The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-16
But at Last He Left II to Preserve
His Own Political Con-
sistencY.
Hon. Wayne MoVeaRh, Ex- Repub-
lican Cabinet Officer, on the
Democratic Stump.
A Speech by Blaine Remarkable for tho
Absence of Any Com limept for
President Harrison.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1B. One Of the
largest political meetings of the campaign
was held Tonight under the auspices of the
Young MEMS Democratio association Of
this city. which invited Wayne Macveagh.
formerly attorney general under Garfield,
to make an address. Mr.. MaoVeagh was
introduced by President Thompson, OF the
association. MaeV6agh said that up to tho
present time he had not felt at liberty
to vote for any but republican
candidates. In 1876 he believed
'rilden entitled to the electoral
vote Of Louisiana. But President Grant,
Secretary Chandler, Secretary Cameron,
and Gen. Sheridan were in command of the
troops in the state and Secretary Robeson,
with gun boats in its waters deeply inter-
ested in the election of United States Mar
shal Packard. seeking the governorship
with host of deputies at his command,
and yet when the polls closed Tilden had
1000 votes more than Hayes. The speakex
objected to this He has watched with
pain the steady growth of the corrupt use
OF money in politics and he Ia convinced
that unless the republican party la checked
1t would make the poor poorer and the rich
richer, more corrupt selfish and less patri-
otto.
"Ihere is too much truth,' he said, "in
the rumors that the election of 1883 was
bought. There is no wav OF accounting for
the action of the republican party for the
last four years other than the bargain and
sale OF legislation.' He did not see how
any man in his right senses thought it wise
to inflct upon the poor the awful burdens
90 = h. 1aI ,,Jo l.;
by Offering them pensions. or to impoyerish
the taxpayer by buying masses of silver,
for which there Is no use. or to insult
small, weak, sister republic like Chill by
sending such diplomat as Patrick Egan.
or to threaten her with war without waiting
to translate her apology.
On the tariff question MacVeaeh said
| less than IL per cent of the laborers of
Pennsylvania could secure employment in
protective industries. while the other SO
per cent had to pay a bounty on almost
everything they eat or wear owing to tho
cordaRe trust and similar evils The Ameri-
can farmer each year found himself poorer,
4 until in Ohio aud Pennsylvania land is
worth less than half what ii was twenty
| years ago. Laborlng men are Obliged to
pay artificial prices for sugar on account of
| sugar trusts, kept alive by the Mckinley
| bill and what Is true of the Mckinley bill
and this great group of gigantic monopolies
IS also true OF the reckless pension of legi5-
| lation.
The speaker did not object to just pen
| sions. He said it was known that in the
present year silver was mined in vast guam
titles at cost of 35 cents an ounce and
sold to the government at over 70 cents,
80 it is probable our silver dollar is not
worth over 80 cents" 1t was only a ques-
tion of time, he declared. when we would
be reduced TO silver currency. In closing
the speaker snid he would rather place
money in the hands of burglar to bribe a
watchman to rob bank than to contribute
money to be placed in the hands of Quay,
Martin or Hackett to be used in politics.