Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-30
GENERAL RYDER WANTS rHn
PEOPLE TO EAvE TIE PURE
STUFF, II THEY IMBIBE.
Mr.. CllREs STATE FAIR BILL
Il Was Ordered to ErgTOssmszt By
Large YOts-A co-WorksF Says
Andnin's Representatives
Is a Hnstle-capt
Aliens Letter.

GasTuspoa1eBas C. tks Lsdgee.
JEFFERSON CITY, No., March 2L-In
my last letter / promised 20 tell in de-
tall bow and whence the state got a
revenns from the labor Of e5uvicts. I
ssaN have TO postpone that msltsr for
= few days for the reason that the
p~e11ssut1xTy 3 un1era eaarsrtLne at
present on account Of s smallpox
seAre. Tie Quarantine vii be raised
in q lev dsys and ! VII De able to get
TIE infoRRA1toz dssirsd and u1a theu
write Gz ! promised
Tnsre ia En ola uxa Who hEs bseu
in AtsendAnce upon every Legislature
fhKs'nGs assembled n Jefferson CIV for
-Auy years past &c Is called aGen-
erzlH Billie Ryder. No one knows
whence he eonsth or whittier be
R0eth or where be eststh or drinketh.
He has pure beer on the brain and has
pushed . bill calling for bser inspec-
ton for years, and Is is said thai be is
the power behind House Bill No. 4ss
which vas up for consideration last
Friday. This bin puts = tax OF / cent
per gallon On all beer made or sold In
the State, and il Is said BY close czicu-
lstors that this ol1 vii bring s., O0o,O 600
per year into The State treasury. II
also provides for q thorough insPec-
ton OF al beer.
The opponents Of the bill fought
brAvely to defeat il, bus they were
sHcehorsed" - fast a. they came 70
the frouL and the bill was finally or
oered 70 engrOssmeut By a large
majority. When the nght xas on and
before the vote was taken Mr.. Card
well, Of Kansas City, tent to the read
ing desk the folio wing tribute 10 Gen.
eral Billie Ryder and asked that il be
adopted a al zmendmeuf to the bin:
there is hereby appropriated out
Of the beer inspection fund the sum Of
$1,000 for The purpose Of erecting q
monument In honor Of General VIII
liam Ryder, the pedestal Of which
shall be Of solid brass, the towering
shah shall be Of galvanized iron and
In form shaii resemble 3 giant beer
bottle On the apex Of the shait
there shall be an e~scutcheon, a beer
key rampant, Inscribed on which shall
be the words, Sin hsc pura hoptea
viDclt.' Resting upon this and para
mount TO all shall be placed a life size
statue Of General Ryder, spurred and
booted, mounted upon 3 mammoth
Rocky Mountain goat with a cork
screw In N hand and a tomahzWk In
the other, bidding defiance TO the en-
emiss Of pure beer and protesting
against the diabolical PRONUNCIATION OF
excessive rafts Of drift wood"
Mr.. Hueh, OF st. Genevieve, BY
House BIZ No. 7S5, proposes to pen
sion su-psFannusted teachers who have
taught in the public schools Of this
State for forty years and are physical
ly unable TO make a living. The pen
sion is nxed at s12 50 per month, pay
able quarterly. A campaign Of educs-
ton viii be needed to gst public feel
ing up to the point OF receiving = Law
like this with applause.
The State Fair bill came up for en-
grossment last Saturday morning. Mr.
Clark offered several amsBdments,
the most important Of which was one
to the effect that land donated for fail
purposes should revert 70 the donors
In cas- q fair should not be held for
three successive years. Mr.. Smith, Of
Saline, offered one to the effect that
the State should not appropriate any
money, directly or indirectly, for
maintaining the fair or for premiums
or improvements, all Of which were
adopted.
Mr.. Delzeii, Of Webster, called at
tention to the horse breeders' fund Of
several thousand dollars, row IN the
State treasury, and claimed that it
was q fund created by gambling de-
vices, &c. Mir. CLARK explained that
matter very effectively, showing that
the horse breedsrs' bill Of two years
ago had broken up and destroyed
nine-tenths of the gambling connect
ed with trials Of speed, &c.
Mr.. Jones, of Howell, always ready
to help along any bill that tends 70 lift
Missouri up 10 q higher plane and
give her farming and stock raising
citizens 9 good show In the Onward
movement Of the present time, made
capital speech in favor Of the State
Fair and claimed that If the managers
OF the movement would hold q high
head and move right along on an as
cending plane they would draw to
them the support and win the APP
plAuse Of the people in every section
OF the State.
MIR. Hawthorne, Of Kansas City,
Also msds g strong speech in favor Of
the ball, and said that it deserved, and
he was ready and willing to give it, 8
liberal appropriation, but as the pro-
motors Of the bin didn't ask one, be
would cheerfuly give the bill g hearty
moral support. The vote on engross-
ment va almost unanimous, only q
very few against IT,
After adjournment som zoe re-
marked that while Mr.. Clark was not
mach Of Al orator be was : good man
sgsr Of = bin, to which Mr.. Sullivan,
Of Christian, replied; "No, he is no
orator, but be is The most everlasting
hustler that ] have ever seen. He can
9 more people in less time and make
one look e q thing nom more stand
points than anybody, and lie, in short,
apretsy good man to have in Legis-
laiure.D
The COMMITTEES substitute for House
BID No. i2-to "regulate the practice
Of medicine aud surgeryH-came mp
Saturday morning lat, and the tocsir
OF var vas sounded 4 once and with
unparalleled vigor.
The oid-ltns Allopathic doctors, Of