The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-22

ans were not so fortunate. oliver p. Nor.
ton was an autocrat. He repealed Julian
ana drove him out OF the party; he saw
| many Mariuses' IN Harrison, and, as
long as Morton lived, Harrison was kept
IN comparative obscur,ty, and when Nor
ION died ne left Pandora legacy to his
party, the feud between Harrison and
Gresham.
| The greatest campaign OF Voorhees, ca
reer was that of 1876 Tilden campaign,
The democratic candidate Tor governor
was the celebrated "Blue Jeans" Williams
who had been member OF the Forty
fourth congress, and as chairman OF the
committee on accounts he had refused
to pass the doorkeepers bill for lemonade.
which the members OF several previous
| congresses enjoyed ut public expense and
which senators were not In for Williams
was an old fashioned man, as plain In ap-
pearanoe as a stone fence, and as demo-
cratic in demeanor as coonskin cap.
voorhees, accompanied him over the State
and the pair appeared OH the stumn In CIV
cry county from Steuben to roFey from
Lake to Switzerland 1t was the most stub
hornly contested election IN the history of
American politics and the ablest conduct
ed Hendricks was the democratic cand-
date for vice president. but Morton was
yet living. with vlgor enough left to fight
was No, M ontot,or S,a,o n,,, .,, a..
ito, Morton started IN snccioi train ,nr
California. and 1t was Morton who car
.,en me Two racine states Tor Hayes But
voorhees .o,a,o - -, an,o 'S ~ w
ty years
AT the bar Voorhees, was succcssiul
Ill., ,aI,, re was nov the great lutlst
pcnter. Thurman Tr,,r,hni, or ,,en t1n,
Such Iurists are born so. just AZ generals
Rnd poets are born. But Voorhees, was "A
grea, advocate. He was not the orator of
the class of Wendell Phillips Henry Win
ter Davis, Joseph Holt or Thomas +. Mar
shall but he had clear analytical mind |
ready and an attractive vocabulary and
resonant aud persuasive voice. Above
all. he was a genial man. mar of SYM
patty, man who hated oppression. a |
man to whom the suffering of n fellow |
creature was personal torture. And 80 it |
was that he met with almost unbrokon |
success at the criminal bar--nut only I'm his |
own State but In Missouri IN Narylnnd |
in Tennessee and Ia Kentclty philip Il |
Thompson. Sr,. of Kentucky, IL perhaps |
the most successful criminal lawyer this |
II.
and that nestor NJ the criminal bar would |
have chosen Voorhees, among all the law |
yers nf the Union as his associate In a |
disputed case.
Voorhees, loved good fellowship. Malice |
and be varo stro,ror, r,o,,,, on,,..
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oi partisans he never carried his politics
into social life. The friendship between |
him and tho late Iames r. IIstr, co, |
III, -
'''' 'hc "iS' acquaintance u"'''
death separated them. Beck, Blaine and
Voorhees, were host when I'm social CON
worse ora many an at,ic r,r,,, ,,ov ,,odo
NJ Il ~. H., so,s,., ,,i,,, ~ 1870, IT.,
ouostio,, nas ,b, ,t,nn,, a. $780,, ia,' ,,
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VoaIhoas Tb,rr,on noni, i'm 11aTs
md othnrs 10 Voc citi,,. ro,,,a stotts,1,.
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,hron,,,,t '."N'ns' w i,''S, ui' iaee as
." 'iuiIV N'o""' F"l'P"-
ISor o tr" Wi'h ,h' worn III, as usual,
was disconnected. 4 senatorial smile re-
axed the chamber. blaine soon yielded
ue Hoor; ana went over 10 voorhees, seat
'noptanoous soreas,, no., ,',', ~ a,' ,
moro ,bor an tho Ins,i,, -, 1,h,,r,,,an a,a aii
ba o,on,,orca -, M "
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