Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-02-19
No one talks of downlng

ters who have injured the Repub-
licsn party more than they have
ever benefited it.
Missouri Democrats arc get
ting mighty. tired of being con-
trolled by the Jefferson City ring.
Several thousand of them will
help elect a Republican ticket next
fall.
The Republicans of Mis-
souri, were never more harmonious
and united than at the present
time. Victory in Missouri is
perched upon the Republican
banner.
There won't be enough
money in the State Treasury to
pay the expense of the extra
session. The special session
ought never to have been called,
and Governor Francis and his
advisers will find it out before the
political campaign Is over.
-Ex-Congressmsn Kinsey, of
St Louis, who has been one of
Mr.. FilleY's most bitter enemies,
says that all differences ought to
be buried, and that the Republi-
can party in the city and state
should insist upon harmony. Mr..
kinsey is right.
The Kirksvllle Journal says
that if the Normal building were
to catch fire, it would have to burn
because there would be no water
to put the fire out. What has
become of the Normal pond7
When last examined it contained
an abundance of "pure" water.
-The.proceedings of the Re-
publican League convention at
Sedalla, were entirely satisfactory
to the Republicans of the State,
and there is now determination
on the part of every one to go to
work for this success of the party.
Mr.. j. A. Harkless, of Kansas
City, who WAS elected president of
the League, is a brilliant young Re-
publican, and will inspire the Re-
publican hosts of Missouri with
renewed energy and enthusiasm.
"A proposition to build a
court house should be submltte d
to the voters of Adair county st
the next general election. To he
without a room in which to hold
circuit court, and to have county
records scattered all over town,
without any protection from fire,
is disgrace to one of the best
counties in the state. The people
are willing to vote a tax to build
court house, and the proposition
should be submitted for their ap-
proval.
The Democratic campaign,
under the guise of special ses-
sion of the Legislature, opened at
Jefferson City Wednesday at
noon, and the Democratic pollti-
clans are fiocking to the capital
like buzzards to loud smelling
carcass. Bills to appropriate
money to rebuild the University,
and redistrict the state into Cor
gressional, Legislative and Judi
cial Districts will be considered,
Politics, however, will be the
chief consideration, and the
special session will be. little more
than Democratic campaign at
the States expense.
b The bill to decrease the
number of Circuit Judges, and in.
crease their salaries from $4,000 to
$500 year should receive tht
strongest condemnation of the
people, regardless of political
considerations. 1t is a bill il
which every tax payer is directl,
Interested. That part of it which
proposes to decrease the pumbe,
of Circuit Judges is cunningly de-
vised to cover up the real object
of the bill, and blind the people as
to its significance. 1t is the aim
and purpose of the bill to fasten
upon the people u lot of high sal
aried officials, the large salary be-
ing the primary object. After the
salary has been fixed it will be an
easy matter to restore the number
of Circuit Judges under the plea of
overwork and increasing business,
as WAS done In the case of the