New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-08
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al decline to yield" said the inpatient and
impetuOus Voorhees, when Senator Window in
tcrruptcd the flow Of his discourse last Friday
with the remark that he was making statements
that were untrue. "The Senator knows" he
added, that this is not the kind of speech that
:" is usually interrupted" The Indiana Senator
had evidently seized the opportunity OF Il thin
Senate which ne spec Oily made thnncr-to
make q partisan speech for campaign uses. and
having taken out as large a charter as the wind,
to blow on whom he pleased, it did not suit his
purpose either to he fcttcred by facts or an
n0yed by Interruptions whenever he INDUCED
in fiction or gave loose rem to his imagination.
lie had made the occasion for himself. Upon
his resolution, 4 committee of investigation had
been raised, of which he was appointed char
man, to inquire why large numbers OF negroes
from the Southern States, and especially from
North Carolina, were Cmigrating TO the
Northern States, and especially to Indiana.
The obvious purpose of tine investigation was
to show the existence Of n deep laid CON
spiracy on the part of Republicans to COLOMBO
Indiana with sufficient number of ncgrOrs to
overcome the Democratic majority in that state.
Under the name Of the Exodus Inycstiga-
1" ton" the inquiry has been running for scv-
cTal months. In connection with it volumes of
testimony have been taken, and thousands of
dollars been expended, and many Indiana Dem
Ocrats invited to Washington at the public cx-
pcnse. But the investigation has not banned
out at all well 10 bette, in fact, than any
of the scOIe or mOlc of similar enterprises set
on fOOtby Democrats in Congress during the past
three OF four Yeas 1t ought neither capital
to the patty nor credit to its protector. II has
been only less faIclcal in its progress and nm
satisfactory in its results than the Efforts in the
same line of the gifted Glover, who 30 long
kept the country in II roar. But the Indiana
Senator had set his heart on making a great
sensation and producing some startling cnrrts
by this enterprise, aud he has no doubt been
disappointed and chagrincd by the mragrcncss
and insignilicancc of the outcome from il. I'm
willing still to admit that it was a dead failure
and anxious to get from it material enough at
least for one campaign speech for home con-
sumption in Indiana, he seized his ODpnllmity
last Friday. 1t was the kind of speech, he said,
that was "not usually intcnuptcd.' The
meaning Of this we suppose to be that, IL not
being usual for Senators to dislort facts and
mS>tate testimony i'll the manner he did, inter-
rarely needed.
In the carly part Of his discourse he asserted
that there were secret CmiElant aid societies i'm
Indiana engaged i'll Il conspiracy and that the
" object of the conspiracy WAS to assist the Re-
" publican party and to secure its asccndancy in
" Indiana il possible, is Il matter OF the clcarrst
" demonstration under the proof" MIR. Win
dom, of the committee, here inquired for tbe
proof Of the existence of any such societies. but
Mr.. voorhees, would only answer by referring
him to the evidence, upon which Mr. Window
said distinctly: 81 deny tlat there was any
" conspiracy of any kind, OF that the proof shows
" that there was any secret society in Indiana TO
" encourage a single cOlOrcd man TO come into
d" that State" This called out protest from the
Indiana Senator against "injcCting that sort of
" denial into my speech" and then to Mr.. Win
dOm's further attempt tC say word, hc impa-
tiently exclaimed 81 decline TO yield. The
Senator know that this is not the kind of a
" speech which is usually inteIrupted.n
Further on in this uninterruptablc speech, the
Indiana Senator boldly changed that $G2j had
been paid by the Republican State Committee
Of Indiana for the transpO tatiOn of negroes
from Washington to Indianapolis; and upon |
Senator WINDOWS asking if he was willing to
u hrve tho facts stated" he angrily refused TO
be interrupted, with the remark: "If the Sen |
y atOr thinks he can force himself into the de-
bate against my will, he Is mistaken" The |