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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18
n AeUINAIIDO THE ISSUEf

In last Sundays issue Of the Kansas
City Star one page was devoted to an
article on The Philippine question BY
Murat HAlslead. 1t purPoned to be a
reply to a speech delivered by Senator
Pettigrew, bat proved TO he nothing
more than an inane and senseiess
attack upon Aguinaldo. II in'ective
was argument or abuse OF Agulnaldo,
Bryan or the democratic party had
aught to do with the morale OF the
question the article might be pro-
noGnced good. II We are merely called
upon TO decide whether or not Aguin-
aldo is q good or & bad man, and Mr..
Halstead's statements Of his character
be true, then il is convincing.
If AguinaldO be the issue it IS of
supreme Importance that every vice
and every virtue that be possesses be
brought to the knowledge OF every
American voter. II be Is not the issue We
can see no reason for bringing his per-
sonAl traits into the discussion unlessit
be to,hide the real question ct issue and
sEoid its discussion. II this government
entered into az alliance, whether explIc-
lily or facility matters not, and belray-
ed the confidence of their allies IL only
makes our action the baser. Even
though we grant that Aguinaldo was q
traitor to that alliance 1t does not bear
on the question to be decided. Aud II
matters not Il there never WAS 40
alliance.
In its last analysis, the question that
must be passed upon by the people
this fall is, not what is best fCr
Aguinaldo or the Philippine islanders,
but what Is best tor the United States,
and that is q point that seems to have
totally escaped Mr.. Haistead's consid-
Grafton. Our ability to hold the
Philippine Islands is, and has ever been,
unquestIoned. It is also conceded thsI
they are rich In agricultural and mineral
wealth, and that by fair treatment VI
might paclfy the natives and eyeHtnalll
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18
CONN TO LEXINGTON.

1t is nearly time for our colleges Il
open for another year and az usus.
there will be q large number Of young
people to enter college for the frsI
time and in all probability the schooI
chosen for this year will bethe one
from which they will graduate. In
view of this fact it Is essential thai
they should be careful In choosing the
school which they should enter. They
should seek one 10 which the instruc,
tioa is thorough and the discipline
such as will be OF benefit TO them n
after life. A few dollars u year saved
10 school expenses may result in Inn
paired work during q lifetime. There
Is as mush difference 10 the work done
by schools as the work done by fac
tories. Some are noted for thorough
training and conscientious work and
others can only lay claim TO having pul
the student through a prescribed cur
Iiculum in a desultory manner without
having impressed any Of the leesoni
that should have been thoroughly
mastered. The former Is worth al
that is paid for 1t and tho latter is deal
at any price.
Without disparAgiDg any school We
feel at perfect liberty to state that DC
town in Missouri enjoys better educs'
tional facilities than Lexington. Cen
trial College, Baptist College and
Wentworth Military Academy are IN
der the control Of honest, hlghminded
and painstaking men who make ever
effort in their power to so conduct The
schools that each and every pupil shall
reap rich rewards for their endeavors.
10 their efforts they = ably assisted
by 30 Efficient corps of teachers. NJ
yoang man or woman thinking Of en-.
teriDg school al make a mistake By
coming to Lexington.
The location Is healthy and the com.
muniiy the best. LexingtOnians ar,
loyal 10 the schools and see to ii tina
everything is made pleasant for th'
students. Don't be inveigled into at,
tending some school in some othe
part Of the state or some other stat,
for the sake Of saving a few dollars II
tnition. The chances are that the,
will be dearly earned and heartily re
pented.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18
Shirt Waist Dance.

