Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-26
THE TALL SYCAMORE.
TORHERS RLAYs THIS DEFANRR OF HAN
COCK AND MCCLELLAN.



WASHINGTON, April 25.-The motion
TO refer the Presidents message was taken
up In the Senate, and Mr.. Voorhees, pro-
ceeded to address the Senate thereon.
he said that an extensive discussion Of
the tariff in the Senate and House left no
doubt As to the attitude Of the Republican
party on that question, and il had at last
been forced to throw away masks and false
faces, and 20 admit that taxation was not
10 stop at the revenue line of the Govern
msnt, but was to be turned loose without
limit and without shame on the labor of the
people. for the set purpose of enriching
favored few-a syndicate of dsvouripg, in
satiate monopolists.
The Republican party leaders driven by
madness to suicide and hari Kari were GO
ing before the Amerieen people opposing
every reduction Of taxes, except those paid
by tobacco and alcoholic spirits. He did
not intend that that issue should be
dOdged in the coming political csmpaign,
at least in Indiana. The position of the
Republican prrty might be described
thus:
First--Taxation not to be limited by the
expenses Of the government, with q view
to the protection of manufacturing monop-
olists.
Second-An the protection given and all
its profits to enure to the further enrich
ment Of capitalists, but not dollar of it
to the laboring man and woman.
Third-That if any reduction Of taxes
was to take place, it must be on alcoholic
LIQUOR and tobacco and not on the prime
necessities of life.
THE PENSION RECORD.
Passing to the charges that the Demo-
Gratis ia Congress have been hostile TO the
Union soldiers in the matter Of pensions, he
contrasted the action of both parties in that
matter and claimed that the Republicans
should make mean aud psrsimonous rec
ord toward the soldiers and that rank and
bitter injustice had been done them by
provisions of law under Repub. lean rule,
while the Democrats in Congress and in
the executive offices had been liberal in
the extremes.
Referring TO the attack made in the SEN
ate upon the memory 81 Mcclellan and
Hancock, he said the presiding officer Of
the Senate had descended to the floor and
attacked the memory Of American heroes
who wore sleeping where flowers and tears
were annually eommingled on memorial
day, resting from their glorious lives in the
quiet bivouac Of the dead. The pious task
Of making response had been appropriate
ly performed by one whose own eonspicu-
Gus daring in arms had given him the gen.
srOus right Of ehiyslry to speak in their
praise.
There were suggestions, however, in
spired BY the wanton and astounding as.
sault of the Senator from Kansas, which
would not speedily pass from the public
mind. That Senator, q recognized leader
of bis party, had stood in his place in
tho senate and denounced two great
Union generals rs traitors to their country.
allies of the Confsderaey, and no word If
dissent or Iebuke had been uttered by q
single associate in either House. Demo-
Gratis had waited, and some had wondered,
but the silent acQuiescenee In the horrible
charges remained unbrokep.
MCCLELLAN AND HANCOCK
were the heroes of the two most conse-
auential battles Of the war-Antietam and
Gettysburg, the loss of either Of which
would have brought European recognition
TO the Confedelacy, and darkness and dis
NAV, if not final dissolution. They had
commanded in the only battles fought
north of the Potomac and each time had
met the enemies of an invading force,
strong, confident and flushed with recent
victories. Antietam and Gettysburg had
involved the possession of the Capital and
the perpetuity Of the Government, and
to Mcclellan and Hancock (now
stigmatized as allies of the Confederacy)
had been committed the measureless and
awful trust Of defending and preserving
them both. If asked hereafter where were
the greatest leaders of the Democratic
party during the war. (where the Dsmo-
cratic candidate of '64 for the Presidency
and the Democratic candidate Of 80 for
the Presidency the undulating slopes OF
Antietam and the crested heights Of Get
tysburg would be pointed to. He knew
them both, and ne bowed to their mighty
shades.
THEY WERE OF LoFrIER MOULD
than Greek or Roman history supplied.
The warrior ranks of Achais" furnished
not their peers. Not ''the gold-focked
Achilles, nor the high-born son Of Lsertes,
nor the wide ruling King Agsmemnon. And
yet, 4" he said, ''such were the great soldiers
who were mccked, scoffed and denounced
as belonging to the subservient elements oil
the North and who were accused Of treason
by those who were of the breed of Jobs
war horse and who like him) snuffed the
battle afar cff."
Leaving that subject Mr.. voorhees,
passed to what he called the campaign ol
political animosity, declared against the
people of the South, their rights, their 90.
curity, and their coed name The especial
anger of Republican politicians, he said,
was excited because the vote of the South
in National contest is solid against their
party. Would some one on the other side
Of the Chamber, tell him how the vote Of
the South could be other than it was?
AZ the conclusion of Mr VOORHEES,
spesch, which was delivered with great
power and effect and was listened to with
interest aud attention on both sides Of the
chamber, he was congratulated by many
of his Democratic associates.
The matter then went over.
On motion of Mr.. Frye, the conference
report on the joint resolution for confer
ence of the American nations was non
concurred in and q new conference was
ordered.
The Senate then adjourned.