Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Sens!e Is Addressed by Voorhees,
ION tbs Subjscs Of tho Presidents
Message.
the Whole of the Hou,e-Bynum OF
Indiana Speaks,
Fiftiesh Congress.
THE sENATE.

Tue TIeelueEt'S mtsshS6 WAS TAKEN up,
and Mr.. VOORHEES, proceeded to address
the Senate thereon. He said an extern
sivs discussion Of the tariff in the Senate
and House LETT no doubt IS to the attl-
tude Of the Republican party on the Ques-
ton, and 1. had at last been forced to
throw away masks :hd false faces and to
admit that taxation WAS not to stop at the
revenue line OF the government, but WAS
to be turned loose without limit and
without shame on the labor OF the peo-
pie for the sole purpose OF enriching 8
favored few, syndicate Of devouripg IN
satinte monopolists. The Republican
party leaders, driven by madness to sui
eide and hari kari, were going before the
American people opposing every reduc-
ton Of taxes except those paid by tobac-
CO and alcoholic spirits. He did not ia
tend that the issue should be lodged In
the coming political campaign, ct least
not in Indiana. The position Of the Re-
publican party might be described; First
Taxation not to be limited by the ex-
penses of tie government, with q
view to protection OF the manu-
featuring monopolist; Second-Rll
protection given and all its profits to inure
t the urlhsr enrichment OF the capitalist,
bu. not one dollar Of 1t to the laboripg
men and women; Third, il any reduction
Of taxes Was to take place, it must be on
alcoholic liquor and tobacco, and not on
| the prime necessaries of life. Passing to
the charges that the Democrats in Con-
gress 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 Repub
| leo had do q "a ms rcip npin ON 10
record toward the soldiers and that rank
and bitter Injustice had been done them
BY provisions Of law under Republican
rule while the Democrats in Congress
and the executive Office had been liberal
in the EXTREMIST sense. Referring to the
attack made in the Senate upon the mem
OILY of Generals Mcclellan and Hancock,
he said the presiding aicer of the Senate,
holding the highest official position now
held by r Republican, had descended to
the floor and attacked the memory Of
mer, heroes, who were sleeping, for
whom flowers and tears were annually
commirgled or me mortal day, resting f:o m
their glorious lives in the quiet bivouac
of the dead. The pious effort of maxim g
a response had been appropriately per
formed By one whose own conspicuous
= ,
OF cniy:l y, to speak in praise. The voice
of the Senator from Kentucky on thst
occasion had been an honor to Amer
icau manhood aad to American soldiery.
There were eugge stions, however,
inspired by wsbton ana astounding
assault Of the Senator from Kansas
which would rot speedily pass from the
public mind, That Senator, recognized IS
the leader of his party, had stood in his
place in the Senate and denounced two
great Union generals as traitors to their
country, allies OF the ConfedeIscy, and
no word of dissent or rebuke had been
uttered by 8 single associate in either
House The Democrats had waited, and
some had wondered that the silent acqui-
escence in the horrible charges remained
uubroken. Mr.. Voorhees, proceeded to
draw picture of events during the war,
beginning with scenes in Washington
on the night of the first bat
tie of Bull Run when the
wearied gallop Of the courier could be
heard as he came over the long bridge
and reached the War Department with
dispatches OF the disaster from the front.
Then came the battle Of Antietan, vic
tory unparalleled in the war, considering
all the conditions, the immediate peril
being gone and sense of security being
felt. Mr.. VOORHEES, then changed TIE
scene to Gettysburg, where be said the
last hope of the Southern
Cor 1es.eraoY disappeared forever
Mcclellan a1d Hancock were the heroe:
OF the two most consequential battles ci
the -war, Aniietstn and Gettysburg. The
loss of either would have brought Europ-
can recognition to the Copfedereey and
darkness and dismsy, II not hnal dissolu.
ton. II asked hereafter where were the
greatest leaders of the Democsstic party
during the war (the Democratic Confed.
crate Of 1864 for the Presidency, end the
Democratic candidate Of 1880 for the
Presidency, the undulatirg slopes of An.
tietam and the crested heights of Gettys-
burg would be pointed to. He knew
them both and he bowed to their
mighty shades. Leaving that subject,
Mr.. voorhees, proceeded to speak OF the
recent great development In the south,
and said she was simply rising to her
manifest destiny. He recited achieve
ments of the Democratic party, and at
serted that but for the attitude al d in
fuence of Horstio Seymour, Thomas a
Hendricks, Allen G. TbuImsr, William
Richardson, and their political associates
and followers during the war, not only
would Union confidence have been de-
stroyed, but the dearest and most
sacred rights OF American citizen
ship would have been swept away in
q binding storm Of partisan wrath,
which was most frequently mistaken for
patriotic zeal. He concluded by saying
that the verdict of the American people
in November would be that there had
been an honest, capable government, and
that it should be continued.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. voorhees,
speech, which was delivered with
great power and effect and was
listened to with interest and at
tention on both sides of the chamber, he
was congratulated upon 1t by many Of his
Democratic associates.
The bill then went over.
On motion Of Mr.. Frye the conference