The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-24
ROASTED sv VOORHEES,.

OS'sg ~ vOSn7GcSs
Harrison and Dudley ArrnIsned- The Co,
ductors Of this Notorious "Biocks-ef,
Five" Campaign Of Corruption scathing.
" Denounced and the President Urged
." cioar His Own skirts.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. e-Thcro was I
sensational scene In the senate to-ls }
when Mr.. Voorhees, called up his resolu-
ton OF inquiry into the failure OF the
Federal authorities at Indianapolis to
arrAst Colonel William Wade Dudley.
Voorhees,, always forccful, robust
! speaker, was At his best. and when he
carefully described the ofIense OF Dud-
Icy, his former intimate relationship
with the man who Is now President Of
tho United States and the long series OF
efforts made BY the Administration to
defeat justice and shield an offender,
tho people In the galleries murmurcd
applause, while the empty seats on the
Republican side bore testimony to tho
unwelcome nature OF the characters
ization. Among the few Republic
ans who faced the storm were
Chandler Ingalls,. Sherman, Ed
munds and Quay. For tho 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 crcstfallen manner that
he rose during the delivery OF the Indi-
ana Senator'S address to enter q brief
denial OF 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 q
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. These
Republican Senators could not close
their eyes to the significance OF the &C.
casion. With a slxillful hand Voorhees,
unmasked the whole conspiracy. in
which 1t was soon seen there
were enmeshed the President OF
the United States, his former per-
sonal and political friend. former
Republican office-holder and the present
Republican leader and treasurer OF the
National committee; Federal Judge,
who Is also the close personal friend OF
the President, and who would in all
probability have been promoted to the
Supreme bench but for the fear that he
could not be confirmed; Republican
Senator and chairman OF the National |
committee; the Attorney General Of the |
United States, the Presidents personal |
friend and former law partner, and q |
Federal District Attorney appointed |
BY the President. To none Of these did |
the orator show mercy, and before he |
had gone far in his effort Of an hours |
duration every Republican In the cham
Der looked like man struggling in the
embrace OF la grippe.
Senator Voorhees, said Dudley had in
flicted an indelible stain on that
election and impeached the
integrity Of the political result that fol-
lowed. The fact Of the crime, he said,
was open, universally known ahd prac-
tically confessed by its perpetrator and
his conductors, and yet, by constant Wig
lance in obstructing the law and in de-
nying and preventing justice, the crime
has thus far gone unpublished. The
Of o polluted ballot-box, now
n high place, the Senator declared. had
lelt compelled to shield the corrupt in
ltrument Of that success from the pen
llties due to such notorious guilt. Iii
vas high time, he said, that that most
lisgraceful and most alarming episode
n the Presidential election should
De fully understood by the whole peo-
,lc, and that the proper degree OF re-
possibility should be assigned to the |
instrument by whom it was per- I
'etrated and to those who tried to hide ]
he offense. He should nothing extern ,
late, nor aught set down in MALICE but |
orbearance on the subject had long z
eased to be a virtue in the estimation
( all honest people in Indiana, and for :
hese alone he spoke. II
Mr.. Voorhees, sent to the Clerks desk | q
nd had read the notorious ''blocks-of-
We" letter, and went on to say that the I
avs and weeks which Immediately fol- !
owed the publication OF that polluted I
nd polluting campaign document would
ways be remembered for the rapidity. y
ldacity and fccundity with which the n
lost self-evident falsehoods were con- a
lived and put forth by the Republican q
rcss in order to avert the odium and 10 =
'cape the legal penalties Of an organ !,
ed attempt ct Wholesale bribery. /.
This document emanating officially Ia
ON the National Republican commit 7
g and never disavowed. had pointed 4
it, he said, ''that an ample corruption
nd was already in hand and gave q
tplicit directions for its use by q
'ents selected for their skill in J, y
oh rascality. Dudley was the imme- 4
ate personal representative in the Ma s.
onal Republican committee Of Benja- nt
in Harrison. then candidate for the v
'esidency and now the President Of the = !,
nited States. lie had been put upon ",
It committee 1t the earnest request OF al
srrison, and between them were the -
,st confidential and intimate personal =
lations. They had been political gr
amese twins in the State Of Indiana o.
hen, therefore, the scheme OF bribery ~
d corruption was exposed on the 3lst =, -
October AZ far and As fast as the III