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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17

unable to stop the great sea of neonls
mat surged in. Dinner on the grounds
was served to the distinguished
guests. AZ this dinner the chair sec.
ohd from the late King of England
was occupied by Ecr. Norman j.. Co.
man. now So years of age. a directol
OF the Old St Louis fair. a national
commissioner Of agriculture under
Grover Cleveland, and now an active
member OF the present board Of direc-
tors OF the Missouri state fair. II
was Governor Colman who offered the
resolution making the first Monday In
October as the fixed date for the open
ing Of the st. Louis fair each fall.
The old st. Louis fair aourished for
many years and attained a worldwide
reputation.
In 1871 there was held what was
known as the Kansas City exposition.
kersey Coates was president, John w
Reid, vice.president: Theo. S. Chase
corresponding secretary; e. A. Allen.
recording secretary; Thos. H. Mastin.
treasurer, and Edward Feischer, su-
perintend ant. The fair opened octo-
Der Is and continued one week. The
weather was exceptionally fine and
the attendance large, it being esti-
mated that there were $4,000 or 40.
600 people on the grounds on Thurs
day. The total cost to the associa-
ton Of buildings, premiums and man
agement was a little over $4,000.
There have been other expositions,
district and county fairs galore, great
live stock shows and greatest Of all
worlds fairs-the Louisiana Purchase
exposition-all-in-all making Missouri
a foremost fair state
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17
OTHER CITIES HAVE
POLICE PENSION
THREE MISSOURI CITIES CALL
UPON COUNTRY VOTERS TO
SUPPORT AMENDMENT.

Provision for disabled policemen in
the three large cities of Missouri is
so far behind the other large cities
OF the country that, through commit.
tees organized for the purpose. the st.
Louis, Kansas City and st. Joseph de-
partments are seeking to amend the
defect. In their work they have the
approval Of public officials who know
police conditions in each Of the three
cities.
Ths Improvement which the com
mittees urge is In the way OF an
amendment to the state constitution
authorizing the police authorities in
each Of these cities to establish a
pension for a policeman where he be-
comes disabled in the performance of
duty. This approval of the peo-
pie, through the adoption of con.
stitutional amendment No. /. to he
printed first on the short ballot in
November, entails no tax or expense
whatever on anyone.
For this, II for no other reason. the
country voters should cast a ballot
"Yes' for the amendment
The policeman has long hours. is
constantly on the street In all kinds
OF weather, In the day and in the
night, and especially in the tough dis.
tricts where there is constant trouble
And yet, under present arrangements.
If he is paralyzed by a bullet fred by
some thug, the officers pay stops. he
Is unable to do other work. and the
man and his family must depend on
charity for what food and clothing
they get What Missourian will toll.
crate a condition of that kind? II you
want to change this inhuman treat.
ment toward the men in the cities
who stand guard over the homes day
and night, without costing you a cent.
every country voter should vote
"Yes."
An example Of the city's enforced
ingratitude may be cited in the case
VI conrad Nau, a member Of the
mounted police. After serving the
department % years at wages not
more than sufficient to keep the wolf
from the door, he was stricken and
was an invalid for seven years. What
little he had managed to save was
gone In a few months. Even an in.
valid chair, in which the disabled Of.
nicer had to be wheeled, was bought
by subscription from his former com.
rades.
It lie embarrassing for a disabled
policeman to accept charity that way
after faithfully serving the public for
90 many years, and Il is a shame and
eisgraoe on the people 'ha' they com.
Del them to DO 90 b. ui failure
70 provide q proper iu-
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17
THIS SEASON is FAIR TIMEu
IN THE "sHoW Me"
STATE.
FIRST REAL STATE FAIR
II Was Held in Boonville in 1853.
Small F%orerunuer of Present
Million-DoIIar Exposition
in Sedalia.

These are fair days in Missouri.
They are fair days in the sense that
they are fine, as are most early fall
days in Missouri, with the feelings
Of the first frosts. They are fair DAYS
in another sense, for it's fair time"
In the Show Ne" state. There's
scarcely a Missouri county in which
the call Of Here's your hack" or
All aboard for the fair grounds" has
not been heard during the last few
weeks. Just as almost every county
has had its agricultural fair, so have
most cities Of size, and some small
ones. too. held or arranged for a street
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17
$4,000 TO HELP MISSOURI.
Breeding Ct Live Stock in State ls
Improved by Distribution Of
Premiums.

