Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-26
THE TALL SYCAMORE.

| to ferret out these outlaws.
| THE TALL SYCAMORE.
Is There a Conspiracy AGainst Hims-
| Recreaan Democrats and Isa,hers Said to
be Opposed to His Election to the Senate.
| New albany Correspondence of Cincinnati In
quilet.
| The Enquirer representative has some
political news of Significance, received from
| very prominent and intelligent Democrat,
| who has recently made business tour of
the State that extended over seventy count
les. This gentleman was asked by the En-
| q1tirsr reporter what he thought of the cleo
| ton of Mr.. Voorhees, to the Senate. He re-
piled that he had learned facts on his trip
gathered from careful inquiry, that left no
| doubt in his mind that
A CONSPIRACY HAD BEEN ORGANIZED.
by the money power, which embraced not
ton, for Mr.. Voorhees, defeat. The first eff
fort in this direction, ne states, will be put
forth in the d emocratic legislative caucus.
This falling, the conspirators will go into
the legislature with their money and infu-
ence, and endeavor, by g free use of both, to
buy up enough rural Democrats to compass
| their object. He says there can be no doubt
of this conspiracy, and that it was Matched
at Indianapolis and embraces in it's mem
bership several well known Democratic poll
ticians and bankers OF that city. The
| Democratic member of the legislature who
sells out Dan Voorhees, had better have his
arrangements completed for passing in his
checks, as the outraged Democrats of the
State would visit the capital and give him an
orderly exit from a street-corner ianp-post.
sPEAKERsHIp OF THE HOUSE.
The same gentleman states that from all
he could learn he regards the election Of
Hon. James FL. Willard, of New Albany, to
the Speakership of the House as almost Ger
tain. He figures that Mr.. Willard viii enter
the Democratic Legislative caucus with twenty
votes, it taking twenty seven to nominate.
Mr. Willard is son of the late Governor
Willard, of this State, and has been twice
elected from this Floyd county to the legis-
lature. He will be opposed by Hon. Henry
5. Cauthorne of Knox COUNT, and Judge
Osborne, OF Elkhart. Hon. Andy Humph-
reys is not a candidate, nor is MIR. English,
of Indianapolis. Mr.. Willard has much of
the energy and fire of his father in him, and
is possessed of tirst-class qualifications for
the speakership. He is intensely for yoer-
bees, and made the canvass for the legisia-
ture on this issue, being vigorously opposed
! by the hard moneyites, both Republican and
Democratic.
lTerre Haute Correspondence of the Enquirer /
Coming over on the train to. day, fell in
with prominent Terre Haute politician of
the Democratic stamp, with whom / have
been long acquainted, and who was formerly
a law. partner of Hon. d. w. Voorhees,.
knowing him yet to be quite an intimate
friend OF the Senator, and TO have lately re-
turned from Washington, soon gave the
conversation political turn. The conversa-
ton which ensued may prove of interest to
the Enquirer.
"Judge," said I, ''What will Senator Voor
hees do in regard to the resumption act at
this session of Congress?"
'He will do nothing at all,'' he replied.
s'Ihe resumption act shall be let severely
alone for the present, and shall have q full.
fair tt ial.'
s'Does Senator Voorhees,, like many of his
disciples, believe resumption will precipitate
an early panic?''
con. no; but that, on the contrary, the
first few months of resumption will be char
acterized by prosperity and revival of bu-
siness all hollow, though, mind you, all
hollow. When our little reserve of specie
begins to weaken, as it must, then you'll see
the beginning OF another tightness in fnau-
cial circles, and shrinkage of property, 10
winch the present is as nothing"
| "What if resumption should prove sue
cess, where would Voorhees, be then?'
"ln such case--which will never occur,
however, with twinkle Of the eye)-I am
convinced MFR. Voorhees, will not raise a
hand against it,
"Would that not be kind Of flop-over?n
''Not at all. All that we desire is prosper
ity. Any financial system that brings that
IS satisfactory to US, although we believe ours
is the only system that will ever do it,
Judge how about the next House?'
'oh, We concede that to the Greenbaeb
gentry
:'And the speakership?''
''De La Matyr will get that, beyond
doubt
Judge can imagine almost too well
from his public utterances what the views of
Mr.. Voorhees, are on the recent action of the
| New York clearing house regarding silver to
ask them of you: but should like to know
if he has any plans in this silver business?''
Eyes, he has; but I don't know that am
| at liberty to disclose them. [ will say, how
ever, that when this question is again fairly
before the Senate you may expect another of
Mr.. Voorhees, grand efforts, the data of
which he ls now preparing
Glow about secret hard money opposition
to Voorhees?"
:" That is no joke. The hard-monev peo-
pie are working against him heart and soul.
large amount will be spent, too. do not
think English, of Indianapolis, has any
thing to do with 1t, as is often charged. I
look upon August Belmont and Geo. s. Cole,
of New York, as the leaders, and Judge
Martindale and Bill Holloway, of Indian
apolls, IS their Indiana tools''
is Tiiden in it?"
6 have my private opinion about that,
bat do not care to express it. 2
[ may here remark that the figures re-
Gently given in the Cincinnati Gazette of
eleven members Of the legislature who will
oppose MIR. Voorhees, are wrong in one mem
Der at least. This is Mr.. Briggs, of Sullivan
county. In ia private conversation a few
days since, he told me he could under no
circumstances vote against Mr.. VOORHEES,,
but would support him to the end.
AS we neared Terre Haute I arose to put
on my overcoat, inqulring. '.Who will be the
Democratic nominee for 1902 "Judge
Thurman, undoubtedly
The judges opinions are regarded as of
some value in this region, as, owing to his
personal intimacy with Mr.. VOORHEES,, they
are looked upon as in certain degree rep
resenting those held by that gentleman.
The judge does not think Mr.. Voorhees,
will be defeated for the Senate under any
circumstances,