Telegram-herald., 1886-06-06
SPARKS AS AN ISSUE
Sharp Thrusts Between Ingalls,
and COckrell.
PlCIt RAILROADS N The HOUSE.
fhs kansas Senator SIames The SE-
scutye For Placing loo Great
interests into the Hands
~ cubordsnstes.

WA-Hesr,,. Juue 5-In the senate TO-
day Sir. Iasall.' resolution vas laid before
rhe ceaate calling ou the Secretary oi the
Interior far information as % f1e authority
at tle ls.4ancr nf tle recear 0rlsr ot ine
la.lai .--l1aer ot tir 1eneral Land OMec.
,l-peullnE lle rrceipt ot the applications
i5r pl1Ie ithds under the pre-empt0Fy
un1ier cuIure and desert land acts Mr
N4tAaI sali soon after tle osaef was
l--uet tle Secretary 90 tle Interior doubted
ils legal authority without reference 10
lrecelells aud bad determined lo make H.
Ou Yesterday. au hour or more before the
senate Mer and Two or three hours before
fac Offering of the Ingalls, resolution. be
Mr Naithai saw aad read the
original draft OF tile order re
v0k.ng it. and ia a conversation
with The Secretary of tie Interior on the
subject mad learned from the Secretary that
he uad grave douois as 10 the legality Of the
order. and had determined on tie very day
0f irs issue 10 revoke be-. Whatever the
precedeuis might be Mr. Ingalls, was glad
I tlat the firsl order had been revoked. but
re- cited the statement II the grounds on
which the Te goCallon Was made. The revO-
F cation was right, but the reasons for it We're
not right Tie President Was responsible
i for the acts Of hls executive officers. Mr..
Il 4
land on the second day OF June or at any
I day since. had been IN condition 10 either
I approve or disapprove the acts OF his subOr-
I dinafes, and while Mr.. Ingalls, eXOnerAted
/ the Secretary of the Interior from any active
1 intervention in this matter. the radical diih
/ Guilty lay in the fact that the Executive had
| placed vast national interests ia the hands
/ ot subordinate officers who assumed not 10
! see that the laws were faithfully executed,
rsI. ! IaNr- Is4
I United States were suspended over a vast
area of the public domain and that many
/ thousands Of citizens were denied their
rights under the laws. The advent Of the
/ present Commissioner of the General Land
I Offices 10 his position bad been slgnaized by
/ az immediate suspension of l2o, 700 entries
OF public lands.
The Commissioners course had been so
. unjust that the Secretary of the Interior
Z had been called in 10 revoke prior orders.
I Mr. Ingalls, WAS proceeding To read q letter
I addressed by the Commissioned OF the Gen
/ e-al Land ONCE 70 the Secretary of the ln-
! terror under date of Nav g. 1856 Mr.
/ Cockerell asked what document Mr.. ingalls,
/ was going 10 read from. Mr.. ingalls,
! repeated the date of the letter and the
/ statement that il was from the Commits
sioner. Mr. Cockrell inquired whether the
I Senate was going TO read from an official
I document II the House or Senate. Nit
Ingalis replied that If the Senator denied
/ tie authority or suspected that he Mr..
/ Ingalls, would tamper with the text OF the
( letter he Mr. COckrell) could send 10 the
/ document room and get the report. Mr
. ingalls, then stated the number OF the dOcu-
T ment
Alr. Cockrell-' Why could not the SEN
ator answer a polite question az once2"
Mr.. lnga.ls-"The Senator from Missouri
is incapable of asking IA polite question OF
( anybody That is the reason
Mr. C0ckrel And the Senator from
/ Kansas is incapable 0i answering a gentle
man"
Mr.. Ingalls-'T never shall have an
opportunity Of answering a gentleman
whenever the Senator from Missouri inter-
rogates me.
The char urged Senators to keep order.
Mr. Eimund- soto vooe) e)-"Inat is IN
parliamentary
Mr. ingalls, la.so sotto yocel-"You say it
is."
After reading the letter Mr. Ingalls, said
bis mail was hardened with complaints OF
the action of the Commissioner. He cited
/ cases within his knowledge 10 show the
hardships and iniquities caused by the
course 81 the Land Office. He added that he
was not complaining Of the President OF of
the Secretary oi the Interior who, doubtless,
had been imposed upon, whose instincts
and sympathies were such that they could
nor be with 'tbis mans who prefers lnoict-
/ menis against entire communities. His
Mr. INGALLS, complaint was of the agency
thar was administering the system M APP
position 90 the interests Of the thousands OF
his Mr. Ingalls, constituents and thou
sands Of other poor. honest and industrious
people
Mr. Cockrsll took The floor 20 reply and
sir-sfical.v referred t0 sir ingalls, as tbe
distinguished war chief from Kansas
aud spoke of bis cniyalr0us bravery, daunt-
. less spirit etc
Mr. lnsal- .nterruptngl Don't 90 70
high.
Mr Cockrell. continuing said the attack
wa- perhaps inspired Oy The same cauntless
/ spirit which prompted him Iu lis assault
f upon the crippled. wounded and dis&b'ed
soldiers at the bead Of the pension bureau.
Mr. Ingalis-'Iotai disabled.
Mr. Dockreil said The Senate chamber was
/ no place for elimination and recrimina .i1u,
4 and he would not intul4e in person
arfes he ASKED polite question, and If
ST. Ingalls, was coutentfo go ou record with
the answer he gave. he DockrelI was con-
ient t1 haze 10 stand
Tie Oleomargsrine bin being brought
from the House. vas allowed t0 De ou the
table t0 await the return ot Nr. Miller,
Chairman 0f the Committee on Agriculture
hIr Effa gave mono" NIlHt AN "flIA.a lil-
sisf uuon Ire reference to Che COMMITTEES on
Finance
0a motion If Mr. Blair. the Senate then
p-oeeeded to the consideration Of private
. pension bills
trer passing about two hundred and
twenty sueh bills. and posfpouing others
f.r flrtbs- cons lerafi8n che -an8te al Aao
p ua. saioumed.
The House.
81 Ws-Hrvsr0v June SIN the Hons
today Nr. Atkinson of Pennsylvania. fron
tbe Committee Oh Patents reported bii
amending Sec fss- R s. which Eas p.soet
n1 the Haase csIeuaar The change pro
rosef vi give to an Inventor a patent io'
seventeen years if his application for
a.s.erfr "a iei In this country before rafen
i rrsnta.l hiu in fore Er CruntrQ The
present Az rrasides thas if an inVepsior
= frsf rafeotei iu foreign 0oauirV. sl
American rsEfnt slc@el llent'V issnel -
tna same fneeaunu shall expire wifh ih.
f1r-lrn patent
> discussion thea srose ss f0 the prece
o ssr.a nf Business The Heuse reiecfe1 wa
/. .sto e. .cta ecn ~l.tee af fhe vh1'e oF
{ tra s.s-fFe srr~sre stlnn srt .snor 1i.i
ana r~ Vrrs t7 ff tVss rr .or e
sise-se tts Psrfe kaarosd eVtens ~
r rae se-eel f7sf r7e nre2Ials g1e-t'8 8-
strr So siierei FL s-iersi Al aeIars
re fenats s1cli exAsGst itself e
e sn aar er aea-