Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1894-03-30
1t is their purl ,ose to point out in
their speeches the bad points in

t is their purl ,ose to point out in
heir speeches the bad points in
he bill which arc =" numerous
hat many of hem have necessari-
" been oyerl, okeu by -!ie casual
reader.
Nobody in Was pgto appears
to tako UoNey's army seriously,
except Senator KYLE aud fellow
y ho calls himself Goxey's agent
rhe latter goea Coxey 100000
better end says he expects the
army to number 100000 when it
gets here.
The trouble with the new
treaty with China, which is being
considered by the Senate COM
mlttee ON Foreign Relations, and
which threatens to reopen the en-
tire Chinese question" in Con-
gress, is that Secretary Gresham
failed to prove himself entitled to
stand in the same diplomatic class
with the present Chinese Minis
ter, who secured everything his
government wanted without con-
ceding anything substantial to the
United States. So plain is this
that Gresham tries to excuse him.
self by limiting about a beneficial
commercial treaty which is to
follow. What makes the treaty
sll the more disappointing is that
men close to the administration
quietly gave out a tip many
moths ago that the treaty would
contain a clause binding China to
purchase annually large amount
Of silver bullion from US, some
said the entire product of the
| American mines. II really does
grow monotonous this haveing to
condemn every act of the admins
tratlon, but what can one do when
there is absolutely nothing worth,
Of conmmendstion.
Judging from the record of tht
party, particularly in the las,
House, it would seem that if there
vas any one thing that would In
| duce quorum of democrats to re-
main IN their seats it would be the
prospect of unseating republican
member and giving his seat to
democratic contestant who has
just about as much right to it as
the man in the moon, but even
that prospect did not keep the
democratic members of the House
in their seats, and, after wasting
two days in Intellectual attempts
to get quorum-the republi-
c' rs very properly refused to
| vote-in order to carry out the re-
port of the democrats on the elec-
ton committee, by ousting Repre-
sentative Joy, of Missouri, and
! giving his seat to the democrat he
defeated, they were compelled to
temporarily abandon the scheme.
1t will be again attempted this
week, and it will. of course, in the
end succeed. 1t is only a ques,
ion of getting e. democratic quo
rum present.
According to a relatiYe of Sec.
retary Roke Smith, now visiting
Washington, Sam Jones, the slang
-linging Georgia preacher, said
lately of the democrats in Con.
gress: "Of all the box-ankled
bandy-shanked, bitten, bob.
tailed, NANCY, courageless, brain.
less jackssses that ever assembled
since God made the world, ]
think for pure downright cussed'
ness the present gang in Congress
headed by Hill in the Senate and
tailed by no quol um in the House
beats them all" And the Rever.
end Sam is a democrat too.
The defense of Representative
Breckenridge in the suit fol
breach of promise of marriage
now being tried in Washington
courts, has furnished lots oi
amusement here. The idea of {
man of his experience. prominence
and years having been led astray
by any woman, however beautiful
and artful- Miss Pollard is fal
from beautiful-is SO ridiculous
and absurd that a general smile il
the result whenever it is mention
ed, and it is mentioned quite often
However, he had to make some
sort of defense, and he doubt
less thought that this one woulc
at least secure him the sympathy