Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-11-25

-Tsmmany Hall has become
known in England as the New
White House of the United
States.
If the approaching comet
strikes the earth, it Will have no
terrors for the Thanksgiving tur.
key.
1t remains to be seen
whether Crocker or Cleveland will
be President of the United States
for the next four years.
The Peoples Party expect
TO oust tie Democratic party in
1896. That little diversion, how
ever, will be reserved for the Re-
publicans.
The Democratic party has
two elephants on its hands
Cleveland and the Government.
There is grave doubt as to the
ability of the party to handle eth
er of them.
-As Mr.. Cockrell has his
eye on the chair filled bv Mr..
Kusk, it would be well for the peo-
pie to know his attitude toward
the snfi-option bill. Send him
petitions asking him to vote for
1t.
Mr.. Cleveland has had to
lesye New York to get away from
the horde of hungry Office seekers
that continually besleged him. BE
told a press reporter that he was
going away for two weeks and
when he returned, if the Office
seekers did not cease to annoy
him, he would close up his house
and 60 to some quiet place to
spend TIE winter.
Ii isplain that Mr.. Cleve-
land will NOT call an extra
session of Congress if he can
avoidlt But all the uttersnces
of Mr.. Cleveland and his party
have been to the effect that the
country Is going to ruin, and that
the agricultural classes are being
ground beneath the tyranical hee |
Of monopoly IL these utterances
were true, it is Mr.. Clevelsno's
duty TO call an extra session of
Congress within twer ty-four
hours after his Inauguration a41
begin the reform that, it has bee
claimed, is 20 badly needed.
- There is now a scheme oH
foot to make two state If Kansas.
1t is claimed that the victory of
the Popul1sts two years ago injur |
ed the credit of the Stat, and as
the western half is strongly Re-
publican, that part of the State |
will ask for an independent state
government, 1t is probable that
the eastern half of the State will |
make no objection to the division. |
The division as now contemplated |
would give each of the States thus
formed, an area of 10000 square |
miles.
The anti-option bill will |
probably be taken up as soon as |
congress convenes. The bill has
already passed the House, and
Senators Vest and Cockrell should |
be petitioned by every Alliance i'll
the State to vote and work Tor Its
passage By the Senate. The next
three years will afford an excel
lent opportunity for experimental
legisla on, and it would be well
to begin with the anti-option bill.
Ii it becomes law il can do the
farmers no harm, and if great ben
efits are to be derived from it, the
benefits will be discovered by Civ
ing it a trial. The anti-option
bill should become law at once.
---Kirksville has been Won
derfully prosperous for two years,
and hundreds of new residences
have been built that are now the
homes of thrifty people. But how
we shall keep these people occu-
pied is the problem that confronts
us, and the future progress and
prosperity of the town demand a
quick solution. 1t is evident that /
owners cannot be con- ,
taxed for city improve
ments, that employment may be
given to labor. Yet street i'm
prayement and building haye been