, 1886-07-29
Mr. Voorh ees' Spc-ck.

The Washington IpTepeRdent. pub
lIshed at Pomeroy, Garfield county,
says that Mr.. o,fhecs' speech on
congress recently, will secure every
wOIkingman' vote for Mr. Voorhees,,
if that gentleman Is renominaGed."
Indeed. OF what sort of material
does the independent suppose the
workingmen of this territory are
made. that their votes should thEs be
bought in a mass hy one little offer
of ''taffy?" Does 1t take them to be
fools? Who does it class among the
''workIngmen" Does it Suppose
none of them are Possessed of suffi-
cient sense TO be able 10 penetrate
such poorly-disguised deception? (?
What has there been during Mr.
Voorhees, whole public career up to
this late hour, to indicate that he
was IN sympathy with the people of
this territory upon this question.
until, upon the very eye of another
election, he delivers this speech and
has printed and distributed among
his constituents, at government ex
| tNIt'INt NLiC'A'tlii''S Vi CbilitS
We have no doubt that ninety nine
out OF every hundred candidates in
the field would give utterance to the
same sentiments as are contained In
llr. Voorhees, speech, for the sake of
getting votes, though in the case of
many of them it would not be con
sidered necessary, for they are known
to be thoroughly identified with the
interests OF the people. To our mind
this speech with which our Charles
has so liberally provided the people
OF this territory, is very weak bid
for political support,
What the people want to inspire
confidence in man who presumes to
represent them in such an important
position is, first. discovery of some
intelligent comprehension of what
the people of this territory want per
tanning to their most important in
terests, and then well directed and
uncOmpromising effort to accomplish
those things.
A little bluff and buster and
sophomore oratory displayed at con
venlent opportunities, in which is
discovered more Of the ego than the
tn, throughout which Charles stands
out as the most prominent feature,
does not meet our idea Of congress
siOnal service, such as we desire. If
a representative will address himself
faithfully TO the duties assigned him
by his constituents they will attend
to the matter of reelection, and it
would not be necessary for him to de
vote the larger part of his time to
looking after that matter.
As a specimen of Mr.. Voorhees, de-
clamatory egotism so prevalent in all
his utterances, we quote the closing
paragraph of his recent speech.
Among the generous people CT the
Pacific northwest | have cast my for
tunes. My home shall be with them
always, and upon this, as upon every
other occasion, my voice shall be
raised in their behalf for free labor,
free soil, and free homes"
What possible weight this declara-
ton Of his intention as to residence
could have IN securing IL single vote
for the anti Chinese Immigration bill
We are too obtuse to discover, possibly
it may occur to some of cur readers.
We are of the opinion, however, that
had the young sycamore Instead have
announced his intention to trans
plant himself from Washing ton Ter
ritory to his own native soil it would
not have resulted in crushing de-
feat of the bill nor in any amount of
wailing and gnashing of teeth among
his constituents.
Away with these schoolboy orations
and give us some honest labor-some
practical results. OF at least intelli-
gent effort in that direction. We are
tired and heartily disgusted with all
this meaningless talk and loud prom
ises wholly barren of any fruit or
even the blossom which gives en-
couragement OF the substance to fol.
low. Let us have dis delegate, if we
can find such one, man of ability,
of practical good sense-a man who
understands what We want and will
devote his energies to securing it. A
delegate to congress has no time to
spare III constructing air balloons for
his own elevation. Give US man.