Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1894-02-23

gle adverse vote, but he prefers to
drag his personal fights into the
Senate Ill his effort to humiliate
Hill. So far the humiliation has
been his own and he neither de-
serves nor gets any sympathy.
There is a tariff fight going on
among the democratic Senator'S
that is quite as bitter as that be-
tween the Cleveland and Hill
men, although there is more eff
fort made to keep it secret. 1t
was this fight which prevented the
tariff bill being reported to the
Finance committee last week. A
week ago members of the sub
committee stated that the bill was
re edy to be reported. The reason
it was not reported was the con-
certed demand of mum Der of
democratic Senators 70, additional
amendments giving certain indus
tries In their states protection.
The fight got SO warm at one time
that the subcommittee informed
those Senators that it would re-
port the bill just as it came from
the House and they could support
it or not just just as they pleased.
OF course this WAS merely bluff.
Senator Voorhees, has told the re-
publican members of the Senate
Finance committee that the bill
will be reported to the committee
at its regular meeting, tomorrow;
but 1t is not at all certain that it
will be. Democratic Senators are
beginning to express doubts
among themselves as to their abll-
ity to patch up the bill SO that ii
will receive the votes Of all the
democrats in the Senate.
Senator Morgan has completed
a report on the Hawaiian investl-
cation made by subcommittee
OF the Senate committee on For
eign Relations, but it will not be
made public until the full commit
tee has acted upon 1t. 1t has been
read 10 the subcommittee and the
republican members thereof in
formed Dir. Morgan that if he
wonld make certain changes in the
report they would sign 1t. 1t is
understood that the tone of the
report is antagonistic to the resto-
ration policy of Mr.. Cleveland.
Mr.. Bland has not yet succeed
ed in getting his bill for the coin
age of the se'gnorage passed by
the House, owing to the refusal of
those opposed to vote to make a
quorum, but he will probably have
= quorum Of the friends of the
bill OF hand early this week and
the bill VIII then be- passed.
For many years the Woman's E
Suffr ige Association has held It's
annual conventions in Washing
ton, but at the one just closed 1t
vas decided to hold the 1895 con-
vention at Atlanta, Ga. The
southern members OF Congress
appear to regard this decision as
a joke.
Secretary Morton got little
/. roasting on account of a letter
written last August saying ths1
the Russian thistle was blessing
, at hearing before the House
committee on Agriculture in favor
of the bill providing for the ex
termination of the weed. Gov
. Shortridge, of North Dakota, one
Of the principal speakers, dismiss
: ed Morton's letter by calling il
s "rot, but Representative Sibley
of Pa, a democrat, declared that
the letter demonstrated Morton
ignorance of agricultural matters
and his unfitness to be at the head
: OF the Agricultural Department
Senator Lodge, of Massachu
/, sets, who cast one of twenty-foul
3 republican votes that made the re
r lection of Peckham's nomination
to the Supreme Court a humilia
. ting defeat for Mr.. Cleveland, says
of his reason for so voting
? There were a large number ot
s protests against Mr.. Peckham'
s confirmation and q great deal Of
, serious testimony as to his not
possessing the proper judlcia
temper, of which his dispatch tc
Judge Caldwell repudiating in vi
r olent language en order of th'
}. Court was an unfortunate example
But that which weighed most
against him with me was the man.
ner in which patronage appeared
{ to be used by the administration
? in the attempt to secure votes fol-
g his confirmation, joined with TIE
i, exertion apparently of every sort
of influence of which the head OF
the government was capable.
cannot conceive of soything worse
or more demoralizing than to haye
confirmation to office secured by
appointments to other offices o,
by threats of removal. Against
such methods [ propose always tc