Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-11-12

In the 9th Judicial district
Ellison ran away behind the DEM
ocratic State ticket in the strongly
Democratic counties, and ahead of
the State ticket in the Republican
counties. Here is a study for
honest Republicans.
Some Democratic papers
have been talking of the possibili-
ty of Speaker Carlisle hsading the
Democratic ticket in 1888. The
small majority he received in his
home district, the End of Novem-
Der, may cause these papers to re-
wise their calculations.
The Secretary of the Treas
ury, who for a long time has done
nothing but write his name on
public papers, wantsto escape this
task by using rubber stamp. The
stamp can be used by clerk as
well as by the Secretary, SO that
the latter could become a complete
gentleman of leisure.
It is useless to try to blind
the people of Adair county to the
fact that Higbee would have been
elected if all the Republicans had
voted for him. If all the Republi-
cans in Adair county had support
ed Higbee he would have been
elected by 200 majority, leaving
the vote of Putnam county as it is.
Better keep still 1t only makes
matters worse to explain and apol-
ogize.
The President and Congress
are beginning to accept the results
of twenty-four years of Republi-
can rule as representing the wisest
lessons of experience, and to feel
that the best thing to be done just
now is to carry out the program
laid down by their predecessors.
Republican currency system, Re-
publican. ariff--everything Repub-
lican that had an important bear
ing, is being adopted by the new
administration. Let the Democ-
cracy continue to study and put in
practice the wholesome lesson.
taught by twenty-four years of Re-
publican rule and the year 1887
will be the most prosperous since
1880.
The Boston Herald asserts
that a high protective tariff, "espe.
cially one which puts tax on raw
and crude materials, is not SO fav.
orable to the growth of manufac.
lures in this country as a low
tariff, with raw or crude materials
free" Perhaps the Herald woulG
be rightif the country were gov.
erned for the benefit of manufac.
turers alone. But the intention
of the trainers of every tariff
schedule has been to benefit the
producers of raw and crude mate
rials as well as the manufacturers
Many of these materials are agri.
cultural products, SO that the Her.
AIDS plan, if adopted, would be 6
direct blow at the farmer.
For years the chief stock il
trade ofdemocratic politicians has
been censure of Republican meth.
ods. These were claimed to effec-
injuriously every interest and
every citizen and the only remedy
the people were told, was a demo
cratic administration. Before the
election, two years ago, the mos
lavish promises were made, anc
after the Democratic party hac
been declared victorious the whole
country waited in suspense, unit
the promised changes should bt
accomplished. What were those
changes? The first message o
President Cleveland to Congress
boded no good to the prosperity o
the great masses of our popula
ton. Prices on every product o
the farmer, have gone lower ant
lower, till now the prices realized
in any instance, will scarcely GOV
er the cost of production. Some
thing has gone wrong and the vot'
throughout the country shows tha
the people have located the erro,
and are determined to correct it