Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-04-16
Washington Telegraphed Letter.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. April l2

Strikes in the Southwest, massa-
ere and incendiary fires in East
st. Louis. free silver coinage and
the proposition to suspend silver
coinage Knocked higher than a
kite, and the Mexican pension bill
create considerable excite
ment, and non-exciting things are
forced. The House judiciary
Committee will report in favor of
repeating the law prohibiting dis
loyal men from receiving pensions.
This is the first step to make 10y
atty odious and treason respecta-
BILE. The Confederacy is in the
saddle sure enough. Look ont for
a breeze in the Senate.
The death of Judge John Baxter,
of the United States Court, has
created vacancy apparently
difficult to fill.
1t is thought that the Payne in
vestigating committee will make a
report agreeable to Mr.. Payne.
Congress is farther behind in
its work than it has been before
for years. Old members say that
it would take three months to dis
pose of all the appropriation
bills.
The proposition for open execu-
tive sessions of the Senate is grow
ing in favor every day, and it is
confidently asserted that if Senator
Edmunds, with his influence,
would agree to this step, it would
be adopted.
The Northwest Trading Com
pany, who have been trying to
engineer a bill through Congress,
SO that they may get possession of
a good slice of Alaska, have been
beautifully sat down on by the
committee.
In the contest between Weaver
and Campbell, of the 9th Iowa
District, the committee reports in
favor of Weaver, the sitting men,
ber.
Caleb W. West, of Kentuckey,
a particular friend of Speaker Car
Isle, has been appointed Cover
nor of Utah, and John A. McClern-
and, of Illinois, who refused the
govenorship, has been made a
member of the Utah board of
registration.
The defeat of Logan's bill for
the increase and efficiency of the
army, is much to be regretted, not
only ON account of the bills
merits, but because of the bitter
ness manifested by the ex-rebels
in the Senate in trying to tack on
an amendment to repeal section
1,21S of the Revised Statutes, pro-
hibiting the appointment of men
who served in the confederate
army to place in the army of the
United States. Not only this, but
the greatest injustice was done to
Gen. Logan by Republican op-
ponents in impugning his motives
in urging the measure. 1t would
have done any true patriot good
to have heard Logan's speech last
week in which occurs the follow
ing:
"Sir," said Mr.. Logan, eff I had
the power, which 1 have not, and
do not ever expect to have or exer-
else, but it is in the American
people and there it rests-if |
should WELD it to-day no Ameri-
can citizen would ever lie rotting
in the dungeons of ally foreign
power without having his case ex-
amined and fairly treated. [ Loud
applause in the gallery. Sir, |
would use the power of American
people against Spain or England,
or any other power, to protect the
American citizen
The event of the week, however,
was the reversal of Commissioner
Sparks order of April Sd, 1885,
and it is said that this action will
result in his resignation, or his
removal if he disobeys the man.
date of Secretary Lamar. To
understand how unjust this order
was, and how important to the
Northwestern States, it is only
necessary to give the words of the
order rescinded. They read:
"Final action in this Office upon
all entries of the public lands,
except private cash entries and
such script locations as are not
dependent upon acts of settlement
and cultivation, is suspended in
the following localities, viz: All
west of the first guide meridian
west in Kansas ;all west of Range II
west in Nebthe whole of Colo
RADIO, except land in the late Ute
Reservation; all of Dakota, Idaho,
Utah, Washington, New Mexico,
Montana, Wyoming and Nevada;
and that portion of Minnesota
north of the indemnity limits of
the st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railroad. In addition,
final action in this office will be
suspended upon all timber entries
under the act of June 3, 1867, al
so upon all cases of desert land
entries"
Sherman has been made chair
man of the Senate Committee on
Federal Relations, instead of
Senator Miller daoaoSad