Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-10
6 6 g
representative of live issue and not
dead one.


q dead one.
Mr.. j. A. Medley then arose and said
that he believed his views were much
more in sympathy with those of the
people OF this county than were Mr..
Clark's. He claimed that the bonded
endowment of the University was not
a dead issue, that it would be up in
the next session of the General As
sembly and must be fought. He was
in favor of spending money on the
district schools rather than on the
University.
"I am opposed to the State Fair.
We do not need a State Fair, as the
st. Louis Fair fills all requirements.
"I am for good roads if they can be
secured and it is practical to secure
them" He agreed with Mr.. Clark in
regard to the railroad and Railroad
Warehouse Commissioner questions.
Mr.. Medley was asked if he was In
favor of locating the State Fair here
in case it should be established. He
replied that If he was convinced that
gambling would not enter it he would
not stand in the way of Mexico if the
Legislature was determined to estab-
lish the fair.
Here occurred n passage at arms
between Mr.. Medley and Mr.. Clark.
Mr.. Medley asked Mr.. CLARK il he had
not sanctioned gambling in the Horse
Breeders Bill, the passage of which
he had done SO much to secure at the
last session of the Legislature. Mr..
CLARK denies this and stated that the
above bill was aimed directly at gam
bling, but that, in order to secure it's
passage, they were forced to make
some concessions.
Mr.. Medley said he was for Cockrell
first for U. 8. Senator and after him
for Stone, but would obey the will of
the people of the county In this mat
ter.
When Mr.. Medley had finished
President Cullen announced that, as
it was growing late, all speakers here
after would be limited to five minutes.
The candidates for Probate Judge
now entered the arena and kept the
crowd highly amused for some min
ntes by an exchange Of brilliant but
good -natured repartee. The gentle
men who are seeking this office are
8. M. Edwards, @. T. Allen and 8. w.
Buckley.
Then came j. T. Williams, j. N.
Cross, Charles II. Bruce, 8. e. Ken
dali, John Y. Mclean and Harvey
Slavin, each of whom in a short
and happy speech announced them
selves candidates for the Office OF
Recorder.
The sensation of the evening was
furnished in the speeches made by the
candidates for County Clerk. James
8. Snidow charged that his opponent,
James M. Barnes, had circulated false
and unjust accusations relative to the
manner in which he (Snidow) has
conducted the office during the term
which he is just completing.
w. W. Johnson and ]. II. Davis
announced themselves for Collector,
while P. NJ. Morris was the only one
who answered the call for candidates
for Circuit Clerk.
No one announced for County Judge,
while R. d. Rodgers was the only one
who declared himself for Prosecuting
Attorney, as did also M. N. Nelson
for Sheriff.
With the declaration of Robert
Muir, Robert Allen, Silas Sanford and
Logan Bybee for Constable of Salt
River Township the meeting came te
q close.
A number OF the candidates for the
different offices were unable through
various causes 10 be present last
| evening and hence their names do moi
appear In the list Of those who spoke