Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-12-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.


w ASHlNGION, IL. ~. NOV. 0O-
The Presidents message to Con-
gress is complete, but the precau-
tons are such that there is not
even probability that it will get
out before it is sent to Congress,
1t has not been sent to the Gov
ernment printing Office to be put
in type end there is a possibility
that it may not go there at all, as
it is now possible to duplicate
each type written page of it as
many times as may be desired,
right in the White House, under
the eye of Private Secretary Hal
ford and Miss Sanger, the Presi-
dents confidential stenographer.
Your correspondent is assured by
one who knows that the message
is one of the ablest ever written
and that it is particularly strong
in matters in which partisan poll
tics should have nothing to do:
The last week of the Speaker
ship fight begins with rush.
More than two hundred men,
bers of the House have arrived
within the last forty-eight hours,
which gives the friends of the
several candidates material to
work upon. Springer of Illinois,
has the gaudiest headquarters and
also the noisiest, although week
ago he was not considered Sin it,
at all. Among his loudet shout
ers are a qusrtette of Illinoians
who held Office under the Cleve-
land administration. Henry
George is lobbying all he knows
how for Mills, and he openly states
that he is doing it because Mills is
free trader. Crisp's friends
claim that he will be nominated in
the first ballot in the caucus, but
they will not back their claim
with cash, although men with
sporting proclivities are anxious
to give them the opportunity of SO
dong, McMlliin says those who
suppose he intends withdrawing
will be disappointed. he may
not withdraw, but the prediction is
made that il upon any ballot in
the caucus the votes he controls
will be sufficient to nominate Mills
they will 60 to him. Jerry Simp-
son is declaring that the Alliance
members will flock together out
side of the caucuses Of the old
parties, but the indications are
that Jerry will tird it q very small
flock, as the Southern members
will, it is believed, go into the
Democratic caucus. They are g
very hungry set and ii is only by
going into the caucus that they
can get even a little share of the
House patronage. 1t is believed
that Jerry himself can be induced
to go into the Democratic caucus
if the right kind of inducement is
offered. The caucus will be held
next Saturday evening and the
prediction is made that if neither
J Mills nor Crisp is nominated OF
one of the first three ballots some
) one of the other candidates will
win on the fourth or fifth ballot
However, it is at best but CUES:
, work.
Postmaster General Wanama
ker says that there is not the
slightest foundation for the state
ment being published, as specia
correspondence from New Orlean.
in as many of the big newspapers
as will sell their news columns, t.
the effect that the mails going int
, that city are in demoralized con
! dition owing to their being tam
! pered with by post Office officials
; This letter is being seut out anc
! paid for by the notorious Louisi
: ana Lottery Company, which find
: one-third of its business gon,
since the United States mails were
\ by act of the last Congress, CLOSED
to it and Its victims, and takes thi
method of trying to manufactur,
a public sentiment against the law
e Mr.. Wanamaker says that th,
: mails to and from New Orlean.
T are as free from Government in
reference as those to and from
Philadelphia or any other city.
The treaty which has for seyera
t weeks been in course of negotia
e ton between this country ant
a Hawaii has been completed, ,signet
by the representatives of the tive
countries and turned over to tn,
1 President, who will, if he ap
proves of it, and it is thought tha
he does. sign it and send it to thu
= Senate for ratification. The treaty
has not, of course, been made pub
lie, but it is understood that it vii
1 remove all barriers in the shape O
t Custom duties IN either countr,
e from the trade between Hawai-
, and the United States.
Z Whenever the Washington cor
respondent of a Democratic news
paper runs short of legitimai,
e news he sends off a story about thu
contemplated removal OF SOM
, prominent Republican Off
t clal. sClyil Service Commits
sioner Roosevelt was the lates
victim, but the story carried it.
4 orn nontradictinn L enid thn