New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-26
vrrJECTED OPPORTUNITY.

There's an opportunity lying right IN pam
si,h, an the desk Of "A member Of the Unl'en
St,tos Senate which il would be greatly 10 Ine
crodit If the Senator TO embrace and make the
most Of. II has been lying there so long 'n''
,,.o ,op,uro IN call his attention TO IT. Senator
TurnIe occupics the desk That is. he sits M IL
I'm those brief and sometimes ag0nizli2 Intervals
modc classic by the remark of the Governor Vi
North Carolina TO the Governor or Sou'h '"i'
lima and known now the world over as pc
tween drinks" Senator 1urpie diViueS WIN
Senator Voorhees, the honor ana the reSpo"'i
bilitv of representing in 1.-THE most august uc-
..libcrativc assembly known 10 men the H'''o
of Indiana. AS Il rule, he does MS par' vi wv
renrrscnting in Il silence when, Wh'h 1t oo'".'
10 he contrastcd with his eruplons OF hue"c'' -
something more than golden: 1t Is pearls "i'"
diamonds and all manner OF precious s'o"''
and hich-prlced jewelry. Few things IN Inuian"
or outside the State are so priceless ~ l"rPr'
silence The last time he broke II 10 any eA'nt
WAS one day last April, when he pulled himself
70 his feet and fell against an occasion 'n"'
honncncd lust then to be passing 10 express
some views.
Those views were Of Il personal charac''r
They related 10 the vpracliy Of ano'her ''i'h'o'
or rather to what Turpie considered HIS i''h V.
j,v Senator AIdrich Of Rhode Island, nih
rono,tn1 q statement which he said II" hah
h,,r1 ,n,de ON good authority. that somewhere
o,,,,, ,hro. hundred amendments had been pro
,.,.o1 - rho then pcnding Tariff bill Tire" or
r,,,. Do,ocrotic Senators who were supposed |"
,o, all ,hout II. among whom was TurpeS
,u.,,r, Nr Voorhccs. had entered q,lahed
and cvasve dcniaIs- which, by the way, they
have never taken the trouble sine" 10 'AP'',"
ruruc. who manifcstlv knew nothhg hoo"' '"'
tariff and ar that moment very NIUE "p'''' ""'
thing else was in fluent moon anu lam
mix in. He proceeded 10 inject INTO 'np u'o,''
in loncliagc somewhat unusual III d''p'i''''
assemblies his own belief that Senator A'ur''"
was several kinds of n liar besides p'in2 &" ~,
rail grocer The Senate listened IN Sii'n''' ana
Mr. Aldrich made no reply except 10 l'itliha'"
that Turplc was apparently under the ln""'".c
~ .'thp demon Rum. and Wollld l''l u'"'i'"'''
when h. got over II.
That WAS three months ago. II mas sih'' up
nearcl that as n matter OF iact ih're WIZ
moro than three hundred Of the propos"h aih'hi-
rncnts that Senator Aldrich was quite wl'hi"
hounds i'm his statement. and that me S'ii"'or'
who dualiiicty denied II wcr" themselves s"'"'
If prcvarication which came very near apSo'"''
f,lsrhood |, was Il good time when these lac'S
hocomc known and indispu,able for Iurple l"
stand ND in the Senate and make an apology
tn tho senator whom he had nsulted ana '"e
holv which he had disgracrd The opportunity
for doing so has been lying on his desk l"r
weeks. unused and neglected. 1t would be Il
very proper hing for him 10 seize II now II
wouldnt hurt him anywhere not even IN lhdi-
ana and might do him good. He would, AT any
rotr be able 10 think better OF hinS'H al'ci
varI LEI Turpic have th" floor