Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-06-26
The Now York TLiLnne saw.

The latest charge against General
Garfield Is that he favored the salary
grab, was indeed chiefly responsible
forit, and pocketed his share Of it.
The fact. are directly contradictory 10
the,e statements, and arc 20 easily ac-
ee.-ijle 70 every man who cares 70
know thetruth tlat.t l. simple stupidity
TO try 10 gergcrt them. The salary
crab Wa pat on to the legislative ap-
propriat!yn lin as an amendment by
General Butler. scyen day before tie
adjournment Of congress. in the spring
Of 1873. Is chairman Of the commit
toe on appropriations. Garfield was in
charge Of the bill. He opposed Butler
amendment earnestly. and voted
against it at every stage. There was q
bitter contest. which ended the day be-
fore adjournment in the reference OF
the bill to conference committee. Of
which Garfield was a member. He
made the report ofthat committe" few
hours before adjournment, and, in do
ing so, said:
Il was opposed to the inertste in
conference as have been opposed to it
in the discussion and in my votes here.
favor Of the amendment. and / Sas
compelled to choose between signing
the report and running the risk Of
| bringing on an extra session of con-
gress. He was the only member Of
the conference committee OF six who
opposed the grab, and he subsequently,
voted for the bill with the obnoxious
amendment solely to save the country
the expense of an extra session. His
share OF the swindle he returned "a the
treasury, but said nothing about hay-
ing done so till the charge was made in
the following campaign that he had
pocketed it. He then published a let
ter, going over bis whole attitude in re-
ference to the bill. and announcing
that his share Of its profits had been
left in the treasury under such orders
as left it beyond the reach Of himself
or his heirs. That statement buried
the SANDER until the present time.
The Columbia !StatcsmoA gives The
following account of recent enter
tainment given there by new claira-
ant ofartistic hOnors under the manage
ment OF John Lang, former resident
OF Canton:
Blind John. colored boy of this
place, gave concert under manage
ment OF John Lang at the court house
on the evening of the 9TH. inst, assisted
by Jennie Lang and Matte Phelps.
yocalistS. Johns performance on the
piano was simply wonderful, consider
ing the fact that he has been blind
from early childhood and consequently
uneducated. With no guide but native
genius he has acquired an artistic and
almost thorough control Of the piano.
which is considered the most difficult
1fall musical instruments. He PLAYS
the most difficult pieces, giving to each
an expression which for correctness and
harmony, is almost inimitable. He
initiates the violin. guitar, banjo. tam
BOURNE 50 perfectly that yOu can hard
lv realize the difference. He played
Fishers Hornpipe and Yankee Doodle
at the same time without missing a sin
gle note. His rendition of the battle of
Manassas i. said to be -qual to the
same Is played by Blind Tom, indeed
many who have heard both give Jehn
the preference.
Speaking of the bribery of news
papers, it may be said that Mr.. Tilden's
refusal to bea candidate for renomina-
tion at Cincinnati turned upon one of
tire smallest incidents of life. His
agent here in Missouri had paid the
iliiterate editor Of the Moberly Monitor
fifty cents to support the sage in his
NANCY little sheet for one wear. in
Guiding the sitting OF the Cincinnati
convention. When the accounts were
sent to Mr. Tilden he scanned them
with his usual love for details. and
when he found. upon Investigation,
that the highest price ever paid for the
Mo6erly editors influence was drink
of ten cent whisky or basket of stale
vegetables his great heart broke. He
was so disgusted with treacherv and
knavery Of man that he sat down and
wrote the famous letter renouncinr
politics forever.-t tPost-Dispateh Dem.