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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-02-04
.CROSSLEY FOX


Familiar With Legislation and
Fitted for Important Office
His Record
From Warrensburg Star-Journal
Senator Wallace Crossley Of
Johnson county will become a
candidate for the position Of
Lieutenant Governor of the
great commonwealth of Missouri,
subject to the action of the vo-
tiers of the democratic primary
next August.
1t is a laudable ambition that
prompts this decision on the part
of Senator Crossley. The office
of lieutenant governor is a lofty
position, and small only in point
of salary it carries. AS lieuten-
ant governor, Senator Crossley
would become presiding officer Of
the state senate, a position for
which he is peculiarly fitted both
in experience and inclination. It
is in this regard that the office
of lieutenant governor holds
great responsibilities and is of
vast import to the people of Mis-
souri,, depending on the charac-
ter and experience of the man
who yields the gravel which it
confers.
There is no man in Missouri
democracy who is more CONVEX
SAINT with legislation and legisla-
tive needs in Missouri than Sena-
tor Wallace Crossley. He served
three consecutive terms in the
lower house of the General AS
sembly, representing his home
county Of Johnson These terms
were the sessions of 1905, 1907
and 1909.
In 1911 he was promoted to the
upper branch of the General AS
sembly by this senatorial dis
trict, without opposition, ant
has served through two sessions
in the senate.
At home his splendid recor'
needs no recounting; but in GO
ing before the people of the stat
at large, it is fitting that hi
home country should say some
thing by way of introduction.
Senator Crossley has for tie
years had an active part in a
the constructive legislation thu
. has been accomplished at Jeffe.
son City. He has been identifie
- particularly with all measure
relating to road improvement
and the betterment of the state
i, educational system. In 1907 /
was a member of the sub-con
mittee of three in the Hous
which planned and introduce
road laws that s~ystematizt
highway supervision in tn
Cd state.
Of Crossley served on nearly all
MS the important committees
,,s both branches of the legislator
h. and as chairman of the Commi
n tee on Education, he father
10 several pieces of construct
en- school legislation.
is In the session of 1909, as ran
.e- ing minority member Of Il
lis Ways and Means Commute
re Crossley led the fight again
he Governor Hadley's full valu
ton" tax bills and he wrote t
er-
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-02-04

minority report which was final
ly adopted.
Crossley opposed consistently
the submission of the single tax
amendment and as editor of the
Johnson County Star and also
on the stump, he campaigned in
behalf of the farm owners of
Missouri. He also did his best,
in the legislature, to bar the sin
gle tax theorists from privileges
of the iniative.
His votes in the legislature and
his political activities as a pri-
vate citizen prove his strong
sympathy for all measures help
full to the laboring classes. This
is attested by all labor leaders
who have been in attendance at
legislative sessions.
Crossley's activity in behalf Of
prison reform is an important
chapter in his career. He served
upon the special committee
which recommended abolition of
the old contract system in the
state prison and the Inaugural
ion of a new deal between the
state and her convicts. His COM
mittee denounced the contract
system and urged the state to
manage its own affairs within
, the prison walls by taking charge
of all manufacturing plants and
i working convicts upon the pub
lie roads.
Among the more important
pieces of Legislation introduced by
] Senator Crossley in recent years
2 might be mentioned the Gree
: Text Book" law; the law given
e counties under township organi-
S iation equal privileges with other
!, counties; the "Blue Sky Law
which protects Missourians a.
e gainst foreign investment con-
: Germs and wild cat" corpora.
= tons the Insurance Rating Bill
d which has given stability anC
S fairness to the states fire insur
ance conditions the law provid
d ing state aid to high schools tina.
J. maintain a teachers training
e caurse; laws affecting prisol
is conditions, such as the indeter
E. inmate sentence system, etc.
This hasty review of som
N things legislative with whic
III Senator Crossley has had to d.
at can but convince the people G
r Missouri that here is a man az
ed tually fitted by experience an
es inclination for the office he seek
Mt and one who will preside owe
IS the state senate with an eff,
ne iency that viii bring g~ratifyin
results to his constituency.
Sc One eventually to be considere
ed in this connection is the fax
ed that the lieutenant governC
might be come governor, ar
therefore the selection for tn
OF office should be a man of lari
in state experience-One who cou.
re, fill the executive Office with ere
It it to his party. Senator eros
ley measures up to this requir
We ment. Another strong point
his favor is his ability as a car
* paigner. Senator Crossley is
he a good campaigner and will az
ee, strength to the ticket next fl
lst as a fighter on the stump for h
la party and its nominees.
he Colleagues in both branches
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Statesmen Wanted.

