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IWlCNliDAY. APJUb 17, 1877.
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i Yin. ..rtM( t MfliMM.
WlM'tHAU M Mt
for temc wmi the "RurtJ Recit
ajn" have bieu otllnc their plumet
jid tharbmtn their caff m reatll-
' to do battle for their favorite at
alranta for United Sutee Senator.
Quilt a number of prominent gentle
r.nien are already mentioned in con
nectlou wlih this eminent position,
rand many more of leaa note' may be
In the future. Borne sectional Inter
oat la tnanlfrated In choice, but too
.muoli ttres should not bo laid upon
"thl point; fitness fur t'e position,
and known sympathy with the Inter-
ata of the people of the slate, ahnuld
be tit great deMdoraium. Samuel
' T. Glover la one ol the ableat and
moat prominent named, tin certainly
' has all the mental requisite.
Upon the current questlona or
the dity, lie la- doubtless In
'eympathy with the-West, and' hla
; position will be understood before
the time arrives for final action.
George O. Vest, brilliant, ictntlllat
- lug, and a great favorite with the
Democracy, will prove one of the
ieadlng competitors. On the ros
trum ht Is the aupertor, probably, of
any man lu the slate. Me
' haa a genius thai enablea him
to capture the hearts of hla auditors.
James O. Droadhead; notwlth
standing he hss written a let
ter aaylng that he la not an aspi
rant for tho position, la called' lor by
some; but the Colonel' has. written
one letter ton many, and'there are
those who will not forgot It. Thomas
Allen "Is In constant receipt of let
tera from every part of the state"
urging him to become a candidato ;
but-ho "la not going to put up any
money ror corrupt purposes," and he
doesn't believe Judge Glover la nble
to purchase tbesenatorshlplf ho were
' so disposed. Ex-Gov. Hardin and'
Gov. Phelps have their friends, and
the 7th inst. brought news from
Washington that Senator Armstrong
' hankers for inoro of the senate and
wants to be his own successor IS I II
r too n Uutchtiis, ton, It Is said, proposes
j soon, to leavo the fascinating luflu-
- uncus, of I tie Capital to mako a thor
- migh and' vigorous canvass of the
- HUto.fur tho aonato. Liko Schurz, he
claim citizenship hero. Gon. A. W.
Doniphan has boon named for sena
tor, but ho Is also spoKcn ol as a can
didate for congroae in tho uliiili dis
trict. Waldo IV Johnson Is iionii
listed by tho Bites County Democrat,
and the naino of Abraham Cotniugo,
6t Independence, looms up in hla sec
linn. Tho time for electing, how
ever. Is nlno mouths off, and many of
ilicse may be dropped and others
aebslltutpd. Tho patriots who are
willing to sacrifice themselves for
their country's good are numerous.
ft la rumored In C'pllal circlet that
I'ictigiiltioii of tho Disss government
In Mexico, by the administration, la
beyond all poratlvcnturo. Tho de
partment of state has ronuivod no of-'
llclul lutclllgcii'co of this fact, but
Minister Foster has been lust runted
to purled such un arrangement on
his return to Mexico, if. tho condition
il ulTntrs would warrant' It. This
reconciliation Is said to havo been
brought about iiy tho pacifta attitude
- of the Diaz adininistratioii. Under
t his rule t wo Installment of tbe Mex
v lean liidiimulty lund, amounting to
btune $000,000, have been promptly
, jiatd. Those raids on the l.lo Grande,
which wore accustomed to disturb
' the euro of our .luxuriating knights,
! Iirvo ceased, and those forced loans,
which were so annoying to Amerl-
citizens Jiving at Matamora,
havo gone entirely out of fashion
The recognition is a good ono, not
wltlistaudiiig It was made by a fraud
uleut president, who had no, right to
consummate treatlc. . .
Grant I In Jtr,ua,ten. ..That conn'
try wua once ti mou for ita aiet but
we presume the breed lint run put, at
they have gone to importing.
Senator Cockrell li atiirorlug from
a to rat's attack, of malarial lever, ,
T' 1 i ' l nit.