10 honor OF Miss Sawyer's guests,
Misses Kstheryn Mercer, ottie Shelton and
Margaritte Bryant; and Miss Huston's
guests, Misses Laura Edwards and Laura
Yaeeer, q shirt waist dance will be given
on Meets hill this evening.
The young ladies who have dared to
defy the conventionalities Of society 10
introducing the gentleman's shirt waist
Into Lexington society are Misses Edna
stramcke, Mary Graves, Mamie Huston.
Kate Branch, Alice Kriehn and Alice
Mnunfjny. The ladies' ara ths movers In
this case inasmuch V they reqaire that
each young gentleman who Is favored
with an Invitation TO the dance shall
wear q shirt waist.
A platform is TO be erected and dancing
will be the order OF the evening. The
Reutlemes will doubtless feel very crate
fol TO the ladies for this innovation, and
will for the frst time in Lexington's
social circles enjoy the luxury Of no
galluses and no sweltering dress coat.
The ladies' have from the start taken
kindly TO the shirt waist, and the gen.
tIemen. too, have kindly taken to the
shirt waist, aud sometimes even taken
the shirt waist TO themselves, but hereto
fore the shirt waist has been on their best
girl. But now the gentlemen, too, must
wear these cooling garments and the
ladies will be more than ever Inclined to
the shirt waist.
Heretofore IL has been impossible Tor q
young lady when she felt tired to rest her
weary head on her own shirt waist, but
now this dlficulty IL done away with BY
the gentlemen furnishing the shirt waist.
The idea 10 90 restiul.
Tue gentlemen will ever bear In crate.
full remembrance the day Of their eman
cipation from the conventional evening
dssss coat and stii shirt. 10 lew year.
this wonderful bake oven costume will b
almost Q tradition, a memory only o.
past s~ufferings.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18
AT sEDALlA
Opening Of the Democratic State Cam
paign. Tuesday, August n, 1900.
DOekery's First Speech. Ste
yenson VIII be There.

Missouri democracy will turn OUT IN
force to attend the opening Of the sIate
Campaign ct Ssdalia next Tuesday
This will be the occasion OF the hnl
formal speech o fthe campaign BY Hon
A. NJ. DOckery, the nominee for gov
ernor. That il will ' the ground
fully, and advance unaaswerabls argu'
ment in favor Of a continuation Of wis'
and economical democratic gOvermeni
in the state Of Missouri, goes without
saying.
Hon. Adlai +. Stevenson, Of Illinois,
the nominee for vice president, vii
also be 81 the SedaliA meeting. Th'
other orators will be Webster Davis, o.
Kansas City; Hon. David O6ermsyel
and Hon. J. II. Atwood, OF Kansas
Senators Vest and Cockrell and all The
democratic congressman from this state
have also been invited.
Extremely low rates on the Missouri
Kansas & Texas Railroads make At pos
sible for everybody to attend nj I
minimum expense. The rate from St
Louis, on both roads, is $3.50 TOR th'
round trip. From Kansas City ii Il
81. so, with corresponding figures iron
intermediate points.
Organize your democratic club ant
attend The big meeting at Sedalia il
a body.
A rate OF 81 90 for the round trII
will be made from Lexington to Sedaiia
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18

The feature Of the game was the
battery work Of Lpdwigs and UT,
Ludwigs pitching both Sunday and
Monday games and winning both
games.
Special meAtion Is due to the bril-
liant field work Of Barr, Gibson aud
Meet, each putting up a professional
order OF ball.
The Fredendall & Wilson team
have not been defeated this year, and
this makes their fifth victory. The
Kansas City Paseos is one OF the
strongest teams 10 Kansas City, and
our boys deserve much credit for
winning the game
The game was poorly ~patronized
for such a good article Of ball playing,
and we learn that they lost money
on their two games. The excellent
ball being put up by our home team
Is deserving Of a much larger attend.
ance than heretofore. =
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18
THAT tIORY A R
Did the Republican Candidate Take
Strikers Flassf

P~ost.DlspAieh. August = isOa
Joseph FIory, republican nominee
for governor, has sent out through the
press 4 denial Of the staiomen, that In
October, 1883, during a strike OF
swilchmeA, be worked IN the place OF
a striker in the Wabash yards At St,
Louis. Mr.. FlOry's denial Is as follows
"T6e Wagner story Is a campaign
lie. l was not working 10 the yards OF
the Wabash at any time In 1883, but
was running on their trains At .hat
time"
The Wagner story referred to Is the
statement Of Geo. W. Wagner, n OF
the oldest swltehmen in ST. Louis, who
lives at. gls ST. Louis ayenne. MIR.
Wagner is not now unemployed, bni he
was q swltehman in St. Louis for 80
years.
Mr.. Wagner makes the following
statement TO the Posl-D Dispatch;
s'Ia October, 1883, the switcbmen
in St. Louis and East st. LOUIS struck.
There were then two organizations,
the S~wilchmen's Mutual Aid AssOcia-
ton and the Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen. The strike was declared
by both organizations on October 8. |
was then switching for the Bridge and
Tunnel Co. aud was one Of the men
who went out.
"Withln a few days the Wabash
railroad brought to its yards u number
of men 10 take the places of the
strikers. among them was Joseph
Flory, who had been working for the
company as an extra freight conductor,
running between St. Louis and Mo-
berly. Flory was given the place Of 8
striking engine foreman in the yards,
and to my knowledge worked as such
during the continuance Of the strike.
"After the strike was over be was
gwen a regular run as a freight con-
ductor and soon after was promoted to
a passenger train. have made AFT
dayit TO these facts, and they car
easily be proved BY personal inquiry Of
of the men who are now working Ia
the Wabash yards at ST. Louis avenue
and at Luther station. Tony Ferrin-
ger, Of 1891 Blair avesue will also cor
robora,e this statement"
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18

