Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-01-09
WASHINGT0NI
THE CASE OF BLOCKS OF F[yl,
IN THE SENATE.
VIOLATION OF ELBgPI0g lAEs.
Senator voorhees, severely f,aaonaees
tho Crime, and Those WHO shielded
the Perpetrasor-sTe insisted that
the Crime be Exposed TO she People.

After some routine mornips Dusi-
ness, Mr.. Voorhees, called UP tkt reso-
luton offered yesterday, il relation
to the charges that Mr.. Cham5ers, the
United States district at;ofnay at
Indianapolis, had interfered ~ lis Of
fetal capacity to prevent tie arrest Of
W. W. Dudley, on the charge Of felon-
iously violating the election laws of
Indiana at the last president e!ec-
ton, and directing the a1cr4ey gen
eral to report what instructions the
department of justice had isued to
Chambers on the subject, ana o fur:
nish copies of the correspondeaee and
proceeded to address the senate. He
spoke of crime as having inflicted an
indelible stain on that memorable e!ec-
ton, and impeached the integrity OF
the political result that followed.
Tie fact of the crime was open
and universally known and practic-
ally confessed by its perpetrators
and his coadjutors, and yer ~ con-
slant vigilance in obstructins law
and in denying and prcveDtiig jus
tice, crime had thus far gone aapun-
ished.
The beneficiary OF tie polluted bal
lot box, now in high place, had felt
compelled to shield the corrupoinstru-
ment OF that success from the penal
ties due to such notorious gUat. Ii
was high time, (he said, that this
most disgraceful and most alarming
episode in the presidential election
should be fully understood by -
whole people and that propera uescGe
of responsibility should be assigned
to the instrument by whom j was
perpetrated and to those who tried TO
hide the offense. He should noihip@
extenuate. nor aught set down IN llf---~
lice; but forbearance On tile subject
had long ceased 10 be q virtue In
the estimation of all the honest PEG
pie in Indiana, and for thoseatope, he
spoke.
HoUsE-The House went iato c6al-
mittee of the whole, Mr.. Burrows. OF
Michigan, ill., chair for the iurthers
considerable "oS the Distr;ct OF cog
umbia appfm1 zion bill.
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BY assoc -, = less.
ST Louis. January 8.-Shortiy be-
fore Z o'clock this morning y fire
started in the basement Of the West
ern telegraph building. corner OF
Olive and Third streets. The fire
soon assembled through an air shaft
from the first to the top floor, and is
now burning tiercely. Tne wires are
- total u,rool- Tho fra,, ON org, cr-ep l,y
hindered by the mass OF sieet-la9~
wires. 1t is thought thf theGf
origin of which is u &LS Fl
known, will be coming D., "
ing. All the operatorAzk ~ &
the building uninjured.V IsSss
broke out in the engine room.
building is completely Quilted. Fhe
building was an old one, situated Oh
the corner of Third and Olive streets,
and, in addition to the Western
Union, was occupied by Offices OF the
Associated Press, Daily Printing com
pany, Allen g. Ginter Cigarette com-
pany, Bradley Printing Scroll COM
pany, and one or two other Offices.
At $50 the fire was brought -@i;aae-
complete control, but the building is
Quilted. All of the Western Union
wires were burned out, but active
efforts are being made to restore com
munication. They are receiving mes
sages at East st. Louis. The fire
started in the basement, and spread
upward so quickly that al the
inmates of the operating room Gad u
fly for their lives, and many OF then
had narrow escapes.
Mourning for the Empress Augusta
By Associated Press.