We want live statesmen to sell
the fastest selling Silo on the
market. Many exclusive and
superior features. Good propo-
sition for local man or traveller.
Live wires only. Address near
est Office.
Nappanee Lbr. & Mfg. Co.
Nappanee Indiana.
Williamsport, Pa.
1884 wks.
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THE SANITARY BAKE SHOP.

THE SANITARY BAKE SHOP.
If you want a nice cake for Jour
Sunday dinner or any other spec
.ial occasion call phone 800. l
have the following cakes: Angel
Food at SOC, Fruit Cake at SOC a
pound, Cream Puffs, DOughnuts,
and all kinds of cookies. / also
have the snowflake Wrapped
Bread, Vienna Bread, Rye Bread,
Whole Wheat Bread and the
Twin LOaVes. The wagon makes
rips to town each day.
A. C. MEIERER.
Phone 800.
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Miss Alberta Smith returned
Saturday to Kansas City af-
ter a visit here.
Mrs. Barnett Young returned
Saturday from an extended
visit in Georgetown, Kentucky.
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For Sale.

New strictly modern i've room
bungalow, Oak floors, built in
cabinet work. A snap. Inquire
at this Office.
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even if it were mature enough to
gather. The Missouri farmer
selected seed carefully in the
and stored it properly can
make a big return now by his in
creased crop or by selling the
seed to his neighbor who did not
take precautions last fall.
The task of testing seed corn
for Missouri's Z, 282, SIT acres
is not so great when we remem-
Der that the work is divided
among more than a quarter of
a million farmers. This means
that to plant the average mans
26.6 acres only four or five BUSH
els of tested seed are needed.
AS it takes about two hours to
test a bushel of seed corn, ten
hours work by the average Mis-
sour farmer would usually re-
suit in a difference of $40 in his
income, or about $3.50 an acre
net gain for all the corn he
plants.
The sand box or sawdust ger
minator consists of a box about
four inches deep and thirty in
ches square, with about two in
ches of sand or sawdust in the
bottom to hold the moisture or
to keep water from standing
around the corn. A piece of old
sheeting or other cloth that will
absorb moisture, but will not al
low it to stand on the surface,
should be stretched over the sur
ace and marked off into two-inch
squares. Put six kernels from
various parts of the middle Of
each ear to be tested into one OF
these squares. Cover the box tC
prevent drying and keep it al
room temperature-about 20 de.
grees For six days, then fine
the ears from the kernels failec
to terminate, throw them into
the feed box and keep those thai
showed a good strong test.
-
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-02-04

The Lands Christmas Savings
Club is a fine plan to make a be-
ginning of saving money. Get
into a class and keep up with it.
They win explain It to you at
the Traders Bank.
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joy just hangs
on every pull

How a pipe Of Tux" does bubble over with good cheer and
sunny comfortl There's something about the mellow taste Of Tux"
that srs a smokers soul. 1t gets into his inside works, sweetens his
disposition, and gives him that perky, chesg feeling, like a high.
stopper trotdng down the avenue.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
GOOD FOOD QUALITIES

Philadelphia, July, 24z-The famous
"Goulash Gums" which, second only
to the giant howitzers have worked
ceaseless wonders in the European
war, will be used to feed citizen ma
rines on hikes from their training
camp at Lansdowne, Pa, which
opened on July q.
More than two hundred recruits
have already enrolled and the mill
Rry-naval phase of the Marine Corps
training seemingly carries q strong
appeal to young men WHO cannot
make up their minds whether to train
for land or sea. All United States
Marines are trained for both shore
and sea duty and the citizen volun-
teers at Lansdowne will also be
trained for the double service.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
sTIRs DEMOCRATIC HOPES

