The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-22
THE INDIANA sTATE SENTINEL. TUEsDAY DECEMBER % 1874

and absorbed the attention of the Who'll
people? Let his present professions b
judged in The light of his past actions. H
was a member of the congress whic
adopted the gold bill of 1869, and " as il
washington when the resolution was psss>' d
The names of Holman, Niblsck, Kerr an,
other Indiana representatives are on the
record against that law, but that of the Hon.
ID. w. Voorhees, is not to be found. The
Sentinel will not say that be shirked the
vote from corrupt motives, the favorite st vie
OF argument on the other si1e, U it does
say that he was so grossly careless of the
Interests of his constituents that he failed to
throw his moral power against the law. He
now ~harsngues the people of Indiana to
show how many hundreds of millions the
nation lost by that enactment, and yet he
didn't him it of importance enough to vote
against it. He now asserts that no man il fit
to be senator. who will not fight TO
repeal alaw which he would not vote to de-
feat. What a miserable p~retense all this
u be! Verify it is hard to conceive of a
more complete reputation of the platform
In regard to the gold law thar the conduct
Of Mr.. VOORHEES, himself.
In another very essential particular. how
ever, Mr.. VOORHEES, has proved himself an
tagonistic 10 the platform of the democracy
adopted last July. Let the readers of the
Sentinel peruse the following extracts from
that declaration of principles carefully
noting tia repeated COMBINATIONS of in
creased and retroactive salaries scattered
through them:
The republican party must be held RESPONSE
BILE for these acts of the administration it placed
enormous increase Of salaries, and the SanbOrn con-
tracts while as the Oppressor of the white peo- |
pie OF the South and rs the origin of the corrun- |
ton that weighs like an incubus upon this
country ltdeServeS the SevereSt condemnation. |
InefeIoIe. TINS convention asEs the people TO
again entrust the. democratic party with the adj |
mInlslratlon ofthe state and country upon the
following principles:
the United states and its amendments, and an \
Impartial enforcement of the laws: a tariff for
revenue; a condemnation Of all OFFICIAL grGtuittes ia
The form Of retroactive salaries, state or national: a |
condemnation of the attempt of the last Con-
gress 70 muzzle ne press; securing to every ciii-
zen of the country the equal protection of the |
law without violating the principle of LEGAL self i
government, or interfering with the social GUS
Opposition to high fees and salaries. either in te |
aafeof Indiana or in the United States; and we de-
mano a reduction Of salaries, stale and national. |
y" eoO NLACuJ oiaiOQ al 1tIo Is lD0 |
celebrated salary grab law, which has been
denounced trombone end of the Mo to the
other by men of all parties. 1t has brought
more ignominy on the administration than
anything else it has done. Mr.. Voorhees,
was a member of the committee which origi-
nally reported the law in the House. Out of
ten test votes, by means of which Butler
the measure through congress-, he
voted for the grab seven times and failed to
vote three times. To cap the climax he was
one of the retiring member of congress-,
whose object in voting for the bill was to
secure back pay rather than an increase of
wages for the future. And yet Mr.. Voorhees,
has the face to go around the state %
proclaiming his especial loyalty to q
platform containing the above denunciation
OF his official conduct. Nay, more; he has
gone so far as to defend, in his speech at
Washington, the very sslary-grsblsw which
the platform has so specifically condemned.
if any man in Indiana should shrink
invoking the declarations OF the last
state convention TO s~ubstantiate
his claims for Office, the Hon. d. w. Voor-
hees is that man.
The Sentinel has let that gentleman Sc
verely alone since the beginning of the SEN
atorial canvass, preferring to have the legisla-
ture do its own work, but his course in at
others and challenging an impeach-
ment of his record calls for some attention.
He can now appreciate how his own conduct
appears measured by the STANDARD which he
has applied so persistently to that of other
people. From this narrow method of exam
nation the Sentinel will proceed, accepting
his own challenge, to examine his public
career and the justification of it which he
has made in his last speech, according
10 the higher standards of right and
The people of Indiana
to accept his declaration at Washing
ton On Wednesday last literally: "If in a long
service in Congress / rave committed "a sim
gle act of personal dishonor or corruption,
no man should ever again extend to me
his confidence or support. If ! have done
what honorable men could not do, and
have not done throughout the history OF our
government, then let the executionert ad- :
vance and let my head roll from the
block"
AS an illustration of the changes of per-
sonal fortune in this country, the Chicago
Times tells the following story "Detroit
readily disposed of $4,000 in ~thirty-yesr Z