Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1894-08-10

mittee-Geary, of California, was
ashamed of his party and had tn,
manliness to speak his mind. HI
said: eve might as we'll admi,
that the Democratic party has
blundered in its treatment Of this
Hawaiian question: and we cannot
afford to make another blunder.'
The democrats ''beat the devil,
around the stump by postpe ming
the consideration of the resolution
until next Thursday, hoping that
it will then be too late to have it
acted upon at this. session. IL
view of this action by the commit
tee at Mr.. Cleyeland's dictatiOn ii
is not surprising that the members
of the Hawaiian commission now
in Washington, who represent the
ex-queen, should say that they in
tend to remain until informed by
Mr.. Cleveland whether he intends
to carry out his promise to restore
the queen to her throne. They
naturally think that Mr.. Cleye
land still wishes to. restore the
queen, and other people think so,
too. Why else should he wish to
postpone recognizing the repub ic'
The q. A. r. men have sent a
formal protest to Mr.. Cleveland
and are preparing to bring to the
attention of the coming National
encampment at Pittsburg the un-
Just treatment the old soldiers have
received from the Cleveland ad-
ministration. Out of $50 employees
dropped from the rolls of the
Record and Pension division OF
the War department Il were
Union veterans, and it is said the
records of some of the ex-soldiers
show them to have been among
the most efficient clerks in the
division, while none of them were
below the average in their efficien-
cy records. Old soldiers have al
Sd been Disseminated against in
other departments, particularly in
the Agricultural department and
in the various branches of the In
terror department, including the
Government Printing Office and
the Pension Bureau.
There is more or less anxiety in
Congress because of the war be-
tween Japan and China. This is
not because of any special interest
taken in the war as it now is, but
because of the fear that the United
States may be in some manner
dragged into it by the diplomatic
laundering of Secretary Gresham,
who appears to have, in place OF
the calm Judgment that should
dominate a Secretary of State, an
over supply of the very undesira-
ble faculty which makes him ..put
his foot in it" every time he makes
a move in connection with the
foreign relations of the govern
ment.
Representative Stone, of Penn
sylvania, is not discouraged by
the opposition of the administration
to his bill requiring all immigrants
to be examined and certified by
U. S. consuls, which recently
passed the House, and which the
Senate committee on Immigration
has tried to kill by reporting a
therefor which might
easily have been added to the bill
as an amendment. He says: 81
can see no ground for objections
except from steamship companies
hat are engaged in the unholy |
-raific of transporting to this co.n-
-ry criminals and paupers. l had
hoped that this measure would be
from a patriotic stand
Doint alone and would not be made
party measure, as the opposi
ion from the administration gives
ne cause to fear it will be The
people, without regard to party,
iemand a further restriction upon
immigration; it will come, if not
low, in the near future. For one,
propose to keep this standard to
he front as long as | remain in
Congress-, and | believe all patriot /;
people will respond. The OBJ
ection that inspection by consuls
ill interfere with the nreSnnt lawS