The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-12-04
NO REFORM OF THE TARIFF
BY THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS.
Senator Voorhees, Speaks of the Prospects
Republican Leaders viii Resort to Des-
pernte Measures as the Confidence
of the Country is Lost.

Senator Voorhees, arrived IN the city
Friday afternoon. For some time past
he has been in the state, but returned
Saturday TO Washington to prepare to as
sist In contending every step of the repub-
lican congress in its proposed neiarious
legislation. Senator Voorhees, is not in
exceptional good health at present, but
says he will be in condition, when the time
comes, to lend all the energy he possesses
to prevent legislation against the people
and right, and for, monopoly and section
alism. He strongly denounces the policy
of the present administration and says
that legislation in line with it would be
ruinOus. At the hotel he said:
ut seems to that the approachings SEES
sion OF congress will be neither pleasant
nor a profitable one. The republican party
has majority in both branches, and also
the president, but l predict no useful
legislation To the country. The recent
elections, and the manifest failure of the
administration to retain the confidence of
the country, have startled the leaders OF
the republican party, and they will resort
to desperate measures. The great ques-
ton of this day and generation, paramount
the reform OF the present abominable
tariff, but when the Fifty-first congress adj
iourns no reform will be found to have
been made. The same hideous inequality
and robbery Will prevail in tariff taxation
then as now, and the labor of the country
will groan under the curse OF slavery as it
does to-day. The continuance of the re-
publican party in power means the con-
tinued bondage of the laborer to his task
master, and the continued pinchingpoverty
of his wife and children. Instead of Crap
pling with this great iniquity for its over
throw, and for the relief of the toiling
masses, the leaders of the party now in
power will again crouch down over the
dead ashes of sectional hate, and try to re-
kindle fires long since extingushed by the
common judgment of the country and the
Christian sentiments of mankind.
IAN attempt will be made to enact laws
for the control of all elections in the
southern states by federal power and by
federal bayonets, if necessary, to carry
them for the republican party. / do not
expect this attempt to succeed because the
minority in the house, and indeed in both
branches. is too strong to permit such a
total overthrow of our system of govern
ment. Minorities have their rights and
lnClf pOMCISs anu lllclI SItdttSl lulCllOu
is to guard the liberties of the people and
the existence of the states from wrong and
subversion at the hands of a reckless, par
tisan, and lawless majority"
''What do you think of the prospects Of
the democratic party from the present
outlook"
''As to the general outlook for the fu-
ture | never felt so confident of success
for the democratic marty as | do now
have a reason for the faith that is in me,
and it consists in the fact that on the
mighty issue OF equal rights and equal
burdens of taxation the democratic party
has the eternal right for its platform. On
this issue it will grind its opponents to
dust. 1t is only question OF time, and
of short time at that The light is travel
ing fast on this subject. To the full ex-
tent of my humble abilities and to the end
OF my life expect to aid in its dissemina-
ton"