Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-04-27

EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Democrat thinks the dem
ocracy will make square "For Rev.
enue Tariff" plank in their platform
nextyea We don't believe it. They
will want to dodge the question by
"lea,ing it to the districts" again. See
if they do not.
On our inside pages will be
found considerable cyclone news but
later advices indicate still worse
state of affairs than first reported. At
Wesson. La, Is we're killed and sixty
wounded and at the little town of
Beauregard % were killed and 90
wounded. There was loss of life and
property at other points.
People cannot be too particular
in regard to fires during this the most
windy season of the year. A spark
ignited now is soon famed into a
fierce fame that nothing can stop till
it has destroyed everything within
reach. 1t would be we'll to keep up a
careful watch of all flues and ash
houses not absolutely fire proof.
We thoughtit strange for long
time that the Democrat, since the re-
tirement of the Philosopher, should
not be more popular with its party
friends than before. and We have puz-
zled over the subject not a. little.
What it gained in 1espectability seems
10 have been at the expense of back
bone. The Philosopher did have some
distinctive opinons and expressed them,
and at least whetted the curiosity OF
the public as to what new crankiness he
might EXHIBIT. Whether that semi
nently respectable" and excruciatingly
dignifed sheet has any particular opin-
ions now on any given toplc-Tem-
perance-Tar;ff-Revenue Reform
War-Death or Taxes-is one of these
things no "tellow can find OUT from
reading its oily plautudes. If it were
little more grandiloquent it might be
sliced up and utilized for female board
ing school commencement essays. But
as far as the average democrat is con-
.cemed it must prove very stale, fiat
and Improbable reading. As this
solves the problem there is nothing to
add. We are not finding fault, for it is
a matter that does not particularly con
cem us. We are merely moralizing.
That Mormonism is a singular
ly lively "corpse" is indicatedby re-
cent telegraphic dispatch from the city
of modern saints" The dispatch is
dated April 9th and says:-The Desert
Mtaos tonight is filled with congratu-
lations upon the adjournment of the
Mormon spring conference. Harran-
CUES were made at the conference
yesterday upon the interference of
Providence to prevent further anti-po-
lygamy legislation. 1t was declared
that the Mormons were never before
so prosperous or numerous. despite
the opposition Of the wicked in the
press, in the pulpit, and In Congress.
President Taylor said that their settle
ment was 1900 miles in circumference
and was extending. Apostle Thatcher
said that more than half ofthe represen-
tatives who put aside principle and the
rights of this people to satisfy popular
clamor were not reelected. God was
IN politics, and had swept the coun-
try. Even Democrats could not ac-
count for the turning of the tide in
their favor. The usual number of
were called. The old au.
thorities of the church were reelected.
Financial or statistical reports were not
made, 1t being claimed that they gave
loo much information 20 outsiders
The Mormons are unusually triumphant
md the Gentiles are corespondingly !
depressed, but hope for great influx ,
,f Gentiles over the new railway. II
LaPlata Correspondence unavoid.
IDLY crowded aut-more room next I
week. a
n. Scott, Bethany, Mo-, says /.
Brown s. Iron Bitters entirely cured :,
ne OF liver complaint
b
MARRIED. d
Btashear Monday even.
ing April l6. by Rev. u. p Wardrip MIR. 81
r. w. Gibbs and MISS Emma Mccoy. both
of Wilson township