Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-12
LOADED FOR BOURBON BEAR.
Why the Friends of MT. Voorhses Failed
 to Come to HIs Rescue on Tuesday.
lWashington DispAtch.l |


 to Come to HI. Rescue on Tuesday.
 IWashiHgtoH DispAtch.l
 Just b-fOfe tne Ing d. baie Opeaei iu the svhate, on lueslag afternoon, Is was reported around sn Cspi,UI mat , nR-or BiGckburn W-. ''4oa1ed fos tLe man from Kansas" au- that hs was alxII1s tor au cpportunl., 10 p.Fhclpsie m t1a Btfsay. IL was LU uc'd dGrIns the eAgly part of tue deba that 6is-kbuEn squirBed Bsrv"usly Il his seat aud evince1 the keonest inter rsi. thrue 1T four times Ee was on tn point ot rising 10 put In his oar. bus wG- admoDlshed oy seEE!oTs around hIm C. Keep quiet. Inc senator from Kentusky could scarcely contain himse.. when h. gals made a broad InilmstIon about cont, dsrate brlgrands and oaudItii, raiC- CTS and gueEfIllAs. and She crime iber- WAS m sending clothing infested with iesdly disease into families of innocent penple to destroy their hves, etc. The lace of the kentuckisn bisr ched, and be SrItted his teeth. He said not a word. however Presently q note was brought to Senator Blackburn by 6 doorseeper, Be took it and read 1t peryously, and after that sat back ID his chair and watched the proceedings with intense interest and extreme nervousness, but made no effort at any time tu offer re- oy or to engage m tue proceedings. Daring the awful caunougdIug sud The discharge of painful loads of facts by Iogsils, and st R moment when the ssn- satIon ID the senate beSgsred descrip- aOn, the senator from Kentucky left his seat and retired 70 the cloak-rOom. Those Nho saw him were amaz d, as they expected him at every moment tO spring to hls feet in defense or his helpless friend from Indiana. A friend of SrnH- sor Blackburn explains why he did [ engage in the debate. He says that the note the senator received was from d very lear friend on the outside, who begged nim to say not s word st the hazard of nis reputation. He sad that Ingalls, Eas loaded to the muEEls for him, hay ing obtained certified copies o' bis war record, and that he would rum him (BlsckburD) if he took any part.
 There were also eXclsmatIons of sur prise heard from the lips of people ID the galleries and about the senate a. the lIme Of this furious fusillsdr, over the extreme quietude of Mr. TJrpie. Sens- Or Voorhees, colleague from Indiana. Many of Turpie's demOoratic friends de clsred thst ne would np-end himself Rui .xtiuguish the senBso- from Kansas. but Mir. Iurpie sad not a word. Ii oos be- comes clear why he was 90 quIet. SeBs- tor Ingalls, wa- loaded to the muzzle for Mr. Turpie, also. lie would nave placed nIm Tn the same copperheAd category a .l hHa r,Ea m, nrrh ha af.Fw d Voorhees,, sni he had documents over Iurpie's own ngm- in his posses sion to prove hls assertions.
 Senator Beck, of Kentucky, and Sena- tor Vest of Mississippi, were also re marksbly quiet On tbs occasion, and it develops that they were orewarned by friends who learned that the 'euatoI from Kansas was likewlse prepared to club them 1T they rose to lnterlete.
 Before noon yesterday pot copy oi the Congressional Record could bs pro .ur,d about the city. There was au un- | precedented demand for the Rso0rG, not. | Ei .h-tsnding the fact that only tue run. | ming debate and ;be cuttIng dialsgus be. | tween Senators IngRlls and NOorhres | was published ia yeste-dsy's issue, ihe | main speeches being withheld for revI | ion. There have been many thousand | copies of yesterday issue of 'he Record | ordered by Sen tors for dls:rIuuiiDl ID ng theIr con-,i uents.
 Three of to-day's Washington news | papers announce with marked and sisnI | jean, precision that Senator NOOrhee; | na5 gone to Indiana on law business
 pne goes SO far as 10 say be left on Tues | isy n1gh:. These statements were evi- | ieutlg made Bt the request of Voorhees, | friends and for the purpose Of account | rpg for hIs absence from the Senate. Int | JuarnRl correspondent is informed to | night that Senator VOorhees IS now IT | ne city, and that he has steadily remain | ,f iu hIs room, under treatment, and | .tat ha has DO idea ot going out Ut thI | nay. Oae man who saw him thls even | nS ssy>: He looks a. though he had | zone through s threshIng machine.'
 Another msn says NoOrhees is very sIck
 Secretsry Yil2s IS quoted as saying; "l vent to the Senate on Tuesday after | noon 70 see V hat kind of hRbt mar with sueh bullyiny qualities could msk'
 n s rneutal combat with man reslly ,,fong. IneGlls ground hin up, pull Verizsi hlun, and sm glad of II.
 \. me ting of the National League heid lest night. st which Ger, E. F. Bsal' presided, resolutions thsukIng Senatm Tusalis "ior hi- fearless and patriotic de
 epse Of the Republicsn party aud hr srrsiynmeDt aud exposure ot NooTbee
 and his crpperbesd allies who, m th' Nations hours cf need and peril, sympa .bized and plotted with rebels, encourae ed the enemies oi our country m thei reasonable work, but lacked lhe courage
 to openly unite with traitors aod hlh for fbeir cause" were adopted smId en
 thusissm, aud a specirl resolution va
 passed proposing . public reception t
 ,he Senator from K4nsss. A nou mItte
 representing the Lesge will call on hiu
 spd present him with 0 copy ot the re
 -olutions, and request him to tI dat for the reception.