ILUNfW KMCMCY.
The inhibit Demoeratit State eoa
veutlon mat' at Bpr.ngltld on the
11th. K. L. Cronkrlte waa ueml
nated for t treaturer; 0. M. Et
tap. ika araaaut tiieuanbant. wat Mem
tnated for tnptrlnttndtnt of publlo
Instruction.
Th fnllnarlnsf la the DlatfONft Ol
til Democracy or tbe tut vl Illinois,
assembled in convention t
We congratulate tbe country on
Ihetnel settlement of Ilia questions
relating to the lata elvll war, and
rAitinir tin the nrluciolea ot local tell
f overuiiioiit ao long aupported by tbe
)emncratlo parly and reaMrni our
cotiflilenceln tho capacity ol. the peo
ple to govern themselves, and their
belief In ihu auoreiuaoy ol tho civil
over the military power; tho liberty
ol individual efctlou uuoontvolled by
sumptuary lawa: tbe separation oi
church and aiate ; the aupport of tree
common schools, auu me uuiy oi an
to yield to the lawlully expressed
will of the majority. And wo declare:-
lat. That reform must be made In
national, slate, county and municipal
government by the i eduction ol
taxes mud expenditure, auu uie an
tulsael ol unnecessary and Inuuinpo
lent ngtcera and employes Irom ttu
pulilio rvlce, and the strlol euloree
meiit of official responsibility, and
I hp tiriivMon III ihu stale coustltu-
flliois limiting tho iudebtodueta and
rate of taxation ao thai u auaii uu
strictly observed and enforced.
2d. Tliat a land for reveuue only
should be adopted, Mid II discrimina
tion la made It should be in tavur ul
tlm necessaries ol llln ; and lu order
lo remove a part ol the uurueu iruui
the masa or Hie people, who are lud
loo- much, a uraduulcd tax on lu
eomcs over a reasonable sum lor sup
port ought lo bo adopted and placed
upon the surplus prouu oi me
wealthy, who escape their Just pro
portion of taxation.
3d. We lavor United Stales bonds
and treasury notes being subjected lu
taxation the same as oilier property.
4th. All contract ouithl to bu per
formed in good fslth accurdlug to thu
terms thereof, and the obligation ol
thu government discharged in lawlul
money, except whero olherwWo ex
pressly provided upon tlieir lace auu
liy the law under which they were is
sued, and repudiation should find-no
lavor with an honorable people.
6ih. It la unwise lo make any for
thrr reduction ol I ho priucipui ol the
oublie debt lor the nroaeiit. ami bonds
as they-mature, or eoonur, 11 possible,
should bo replaced by tho tsuu ol
other bonds bearing a luwur rate ul
Interest. It is tho duty of the Fed
eral government to Issuo bond lu
until denominations, to be sold in
tills country, lor tho accommodation
ol those who wish to iuwst their sav
ings lu sale secuiltics.
6th. That we favor the immediate
and unconditional repeal ol the re
sumption act.
7th. That wo npplnud tho action
of congress In tbe enactment of a sil
ver bill, and accept it ntt n partial
nieasuro of financial relief, but de
mand such other legislation us may
result in authorizing sliver bullion
eortllicatot and legalizing a Irce coin
ago of the silver dollar,. the demone
tization of which we denounce a an
act moritlug the cuuduiuuutiou ol the
people
Bih. That It Is the exclusive pre
rogative of the United Stales to issue
all bills to circulate as money, and a
right which ought not to bu exor
cised by any slulo or corporation.
utn. no further contraction oi me
volume of leual lender treasury notes
ought lo be allowed, mid they should
be received lor ciutoius, tuxes anil
publlo dues, as well as private debts,
and reissued us last as received.
10th. Tho nalioal bank notes should
be retired, and instuad thcreuf there
should be issued by thu government
an equal amount ol Irca-ury notes.
llih. Subsidies lu money, bonds,
lands or credit otighijnot tn be granted
ny I no Detterui government.
12ih. The bankrupt law ought to
ho Immediately repealed.
