The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1886-10-15
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Issues OF the Day.


Issues of the Day.
The following is brof tslegraphic
synopsis of Hon. Daniel y Voorhees,
recent speech at Indianais IN which
he sounded the keynote she cam
paign in the State.
Ex-senator Mcdonald resided. and
on the stage were bher Of the
prominent men of the a ~, not only
of local, but State conspil BUSINESS. and
when the president Of thmeeting in
troduced Mr.. Voorhee( the fewest
words possible. the or1eo of the even
ing received a greeting eich demon
strated how closely he. ha woven him.
self into the hearts Of - eopse of In
diana. 1t is coHced9 ffhc speech
is the ablcst polstiesf d the Sen
ator in any cam Sziea 5ksv to his
usual custom, il Way pfHl4fed with
care, as if the Senatorsh had reason to
believe that it would be adopted as
keynote by the opposition ywho would
carefully scan every sentence for the
purpose of criticism. TAKEN as an en-
tirety. it is a magnificent effort, and if
there Is Republican so hopeful as to
draw comfort therefrom he will pass
among his fellows rs a modern Mark
Tapley.
senator VOORHEES, was particularly
happy in his review of civil service.
As practical by Republicans during
their long lease of political power, and
he emphasized his argument by copi-
Gus quotations from Hoar, of Massa-
chusetts, and from other standard r.
puplicans like sumner and Greeley.
who were the first to raise their voices
against the iniguity which had crept
into their own party in their admins
tratlon OF the spolls or Office. In 1871
there was an act authorizing a COM
mission to promote the efficiency of the
civil service, and it was approved by
Grant, whom the Senator credited with
an honest desire 70 do something in
that dir .ciion. but it was starved to
death by the party in its infancy. and
General Cox, OF Ohio, ut that time 4
Cabinet officer, was made TO feel the
sting of the party lash when he lifted
his protest against the plundering OF
the department employees in the name
| OF the party.
During his argument in this connec
| ton the senator began with the retire
| ment of Belknap, then Cabinet Off
| Ger. who resigned to avoid inyestiga.
ton, and he continued the review
through the iniquity whichImade Have,
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and Florida, and the rewards in tn,
way of Offices that were plrceled out tc
every one connected withthat business
/ from John Sherman up or down. tC
/ show that with them it was a snare
| and delusion, and that they invari
ably rewarded party worker for his
services to the party and not because
of any special qualifications he had fol-
the duty and for the office to which ht
| was assigned.
The Senator also reviewed the Re
| publican financial policyat consider
aeie length, showing u Il both silver an,
greenb fcks exist -to.s3 .Apart OF tn.
currency by express e lG.and of tn
American people, rresEec.s-s--to--.
great extent of party Affiliations. ans
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determined hostility Of Republican
leaders and Republican Administra
tions. The plea OF the opposition tina
the public lands be reserved for actua
| settlers was another matter which h
! exploded by reciting the enormOu
/ grants which the Republican Con
| crrS-es had voted away to corpora
tious in nine wears. IN this way dis
posing of l44, j3S, l3i acres. while with
! in two years of Democratic Admin
istratiou it has been ordered tina
nearly IO2. O0O,0 900 acres OF land hello
| by railroad corporations shall b'
thrown open to the people for home
and farms
lie also investigated the labor ques
ton. citing the various enaciments with
in the past year for the relief of the la
boring man. not the least (which are th'
bills pnt ing the seal OF contemplation
on the use of convict labor by striking
from the appropriations every item To-
the use of convict labor on public
buildings, and also prohibiting the Inn
portatiOn of labor under contract e
compete with American workmen. L
ans managed to defeat.
The tariff question was also giver
judiciOuS attention, and his argumen
was based on the broad axiom that al
taxation shall be limited to the require
ments of an economical government
AMI that the necessary reduction II
taxation must be ELECTED without de
Driving American labor OF the abilit,
To successfully compete with foreign
labor. In his judgment tariff whlci
raises sufficient amount OF revenue
and no more, for honest government
and a, the same time incidentally pro
tects the laboring classes. the manu-
} featuring interests and the agriculture
J and business pursuits OF the country
will be of Democratic origin when
comes. and it will have the sanction Q
the most illustrious names in the histor,
of the Republic. 81
The question of PENSIONS was ais
, treated at length, with the sentimen
/, that any man or mfn guilty Of unfair
, ness. iIliberality or bad faith towar
, the soldiers OF the war for the Unto
would be speedily and utterly ovel
whelmed by the excavations of tn
: whole American people.
[ The work of the recent Congressior
: al session was then reviewed. showin
{ what had been accomplished for tn
: soldiers. and the effort of the Repni
Z licans to belittle the administration ,
, the Pension Department came in Il
, its full share of cxccration.
On the question of prohibition, takin
for his text: ..Where do the roao
. fork?" the Senator was particular
facetious in picturing the entanglemen
of the party whose leader in Maine W;
for prohibition. while in this State Il
!, party was so barren of speech that
> could not say whether it was 4,
|, | snmptuary legislation or against it, fl
, prohibition or per contra, or for hig
license. low license or any kind of
o cense The Senator was prompt
t affirm that there was not a voter in Il
{ diana who did not know the Repnbli
an platform on that subject was a me
juggle of words. a cheat and fran
: and that 1t was 50 intended To thi
in striking contrast. he held up the u
mistakable language of the Democrs
ic platform.
Concerning the appo rtionment
= the last Legislature. it was sulicie
answer to the howl of pain from Sc
q ator Harrison that in The infamous a
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