Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1878 — The World and Senator Voorhees. [ARTICLE]

The World and Senator Voorhees.

[Cincinnati Enqulrsr.] The New York World, published on the Atlantic coast, is making a venomous attack upon Senator Voorhees, of ludiana. This means, of course, that the entire money power of the east is laboring to defeat the re-elec-tion of Mr. Voorhees to tho senate.— Few circumstauces could more conclusively show the deep determination of the money power to contest every foot of battle ground in this great war upon the people with unremitting zeal. The New York World is assumed to speak for the leading democrats of New York. It is understood to represent their opinions. Of course, so much of the money power as is republican in politics is bitterly hostile to Mr. Voorhees. The money power that is has gained complete possession of both parties in the east, and both unite in electing or defeat ing the election of United States senators in the states of the far west, This is an impertinent Jand undemo cratin interference with the affairs of ludiana, to begin with. Moneyed New Yorkers walK into a distant scate and deprive the people of their true represeu*ution in the senate of the United States, one of the highest rights secured to a state. It is not only an outrage upon the state, but it is infamous conduct toward Senator Yoorhees and the noble democracy he so nobiy led to victory in the last election. Tho fight in Indiana, conducted against euormous odds, in the face of two infamous republican gerjyman, ders, legislative and congressionalwas known to all the country to be the fight of Senator Voorhees. The republican organs nud orators in and out of Indiana, announced the election of Senator Voorhees to be the issue, and implored The people of the state to choose a legislature that would defeat him. This wa3 the gstate issue, and Mr. Voorhees, managing his own canvass with high ability, after a laborious and spleudld campaign, won the victory. It was his personal tri umph as well as the triumph of his cause. It is nothing less than infamy to now attempt to tear the nobly earned fruits of victory from him. W« can not but think that the democratic members of the legislature who sho’d refuse to vote-for Mr. Voorhees would not be cordially welcomed by his con stituenta on his return home. No honorable democrat in ludiana will appear as a candidate against him The election is at hand.. The matter needs attention-