Evening journal., 1890-01-09
THE INDIANA SCANDAL.
Voorhees, and Edmunds on
Dudley's Alleged Letter.
aBLOCKs or FIVE" SENATE.

aBLOCKs or FIVE" IN THE SENATE.
The Learned Senators Above Named Have
Lively Argument in which Great
Many Vigorous Statements Are Made
Concerning the Alleged Indiana Frauds
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-The senate debated
at some length Mr.. Voorhees, resolution for
the investigation of the "blocks Of fvea
scandal, and after amending, agreed to IT,
Mr.. VOORHEES, called up his resolution imme-
diately after the conclusion Of portion of
the morning business. He said the crime Of
Col Dudley had inflicted an indelible stain
on the election Of 1888, and impsached the
integrity of the political result that fol-
lowed The crime was practically confessed, |
yet the beneficiary OF polluted ballot box.
now in high place. had felt compelled TO
shield the corrupt implement Of that success
from the penalties due TO such notorious
guilt. Mr.. VOORHEES, here sent to the clerks
desk to be read the celebrated "blocks OF
flven letter Of Col Dudley.
Hard Words from voorhees,.
The days and weeks that followed the pub
lication Of this letter, proceeded Mr. Voor-
hees, would always be remembered for the
rapidity. audacity and fecund ity with which
the most self evident falsehoods were con-
ceiyed and put forth by the Republican
press to avert the odium and escape the legal
penalties of an organized attempt at whole
sale bribery. Mr. Voorhees, spoke of Mr..
Dudley as the personal representative Of
~ y
| lican committee He said that after the
publication Senator Quay went to Indian
apolis to see those who held the fate Of the
Republican party in the hollow Of their
hands, and said that it was very natural to
assume that when he called ON President
| Harrison there it was to secure for Mr..
Dudley immunity from prosecution
The Presidents Chance.
Mr.. Voorhees, criticised very severely the
part which Judge Woods was said TO have
taken in preventing the finding Of bill Of
indictment against Dudley. He said he de
sired to know whether the action Of District
Attorney Chambers in ordering q United
States commissioner not to issue a warrant
for Dudley's arrest was authorized by the
attorney general, aud he would like to know,
also, what right the district attorney had to
issue such an order He thought Chambers
should be dismissed, and that this was the
best opportunity the president would ever
have Of disavowing his sympathy with Dud.
ley's crime,
Mr.. Edmunds' Substitute.
Mr. Edmunds offered substitute for the
resolution, as follows: That the attorney
general be and is hereby directed to inform
the senate what instructions, if any, the de
partment Of justice has given to S. n.
Chambers, district attorney for the District
of Indiana, on the subject OF the arrest Of
w. w. Dudley and his exemption from ar
rest, and by what authority Of law any such
instructions have been given, and that copies
of all such correspondence be transmitted tc
the senate.
Was the Letter Forged7
Mr.. Edmunds said that if Mr.. Dudley had
done all that he was charged with he had
certainly committed, if not a crime against
the United States, a crime against that clas:
of public morality which the senator from
Indiana had $50 beautifully described ,
Still, it was possible that the Dudley letter
J had been forged, or so altered as to make 9
morally innocent political letter appear 4
morally guilty one. He referred to th'
Morey letter, and said that he was glad tn,
! leaders of the Democratic party had ap
! parently reformed
: Dudley and His Libel Suits.
! Mr.. Voorhees, asked why Mr.. Dudley wa
4 skulking and hiding if the letter was
e forgery. Mr.. Edmunds replied that he die
: not believe that Mr.. Dudley was skulkinl
& anywhere. MFR, Voorhees, charged that every
effort had been made TO get Dudley within
! the limits of the state of New York TO pros
3 ecute his libel suits against the New Yorl
r papers, but without success
Edmunds on the Letter.
Mr.. Edmunds said that in that case th
defendants were, he supposed, entitled to
' Judgment in their favor. If Mr.. Dudley hal
e any libel suits he probably knew how to tax
J care Of them. The letter, il genuine, wa
undoubtedly an offense against the laws 0
the state OF Indiana, but where, he asked
had been the Democratic district attorne
: before the change Of administration II
suggested that the Dudley letter might hav
been initiated from one which had been sen
out by Mr. Whitaker, Of Martinsville, Ind
chairman of Democratic county COMMITTEES
on Sept z, 1888 That letter (which Mi
Edmunds sent to the desk 10 be read wa
be said, the twin Of the Dudley letter II
did not vouch for the letter, but it was pub
lished in The Terre Haute Express.
Edmunda' Amendment Adopted.
Mr.. Edmunds spoke at length about th
tally sheet frauds in Indiana in 1856, and n
ferred to the fact that Sim Coy was not e.
pelled by his Democratic brethren Of the cit
council OF Indianapolis, but drew pay as
member of that body while he was servin
the county in Jail He also rehearsed Il
charges that inmates Of insane asylums an
pauper institutions in Indiana had been take
to the polls, and had voted the straight Den
ocratic ticket.
Mr.. Voorhees, charged that the senate
from Vermont had been coached by the a
torney general for the speech he had mad
He denied the authenticity Of the Martin
vile letter. He said Coy had been sent
Jail by a partisan, malicious court ~
people had since sustained Mr.. Coy at Il
polls
At the close Of the discussion Mr. Edmund
amendment was agreed TO by party vo