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aus E'ouou' ana
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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18

IN MS eyes. lhere Was punt IN 'ne
criticism made in the P~hiladelphia
c~onyentios that n will DO possible FOL
some 10 accept the democratic. can
didate this year only because Il Will Be
impossible 10 secure q particle Of leg
i%slation on the money question. The
republicans block the way. That
party will have in the senate OF the
United States al least from 10 to ~
majority over all opposition until 1900,
allowing TO the democrats all Proba-
BILE gains. The currency bill passed
At the last session Of congress makes
II absolutely impossible Tor the exec
utIve TO abolish VI efface the gold
standard. 1t Is therefore true, as the
republicans affirm, that many votes OF
gold democrats and Independents q
90 TO Mr.. Bryan this year only because
in case Of his election he would be
bound hard and fast on the money
question.
A choice of evils is the rule in Poll-
ties. To some Of us there are fixed
stars of principle by which TO steer.
These are seen clear aud dominating
when the issues Of the hour are such
as TO vitality 10 the American
birthright. There Is n great ques-
lion al the front this time. Republic
or empireP To that choice have we
come. Il dWarfs all the other issues.
Supreme over all in the coming cleo
ton, because il brings the fateful mo-
ment Of reference to the people and
Of decision by them, is the question
raised by the war of conquest in the
Philippines. 1t is Of profound mo-
meut as involving the national ideal
and the future well being of the people.
The treaty Of Paris was framed and
crowded through BY the admins
tra,ion. For whatever has come out
of it President Mckinley Is response
BILE, and to that responsibility he must
be held. II, as we believe, 1t is sab
yersive Of the foundations Of Ameri-
can liberty and human brotherhood,
ii il entails quick and sure the burdens
OF mihtarism, growing taxes, In
perlls the peace Of the United States
all around the horizon, II ii has already
made our triumphant democracy seem
to recant It's proclaimed faith IN hu.
man rights 10 behalf Of selfish CON-
mercialism, then this must be the
central point Of attack. II liberty Is
the greatest thing in the world, the
first natural duty is to be true TO our
ancient faith In freedom. As In Cuba,
50 10 LuzoD. To that pledge those
who oppose the imperialzing Of the
republic must stand. They must de-
msnd fair play for other races, even
as We insist upon our own rights.
Only this is righteousness and justice
and good i%sith-only this becomes
the strong republic.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18
senator Jones says: Bright All Along
the Line"

Editor Hearts Chicago American &:
I AN satisfied with the outlook. From
all parts Of the country eome reports
that the Democrats are all in line.
The Republicans are all frightened and
are attempting to set ASIDE the Issue Of
imperialism by talking OF ell other
subjects except that one l believe the
common sense patriotism Of the Ameri-
can people al be relied upon to decide
political questions and decide them
right.
1 do not believe any administration
has been more thoroughly condemned
by the American people than the pres.
ent ans. The verdict next November
will say that there a be no abandon.
ment Of the Consultation In this country
The effort to set aside the issue viii moi
save the Republicans. A careful sK.
Aminaticn Of the organization 10 al
doubtful states indicates that the pros,
poets we're never better for Democratic
success. JAMES X. JosEs.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18


The Saline Cessiy index Is nothing
II not enlerprising, and is rapidly
forSine 10 the front. Last week II wal
the only paper 10 Saline county that
gave a full account Of tho Purcell
murder trial, one OF the most interest.
ing murder cases to citizens of Saline
that has been held in the county fol
years. The account was furnished BY
J.. L. Roberts, the court stenogrsPherr
aud occupies about seven pages in The
paper. This Is only n Of the many
instances Of their enterprise and the,
deserve 8 large patronage from theil
people.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18

