The history of Johnson County, Missouri : including a reliable history of the townships, cities, and towns, together with a map of the county; a condensed history of Missouri; the state constitution; an abstract of the most important laws etc, Part 28

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Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Kansas City Historical Company
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In foreshadowing the course of the Johnson Democrat, in respect to its political future, the first number of that paper, April 22, 1871, established at Warrensburg, by J. M. Julian, and J. M. Vaughn, under the head of "The Democrat's Salutation," occurs the following:


Our name indicates our political proclivities pretty clearly. We propose to be democratic, and if we can follow closely in the footsteps of Jefferson, Jackson, and all the greater or lesser lights of the good old times in which they lived, and before we had engaged in fractricidal war, or tasted of. the blood of our brothers, or wept over the misfortunes of squandered or lost fortunes, or the wreck of the proudest nation on the globe. If we shall do this, then we shall award to the people the right, held and believed to be inalienable, to govern themselves through legally and rightfully chosen agents, and shall never intervene between the idea that all government flows directly from the consent of the governed; and shall persistently and honestly maintain that democracy is the people. These, with the further dogmas of impartial legislation, a fair administration of the affairs of the county, justice to all, and exclusive privileges to none, with light taxa- tion, a safe medium, economy in all departments of our public affairs, state and national, together with a strict adherence to the union, with as near a free trade standard as is capable with the wants of the government, make up the democracy of the time of Jefferson, the time of Jackson, and the time of Grant, because principles are inextinguishable, and like the laws of the Medes and Persians, unchangeable. * * *


The late election in Missouri was decided in favor of the idea that those taxed were entitled to representation, that those who contribute to the life of the gov- ernment are not to be proscribed; and that ostracism for opinion's sake was no part of the political faith of the people; that liberalism was the rule and illiberal- ism-man hating-the exception, if, indeed, it had footing among us.


Democracy does not mean radicalism, either broadly or narrowly, immediately 'or remotely. It cannot thus mean, because the principles are antagonistical, they are antipodes, separated farther than the north and south. Let us look to greatresults through right only, using force never -- NEVER more.


The people are the children of the government, and not to be cut off or disin- herited, either for little or great wrongs they commit, or for withholding their patronage from a set of principles or opinions that their education and common sense teach them is opposed to a free government, or calculated to place them in a position coveted by few, and cherished only by the veriest serf.


Democracy would avoid dangers, and safely anchor the old ship of state where neither storm nor strife can disturb her moorings. The nation is democratic. The people are democratic. We are democrats, and our paper shall be so.


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Again, from the Warrensburg Standard: Immediately after the gen- eral election of November 2, 1880, when the political issues of the pres- idential campaign were fresh in the minds of all, occur the following brief paragraphs. R. Baldwin was the editor of the paper, and the issue bears date of November 4, 1880:


The grand result of the election is so gratifying that we can hardly muster sufficient coolness to write of it in fitting terms. The national triumph exceeds in importance anything that has occurred since a similar triumph at Appomattox. The people have decided not to favor the principles for which Lee and Jackson fought four years, but in favor of the principles for which Lincoln was martyred. The people have decided with the ballot, as they decided once before with the bullet, that this is a nation and not a confederacy; that the lost cause shall not be revived and made triumphant over the government it sought to destroy; that the right of every American citizen to free speech, a free ballot, and a fair count, shall be respected on every foot of American soil, and that no party shall ride into power by trampling on those rights; thal a solid south based on the enmities of the war, and hostility to its legitimate results, is a perpetual menace to the republic, and cannot be permitted to make loyalty odious and treason honorable. The result of this decision is an indefinite lease of power to the republican party, and means the final disruption of the democratic party. That party has made its last charge. Not succeeding this time, it can never succeed.


The democratic party was ready to disband in 1872; but just then the Mis- sissippi plan was invented, and upon that the party has based its hopes. The plan was balked in 1876, but this time it has had full swing. The country has nerved itself to resist it, and it has failed. It was the 'last ditch.' The solid south must go to pieces, and the public mind will now have an opportunity to direct itself exclusively to the great material interests of the grand old republic.


