New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-05
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
MUCH TALK AND LITTLE WORK.

/ A SPEECH By SENATOR VOORHEES, fOk INK FALL
CAMPAIGN-APATHY IN THE HoUsE-PRoGREss
OF THE CENsUs-THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON.
The few persons who remainedln the Senate
Chamber yesterday were compelled to listen
to a speech by Mr.. Voorhees,, intended for
use in his State in the Fall campaign, on the
negro exodus. He was not gratifed at being
| interrupted by Senator Window, who cor
rected some of his statements of fact The
House returned to the Senate the Post Office
Appropriation BILL A bill has been prepared
abrOgating the fishery articles of the Treaty
of Washington until the Governments of the
United States and Great Britain are in ac-
cord as to their Interpretation. The work of
taking the census is advancing satisfactorily.
A DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN SPEECH.
SENATOR VOORHEES, on THE NEGRO ExoDUs-sUc-
CEssFUL AND AGGRAvATING REPLY By sENA-
TOR WINDOW
GBY TELEGRi PH THE TRIBUNEl
WASHINGTON, June tin the Senate to-day, Mr..
Voorhees, had q real good time. Soon after
o'clock he got the floor, and produced q pOrtcntOus
pile of manuscript. pushed the chairs away from
his own and several adjoining desks. and proceeded
to deliver a speech on the negro exodus. He spoke
nearly four hours and did not appear the least bit
tired when he sat down. So much cannot be said
for the few who were compelled to listen to him.
His audience comprised fifteen or twenty Senators.
a hundred misguided spectators in the gal
lcries one or two tired newspaper correspondents,
and the officers and attendants Of the Senate, whose
duties compelled them to be present.l Toward the
conclusion Of his remarks n dozen members of the
House stToed in and under the cover of their pres
cnce several of the Indiana Senator's faithful but
overweary colleagues escaped from the scene.
Mr.. Voorhees, did not appear at all disconnected by
the paucty of his hearers, although his Oratorical
flights were more modest than usual. His speech
was not really intended for the Senate but for
in the coming Presidential campaign. This was
made clearly apparent tby the Senator himself in
his reply to Senator Window who cssayed to correct
a misstatcment. With some asperity in voice and
manner Mr.. voorhees, declined to he interrupted,
and said The Senator knows that this is not the
kind Of speech that usually feel at liberty TO
interrupt" Plainly such was the case, for further
on in his speech Mr.. voorhees, became furious both
in manner and language when Senator Window
again sought to correct him. Mr.. Voorhees, had
been speaking for half an hour on an enOrmity of
which he asserted, the testimony proved the Re-
publican Committee of Indiana to have been guilty.
lie declared Sit to have been clearly proved that
that Committee had sent to this city 5000 to pay
the railroad fares of colored people, who were
en- route from North Carolina to Indiana, and whose
funds gave ont when they reached Washington.
After Mr. voorhees, had concluded Senator Win
dom read an affidavit made by the railroad agent in
Washington which showed that the money in qucs-
ton was paid to him hy colorcd people here; and
that the bulk Of it was in pennies, and 3, ., and
10 cent pieces showing that it had been collected in
very small sums from n great many persons. As n
matter of fact it is well known that most Of this
money was secured by collections in the colorcd
churches of Washington, and that tho remainder
was contributed 10y sympathetic persons here, both
white and cooIcd.
Tho above instance. with many others. was
quoted by Mr. voorhees, TO support his proposition
that the exodus was " hidden conspiracy to flood
the state Of Indiana with worthless black ipoDn-
lation - and that those who encouraged the move
mcnt wcro simply "consprators who sought to
overthrow the Democratic majority in Indiana
which State Mr. Voorhees, declared elsewhere in his
speech 10 be-" the only Western State that is reliably
Dcmocraticp Tho Indiana Senator read copous
extracts from the testimony taken by the Exodus |
Committee 10 show that in Arkansas. louisiana
and Mississippi, rs we'll as within the "humanc
borders of North Carolina the colorcd people enjoy
not only undistnrhcd peace and prosperity but |
pcntitudc OF civil and political rights.
After Mr.. Voorhees, finished his speech, Senator |
Window made a few remarks. lie said that III Il |
few days after he had read the printed testimony,
lie shOnd reply to the iScnatOr from Indiana. In |
the meantime he wished simply to declare that the |
Exodus Committee had made no fair and full in |
ycstIgation of the matters conidcd toit OF loo |
witnesses examined the minority had summoned |
only nineteen outside OF Washington; the majority |
OF The Committee had called the remainder, They |
had sent q sergeant alarms with blank suhpGnas |
To scOur Indiana, Kansas. louisiana MISSISSIPPI |
and other states Whenever he found man who |
would give the right kind Of testimony his name
was written'in Subpoena. and hc came to Washing |
ton AT the public expense 10 swear either that tneIo
was no cause for the icXodus, that II was gotten
up by Republican politicians for political purposes;
Committee
tIs rlnud of witnesses. Mr.. Window said. 1t was
discovered that there was money 10 pay the cX-
penscs Of witnesses the other side. The expenses
of the Committee had been in the ncgibOrhOod of
$50 600, of which tine minority of the Committee
had caused only ~, 800 to be paa out. -
An interesting cOllOquy ensucd between Mr.; Nm-
became quite excited and apparently angry because
Mr.. Window got the better of him.