Joe Flory will be the worst beaten
man who ever ran for governor Of
Missouri, since the days Of the Drake
Constitution. Mark the prediction.
The only Republican candidates for
governor who ever made any showing
in the State since those palmy RsPubli-
can days were men who made q still
hunt. Flory began his campaign with
a great blare Of trumpets and upon
promises Of what he would do for
organized labor If elected. This Of
once attracted the attention Of the
Iaboring people Of the State to the re-
cord Of Dockery upon the matter 81
UNION labor and it was quickly dlscov.
cred that Dockery was the champion
10 season and out, Of everything advo'
Gated by the great cody Of workers o.
the Upiled States, and that his record
10 that respect vas Incompatible
Then the Workinguen themselves com
meBced TO look into the past record o.
the self constituted champion o.
labor, Joe flory, and now Mr.. Flory il
busy explaining TO delegations Of work
ing men that the reason be Was switch
isg in the yards Of the Wabash railroad
al North Market street in St. Looi
dunog the sWilchmens' strike SOM
,ears ngo vas because at the time o
the strike he was 10 the employ Of thI
elmpAny IS conductor and was com
PEELED to do switching even though th
regular swiichmen we're on q strike 70
living wsges. And remember lha
Dockery Is not yet running He
osly waking nov. He will begin d
actually run on the 2lsi Of ihs mont
At sedalis, and when be does, DEEPEN
upon IL be viii make hpe politics
unes meat Of Mr.-floD.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18
RocHRsTERs

Both teams did some brilliant fielding.
A long hit By UT at Just the right time
scored two men aod practically secured
the game for the Rochesters. The battery
work OF Clark and UT was Cue work,
Clark striking out thirteen e Scott
and ArdipRer, battery, did excellent work
for the Haefles and held the Rochestsrs
down In nrst class style. Gordon and
Easter did some hne fielding that Ia
worthy Of special menuoal
Owing TO the heat and the long dis
tspos TO the grounds, the crowd was
ANAL, but those who did go were highly
pleased aud felt amply repaid for their
trouble.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18


Not yet has the whole form Of thi.
presidential contest been shaped. II
remains for the Independents to act,
But whether the citizens who pro
pose TO do what in him lies to uphold
our ancient heritage is carried by bis
conscience to vote for Mr.. Bryan, OF
will fain content himself with voting
for someone other than the head Of
the present administration, his sup
port canuo be given 10 william Me-
Kiuley, who explain 1t as you will,
has not kept his rudder true to re.
%publicanism 10 this time Of stress and
peril.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18
The North Carolina Question.

From The Philadelphia Times.
The Republican leaders naturally
criticise the revolution In North Caro-
lima es practically DISTINGUISHING the
colored race, but they should not be
forgetful Of The fact that the Republican
national leaders themselves led in the
enfranchisement and in the disfranchlse-
menl Of the black man in the District
Of Columbia. lie was given the ballot
regardless Of property or Intelligence;
a territorial government was created by
congress; the local legislature was
elected by popular vote. and a governor
appointed by the president. The ne
groes dominated the legislative power
Of The District Of Columbia and ran
riot in debauchery and proGgacy. The
same republican power that thus first
e~nfranchised the negro under the very
shadow 1.-THE national c,pitai, was hnal'
ly compelled to revoke the franchise
and restore government byicopgress and
commission TO the district.
Thus South Carolina, Mississippi,
Louisiana, and North Carolina have
SIMPLY followed in the footsteps o,
the republican national leaders, whC
first made the experiment Of Indiscri
inmate negro suffrage and who wer'
compelled to make the fret experiment
absolutely revoking the franchise b.
placing the District Of Columbia undeI
q government entirely removed from
the power Of the people. It is simpI,
the inevitable that has come TO Mort
Carolina, aad that 1t has come in vic
lence and lawlessness only proves ho'
supreme was the necessity for eIimina
ting The race issue in North CarollDs
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18
Base Ball.

The Fredendall & Wilson base bal
team again demonstrated their super
iority over the strong Paseo team, OF
Kansas City, by defeating them In a
hard fought game by a score Of s to 8.
The team as IL was lined up Mon.
day was beyond a doubt the strongest
team Lexington has ever had. Fol.
lowing is the lineup and batting
order OF the two teams:
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18