' 13th..'f ho courts should be brought
as closo lo tho homes of the litigants
as tho economy of the government
will Justify, and that therefore the
Judicial power of the United Stato
.hotild bo to regulated as to prevent
contrivances be I ween citizens ol uu
lercnt states tn trausler eases from
the ttate to the Inferior courts, which
aro to far removed trum the people as
lo make juttlco therein Inconvenient,
oxpeuslve and lardy. Not less than
ove tnoutauu-uoiiars annum on uxeu
us the iiiliilmt-in jurisdiction of such
courts In such compromise.
14th. Appointment by the-Fed
oral court of receivers of corporal ion
who resist payment. of taxes, disre
gard tint rights of citizens, and turn
thu oarnlni's of corunrallons Into lor-
olgu channels, Is an evil that ought to
be corrected by law, and congress
nuulii to onset such lawa as will pro-
niDH,such.,.eviit and prevent the in
terference,. by, Federal -count, with
'the.coUeotlcMi of . State,, county and
municipal. taxes by. Iha,, appointment
ot receivers granting; jujunqllpus, or
other procedure.
15th. The wages of employee of
corporations engaged In mining, man.
manuring aim ti-auiportailon-tiiuuiti
be m$e . 4rit lieu, upon ,the irou-
riy, Veei.,''aht'yar'n0g.'of s.ld
corporations, aiuT"'thatl said Hen
should be rteelafeit, dilmM ni an
foroed by apfrtlrlaM leg itlatlof .
16th. iThatytteat af leatlng. oai
vlotlabar oaght.to be. Imwedlately
aballitved by Uia, Itglslature, and
aoine msaturft adopted lo proteot
bjauttracturert, mecuanlct and labor
era' from unjust compatltton with the
convict ItDor of dtb'er tlatea.
In addition 'lo the above, which
wat submitted at a platform, the fol
lowing resolution waa adopted :
Bciolvtd, That the act of the lead
ert ot the Republican party, In de
feating Iho choice of the people lor
president' and vlce-pretldent, it the
monster political crime of the age; Is
a crime against tree government and
the elective Iranohlse, which can only,
b'e condoned when the criminate are
driven front power aud consigned to
infamy by the people whom they
have nu trailed : aud we denounce the
act ol I he President lu appoint lug to
high offices the corrupt members oi
the returning board as a toward lor
their Itiliiuiuua conduct, aud we con
demn the odluer of the Federal gov
ernment who have atlempted to lu-turl.-re
with the administration of
justice in tho courta ol Louisiana.
SHvtr Lawa.
'To the Editor of the Democrat:
You atated lu your pnpor, lour dy
ago, that all the bonds iued by i ho
United Status prior to 1873, had been
made uayable not in gold but in coin
noU meaning of court gold and
silver. Will you please give the date
of each Issue. You may be right,
and 1 believo you are, but a gold re-
eumptioiiist Irieiid of uiiue la quiiu
emphatic lu lilt uiiuiai, anil aas Hie
Democrat lias misquoieu tne n-c mi,
li. J. U.
Dresden, Dee. 28th, 1878.
Answer: Every act ul couitrass ro
uting lu the public debt uses Ihu
word coin, and It thu word gold ap
pears, silver Is alwayt ussociuted
with II. For example: The 6 2
bond were issued under an act dated
Hebruury 25,180., said act providing
that the interest should be paid In
i.olu. Thu SHine act alto provided
that the duties on Import should bo
ijaid in coin. The same act also cre
ated n sinking loud aud made that
navablo lu coin. The act ol Defru-
ary, 1862, makes Its obligations also
payable lu coin, me act ot July 11,
HJ62. doe jut the same, tho not or
Muruh 3, 1463, providing for tho isme
ol $000,000,000, made said issue pava-
bin in coin. Iho act ul March, 1864.
urovidiiiu tor a loan ot 200.000.000.
made said loan payable In coin. The
act ot June, 30, 1863. providing for
another louii or $400,000,000, made
said loan payable fn coin. Tho act ot
March 3, 18U5, providing lor a loan ol
$000,000,000, made said loan payable
in coin or other lawlul money not
gold, but coin or greenbacks. These
are the tacts o;m'ii lo the Inspection
of every man who can read. Will
our correspondent oak hla "gold re
sumption Iriuud' to lairly examine
I tin records and then lairly bear tes
timony to iho truth or the falsity of
the Democrat tinsel-Hong.