New York, July ly24.-Democrats are
much encouraged by the preliminary
reports they have received on poll
now in progress in Maine to show the
drift of political opinion. Both polit-
ical parties are profoundly concerned
over the election in Maine, which
will be held September II, for the
choice Of governor, state ticket, two
United States senators and represent
tatives in Congress. The presidep-
tial electors will be chosen in No
vember.
Regarded as important, not only
as indicative of general popular SEN
timent, but for the moral effect upon
the wavering vote OF the country at
large. This year the campaign takes
on added Importance from the fact
that, owing to a vacancy occasioned
by death, two United States senators
are to be elected.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
THE DANISH WEST INDIES

Washington, July 25.-Negatia-
tions between the United States and
Denmark for the purchase of the Dan.
lsh West 1ndes it is understood, have
reached a definite stage, where i'm
portant developments are expected.
The negotiations are continuation of
the conversations of 1901. and again
in 1910, which were resumed several
months ago. The islands are near
Porto Rico and are said to possess en-
celent advantages as a naval base
and coaling station. The former
price offered was four million dollars
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
A REAL DEMOCRAT.

The democratic convention did the
right thing when it renominated Vice
President Marshall by acclamation.
The vice president has so modestly
avoided the spotlights of publicity
that most Americans do not know
what really able man he is. But
not even his ability, great as that is
makes US admire the man as much -
does his stirling old.fashioned demo-
cratic Americanism. i
Tom Marshall is a chip off the old
pioneer block. He has the simplicity
of thought and habit which so great
~ becomes an American. which 10 SO
highly charactistic of the true Amer
ican.
the vice president sympathi1es
with the common people because he
is emphatically one of the common
people. There is IN him the h0mety
simplicity ofAbraham Lincoln. whom
he resembles far more than do some
men in high places who are fond Of
what might be termed the Lincoln
pose.
a good American, = trne 1emoorat.
an Able and htgh principled publieI
servant ! ~ axes 81 IA msI n II ~ ll IN I
md \ thinksr of 10 thoa EhtS. tl,es
no pree eillent seems to NJ n . y nv NV
{! ~ ] '|s!l Il lAs ~ 4 u = ssysr q! sl d, IN
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
A STRONG PARTY MAN

John M. Parker's rallying cry last
week to progressiyes for q new ns-
tional convention of the par( " In Chi
cago August s. was blamed ~ prohi-
bitiOn leaders in st. Paul for the col
lapse Of their plans for q big "get to-
gether" conference. at which they
had hoped to enroll as members of
their organization scolss Of men who
have been prominent in the progress
sive, republican and democratic par
Uies.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
SLOGAN OF UNsELF1sHNEss

In his address to the postmasters
the President said:
"The democratic party is coherent.
Some other parties are not. There is
only one thing in this world, gentle
men, that binds men together. That
is unselfishness. Unseltishness sepa-
rates them. Selfishness divides them
into camps. Selfshness raises up
men who have personal ends to serve
Sefishness leads to little coteries that
have particular interests to advance.
There is no great cohesive power ex
cept that Of love and devotion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
The RURAL CREDITS LAW

