The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-04
VOORHEES, HARAHGUE.
The Same Old Story Told in q Stale,
Unuroatsble Wav


Democratic gush stopped over last night.
Chas. s. Voorhees, made HIS nextto-Ias
speech OF the campaign TO a crowd Of
Democrats ct Frye's opera house.
The event had been long talked OF and
much advertised by the Democracy. and a
monstrous procession was fondly anticf.
pated. By absorbing a torch-light process
sion of the Peoples party" which had en-.
nounced celebration. a preseniable street
parade was formed The procession move d
through the principal streets. headed by a
band, and stopped at the rendezvous in
front OF the opera house. number of
visitors had come 10 the city expressly to
participate in the festivities.
During pyrotechnicai display of half
dozen Roman candles, aud as many more
skyrockets, the parade dispersed and coll
lected inside the opera house. where they
made up part Of large crowd that after
wards listened with more or less patience
70 ditfuse harangue of nearly three
hours Duration from the Junior sycamore
of the wabash,
The first thing on the programme was
the election Of chairman, and :. Eliicott
was selected for the position A number
OF Democratic dignitaries occupied the
platform, but the face OF the
among them, II seemed he was suffering
from severe sore throat and could not
appear until later in the evening. II was,
therefore, necessary 10 amnse the audience
until such time as IL should sait the sweet
will of Charley TO show mp. aud District
Attorney Ronald was employed as kind
OF suffer 10 kill time. This he did in q
series of orasorial convolutions aud plat
| form gymnastics that were brought to q
sudden stop by the appearance from be-
hind the flies of Voorhees, himself. who
stalked upon the platform In the midst OF
sn ELUSIVE euiogy OF himself 10y Ronald
and monouolized the attention OF the
crowd, and caused Ronald 10 collapse very
suddenly. The Black Diamond band
very opportunelyetided over the emharras-
| sing iuif In the proceedings by playing a
| tune, aud then the speaker of the evening
was introduced by the chairman. Voorhees,
voice was harsh aud grating, aud did not
| improve in tone during the course OF his
| long discourse. He started out Apologize
ally with the old chestnut about the from
| tier saloon keeper who besought his Gus
| toners in q conspicuous plscard not 20
shoot his pianist, because he was doing
the best he could" and asked the same
indulgence from his audience: which was
| accordingly granted. The speaker
launched Immediately into a eulogy OF
his own action in having declined the
nomination for third term. aud OF having
been forced 10 accept in obedience 10 the
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| same issues were now before the peo-
people that there were four and two years
ago. He assaulted John II. Allen as being
| the choice OF the corporate Interests of the
territory, and inxiuuated that he Is OF
| would be, their plant tool IL elected "a
congress. He SPREAD out upon almost
every political Issue, general and local,
and repeated in perierrid eloquence his
threadbare sverment III were starving
and II no hand stretched ont with crasl
OF bread TO relieve my dire distress. the
Northern Pacific with all its vast posses
sions has not money enough 10 make me
the tool Of its monopollStlc will.
or words 10 that effect Toe yerboss
Voorhees, was not disturbed. ate
he had spoken for two hours. BY
the noise OF many trsmpling feet leayin.
the hall. but kept right on til he had
thoroughly exhausted himself and ht'
audience, aud closed amidst a genera
sigh OF relief aud afterwards the usus
cheers. II should not tt omitted To b
mentioned that be abased the press of THIS
territory roundiy.
| The exercises were concluded by . few
remarks BY Mr. white, and then thu
audience dispersed.