The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-05

" { believe IL IS now geHtE14ig SonOcu'",
bv friends and foes alike, that the senate
rial contest 10 Kansas, the coming winter,
viii result in the choice Of Mr.. Ingalls, as
his own successor. This fact Gow seems TO
be- regarded as Z io,sUne conclusion, and the
most authentic reports as 10 the senatorial!
preferences Of the men elected TO the next leg
stature render It reasonably certain that
the choice will be effected without pro-
tracted contest. From what is already
known Of the sentiments Of those who Will
constitute the next legislature, 1t is no more
than fair presumption that he Will be re-
elected without Republican opposition,
since, having clear majority in both hou-
ses to start with, no competitor will care to
enter the race, in the face Of certain defeat.
Whether this shall prove true or not, 1t
certainly ought to be go, for a man who has
served the State as sbly and faithfully as
Mr.. Ingalls,, and with as much credit to
himself and his constituents, should be
chosen TO 4 second term without any opPos-
ing vote in bis own party. BY pursuing
such course Kansas would not only con-
fer merited compliment upon an able,
faithful and deserving public servant, but
would honor herself by showing TO the
country that she doea not propose to sac
rifce one Of her best men 10 satisfy the greed
OF Office hunters or the revenge of dissp-
pointed politicians.
We republish this morning the COW
celebrated speech delivered by Mr..
ingalls, in the Senate on the 18th
Of last February, in favor of the
bill for remonetizing the silver dollar-a
speech which has ELECTED as many compli-
raents from that portion Of the press which
favors the cause of the people, and as much
ss-ere criticism from that portion which
advocates the interests of the bond-holders,
as any speech made in either House Of Con-
Eress during the protracted debate upon
this important measure. 1t is one of the
finest efforts that Mr.. Ingalls, has made
during the six years that he has been in
the Senate. 1t is forcible and brilliant. 1t
sparkles all over with bright, keen, cpl
gramstic expressions, stating whole para
graphs in one terse sentence. Ii was not
submitted" with permission to print" 1t
was spoken by Mr.. Ingalls,, and listened to
attenGvely by the Senate. Its effect upon
those who heard it may be imagined from
the fact that the applause which greeted the
speaker was go enthusiastic that the
opponents of the measure threatened TO
have the galleries cleared. At the time
the speech was delivered j: was supposed by
everybody that the silver question would be
etiectually settled and taken out of politics,
long before this time. But such has not
proved to be the case. Though the bill
passed, and the dollar OF the fathersr was
restored TO Its old place-the place which
it held from the foundation of the Govern
nent down to the time when il was sur
reptitiously demonetized, in 1873 - the
question is by no means settled, but those
who are interested in approaching the
value OF money are still waging unrelent- |
ing war upon it, and will leave no stone
unturned to deprive it of its legal tender |
character. The State of Kansas is vitality |
interested in keeping the silver dollar
where it is, in its proper place in the COIN
age OF the countryside working classes in
every part OF the Union are interested in this,
but especially the people of Kansas, who
all belong to the industrial classes il is
therefore 10 their interest TO have represen-
tatjves at Washington who are not only in
accord with them upon this important
question, but who have the standing and
the ability TO WELD an influence in behalf
Of the interests 4 their constituents when-
ever important questions of this character
may come before Congress; hence the i'm
portance to all classes of our people, of
keeping Mr.. Ingalls, in the place he at pres
ent so ably md faithfully fills.
During the six years that he has been in
the Senate Mr.. Ingalls, has gained repu-
tation such as but few men ever achieved
in The same length of time. His name has
become almost as familiar to the country
IT large, as TO his own State, and he is rec
,ynized everywhere as one of the ablest
men, one of the most forcible speakers. and
,ue of the brightest minds in the Senate.
Il is gratifying TO the people of Kansas
lot only to Republicans, but to all other
parties as weli-to be able to feel that a
member from this State is recognized BY
he country at large, as one of the lead
rs OF thought in the United States
'enate but as such Mr.. Ingalls, is recog-
'ized, not only. in Washington but
throughout the country. He has made I,
or himself such reputation as but few
Western Senators have ever achieved.
articles that we have copied from time to
ime, from prominent newspapers in all
ARTS Of the country, from Maine to Cali
ornia, and from Massachusetts to South
'arolina, all show that Mr.. Ingalls, is not
My known all over the country, but that ,
lie ability Is everywhere recognized, and .
he papers, not emily OF his own party but I
t the opposition also, speak of him now,
pon all occasions, as one of the foremost ,
nen in the Senate and one of the leaders of
hat body. 4 number of articles such as
re here referred TO, viii be found in the
olumus OF The TINES this morning,
AMY of them taken from papers that are ,
as among the ables: and best !
q the United States. The Rochester Dem
crdf d CiroRicle, for instance, the leading
republican paper of Western New York,
efsrs to HIM in the most fla:teripg terms,
5 one of the ablest men in the body Of
which he Is 4 member, and says il has
arely happened that member in his first |
,rm has achieved such a position as Mr. i
INGALLS, has gained in the five years he has
cen in the Senate. The Democrat C Ciron- J
le, in the article referred to. says his ]
views on financial subjects are not such as q
,mmend themselves to Eastern sentiment"
Ut in the opinion of the people of Kansas |,
lis is one Of the strongest points in his ia t
Or; he refuses to be led by the East, in 2
Ne interest of the money-lenders, but has
ways favored such financial legislation as :
as best calculated to serve the interests of .
lie common people.
The Boston Trareller, one of the leading S
'epublican papers Of New England, and =
ne that stands "a hiph as any other in the d