The Missouri state fair distributes
$4,000 in premiums for the purpose
of promoting the breeding of better
horses, mules. cattle. sheep, hogs and
other live stock; encouraging the
growth Of more corn and other farm
crops-in brief, TO add to the value
of every Missouri farm and the up
building Of every Missouri town. If
you are a M~issourian you may prop
erly feel a direct personal and inan-
cial interest in the Missouri state fair.
the tenth annual exhibition of which
win be held at Sedalia, October 1 to 7.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17

fair, a harvest festival, a nome com
ing or something of the sort. Mis-.
sourians are thoroughly inoculated
with the fair microbe. They believe
in fairs.
Fairs are not novelties. American
fairs are, probably direct outcomes of
the Old Worlds market days" when
the people Of Southern Europe
brought their produce, exhibited it for
comparison, then sold 1t in a com
petitive way. These competitions
proved a stimulus, the rural people
coming to see that they must have
better products or that their goods
would not sell on such days. The
early history of fairs takes us back
to the time when two neighbors
brought together their oxen to com
pare them, learning something by
comparison. Then came the blowing
matches, always popular in a new
country where virgin soil is to be
turned. From time to time the lead
ing features Of fairs have changed
until today we have great state fairs
such as the Missouri state fair, the
ninth annual exhibition of which will
be held at Sedalia, october l to Z,
and which promises to be a magnif-
cent exposition Of the states live
stock and agricultural resources.
The present Missouri state fair,
while the first of such magnitude and
the only one having extensive i'm
proyements, suitable grounds and all
those things that make for perma-
nency is not the first to be known
as the Missouri state fair" By an
act Of the legislature. approved Feb
ruaIy "a. 1853, the Missouri State Ag-
Ticultural society was incorporated, it
being the first society ever organized
within the limits OF Missouri and un-
der the patronage Of the state. The
FIRST fair conducted under the aus
pices of this society was held al
Boonvllle In the fall of 1853. The
premiums appropriated amounted to
S1,351.5O. The annual address, pro
nounced by c. d. Bent, corresponding
secretary Of the Missouri State Board
OF Agriculture for the year 1865, to be
valuable and appropriate address
well worthy Of preservation" was de
hvered by Uriel Wright Of st. Louis.
The secretary Of the fair was Joseph
l. Stevens, founder OF the old Cen
trial bank 1t B~oonville. and father Of
ex-Goy. Lon v. Stevens, a native Of
county. but now residing in ST.
The second annual state fair
held at Boonyille In 1854. In 1856
the third and last annual fair of the
tate Agricultural society was held
On December I. 1855, the ST. Louis
agricultural and Mechanical assoeia-
Ion was chartered by the Missouri
legislature. At the annual exhibition
II this association, held in 1860, the
'eceipts reached the sum OF SAT. 231SO,
md 1t was estimated that 1000 per-
we're on the grounds on the day
Il the visit Of the Prince Of Wales,
Duke Of Newcastle and other
members Of the royal party. Il will
lever be known just what the At
endance was on that eventful day,
or 80 la-ge was the crowd. and 90
reat the rush at the gates that the
Inclosing the grounds were
roken down. the authorities being
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celn countIna MaehIne.

There will be no waiting at the
gates Of the Missouri state fair. oc-
tober 1 to 7. The addition Of auto.
matte coin receivers and counters win
DO away with all wait and worry in
cident to the purchase Of tickets at
The big sedaIia chow.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17
NIGHT HORSE SHOWS.
Two viii Be Held in the HUGE
Live Stock Judging
Pavilion.

