Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-11-04


Col. Hatchs maneuvcrs
while In Kirksville showed that
he has a wholesome dread of Maj
Cramer's popularity.
The Democrat of this week
states that Judge Hess was mem
Der of the county court that issued
the NJ. & NJ, bonds. Why don't
the Democrat speak the entire
truth, and tell the people that as
member of lat court, Judge Hess
voted against issuing the bonds.
last week the GRAPHIC
published the statement that more
than half of Judge Ellison's de-
cisions that had been taken to the
Supreme Court in ten years had
been reversed. Since then the
report has been industriously cir
culated that the statement of the
GRAPHIC is false. To verify the
statement of last week we publish
Judge Ellison's Supreme Court
record from April 1881 to April
1891, giving book and page, go
that any one who has any doubt
about the truthfulness of the
GRApHIc's statement can easily
refer to the Supreme Court
records and satisfy himself. Now
that the record is published, we
wish to call especial attention to
the last part of, it. An examina-
ton will disclose the fact that of
the last eight cases shown in the
record, seven of the eight were
reversed. What a record! Is
that the record Circuit judge
should have thst makes q race for
fourth term on boasted ability to
correctly interpret the law and
deal out even handed justice to
his fellowmen? Let the people
decide.
That Judge Ellison SO gross
ly abused the privilege courteous
ly extended to him Monday night,
by chairman of the Republican
meeting, in giving him an oppor-
tunity to reply to the charges of
extravaganza in the management
of the Normal school, is greatly to
be regretted. Instead of going to
work in calm and dignified man
ner, as became his position, to re-
fute the charges, he made it an oc-
casion for denouncing as villains,
certain Democrats, who, he
thought, had given the Investigate
ing committee information in re-
gard to his extravaganza. Anoth-
er shameful proceeding was his
viliifcstion Of gray-haired man
who had only done his duty under
the law, and the yells and stamp
ing with which each bitter SEN
tence of the speaker was greeted
by a noodlum element, which
many now believe were in the hall
al the instigation of Judge ELL
son, was a disgrace to the town.
The Judges speech revealed the
fact that he kept a memorandum
Of each friendly or neighhorly act
shown toward any individual
whether rendered in health or
sickness, and that he expected it
to be fully repaid on demand.
An individual without gratitude is
blank in any community, but
when man expects tribute in
the way of gratitude that is an IN
jury to the entire community, that |
man is menace to society, and if
an Official, is certain to be danger
ously corrupt. The Judges explain
alton of the charge that there were
no advertisements for bids on the
Normal work, WAS entirely unsat-
isfsctory. His only explanation
was the declaration that the Board
did not have to advertise for bids.
The high prices paid for work, he
by saying that the south
side OF the square had been de-
stroyed by fire. and the mechanics
were all busy. The Judge in his
ratled condition, seemed to forget
that his explanation only showed
how necessary it was to advertise
for bids. Notwithstanding the
Judges statement that all me-
chanics were busy, the fact re-
mains that such prominent firms
as Cole & Darrow and w. d.