The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-29

daT heard two very remarkable speeches.
oEe made hy Grosyenor 3f Ohio. attacking
ex-G0y. AItgeId Of Illinois. and The other
ey De Almond heap.ng rIalcu.s upon Sec
reiaTy Morton for the recent issue % a
pamphlet entitled The Farmers Inter
est N Finance"
GroSvenors observations on the COVER
nor or Illinois were called forth by the lat
ter's speech iast week. Grossenor got the
floor during ths debate on the agricultural
olA- TIE loyalty. honor aid integrity OF
the state of Ohio, NJ said. demanded
reply. As 20 much % what AitReld had
said Grosvsnor remarked his answer
would De silence. but one paragraph he
could net pass over. That paragraph
Gr0sYenor had reAd at the clerks desk.
II called attention. Ia partial sabssangia-
ton. % the sweeping assertion that Bryan
had been defeated OF his election. 20 the
fact that In Ohio last fsH there were cast
zfsos0 more votes than ia 1882. This Alt
geld had said. indicated an increase Of
population % ioo00 90 whereas he charged.
the increase had not been more than two
thirds Of t. From this ne concluded that
so.eo0 of the votes were fraudulent.
L do nor wonder" said C;rosvenor.
that a gentleman who led a victorious ma
jority IA the city OF Chicago very recently
aud then was absolutely overwhelmed IN
almost all the counties and voting pre-
state as an Illustration OF the quality OF
uniairHess which had been the index Of
this election.
''E.x Gov. Aitgeld Is the last person. in
rny Judgment. Eho ought 20 drag from the
rapidly closing waves OF oblivion the his
tory and detail OF the recent election.
Whatever happened in Ohio was due 10
a large number OF factors. no one OF
which vas more powerful and potent to
the victory OF the Republican party IN
that state than was the existence as
leader In the Democratic party Of Coy.
AitEeld Of Illinois When ali else during
tn campaign failed 20 arouse an outbuEst
or tremendous enthusiasm. IL always fol-
lowed the declaration that one OF the
things Ne were aiming az WIS 20 purge
the fair record OF Illinois Of the name in
ofTlce of AlIged. He IL was who in the
Chicago convention demanded. as was
pub fshed and declared evsrywhsra the In
PRODUCTION of those blanks OF that plat
form that arrsyed hundreds OF thousands
OF Democrats. independent OF the ques-
ton Of tariff and currency, against the
Democrats party. Why. II is not very
strange that the gentleman should feel
some degree OF responsibility for the re-
suits and some degree OF soreness as he
looks back over the misera bic record In
politics which he himself has made
Continuing. Grosvenor said there had
nos been a dishonest election In Ohio for
years. and ne gave the credit Of this 10
the toint efforts Of the leading men OF both
political parties.
he Almond RiairaIes Morton.
De Almond replied very briefly 10 Gros-
veaor, but II was MS subsequent attack
upon Secretary Morton which created the
sensation. he Almond is a Democrat. an
ardent advocate Of silver. and therefore
his attack on Democratic cabinet official
Nao had been most active on the gold side
of the controversy excited less surprise
than it otherwise would have done With
nj ha
scored the secretary OF agriculture TAX
Ing as his text the recent publication is
sted hy the secretary The pamphlet re-
viewed the silver agitation 20 show that
poverty and illIteracy characterized the
states which had been foremost in the
den and for the restoration Of silver
DE Almond asserted that the demand
for silver came chiefly from the farmers.
whose Interests fhe secretary OF agricul-
sure mas supposed 10 look after. and
a. ash-3 c0otempiuouslv what excuse there
Has for issuing t1 them this SANDER this
traVesty on facts" He went on 10 say
thar there Nere facts which some men
lest sight of that were known 10 all 9th
ers and one ~ them was that the flHt-
crate coiored vote represented McKlnIsy's
majority IN most Of the states which he
carried But he said. no one s8kes Se,c-
refsTy Morton seF!Dusly nowadays. The
world was no longer interested IN his
views on finance. although if might lock
with expectation for any obse TvatIons he
might make on The woo1chuck. the hedge
hos or the eye OF the potato TT was
once said OF an eminent statesman" ne
ccatiuued. that the secretary stood
alone: that modern degeneracy bad not
reached aim. it could not bc said Of
Morton that fae secretary stood alone
Modern degensracy had na; passed him"
Addressing the Republican side be ap-
pealed to them 20 recognize Secretary
MortoB's Servirc. even though they re-
fused o. accept responsibility for aim
roy course. said he 'yog viii not keep
him in his present position. out Yen might
pat flm in The national museum
Eve ~all rat h5m tn better place" in
teTrGQfrl Stone ~ Pennsylvania. we
w!l send him hack IL Nebraska"
why should you desire ia punish Ne
braske7 shouted ken Pop. cf Ncoras-
<s- amid shouts ot laughter
"foU fnstm4tet that I sock unfair a8-
vsntsEe Of Gov Altgeld" pat In Cirosve-
nor way da yp1 attack Secretary Nor
tou here. where be has no opportunity "a
rerlvP-
Because" ret1rtsd he Almond. Il
knew the gentleman from Ohis has con-
traetrd hab.t 80 speaking here AZ least
once d8y. a-3 telr tat 10 cauld
speak FER h.m. * necessary" JRerewei
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