The democratic party has much
splendid legislation to its credit for
the short term it has been in power,
but not the least of it, accomplish
ments is the rural crd lis law, which
was approved ~ President Wilson
only few days ago. To the farmer
the new rural credits law will mean
as much as the federal reserve bank
ing and currency law means to the
business men of the nation and will
make him as independent of the few
capitalists as the latter law has made
the small business man independent
of the financial autocrats who for
merly ruled the market.
The rural credits law plan is some
what similar to the scheme of rural
credits obtained in Germany and
other European countries, but varied
to suit American conditions. Under
its system it will now be possible for
the American farmer to borrow money
at living rates of interest on long
time by offering his farming land as
security, while the government backs
him and the scheme to give stability
to both. AS under the German plan
a community association of farm land
owners Will be formed, each man
pledglng his real estate as security.
Stock i'm tha ASaociatinp will ha a
lotted to each member according to
the value of his property, and this
stock may then be sold on the open
market, precisely as railroad bonds
are secured by the roads property
and sold to provide finances.
American farm land is the finest Sc.
curiety in the wsrld, and yet the
'American farmer has been paying
from eight to twelve end even twenty
per cent interest on mortgages Sc.
cured by this land, while German
French farmers have been able to
borrow money up to sixty per cent Of
the value Of their farms at from three
to four per cent interest. Europe has
had Gland banks" for years and has
prospered IN direct ratio to a reali-
zation of how much better Europe f.
nances its affairs and it is through
the efforts of the democratic party
that this realization is being brought
about,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
EURoPE's WAR DEBT CLIMBING

Prime Minister Asquith, sometime
this week will ask the house of COM
mons for another vote of credit, the
eleventh since the war began, this time
300, ,OO0,O pounds, about 81, 500, 900, 900
the same amount as the last one. This
will bring the total credit footed for the
war up to 1852. 600, 900 pounds sterling,
or about Sl2,41O,0O 900.
On the first day of October, 1914, the
great state banks of all the nations of
Europe, the bank of England. the bank
France. the bank nf Russia, the Imper-
ial Bank of Germany, the banks of
Italy, Holland, Spain, Switzerland, Nor
way, Denmark and Sweden possessed
a gold reserve to the total of SO, $685.
100000. At the same time the entire
circulation of money in the United
States, gold, silver and bank notes to-
tailed s2,730, 100000
England 8 national debt, at the begin
ming of the war, amounted to So, ,5S5,-
$4,000. The war credit voted during
the course of the war, therefore, has
i increased Britain's national debt sums
to nearly five times the total specie held
in all the banks of Europe, nearly three
times the total coinage of the United
States and Europe combined and proba-
bly, as great as as the total coinage of
all the nations Of the world.
| England's tremendous financial bur.
den, it must be remembered, is not the
whole debt that is being piled up by the
war. France, Russia, Italy, Germany
Austria, together with all the lesser
belligerent powers, are contributing
their proportional share to total that
will mount to hundreds of billions be-
fore peace is declared.
4 In the meanwhile the United Stetes
sanely kept out of the war. is steadily
reducing its foreign indebtedness,
Strengthening instead of weakening it's
financial fabric and becoming the bank
ing center Of the whole world. When
peace is declared. the United States
will be the only large nation ia tn
world not burdened with y noun aiinona
debt and staggering -.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
AN ACTIVE FELLOW

One day we are assured that Villa ID
dead and buried. The next day we
read that he is in hiding in the
mountains. Today he is wsnnded
and far in the interior, and. tomorrow
he appears near the border. Now
rumor has it that he .is Intriguing
with German spies, and again he 10
recruiting an army to join Csrranzs
in opposition to the United States,
when suddenly we are told that Villa
has attacked Carranza's forces with
a band of two Thousand men. Any
body with a new Villa yarn win have
no difficulty finding an audience.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
NEW YORK PROGREsSIvu
REFUSED TO ENDORSE

Syracuse, July 24.-The meeting of
the progressive state committee ad-
Journed without carrying out the plan
favored by George W. Perkins fer en-
dorsing Charles E. Hughes for the
presidency. There were loud protests
against the motion to adjorn and the
police we're compelled to quiet the
trouble makers. Adjournment car.
rled after assurances were given that
there would be no attempt of Hughes >
supporters to hold another meeting
OF the state committee this year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
THE BANNER COUNTY.

