The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-06-04
SENATOR VOORHEES,
INTERVIEWED IN REFERENaE TO
STANLEY MATTHEW'S CONFIR-
NATION.


| Special TO the Cincinnati Commercial
TERRE HAUTE, May 2S.-The Ex-
press Tomorrow morning will contain
the following interview with Senator
voorhees,. Mr.. Voorhees, attention was
called to the fact that certain news
papers were charging him with voting
for the confirmation of Stanley Mat
thews as Judge of the Supreme Court
of the Unit, d States, assailing him on
that account He said:
al am not at liberty to say how /
or any other Senator voted on that
subject, the injunction of secresy has
not been removed from the proceed
ings of the executive session in which
Judge Matthews was confirmed. /
wish ii We're otherwise, and that every
thing had been made public, SO that
the people could have correct under
standing of the course pursued by
every Senator. j can only now speak
of what happened outside of the
Senate Chamber. The East was
almost, if not entirely solid against
Matthews. The Eastern press,
Eastern Banks, and such well known
organs of the National Bank AssOcia-
ton as the New York Times were
vehemently opposed to him, and
assail.d him with the utmost fury.
Is there anybody in Indiana fool
ish enough to believe that this
opposition from such source
arose from fear that Matthews was
too friendly to the corporatioas, and
does any one suppose thar the organs
and friends of the Western corpora
ton capital were sincere In finding
fault with Judge Matthews for his
position on few points of law, long
since decided and now out of the way,
in connection with rights of corpora
tions? Not ut all. Their opposition to
him was on far different grounds. In a
debate on the silver Bill Judge
Matthews made powerful and
wholly unanswerable argument in the
Senate in its favor, and also in sup
port Of the constitutional power of the
Government to make paper money
legal-tender for the transaction OF
business. For this the eastern press,
eastern men, and eastern monopolies
never fOrgave him and never will. /
remember the speech well. | heard
it, and nothing ADLER on that subject
was ever delivered. He has been
pursued since by class of people for
whom l have no respect. Judge
Matthews is a western man In his
ideas, and>without saying whether
voted for him or not may be permit
ted to say that, In my opinion, he will
make an able, upright and acceptable
Judge. Ii Is not necessary to agree
with Judge Matthews in all his legal
conclusions in order to concede his MT
ness for the bench. IL his connection
With the Electoral count In the inaug-
uiation Of Hayes is alleged against
him, have only to say that, rs every
body else from Garfield down, has
been apparently forgiven by the
American people, 1 see no reason for
prosecuting Matthews, who is In
many RESPECTS more acceptable to the
West than any of them.
"You ask me about Conkling. L
have but little to say of his affairs. He
has committed II great folly. Conk-
ling Is man of splendid abilities, and
yet he sometimes acts like a spoiled
child. l have known him twenty
years and | think | understand him,
he resigned in a pique believing that
he would receive an ovation in New
York aud be returned without opposi-
ton. His vanity misled him. If he
gets back at all it will be by hard
work and shorn of his power rs party
leader. His resignation was mis-
take In another respect. 1t developed
the fact at once that the administra-
ton had strong following as against |
his return to the Senate Ia New York. |
1t showed that Garfield was justified |
in appointing Robertson as the head |
Of the administration forces while Civ
ing to Conkling very full recognition
in I've or six other appointments.
And you ask whether l want Conk-
ling returned to the Senate? Yes,
hope he will get back, but / sincerely
hope the New York Democracy will
in no event aid in that result aud be-
come responsible for his prerence in
The Senate. When / say that hope
he will get back to the Senate, mean
If Republican is to be elected, which
| very much doubt, IL the question
goes before the people and over to the
next Legislature. The true course for
The Democratic party TO pursue is to
make no coalition with either faction
If the Republican party, but follow
he even tenor of its way, attend to
public business, and abide the Judge
nent Of the people in the future"