Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-02
Exciting Controversy Between Senators
iDgali- snd Voorhees,.

people sat III ihe galleries OF the Senate to-
day and crowded me aisles and doorways,
packed the floor and surged through the
corridors listening 10 he most eXcitinA. de-
bate that has occurred IL that body for
many YEAR,.
You are a liar, if yoa say that You
are i liar" were the words that the people
in the corridors heard il the ringing tones
of Dan Voorhees, voice, but only the neo-
pie inside the hall could see the Indiana
Senator
RUSH MADLY FROM HIS SEAT
Toward the Republican side OF the cham
Der, where Ingalls, OF Ka"sas stood calmly
awaiting developments. Cockerell of Mis-
souri,, and Beck and Blackburn of Ken
lucky caught Voorhees, by the arms, fore
ing him into his seat, and persuaded him to
leave the chamber
1t was late in the afternoon. ingalls, had
concluded a speech of over two hours du-
ration in reply to an attack made upon him
last week, which attack was drawn forth
by an assault which Ingalls, had made
some weeks previous upon the Administra-
ton and Southern Senators, in the course
OF which the Kansas Senator had assailed
Hancock, Mcclellan and Fitz John Porter.
VOORHEES, had defended these men and cas-.
tigated ingalls, for his impntations upon
their loyalty. The speech was made in
the absence of the Kansas Senator, and
last Thursday he notified the Senate that
he should make answer to day.
Had Barnum notified the people of
Washington that his circus would be
thrown open free to the public tomorrow,
the invitation would not have been ac-
cepted with more alacrity. In the two
hours that ingalls, occupied in his speech
be was careful to explain that in criticising
Mcclellan and Hancock he spoke of them
only as politicians, and did not intend to
disparage their military services. He made
no apologies for his previous speech, but
raided the solid South unsparingIy, de-
Tended Hayes title to his seat, and
HELD SENATOR VOORHEES, Up TO sCoRN
As man who, during the war, had done
all IN his power to thwart the plans of the
Union Generals for whom he appeared on
the floor of the Senate as a defender and
eulogist
VOORHEES, twisted and turned under In
gals merciless sarcasm, made copious
notes, frequently absented himself for a
few moments from the chamber, and ap-
peared to be laboring under great excite
ment.
VOORHEES, TAKES IT UP.
AS soon as ingalls,, amid loud applause.
took his seat, voorhees, was upon his feet.
He spoke rather disconnectedly, and re-
peated himself frequently, but the opening
OF his speech made good impression. He
touched ingalls, to the quick by saying that
no Committee of Investigation had ever
followed him to his seat in the Senate. and
that the people of Indiana, who knew his
record better than the Senator from Kansas.
had sent him to the Senate by the largest
maloritles ever given by the Democratic
party OF that State. He intimated, in lar
guage too plain for misconstructiou, that
INGALLS, WAS A HYPocR1TE
And prevaricator, and then, losing his
temper, he launched forth into TRADE of
abuse. Ingalls, faced him while he was
speaking, and smiled
Later, 1t was seen that VOORHEES, had
fallen into trap most cunningly devised
by his Republican opponent. ingalls, had
only fired his first gun at the outset. He
had masked battery and plenty of ammu-
milton in reserve, and
he POURED GRAPE AND CANISTER INTO
His opponent with good aim and merciless
rapidity. Spectators in the galleries were
excited. They had applauded some of
voorhees, telling points with such enthu-
slasm that the acting President pro tenn.
Senator Delphi directed the Sergeant-at.
Arms to arrest any person caught giving
expressions of approval or disapproyal.
ingalls, admitted that his own military
service had been inconseauential and OBJ
scure, but VOORHEES,, he said, had been,
throughout the war, malignant and de-
termlned enemy of the Union. Heregretted
that personalities had been brought into the
debate. The crisis of his public life was
reached when he had been followed to the
nQf a h.,
ugatlng committee that questioned the in
tegrity of his title to his seat Upon that
occasion VOORHEES, had assured him of
his sympathy and confidence, and
when vindicated, the Senator from
Indiana had rendered him his con-
CALCULATIONS. While charging Voorhees,
with treachery to the Union, the Indiana
Senator made frequent Interruptions
against which Ingalls, protested. He Of
fered to submit proofs in support of his
statements, and VOORHEES, declared that the
charges were false, no matter who were the
witnesses.
EXCITING SCENES.
If this was a Police Court, Mr.. Presi-
dent" said ingalls,, the Senator from In
diana would be sent to the rock-pile for
being drunk and disorderlyr %
There was intense excitement on the
floor and in the galleries. VOORHEES, Jumped
to his feet, but Ingalls, refused to yield the
floor.
He then began to read from a CO Election
of letters captured in Voorhees, office DUR
ing the war, which tended to show that
VOORHEES, had proposed to raise an army of
100000 men for the Confederate cause
that he was in league with the Confederate
cOnSpll atOrs in Canada; member of the
Knights of the Golden Circle and the
recognized champion of the rebel forces.
voorhees, interrupted repeatedly, and
told ingalls, if ne made such statements he
was liar
THE KANSAS SENATOR LAUGHED
When this epithet was applied to him. and
continued his reading James johnson,
Republican Representative from Indiana,
sat by Ingalls, side while the debate was in
progress, and whispered suggestions into
his ear.
Ingalls, esked Voorhees, if it was true that
Indiana soldiers on train going out from
Terre Haute during the war, had not
threatened to lynch him with a bell-cord
VOORHEES, jumped up on his feet shook
his fist at ingalls,, and shouted: st is a
lie dirty lie and the Senator is a greater
liar in making that intimation I hurl
back the lies of
THE scoUNDREL AND DIRTY DOG
That sits behind you. and who has poured
his villainous lies into your ears p
A storm of Kisses greeted this outburst,
and Mr.. voorhees, retired, while Eustis of
Louisiana showed that ingalls, was mis-
taken in the remarks he had made about
the record of the elections in Louisiana.
THE full text of Senator ingalls, speech,
and of Voorhees, replies to charges con-
tanned therein, was received at too late an
hour to secure insertion in our columns
this morning, owing to the extended re-
port of yesterdays Convention in this
City.-EDs ]
A DEBATE DECLINED.
Representative Hermann Declines to Go
Home and Talk Politics.
icopyrgaf, 1885, by the California associated Iressl