Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1890-04-25
The WEEKLY GRAPHIC
TIE. SUBLETTE, Proprietor,
MISSOURI
4 FRIDAY. APRIL aa 1890.
1.-The Farmers and Laborers'

1.-The Farmers and Laborers'
fn,ons, all ever the country
should send petitions to their
congressman asking tnem to vote
for the silver bill.
Capt Catlett took pos :
ession of the Hannibal postoiiice
last week. The Hatch lntinence
st Hannibal seems to have been
broken. as Hatch made a personal
fight against Mr.. Catleit
The fight for the Missouri
seuatorship is becoming mign'y :
interesting, and it is evident tha'
some plain truths will be told De-
fore the matter is settled. Jeffer-
s,n Chandler has attacked the
ring politicians, and Is preaching
inc a new democracy for the state.
Mr.. Vest can no longer get the
senstorship for the asking.
Hatch is out with a letter
telling how times can be mace
b-tter for the farmer. He says the
price on all the necessarles OF ille
must be reduced. But when the
price on all the necessaries OF life
has been reduced, how is the
farmer going to have better times
Nine tenths of the necessaries OF
life are produced by the farmer
and in reducing the price on these
neoessaries the farmers income
is reduced in proportion. Verify,
Hatch has great, empty head.
A bill to reorganize the
United States District and Circuit
Courts has passed the House. 1t
radically changes the jurisdiction
of the Federal Judicisry. The
District Courts are given original
jurisdiction in all cases where
this jurisdiction has heretofore
been exercised by the circuit
courts. The Circuit Courts are
made courts of appeal and i'll many
instances where constitutional
questions are not involved they are
given final jurisdiction. This
will relieve the Supreme Court OF
a great deal of business, and none
too soon. Another radical change
is the abolition of the circuit, or
that institution of the middle ages
by which the court moves from
place to place and holds its session
as it goes along. A permanent
habitat is given each of the nine
Circuit Courts, to-wit, at Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Rich
mond, New Orleans, Cincinnati,
Chicago, st. Louis and San Fran
cisco. The plan is an improve
ment over existing methods and
shows that the judicial ernine has
at least as much respect for pro-
gress IN methods as for time worn
customs.
Secretary Window is hav-
ing hard work to sustain his silver
bill before Congress. The silver
men fought it before the House
Committee and succeeded In hav-
ing the bill modified. The princi-
pal objection of the silver men to
the bill is the feature which per-
mits the deposit of bullion in
steed of coined dollars in the
Treasury and Sub-Treasuries as
security under the law for the is
sue of silver certificates. This is
really the most meretorious fea-
ture of the bill as it restricts COIN
age to an amount merely sufficient
to supply the circulation. We do
not want silver for circulation, be-
cause paper is better, and as the
silver dollar deposited in the
Treasury vaults is practically
bullion, why should the govern
ment go to the additional expense
Of coinage? Beside the expense
Of coinage there is also the dis
advantage and inconsistency of
depositlhg as security for a silver
certificate, a silver dollar which
to-day may be worth one hundred
cents, to morrow ninety nine
cents, and next year perhaps
ninety cents, as the fuctuation in
he price of bullion may vary.
The new bill proposes tc remedy
his evil by providing for the de-
,osit of bullion in the place of
silver dollars in the Treasury