Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1890-01-03


Kirksville. When the devil steals
march on a christian stronghold,
it is pretty good evidence that
Christ's sentinels have been
been asleep.
The attendance at the ses-
sion of the State Agricultural
Board is much larger, and the
interest greater than on any for
mer occasion. Excellent papers
on farming and stock feeding we're
reid esterday, and the discussion
following each drew out much in
formation that is valuable te the
farmer and feeder.
The attention of our readers
is called to the card of Mr.. Robin
son White, Solicitor of Tensions,
appearing in another column OF
this issue. Mr.. White is lawyer
of ability, and his long experience
as Pension Attorney. well war
rants those having business in his
line, to entrust the same to his
care.
In the appointment of the
House committees Pennsylvania
heads the list with eight Chair
manships, and New York follows
with seven. The Western states
have a majority of the Chairman
ships, twenty-nine out of fifty
nire. Then comes the Middle
States with nineteen, the New
England States with seven, the
Pacific States with three, and the
South with one.
President Harrison has ap-
pointed Ex-senator Saunders of
Nebraska, father-in-law of Russell
Harrison, to the Commissioner
ship of Alaska. This sudden turn
in the bestowal of appointments
leads to the supposition that all
the Harrisons have been cared
for. However another Harrison
will turn up, by and by, whose
name is Dennis. Something should
be held in reserve for him.
"A half dozen men who went
to make the race for the Office oi
Superintendent of Public Instruc.
ton, on the Democratic ticket
were present at the meeting OF
the teachers association at Mober.
ly last week. 1t is SAID that con.
siderable wire pulling was in.
dnlged in, and some of the teach.
ers became SO disgusted that 6
dark-horse candidate is almost
certain to be brought into the
race.
The Monroe City news says
that President Harrison has
acknowledged that the tariff ought
to be removed from sugar. After
making the statement the paper
then asks why the tariff should
not also be removed from tea anC
coffee. We have heard of the
college professor, who thought
that the tariff ought to be removed
from these articles, but we never
expected to hear of a newspaper
man who was SO ignorant that he
did not know the tariff had been
removed from tea and coffee years
ago. The readers Of the Monroe
News are to be pitied. Such ig-
norance is ineXcusable.
Notwithstanding the fact of the
holiday adjournment, and the alb
sence from the city Of more than
one-third of the Members of Con-
gress, work is being planned that
will engage this sessions atten-
tlon for weeks to come. We allude
to the hearings on the Tariff
question now being presented be-
fore the Ways and Means COM
mittee. 1t appears from all that
can be learned of their proceed
lngs that 1t Is the purpose of the
majority of the committee to
frame a bill upon the lines laid
down IN the senate bill of the fifth
eth congress. Indications point
to a reduction of at least fifty per
cent in the duty on su gar, and that
the reductions and increases in
import duties will be about equal.
Sugar and tobacco are both mark
ed Tor reduction. Arguments