Republican editors are, fguratiyeiy
speaking, shedding rivers Of Tears just
ct present because North Carolina has
voted for an educational test for voters.
They had scarcely recovered from
their spasms over the Goebei law in
Kentucky when this law was enacted
and IL il feared that such long con.
linued drains on their nervous systems
may result seriously. In their coplous
sympathy for the black man Of the
south they have altogether overlooked
the fact that Ohio has nearly The same
law that Is being 50 much berated ia
Kennedy. Or that Massachusetts, has
an educational qualification for voters
Or that Rhode Island has a property
qualification. How shall We explain
such things In the northP Does locality
mitigate the ofiensep II II Is wrong Ia
the aouth Is Il right 10 the northp
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18

John Dickey of Nevada stopped t'
watch a fight on the street. The com
batants we're not proceeding according
TO the Marquis of uueeusbury rules ant
one Of them hit the other over the heat
with a bottle. The bottle broke and I
bit of flying glass destroyed the sigh
Of one Of Mr., Dlckey's eyes. unfor
tunAlely neither Of the fighters was 10.
jured and the one wbe was appre
hended was fined 81 in the poles
court next day. Ii Is hard TO draw
satisfactory moral from this.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18
hon. John J. ingalls, Dead.

Las Vegas, N. NJ, August I6.-
Ex-senator John J. ingalls,, OF Kansas,
who has been here several months,
under treatment for throat trouble,
died al 1885 o'clock this morulng.
Mrs. ingalls, was at her husbands
side when the end came and will
accompany the remains TO their home
At Atchison, where the inteTmsBt
will take place.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18

The Inter- ownship Fair Associa-
ton, of Liberty Missouri, has oui
thanks for a ticket to their meeting
Aug. 21st TO 95ih inclusive. We trust
the fair will be literally patronized and
may prove all that lis friends expect OF
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18

Roosevelt thinks he is the biggest,
Hanna knows he rs the biggest,
but mol ever Mckinley himself thinks
he is the biggest.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-18

Having announced the fact that ..all
democrats are cowArds," Teddy the
Terrible is hiding until the democrats
put off their fighting clothes.
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Excursion Rates via,
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GRAND ARMY Or The Republic
NATIONAL EgcAHYyIll


The Department Commander hse
cepted as his personal escort The 90
rades OF Mcphers0n Post No. I al
Farragut-T Thomas Post No. s. Of Ksun
City, to the National Encampmenl 8
Chicago. The Chicago 4 Alton 10
road has been selected by the transPt
tation committee as the official route
OF the Department Commander y
escort The famous Cameron Milne
Band win form a part OF the escort
A special train composed Of abasgl
car, chair cars, tourists sleepen y
Pullman sleepers will leave the ny
depot, Kansas City, at 5:45 p. %. "
day, August 18th, stopping at theif
Ing stations In Missouri:
Blue Springs, Odessa,
Higginsville, Marshall,
Slater, Glasgow,
Higbee, Centnlia,
Mexico, Bowling Green,
4VAhoAh1t
Arriving In Chicago at 7:45 a. N, "
9Th, The chicago Il Alton ohes
promise 10 make this the most oess
Die train to travel on between hAns
City and Chicago, and the high Rp13
tion OF that road warrants the W
that It's pledge will be fully kept
train will not be exclusively Iesd,j
for the Department Commander y
bis escort, but the Department ~
mander cordially invites all oIlr z
and friends TO take passage wI"D
on this train. lad
All who wish to go on this IsS
share in its benefits should Is eslI
possible communicate with ConrppS IN
I. Dew, No, $40, New York Llls D~ Sf
iDg, Kansas City, Mo-, OF Inc u'uT
tatlon committee. uMl
Through passengers to Cnlcssy
will be taken on this train III aa,S
stations named where stops aIe Tsisa
All tickets should read Viz
Ia Alton Railway .,Oatl
Tickets at one fare for the JULY ~ 4
from Higginsyille, will 30 on
that station from August p s.ol,e
elusive. Good returning up
Der 30th.
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EplIsp.v-couvulsIO ns-sps'D.

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nerve centres. II occurs 10 ParO'l N
usually uncertain Intervals aS<
quently, the attacks come 'uadsug ~
times they are preceded BY nI,,,se
vertigo and stnpor. Injurious 1.rsik
cssiye over Indulgence in all m,u s.0spdS
result In epilepfy Silent OF sOs,
usually brought on BY an o'eflo sEsTpi
On. A. v. BANkS sPkCiii' .,,r.eph
ls a powerful nerve stImnlan,, n, -
blood from the brain, aud no'S ,bnis
centres In check, as splInt' 'upp'
limb. ..mab
Changed to suli individual cav
cation % an
DH. A. v. BANRs MEDICINE
81. Joseph, No.