The triumph of the republicans in Johnson county is significant. They have elected a sheriff by a majority of three hundred and fifty-one, a representative and both judges of the county court. The other county officers only fail by a majority so small as to show that the mossbacks can no longer dominate the county. The democratic majority of eight hundred in the county has vanished, never to appear. This splendid result has been achieved, simply by energetic and determined work. We have been telling our republican friends for years that if they would only all come out and vote solidly and unitedly, the democratic majority in the county would disappear. The democrats have rode over us rough- shod for years, because of the apathy and supineness of republicans. The republicans have tasted blood. They will never let up again. They will all get into line now, in common with republicans all over the state, and when the time rolls around for the next election, they will put their shoulders to the wheel for the final redemption of Missouri.


On the democratic side of the political issues, while viewing the field after the presidential election of November 2, 1880, the Missouri Repub- lican, of St. Louis, speaks as follows:


The returns of the presidential election indicate with sufficient clearness, for all practical purposes, the election of Garfield and Arthur. New York is lost to the democrats and this of itself would decide the contest, but the democrats have failed to carry Connecticut and recover Indiana, and the votes of these two states, together with New York, strengthen the republican victory and place it beyond dispute. Our opponents will rejoice over the result, which at one stage of the canvass, they despaired of, and the democrats did not look for, and in


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their exultations, they will for a time forget the deep scars which their chief can- didate brings out of the conflict, and which he will bear as long as he lives. It does not require a long search to find the cause of this disaster. The first pre- monition of it was the Indiana defeat, in October, from which the democratic party never recovered. £ But what caused the Indiana defeat? Why should Indiana, which voted for Tilden and Hendricks, in 1876, fail to vote for Han- cock and English, four years later? And why should New York, democratic in 1876, be republican in 1880? The answer is, that the ticket which is defeated now, is not as strong as the ticket which was elected four years ago. We do not use the disappointment of the hour to disparage the great personal merits of General Hancock, for he has borne himself gallantly through the contest, and won the cordial admiration of the party, whose standard he bore. But, while giving full credit to Hancock, it must be admitted that the democratic ticket did not possess the weighty moral element which Mr. Tilden would have imparted, and that it made a fatal waiver of the claim which the party had for the fraud against Mr. Tilden four years ago. That this issue, which ought to have been the controlling one in the canvass, disappeared from it as soon as Mr. Tilden's name was set aside, goes far to explain the defeat. There were other agencies that conspired with this error to bring about the untoward result-the tariff question, which the republicans most unfairly used to control the work people in the manufacturing towns of Indiana and the east, and not the least, by any means, the use of money. That money was extravagantly used to buy and import votes into Indiana and other states, is a fact, deplorable as it is shameful, which the falling off in the republican October majority in Indiana, clearly attests. The republican leaders dare not face the reckoning which a transfer of the books at Washington, to their opponents would have led to, and as the election four years ago proved clearly that the people were against them, the only resort was to force a bribed verdict-and this they did, with a method and hardihood, which they took little pains to disguise.


Among others appearing in the Warrensburg fournal-Democrat, November 5, 1880, issued by W. H. and J. R. Davis, occurred the follow- ing comments on the "Result in the county."


The official count of the vote in this county shows the eletion of the republi- can candidates for sheriff and the county judges for the eastern and western dis- tricts, also representative in this district. The democrats elect all the other county officers, by an average majority of 75. At the first glance this result will surprise many of our democratic friends, but when we consider the combin- ations that were formed against us by the opposition, and the disaffection and treason existing in our party, we should be thankful that it is not even worse than it is. As in Indiana, the greenbackers voted the republican ticket almost in a body, which was of itself enough to damage our success, and add to this, we had the combination of the so-called democratic supporters of Judge Given with the republicans to contend with. In the first place a movement was organized in our own party, to defeat Maj. Nickerson, the regular democratic nominee for circuit judge. The sheriff and county judges control the bulk of the official pat- ronage of the county, and that explains the defeat of Mr. Halley and Judges Mayes and Beard.


OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.


With much time and trouble the following directory of county officials has been arranged. The records of elections have not been preserved, and it has been extremely difficult to determine when some of the officers


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commenced their duties. The records have been carefully consulted, and with the aid of those remembering, many of whom held the offices to which their names have been attached, this roster can be relied upon as substantially correct. Every clerk of the county court should be required, by law, to keep an election book and official directory, which would greatly aid in the transaction of business, and which would grow more and more valuable in years to come.


It should be remembered in consulting this directory, that most of the dates have reference to the time of election, instead of the time of assuming the duties of their respective offices.


1835-Sheriff, Joseph Cockrell; treasurer, P. L. Hudgins; justices of the county court, Amos Horn, president, Robert W. Rankin, now living, Uriel Murry; county clerk appointed by the county court, April 13, 1835, John H. Townsend; assessor, James Carmichael; collector, Richard Hancock; circuit judge, John F. Ryland.


1836-Sheriff, William Smith, elected in August; treasurer, John Evans, appointed November 16; justices of the county court, elected in August, Uriel Murry, P. L. Hudgins, Geo. Gallaher; county clerk, James D. Warren, appointed September 12, 1835, elected in August, 1836; assessor, Robert Graham; collector, the sheriff, until A. D., 1872; surveyor, Geo. Tibbs; circuit attorney, W. A. Allman, appointed by the governor; state representative, Dr. James M. Fulkerson, now living; circuit judge, J. F. Ryland; circuit clerk, James D. Warren.


1837-Sheriff, William Smith; treasurer, John Evans; justices of the court, P. L. Hudgins, Uriel Murry, George Gallaher ; county clerk, James D. Warren; assessor, Robert Graham; circuit attorney, W. A. Allman; circuit judge, J. F. Ryland; circuit clerk, ex-officio recorder, James D. Warren.


1838-Sheriff, William Smith; treasurer, John Evans; justices of the county court, P. L. Hudgins, Uriel Murry, George Gallaher; county clerk, James D. Warren; assessor, Robert Graham; surveyor, John Ster- ling; circuit judge, John F. Ryland; state representative, Dr. James M. Fulkerson.


1839-Sheriff; William Smith; treasurer, John Evans; justices of the county court, Uriel Murry, president, George Gallaher, P. L. Hudgins, resigned July 1, 1839, and September 3, 1839, John Thornton was appointed in his place; county clerk, James D. Warren; assessor, Robert Graham; surveyor, Jno. Sterling; circuit judge, John F. Ryland.


1840-Sheriff, Isham Reese; treasurer, John Evans; justices of the county court, Robert Graham, Uriel Murry, John Price, now living; county clerk, James D. Warren, deceased in summer of 1840, Dr. William Calhoun, now living, was appointed to fill the vacancy, and Z. T. Davis


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was elected to the same office October 19, 1840; assessor, Robert Gra- ham; surveyor, John Sterling; circuit attorney, Samuel L. Sawyer, now living; state representative, Dr. James M. Fulkerson; collector, Isham Reese. In 1840 Rev. John B. Morrow, took the federal census of John- son county, that being the sixth census of the U. S.


1841-Sheriff, Isham Reese; treasurer, John Evans; justices of the county court, Robert Graham, Uriel Murry, John Price; county clerk, Zachariah T. Davis; assessor, Robert Graham; surveyor, Jno. Gibbons; circuit judge, John F. Ryland; circuit clerk, Z. T. Davis; circuit attor- ney, Sam'l L. Sawyer.


1842-Sheriff, Isham Reese; treasurer, John Evans; justices of the county court, Uriel Murry, Robert Graham, John Price, resigned July 28, 1842, and John Thornton took the oath of office as his successor Sep- tember 12, 1842; county clerk, Z. T. Davis; assessor, Wm. Smith; sur- veyor, N. B. Holden; state representative, John Price; circuit judge, J. F. Ryland; circuit attorney, Sam'l L. Sawyer.