Call to Action: Butte county in the
election of 1914 gave the largest ma.
jority for suffrage of any county in
the state, the vate being 734 for and
go against, makingt q majoriety OF
364 for suffrage. 1t is rather signifi
cant that Butte county borders on
Wyoming which has had equal suff.
rage since 1869. Butte county would
not be likely to give such large ma
jorieties if suffrage were failure in
Wyoming.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
PRESIDENT WILSON

Inc oefhocfaIlc party goes before the
| American people with candidate whose
| wisdom and ability in period of un-
paralleled storm and stress entitle him
to support in the name of patriotism
which dwarfs all narrow partisanship.
His record of achievement has won the
the applause of his friends, the admira-
tion of his political foes, and the graft
tude OF the nation at large.
| He has given the country a currency
| system which on the eve of universal
upheaval enabled finance and industry
to stand mistaken. What the condi
tions would have been under republi-
can rule may easily be imagined by
reading the disaster Of 1907. He has
proven himself better pilot in storm
than the republicans in an era of pro-
fessional tranquility.
Under his guidance democratic con.
gress has written upon the statute
books tariff law which has brought
prosperity to every class of the Ameri-
can people. The familiar shibboleths
OF the old guard, the propheses of i'm
pending calamity have become the but
of mockery and derislon in the light of
cold facts. The noisy forecasts of evil
are drowned in the song of the harvest
and the hum of the loom
He has passed unscathed through a
crisis III international affairs that would
have scared the soul and paralyzed the
mind Of weaker character. Charged
with the welfare of hundred million
people whose destiny was exposed to all
the cross currents which blew from the
earth S four corners, he has maintained
peace while giving the world new and
inspiring vision of the moral grandeur
of the nation, jealous of its honor, but
devoted to the interests of mankind.
In the highest sense he is the embod-
iment of splenGid Americanism. The
best traditions of the republic are
wrought into the very finer Of his being
He loves peace well enough to fight for
it, need be, He has made it doubly
clear to all the nations of the New and
Old World that the nited States covets
nothing which is not legitimately it's
own. Ia trying ideals he has shown
that the American peopleaask nothing
and concede nothing, except to work
out their own destiny under the free in
stitutions which are their peculiar her
itage.
But with it all. the candidate of the
democratic party is no visionary, group
ing in cloadand I'll is a stir in world
of realities. He has taken measures
which insure the safety of his country.
If, out of this welter of war, this riot
OF mad passions, should come menace
to the liberty, peace and prosperity we
enjoy, the forces he has marshaled
with an unvaunting but determined eff
cheney will be ready at ihand, waiting
only to be quickened into action by the
word of command
Strong, alert, tried and approved by
experience, he has won the confidence
of the people, and this will be their
verdict at the polls.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27
NO VOTE ON DIVISION

It appearsttlat there will be no vote
on division. of Butte county this yeai
as the county commissioners held
that the petition asking for the vote
was not sufficient to warrant them to
grant the vote. The same condition
exists in Deuel. county where asspeti.
tion was fled for vote on county
seat removal to Brandt.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27

The mobilization of the national
guard is worth, as maneuver, all it
cost as war measure. The guard
should be mobilized on snap orders
once year until officers and men and
railway managers become familiar
with the proceedings.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27

Mexico has had only three hundred
revolutions in the past hundred years.
NO wonder it's head swims
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27

The next thing we know England
will be telling US from whom we may
buy our groceries and meat.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27

Every holder of Mexican concessions,
whether American or European, be-
lieves that any policy short ofa armed
intervention iii Mexico is weak and
wavering.' How much bravery and
"Americanism" is there behind pro-
gram to crush Mexico?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27

Tis better to have modified and
dlsbanded than never to have mob
ilized at all.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27

1t is curious that some people who
were complaining because our govern
ment made no military demonstra-
tion against Mexico, are now demand
ing that National guard be sent home.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27

Judge G. H. Clark, who succeeds
Justice Hughes on the Supreme bench
may be a notable man in Ohio, but
he is not we'll advertised. His con-
firmation may be expected shortly,
Justice Brandeis paid dearly for be-
ing national figure.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27

Deserted by their leaders, the ,000,-
900 progressives of 1912 have the chance
to endorse in November the Wilson ad-
minstration which has put into law a
score of the principal measures demand
ed by the progressive platform.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-27

The suggestion that Hiram Johnson
be sent to the United States senate is
not acceptable to the people of the
middle west who hoped that Californ,
ians would keep Hiram q to them
SELVES out home.