The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-13
A triumphant acguIitaI.

Topeka Commonwealth,
An end came 10 the legislative Investi-
CATION yesterday; an end fully expected by
those who knew the motives and principies
governing those who sought and pressed
the INJURY. II will be seen that BY strong,
po-itlye msj1rity of House -hin "a to
number, The report of the nsi lriiy Of the
committee, fully exoner aIirg Senator In
gals, was adopted. This is a triumph Of
right over wrong, OF Justice over injustice,
of decency over caiumny, and unfaiI ness.
1t is, too, triumph Of bright men over
boobies, a triumph of mind over matter.
A brief feyiew of the history Of this p
sion Us far as it refers to this suit jecf, will
serve to give point TO the action OF the
House yesterday When tie Legislature
assembled, there assembled with it in and
out OF the Hou-e very noi.y and conf.
dent faction that announced its purpose,
no; only to defeat Senator Ingalls,
but to defeat him with ignomiDy, to send
him out of the contest and Senate, de-
feated and di-grsced man. The assurance
and biu-ter Of this crowd for the fret few
days of the session, created something of a
CONSERVATION in the minds OF The friends Of
senator Ingalis, that gentleman not having
arrived, bat being still in Washington en-
gagged in putting through, the arrearage Of
pensions bill. IL served, however, not TO
demorslize them so much as 10 nerve them
for an earnest and persistent struggle in their
fayoriie's behalf When Senator ingalls, ar
rived, his forces bracei up under the iEiia-
ence Of their leader, and 1t was found that
30 far form making any headwsy among
them, the sort OF fght began Ivy his opponents
really s,reng hened the hands Of his friends.
However, the air was full Of poisonous
whispers that there would soon be pub
li-hed the most startling revelations OF
fraud and wrong doing on the part Of the
Senator. I he assas-ins who had this part
Of tie bushes in charge, however, kept
| their mud batteries carefully masked until
the very day OF the first Senatorial vote,
| when the Kansas City stink pot was hurled
into the mid-t Of the legislature laden
with the ,f!lIvia Of six years Of persistent
| and menda acious scandal. The Legislature
| stood il with more nerve than the Ens lish
forces did the same sort Of bombardment
| under the walls of Peking. LIS only effect
WAS 10 increase Senator ingalls, vote. The
Senator displayed at this crises a nerve,
| address and tact, which distinguishes him
a. one Of the most remarkable men the
| State has ever produced. He went into a
| public meeting packed with his enemies.
and there, without dignifying the colum-
mes that had been published against him,
| in the most perfect temper and with the
utmost ease, he took up the charges one by
one and refuted them, and exposed the
animu. and purpose of those making them
The day following be had within eight
votes Of an election. 'Once more unto the
| breach - roared the coalition. By threat,
by promises, by beseechirg,, by all posi-
bic devices, his opponents drove those who
no TO that tine had voted against him,
many Of them mos, unwillingly, into one
| Caucus They did not have nearly enough
actual votes in this caucus 10 elect the gen
tleman there agreed upon, but they claimed
| they had and ~ blu,ler AMI brsg had been
a large element in their game up TO that
time hes made ii the chief means of coer-
cirn, for the re-t Of one of the most memo
rab!e and exciting nights in the history Of
the State. They shouted, thes danced, tn. v
sarg, they swore and passed the flowing
bowl until sybresk la the language of
modern philosophy they were blufiing on
bob tailed flush. Like many adventa
rous e1perimenters who have done
the same thing before now, they lost, igno
miniously Many were mad with rage and
d sappOintment, when the result was an
nounc.d aud out OF the spleen and bitter
ness of defeat, arose a clsmor for inyestisa
ton. We question Whether any one OF
those who prompted this investigation had
the slightest belief that they would fnd
anything 10 implica;e Senator ingalls, in
any corrupt trsnssc ion. But it was fondly
hoped that out Of the thousand rumor- that
had been cunningly and maliciously set
Fl lat enough nigh be had to warrant Il
demaud for an in estig alton at Washington,
ard that out OF it all, the character OF Sen
ator Ingall- might be smirched and his in
fiuance at Washington destroyed.
The resolution was ingeGiously framed
to open wide the doors to every matter Gov
red by Senator ingalls, official career, and
devised with a view TO make it manure
chute for every story which tn ingenious
mslignify Of anv one could devise and TIL
sgsinst him, and 10 cut off all explanation
from him or his friends The injustice Of
this latter feature raised such a clamCr that
they We're fain TO open the doors a little
way 10 the legal counsel Of any.mewber OF
the House or Senate iai candidate who
might be diIectly implicated in the testi-
.nony. Under this rule the committee has
act for weeks, and the stnse of the House,
"a TO the developments made is shown by
their positive action of yesterday.
One thing however, was developed, and
Tor the sake of human nature il would have
been well Il it had EOt been developed
We can only refer TO it as the most das-
tSrdly conspiracy on record, that we know
of anywhere, TO blackmail Senator Ingalls,
and his friends. One wholly devised by
those whose chief distinction, up TO the
time of I il infamy was their course Of Bit
ter emnity to Senator Ingalls, election.
The testimony is utterly devoid Of any
thing to implicate Senator Ingslls, indeed
the testimony of Hossack squarely denies
the truth Of the statement extorted from
him, while the criminal degradation, the
moral iufamy Of Piayter and his associates
is proved bsyOEd a doub. and fully ad-
miiied hy them.
And this is the end Of all the clamor OF
those who came up here to defeat Ingalls,.
They have been beaten at every turn.
Tney have achieved nothing but their Own
disgrace for the malice and uufsirness OF
their course, and wherever it became a
simple question of the force of intellect,
the supporters OF Ingalls, have thoroughly
oyerm&tched them. The investigation has
had two results, il has entir, ls established
the influence of Senator Ingalls, in the
future, ard vindica;ei his past record
Verify there is nothing in the long run so
improbable "a in istice.