1843-Sheriff, Isham Reese; treasurer, John Evans; justices of the county court, Uriel Murry, Robert Graham, John Thornton; county clerk, Z. T. Davis; assessor, Isham Reese; surveyor, N. B. Holden; cir- cuit attorney, Sam'l L. Sawyer; circuit judge, J. F. Ryland.


1844-Sheriff, John Price; treasurer, James S. Raynol, appointed May 14; justices of the county court, Uriel Murry, Robert Graham, John Thornton; county clerk, Z. T. Davis; assessor, Isham Reese; surveyor, Joseph L. Gaut; state representative, Nathaniel B. Holden; state senator, William Calhoun; circuit judge, J. F. Ryland; circuit attorney, Sam'l L. Sawyer.


1845-Sheriff, John Price; treasurer, James S. Raynol; justices of the county court, Uriel Murry, Robert Graham, Jehu Robinson, now living; county clerk, Z. T. Davis; assessor, Isham Reese; surveyor, Joseph L. Gaut; circuit judge, J. F. Ryland; circuit attorney, Sam'l L. Sawyer.


1846-Sheriff, John Price .; treasurer, James S. Raynol; justices of the county court, Uriel Murry, Robert Graham, Jehu Robinson; county clerk, Z. T. Davis; assessor, Isham Reese; surveyor, J. L. Gaut; state representative, Nathaniel B. Holden; state senator, Dr. William Calhoun; circuit judge, J. F. Ryland; circuit attorney, Sam'l L. Sawyer.


1847-Sheriff, John Price; treasurer, James S. Raynol; justices of the county court, Uriel Murry, Robert Graham, Jehu Robinson; county clerk, Z. T. Davis; assessor, Isham Reese; surveyor, J. L. Gaut; circuit judge, J. F. Ryland; circuit attorney, Samuel L. Sawyer.


1848-Sheriff, Benjamin W. Grover; treasurer, William H. Anderson; justices of the county court, J. K. Farr, now living, William Trapp, Jacob Knaus, now living; county clerk, James McCown; assessor, John G.


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Gibbons; surveyor, J. L. Gaut; state representative, J. B. Greer; circuit judge, J. F. Ryland; circuit attorney, Samuel L. Sawyer; circuit clerk, James McCown.


1849-Sheriff, Benjamin W. Grover; treasurer, William H. Anderson; justices of the county court, William Trapp, Jacob Knaus, J. K. Farr resigned and John A. McSpadden took his seat November 12, 1849; county clerk, James McCown; assessor, John G. Gibbons; surveyor, J. L. Gaut; circuit judge, Henderson Young.


1850-Sheriff, Benjamin W. Grover; treasurer, William H. Anderson; justices of the county court, William Trapp, Jacob Knaus, John A. Mc- Spadden; county clerk, James McCown; assessor, G. W. Houts; sur- veyor, J. G. Gibbons; state representative, Reuben B. Fulkerson; circuit judge, Henderson Young; circuit attorney, Samuel L. Sawyer; circuit clerk, James McCown. In 1850 Charles D. Cobb took the federal cen- sus for Johnson county, it being the 7th census of the U. S.


1851-Sheriff, Benjamin W. Grover; treasurer, W. H. Anderson; jus- tices of the county court, William Trapp, Jacob Knaus, John A. Mc- Spadden; county clerk, James McCown; assessor, G. W. Houts; sur- veyor, J. G. Gibbons; circuit judge, Henderson Young; circuit attorney, Samuel L. Sawyer; circuit clerk, James McCown.


1852-Sheriff, Philip S. Houx; treasurer, William H. Anderson; jus- tices of the county court, William Trapp, William Kirkpatrick, Joseph L. Gaut; county clerk, James McCown; assessor, G. W. Houts; state rep- resentatives were called together by governor's proclamation August 30, N. B. Holden; circuit judge, Henderson Young; circuit attorney, Samuel L. Sawyer.


