Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-07-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.

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"a. From Our Regular Currespchdent
IN WASHINGTON, July IL, u
IL the House committee whist
, started for Homestead, Pa, toIA.
! yestisate the recent killing of tht
Shocked out wor kmen of the Carne.
gle establishment by Pinkertor
men is as determined to turn that
|[depldrablh incident tbs the politi.
cal advantage of the democratic
party as members of that party in
the House and Senate have shown
themselves, to be no good results
can possibly follow anything 1t
may do. 1t is probable that the
Senate will also send a committee
to investigate. s
The democratic party has many
sins, great and small, to answer
for, but none of them are more
heinous than the attempt of the
Democratic Senators and Repre-
sentatives to make political capital
out of the blood shed by Pennsyl-
yania labor. 1t shows as nothing
else could, the desperation Of that
party, and is bound to prove a
boomerang. for no sensible
man cam cody considering
the matter, endorse this
bloody issue which these demo-
Gratis are trying to make. 1t is
little short Of idiocy to charge the
protective tariff with being re-
sponsible for the shooting down
of workingmen by Pinkertons
hired murderers, and the demo-
Gratis who have maze the charge
will liye to regret having done so.
The Senate conferees succeeded
liz mpelliug the House confer
ees to agree to all of the Senate
amendments to. the pension ap-
preparation bill, except the one ad-
ding $4,000 for the employment of
additional clerks. The bill now
carries a total of Sl46,S37 $50.
Observation-Disclosures is tenn
porarily happy. After being
knocked down Il score of times he
has at last succeeded lii getting
majority of the House to vote to
reject the report of the conference
committee on the naval appropri-
alton bill, and to instruct the new
conferees to insist upon striking
out the Senate amendment pro-
viding for the construction of a
new batt'eship: also that appropri-
ating $4,000 towards the expens-
es of the proposed international
Daval display.
The Stewart free coinage bill
has been favorably reported to the
House, and the committee on
rules has reported continuing
order for its consideration, begin
ming Wednesday of this week;
but there is not much confidence
of passing 1T, among the silver
men, as there was q few days ago.
The trouble seems to be that the
Cleveland influence is being
welded againstit, and score of
members heretofore ardently in
favor Of the bill are now reported
as being willing to let it 60 oyer
until the next session, if it can be
done in way to blind their con-
stituents.
The democratic managers are
alarmed about Louisiana as the
news from that state indicates
that its electoral votes will be cast
for Harrison and Reid. Ex-Gov-
ernor Yarmouth, Of that State is
now in Washington, and, being
asked to give his views, said: Our
people want protection for their
sugar, rice and lumber, and the
free trade plank in the democrat
lc platform is a little too hard
dose tor them to swallow; they are
not ready for free trade. The peo-
ple's party will poll at low esli-
mate 25,OOO votes, which will re-
doce the democratic strength just
that much; the Republicans will
stand solidly, and if we can only
get fair count we are bound to |
win, and it is not believed that |
Governor Foster will countenance |
frauds on the ballot.
The makeup of the republican |
national executive committee,
which will manage the campaign, |
is highly commended by republic
ans in Congress. Five members
of the old executive committee
De Young of California, vice chair
man; Clarkson, of Iowa; Hobart.
of New Jersey; Fessenden, of Con-
necticut; and tayne, of Wisconsin;
occupy places upon the new
committee, all of the ''tried and
true" sort; and the new men
Manley, of Maine; Kerns, of Mis-
souri,; Bradley, of Kentucky;
Switzerland, of New York; and
Tanner, of lllinois;-nee no in
PRODUCTION to the republicans of
the country. 1t only remains for
the President to finally decide
upon the successor to chairman