The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-09
His Bargain with Cleveland and Failure
to Perform His Part Have Turned
Many Against Him.
HOOSIER ENEMIES AT WORK
Preparing a Political Grave for
the Tottering Sycamore.
This Week in Congress Likely to Be
Eventfnl-Compromise i'm the Sem
ate Strongly Probable.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct. SIT is now an as
sured fact that Senator Voorhees, will polit-
ically fall between two stools. The Sena-
tor already sees the mistakes he has made,
but he feels that it is too late for him to
recover The silver repeal bill will be
amended, there will be a compromise, and
the Indiana Senator will come out OF the
fight he has been making for eight weeks
with failure and humiliation. When he
turned his back upon public career Of over
thirty years, a record longer than he can
ever hope to make anew, and left his COM
panions and friendships, he entered upon
thin ice. Only the unqualified success OF
unconditional repeal would excuse him.
There is nothing that succeeds like success,
and, with the adoption of unconditional re-
peal, the friendship of the administration
and the consequent federal patronage and
the craftsmanship of the finance committee,
there was chance for him to stand up
against the storm from his old-time fiat and
wildcat currency associates and followers;
but with failure he would have neither the
confidence OF the administration and re-
pealers, nor the respect Of his old support
ers. One Of the Oldest. best known
and brightest newspaper correspondents in
Washington has just returned from the
West. On his way he stopped day or
Shanklins of that city and their newspapers
have succeeded in completely undermining
Senator voorhees, in that section OF lndi-
ana. They have convinced those who are
really in favor of the unconditional repeal
of the silver law that Senator voorhees, Is
not sincere in his pretended efforts to get a
vote upon the repeal BILL and that he is
really false with the President. On the
other hand, they have fully convinced the
crats that senator yoorbees has forever de-
serted them; that he has been bought by
patronage and committee position 10 sup
port gold standard, and that he is really
one of those gold bugs which he has been
SO busy denouncing for third Of a century.
Thus the Senator has no standing with
either the substantial or influential wing or
his party. The same news has come 10
the Senator through his friends In the
Pocket" They are denouncing him
roundly on both sides. He has been told by
lifelong friends that this is his last per-
formance in public life; that this is indeed
his farewell tour and Senator voorhees,
s plainy dSd that he hee IS tne siso of the
same opinion 1t is stated that senator
Voorhees, mail is not more than half as
large il was few weeks ago. The Sen
ator looks gloomy, and is in such Ill tenn
per that one never knows when to ap-
proach him. Many of his Democratic con-
stituents who come to see him upon off,
friends or not at all. They fear his humor.
n pecullar feature OF tue conversion OF
Senator Voorhees, to the cause OF uncondi-
tional repeal lies in the fact that his most
intimate friends were unable, up to the
day he delivered his speech for the meas
ure before the Senate, to learn where he
stood. Even members of his family-at
least one-were unable to learn his posi-
tion. 1t is said that only the President,
and possibly his colleague. knew his posi-
ton toward unconditional repeal UP to
the time he selected for the chair
manship of the finance committee. This is
thought by some Of his old associates 10
be significant.