The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-09-29
SOLID sHOTi
Given to the Public In Speech Made
by Senator Voorhees, at tho Open.
ing Of the Democratic Cam.
paign, In Indiana.

At the opening of the Democrat
ic campaign. in Indiana Senator
Voorhees,the principal speaker,was
greeted with one of the largest aud
fences that ever gathered at a polit-
ical meeting, was heatily cheered
from beginning to ending. Show
ing, beyond all doubt, that the
great masses of people were with
him. In his speech Mr.. Voorhees,
said: "The theory of this Govern
ment is that the people govern
themselves through their repre-
sentatives chosen atshort intervals,
and at free, untrammeled elections.
In framing and adopting the con-
stitution under which we now live,
our great forefathers planted 1t
firmly and squarly on the broad
doctrine of self-government. They
proclaimed to the ends of the earth
their faith in the virtue, the intelli-
gence, and the sovereignty, not
only of their own patriotic gener-
alton, but of all tho generations
which were to follow in this mighty
republic. In this doctrine is con-
tained the full and pure essence of
American liberty.
There is brutal and senseless
spirit of accusation in certain quar-
ters at this time against the Demo-
cratic party because it has not, in
the first eighteen months of its leg
islative ascendency, been able to
uproot, tear down and demolish the
entire system of vicious legislation
whereby the Republican party for
more than a generation has prac-
tically revolutionized this govern
ment, made it a plutocracy instead
of government of the plain peo-
pie, established privilege and caste
in all our public affairs; made the
rich richer and the poor poorer, ag-
grandized the power of capital, and
ground and oppressed every organ
ization of labor and every branch
of industry under the American
flag.
After severe and protracted
struggle and much vexatious delay,
occasioned by the miserably defect
i've rules of the Senate, that Repub-
lican nuisance and standing men,
ace to the business of the country
was removed, the purchasing clause
of the Sherman act was repealed.
The next great achievement of
the Democratic party, in the order
of events as theysoccurred in the
Fifty-third Congress, was to wipe
out system of Federal election
laws, fastened upon the country by
the Republican party more than a
quarter of century ago.
The repeal of the Mckinley act,
when all the circumstances and
conditions are calmly considered,
will be found to have been the most
stupendous struggle against power
and consolidated capital ever made
before in American history.
The whole doctrine of protection
was at stake in the movement for
the repeal of the Mckinley act, and
I here proclaim that the backbone
of the protective system is broken
in this country forever"
Mr.. Voorhees, then pictured the
condition of the country when Con.
gress met, and paid his respests to
the Sherman bill, saying:
"More than twenty years ago tht
great and unforgiven and unforgiv.
able crime of silver demonetization
took place at the hands of the Re.
publican party, and, although after.
ward partially restored, yet from
that time to the present hour silver
, money, instead of being treated ir
J the money world as it is in the con
. stitution, as the constitutional co
, equal of gold at standard of cur
, rency, has been kept in q manned
and crippled condition, spurned
dubbed and stoned at tevery oppor
[ tunity by those interested in the
contraction of currency to the mar
) row basis OF gold alonc."
Settlement Notice.