Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-26
A BRILLIANT SPEECH.

Republicans nhStiEE AAhi"
People suffsr forit
WASHINGTON. d. c.. March 25.-At one
o'clock the Edmunds Esso.Gtions were
placed before the Senate, and Mr.. yOor-
bees took the floor in opposition TO the ma
jority resolutions. They contemplated no
measure of legislation to bring about the
removal Of an evil or pretended evil. They
were merely Illumination Of Senatorial
opinion, barren of result, other than q
cheap partisan deuanciation.
The majority of the Senate had turned
aside from the legitimate business OF legis
lation. Labor ell over the country was
oyertaxed and scantly paid BY reason OF
long standing and vicious legislation.
Human suferirg was wriDgung its hands
and weeping in many Psrts OF the country
in destitution for waAt Of employment and
prouer remuneratiou. Great corporations
were oyershsdowiug ,be lana snd absorb
ing the powers Of State sud Nation, and
GRINDING The FLEsH AND BLOOD OF MEN
AND WcMSN
into their massive hopPers. American
.oommescs no longer had ship on the
ssas Gtsat questions of taxation and
finance were pressing for attention. bu'
from all these great and pressing su'Jsets
we must turn aside TO discuss this question
raised by the Senator IRON
Vermont (Mr Edmunds) 1t
vas thrust into our converts to oostruct
,be business Of the country in favor OF
lot Of Republican oficeholders. Dir. Voor-
hees heartily endorsed @r. Clevelsnas &C
ton in making removals 80 far as that
action had been had, and ne would heartily
endorse the Presidents action Ia the same
direction if it went thousand lesgues FUR
ther.
TIE CIVIL SERVICE
law hss never commended itself to the
iudgneut of Mr. voorhees,. Very recently
he had voted in Committee and should
vote in the SeuSts for its absolute repesl;
1t had proven itself 10 be q violent ana
odious obstruction to the VII of the people,
and a stumbling block in the way o. 3 ma
siousl and successful administration OF the
Government With the exception OF toartn
class postmssters there we're at the present
time ten Republicans in ofhce tc one Dem
ocrat. Mr.. VOORHEES, has no hesitation IN
declaring that such q Gtsts OF tolngs was
not consistent with the true theory o,
popular government or with lss SAFE anu
honest administration.
Tue PEOSLE HAD ORDAINED A CHANGE
:, The administration OF the Government,
and such change was not properly limited
20 changes in fea chief officers. History
had shown that no political party could
sdmiaistor affairs OF = Government through
the instruneutality OF Its enemies. AT telS
very hour there was not conRdenuSi
communication or transaction OF sog ons
of the departnentS that was not betrayea
70 the leaders Of the Republican party
The very papers demanded 6y the Senate
were familiar 70 eager Republican eyes
Every paper sId every drawer and evefS
closet in the departments was daily sno
houriy under the Espionage of Republican
chief clerks, Republican private sscge'srleS
and
REPUBLICAN CONFIDENTIAL sHoRTHANl
WRITER'S.
Those who opsued the letters OF the hsso.
Of departments we're knoSn ss mslSnan'
opponents Of the Democratic party ~. N
famed with desire Tor tn'
overthrow of ths administrators
Mr.. voorhees, said the PrS4eaat could no no
be blamed tor moving slowly. every a. =;
of his administration was in the re y.
reetion and the country would understsl;;
why greater progress had not been made
and would place the responsibility Whsr'
it belonged. Mr.. VOORHEES, said that IN
evils predicted BY Republicans when Dem
ocrEtS should come into power had no
come.
TIE "cOEYEDERGTE BRIGADIER
ct both ends Of the Capitol, continued .
vote annually sl00, ,Ooa, 600 for Pen:lons
Union soldiers, and as to eolcred citizens
President Cleveland gave them occaGoI
ally 9 good Office Referring to Mr.. Nj
sons Characterization of the Dsmocrati
party as . ''protoplasm, Mr.. yool
hess. said il wa tortunat
tore the Democracy that the selors