Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1893-03-03

are apparently determined to kill
the whole bill by fillibusteriug if
the Sherman amendment cannot
De defeated in any other way, and
it cannot be, unless its friends--a
majority of the House will con-
sent to its defeat, and there is no
present indication that they will
10 that. Republicans do not
favor an extra session, because
they do not believe that it will be
| advantageous to the business in
terests of the country, although |
from a strictly political stand
point it would be extremely sd-
vantageous to the republican
party.
TIE President has issued the
usual proclamation convening the
Senate in extra session at noon on
the 4th day of Mtr,h. This extra
session is called TO act upon the
nominations made by the new
President, but it may In this case
also act upon the Hawaiian an
nexation treaty, unless Mr.. Cleve-
land withdraws it or it shall be
acted upon before then.
| Secretary Foster made, on Sat
urday, u supplementary report on
he condition of the Treasury to
the House Ways aud Means COM
mittee, in which a reduction in
his previous estimates was made.
He said that when he made his
previous estimate he had not made
allowance for the payment of the
Choctaw Indian CLAIM, which will
take about IS, 100000, and that re-
ceipts from customs had already
fallen below his estimate because
of the expectation Of early
changes i'll the tariff law. He also
told the committee that be thought
it probable a deficit would exist
in the fiscal year beginning July
|, 1894, and that if he were to
remain at the head Of the Treas
lry Department he would like to
have an addition of S50,000.000 to
the balance, $25,000,000 of which
ne would use to maintain the gold
reserve. The Secretary takes no
stock in the wild talk about the
langer of q panic, either now or in
, | the near future. Such talk has
been persistently put forward by
those who expect to benefit by q
financial scare and its consequent
fleet upon the commercial inter
ests of the country. 1t is credit
able to America that the most of
these financial jackals and vul-
| lures are foreigners, without in
terest in the United States, fur
ther than the money they can
make.
Senator Crisp WAS guilty Of
bit of usurpation the other day
that would have been cried from
The democratic house-tops had he
been q republican. It came about
his way: The House committee
On Elections decided by party
vote the contested election case OF
Miller vs.. Elliott--in favor of the
, sitting democrat Of course-and
instructed Mr.. Psynter, of Ken
lucky, to prepare the majority re-
port and Mr.. Johnston, of In
LLAMA, the minority report. MIR,
Johnston, although sick in bed,
prepared his report, and took it
iown to the House, although ad-
Iyised against leaving his room by
his physician, only to be inform
ed that the maiarity report had
not been prepared and would not
be until this week. Knowing that
to mean that the majority report
would probably never be made,
Mr.. Johnston presented his re-
port to the House and it was by
vote ordered printed. He was
surprised sn hour later to be in
formed by the printing clerk that
Speaker Crisp hsd issued an or
Ter forbidding he printing of
the report until the majority re-
port was presented. Mr.. Johnson
VAS naturally indignant. and he
went to Speaker Crisp and called
his attention to the fact that the
House had ordered his report
lPrinted, and that the Speaker had
40 authority to suppress it. All
the same the Speaker did suppress
it. How is that for Czarism?