Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1890-02-07

Home seekers should keep
in mind the fact that Missouri has
never had failure Of crops.
The first contested eiec-
ton case was decideded in the
House, Monday. Smith, Re-
publican, of West Virginia, was
seated instead of jackson,
Democrat.
Judge Fleming has been de-
clared Governor of West Virginia
by the joint assembly of the Houses.
The vote was taken Tuesday
morning and the Democrats won
by a majority of 3.
A terrible calamity vis-
tied the household of Sec
retary Tracy in Washing
ton, Monday morning. His
residence was destroyed by
fire. His daughter perished in
the flames and his wife in Jump
ing from the window sustained
injuries from which she died in a
short time.
Not long since Roger @.
Mills boasted that the Democrats
had as complets control of the
House as when they had the
majority. The recent rulings of
Speaker Reed, however, have
taught Mr.. Mills that the majority
will rule under Republican
administration. and that the will
of the people will be carried out.
The Direct Tax Bill has
again passed the Senate and an
effort will be made to get it
through the House. This
measure has friends among
both Democrats and Republi-
leans, and it is thought it
will become law. 1t involves
several millions of dollars, and,
ifit passes the states that paid it
twenty-five years ago will be the
benefciaries. If the bill becomes
a law Missouri will be benefit ed
by the payment of several mill
ions into her treasury.
Tile House of Representa-
tives for several days past has
been the scene of old-time excite
ment. A war OF words has been
waged by the fiery exponents of
majority and minority rights.
Speaker Reed has taken the bold
stand of counting the quorum of
those who are present and refuse
to vote. This has alarmed and
excited the Democratic minority
who hoped by refusing to vote, to
prevent the adoption of rules OBJ
noxious to them. The Speaker,
in thus shutting off filibustering,
has taken a stand which has not
before been attempted in the
House, and the result Will be that
as soon as the rules are adopted
the House will get to work and
business will proceed without
stay or hlndrance. The Direct
Tax Bill and the Blair Education
al Bill will become laws, and best
of all the tariff will be reformed.
The Democratic minority expect
ed to prevent, by filibustering, any
tariff legislation and thus permit
the party to enter the next cam
paigr with "tariff reform" as its
watchword. But the bold stand
taken by Speaker Reed, and his
determination to have the MAORI
ty instead of the minority rule,
have swept away vestige of
hope in this direction, and they
must now undergo the humiliatlng
ordeal of seeing all their prepara-
tory exercises such as tariff re-
form picnics, tariff reform speech
es and tariff reform mouthings By
such men as NJ. S. Hall, go FOR
naught.
The editor of the Journal
in his last issue. admits that the
GRAPHIC charged less than the
legal rate for publishing legal
notices. Now, to get out of the
trap in which he was caught when
the GRAPHIC openly published its
rates, and the law governing its
charges, he comes up with the
after thought. that there was an
agreement between the county
officials and the GRAPHIC to pub