Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1894-06-01

penanee 10y helping 10 reSurrect ii,
The Democrats of Adair
county have started out wooing.
but they will find the populist
maiden very shy and inclined TO
resist their advances.
delegates TO the Republican
County Convention will be selected
on basis of one for every 30 or
fraction of 80 votes cast for Harri-
son in 1899. This will give Benton
Ii: Pettis, 4: Morrow, 4; Nineveh.
4; Clay 3: East Salt river, 3: West
Salt river, ,: Wilson. 3: Polk. ,:
Liberty. 3: Walnut, 3. total of
10.
1t is understood that the
Democratic central committee at its
meeting last Saturday, decided
not to nominate full county tick
ct, but leave some of the offices
blank, and give the PopulistS an
opportunity to fill them if they so
desire. This is the first move
toward fusion. If the PopuliSts
refuse this overture a full Demo
cratic ticket Will be nominated.
The Popuhst leaders say there will
be no fusion, that they are thor
oughly in earnest, and full Pop
ulist ticket will be nominated. and
that none but Populists need APP
ply for recognition on the ticket.
considerable dissatisfaction
was caused two years ago on ac-
count of the methods used in
nominating the Republican coun-
ty ticket. These methods should
not be repeated this year, nor can
they without endangering the sue
cess of the entire ticket. Two
years ago the hop-and- skip method
of nominating was used. instead of
beginning with the head of the
ticket and nominating each candi
date as his turn came on the ticket.
Neither will the convention this
year submit to being made a rati-
faction meeting to ratify the work
of nominating caucus composed
of only a part Of. the delegates to
the convention.
Last week the GRAPHIC re
ceived a circular with the heading
"a Modern Miracle We cannot
publish the contents of the circu-
lar entire, but in substance it
stated that one day last winter
Maj. r. ID. Cramer of Memphis.
Mo-, owed a note for groceries
that he was unable to pay. He
was in sore distress and made it
the subject of prayer. The morn
ing the note became due he went
to the store of his creditor to tell
him that he was without money to
redeem his obligation. When he
entered the store his heart failed
him and he turned and left the
building. AS he stepped upon the
pavement gold coin to the amount
of half the note fell at his feet.
Thinking that it had been dropped
by some one from an upper story
window he looked up, but the
windows We're closed. He start
ed across the street toward the
court house and as he passed
through the park gold coin to the
amount of the other half of the
note fell at his feet on the icy
pavement. He looked around him.
No one was in sight. He then ac-
cepted the gold as a gift from
Heaven and went and paid the
note. Major Cramer made the
statement substantially given above
at the NJ. L. prayer meeting in
Memphis Wednesday night of last
week. The GRAPAIC is not Skepti-
cal as to the efficacy of prayer, and
for that reason calls the attention of
Secretary Carlisle to the circum-
stances which liquidated the debt
of Maj. Cramer. The Secretary
may be skeptical, but he should
remember that both mamma and
quails were given in the wilderness
to as hard headed lot of fellows
as now have in charge the Demo
cratic administration, and in these
days when the gold in the treasury
is vanishing, he might find it
beneficial to do more praying and
less dickering with Wall Street.