The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-30
WEAK AND REVILED
Voorhees, BOasted What He Would
Do, Then Backed Down.
Called the President an Impudent Up
start and Intended to Follow
Gorman's Example.
LOOKS LIKE A DEADLOCK
House COnferees Were Just as
Stubborn as the Senator's.
Springer Will Withdraw His Call for a
House Caucus and Compromise
More Remote Than Ever.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Poor Senator
Voorhees, comes out of the recent Demo-
cratic tariff riot Inundated. Since Sena-
tor German exposed the double dealings
of President Cleveland last Monday Sena-
tor Voorhees, has been compelled to re-
main away from the Senate chamber TO
save himself from being forced to carry
out the agreement made with German,
Vest and Harris to assist in demolshing
the President. 1t will be remembered that
German in his speech last Monday prom
ised that the chairman of the finance COM
mittee would join Vest and Jones in tell
ing the truth" about Cleveland. Resum-
ing after Harris had concluded telling
what he knew about Cleveland, German
said. turning to Voorhees,: Now, Mr..
President, my distinguished friend, the
chairman of this committee. the distiu-
guished Senator from Indiana. has had
intimate connection. of course, with this
measure throughout. I happen to know
that he is not feeling very well to-day
and expects himself to make his own
statement before the close of the discus
sion. Therefore. 1 shall not ask him to-
day 70 give the country the benefit of his
statement, that all the truth in con-
nection with this matter may go to the
people,
In these dispatches reasons have already
been assigned why Voorhees, failed to come
up to time and "ten the truth" as per
programme. He was to speak the next
day and there was an immense crowd in
the galleries, and the House went over in
a body to hear the Tall Sycamore roar
at Cleveland. Voorhees, had been moved
by Gormans speech and at its conclusion
he was SO worked UP against the Presi-
fbaf ha
tors and Representatives in the cloak
room his determination to read the up
start" he referred to the President,
a lecture on manners that he would never
forget.
"The impudence of this upstart," he ex-
claimed angrily. assuming TO teach
tariff reform Why, right here IN this
chamber L was fighting for tariff reform
long before he was sheriff of Erie county
and hanging men in Buffalo,
He was then taken in hand by his
henchmen. who pleaded with him that to
attack Cleveland and especially to rilcue
the Presidents claim of Original tariff
reformer'' would surely send Governor
Matthews to his Uoorhees) place in the
Senate; that all the tariff reformers of the
State and the friends of the President, all
the 'cuckoos would rally TO Matthews.
This had some effect on the Tall Sycamore,
but he came TO the Capitol Tuesday morn
ing prepared to roast the President any
way. German was still urging him and
voorhees, thinks there never was so great
a leader in Congress as German.
AT IL o'clock. it is sale, Voorhees, was
in his committee room still determined TO
follow German. Then a henchman came
to him with information that made him
sick" and he has been "sick' ever since
This Information was TO the effect thar
Noorheess remark about being better
tarlff reformer than Cleveland and of fight
Ing the battles of tariff reform in the Sen
in Buffalo" as sherim caused an admInis-
tration Senator to inquire into Voorhees,
who remember Voorhees's Atlanta pro
lection speech. 1t was delivered only nine
or ten years ago. They remember. too,
Lamb vote against Carlisle for Speaker.
He voted for Randall because Carlisle was
ZIONIST. Lamb was the only Democrat west
or the Ohio to vote for Randall i'm the
caucus Under instruction of Voorhees,
Lamb voted against the Morrison bill He
stood alone in the Indiana Democratic
delegation sigs ton This was in 1884, not long
speech at the Atlanta exposition. This ad-
ministration Senator was prepared to ask
voorhees, some pertinent questions when
he arrived at that point of his speech
comparing his own tariff record with that
Of the President; He had procured from
the congressional library the bound file
of the Atlanta Constitution containing
Noorhees's ultra protection speech. He
had also on hand the record showing the
vote which killed the Morrison bill, i'm
which Lamb, the protege of Voorhees,, was
recorded with the Republicans. Then he
also procured the record showing Voor-
hees voting for a tariff of 20 cents per
ton on coal when motion was made in
the Senate TO put coal on the free list in
the Mills bill. He had also letter writ
ten to mine owner of Indiana a num-
Der of years ago promising to protect the
coal miners with his vote.
This Senator took into his confidence a
number of Representatives and invited
them TO be present when he would make
the chairman of the finance committee
dance. In this way the overcondent
Senator gave the plot away. On recev-
ing the Information that a trap had been
set for him, Voorhees, wisely refrained
from setting foot in the Senate chamber
as long as Democratic linen washing
was on.
The danger being now passed it can be
will be on hand tomorrow morning. Cor
man. Vest. Harris and others, ii can be
inferred, look on Voorhees, with
temptuous pity.
1.-TWO years ago he went to Chicago to
oppose Cleveland's nomination TO the bit
ter end, but before the balloting took
place he deserted the mugwumps and took
the first train for Terre Haute, allowing
his proxy 10 cast his vote for Cleveland"
said of the 'conspirators THAT is
characteristic of the man. His pusilani-
nous conduct. is just what might have
been expected