"A ticcullarly French Idea of natrl-
nlism was expressed lu M. ilu Lafay
ette's remark that 'Gen. Grant quit
ted power solely to bow neioro I lie
will of his country.' In other word,
Grant might havo perpetuated his
rule but lor Ills patriotic sacrillce of
ainblilou to Ihu popular will, aud lie
deserved the satuo praiso which
Washlngtou'wou by refusing to he
king. The general impression in I hi
country I, that Grant stepped down
and out because his time was up.. If
he had manifested any disposition lo
tarry lu the White House after Ihu
expiration of hi term ul office, adep
uAy sherill with a writ ot ejectment
would havo settled the matter speed
ily. Hut such luuny eulogies at M. de
Lafayette's will out tend to diminish
the ex president's private pinion ol
himself as a great and good patriot."
-X. r. Sun. t
"A few week ago the first tale, or
attempted sale, of properly to satisfy
judgments against the county on Its
iionii wa made in L.atayctie county.
Three horses thu property of as many
citizens, had been levied on by the
collector aud were put up for tale in
Lexington ; but belbro Iho colloolor
proceeded tn business a large meet
ing of lax-payers was held, at which
It wat resolved that no bid should bo
made. When Iho collector callod for
bids, therefore, they wero not forth
coming, and after crying the prop
erty lor a reasonable time iho officer
ordered tho borses ofT with a loud
cheer from the non-bidding crowd of
apeotatora,"
Ou Tuesday of last week Mra, It.
M. Albright, residing tlx miles south
of Perryville, having Just made a
kettln of toap, was bntlly engaged
cleaning up, and while I bus employed
the tiulhoightedly left a tin cup
which contained some concentrated
lyo in the yard, when her little ton
ulmtit turn vnara nlit. uat luilil ill it
and swallowed a lot of tne lye, and in
iwouty-tour hours aftor the -child
was a corpse, the lyo having caused
bit death.
-Deenher does not believe "that all
men nro crested free aiulrrequal."
Pointing lo hla own head,,. lie aayt
brain aro tho gruteit ,pf,,all .(be
world' forcoi. .
''--'Cfwiet.
Taa'Sf:"lieiil-Poif saysi Jurtgo
Treat rendered a meat Important de
efiton iTtjetday morning, In the
United ttatee Circuit eourt, at to the
validity of .the.- Rsllt county bonds,
which U,tf.jtaltiiterest to the com
muultyti.. The case, was that. of Doug
lass va. Retta county, and the dtcitlon
In rulllaaifotlowtt
In the present condition of thlt oaso
the tote' polulo' presented are on the
demurrer to the amended antwer Died
March 13, 1878.
Theao-named Rallaenuuty issued
tl obligation sued tin February 10,
1870, aud the defense, la that under
the en atlliitlnn 'and laws ol Mis
souri no county onuld be ereated or
exist as a valid municipal corporation
whose territorial limit were let
than twenty miles square; that the
adjoining county of Pike wat reduced
below said constitutional limit before
Ihelskuo or the bond sued on; and
Ihcrelbre there was no lawlul corpo
ration, municipal or otberwlte at
Halt county.
The proposition In Ita reach la that
at the cou-tiluiiuu ol Missouri inhib
ited tho creation of counties with let
than thu prescribed territorial limits,
il any county In the state was reduced
tnless than the prescribed limits, no
county, tliough'of the prescribed lim
it, was a valid county, and conse
quently could not create a valid obli
gation by issue f bonds or other
wlso.
Il this proposition bo correct, then,
II any one of Iho many counties cre
ated bv the general assembly from
time to tlino wa below the required
territorial limits, no obligation ol any
county In valid.
