The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-02-14

~, and answered 10 the pOeLical
'roi n name of Verres Nicholas"
BE was called every ridiculous"
Smith, and we are of the impress
sion that Ingalls, gave him this nick |
name. This fellow strutted about |
the Legislature, displaying an i'm
mense amount of Kentucky dignity
and good clothes" He was about
the prettiest man then IN Kansas.
1t did Ingalls, soul good 10 hate him,
Many q time did Smith receive Sc
we're criticism from his keen tongue.
But Smith didn't know IL, and il
vexed Ingalls, to thiuk he was vast
ing his powder on one who could
not feel. One day we asked Ingalls,
TO write a legislative letter for The
NEWS. He did so. and we sent It
down and had It Published, without
reading It over. In a few days the
paper came back to Lawrence, and
there was a severe "dig" at Smith.
With all the pomp Of an insulted
souiherner, he waited on US at the
Eldridge House. 1t looked stor
my for Q few minutes, but we
finally Quieted the excited man by
telling him It was merely a joke,
and that II was way us Western
fellows had which he must get used
to. Ingalls, was delighted in think
ing how near he had come to caus-
ing us 20 get a licking at the hands
OF Smith.
In that cid Council Ingalls, was
tho most useful man connected with
1t. Besides being the Secretary he
was the prompter of the presiding
officer. A dozen times day would
he appeal to Ingalls, TO tell him what
TO do. The Secretary was never at
loss to supply him with reliable
information. He was quick as
fash, and always correct. We are
tolerably well acquainted with all
The men who have acted rs presid-
ing officers In our legislature, aud
we know none who compare with
him as q parliamentarian.
Our official careers were termin-
ated one day by the arrival of the
good news that the State had been
admitted into the Union. In March
Governor Robinson called the Leg
isIature together. and it was our
fortune, on the organization of the
fret State Senate, to be thrown
with Mr.. Ingalls, again in the same
position we had held in the old Ter
ritorial Council. Here we were to-
gether for nearly three months
during the stormy days of the prep
araiion for war. The session was
held in the third story of the Richey
block, while the House met in the
Gale block, some distance away.
We have q distinct recollection of
how furiously the Secretary of the
Senate used profane literature as
he descended and assembled the tire
some stairs OF the two rickety build
ings, many times a day in the dis
charge of his duties.
The LeaYenworth Daily Conserv-
ative was established about this
time, and Mr.. Ingalls, was its TOpe-
ka correspondent. In his letters
from the capital he frat made him
self known in Kansas as a writer.
His able and witty articles always
attracted attention and comment.
Many gentlemen about the capital
were made to feel the weight of his
sarcastic pen. In nothing was he
so happy as in making sport of the
struggling and pretentious town OF
Topeka. The more the men swore.
and the more the women gOssiped
and threatened vengeance on this
Topeka correspondent, the harder
would the ridicule ard sarcasm
come in each succeeding letter, I'M
I'll finally Ingalls, was supremely
hated and soundly berated by the
sewing circles, and one woman
actually threatened 10 attack him
with that portion of a useful house
hold article which only women can
use to the best advantage broom
stick. We believe he got out of the
town uninjured, but he had his fun
more of it than falls to the lot OF
the usual legislative dweller there.
Since that session we have seen
little of Mr.. Ingalls,. But we have
watched his course closely, because
We believed he would some day
come to the top, and because we
formed deep regard for him on
account of his abilities. and have
had a great degree of faith in him.
Had he not made what his Friends
considered q political mistake in
twice running for Lieutenanl-Gov
ernOr on g boilers ticket, he would
undoubtedly have figured more in
ouI politics. But for this he did not
care. We have never known a man
possessed of q more independent
spirit. His manhood was more than
office or influence to him.
We sat in the gallery of the U. S
Senate and listened to the debate on
the proposition tn dis place Charles
Sumner from the chairmanship of
the Foreign Relations Committee
Well do we remember the master
spirit of that occasion in invective
and repartee. Carl Schurz, sent more
than one Senator to his seat dis
abled by the clear snap of his quick
and incisive lash. We want to pre-
dict that dull fellows had better
look out for Ingalls,. We regard
him as almost equal to Schurz in
keen, sharp repartee.
FROM TOPEKA.
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