Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-16
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ROASTED 6v VOORHEES,
| Harrison and Dudley Arratgned-The Com
ductors OF the Notorious "Blocks-of-
Five" Campaign of Corruption ScathinG.
iy Denounced and the President Urged
tn Clear His Own Skirts.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-There was .
! sensational scene in the Senate to-day
| when Mr.. Voorhees, called up his resolu-
| ton of inquiry into the failure of the
| Federal authorities at Indianapolis to
arrest Colonel William Wade Dudley.
Voorhees,, always a. forceful, robust
speaker, was at his best, and when he
| carefully described the offense of Dud-
| ley, his former intimate relationship
| with the man who is now President of
| the United States and the long series of
| efforts made by the Administration to
| defeat justice and shield an offender,
the people in the galleries murmured
J applause, while the empty seats on the
| Republican side bore testimony to the
lEwelcome nature of the character
| ization. Among the few Republic
| ans who faced the storm were
| Chandler, ingalls,. Sherman. Ed
munds and Quay. For the first
time since Congress met the last
| named appeared to take genuine inter
est in the proceedings. He watched
| Voorhees, like hawk, and it was with
| timid voice and crestfallen manner that
he rose during the delivery of the Indi-
ana Senator'S address to enter a brief
denial Of a statement concerning him
! self. AT first Ingalls,, Sherman and
Chandler affected unwonted interest in
| their correspondence or morning news
| papers. but as Voorhees, made his case
stronger and stronger, and heated to a
white heat the shot which he was pour
ing into the Republican party's National
committee, the President which that
party had elected and other officers of
the Administration, newspapers and let
| ters were laid aside, and the orator was
listened to with close attention.
Senator Voorhees, said Dudley had in
flicted an indelible stain on that
memorable election and impeached the
| integrity of the political result that fol-
lowed The fact of the crime, he said,
| was open, universally known and prac-
| ticaily confessed by its perpetrator and
| his coadiutors, and yet, by constant Wig
ilance in obstructing the law and in de-
| nying and preventing justice, the crime
has thus far gone UNPUBLISHED. The
beneficiary of a polluted ballot-box, now
| in high place, the Senator declared, had
| felt compelled to shield the corrupt in
strument of that success from the pen
alties due to such notorious guilt 1t
was high time, he said, that that most
| disgraceful and most alarming episode
in the Presidential election should
De fully understood by the whole peo-
Gle, and that the proper degree of re-
possibility should be assigned to the
i,strument by whom it was per-
setrated and to those who tried to hide
!he oifense. He should nothing extern
uate. nor aught set down in malice" but
forbearance on the subject had long
ceased to be virtue in the estimation
of all honest people in Indiana, and for
these alone he spoke.
Mr.. Voorhees, sent to the Clerks desk
and had read the notorious ''blocks-of-
@ive" letter, and went on to say that the
days and weeks which Immediately fol-
lowed the publication of that polluted
and polluting campaign document would
always be remembered for the rapidity,
.dacity and fecundity with which the
nos. self-evident falsehoods were con-
ceive and put forth by the Republican
press order to avert the odium and to
escape the legal penalties of an organ
IL 4 attempt at wholesale bribery.
This document, emanating officially
from the National Republican commit
tee and never disavowed. had pointed
Ut he said, ''that an ample corruption
fund was already in hand and gave
explicit directions for its use by
agents selected for their skill in
such rascality. Dudley was the imme-
date personal representative in the Ma
tional Republican committee of Benja-
min Harrison, then a candidate for the
Presidency and now the President of the
United States. He had been put upon
that committee at the earnest request of
Harrison, and between them were the
most confidential and intimate personal
relations. They had been political
Siamese twins in the State of Indiana.
When, therefore, the scheme of bribery
AMI corruption was exposed on the 31st
of October as far and as fast as the
lightning carried the shameful story
was it to be supposed that Dudley was
left without advice, instructions and as
sistance? Senator Quay, chairman of
| the National Republican committee and
Senator from the State of Pennsylvania,
arrived at Indianapolis and held repeat
| ed and protracted conferences with
those who held the fate of Dudley and
the interests of the Republican party in
| the hollow of their hands,"
Senator Quay, who had not taken his
| eyes from Mr.. Voorhees, during his
speech, here arose and said: 81 state to
| tho Senator from Indiana that it is not
| true that in Indianapolis 1 conferred
| with those who had the Republican
| party in the hollow of their hand or con-
ferred with any one in regard to the
case of Mr.. Dudley"
THE hands of those whom the Sena-
| ator consulted" replied Mr.. Voorhees,,
| 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 the Senator deny
| that he called on President-elect Har-
| rison in Indianapolis?''
81 called on President-elect Harrison, -
admitted Quay.
Certainly you didr' Mr.. Voorhees, ex-
| claimed. 1.-The Senator will not blame
me if 1 draw the big inference that