To this proposition thore It a plain
answer, viz : That a euh municipal
corporation denominated a county,
organized and acting a such, exor
cised all tho luucllout ot taid quasi
corporatioh, administered ita eMalra
a such aud lsuil lis obligations ac
cordingly, no one could call in ques
tion it leiral entity excepting Ihu
slate. Hence, whatever wa done by
Kail county within Iho purview oi
tho authority nominally vested in it,
must be held valid so loui; as tho
same was exercised and unquestioned
by the stato. uut the objection ia not
solely that Hill county, except un
der an alternative result, was reduced
below the proscribed limit at the
datuol thuisuu ol the bond In ques
tion, hut that Piko (iho ad mining
count)) was so reduced.
i nn controlling questions aro :
First Whether u bond Issued co
nomine by any county is valid, II any
other county lu the slate by statute
U-84 territorially than what tho con
stitution prescribed.'
Second Whether If the court tak
ing judicial notice of thu constitu
tions and statute of the state, deter
mine that Plko county, or Hall
county, ouu of the oilier, as boundary
Hues may bu established, wa of lost
than the proscribed territorial limits,
it will hold that there ia uo valid
county.
Stippnso the courts adopt the In
terpretation that by force of certain
statutes Halls county was reduced
territorially below twenty miles
squaru ; or, that If Halls county was
not so reduced, Pike county was,
then tho legal questions havo to bu
doteriiiiucd wktli regard to either as
pect ot l ho case.
It I contended In tho alternative
that ellhor Piko or Halls county was
below the constitutional limit terri
torially, so that II Piko wa below
the limit, Halle wa not; but at the
statutes affuoted tho boundary lines
ot Hulls and Pike, It Iho addition to
Pike mado ihu latter ol the required
territorial limits, then Halls was re
duced below, and wa not, therefore,
a county as the constitution required;
aud on the other hand, ir Halls county
was not loducod, then Pike county
was below the couslilutiouaUllmits.
Hence, in any usnuct. under the
facta raised by the dcinurrer.the court
must decide:
First Whether a county can es
cape lit obligations because somo
other county may, through legisla
tion have been reduced dciow inn
constitutional limit, thu voiding the
organization of every county in the
state and the obligations by it Incur
red. On thlt point we have no doubt.
No such deleuso Is admissible.
Second Il a county baa i-sued Its
bonds, can it bo hoard In deleuso lo
contend that It waa not a county ol
the prescribed limits t
Upon this point wo nave no uouui.
It was a auasl-corporutlon. existing
under tho authority ol tho tlate, aud
cannot sot up against Its obligation
that It bad no authority to Incur the
same, when Iho stato has not In any
manner objected to the organization
or said county, out recuguizeu ipe
tame by force of Ita ttatulct.
The demurrer must uo suitaineu,. ,
Th WMUsllla llama ; "Mr.
Catitwell, who live lu the edge -of
(unv cnuntv. had her ash-barrel
propped up 10 gut lye pr maaiiig
.- . . ' ..... .
toap, ana iter lime iwo-yr-oiu.uar
wat playing about d, knocked tbe
prop out. when the barrel, tall upon
hliu aud crushed him horribly, forc
ing the food he had ealpn .ovou out af
Ma mniith. ruhftd Ida skull, sluiul.
dere end face., .The child waa burled
a ucsita i WUIIVUI&.
The seriate nuance committee have
been discussing the retunarptloti re
peal bill, liaald that.a majority of
the committee contlstlngof Morrill,
ForryAllleon, Bayard, Dawet anuT
Ktrnah will oddom tbe repeal ot the
act4 to far ae relatet to returning tve
clo payment! on January flrtt next,
but the committee will agree upon an
amendment to the resumption act
making legal-tender nolea receivable
for all purpotea after January first,
aud will provide against any further
contraction of the currency.
There la a painful tutpente In ttu
rope regarding the eastern question.
Germany Is seeking to effect a em
promise, but tuceet Isdoubllnl.
Tho Pacific railroad funding bill
haa passed tho senate. The volo
ttood 40 lo 19.
A Qutttlon for the Ntxt Legislature.
