Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-04-16
After the apparent lack oI


To get into the field, at all,
as a candidate for Office, it is some
times necessary to announce as an
independent long way in advance
of nominations. THE early bird
catches the worm" But then, it is
difficult 10 tell, in the political field,
whether the early candidate will
be the worm or the bird.
On our inside pages will be
found the celebrated speech of Mr..
Gladstone in behalf of his bill for
Irish Autonomy. A full account
of the slaughter by armed depu-
ties in East St Louis last Friday
afternoon. and a large amount of
other matter not usually found, ex-
cept in the papers of the large
cities.
The Mexican soldiers, SO
long neglected by the Government
have at last been recognized
A bill, to give all Mexican
soldiers and sailors, who served
in the Mexican war for any
period, and their surviving
widows, a pension of eight dollars
per month, passed the House and
Senate last week.
1t would not only speak vol
umes for the enterprise of Kinks
vile, but would also be a great
convenience to our people if few
lamps could be placed around the
square and at the street crossings.
Coal oil is cheap and makes an ex-
cellent substitute for either gas or
electricity. Will the ''city fathers"
make our people ever greatful by
giving the lighting of our streets
some attention?
We have been reliably in
formed, that in the caucus, which
selected the Monday night ticket,
it was understood that each men,
ber on that ticket, if elected would
carry out the provisions of the
Downing High License law. In
the light of the above, it is not
strange that some parties, since
it has become pretty generelly
known how they voted, want it
understood that none but temper
ance men were on either ticket.
Last Tuesday the Editor OF
the Democrat put on new hat and
worked hard all day against the
finally victorious ticket, without
getting his new hat the least
soiled. The following Thurs
day morning he helped the boys
at the engine, during the fire, and
his new hat was ruined. We give
this to show how much safer q
Democratic Editors clothes are
when working for whisky than
when working for water.
The rail road managers
have given out that freight is be
ing moved, and that the volume o
business is as large as usual. Bu
an investigation shows that sucl
is not the case. Employment il
given to all who apply for it, anc
while the strikers are quiet anc
offer no objections to the employ
ment of new men, enough helI
cannot be secured to run the trains
keep the engines and tracks il
repair and handle the freight.
At mass meeting of the
citizens of st. Louis Tuesday eve
ming, of which the Hon. C. [. Fill
ley was chairman, it was deter.
mined to select a committee, con.
sisting of three business men OF
the city, three OF the employees OF
the road, and three from the r. r.
management, to adjust the present
difficulties between the rail road
and Its employees. Messrs Gould
and Hoxie, will now be compelled
to arbitrate or shoulder the blame
for continuance of the strike.
Capt. Linscott of Chicago,
has delivered a series of temper
ance lectures in the Christian
church this week. We have had
the pleasure of listening to but
one, that of Tuesday evening, and
we can safely say it is one of the
best we have ever heard delivered
in this city. When all temperance
lecturers lay aside their political
.yarments and fry to lead the neo-