Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-07-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. July %. 9:

ttlttc VI MS Cldeb, HEft uu'tti lh- |
ken y contractFentireiy too great
for their strength and staying
qualities IN attempting 10 prevent
the appropriation for the World |
Fair. The Republican Senators
will keep Congress IN session all
summer, If necessary to compel
these democrats to agree to this
ap. roprlstion, which only car
ries ont the pledged fsith of the
Government TO the Columbian
Exposition and the nations OF the
world, which have accepted the
Official invitation OF the United
States Government TO take part
therein. The Democrats Of the
House succeeded III temporarily
defeating the appropriation last
week and they aur now threatening
that when the matter again comes
up this week, they Will fIlibuster
against motion to recede from
the position now occupied by the
House aud agr',e to the appropri-
alton, If they ind themselves nm
able to coutrol the House by di-
rect vote. If they 10, so much
the worse for The rcmocretic par
ty, and 40 much more huInilIating
viii be the defeat, which is bound
to come, fer the very simple rea-
son that the Republican party
has never repudiated an ohlige~
ton honestly Incurred and its rep
resentetives pow in the Senate will
not allow this sid TO be withheld
from the exposition.
Canada knows by this time that
when toe President threatened 10
retaliatA for the unjust discrimi-
natiou against American vessels
using Canadian water ways, he
wes r,ot making bluff but was
giving 2 friendly warning. Con-
gres.s has, practically without OPP
pof itiou IN either House or Sen
ats, passed the bill authorizing
tf.e President 70 ratalia'e upon
CaUad AZ vessels BY leyying toll
Ior by shifting them out Of st. |
Marye Falls Canal, ss he may
deem best. The new law Is Il !
harsh one. or j! may be made such
in its bearings upon Canadian in
tereats; but 1t IS sill II the power
Of Canada 10 take such action as
will prevent The President exer-
cising the authority iost conferred !
upon him.
Senator Cameron, OF Pennsyl- !
vania, owing to the absence Of = /
number of republican Senators, |
has been able to delay the con-
frmation of the nomination of Mr..
George Shiras Jr., of Pennsyl-
vania, to be Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court; but 1t is not
considered probable that he can
control enough votes to get the
nomination rejected, although it
is stated that a number of South
ern democr attic Senators will vote
as Mr., Cameron wishes in return
for his having voted with them for
free silver, Mr.. Cemeron's op-
position to Mr.. Shiras is based
upon no better ground than that
he recommended the nomination
of another man. The confirmation
of Mr.. Shiras is looked for this
week.
The democrats are already try
ing to "hedge" on the free trade
plank of their platform. This was
made manifest to ell by the select
lou OF William T. Harrity, of
Pennsylvania, to be chairman of
their National committee. Har-
rity was prominent among the
of the late Sam. Ran
dali, the man who kept the dem
ocratic party off the free trade
rocks for so many years. Repub-
lican managers smile at this. &C
acknowledgement Of weakness, and
viii zee that the free traders are
not allowed to sneak out of the
issue they deliberately nude.
No measure eyer before Con-
gress has been the subject of more
radical and at the same time per-
fectly honest differences of opinion
than the snti-option bill which has
passed the House aud now has the :
in the Senate as the
unfinished business. Those
who favor it, and they are inquest
lonabIY majority of the Senate,
are emphatic in their statements
hat it will not injure any legiti-
mate business, its only aim being
% put stop TO the fQctuation in
prices caused by gambling in
futures" Those who oppose it ,
are Just re emphatic in their state ,
nents that 1t will cripple the bus
mess of the country and injure
rrepsrably the very class it Is in :
tended to benefit producers. !,
It is difficult to predict to GER :
.ainty whether it will be voted !
lpon Mt this session, as its op- =
oone its threaten to resort to OBJ
tactics to prevent vote
md as soon as the Worlds Fair
appropriation is made adjourn.
nent will almost certainly follow
f a vote Is reached the anti-option
NIL will, in my opinion, be passed. =