New-York tribune., 1872-05-25
DOM PIATT ON VOORHEES,.
A WORLDLY MINDED VIEW OF TIE INDlANdaANo
sUMMERsAULT-CLAIMs OR CONsClENCEl


The Hon. Dan Voorhees, Is gentleman OF
large uterance and. generally is the case IN thOo IN IN
stances OF small performance C9IstruoIeu oa0 70 he
volume OF wind expanded from the smallest 9peUrlng U
With the execution probably OF the N b size t6on
hees make more noise III proportion " Hls p,i
any creature Of vocal sort IT has pleased Dyle 9 a.
dence to create This noise Is irIlatg T1 e may I 6n3
exasperating TO ears OF rehneG @ Hpe1ts and
otherwise 1t il harmless. Like mes the Den's & auo
Caseys, the Hon Dan may pe rGs9IIoe ~ e f"9nd Under
sary nuisance The latest exhibition Il 70 10 TO- INV I
head Of personal explanation, wherein Iue non Ian
eulogized the present incumbent OF R we oo, I
sion. The history Of this pollcai Dt 9I & ~;
little curious For year the Hon Dan was loud III
his donuncatons OF the Klaie3tS ~ W eoi Viii
tions OF these partisaus hIied IlS DeYcao o ~ tn
wrath. In and out of season he grew eloque over o
wrongs of the Constitution and the woes OF inc people.
determination tO mako platform out OF sihge nalhe
Grant To those philosophers like ourselves VINO, ior
the purposes Of science or from curiosity curiosity,
on the point OF needle and nTOught tie H nnero-
scope 10 lear q change percCpble in the vocer0ns
euing lis feeers became lees acute, anu la M
OF oense the voice aforesaid, toned down 10 inc gehtS
upon two, we believe three cOinlttGes 0,
ton placed there by the discerning Speaker IN te most
pronscuOus and impartial manner and had challces 70
that the Radical devils were not so DiIk as pi,o
and in consequence this oratorical son OF lh1ana ,hu
der mildly voted with the enemy we next near f o. MS s
hobnObhing with the rOtund Robson, ana next nt no
had been hOnOred with an interview WIN tho AuuI4s
ratiOn These items insignificant in themselves, grow
suggestive when taken IN eohnecti9n WIN tne @ itt &
hibIt in the House. The Daily Repu6edn, me oesI OF
The mldest Had It been written ~ the non:
Dan himself as ii s supposed TO have Deen IL cO0d hot
have been moro inOhensye IL did not lnpugn MS mo
yes or attack his judgment, or IN any way aIcct MS
character. TO this the slightest or all lOunu'tlOhs,
honorable gentleman on personal ana flNi-
legged question. Where either comes In OOthers the
wises And, as il warned in advance, the RepuDlcan
members gathered about the disturbed orator; and the
Speaker, always ready with his lneXOraDe gave re-
fused positively to see although the question OF order
was Immediately raised that there any violation OF
the rules interruption 10 the business OF tue Oe IL
looked as IL the thing set up, and probably III was
We must not DO understood as doubling Tor moment
that Dan was animated by the oltlest patrOllSn we
are sure he said much His principles are OF the pures
but this is sad sad wicked world or ours, ana CERTAIN
pestifer0us fellows go about impugnng motives all the
lime They seem make aDuslneSs or lnpugung III IS
not a profitable busneSs-it certainly Is not peasant
oneaud numerous Democrats hearing Dan not only at
tick the big G." but oulOgize :he ntte s. went 70 I'M
uueuiug. Before the ind Inant Daniel could hinge on
his center questions poured IN him. ana one Democrat
suaested mat 20 to the White House iOf ms reward
anI another ass ring that he had been there Dan fired
back asserting that he had not crossed the thr hOd OF
White House three years. Jones wants 10 KNOW
tle exact location Of that threshold he is preparing 10
make affidavit that he had seen the handsome II an at the
threshold lies entrance OF the Blue Room or per
hans Jones lies his assertion, Dan lies III hs DENIAL
About lie hotels and the avenue ana along Newspaper
Row tho night that remarkable performance we nedrd
Tie indignant had been aInpered with b.! the Ad-
uustrdtiOD and by others that he had some 100000
wort Of claims before the Departments, ana TINS was pa
for an early settlement. These things pdnCd uWe were
TTre Haute, who stands upon the Constitution IKE the
Goddess of Liberty upon the dome OF the CphO III eV-
brass aud Drcathes pure Democratic principles
while GSfyug enemies Of freedom; and yet, alas IS
able Mrs Julius not high as the goddess and yet
she was above suspicion. We are 6reyed Exit Daniel