The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-17

got after him and reminded him.
frowrIngiys of"hov hegos his seat"
ssoed in the Senate rear. He did
not 60 near Teller or Dnbois, or his
former eronies Of silver.
II Vas inst ss we'll. They have
no use for him. Carter's future 10
without . programme. He may b
gold. he may be silver. Personally
i would be nniupor,ant to Carter.
he stands very much alone Want
ing the respect OF the Senate and
without the confidence Of his con-
sti.uents, Carter will be another one
term Senator, which Is the best
thing one can say about him.
All in row sat Vest, VOORHEES,,
and German Vest had . sour, Gym
zeal look. He greeted nobody, vas
greeted by none in return. German,
with his Hindoo face, lat no express
sion tell OF the thought within. He
was very quiet and unreasor 5 bic.
VOORHEES, was hasgard and i'll. II
had been the effort Us his life 10 get
here. That story that he suffered
from paresis WAS false. Yet rs one
looked at him, he read death in his
face. He cannot last. Worries S,
Is gone.
AS looked iowa at Voorhees,, .
gentlemea told me a story. Il re-
lated TO Voorhees, and told of his
coufxtye and spirit of dozen years
ago, low all wasted and gone.
| II went with Voorhees, to see
Cleveland" said this gentleman.
cleveland had just been inaugu-
rated the first time. Voorhees, want
ed a certain man named as post
master Of Terre Haute. The man
kept a saloon, but was q good fell
low. He was recommended by half
the preachers and all the good folks
of Terre Haute, for he had told them
that he would abate-and abolish his
saloon should he be given the letter
bags.
Just prior to our visit to the
White House, a slanderous column
appeared in q Cincinnati paper, with
a Terra Haute date line, telling of
this saIoon-keeper's candidacy and
Voorhees, support of him. It went
on to say that Voorhees, and he had
been pals in many a roseate affair,
and had a room back of the saloon,
whereip they gambled, wined and
dined.
i II Will pause right here to say
that every word of this article was
false.
"The day we visited Cleveland,
; after Voorhees, had brought up the
name of this man, Cleveland turned
and looked out at the far Potomac.
This is his wont when he's about to
> say something mean. Cleveland
never looks at the man he insults. y
"'Senator,' he said at last, "'did
you read that article about you and
your candidate in a recent Cincin-
natl paper'"
"'Yes, SIR said Voorhees,, his
face flaming with rage; yes, sir
Why7'"
"'What have you to say about iti
continued Cleveland, coldly.
Simply that it is false in wore
r and Inference" said Voorhees,. Ane
! then, his wrath fairly in the saddle
he went on:
"'And l want to say further, tina
4 any man, whether he be Presiden
or the commonest digger in tn
3 street, who pretends to repeat tina
SANDER or any part of it as true, is ,
liar; and l will deal with him e.
s such.
4 "'Now, Mr.. President contine,
Q Voorhees,, still in flame, since Nv
=, answered your question, let me asl
= one in my turn. Did you, sir, reat
$ q column printed five months ago
t also in Cincinnati paper, connect
ing your name with that of woman
9 named Halpinf If you didn't, sir,
t did. Nor did 1 come to you to asl
l. you, what have you to sayi Sc
It my heel upon it for false and lynn
0 SANDER on every stump in Indiana
d and that, sir, shows the differenc
IS between you and me, when on
friends are assailed."
10 "I'll tell you," concluded the ger
q tleman, "Voorhees looked like Ito
IS when he said this, and Clevelan
2, made no retort, but continued i
'r sullen review of the shimmering Pc
r, tomato far away. Voorhees, fe
% low, however, did not get the pos
Office"
Or When Jones, of Arkansas, an
le Faulkner, who managed the Col
y gressional campaign for the Dem'
r Gratis, came in they got their heai
SO together and talked in low tones.
Ill don't know whether they were col
ID graduating each other on their Ct
es reers as Democratic chairmen or NO
III l will say, however, at this pincl
70 that to my view Jones' managemel
. was the dreariest failure of ever
IN and any age. The worst I ever sa'
IS I may not have another chance
Up express my full-blown contempt f
e. the recent campaign methods
K Jones, so put it in here. Faulkn
We did his work without a faw, and Il
d. pity was he could not lend Jones
IL little of his political wisdom.
% Sherman sat in his seat, stiff as
no ramrod. There's something strikil
'rt and noble in the brittle dignity
as She rman. He shines out cold al
white, too, like the sun on an ie
Or berg.
er- Down in front sat Morrill,, of VI
ad mont. Eighty-s six years old is Nj
Ky rill, born in 1910. He was the fiji
ed to do business to day and beg
ne reading petitions to the Senate
W. fore the formallty of notifying
President and House that the Sens
air was on earth and organized for bu
Ich ness, had been gone through with.
ust The Senate sent Sherman q
re- Smith to tell Cleveland they w
tn ready for the worst he could ser
Tor he took them 1T their word, Al
He following the return Of these two
ize Senate clerk began to read the Pr
the ident's message IN a sing song to-
rec and people commenced to fall o,