Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-08-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Indiana and Ohio.
The confederate element Of the
democracy holds the winning cards.
They "are in the saddle" thi:
year and no loyal democrat need ap-
ply.
The democracy, having endors-
ed alti-prohibition in their platform, it
is no surprise that they are fighting
the man from Maine.
But how do our. prohibition
democrats relish their political associ-
ases2 1t strikes US that they are very
inconsistent and wesk.kneed if they
vote that ticket.
In one respect the democracy
have the advantage this year. No re.
publican speaker, of ordinary modesty
can very well discuss Grover Cleve.
lands character before a mixed audi.
ence.
With good local nominations
tie republicans of Adan ought to roll
up a majority Of five hundred this fall
One of our best posted, and most ac-
tive local workers puts his figures at
that point.
There will never be an amend.
ment submitted to the people of this
state as it was IN Iowa and Kansas so
long as the Bourbons can prevent it.
Mark that. They don't believe in
sumptuary Legislation.
--Blainc's letter has been a regu.
lar bomb shell in the democratic camp,
and the wiggling and squirming 1t has
caused all over the country is one ol
the best evidences of its damaging eff
fects. They can't flank it.
While the republican party is
not pledged to prohibition, it is pledg.
ed to carry out the will of the people,
and TO that end is always ready to
submit any amendment a respec
able number of voters may desire. In
this respect it is the only-.true demo
cratic party in the land.
in this issue Of the GRAPHIC We
present in full. Gen. Jno. A Logan:
letter of acceptance, in which he dis
cusses the important issues Of the day
There is nothing evasive or wishy
washy about it and it makes very inter
esting reading. especially for the "sol
dier boys"
1t would be we'll for the voter!
to remember that there is an amend
ment in the constitution to be votet
on at the coming election. Tht
amendment provides for court OF ap
peals to be one.located at ST.. Louis ant
one at Kansas city in order to lighter
the labors of the supreme court ant
facilitate business.
The newspaper exemplifes tn
effective force and economy of copera
tive labor. If one man did all tn,
folding and mailing of the GRAPH,
for one year. it would occupy nearl.
five months steady labor, and yet on
large edition goes out on time ever,
week and at cost to each subscribe
of less than half a cent day. Th
amount of reading matter furnished
each year would MAKE large librar
if printed in the usual book form.
The democracy have talket
long and loud of "local self govern
ment" but the fact is if you desire Il
see real local self government you mus
20 to republican states. In some
the solid southern democratic state
the people are not permitted even t.
elect their justices ofthe peace. sheriff
or other minor officers. They are ap
pointed by the Governor. This is loca
.'seli.government" with a vengeance
and accounts for the terrible outrage
and frauds at the polls to retain power
Ifthey had township and county OF
ganization, and elected their local off
cers-in other words if they had
true democratic form OF government.
there would be no necessity for sucl
outrages. 1t is a strange thing to u
that honest patriotic democrats. can
not see this. but they do not, or WI
not. Why is it q
I'm this number We give Ger
Logan's letter Of acceptance com
plete; the full proceedings of the pro
hibition convention at Pittsburgh;
fine short story; the news of the wee
in condensed form; the particulars G
the Dakota cyclone; a column G
State News two columns Of tempei
ance reading. All this in addition I