New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-02


rur "rArI SYCAMORE OF THE WABASH
TEE POLITICAL RECORDS OF DISTINGUISHED
DEMOCRATS PASS UNDER REVIEW tx
POSING vooRHEEs's WAR rEceRD-HIs
CAREER AS KNIGHT OF The
GOLDEN CIRCLE" THE LIE
GIVEN IN THE SENATE.
rnr TELEGRAPH THE rRrBuSEI
rr,e,,rxcrox. Nav If a. The Congressional
p.oorl, Of tomorrow is a true and not revised
.-arscript of the debate TO which the Senate has
listened to-day that publication Will for once
.ontain some mighty interesting reading Not
..I,bin the recoIlectons Of Its Oldest members
,as the Senate witnessed contest in which so
l", personalities have been banded about the
- has been passed so frequently so much i'll
Nv has been shown or the traditional dignity
~ hody been so set at defiance by the audience.
~ dsnounce the man who prompted the Senator
- Kansas as a liar and scoundrel," exclaimed
- Senator Voorhees, in transport Of passion,
f,o--;no 10 Congressman Johnston, who sat close
- bere MI ingalls, was standing, after the
,.+.- had dealt the Indiana Senator crushing
hIox The Senate only laughed at poor Voorhees,
a;s.onAture Senator Cocl1rell, Of Missouri, want
a che galleries cleared and people who ghed
or ,auplauded arrested by the Sergeant-ao
Arms but his suggestion was lmpracucaole.
The galleries contained at least 5000 people, and
che floor of the Senate was iammed with Repre-
sontatives and others entitled 20 the floor; More
soone sought to gain admission probably than
on the day when Cleveland was Manipulated
President -,,-- ,ou,-o..or ~, .Dose
who were so fortunate as to be present.. Inc
oniv spot in the galleries conspicuous by the alb
senoe of the people entitled to occupy 1t was the
front row Of benches on the Republican slde re-
sarved for the President. AS If to offset this two
members of Mr.. Clevelands Cabinet Msssrs Was
and Dickinson occupied seats on the Democratic
side of the chamber, and were present. 10 WilueSs
Ar Voorhees, humiliation
Mr. INGALLS's QUALITIES AS A SPEAKER
II must be confessed that Mr.. Voorhees, invited
sbe punishment administered to him by MIR. In
raIls The latter had confined himself in a two
Sours, speech to a calm, dspassonate review Of
Mr. Voorhees's official record. AS a speaker Mr..
INGALLS, is always forcible, always effective, and
sometimes eloquent. His facility of expression
;s astounding and nothing is more noticeable IN
Tim than the literary quality of his rhetoric. lie
is quick as lightning IN repartee, the reloinQer
following upon the attack with the same GtIetIuy
with which thunder succeeds the flash lie is
master of epigran, ana has an lneAhausUlDIe Iuhu
- bis DISMISSAL of original and audaciouS antlthe-
sis Of strange combinations OF words ana lueas.
The tone Of his voice IS powerful, ana ne SPEAKS
with precision with pleasing and varied empha-
sis and generally with discretion To-day, now
ever Mr.. ingalls, spoke under the dlsadvahtage
of heavy cold II impaired the effectiveness OF
his delivery somewhat and gave rise 10 the suspi-
con that he was not altogether sure OF lls ground
the suspicion was strengthened when, aIter IalIN-
ing for nearly two hours, the senator from Nan
sss SAT down without having made any o. those
cut4ing and sarcastic remarks Tor winch ne Is
Justly feared by his antagonists
VOORHEES, INVITES CHASTISEMENT-
Mr. Voorhees, rose TO answer Mr.. ingalls,, con-
graduating himself no doubt On having escaped
with SO light a drubbing. Poor man-llttle he
kneyy what was in store for him. He grew bold,
defiant, and finally, receiving no reply, became
abusive, playfuly sarcastic, hilauously lmpertl-
nent 1t was the cleverness Of an elephant at-
tempting to dance on a tight rope, but immensely
gratifying to his Democratic colleagues who
shook their sides with laughter at what they con
sIdered wit. II, . l.
would be sent 10 the rOckplle Tor drunkenness anu
disorderly conduct" or words TO thaJ eject Ms
the only comment MI ingalls, MADE When NJ
Voorhees, gave HIM the lie Up 10 th9t time MI
ingalls, seemed to have tolerated the Indaha
EeHator's absurdities. But as he rose for reply,
his face seemed to say will have no more non
sense" ..
able at first, had oil disappeared, ana with 1T Nhe
plan mapped ert by him Tor this debate became
apparent He had succeeded in leading poor Noor-
hees into trap, and into thai trap the inalahs
Senator had elumsily fallen beyond the nope OF
recovery. For an hour or more MI ingalls, mer-
cilessy reviewed his war record, exposed MS
reasonable practices laid bare his coWardy treat.
ment Of Union soldiers, and drew the picture Oh
q copperhead such as has not been drawn before
To all Of it Mr.. Voorhees, had but one reply 70
make SANDER lies campaign stores.
But when Mr.. ingalls, produced the COcumeHts,
named the witnesses and gave his authorizes MI;
voorhees, grew lvid in the face, shouted uar,
and finally refused to explain things on me ground
that he had been vinGicated' Nndlcated, as
Mr.. ingalls, afterward put it. by the Indiana De-
mocracy," but not by the people Of Indiana. He
ktrcated, thoroughly demOralized through the door
Of the cloak ROOM ynuttering to himself as be went
along; The dirty dog, the dirty dog"