The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-22
SENATOR VOORHEES,.
The Chief of the Order Of the Iron Call
Amazing Impudence of the Man.

Correspondence Of he INDIANAPOLIS Journal
PRINCETON, Oct. 20. Senator Voorhees, spoke
here Saturday last, to about 900 or 4, 900 peo-
pie His speech was pitiful wall for reform,
and TRADE of abuse upon the Republican party
and its leaders. About ten minutes of the two
hours he spoke given 10 the real issues be-
tween the two parties. That part Of his speech
in which he grew most eloquent was addressed
to the soldier This was not the Senator's first
visit to this county and in all his speeches here
he has devoted considerable time to the soldier.
Those who do not know that his war record
ought to damn him forever with tho soldiers,
would conclude from his speech Saturday, that
he has really been the only friend the soldier has
had in Congress since he has been member of
that body He read from the Con greSsioual Record
where he himself introduced bill on the 4th OF
December 1868, providing that the soldier
should be paid enough more than the govern
ment had agreed to pay to make w for the
deprecated currency at that time He said
the Republican party had at last seen that he
right when he advocated, upon first taking
his seat in Congress, that there should be no
limitation upon the arrears of pensions and that
the pension should date back to the time of the
injury, and not to the time Of granting the pen
sion. He said he has tried to get a bill through
providing that a soldier, who served through
the war and who is now entitled to pension
by reason of some disability incurred during
the war. should not be denied pension because
he was unsound when ne enlisted. Again he
said:
Ny soldier friends, you remember nine years ago =
bill passed both branches Of Congress 10 equaze the
bounty of the soldiers and Grant vetoed it. He We
tOed ii because he said it would take too much money
out of the public treasury. Last winter | too
much money in tho public treasury, and thought
good way reduce that rather than let such mon as
Dorsey and Brady reduce it, to pass that equal.
cation of bounty bill again. So introduced it again,
and l thought If il took too much money out of the
treasury it would be paying the debts Of the soldier;
that the soldier might be able 70 buy himself new
carpet for the winter, some clothes for the
children. But could not get that Republican Senate
to take step in the matter.
The Republicans say l uafreudly to the
soldier during the war that called them Lincolus
dogs, and hirengs and all manner Of vile names
But the men who say that ever used such language
about the soldier, or that ever uttered word
against the soldier such infanols. stupendous
and pyIamiGa liars that If they had lived in the days
of Ananias Gods lightning would have struck them
before it would him have always been the soldiers
friend, and | am his friend to-day
During his speech he had occasion to refer to
Lincoln He said. II knew Abraham Lincoln
ten years before he came to be President.
practiced with him for ten years, | roomed with
him; have staid up all night with him.
He was a strange man, wonderful man,
but everybody said he an honest man. He
was not worth S., 800 when he came TO be Presi-
dent You remember when they ran him for
President they had a battle cry, and l thought it
not Inappropriate; they would say, 'Hurra
for honest old Abe ~
The crowd was not an enthusiastic one and
although while addressing the soldier he used
all the oratory he had he could draw from the
crowd but very little applause Perhaps n ma
jority of them were familiar with few facts in
history