People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1893 — Voorhees’ Base Betrayal. [ARTICLE]

Voorhees’ Base Betrayal.

Coin. Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, has been one of the leaders of the Democratic party for twenty years. He has been honored and respected; and as the “tall sycamore of the Wabash” has been followed by the seared ranks of Democracy, with confidence and pride, wherever he led. Politically he is now no more. For some time it has been known that the advocates of a gold standard were trying to secure him to defend their interests. His recent statement that he is opposed to the coinage of any more silver is a sufficient announcement as to which side of the question he is now on. By this announcement he reverses the record of a lifetime. From a thousand platforms in Indiana, in national speeches, and on the lloor of both houses of congress he has denounced every species of legislation, that has made money scarcer and dearer. He has pictured in most eloquent language the conditions that would exist in this country, if we .went to a gold basis. In his greatest efforts, when mon hung with breathless attention, upon his utterances, and all loved him as a watchful defender of the people, he never painted in words a darker picture of the evils to be expected from a gold standard, than those that exist do-day. In this hour of calamity, he has deserted the people. His once manly voice is no longer raised in their behalf. He has gone over to the enemy and is assisting in forging a chain of slavery, and its clanking noise can now be heard by patriotic ears in all parts of the land. We will not discuss how it came about. The methods used for such purposes have been aptly described by him. With heart cold and honor dead, let him go. No honest man will ever trust him. His high position will not protect him from the scorn and indignation of the people. A politician may be assailed by his enemies, and endure it, for he has behind him his constituency who trust him and believe in him. Mr. Voorhees has basely betrayed a trusting constituency and will have no friends in his new and unenviable position.