The advocate., 1894-05-02
Roasting Senator WOlcott.

has trsnspired to change the senator's |
views regarding the labor question. On
April Is, he addressed the senate in
opposition to Aliens resolution favoring
respectful treatment to the common
wealsrs. This quotation is sufficient to
show the tone of Wolcott's speech:
am tired Of this talk Of natural demon
stration. In Colorado TO. day, crushed and
humiliated as she is by the action Of con-
gress, venture to say no man is suffering
because he can find no work, OF no willing
hands to assist in supporting him until
work can be found for him. Ibelieve the
time has come when those of US who are in
public life ought to begin to cultivate more
regard for the perpetuity of republican in
stitutions and to psnder less TO that mis-
called portion Of the labor vote, whose
labor Is with their throats and never with
their hands.
The speech has aroused indignation
among people Of all parties, many Of
whom are disgusted with the senator's
inconsistency. The Kansas sentiment
regarding it is very we'll expressed in the
following letter by s. H. Snider, super
intendent OF insurance:
Senator WOICOH, Washington, D. O.:
DEAR S1R:--Your utteranCes on the floor
Of the United States senate, April 26, Gas
given in the press dispatohes) in your
speech in opposition to Mr.. Aliens "Coxey
Resolution" challenges an emphatic pro-
test from every loyal, intelligent American
who reads the same. When you say there
is to-day ''no man who sincerely desires to
work for the support Of himself and family,
who can not obtain work" you place your
self positively in one of three positions, i. O.,
you are ignorant Of the present conditions
Of not only your own state bus this whole
country, or you knowingly prevariCate, or
you feel that so august (?) parsonage Rs
United States senator is too far removed
from the common people who compose the
majority of his constituency, 10 be under
any obligations TO heed their petitions or
protests. II the frst or last position be true,
you are unfit TO represent body Of Ameri-
can people; if the second, the sooner you are
impeached the better, because the people
are thinking and arriving at convictions
and settled conclusions with greater rapidity
than ever before, and they will not much
longer tolerate disloyslty TO pledges given
and gauzy excuses in place Of integrity in
their so. .oALLRD representatives.
The Coxey movement is not the result Of
q session of legislation but Of years Of en-
aotments by just such individuals as you
and your plutocratio colleagues, by your
own words, prove yourselves to be. You
have been legislating for che power in this
land represented by q minority Of itS Cii-
zens, i. g., wealth. No refusal to listen to
their petitions has ever been made, no
matter in what form they came; no effort
has ever been made to protect che city of
Washington, the national treasury, or the
halls Of congress against their insiduous
entrance; at their dictation we have had
forced upon us a contraction of the our
renoy; combines, trusts and monopohes of
every kind and description have been fos-
tered; high protective war tariff given them
(under the guise Of protection Of American
labor') and under this system these highly
protected industries have caused to be
shipped into this country Italian pauper Ia
borers, who have no conception or knowl-
edge Of our form Of government, to sup
plant loyal American citizens whose skill,
labor and enterprise has made the gigantic
fortunes arising out Of this system which
sOphistry has called their protection. Ameri-
can citizens, sons Of fathers who fought in
revolutions which gave birth TO the prin-