Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-17
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The New York World likes little fun
about as well as any paper published.
We find in it the following from it's
Washington correspondent. We cannot
reproduce the likenesses of Senators
Brown and ingalls,, but can vouch for
their being genuine, with little effort
to caricature:
THE BROWN-INGALLS EPISODE.
Washington, June 26.-The inside his
tory of the Ingalls-Brown episode in the
Senate has never been fully understood
by the public. Brown is a grandmoth-
erly old soul, who has grown rich in
building railroads in his State. He ir a
devout Methodist, and is never so happy
as when he is leading in choir-singing.
When he is not asleep in the cloak room
this good old man mods gently in his
great armchair in the Senate. With the
air and look of patriarch, the dress of
Mormon elder, Brown has always been
considered one of the most peaceful men
in the Senate. Several weeks ago he
was very much disturbed by receiving
the following letter from a constituent:
"ATLANTA, GA, May 20, 1884.
SIR:-Do you know you represent
State of fighting men? You have not
had scrimmage since you entered the
Senate Unless you get into trouble
soon the State of Georgia will rise upand
denounce you as an unworthy represent
tative of a section of fighters.
XIX. K"
This letter troubled Brown very much.
For several days he cast about for two of
the most inOffensive Senators in the SEN
ate, the two least calculated to resist an
colo 81
Browns attack upon the morality of
Massachusetts,, Kissed through the Sena-
tors false teeth as he tugged at his white
beard in one hand and clutched his man
uscript with another, resounded through
Georgia, stirring the pulses of the san
culinary men of that fierce State.
Carried away in the fever of his ex-
element the now awakened Southern
Senator unwittingly took in the dreaded
Ingalls,, of Kansas.
Ingalls, has had for some time, the
monopoly ofabusing his felloW-Senators.
He is supposed to be the inventor of the
powerful system of argument consisting
of calling ones opponents liar, thief
and an assassin. Ingalls, shook his head
savagely when Brown invaded his dom
ain, but the genial Brown was so husky
in his delivery that only an occasional
word of his speech as read was heard.
That night Ingalls, received letter.
It was as follows:
"ToPEKA, KAN, June 10, 1884.
"Senator ingalls,:
public affairs? What is the matter with
you? Has the effete life at Washington
sapped your Roman vigor? A whole week
has passed and you have called no one
in the Senate liar, thief or an assassin.
Answer by telegraph the reason of your
mysterious silence.
"JoHN BoWIEKNIFE,
Editor of the Topeka Thumper.'
This letter fired up Ingalls, to a sense
of the situation. He seized upon the
Congressional Record the next morning
and hunted for victim. He found
Brown slightly more exposed to attack
than anyone else. Every one remem-
bers the thrilling scene when Ingalls,
stood up and called Brown forger, a
thug, and even an assassin lurking be-
hind the Government Printing House in
wait for his victim.
Here is a sketch of Ingalls, as he fired
the word "thug" at the bold and unpro-
tected head of Brown. Brown was SO
shaken in his views by the awful exple-
tives shot at him that he was bathed in
a nervous sweat. His knees trembled
under him. It was not until late in the
udy IildI u6 TdllI0u3 anu prepared his To-
ply. The preceding sketch represents
him as he stood in a dignifed way be-
fore the Senate, and told his associates
that he was not thug, not forger and
not an assassin. But Ingalls, had the
last word, and he again called Brown
more bad names, which were telegraph
ed verbatim to the Topeka T7tunlper.
Both men have been since then daily
recipients by mail and telegraph of con-
gratulations from their friends upon
their cnrrana and r,11or, q CITY