1853 .- Sheriff, Philip S. Houx; treasurer, W. H. Anderson; justices of the county court, William Trapp, Joseph L. Gaut, Wm. Kirkpatrick; county clerk, James McCown; assessor, G. W. Houts; surveyor, Amos M. Perry; circuit judge, Henderson Young; circuit attorney, Samuel Sawyer; circuit clerk, James McCown; school commissioner, Morton Thompson, appointed by the county court.


1854 .- Sheriff, Philip S. Houx; treasurer, W. H. Anderson; justices of the county court, William Trapp, Joseph L. Gaut, William Kirkptrick, county clerk, James McCown; assessor, Newton Walker; surveyor, Amo; M. Perry; state representative, Logan Clark; circuit judge, William T. Wood; circuit attorney, Jno. W. Bryant; school commissioner, Morton Thompson.


1855 .- Sheriff, Philip S. Houx; justices of the county court, Wm. Trapp, Richard M. King, William Kirkpatrick; county clerk, James Mc- Cown; assessor, Newton Walker; surveyor, A. M. Perry; school com- missioner, Morton Thompson; circuit judge, William T. Wood; circuit attorney, John W. Bryant; circuit clerk, James McCown.


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1856 .- Sheriff, G. W. Houts; treasurer, W. S. Hume; justices of the county court, Wm. Trapp, Samuel Craig, J. K. Farr; county clerk, James. McCown; assessor, Newton Walker; surveyor, A. M. Perry; school commissioner, John T. Gibbons; state representative, Love S. Cornwell; public administrator, A. M. Perry; circuit judge, Russell Hicks; circuit attorney, John W. Bryant; member of congress, T. P. Akers, Lexington, to fill unexpired term of John G. Miller.


1857 .- Sheriff, G. W. Houts; treasurer, W. S. Hume; justices of the county court, William Trapp, Samuel Craig, James K. Farr; assessor Newton Walker; surveyor, John Craig; school commissioner, John T. Gibbons; public administrator, A. M. Perry; circuit judge, Russell Hicks; circuit attorney, John W. Bryant; circuit clerk, James McCown; member of congress, Samuel H. Woodson.


1858 .- Sheriff, G. W. Houts; treasurer, W. S. Hume; justices of the county court, William Trapp, Samuel Craig, James K. Farr; county clerk James McCown; assessor, Newton Walker; surveyor, John Craig; school commissioner, Z. T. Davis; state legislator, Aikman Welch; state senator, M. C. Goodlett; public administrator, A. M. Perry; circuit judge, Russell Hicks; circuit attorney, John W. Bryant; member of congress, S. H. Woodson, Jackson county.


1859-Sheriff, G. W. Houts; treasurer, W. S. Hume; justices of the county court, Wm. Trapp, Samuel Craig, Jas. K. Farr; county clerk, Jas. McCown; assessor, Arthur Kirkpatrick; surveyor, John Craig; school commissioner, Z. T. Davis; public administrator, A. M. Perry; circuit judge, Robert G. Smart; circuit attorney, J. W. Bryant; circuit clerk, Jas. McCown.


1860-Sheriff, Jonathan Graves; treasurer, W. S. Hume; justices of the county court, Wm. Trapp, Samuel Craig, J. K. Farr; county clerk, Marsh Foster; assessor, David W. Johnson; state legislator, Aikman Welch; public administrator, A. M. Perry; circuit judge, R. G. Smart; circuit attorney, J. W. Bryant; circuit clerk, Jas. McCown; member of congress, John W. Reed; school commissioner, Z. T. Davis. Arthur Kirkpatrick took the federal census, being the eighth census of the United States.


1861-Sheriff, Jonathan Graves; treasurer, W. S. Hume; justices of the county court, Wm. Trapp, Samuel Craig, J. K. Farr; county clerk, Marsh Foster, killed in February with a pistol shot by Wm. H. McCown, and E. S. Foster was appointed to fill the vacancy; assessor, D. W. John- son; surveyor, John Craig; school commissioner, Z. T. Davis; from the spring of 1861 to the fall of 1863 no circuit court convened; members of the constitutional convention, Aikman Welch, Johnson county, and L. C. Marvin, Henry county.


