The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-02

and we are sure that the fact that his express
sions on this point were the strongest he made
during his pilgrimage, will be the source,of the
highest qualification to the whole American
people.
Senator Wade ON Capital and Labor
What He Says I'm Kansas and What
He Thinks at Home.
From the Times.
We have published from the Cincinnati
Commercial report by a correspondent of a
visit to "Ben Wade at home," which will be
found entertaining and instructive. The prin-
cipal object of the article is evidently to bring
the distinguished statesman properly forward
as candidate for the Presidency; and the
forms usually adopted in such cases are duly
observed. We have all the details of the per-
sonal appearance, domestic habits, and pecu-
liar tastes of Mr.. Wade; his early life and ex-
perience, his hopes, struggles, and successes,
given in full, and with that peculiar zest
known only to the skilled and experienced
trainer of Presidential candidates.
Mr.. Wade is, of course, as all candidates for
office are, "self-made man. His first great
struggle was with algebra, pages of which he
would read over and over again "fifty times"
without being able to make anything whatever
of them. Last summer he studied with the
same care Caesars Campaigns" and his
chronicler remarks, with reference to the labor
expended upon that subject, that "Mr. Wade
ought to and no doubt does understand the cam
paigns of Casar.n He rises at daylight,
makes the fires, goes to the stable to look after
his horses, reads his letters and answers some;
is very fond of ''Nasby;" committed Mother
Goose to memory when that classic was pre-
sented to him, and tries to get somebody to
laugh with him, as he "don't like to laugh
alone" He cannot eat anything cooked in
grease, and "the sight of butter almost turns
his stomach" Eve are quoting, it will be re-
marked); and in spite OF the many attempts
that are made to deceive him, his unerring
sagacity never fails to detect grease in his
food, and he refuses to eat
But we do not care to follow further, inte-
resting as they are, the details of Senator
Wade's domestic life and habits. One object
of his visiting correspondent was to find out
what he meant by his speech in Kansas on the
relations of capital and labor and a good
share of his letter is accordingly devoted to
that subject.
The only report made of that speech was
made by correspondent and attache of the
Times, who first telegraphed its substance and
then gave its points more fully in letter,
both of which were published in the Times
The Hartford Evening Press states that "Sena-
tor Wade has written a letter saying that the
New York Times reporter who reported a
speech of his in Kansas purposely misunder-
stood him." and Forney's Philadelphia Press
speaks of it as 'false and malicious report
Both these statements are utterly untrue. Mr..
Wade has written no letter at all; nor does he,
in the conversation reported by the oorrespon-
dent of the Commercial, impugn the accuracy
of the report. He speaks of it as "garbled, -
which means nothing at all, except that it was
not ver6atim report-and while he asserts
that the editor of the Times ''purposely mis-
understands" him Ga process we certainly do
not comprehend), he says nothing whatever of
the reporter.
In that speech Mr.. Wade said precisely
what our reporter represented him as having
said. In a subsequent conversation with him,
after reading the report and our comments
upon it, Mr.. Wade complained of the latter,
but admitted the substantial accuracy of the
report itself. Our correspondent heard dis
tinctly what the Senator said, and took special
pains to repeat it correctly; and his under
standing of it was precisely that of the other
members of the party who heard it and made
comments upon it.
The following are paragraphs from that
| speech, embodying what Senator Wade did
say on these SUBJECTS
"Mr. Wade then SAID that as he had Kept in
! advance of the people IN the great strife be
! tween freedom and slavery, he meant TO do the
same thing in the contest which had Just com
| menced for extending the right of suffrage to
| women. He was unqualihedly In faVor OF equa
rights for all. not only without regard 10 nation
| ality and color, but without regard TO sex. Ht
| repeated that he intended to keep In advance
the people on this subject, and that he wa'
now ready to take another jump forward, 1
necessary. In his view radicalism upon thii
and all other questions was Righteousness, Wnll'
conservatism was hypocrisy and cowardlce
The conservative was a mere llckspltle ana
hanger-on; he was not only Wiling 70 DC Lram'
plea beqe IN the dust but was Wiling TO remain
senator Wade then proceeded to say thai
there was another question upon which h'
would express his views, although his hearers
posed of the question OF slavery and now tina
OF labor and capital must pass through thu
ordeal. The shadow of the approaching strug
gle between these two great Interests was al
ready upon US, ana II would do no good TO turf
our backs upon the question. 1t must be met
Property was not equally divided, and mor'
equal distribution OF capital must be Wrough
out. That Congress which had done so mucI
for the slaves, cannot quietly regard the terri
BILE distinction between the man who labor
and him that does.not. (ADplause). II yoI
| dullheads, said the speaker, can't see this, tn
women will, and viii act accordinglyf 1t Will
not be long before the laborers will demand o
canvassers, upon the eve of an election, sWha
will you do for us p and they will have salts
factory answer. IL is not right or Just that am
| man should be compelled TO labor until If
Is worn out and being Is a curse. The All
mighty did not Intend that this should b
More leisure must be given to tho peo
pie for mental accomplishments, and Labor
/ saving machines had not yet fulfilled thel
mission, since they had failed TO effect thi
result. Here, In Kansas, SAID the speaker
where every man Is capitalist TO Create