The Wichita city eagle., 1880-03-04

MS love of fair play and his adMiiration
IF the brilliant qualities, and the convic-
lion that his friend was innocent of the
.harges preferred, he volunteered his
services and for six montlis, to the neg
&c; of all business, at Topeka and in
Washington he has stood by the belea-
sucred Senator. Well may the city Of
Atchison be proud of Col. Everest. All
'"nor to him as n man, a lawyer and a
friend.
james S. Merritt, in addition to being
a personal friend and admircr Of Sena-
tor ingalls,. is also his political friend.
Not only as member Of the Legisla-
.ure. but a man of large influence in
he First Congressional district he has
stood by the Senator ever since the lat
ier's appearance in politics, aud when
the hour Of his trouble came was among
he first to brave the blood-money crew
with all his powers as citizen, friend
md lawyer. Cool, deliberate and brave.
James S. Merritt has proved friend,
indeed.
Tic summary Of the evidence and ar
yument of these gentlemen is absolute
" unanswerable, and we cannot forbear
giving the closing words:
From the commencement of this pro-
.,ee,ling to this hour, the prosecution on
he part of the memorials lists has been
brutal, malignant, and cowardly. Not
content with the opportunity afforded
them to defeat Mr.. Ingalls, before the
people i'm 1873, before the legislature
that elected him, before the Investiga-
ting Committee Of the House at To-
pcka, before the Committee on Privil-
eyes and Elections here, aud before the
senate hereafter, they have habitually
resurtcd to the industrious circulation
of newspaper calumnies, the invention
of ISLANDERS and lies. 10 prejudice the
character of the respondent, and his
standing before the committee and the
senate. We are credIbly informed that
one of the counsel for tile memoralists
prepared and published pamphlet,
i,urporting to be u statement Of the cvi-
flence in the ''Ingalls case taken be-
fore the subcommittee at Topeka,
which was forwarded, while the case
WAS s,ilI pending and undecided to ev-
cry member ol this committee aud to
each Senator and Representative in
Congress, the President and each Cabi-
net officer. and to all the leading news
papers i'm the country. Comment is I'M
| necessary, 4 lawyer, who in the trial
of hog case before a country justice,
| would resort to such attempts to III
| flucnce the magistrate or the jury,
would Justly be regarded as having
poor judgment, a bad case, and char
ac,cr worse than either:
Conscious of reciiiude, cOniidinT in
the Justice of the lofty tribunal before
| which he was arraigned, the respon-
dent has stood silent amid these calum-
nious clarmors, asking no no quarter.
seeking no truce at the cost ofmanhood
or dignity, attending strictly 10 his pub
! lie duties. always ready 10 meet every
allegation. asking no delay, exhibiting
no hesitation, concealing nothing.
| shielding himself behind no technicali-
caIi,ies on pyesamptions. lie has not
even availcd himself OF ii,e right to APP
pear before the committee to deny or
that are unworthy the name OF evi-
dencc. The committee will not fail 10
observe that all the principal candidates
against Mr.. inaal!s have felt called up
on 10 offer themselves a, w,;gesses to
attempt TO explain their behavior and
clear themselves Of apparently criminal
completely iI LfiEerv aud other knav-
ish practices to accomplish his over
throw.
The conduct Of the prosecution by
the mcmOraiis;s has been characterized
bv DELAY. incapaois.' au'i Dad faith at
each stage Of the proceedings. They
have been afforded every opportunity
to ,s:akc out their case. They failed to
file the statei6cnts required by the cOin-
mittec (ltecord PIP 59s. ss4j as to what
they expected to prove by the rccusant
witnesses at Topeka but process was
awarded without objection by the re-
spondeDt. Other witnesses have been
summoned. at great expense and delay,
upon assurance of course. on their "pro-
tessional honor" that their testimony
was material who. when produced unr-
quivocally denicd overy assertion that
had been made. Two OF the wi,hess6v
who were brought before the senate to
answer for contempt were discharged
wiihGni examination by the memorial
isis, and the Others knew absolutely
nothing pertinent te ,ho issues in the
case.
A careful survey of the record will
convince any impartial mind tha; the
charges OF the in"morialists are not
sustained by any reasonable inference
Il
ton. There is no basis for respccta-
BILE conjecture that the charges are true.
Should surm,isc and sucss be subsii!u-
ted for proof. the ease would fail. 4
more fraii. flimsey, and fantastic fabri-
cation this was never buildcd by the
evil passions of malignant men. Ii is
proved positively. aud not attempted
to i,a .ontradicted that MIR. Ingalls, did
moi have money enough 10 pay his le-
giiimute personal expenses during the |
Scnai orial contest. No money is traced |
into his possession or out of il. except |
a froaaratc sum which he borrowed af- |
ter his election ~ pas his current bills |
mol one dollar WAS raised by his friends |
for campaign purposes %! any kind. |
There is not one word of evidence Oh II |
Nlr. Ingalls, ever authorized any person |
10 offer or pay money. otlicr. or any |
valuable thing for support. nor tina; he
ever knew sucli acis had been done, nor
tina; ,ia would have sanctioned them had
they been brought 80 hi, notice.
And a. there l. DO evidence OF such
so the history. record ani
character of the respondent property
come in 10 repcl even The possible as
that the allegations could nm
,,ar m, circumstances be true.
We are snraiLicn by the respondent
Io enlarge upon thu, iiieu.e. Twice
elected TO The Senate. his term OF ser
vice i, not exceeded by any nemher of
,hairMan, His character. his bearing.
his faculties. h,s rcr.f,i, are sn1ant 10
vou all.
The respondent would a,suinc in
Inference which he docs not feel were
10 Ia pretend Ia be inscnsibir to the
trea. wrong which has hsn inflicted
ipou himself. his !smily, hi- friends. ,
lud the State he represents. b., the de- .
cstab,e calumnies uttered hy the NOM !
,rali>ts. Wrongs thus inflicted can /
,ever be wholly rcdrcsscd. The con>e-
luencc of such injustice extend far be-
'apd the immediate sufferer to remote
and generations Yet I'M I
,orn.
Nonr judgment is profoundly impor- /,
ant 10 the country aud TO the Senate.
+" the State Of Kansas and The rc.pou.
lent. He anticipates YOUR verdict with
ntirc confidence. Tie asks nothing but i
asiirr; Another tribunal viii afiurd +.
elaratiou