New-York tribune., 1895-09-04
TOOPHEES ~ ERUPTION.

VOORHEES, ~
II seems long. long time since Senator Daniel
w Voorhees, Of Indiana, was last heard from. IL
,ve rightly remember, he was very much In evil
depce about the time the last Congress began to
irradate the political horizon. he was cnair-
man of the Senate Committee on FINANCE, Ill
which capacity he set ont with something OF
flourish to adjust the finances OF the country 10
the changed political conditions brought ABOUT
by the election Of 1892; also to ADJUST the views
of the Democratic Senators and members OF Con
sress to each other; also to adjust the views OF
the Democratic Congress TO those OF the head Oh
the party, President Cleveland II was an un-
commonly heavy task but he entered upon II
breezlly and with light heart. For while he
manifested the highest courage and most deter
mined purpose, and shone with considerable
brilancc But he had differences as to details
with Senator Goiman and others and presently
began to taper of, sing small and fade away
So that now when the country has been In the
rant enjoyment Of the ripe fruits OF the financial
noljcv of Democratic Administration and Con-
crcss for many months it Is almost forgotten
that VOORHEES, was in II at the start. Herein
Voorhees, has been in great luck All the same
we have missed him.
Fresh as daisy And with all his old-ime
viror and dash and redhcadedness on current
ton,cs and public questions. 1t was at Terre
Uaute. Ind, at Labor Day celebration peiorc
an audience Of ten thousand people. all of whom
he reused and kindled and set a-go'ng III the oio-
fashioned way. 1t being Labor Day and
Labor Day celebration letter from Eugene
Dcbs had been read which elected tumultuous
| applause For Debs is the man VINO advanced
the cause of labor year or TWO ago py giving
orders that all labor should stop untll lie had
been reckoned with and terms had been agreed
upon for its re-employment. Debs ran up
against the United States Government III lhe
course Of his enterprise, and in consequence
thereof is now doing time" in penal institu-
ton Delrss letters are not now claiming so
much Of the time and attention OF the American
people at large as they were year or two ago.
when everybody stopped work to read them, but
II is reported that In some OF the more recent
ones he has expressed the opinion that running
I'm against the Government was mistake, and
that it is not liable to happen again winch
shows that Debs's head has at length wobDied
on to something pretty nearly level. He knows
when he has had enough.
But Voorhees, does not take that view. Noor-
hees is very positive in his conviction that Deos
was right all the time, and that he Is even now
suffering a penalty that the Constitution does
not warrant" He said so TO his audience Of ten
| thousand Said ii with earnestness ana warmth
"A rankcr grosser and btterer piece Of injus-
! tIce" said Voorhees,. in his gushing, warm
hearted and impassioned way. never blotted the
pages of our Federal judiciary" Then he pro-
ceeded to give his opinion Of Judge Woods. Of
the United States Court, who sentenced Debs.
Judge Woods, he said, was "a narrow man. He
.bas plenty of ability but he lacks the underly-
"nc principle Of honesty" Growing warmer,
he denounced the entire Supreme Court Of the
| United States II denounce its decision in the
income tax" said he which will be az odous
as the Dred Scott decision" II was great
speech. And 1t must have been kindly and
sympathetlc audience. For. unless it was COM
posed entirely Of young persons, there must have
been some among them who remembered that
in the campaign Of 1860 the Democratic party,
Of which the Senator was then as he Is now Il
shining light. promulgated a platform in which
the Dred Scott decision was extoiled as wise
and inst. and in fact the only reasonable solu-
ton Of the most pressing political question OF
the time No doubt there were some in the audi
I ence who had heard Voorhees, on the stump ex-
haust panegyric in praise of that decision. 1t
was very consderate in them 70 hear him call
II 'odous" without so much as an interruption
or kick.
All the same we welcome Voorhees, back on
the public stage and into the public eye. He
may be forgetful, but he is unquestonably warm
hearted and eloquent and he seldom fails when
on the stump to rouse his audiences TO such a
pitch Of enthusiasm that they simply say Hi.
Hi" and forget that he ever said anything
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