Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1894-06-22

be finished early this week, unless
the threat to filibuster until some
duty is put upon wool shall be
carried out. 1t is expected that
the debate on the income tax will
occupy nearly or quite week, and
it is not yet certain that it will be
reached this week. So there is
little probability that the final vote
will be reached before the first of
July.
If Mr.. Sill, the man who gave
the first information for which he
received several thousand dollars
in cash) that the Carnegie Compa-
nies were not properly carrying out
their contracts with the govern
ment for the making ofarmor plate
for war vessels, is not one of the
greatest liars of the age the Carne
gle companies, instead of being
fined a few thousand dollars by Mr.
Cleveland, should have been made
to refund every dollar received for
botched work and to have forfeited
their contracts. Sill has been
here for several days testifying in
the investigation thatis being con-
Quoted by the House Naval com
mittee. The most of his testimony
can be verified, as he specifies
every piece of bad armor that was
delivered to the government, and
it can all be got at and eXamin-
ed and probably will be in course
of time. The odd part about the
business is that Mr.. Cleveland
knew all about this mans testimo-
ny when he set aside the decision
of Secretary Herbert in this matter
and himself made one very much
more favorable to Carnegie, who
evidently knew whose interest he
was serving when he publicly en-
dorsed the Wilson tariff bill in its
original form, before going to Eu-
rope for an indefinite stay.
The explanation fever is no
longer monopolized by democ ocratic
Senators. Representative Rich
ardson of Tenn, had a very bad
case of it, when in reply to the
charge of a local paper that he had
been using his position as mem
Der of the House committee on the
District of Columbia to speculate
in real estate, be explained by say
| ing that he had bought some real
estate on speculation, which he
sold to real estate agent, without
knowing that it was pur chased for a
street railway company which had
a bill before the ID. G. committee.
and that it was a mere coincidence
that he, Mr.. Richardson, happen
ed as a member of that commit
tee to report a bill favorably to the
House, which that railway
company was very anxious to have
passed, Just four days after the sale
of that real estate. Such coinci-
dences are dangerous to public
men.
The last Democratic Senator to
make an explanation was Ransom,
of North Carolina, who confessed,
after the facts had been ascertain
ed by newspaper men, that his son,
who is his committee clerk had
been specializing in sugar trust
stock. 1t is not probable that Mr..
Ransom would have ever said any
thing about it if the Senate investi-
eating committee had not in defer
ence to a general public demand
examined every Senator at present
in Washington, going alphabetical
| ly through the list. Senator QUAY
surprised nearly everybody when
he testified that he had been specu-
lating in sugar stock; that he had
a perfect right to do so, and would
whenever he felt so inclined. The
greatest interest is felt in the testi-
mony of Senator German, who is
still absent and reported to be
sick, 1t NAV he that Senator Cor