Encouraged by the enthusiastic re-
ceptiQn accorded the night horse show
held in the big live stock judging pa
viilon on the Missouri state fair
grounds last year. the management
has arranged for two horse shows this
year, Wednesday and Thursday
October 5 and 8.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17

downward, vote the Democratic
ticket.
Julius Caesar Burrows has gon.
TO join the ranks OF Warner-Ald-
rich ct al.
The man up at Fargo, \. d.,
who called Roosevelt a liar, prob
ably wanted to beat Teddy to it.
If You want the light turned on
Republican extravaganza at
Washington, vote the Democratic
ticket.
Senator Burrows was caught in
the insurgent storm up in Michi-
gan Tuesday and wiped off Of
the political map,
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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17

Aldrich insists that he will re-
tire to private life next March.
Would it not be well for Mis-
sourians to retire the Rhode Is
land congressman from this state
at the same timer Think it
over.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17

HilI IOIBet ABOUT III.
No, gentle reader, it was not
j. S. Sherman who said war is
he'll J. S. is best known as the
investigator who could find no
insurgency in the Middle West.
As a warrior he would probably
have been shot before discovering
the nature of the game.
Teddy handed Taft a nasty iab
when he declared that, ''No man
should make a promise before
election that he does not intend
to keep after election and if he
does not keep it hunt him out"
President Taft says in his cam
paign letter that the tariff was
revised downward, especially as
to raw materials. And right
here is where the mfamy of the
revision stands out most prom
inent. Lowering the tariff on
iff on the manufactured product,
increases the profit of the manu-
factwer and decreases the profit
of the producer of the raw ma
@terial. Turn the rascals out.
The Post-D Dispatch thinks that
Roosevelt's New Nationalism"
is Socialism. The CHICAGO Infer
Ocean thinks if is .'despotism."
The Springfield. Mass. Republi-
can calls if ..obsoh,tiyn Won
der if all Of these authorities can
be right, or wrong? Perhaps
after all "New Nationalism' is
simply Rooseyeltism-only that
and nothing more.
*s*
There was q falling off of ten
thousand in the Republican ma
ioritv in Vermont on September
9Th Republicans attribute if to
on election day. Then Provi-
dence had something to do with
it. His hand is seen in all the
skirmishes and elections this
year. With Him on our side
the victory is already won.
$50
Roosevelt saws that "Tbe A.
merican public does not wish TO
see the tariff so arranged as to
benefit primarily a few wealthy
men," Then the public should
turn the shin of state over to
the tariff, instead Of trusting a
further revision to the friends
of the tariff.
*s@
The Springfield. Mass. Repub.
lican throws up the sponge as
follows: "In this crisis of Re
publicanism. the logical result of
the November elections should
be sweeping. one night say
overwhelmingly. Democratic vie
tories. The Democrats. in all
their history. never had brighter
prospects than tbev have TODAY.
if we are 70 iudOe them nv the
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17

Summing up the returns from
primaries and elections of Sep
TENDER 6. the CD. says: ct,
the Republican party of the coun-
try there is nothing particularly
encouraging in the results Of
the voting, final or preliminary,
which took place on Tuesday. -
We presume not. If there
was ever a political party on
earth shot fuller Of holes than
has been the Republican party
during the last few years, and
too, largely by Republicans them
selves, the circumstance has es-
capped the public. The g. o. p. is
doomed. Avarice, graft, sell
fishness, imbecility AMI seniIity.
have eaten its heart away.
A dispatch from Columbia, Mo a.,
says that Claude b. Hutchinson,
instructor in agronomy at the
University of Missouri, departed
this morning for Jefferson City
where he is to Superintend the
work of sowing the winter wheat
crop on Governor Hadlcy s
farm Now what we want to
know is why this university pro-
fessor should sow Hadley S
wheat crop amy more than he
should sow Bill Jones wheat
crop? Does the state Of Mis-
souri, employ university profess
sors to sow wheat crops? If So,
farmers should send in their app
plication at once.
In speaking of Mr.. Roosevelt S
western tour and speeches., the
Springfield, Mass, Republican, a
pro-Taft paper, says editorially
Gle has set out to achieve the
position of supreme national die
tatorship. He will not hesitate
even at the destruction of the
political party with which he still
pretends 10 act. Least of all
could he do one thing to help
the president or help the party
through the election as well as
possible. Waltz Perhaps
there was fear of waiting. Per
haps the certainty of crushing
Republican defeat was not as
great as desired. And so we
have this plunge to increase the
certainty-this arousement of
fractional feeling in his party
for its further splitting and I'M
doing at the polls
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17

