The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-12-12
Good stories Told Of the Senator
Of Indiana in his 45s
Palmy Days. ,s.
He was Always Ready for 4
Fight on the slightest
Provocation.
ingalls, After Due Preparation
Wickedly Smote His
Opponent.


the land, stands a. photograph. It lis
something aged and shows the thumb
marks Of much handling. There are
three persons posed in the picture, Nor
ton, voorhees, and "Old Dick Richard
son. The artist was Brady, tho date is
1858, full SO years ago.
This photograph shows Morton and
Voorhees, as young and ardent states
men; "Old Dick" already old at the
time, was afterward Senator from I'LL
nois. and has long since been garnered
to@his fathers, writes "A. III. L. in the
New York Journal. :.
When i read this morning of Voor-
hees as the victim Of paresis, with cur
tains drawn on his intelligence, going
to his grave with darkened mind, I
thought of this picture. The more SO as
the doctors at the time it was taken
had already told Voorhees, that he was
being preyed upon by consumption and
couldn't live a year. .......9.
sick and hatchet-faced, quite like con-
sumption in all its brands, and earnarks.
But the medicine men were wrong. Voor-
hees did not yield to consumption, and
now, almost 40 years later, is said to be
suffering that mental suffocation known
as paresis. The medicine men were
ot in lot,
that in this story of paresis they are
equally gone astray.
VOORHEES, in the senate has ever been
a joy to the newspaper folk Affable,
frank and vigorous, it was always a
pleasure to turn from a conversation
with such stately in-and-outers as Sem
ator Vest and talk with Voorhees, What
little Vest told you might ali be wrong
and the merest seeds OF grief. He was
perfectly capable, too, of denying every
word of it the moment it was printed;
and would, if he found his utterances
inconvenient. voorhees, never denied,
never weakened. Voorhees, stood by his
guns.
Once Voorhees, gave me an Interview
on the subject of the New York banks.
tt was unique in it's fashion OF coming;
but he stood by it--every word.
1t was during the repeal Of the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman law, DUR
ing the extra session in 1893, and voor-
hees was leading the fight for repeal in
the senate. The fllibuster was stub
born, and Teller and Dubois. in:the rocky
passes of the senate rules, were disputing
voorhees, advance and holding the re-
peal at bay. At% !.
The struggle waxed long and tedious. 4
and the banks, in sore straits, some ,of +
them below their reserve, began to grow
thysterical. isS
In a gust Of excitement born Of their
peril they one day arose-the bank presf-
dents held meeting, j believe--and In
dulged in speeches and resolutions to the
effect that Voorhees, was doing his best
to pass the repeal. The bankers were
inclined to regard Voorhees, as mixing q /.
dish OF treason for, them, and said sol :.
That afternoon met Voorhees, In the
senate restaurant where he was SOL
emnly devastating haf-shell oysters In
company with the mayor Of Terre Haute.
4 5,.sWhat can say for. you, touching
these banks, Senator?" I asked. What
reply do you want to make to their strfc- Z
tures?" ii 3g5455$$ 81
.'I'll tell you what to say" replied
Voorhees,, and he hxed a grave, though 3
flaming eye upon me. You may quote !
me as saying about those banks any
thing to their disaster that q WIRE will
carry or a paper print. You cant over.
dos my opinion Of those banks 3$T
4 II took the senator at his word, and
prepared and wired an interview Tor him
that read like a railway collision. Voor..ass r.ss
hees looked it over n the paper when AZ & 3
came, and gave II his fullsa pproval &
5|"It,s u triae weird q he said, "i,tit fttsr
right. It's exactly what 4 mean .s S3s#
VOORHEES, is q man of more than 1aIix &
feet IL height. and of mag idcent PRES, q'l h,
,,sII ,sI,ce. Big in person, II w
vivid iii thinking. VOORHEES, vas one sss
the most leloane ent talh lhers ghose ever sfe
III the senate. ears ago 2Ehe was r1ofsSGS ssSS
81 less given % forensic com lat VI
went gayly stc war 4
III face him.
was Ingalls sssSsS
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