The sun., 1890-01-09
SrDLEY'S BLOCKS OF FIVE
-u,TF1MoUs LETTER THE THEME OF
DEBATE IN THE SENATE

,,...,pt Instruuien mt OF HE Successt That
onay Went TO indianapolis to stop the
1o..cution of Dudley, and Refers TO
-, Action OF Justice Woods in Prevent
- the FIndInE of an Indictment Against
n.dIry rs ConSpicuousiy shameful
u,su1SGToS Jan. S-After some routine
..,ir, business, MIR. Voorhees, called UP the
p.solptIon offered by him Yesterday, reciting
~ newspaper report that MIR. Chambers, the
Tnuod States District Attorney at Indanapo-
y, baJ interfered In his official capacity to
rrsyent the arrest Of W. W. Dudley on charge
rifcIoniously violating the election laws OF In
siana nj the late Presidential election. and
o,,.eting the Attorney General to report what
,nstructions the Department OF Justice had
issneJ to Chambers on tho subject, and to fur
nisb conios OF the correspondence, and pro-
seeded to address the Senate.
Mr. voorhees, spoke OF the alleged crime rs
having inflicted an indelible stain on the
r,omorablc election and impeached the in
,.grity OF the political result that followed
The fact Of the crime was open. universally
Known, and practically confessed by its per-
rstrator and his coadjutors and yet by con-
,,ant vigilance in obstructinG the law and in
dspyIng and preventing justice, the crime had
Tins far gone unpunshed. The beneficiary OF
a polluted ballot box, now in high place. had
i.lt compelled to shield the corrupt instrument
ot that success from the penalties due to such
notorious guilt. 1t was high time that that
most disgraceful and most alarming episode in
the Presidential election should be fully un-
derstood by tho whole people. and that the
,roper degree OF responsibility should be as
,Iened to the instrument by whom 1t was per-
pstrated, and to those who tried to hide tho
odence He should nothing extenuate nor
sught 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 those alone he spoke.
Mr. Voorhees, sent to the Clerk desk and had
read the notorious Blocks -of-flye letter, and
vent on to say that the days and weeks which
would always be remembered for the rapidity.
ssIi.evident falseh9ods were conceived and put
forth by the Republican press In order to avoid
@ and sH sberS
National Republican Committee and never dis.
ion fund was ready in hand, and gave explicit
directions for its use BY agents selected for
isy as the Immediate personal representative
IL the National Republican Committee of
Benjamin Harrison. then candidate for
United IN ttYIs States He had been put upon that
committee at the earnest request Of Harrison.
Dental and intimate personal relations. They
had been POLITICAL Siamese twins In the State
sist OF October. as far and as fast as the light
ming carried the s STORY it to be
Instruction. and ,assistanea,3 Senator Quay
Chairman OF the Nationa! Republican Commit
Tna SS ana arriSed at % and held pro
tracted controversies with those who held the
Han II party % in the hollow Of their hands. II was
not for him (Mr. Voorhees) to presume to de-
termine the precise character OF the men or the
Mr. Quay-I state to the Senator from In
diana that 1t is not true that at Indianapolis
party in the hollow Of their hands, or conferred
With any one in regard to the case Of MIR.
Mr. Toorhees-The hands Of those with
small i is hqt ito to hs sxent 9 their
Senator deny that he called on PFesidentselect
Harrison in Indianapolis
Mr. Quay-l called on President-elect Har-
hson.
yGHrhesfbICertao 3 hes bS did The
ference that he wanted the prosecution OF |
Dudley stopped. and that he went to Indian
things in quarters where 1t would do the most
good, and with an emphasis which was not
,,Nr. Voorhees, went on to speak OF, Dudley's
t threats to use the dynamite which he had IN
else very severely the part which Judge Woods
vas represented as taking in preventing the
he spoke Of Judge Woods as being conspicu.
S1sy G..IyI shameful % In view Of the indignity in
PIE Of Indiana ain in the name nan and By the author 6r
~ Of the Republican National Committee.
aided and allotted by the action OF the Federal
representative Of that insulted people he
should like to know BY, whose Instructions and
officer Of the Government in Indianap-
oils oils selected Ia and appointed by the Ad-
weeks blROIQ ordering a IJnita1 SfAtaS Commits
sioner not 10 issue a warrant for Dudley's ar
rest when he yentpred to return, to Indian
oharacterizing at the same time theD Dudley let
yer as an honorable and patriotic document In
Attorney; General Of the United States to in
II iGTn me Senate whether the action Of his off,
States %as T9 by Rs n
asserted that DistrictiAttorney q the United
ssIicP o. Tnfted states @ ftoS Son3fssl 1GSs loneP
II i.sus inc Issuance Of or the refusal to
appointment. q a Minister to England.
nSey n1s action OF Chambers called for his sum
e to the Ppesdepptp
Presented pre- 10 define his connection with Dudley
was Ya fTes31ate 31aey GTmg ba Be3Sma Harrison
sTcn sqcn was called upon to spurn the disgraceful
u Conclusion. Mr.. Voorhees, declared that
S9noegivers, bribe-takers. and all the en-
Sn Sorsers OF bribery should be regarded as
PnaIoS anu enemies OF the human race.
nr Edmunds offered an amendment for the |
preamble and resolution, SO as to strike out the
preamble and make tread:
, inat The Attorney.GenerAl be, and hereby ia In.
4. 70 nIEr2 Tho Senate what instrueons any
,siet pssuiet Attorney for tho District OF Indiana on the
tsUeet OF the arrest OF W W. Dudley, his exemption
M, Mn Aeet' and by what authority OF law any such
.-s .nueons have been given and that copies OF all
''sa correspondence be transmitted to the Senate,
MT Edmunds expressed tsarcastically) his
tssgpHiIatlon OF and concurrence In tho beautiful
NiiGute Sainte OF the Senator from Indiana TO the {
.Sle .Sle OF political morality He also gave his ,
ittaaneslon itaeslo to Mr. Voorhees's denuncation OF po-
tIsal tSisal immortality. II Mr.. Dudley had done the
mIag mt,gg Imputed to him. he had certainly COM
Stn,eed S@tt!ed III not crime against the United I
SS.esl mSt crime against that class OF public
aIVtaihty which the Senator had SO beautifully
It1sScnoed M and which las he said was so essen
1StU the safety and ,perpetuity OF republican
hsu'utlons; Still 1t was possible that
iGs..ss %s sso'ealled Dudley letter had been I
an kS; inroor or 50 altered as to make l
La innocent Ia morally innocent poit- q
cns lsT{er appear to be a morally guilty
io,Ss, iEuS There were instances OF such political