Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1894-08-31


rom Government employees. That
report gives him the alternative of
the civil service COM
and winking at violation
,f the civil service law, for which
he always professed to have such
great respect, he has always car
ried an overstock Of professions, or
of dismissing his special protege
from an Office to which he should
never have been appointed and
probably never would have been
had not the Senate refused to con-
firm his nomination to diplomatic
position. Taylor says he has no
fear of dismissal. He has made
Mr.. Cleveland believe that as the
head of the negro democratic league,
an organization composed of ne
groes who have been given Office
and those who expect to be given
office by this administration, he
controls large number of votes;
hence his certainty of being pro-
tected. AS a matter of fact those
who should know do not believe
that there are one thousand negro
democrats in the United States.
Representative Payne, of New
York, one of the prominent re-
publican members of the House
committee on Ways and Means,
closes brief and interesting re-
sumo of this session of Congress
with this pen picture that is bound
to be recognized by all who have
intelligently watched the doings OF
the democrats in Congress: "The
leaders have been afraid to trust
their followers. Never have rulers
become more arrogant than the
members of the committee OIL
Rules. Never have followers been
more craven than the other demo
Gratis in the House. So far as the
leaders have followed the Reed
rules, the House has been able to
do business. But where the lead
erS have followed their own de,
vices, and have sought to bind the
minority not only, but the majori-
ty, hand and foot, sitting all de-
bate, they have absolutely prevent
ed the House from passing just and
wise laws, even if the House had
the wisdom to do so. One word,
incompetent, fifty characterizes
this Congress. This feeling is
widespread 1t is well-voiced III
the letter of President Cleveland
to Mr.. Wilson. There is no ex-
cuse for mistaking or misrepresent'
ing this feeling and temper of the
rank and file of the democracy
They are downcast under the
assertion that their party fails in
ability to manage the government.
The President in the sentence quot
ed correctly sized up the situa-
ton"
Senator Hill contributes this
statement to democratic harmony
in New York: "Of the Presidential
nominations (for New York; since
March 4, 1885, so per cent have
been taken from that portion of
the party known rs 'anti-snappers'
against the protest of prominent
democrats and against the recon-
endation of the regular organization
of the party in the several locali-
lies; while 95 per cent of the
rurth class poStmaSters appointed
lave been wholly ignored, neither
themselves nor their organizations
securing single first class post
master appointment in their le-
Spectlve committees. These facts
and figures speak for themselves
and do not require any comment"
Chairman Wilson, of the House
Ways and Means committee, pro-
poses starting for Europe early
next week, and the tongue of ru-
NOR says that he expects to bring
back big campaign fund to be
spent in trying to get himself re-
elected to the House. Whether
this rlmor is true or false | will
not undertake to say, but, as Mr..
Wilson was instrumental in getting
tariff legislation through Congress
that is going to put lots of money
into Europr,n pockets at the ex-
pense of American working men,
it is not unreasol.o bic to suppose