The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
OF t!1s the,W.'.abaslh abb, ! \ Waves and
Bends il ast!M\olrals Cyclone;
HIS MOCK THERolC aDIATRlBE III il9;l3
Against tho Allcgcu sNvickcdncss Of
( Ex.commissioncri dudley The
Of Eive'"'s sI,cttcr-Ed.i,SG
.If VI S's .is lsf ~ SLslI
imunds 81 Ills the Tempest. yj5i

routine morning business In the Senate
Mr.. Voorhees, called up, the resolution
offered by him yesterday In \ relation tc
alleged interference by MR. Chambers
the United States I District Attorney, al
indianapolis, to prevent the arrest ofW,
W. Dudley. on charge Of violating the
election laws Of Indiana and proceeded
TO address tho Senate. He spoke Of The
crime as having inflicted m indelible
stain OH tho memorable election and i'm.
peached the integrity OF tho political re. re-.
suits that followed. The fact OF the crime
was open, universally known and practi.
Cally confessed byslts perpetrators and
his coadjutors. And yet, by$iconstant
vigilance in obstructing the law and in
denying and preventing Justice q, the
crime Ind thus far gone unpublished,
The beneficiary OF a polluted ballot box,
now in high place, had felt Compelled
to shield the corrupt instrument OF that
success from tho penalties due to such
notorious guilt.65 It was high time, 9 he
said, that I that most 3tlisgraceful and
alarming episode p ins the presidential
election should be fully understood by
the whole peoples Il IA !5'i
TIE DLooKs.oF-F1yE LETTER. III
Mr.. Voorhees, sent to the Clerks desk
and had read the notorious ablocks.of.
five letter";and went on to say that the
days and weeks which Immediately fol-
lowed tho publication tof that polluted
campaign document would always be re.
membered for the rapidity, audacity aud
fecundity with which the most seif.evi-
dent falsehoods wero$ conceived aud put
forth by the Republican press in order
to avoid the o1ium and to escape the
legal penalties &of an organized attempt
at wholesale bribery. This document
emanating officially from the; National
Republican Committee and never dis.
covered, had pointed out, he said, that
an ample corruption fund was ready in
hand and gave explicit directions 10, its
use by agents selected \ for y their
skill in. such rascality. He spoke \ OF
Dudley as; the$timmediate personal
representative, ( in the National
Republican Committed, g OF Benjamin
Harrison, then n candidate for the Presi.
dency, and now President Of the United
States. He had been upon that com
mittee at the request OF Harrison and
between them thereGwere the most con-
tidential and intimate personal relations.
They had been political GSiamese twins
in Indiana. Is When, 4, therefore, the
scheme OF bribery and corruption was
exposed on the 3lst of October as far as
the lightning carried theshameful story,
was it to be supposed that Dudley; was
left without advice, instruction and US.
sistance ? 4 Senator Quay Chairman OF
the National Republican y Committee,
and Senator from the State Of Pennsyl-
vania, arrived at Indianapolis and held
repeated and $protractcdR controversies
with those. who held tho fate of Dudley
and the interests Iof the: party, in the
hollow OF their hands. 81 Il: q a
e QUAY Didn't CONFER. D
Mr.. Quay--I state to the Senator from
Indiana that it is not true that in Inli-
annapolis 4 conferred With those &who
held the Republican party in the hollow
OF their hands, or conferred with anyone
in regard to the case Of NJ. Dudley.
Mr.. Voorhees--The \ hands tof those,
with whom they consulted were rather
small, it is true; but to the extent OF
their palms, they did hold the interests
OF the Republican party in their hands.
Does tho Senator deny that he called on.
President-elect a Harrison in Indian.
apolis ;t4
Mr. Quay-I called on President-elect
Harrison. * 5Ssii E;2S:: s}S 4
MISUNDERSTANDING you did. The
Senntor,will not blame me il Il draw. the
big Inference that he wanted the prose-
cution Of Dudley stopped, and that he
went to Indianapolis to- see him innd
that he did say 2cartain things in quar-,
ters where it would do the most good,
and with an emphasis which igwas mot
forgotten. Mr.. Voorhees, went on to
speak OF Dudley threats to use the
dynamite, which aho had in his pocket,
in case m attempt was Gmade to intlict
punishment upon him; ; and also. to crit
icise every. Senator in the part which
Judge Woods wns represented MS taking
in preventing the finding Of bill Of in.
dictment against Dudley. He spoke of
Judge Woods course us being conspicu-
ously shameful. q.
]. In view 5of tho indignity, injustice and
open outrage inflicted on the people OF
Indiana, in the name and by the author
ity ofithe Republican National Commit
tee, aided and iabetted by the action OF
the Federal Court, would 5$it 4 seem
strange as q representative. OF the insult
ed people, he should like Gto know by
whose instructions and by what author
ity of law a responsible law. officer OF
the government in Indianapolis (se-
lected and appointed by the administra.
tion) felt.himsclfw fwarranted,i a fewsweeks
ago, IN ordering M United States Com.
missioner not to issue a warrant for
Dudley's arrest when heIventured to re-
turn to Indianapolis for the first timein
more than aiyear, characterizing at the
same time the Dudleysletter as all honor.
able md patriotic public document. In
behalf fofthe people Of Indiana he de-
olCu tliS'AtlOL ACy SICASiAl Vi VIC " utCu
States to inform tho Senate whether the
action tof his official subordinate, in in
terfering with the United States Com.
missioner was inspired byahis Einstruc.
tions or met by his approval. fes
3sTIn conclusion, Mr.sV Voorhees declared
that bribe Fgivers,} bfibe takers and all
the endorsers OF bribery, should sbef re.
garded us pirates and enemies Of the hu.
man race. Ss]s!,
,525; ;EDMuSDs' SUBSTITUTE.
Mr. SEdmundss oilered an amendment
ior the preamble as follows d. That the
Attorney General he and $is;S hereby in.
structed,to informg the Senate what in.
structions,T i'll any, theS Department o.
Justice has given TO SS.3N.'58 Chambers
Dis.rict'Attorney for; the District of In
! diana, ion the subject Of, the arrest of w,
.W.Dudley, OF, his exemption from I ar.
rest; and by$what authority. OF law any
such instructions have been given Y and
that copies stall such correspondence
DO transmitted to, the Senate. ls2 S:S
M lie expressed 4 (sarcastically) his sad
miration Of and concurrence in the beau
$tiful tribute u the, Senator fromlI Indian1
to theSvaluc of political Smorality.4sI /
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