Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-09-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspe ndent

city generally, ls in proper condi-
ton to make the best impression
upon his comrades of the G. A.
r. who will come TO the encamp-
ment next week. He will find eY-
erything in apple pie order," as
the saying is, and SO will the vet
erans, as there is unanimous de-
termination on the part of Wash :
ingtonians to Guido everything
ever done by other cities and to
make encampment week memora-
BILE in the annals of the National
Capital es we'll as in those of the
q. A. r. The President does not
expect to leave Washington for
any extended period again this
year, unless the health of Mrs.
Harrison, who will go South to
spend the winter, shall compel
him to go to her. Washington is
already beginning to put on its
gala attire to receive the veterane
who will begin to srrive by the
last of this week. The program
for encampment week is complete,
and every hour of time between 9
a. m. and midnight of each day
from Monday to Friday, will be
filed with interesting and eDioys-
ble events. Committees will meet
svery train and escort the old sol
diers to the quarters which have
been allotted to them.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, is
one of the advance guard of the
Congressional army which is COM
ing to Washington to help make
things pleasant for the cid sol
diers. He is utilizing the time
before the encampment in attend
ing to some department business
for his constituents. At the close
of the encampment he will return
to Oregon with the G. A. L. men
from that state, and take an ag-
gressive part in the campaign. OF
the general political outlook he
says: "Evsrything [ hear makes
the victory of Harrison and Reid
more certain. [ am sstisfed that
New York viii give Harrison a
larger majority this year than in
1888" Asked about his own state
the senator said: ooh, Oregon Is
all right, we shall carry the state,
as usual, Notwithstanding the ac-
tivity Of the peoples party which
may cast as muny as 10000 votes
in the state"
Speaking of the peoples party,
if one may believe what is said by
members of that party who are
high up in It's official councils, it
is rapidly going to pieces in the
South, where such great results
had been SO confidently predicted
FOR it. Governor Tillman, of
South Carolina, whose recent
sweeping victory over the regular
Democratic organization in that
state is fresh in the minds of the
public, is openly accused by the
editor of the peoples party nation
al organ of being a traitor to the
people's party, and of having used
the farmers alliance as club to
thump rival Democratic faction,
intending all the while to act with
the national Democratic party
himself.
If this editor knows what he is
talking about, a simnlar state of
affairs exists in other states, where
the bulk of the so called peoples
party are merely kicking" demo-
Gratis who will at the national cleo
ton support Cleveland and Stew
enson. He says there is proba-
billy that these democrats who
are using the alliance and the
third party merely as stepping
stones to enable them to get into
offices may find themselves disap-
pointed, as there may be simon
pure peoples party tickets put up
in every southern state where the
men now in control of that party
are under suspicion, and this is
the party that was going to carry
half of the southern states.
Hon. J. n, Huston, ex U. S.
Treasurer, who usually knows
everything worth knowing about
Indiana politics, is in Washing
ton. He says, "bcth parties are
hard at work, with headquarters
wide open at Indianapolis, and
speakers busy stumping the state.
This week Gov, Mckinley will
begin stumping tour of the na-
tional gas region, and later we
viii have other noted outside ora
tors. Republicans, with rare ex-
ceptions which are becoming rar-
er, sre confident of success and if
we succeed in our court, in over
throwing the present unjust and
unconstitutional apportionment
law we shall certainly sweep the
state
Democrats here make no