. and was as beauti
fulias any in the United States, FROM
an architectural standpoint. 1t
served the people of Missouri for
sixty years. AT the end of that
time, in 1882, it was enlarged by the
addition of two magnificent wings,
costing $4,000. With these i'm
provements. the building was mod.
crnized and is today as commodlous
rs many of the magnificent struc-
lures in the eastern states that have
cost the taxpayers $4,000, 900.
When these facts are all considered
he capital remoys! scheme looks like
brazen effrontry. Whom we realize
hat at the last session Of the leGis>
ature a resolution was passed
Trough both house and senate within
hree hours, providing that the capl.
al of Missouri should he moved TO
Sedalia, providing that buildings
,qually as good rs those now exist
ng at jefferson City would be
erected. 1t seems incredible that
members of the lower house and
senate should 50 far forget the honor
and integrity of the great state of
Missouri as to become parties to a
project so destitute Of advantage 10
he state, at the mere dictation of q
lot of landsharks. whose only pur,
pose WAS to enrich themselves at the
expense Of this state. The memo.
ries that cluster about jefferson City,
a town made and named by the state
for that great and respected states
| man, Thomas jefferson, should for
ever make it dear to the hearts Of
3ut jefferson City as its permanent
seat of government, would lose its
most cherished memories. 1t was
mere where the first governor Of the
state was inaugurated it was here
wAere the battles of the civil war left
theri imprint upon the history Of the
-late. 1t was in grand old jefferson
City where Thomas IL. Benton and
very leading statesman Of Missouri
for a century held the multitudes
'pelI.bouHd by mastrly oratory, bat
ling for a great and growing empire.
Every legislature has met and en-
tcted laws in this city since the state
prcame a member Of this union.
Every judge Of the >upreme court,
very governor, and evsry official
connected with the state administers
,lsn for seventy years, performed
ais lifework at jefferson City, the
permanent seat Of government. And
it is said that all this must be
changed and wiped cut; that the
grand old river that flows by the
foothills of jefferson City shall he
acid for naught when compared with
The importance Of Flat creek that a
magnificent state capital shall be
turned over TO decay in order that a
lot of landsharks may get the state
lnlo their clutches and remove the
capital 10 Sedalia. 1t is asked that
Missouri repudiate the honest good
I nth that it entered into with the
people of this state who own property
IN Jefferson City-that all moral
Obligations shall he wiped out for
lie sole benefit and profit Of the Sc
dalia l~andsharks. This is, in sub
stance, what the legislature has said
they are willing TO see that done.
But the people of grand old Mis-
sour have not said so, ami will never
say so! 1t is Il very uncommon
thing for members of the legislature
to he induced" 10 misrepresent
the people. When the vote is cast
IN November W. believe it will come
like an avalanche, smothering and
bnrying those who have misropre.
sented their constituency so deep
that they will rue the day when they
cast that unfortunate vote in the leg.
is !atnre. The people of this great
state know too much about land>
sharks to ever give their consent to
turn over the state government to
them. The idea Of a private land
company building a capital for the
taxpayers of Missouri TO cost $780,.
900, when they already have one
that has cost them nearly 81, 100000.
is ridiculous upon its face. The
scheme OF the iandsharks is thor.
understood. The $3.50, 600
bait means s., 1000, 900 out of the
honest taxpayers Of Missouri. II
means the corruption Of every mem
Der Of the Legislature for the neA