Don't let your r epublican
neighbOr lose sight of the tariff.
Write to headquarters and get a
copy Of Senator Delivers tariff
speech for him. Call his atten-
ton to all the tariff paragraphs
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17

The Globe-D Democrat is a jim
Sherman Republican. SO are
all the rest of Republican bosses
In Missouri. But the Republican
laymen are Roosevelt Republi-
cans-here's where the fun comes
in.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17

Because the mercury played
tag with the hundred mark while
Cannon was in Kansas and Sher-
man was in Oklahoma, the Cour-
ier-JOurnal calls these two apos-
ties of standpatism "The Broil-
ers." In view of the slump in
regular Republican votes that
followed "Broiler'' Cannon's in
vasion of Kansas, and which is
scheduled to camp ON "Broiler''
Sherman's trail in the southwest,
the Journal feels constrained to
eclaim: 1--WE Democrats love
all Of our enemies in the Re
publican chorus, but oh you
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17

If Roosevelt and Taft had not
appointed so many corporation
lawyers judges of the supreme
court, there might not have been
any occasion for Teddy's denun-
citation of that august body.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-09-17
Our jefferson City Letter.

II you want the tariff revised
vote the Democratic
ticket.
The Washington times., 1910-10-14
THE MUSIC HALL HAS AN EYE
TO THE MAIN CHANCE.

The international easy-mark will
soon have an opportunity to fall for
the latest thing in dance-han novel
ties. The "Gaby Deslys" person is to
come over with her sunny smile and
shady character.
No sooner had the Portuguese gal
leon of state listed to leeward than the
baby-faced bayadere with the slow.
bovine stare was hailed as a daughter
of Herodias ''whose nimble feet danced
of another's head" The pernicious ac-
tivity of the press agent melted a few
strands of the transatlantic cable Ia
glorify the charms of this second-rate
siren with the outward innocence and
inward deviltry of an agua'dente cock,
tail, She had stripped the half-baked
young Braganza of one crown and sew.
eral hundred thousand pesos and hel
blood was up.
The American manager found hel
with an ache in her heart and an iteE
The Washington times., 1910-10-14

has seen the futility Of trying to reap
a harvest from a crop OF wild oats
and has sat head in hand through the
cold gray dawn Of the morning after.
He is in better shape for business
career than at any time in his life,
If his ambition has not been burned to
ashes.
The very fact that he is thinking
Of entering a new field in itself shows
that the spark of ambition is still
there, and both he and every friend he
has should fan II and make 1t fame
anew, for his years of experience
make his success more certain than
when he was a young man
"'Tis true that much OF the sXuber-
ance and energy OF youth is gone,
but with Il went the impetuosity and
hasty judgment which so often on
sets the advantage of the other two
attributes.
1.-The very fact that by the time a
man is forty he has assumed Obliga-
ton in the shape of a wife and CHI
dren is an advantage, although 1t Is
generally put on the other side o. the
ledger I know Of nothing on earth
that viii make a man work harder.
He Will work more carefully. and
build his foundation more securely
than if he has no one but himself 70
rise or fall as ne does.
IF man at forty has settled into
a rut which is TO last him for life, he
has dug the rut himself If he decides
that be is one Of the failures Of the
The Washington times., 1910-10-14

in her palm, so when he named a
thousand a week as about the right
thing she couldn't wait to crank her
aeroplane. She is coming over by
steamer.
Already the stage Johnny has press
ed his other brooches between the mat
tresses and has taken his place in
line. The Bob" CHAMBERS of the new
crop of suckers viii shoulder one an
other for position and fall at her pink
feet with a heart in one hand and a
mortgage in the other. The baby-faced
Gabrielle of the Lilies will soon be
able TO sail back home with a coy
fortune, and some day on the Boule-
ward she may catch glimpse of the
marionette King whose nodding ac-
quaintance with her has been touted
as a romance which changed the course
of history.
The Washington times., 1910-10-14
SPECTACULAR POLITICS IN
HOOSIER STATE.

