Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-06-10

Inc weekly LGuyGh
r. III. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10.
THE citizens of Columbia are ar
ranging for a big Fourth of July cele-
bration.
Gut down the grass and weeds In
front of your property and keep your
alleys clean; summer is here.
MoBERLY, Mo-, has several streets
which are paved with brick. No bet
ter streets can be found anywhere
than those made of paving brick.
THIS seems to be a bad year for sons
of their father. Young James G.
Blaine has become such a wreck from
strong drink that he has been confined
in a New England institution.
THE farmers of Audrain county
have put in an unusually large acre
age of corn this season and with good
weather we should have prosperity
In Audrain county next fall in spite of
the high tariff which in en- route.
THE Mexico LEDGER is in favor of
paved streets In the business portion
of the city, macadamized streets on
the main thoroughfares and a good
system of sewers. We are in favor OF
securing these improvements without
bonding the city, if possible.
DON'T misunderstand the LEDGER.
We are in favor of more macadam,
sewerage and paved streets in the
business portion of the city. We are
in favor of securing these improv-
ments without going into debt,ii poss-
ible.
THE result of the Judicial election
in Illinois was a grand Democratic
victory. Judge Burroughs, brother of
D.. 8. Burroughs, of Audrain County,
was reelected Circuit Judge in spite OF
the Republican gerrymander. Judge
Burroughs is one of the most popular
Democrats in Illinois and ran away
ahead of his ticket.
Hon. @. G. DANIEL, of Vandalia,
Mo-, attended the Bankers Conven-
ton In st. Louis and could have Sc
cured the next meeting for Mexico if
our people had taken any interest in
the matter. The next annual meeting
will probably be at Cape Girardeau,
Mo. About two OF three hundred
prominent bankers attend these meet
ings and such a gathering is a great
advertisement for a country city. Mr.,
Daniel has the thanks of Mexico PEG.
pie for the interest he took in the mat.
ter.
CITIZENS of Mexico are invited to
express themselves through the col
umns of the LEDGER in reference to
bonding the city of Mexico for ma
cadam and sewerage. The LEDGE
Is OF the opinion that we need more
sewerage and more macadam. The
question is, can we secure these i'm
provements without issuing bonds?
Old citizens will remember that when
we borrowed $4,000 of Col. Hayden,
of Columbia, we paid him over $685.
600 before the debt was cancelled.
THE students of Harvard have again
dlsgraced themselves and their alma
mater by most savage and wild ex-
cesses. This time they have painted
the statue of John Harvard a bright
red, and 1t is said that it will be nec-
essary to chip the statue all over in Or
der to get the paint off. This may be
very funny to a college boy, but it is
vandalism of the most outrageous
kind, and it is ardentIy Hoped that the
young savages may be apprehended.
ONE of the most faithful and
efficient public officers in this coun-
try is Senator F. M. Cockrell, of Mis-
souri,. A correspondent in Washing
ton City, writing of Senator Cockrell,
says:
1t makes no difference how much
labor may be involved in securing the
information, it Is always given.
Senator Cockrell's legislative day lie
divided into department work, the Sem
ate grind and the hours of work in the
library at home. Promptly at noon
he is in the Senate chamber. He stays
there until Senate %adjourns. Before
going to the Senate he visits the de-
partments, wherein he has business
for the day.
Into this department of his sena-
torial labors he carries the same ex-
act, business methods which enable
him to accomplish SO much.
In every department of the big
government machine which grinds
here in Washington, Senator Cock
rell is as well known as the cabinet
officers. He is very much respected
and q little bit feared. No slipshod
methods are tolerated. If a case in
which he is interested is not attended
to a 1t should be the department
hears Of it quickly.
The senior Senator from Missouri is
not q dude. His senatorial 'toga"
for the fall, winter and early spring
consists of suits of somber black. In
the heated term he changes to a loose
black alpaca and a straw hat with a
SLOUGH brim.
Twenty odd years. service as a
United States Senator is apt to round
out the character of any man. Either
tho good or the bad is to predominant.
II the man has the gift of acquisitive-
ness and an elastic conscience a seal
in the Senate at a stipend of Sc, 900 per
annum Is the open sesame to great
riches.
While men about him have grown
rich, he has lived on his salary as a
Senator. He has made little pro-
vision for the "rainy day" ahead.
He owns a modest home on r street.
Within 1t he dispenses quiet, unos-
tentatious Missouri hospitality to his