Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-09

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glance to the principles of the only real
Democrat he had ever heard of-General
Jackson.
Voorhees-If the Dudley letter is a
forgery. why is it he has not brought his
libel suits against New York papers to a
trial.
Edmunds-If Mr.. Dudley has any libel
suits and does not prosecute them, the
defendants are entitled to have them
dismissed. This letter, assuming it to
be genuine, was an offense, take it,
against the laws of Indiana; and if this
letter of Dudiey's was used or attempted
TO be- used to currupt voters, where is
the majesty of the law in that noble
State?
In this connection Edmunds COM
mented upon the failure of the Demo-
cratic United States District Attorney,
before the change of administration, to
bring the matter to the attention of the
Grand Jury. That Democratic official,
he said, having apparently done his
whole duty in sitting and preparing the
evidence, saw such food of light that
he did not care to have any more hand
in the business and resigned.
THE ALLEGED WHITAKER LETTER.
He intimated that the Dudley letter
might have been suggested by or
initiated from enc which had been sent
out by Mr.. Whitaker, of Martinsville,
Chairman of the Democratic County
Committee, on the 9TH of Septemb ber,
1888, and which was recently published
in an editorial in the Terre Haute En-
press. To the Terre Haute Express the
Dudley letter seemed to be child or
twin sister of this Whitaker letter,
which he sent to the Clerks desk and
had read.
Edmunds continued: 'Now this
Whitaker letter may be q forgery, but
it's likeness to the so-called Dudley let.
ter is 30 perfect and peculiar, that shall
be bound to say, if were juror, thai
the man who wrote it on the 9TH of Sep.
tember, wrote the Dudley letter and
palmed it off as a letter from the Ma
tional Republican Committee"
Edmunds then branched off on the
question of the recent political crimes ir
Indiana, and spoke of the forgery o.
tally-sheets in the indianapolis election
of 1886, for which Coy, membe of the
Common Council WAS sent to the peni
| tentiary for eighteen months; how the
Democratic msmbers of the Common
Council refused to vote for his expul
sion, and how he drew his pay as
member of the Common Council at the
same time he was "serving his country
in the penitentiary. He also referred tC
a statement as to inmates of the pool
house. and insane asylum being taken t.
the polls in Marion county, under direc
ton of Miller, former Democrat,
treasurer of the county, where everyone
of them voted the straight Democratic
ticket. These, he said, were some sam
pies that had been sent to him. The,
were not peculiar to Indiana,ssbu ther
had been going on systematized, per
sistent, organized party frauds on th,
part of people who called themselve
Democrats and Democratic organiza
tiops, which might have led somebod,
in Indiana to follow the Martinsvill
precedent. If so, he should be punished
and he hoped the Senate would not sto
until corruption and dishonesty at ele(
tions should be utterly cast away.
Il EDMUNDs' COACHING.
Mr.. Voorhees, said the Senator fror
Vermont held brief for the Attorney
General, and had spoken for him. Th
Senator had been coached very thol
oughly this morning by the Attorney
General in person. The Martinsvill
letter was nothing at discount.
There was no such letter. AS to tn
Coy case. he had been sent to the peni
tentiary for eighteen months BY til
worst, most partisan, unfair and mall
cious court organized since the days 9
Jeffries. But Coy had returned with
pardon SO far as his fine was concerned
which public opinion had forced upo,
President Harrison. So Infamous wer
the rulings of Judge Woods, which sen
Coy to the penitentiary, that the people
irrespective of party, spat upon then
and put their ban upon them the frs
opportunity they had.
EDMUNDs' AMENDMENT ADOPTED,
At the close of the discussion Edmunds
amendment was agreed to, by part,
vote of 81 to "a, and the resolution thu
amended was adopted.
| Voorhees, remarked that he would fin,
some way to ascertain the judgment O
the Law Department on the action of it
subordinate.
After executive session the Senat,
adjourned.