Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-01
Special Correspondence.

Inc holiday season at the capi- |
tol can very truthfully be quoted
dull. Many congressman are out of |
town, some at home, some AWAY
to New Orleans on a free ride
while others are watching their
chances for warm places on the
committees, which the speaker is
now organizing, but which will
not be announced till congress
reconvenes. There has been no
notable festival occasion to- stir
the currents Of society. The oresi-
dent ate his turkey quietly with
Miss Cleveland and a few near
friends; the cabinet officers who
remain, gave no note of their pres
ence out side of their own domi-
Giles. Secretary Whitney made
war on the delicacies of the season
at New York, and Secreti iry La
mar reconstructed his inte rior de-
partment with Gulf oysters
and red snappers at ais quiet
home in Mississippi; Ga rland the
gruff Arkansas bachel' u, pored
lazily over the musty lor of law,
quite Indifferent as h e is to the
smiles and vanities Of society,
while affiiction, or o. her causes.
confined other heads of depart
ments to their own fire ssides. Upon
the whole, Washingto to-day pre-
sents much the app earance of a
good, pious Sabbath Observing city
and is neither noisy nor hila ri
Gus.
The fact that the eminent mug
wump, Henry Ward Becker ha ;
just called on the president ana
spent several hours closeted with
him, gave rise to much SPECULATION
as to what purpose me distin-.
guished divine had in view, OF.
what friend he II lay have beer,
logging for. 1t Is we'll known the /
between the two. there is a clos c
pond OF sympa' Thy, but all appr. ?.
tensions Is g uieted to-day by the
announceme' it that the visit W, as
Oh "a a purely private nature.
lhe only exciting political topic
OF 1ne W eek has been Senator
peck evere onslaght upon the
nnancRa' policy of the administra
aon' 10 his speech last Monday
on N e occasion of offering hi:
resor 1tion that the committee OF
r3w nces be instructed to inquire
Hp ether the laws requiring the
CT Din paid for duties to be devoted
: % liquidating the interest ant
4 principal of the public debt; ''nov
are, or have been obeyed; and i
!, not, to report by bill, or otherwis,
,e such measurs as will secure thei
d inforcem,ant.' Mr.. Beck's speecl
a arrested the attention of the entir
d senate, ard at its close, the speake
e was warmly congratulated by man.
members of both sides. Will
many republican members fron
l. the South and West are in ful
e sympathy with the sentiments c
II the speech, and especially its de
g fense of the silver coin, none wer
displeased at its square and ope
Ii variance with the present admins
Sc uation. It is looked upon as th
I'd beginning of an open fight and d
,d vision between the silver men an
the mono-metalists, and no one ca
predict the end or extent of th
rupture. Certain it is that the en-
is not yet, and that either til
president and his Secretary MAJ
ming, or the silver men will be con
las PEELED to crawfsh. 1t is a grov
ur- ing belief that the failure to ca
yo- bonds and pay off accruing intere
nts with the surplus, is attributab
no to some power behind the thron
ca. and men like Beck want to kno
to who or what it is. 1t is remar
ir- able fact that the astute lawye
at Evarts, from the very shadow
m Wall Street, exclaimed, after lis
no ening to the Kentucky Senator
arraignment of the Treasury of
md cials and his arguments in faver
be silver. Beck is right-his arg
md ments cannot be refuted-I inter
nal to speak on the same line"
it Over one thousand bills food
up the house on last call, and on
sue eleven states were reached, al
ars four thousand are expected on fiji
ion call for the session. Those alrea,
the included many new pension bil
ON for benefit of veterans in the Me
up lean and Indian wars-the latt
lld in Indian wars of 1S11-l7-23- 3
Gle ~; nearly 400 separate bills
a pension individuals now exclude
old 800 private war claims; bills
the public buildings; 40 bills relatil
Die, to the public lands, mostly to fo
ing felt; 3 elaborate measures to reg
lile late interstate commerce; 5 rel'
on ipo to the silver ouaStion ono