Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-16
ROASTED BY VOORHEES,.

Five" Campaign of Corruption Scathing-
Iy Denounced and the President Urged
to Clear His Own Skirts.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-There was a
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
applause, while the empty seats on the
Republican side bore testimony to the
unwelcome 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
UILlAu tOICt anu CTeSUldilcn nlduueT lIdG
he rose during the delivery of the Indi-
ana Senator'S address to enter 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
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
tiers 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-
tically confessed by its perpetrator and
his coadjutors, and yet, by constant Wig
ilance in obstructing the law and in de-
nying and preventing justice, the crime
has thus far gone unpInished. The
beneficiary of 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
be fully understood by the whole peo-
pie. and that the proper degree of re-
sponsibility should be assigned to the
instrument by whom it was per-
frat p6 and n those who tried n hide
the offense. He should nothing extern
uate, nor aught set down in malice" but
forbearance or 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-
five 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,
audacity and fecundity with which the
most self-evident falsehoods were con-
ceived and put forth by the Republican
press in order to avert the odium and to
escape the legal penalties of an organ
lied attempt at wholesale bribery.
This document emanating officially
from the National Republican commit
tee and never disayowed, had pointed
out" he said, ''that an ample corruption
fund was already in hand and gave
explicit directions for it's use by
agents selected for their skill in
such rascality. Dudley was the imme-
diate personal representative in the Ma
tional Republican committee of Benia-
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
and 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
LDOSe no nelu tne ldue OI
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
the Senator from Indiana that it is not
true that in indianapolis l 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"
1.-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?''
Il called on President-elect Harrison"
admitted Quay.
''Certainly you did, Mr. Voorhees, ex-
claimed. The Senator will not blame
me if 1 draw the big inference that
he wanted the prosecution of Dudley
stopped and that he went to Indian
apolis to see him, and that he did say
certain things in quarters where it
would DO the most good, and with an
emphasis that was not forgotten
Concerning the libel suits which Dud
ley brought in New York Senator Voor-
hees said:
Before the election Dudley thought to blind
the people by bringing suits against several pa