The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-10
THE SENTINEL'S ASSAULT ON VOOR-
HE'S AND HIS BILL.


Yesterday morning the Sentinel gave its
readers an editorial upon the Voorhees, re-
vision Of the Wilson bill, which will fill
every supporter of the senior Senator
which means the majority of the party,
with indignation. The Sentinel starts out:
The Senate committee has made it's re-
port on the Wilson bill, and the report is
simply infamous. 1t shows that the Sugar
Trust, the Whisky Trust the railroad and
coal combine and the iron mine combine
and the whisky man from Troy has had
his demands granted as TO collars and cuffs
The Sugar Trust is given a donation of 40
of cent per pound, which Is In fact, a
greater advantage than the Mckinley adj
vantage of 80 with lilo additional as
agnst any outsi tb cEPet nf cent Mr. nar
pound on raw sugar added to this gives the
trust absolute command of our market, as
against any outside competition. If Mr..
Havemeyer did not dictate this section he
dictated it TO some one who did dictate it,
1t is simply an outrage on the people and
on the Democratic party. 1t is a thing
that cannot be explained or justified 20 any
intelligent man. or to many VINO are not
intelligent. If ii be Democracy to give such
favors as these to notorious, lawlesS trusts
we know Of no way in which Democracy
can be distinguished from Republicanism.
The Sentinel should have said that only
mittee has had anything to do with this
BILL and that it is the bill which the fol-
lowing Democratic Senators have made or
agreed to: Voorhees,, Mcpherson, Harris
Vance Vest. Jones of Arkansas. and Mills
The Sentinel goes on:
The extension of the bonded period of
whisky from three to eight years is an
n
trusts in the country The man who is
responsible for ii is an enemy to the DEM
ocratic party. and we may add in this con-
nection that we do not believe that HILL or
Murphy, or German, Brice, or Morgan,
or White, or Caffery is in any way respon-
sible for II. There will be some. pretty
scandalous favor TO the Whisky Trust goes
into the law.
Why did not the Sentinel say that the
Senator who is responsible for the conces-
sion to the Whisky Trust is Daniel Wolsey
Voorhees,, of Indiana? Few will fail to un-
derstand that Mr.. VOORHEES, is meant, be-
cause he is the real champion of the Whis-
ky Trust in the Senate; but 1t will enrage
the rank and file of the Democracy to
have Senator voorhees, referred to IAN
enemy TO the Democratic party" and his
conspicuous act denounced as scandal
GUS" Not satisfied with putting all the
Democrats of the finance committee in the
pillory for public execration and parading
Senator Voorhees, up and down In front OF
the Democratic lines placarded IAN enemy
to the Democratic party to the tune of
the ''Rogue's March," the Sentinel goes on:
The duties on coal and iron cannot be de-
Tended even on the principle of protection:
They are imposed solely for the benefit of
the railroads of the country, which own
most of the coal and iron mines and want
TO force everyone to use their product. The
increase Of duties on collars and cuffs is a
concession to the vile New York influence
which has long been held in detestation by
the people Of the country at large, and
which at length seems 10 have turned the
stomachs of the people of New York.
This is a very delicate subject for the
Sentinel TO handle since syndicate of
Cleveland Democratic capitalists control
the Nova Scotia coal mines. and they ex-
pect to profit by the closing of mines in
West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia.
There is more like that which has been
quoted. but these extracts will show the
unaccountable frenzy of the Sentinel over
the Voorhees, bill. The word ''unaccounta-
bic" is used advisedly. because anyone
who saw perfection in the Wilson bill
should not see such wickedness in the
Voorhees, bill except so far there has
been surrender to the Sugar and Whisky
trusts. The Voorhees, bill is not quite so
harsh in some respects upon American in
dustries as the Wilson bin. since it has in
creased the duties on glass, tin plates. etc.
| Perhaps this is the cause OF the SentinePs
| frenzy. AS revenue measure the Voor-