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1862-Sheriff, Chas. E. Cunningham, appointed by the county court May 1; treasurer, W. S. Hume; justices of the county court, W. Trapp, J. J. Welshans, J. K. Farr; county clerk, Emory S. Foster, though in the United States army, nominally held the office; state representative, G. W. Houts; member of congress, Thos. L. Price, to fill unexpired term of J. W. Reed, and Jos. W. McClurg elected to fill regular term.


1863-Sheriff, A. M. Christian; treasurer, D. W. Reed, appointed March 13; justices of the county court, Wm. Trapp, J. J. Welshans, Harvey Harrison; county clerk, E. S. Foster; assessor, S. D. Foulke; circuit judge, J. A. S. Tutt, Oct. 19; circuit clerk, S. P. Williams; sur- veyor, G. Gallaher.


1864-Sheriff, A. M. Christian; treasurer, D. W. Reid; justices of the county court, Wm. Trapp, J. J. Welshans, Harvey Harrison; county ·clerk, E. S. Foster; assessor, S. D. Foulke; surveyor, Geo. T. Gallaher; state representative, G. W. Houts; circuit judge, J. A. S. Tutt; circuit attorney, J. E. Ryland; circuit clerk, S. P. Williams; public administrator, Wm. Zoll; member of congress, J. W. McClurg.


1865-Sheriff, Thos. W. Williams; treasurer, D. W. Reid; justices of the county court, Harvey Harrison, J. J. Welshans, John Windsor; county clerk, Geo. W. Houts; assessor, John Creek; surveyor, Geo. Gallaher; circuit judge, J. A. S. Tutt; circuit attorney, H. B. Johnson; circuit clerk, Mell. U. Foster, appointed in May; public administrator, W. Zoll.


1866-Sheriff, T. W. Williams; treasurer, Jehu H. Smith; justices of the county court, Daniel Adams, John Windsor, Thomas Iiams; county clerk, G. W. Houts; assessor, Daniel C. Quick; surveyor, Lott Coffman; school superintendent, W. P. Baker; supervisor of registration, N. B. Klaine; recorder, Chas. Snow; coroner, J). P. Bigger; state representa- tive, James Isaminger; judge of probate, G. Will Houts; circuit judge, J. A. S. Tutt; state senator, W. S. Holland, Benton county; circuit clerk, M. U. Foster.


1867-Sheriff, T. W. Williams; treasurer, Jehu H. Smith; justices of the county court, G. Will Houts, presiding justice, Daniel Adams, John Windsor; county clerk, G. W. Houts; recorder, Chas. Snow; assessor, D.C. Quick; surveyor, Lott Coffman; judge of probate, G. Will Houts; state representative, Wells H. Blodgett; circuit judge, A. S. Tutt; circuit clerk, M. U. Foster; judge of the common pleas court, G. N. Elliott.


1868-Sheriff, B. F. Griffith; treasurer, George S. Grover; justices of the county court, G. Will Houts, presiding justice, Daniel Adams, John Windsor; county clerk, Geo. W. Houts; recorder, Chas. Snow; assessor, G. W. Short; surveyor, Jesse Trapp; school superintendent, M. Henry Smith; coroner, A. W. Reese; judge of probate, G. W. Houts; public administrator, Josiah Smith; member congress, S. S. Burdett; state sena-


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tor, Wells H. Blodgett; state representative, Nicholas B. Klaine; circuit judge, David McGaughey; circuit clerk, M. U. Foster; judge court com- mon pleas, Alva R. Conklin.


1869-Sheriff, B. F. Griffith; treasurer, G. S. Grover; justices of the county court, G. Will Houts, Daniel Adams, John Windsor; county clerk, Geo. W. Huot; recorder, Chas. Snow; assessor, W. C. Rowland; surveyor J. Trapp; school superintendent, M. Henry Smith; coroner, A. W. Reese; public administrator, Josiah Smith; circuit judge, David McGaughey, October 18; circuit clerk, M. U. Foster; judge court common pleas, A. R. Conklin.




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