The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-04

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The speech Of Senator Voorhees, on the
Wilson tariff bill was ~ ignorant and
shallow discourse a. that veteran Demo-
cratic charlatan ever delivered. We have
caIlsd him chariatan: he has always
bssn that: m inscriptions criminal
lawyer" In politics. and the criminal" he
has always defended has been his own
party. Before tho war he was vulgar
Northern Doughfsee. When Northern
Democrats like Logan, Daniel 9.
Dickinson. James T. Brady. Daniel z.
eicklss. Samuel ]. Randall, John 8. Dix.
Lewis Cass. BENJAMIN r. Butler. John A.
McClsrnaad. John N. Palmer. Matt Car
pentsr and host Of others stood mp for the
psrhsad from the beginning 10 the end
Of the war: the last ysar OF the
var he denounced Union soldiers ~ "Lin-
coins pups." Who ought TO wear collar
With the legend 81 am Abe Lincoin's dog:
whose dog are your" II he Was not
actually . member Of the reasonable
knights Of the Golden Circle. he was In
full sympathy with them and had their
confidence. He bitterly opposed the
''gresuback" during the war. when it wss
. military necessity, bnt after the war he
Immediately joined the party Of repudia-
tion In 1855; Joined the Grsenbsck party Of
1874 and has ever since been shouting fos
imitation. 6st money and free silver.
He hes always been IN incsndiary dema-
gogus; he calls the lives lost ct Home
stead. Pa, Wholesale murder. when every
truthful man knows that ''the striksrs'
occupied the property Of the company for
two weeks, and only retired when the
Democratic governor OF Pennsylvania
called cut 8 1000 militia to disposssss them
Suppose the managers OF the Homestead
company had forcibly trespasssd upon the
homes Of ''ths strikers" elected them and
shot them down, what would that have
bssnf Why. murder; Wholesale murder.
and yet when the strikers occupy the prop
erty Of the company and shoot down its
defenders and are shot down in return
Voorhees, calls II 'whoiesaie murder, /" for
which the protective tariff 10 responsible,
getting the highest wagss In America, ~
Democratic Congressman Oates confessed
In his report
This man Voorhees, howis about 'cor-
Supt plutocrats, when A. . matter of fact
Il u . notorious fact ut Washington
Of the lobby In congress- HIS speech is
absolutely absurd ON the tariff: no objects
TO the amendments TO the Wilson bill.
which serve to lin II something from the
position Of deficiency into that of reve-
nue. ball: he does not seem TO understand
lean labor and wages against sn immense
organized industrial system like that o!
England seeking to food our nation with
cheap goods made by cheap labor. and
legitimate free trade between the states oil
this Union: he would surrender our vast
home market to Europe for the phantom
prctense Of capturing the foreign market.
II 30 surrender our home market Ia
Europe, which We must do unless we cut
wages enormously tn the icvet Of shs
European competitive manufacturer
and producer. and make some in.
road In the foreign market what
have We done' We hare exchanged
the certainty of q hve-doilar gold piece iol
the bare chance OF getting q nickel in ex
change. Does Mr.. Voorhees, take tho
American wage worker for a chronic foo
because he sometimes votes without du,
reflection, a. he did ia November. 1882
The Republican victories In the minol
elections In Ohio. Connecticut. Dakota
Montana. Michigan. Kansas and Iowa or
Monday last show that the wage worker
Of the North has had q sewers ohjees les
con which ne will not soon forget; h,
asks himself IL this il the situation in III,
green tree Of Democratic tariff agitation
what viii IL hs In the dry tree of Demo
cratic tariff legislation. and against tai,
object lesson Of hardship and enforced
idlsness the baldsrdash and hlathsrskis.
Of VOORHEES, viii hare no effect
A Democrat. who worked and voted FOL
Clsvslsnd's election, writing of 'Clevs
lands Failure" in tho earrsn, number o.
the Forsm. says, III . national election
were 30 b held tomorrow, no shrewd OBJ
server doubts that the Democrats would
be defeated in every Northern state aud
reshars In more than che soashern state
"A feeling very nearly akin to disgust l.
everywhere expressed with the aasainl.
uatson and with congress-"
This 10 intelligent Democratic testimony.
OF what value 80 = eosnmon wage worke,
h IL 60 point cut 80 him that protective
duties have been taken eft fee article.
representing great Northsra iadas.Fie,
when he finds oas that this policy mean,
closed doors and cat wages: % What
value 10 is 20 the miner. logger Voc
raiser. hop producer and farmer 60 talk ID
him shous free coal. free wool. tree eFss
and free farm animals and products. ~ssr
he fads this LEGISLATION oesitsratss Ersa
industries. parslyEss business aad transfer
HE home market To she foreagnefS
The ssupstaaat ana vt.sat pssaaeo In vOoy.