(From the St. Louis Journal.
Tho press anil people of Ihu stato
seem to bu laboring under the erro
neous Idea that when Iho tfuurnni
speaks ot "Iho senatorial fight" it
allude to Iho election ol one senator.
Thu truth ol the mailer Is, two sena
tor will have to bo elected by luo
leuislaiuro ol the ttate next Winter,
although Ihu publlo do not teem to
be a are ol the tact. One ol these
senators will he elected lo fill the uu
expired term ut Ihu lato Lowit V.
Uogy. li. II. Armstrong was n
iinlnleil Senator (not elected) to oc
cupy Uogy' plHcu unlit ihu meeting
of the stale legislature, when aud by
which body i he vacancy must uo per
manently filled, in uexordaiice Willi
the second clauso uf section 3, artlcln
1. ol the constitution of the United
States, a follows:
"Audit vacancies bspiien by resig
nation or otherwise during the re-
ni ts of ihu legislature ol any stale,
the executive iliercot may make tem
porary appointment) until tho next
meeting ul tho legislature, -which
shall then fill Yaounde,"
The llnuv term doc not expire un
til March 3. 1879 ; lUe leglslaluro
meets lu Jaiiury, und must elect a
senator to till Ihu vacancy then exist
ing, a well ao i senator lo supply tho
yacnocy oi.-i-urriuu on .Marco o, lav.
A lew ol thu wttv iiolittcliu am
aware of the condition of affairs, and
are shaping their course accordingly;
there probably haa been in their
minds' eye a golden prospect of po
lltlcul trading. H I much better
that the public should uuiiui-inuu tno
game Irom Hip start. A similar pre-
dieament occurred lu .Mtsiiouei oucu
before in 1859. we believe.
Dr. llenrv S. Gariclm, a promi
nent citizen ol St. Lul. wrh run
over by a train and torn into frag
ments at (Jhcteiili'iiii ou tno uighi ol
the 3rd lust.
Exchange: "You will obtorvc'r
said llni host, a he shown! a visitor
llii'oiigh the house "thai wu navo
Iwo halls-" "Yes," said tho guest,
ho was a book keeper, "I am glad
lo tee you live ou t lie double-entry
plan."
Mr. Dcerhor quietly remarked to u
Kansas Cil.vaii: "You have i.
grand little city here. It is now,
unfinished, and there are many rag
ged edge about It. Dm It willcuiuo
out all right."
Boecher acknowledges that, when a
young man, hu delhored a lecture in
which lie, dcciareu mat tno worm
would see no more war : that the era
ot Ideas and thought had ulreudy
dawned. It was only aslmrt liuiuul-
ter tho delivery ul thai It-ci nu that
Mr. lleecher announced: "Sharp
rifle aro better than bible lor Kan
tat." Ex.
Mr. IJeeciier Is rather severe upon
thu poor, lie has a great deal to say
in hia lecture about thu wastes of Iho
loileit. lie cannot know anything
about the wattes of capital, thu
wastes of affluence, tho wastes of mo
uopoilo. 'J' he ro are several other
waste that he cannot know anything
ahoul, else he would mention thou lu
lilt lecture .Ex. ,.
ADMINISTRATORS. NOTICE.
l.ettersnf mlnilnttrutlon. on the estate
of John lluJn, 'deV'd. wre irrunti-d
tn tiieiindersixneirouuieauiu nay oi .muicii,
I8T8. by the Probate Court of Lincoln coun
ty, Mo., ' T ' r
All liersons having elaifa against ssld es
tate aro required to exhibit tlicin for allow
ance tn'tlie adaunUtrator wlthlu one year
altejr 'the date ,of said h tlers, or they may
lu precluded from tiny benefit of Midi en
isle, and If such claim' lie not exhibited
vyltlda twa year front, the data of nuld let
ter, they wllf.bn forever liiirreU.
'JhU'jfthday ol March, 1HT8.
' . W. W.bllAW, Admrt
ADVERTISE
YqiruslnoM 1m tlae t,
, TRQT fiERA JLP .
