The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-13
VOORHEES, VOICE PLAYS OUT
VANCE DELIVERS ADDRESS IN
PLACE OF ORATOR BILLED.
Owing tu Illness of Democratic
Leader Programme Mt Armory
Hall Is Aftered-J. r. Fitzgerald.
If Nsssacbusetts, Also Talks.

had been fondly expected ~ the t9tet
politicians. I'm fact L parfooK fatpe ,
OF the nature % frost 10 more 49,
than one. The arst great disappointment
vas Al announcement that owing 70 a
severe inflammation Of she vocal CORDS
HON. G voorhees,. wbo was billed az
tbe sneakrr AZ me evening, would pc
unafle 10 address the gathering the
second severe blow seemed te come VIII
the announcement that Thomas ~
vance assistant attorney general woaio
H. his substitute.
rhe meeting vas called 70 order by Jay
AMER who introduced Frederick Rausfnan
~ nernsneut chairman. Mr.. Bausman
.anta very brleay merely apprising the
etdience II the illness which had hefallen
MIR voorhees, and Introducing that gem
tienan. who desired to make MS Own
apologies.
Mr. voorhees, was given liberal ap-
pispsa. ana stated he was pleased 70 be
afle 10 Al least greet the audience which
haa expected 20 hear him. He then ex-
pfained the reasons for his inabihty 70
sneak. ana referred to the gentlemen
who we're to take his place In compi,-
rnentary terms. He made a glowing tri-
hufe "a Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Stevenson,
and stated his firm belief that they VIII
re- elected lie alHo told % the changes
that would Immediately follow their In
augnration and closed with statement
that I'm the reforms they would work
they would be aided hy J. r. Ronald, or
Seattle. and r. C. Robertson, Of Spokane.
candidates for congress on the Democrat
ic ticket
Mr.. Vance was next introduced, and for
two hours gave an exposition Of his
peculiar style Of caTirIiRp speaking. He
stated In the beginning that his speech
would be a succession of 'sglittering gen
erallties." and his subsequent remarks
fully bore ont that statement
Few Brfghf Quotations.
few ~ hts most brilliant remarks
rallied forth far more enthusiasm from
his auditors than did his attempts at
political arguments. few Of these were:
II know some Of the people ana =
good many don't know me. All mat
d0n't know me are going 10 vote for
me. and that's no Josh
~ nm not q prophet, nor the son o.
prophet. bur sometimes try % tell the
I win tell you that this state has not
changed It's mind since 1885,
~ wish The entire state Of Washing
san was here ana had 10 listen 70 me
no matter how hard Il might be on
them
.'If yon believe that W are worse than
the crowd you turned out four years
APO turn Hs dit too. and God nave
mercy on our souls
~ have the honor TO he an adjunct q
fHt attorney Etbsldf y 1HiNF hhA Nt7h
YOU thar m Republican paper IN the
stats not oven the SANITY, honest and
righteous P,-fs has ssger hroush, ~ my
office one sein'iiia Or tot e evidence on
any scandal; but they don't bring u out
for Investigation, they hold u nntil Just
before election"
MIR Vance further stated that he stood
ready and wiliine 90 do MS duty u un-
saffhtng any scandal brought officially
fo his notice. hnt made the reservation
that he would not 10 i during the days
Of the campaign
Mr. Vance made d plea for the members
If his ticket, and then said: am not
speaking for myself I'm going 70 be elect,
ed anyhow" This statement was greeted
with howl from the audience that could
be either construed as appreciation or de-
risan. aud Mr.. Vance naturally chose 10
make Il the former, HE then took up al
legged n4asatatements regarding hts speech
AZ the evening before ana stated that BE
had quoted the Scriptures correctly. Ia
shiH connection he said II don't know as
much abaat Heiy VIII az ! ought 60
know hut I do know moro about II than
any newspaper man ever knew"
Audience Is Wearted.
with such argument and such elegant
language Mr. Vance wearied his audience
FER marc than an hour and a half making
i laborsd defense ~ the course reeently
adopted hs members az hss party In North
Carolina 10 the matter ~ diefr1nchisipg
tha eniared voters He attacked the
course III the pfesldent with reference to
The sultan az ssmiu, aHa stated that slave
holder was un the pHyrolis ~ the United
States lie then tack az the Philippine
question asserting sha' Our trade with
these isiRuds ~ eonnaea entirely 10 the
American soldiers now on duty there lie
MISC remarked that because ~ the tropical
climate, the islands we're Unfit for Anefl-
ear occupancy and should therefore he
abandoned He then waao tire recon-
incubation That the Filipnas be allowed
ii hNht IL oul amongst themselves and
fhHf tina limited At31NH stand aside and