Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1890-01-31
Washington Letter.
.Jannarv 9th. 1890.

January 9th, 1880.
On Thursday last the United
States Senate, having under con-
sideration Mr.. Morgan's bill to
colonize the negroes in Africa,
was the scene of the gathering
together of representatives Of
every shade and grade of the
American citizenship to listen to
the tale of the negro's woe as de-
picted by our distinguished Sena-
tor from Kansas, Mr.. Ingalls,.
The speech is a theme Of discus
sion here, and is variously esti-
mated. Some of his MOI Q intimate
friends were surprised at the very
conciliatory tone of his remarks
in reference to the steadfast adj
hereance of the people of the
South to the principals which led
them to declare for slavery and
secession, and think his remarks
on the character of the recently
deceased PRESIDENT vi the Con-
federacy amount to an eulogium.
Those of his own-party in the
Senate who are best known for
their conservative views are will
ing to accord to the speech the
praise of its being another evil
dence of Mr.. Ingalls, already
recognized ability as an orator.
His ardent admirers pronounce
it the greatest production in de-
Tense of the negro and his rights
since Lincoln gave liberty to the
enslaved and down-trodden race
by the Emancipation Proclama-
ton. They say it is the voice of
the North and West pleading to
the South to release it's relentless
grasp on the throat fthe defense
less and prostrate being, and lift
him up and place upon his shouI-
ders the cloak of real citizenship
and political liberty, and he may
henceforth walk as a man among
men, with credit to himself and
his country.
The negro himself, if the "ablest
representative of his race" may be
allowed to speak for them, accord
to Mr.. Ingalls, the praise they
think is justly his due, and thank
him for his kindly interest in their
behalf, but criticise him for taking
this occasion to exalt the white
race (as he does in the opening OF
his speech) by placing the negro
in the terribly unequal position of
a companion with his white broth
er. They think the true solution
of the race question in the South
lies as little in an agitation of his
wrongs in the North as in an at
tempt to remove him to foreign
land, and say he can and must
work out his salvation in the land
of his birth, and the history Of
25 years of progress shows that he
will eventually do iris.
A subject of much discussion
among the Members of the House
just now is hthe question of the
adoption of the new code Of rules.
The Committee has not yet re-
ported the bill, but what is pro-
posed by the new code is generally
we'll understood. The Democrats
will oppose the bill, because they
say its adoption will retard, and
not expedite business before the
House. The Republicans, on the
other hand, will insist upon 1t, as
an improvement over the existing
rules, and because it restricts the
power of the minority to delay
proceedings by flibustering, and
as the Democrats this session are
the minority they are aware
that the adoption of the new code
will enable the Republicans to
pass at this session several i'm
portant bills, which they can only
hope to get through by strictly
party vote, among the number,
and the most important, tho bill
to revise the Tariff. The situa-
tion at this writing does not look
very promising, a Caucus of Demo-
Gratis has been called, and it is
evident they intend organized op-
position. 1t is feared that when
the question reaches the House it
it will develop into a prolonged
contest of parliamentary tactics be-
tween the two parties,- thus
it is that the interests Of political
parties are made paramount to
those of the people, in our House
of Representatives.
1t was given out, when the ad-
ministration of the Pension Of
fee was taken away from Tanner
and given to Gen. Raum, that call
persons who were employees of
the said office and had taken ad-
vantage of their position to have
their own pension re-rated" would
have to 60. AS these gentlemen
numbered above thirty, the ar
nouncement was the cause of a
good deal of anxiety, and some of
those who held the more impor-
tant places wished they hadn't
lcne II" /" = When, however, The
Secretary Of the Interior rested