Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-09
THE DUDLEY CASE.
Voorhees, and Edmunds Enter
tain the Senate.
DEBATE ON THE BLOCKS OF FIVE"

pftes-Edmunds hecftes q Lfttle HOO
sier Crookedness as n stand-OH and
Dan" Declares It Lacking Truth-The
Resolution Adopted.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. GAS soon as
opportunity offered in the senate yesterday
Voorhees, called up his resolution relating to
the "blocks of five" letter and Col. w. W. Dud-
ley's exemption from arrest for alleged con-
nsction Herewith, and proceeded to address
the senate upon il at some length He said
the Hcrime of Dudley had inflicted ian In
delible stain on the election of 1888, and i'm
peached the integrity of the political result
that followed 4, The crime was practically
confessed, yet the BENEFICIARY OF polluted
ballot box, now in high place, had felt COM
PEELED 10 shield the corrupt implement Of
that success from the penalties due TO such
notorious guilt. voorhees, sent to the clerks
desk to be read the celebrated blocks of
five" letter imputed to Dudley
The President Attacked.
He said that the days and weeks that fol-
lowed the publication OF this letter would
always be remembered for the rapidity, au-
dacity and fecundity with which the most
sclt-evident falsehoods were conceived and
PUT forth by the Republican press TO avert
the odium and escape the penalties Of an
organized attempt at Wholesale bribery.
voorhees, spoke of Dudley as the personal
representative Of Benjamin Harrison on the
national Republican committee. He said
that after the publication Quay went to In
dianapolis to see those who held the fate of
the Republican party In the hollow Of their
hands, and that it was very natural TO as
vImo that when he called on President Har-
fiaOp thara IN uaS IN nttIlau inn
munity from prosecution.
Quay Says IL Is Not True.
Quay, who had not taken his eyes from
Voorhees, during his speech, here arose and
said: II state to the senator from Indiana
that it is not true that in indianapolis l con-
| ferred 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"
Judge and Attorney Criticised.
voorhees, criticised very severely the part
| which Judge Woods was said TO have taken
in preventing the finding of a bill Of indict-
ment against Dudley. He said he desired to
know whether the action of District Attor-
ney Chambers In ordering a United States
commissioner not to issue a warrant for
Dudley's arrest was authorized by the attor-
ney general, and he would like TO know also
what right the district attorney had TO issue
such an order He thought Chambers should
| be dismissed, and that this was the best op-
portunity the president would ever have of
dlsavowing his sympathy with Dudley's
| crime.
Edmunds Takes Up the Fight.
Edmunds offered substitute for the reso-
luton as follows: THAT the attorney gener-
/ al be, and hereby is instructed 20 inform the
senate what instructions il any, the depart
ment of justice has given TO $. y. Chambers,
| district attorney for the district of Indiana,
| on the subject of the arrest of W. W. Dud-
ley and his exemption from arrest; and by
what authority of law any such instructions
have been given; and that copies of all such
correspondence be transmitted to the
| senate'
Edmunds said that If Dudley had done all
that he was charged with, he had certainly
committed III not a crime against the United
| States a crime against that class of public
morality which the senator from Indiana
had so beautifully described Still il was
possible that the Dudley letter had been
forged, or so altered as to make morally
Innocent political letter appear morally
guilty one. He referred to the Morey letter,
and said that he was glad the leaders of the
Democratic party had apparently reformed.
daughter In the galleriesl
Dudley Charged With skuIking.
VOORHEES, asked why Dudley was skulking
and hiding if the letter was forgery.
Edmunds replied that he did not believe
that Dudley was skulking anywhere
Voorhees, charged that every effort had
been mnde TO get Dudley within the limits of
the state of New York to prosecute his libel
suits against the New York papers but with
out success.
Edmunds said that in that case the defend
ants were, he supposed, entitled TO a judg-
ment i'm their favor. II Dudley had any Ii
bel suits he probably knew how to take care
| of them. Edmunds continued that the letter,
| II genuine, was undoubtedly an offense
| against the laws of the state of Indiana, but
where, he asked, had been the Democratic
district attorneys before the chang of adj
ministration,
Might Have Been an Initiation.
He suggested that the Dudley letter might
have been initiated of one which had been
sent out by Mr. Whitaker, of Martinsville,
Ind, chairman Of Democratic county com
mittee, on Sept. Z, 1888. That letter (which
he sent to the desk to be readl was, he said,
the twin Of the Dudley letter. He did not
vouch for the letter, but it was published in
The Terre Haute Express. Edmunds spoke
| ~ ttllklu hDDuN lut lhllN-S0bPt ITHuus In In
diana in 1885, and referred to the fact that
Sim Coy was not expelled by his Democratic
brethren of the city council of Indianapolis,
but drew pay as member Of that body
while he was serving the county In Jail. He
also rehearsed the charges that inmates Of
insane asylums and pauper institutions In
| Indiana had been taken to the polls and
had voted the straight Democratic ticket
The letter alleged to have been written by
Mr.. Whitaker instructs one of his CORE
spondents 10 Make the doubtful list as small
~ possible and mark every one who has TO
have money as float Look closely after
every one Let no one escape"
In referring to Sim Coy Edmunds said
'If this Coy had been a Republican should
have appealed to him one brother Repub-
| lean TO another TO just let the common
council pay go and take his state prison pay,
because there Is statute of the United
States certainly against drawing double pay
for any kind of service" laughter Ed
munds was provokingly satirical all through
his remarks.
| Voorhees, Defends Sim Coy.
Voorhses charged that the senator from
vesmont had been coached by the attorney
general for the speech he had made He de-
nied the authenticity Of the Martinsville let
-. He said Coy had besn sent to Jail by q
paytason, malicious court. The people had
since sustninsd Coy ~ the polk
Al the closs Of the Discussion Edmund
smsndment was agreed to by party vote
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Claims Before ~ PeasAop ODss.
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animation made of the files of tho Office, and
finds that there are now pending in the pen
sion bureau Oslo unadjudicated claims
classified a follows: Invalid claims, 1s2, 955
widows claims, 1880; invalid increase