Daily Republican., 1879-09-24
THE INGALLS, INVESTIGATION.
Senator Ingalls, and tho InveStl.
cation From . Conservative
stand POtnt-Tho prospects Of
HIS vindicatlOn--kOIilics and
Parties in Kansas.


Parties in Kansas.
Special Correspondents OF the Republican.
TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept. Goth, 10.
This is an off year in Kansas politics,
but the intense feeling that was the
|ontgrowth Of the Senatorial election of
last winter has not yet subsided and
the recent elections ID Maine and Cali
|fornia have stirred up the political
mind so that party feeling is just at
present at a high state of feImenta.
ton.
The ingalls, investigation begins on
Monday Of next week and the Capitol
is already full Of legislators, lawyers.
witnesses and others who expect anil
are to figure in this, Kansas first gord
big investigation. Mr.. Ingalls, the
principal figure in the sensational mud
die arrived in the city this morning
and Senators SALISBURY, Vance aud
Cameron (Wis.) came in this afternoon;
the balance of the committee is expect
cd tonight.
/ have had as yet no chance to talk
with any Of the members Of the com
mittes but know about how public opin-.
ion regards the situation, : Senator Ir-
gals has some of the finest lawyers III
the State to represent him, prominent
among whom is ex-Attorney General
A. l.. Williams, ,ackno~ ledgsd to be the
first lawyer in Kansas.
ingalls, intends TO make strong fight
aud will contest every inch Of ground
the prosecution brings forward, and As
he il famous organizer and an unusu-
ally sLrewd aud acute man il will take
the combined efforts Ct his enemies to
unseat him. d" 81
This is The prosecutions secord effort
to bring the Senator 10 grief. During
,he latter part Of the last session Of tl,-
legislature determined and well
planned Investigation was had by a
joint committee of both houses, c,tm-
posed Of majority of anLi-Ingall's men,
but while they could trace and find
numerous instances Of bribery and cor
rJption, they did not succeed in faster
ing a single one Of these cases upon Mr..
Ingalls, personality.
lugslls feels confident he will be vim
dicated or at least that the investig,
ting committee will fail to obtain sufi-
cient evidence to ssustain the charges
against him. II is generally conceded
here by men who were participants in
the contest last winter that ingalls, or
his friends used money lavishly to Sc
cure his reelection, as high as two
Thousand dollars being paid iu one Or
two iuLtances for the vote and inAuence
Of prominent members; but whether
these facts can be traced directly ~ Iv
gals remains for the committee to de
termine.
As money was used by Ex-Governor
Anthony AID Chief Justice Horton, tue
only her candidates for Senatorial
honor The sympa;hies Of the majority
Of tue persons who are Interested arc
iu Ingalls, favor. 1t is generally conce.
ded that he has been the most vaIua-
BILE senator to the State and has done
more for lis advancement and improve.
lnent than any other We have ever had.
Ingalls, is favorits in Washington and
is generally liked by both parties: Sen.
Ator Salisbury being one of his warm
est frieuds, and all Kapsans there as
we'll as political circles in general. are
aux ;ous for bis ,ipdication.
OF course there ia some talk OF CON-
viction, and in that event the question
Of succession will (,s one Of interest il
is ths general opiuion that Gov. St.
jain will appoint exGov. Anthony tn
the vacancy should Mr.. Ingalls, 10 un.
seated, az Anthony has stroug claims
upon st. .John, lie being the direct
rneans Of securing to st. John the gov.
eruorship. Incidental to the ipvesti
CATION is great deal of political talk.
a prominent subject being the l'resi
dental campaign of next year. Grant.
Of course, has Il large following, and
whenever his name is mentioned it !,
received with applause. 1t is thought.
though, by a great many that Grant
will not allow lis name to be Lat for.
ward for The Office, and this element Of
the party are in that case pretty evep
Iy divided between Sherman and
Blaine.
Kausas is such thorough Republi
can State that very little is ever said
about Democrats and the Democracy.
| find Bayard is general favorite and
the first choice Of the better element Of
the party. Tilden is seldom mentioned
in other than sneering and disrespect-
ful terms. Thurman have never heard
mentioned, while the Greenbackers and
their party are absolutely dead beyond
all hope of resusoitatioA. E. H. C.
special N MenGt0n,