Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-09-18
EDITORIAL NOTE

Tho cholera is spreading IN
Italy and the inhabitants are threaten
ing to tear up the railway tracks,
claiming that the trains spread the in
fecuon.
We do not wish to criticise but
1t seems to us that the space, occupied
by the fortune wheels and other gam
bling concerns, on the reunion
grounds, wonld have looked better had
it been left vacant.
The Republicans will run
straight Republican for the Office of
Circuit Judge, in the 27the Judicial
district, at the next election. The
Republicans will bear this in mind
and not pledge themselves, beforehand
to any independent candidate.
"A correspondent to the Quincy
Journal asks, why so few of the Re.
publican papers, in this district have
opposed Mr.. Hatch, Had that cor
respondent studied the entire political
field as closely as he had studied his
own department, he would have long
ago discovered tn there was Yelled
Profit that caused them to hold to a
silent attitude.
The new Afghan frontier as
settled upon by England and Russia
is many miles south of the original
frontier claimed by England; and
Russia is much nearer Herat and the
Indian frontier, Russia has effected a
diplomatic triumph, and England has
only deferred the crisis, which must
inevitably come between the nations
over the possession of Herat ane
India.
1t seems that the Tudlcio Con
gressionsl, Republico Democratic
Tiiumvirate "Sat down on ]. B
Thompson, of the HON Press, a.
being the deputy collector of lnterna
revenue. Mr.. Thompson is worth!
democrat and would have filled the
office with credit to himself and party,
but then he did not come up to tn,
standard as laid down by the above
named triumyirate.
The Post dispatch does not be
lieve in putting its light under a bushe
when it comes 10 showing up frelgh
determinations, as made by the rail
roads, against St Louis. The fall
about this showing up" beng al
injury to St Louis is all 'bosh.' Busi
ness men know the rates on transpor
tation to and from every poiut of tn
compass. The P. D. Is bringing tha
most powerful Of all levers, publ
opinion, to bear upon this matter an
should be sustained by every journ;
in the State.
Col. Hatch says that no one
authorized to use his name in connet
ton with the nomination for govene
in 1888. He thinks the statemen
that he would not be candidate fc
congress, next year, emanates trol
the same parties who started liz
story before the last campaign. tt
Coils talk would lead one to suppo:
that he will certainly be candidate fc
congress, but the democratic oppos
ton is very strong and ii Is settled tn;
he cannot touch the Republican vot
Should he run he will not find his pat
way strewn with flowers
Vice President Hendrick
made aspeech at Indianapolis Tue
day September the Sth, indorsing M
Parnell's demard for Irish parliame
tsry independence, provoking muc
hostile comment IN England Many
the provincial papers deplore an occu
ence of any thing calculated to distu
the pleasant relations now existing b
tween England and America. tt
Vice President has been almost lost
the world since his election and
seems determined to make his exl
tence known, even if he has TO do th
which would be condemned by h
countrymen both IN America and E
gland. If he contemplates running f
the Presidency, he would, no dout
consider his speech safe bid for Il
Irish vote
Boys are easily captured by Il
seeming luck that turks about II
fortune wheel. But how grown me
will stand at the board and put dow
dollar after dollar. without seeing til
there are always two chances for Il
man at the wheel 10 one for then