Indiana Is pressing New York hard
for the honor of presenting the most
Spectacular politics to be noted
in this highly spectacular cam
paign of 1910. The prize is
United States Seantorship. Back
of the prize Is a struggle in which
the opposing forces represent almost
every type of interest which has be-
come prominent in American politics
in the past decade.
Senator Albert J. Beverage is a
candidate to succeed himself. Oppos-
ing him Is John W. Kern, who was
.Bryan's running mate in 1910. Bev-
.eridge is the leader of the Republican
insurgent movement in the Hoosier
sState, and he is asking Endorsement
from his constituents for his insurgent
performances in the last two sessions
of Congress- The Indiana regulars, led
by former Representatives James E
Watson and James A. Hemenway and
former Vice President Charles w. Fair
thanks, while not supporting Kern, are
opposing Beverage.
The Democrats seem TO be united
sin their support Of Kern. The Taggart
leaders, who ditched Kern two years
ago when he was a candidate for the
Senate before a Democratic Legisla-
+ure, do not like him any better than
they ever did, but they claim to be
working for him now.
Into this fray, already sanguine
have plunged Theodore Roosevelt ant
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa
In support of Beverage, and William
.. Bryan and Judge Alton B. Parker
in support of Kern. The insurgent
leaders are especially anxious that
"a
Beverage be reelected; IN a measure
the issue presents test of insurgency
The regulars would not object TO see
ing him beaten, even by a Democrat
The national Democratic organization
is merely displaying natural energy il
an effort to capture a seat in tn,
United States Senate in a close State.
In addition to the issues of nationa
Importance, the Senatorship fight i
affected by numerous local issues. NJ
man, in Indiana or elsewhere, has We
presumed to forecast the result of tn
contest.
The Washington times., 1910-10-14
PENNSYLVANIA LED
ROADS IN PASSES
Stood at Head of All Svs-
tens in Matter of
Liberality.
PROTEST NOW MADE
TO SAVE FORESTS
Department Asked to Stop Destruc-
ton of Hemlocks in Wash
ington State.

In the haIcyon days Of railroad
passes. the Pennsylvania railroad stood
at the head Of the list for liberality.
The discussion whether Colonel
Roosevelt owes the road 100000 for
transportation wnile he was President
has brought out the interesting in
formation that since 1850 the Pennsyl-
vania railroad has given away TO Fed
eral officehOIders and members Of
their families passenger, freight, and
express service 70 the value OF
s25, 100000.
The Pennsylvania railroad was uar-
ticularly lavish IN its generosity TO
the heads OF the nation. a notable in
stance being its service 70 President
Garfield in his mortal illness Five
minutes after President Garfeld's ply
s.cians had consented 70 the Presi-
dents ardent wishes 70 be taken 10
the seashOre, the Pennsylvania agent
at Washington notified the president
OF the road, who Immediately put into
execution plan that called into en-
ployment 1000 men. 4 spur track
! was run close TO the White House. and
the whole stretch OF road from Wash
/ ington % Elberon, y. J.. was in
| spected, defects il the track. repaired.
and the entire distance Of the track
patrolled- At the same time a special
car was built with bed resting on
1 specially designed springs for ths
distinguished patient The expense 10
| the railroad Of this one trip was
/ $4,000.
Another instance OF the great gen.
l'erosity and patriotic impulse is re-
| corded during the civil war. when the
| pennsylvania railroad carried free
| during the battle Of Gettysburg and
/ Immediately after mothers. wives. sis
/ tiers, fathers, sons and brothers OF ali
| Union soldiers known TO have been
killed or wounded on that terrible
field
/ There IS another side 70 the liberal
/ ity OF the Pennsylvania, railroad In
the matter OF free transportation. 4
former director Of the company, who
| IN his day was an assistant 70 one OF
| the principal operators OF the system,
| IS authority for the statement that
/ during and after the period when the
! Pennsylvania railroad was seeking
4 permission 70 cross the Mall and erect
/ its depot on Government land, nine
/ tenths OF the passengers on many
! trains TO and from WASHINGTON were
found TO be riding on passes Political
bosses, IL is said. would demand ana
set handsful Of pas-es. and do a proat~
able business selling them 10 scalpers.