Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-12
INCISlVE INGALLS,.
THE KANSAS SENATOR DONS HIS
WAR BONNET.
He Flags the President With Ner.
ciless Sarcasm and Paints Mrs.
Cleveland as an Angel.
issso1AI DISPATCHES TO TEE RRooaD.yS1os.l

WASHINGTON, December I1th.-The Star
tonight publishes an interview with Sen
ator ingalls, respecting the domestic rela.
tons of President and Mrs. Cleveland,
which is the talk of the town. Mrs. Whit
ney, in an interview last week, intimated
that Senator Ingalls, was the author of the
charges of infelicity which have been so
largely circulated. The Senator from Kan
sas then made brief denial, which was
wired to the RECORD UNION. To-day Sem
ator Ingalls, said:
The social leader of the Administration
and the wife of a Cabinet Minister would
hardly consent to formal interview upon
subject so delicate and personal as the
domestic relations of the President, with
out his authority. l assume, therefore
that the publication in the Tribune was
made with his knowledge and sanction.
In falsely attrlbuting 10 me the invention
ana dissemination of these ISLANDERS. even
IN the guarded and cautious phrase which
is employed,
MRS. WHITNEY TRANSCRIPTS PRoPRIETY.
And evidently relies upon the prerogatiyes
OF her sex for immunity The man who
made such statement, directly or by in
ference, would be required to prove it or
retract 1t. have never been either bitter
or vlndlctlye against the President Polit-
lcally, l have been opposed to him, and nv
opinions have not been furtive or stealthy.
In the North american RerietO, the New
York San, in the various speeches in the
Senate and on the stump, have declared
the grounds Of my hostility, which need
q rah 0o Sl1 II H.,
Will against him than l have against the
yellow fever, or the great March blizzard.
MY WEAPONS
Have been those of the gladiator, not of the
assassin. Those who remember his criti-
clsms on Lincoln, Grant and Arthur will
not ditfer with me when l affirm that Cleve-
land owes more to the consideration OF his
political adversaries than any other public
man In our history. 1t would be idle TO
deny that l have heard the stories to which
Mrs. Whitney alludes, and others much
worse, which time and events alone can
verify or disprove. They have been
COMMON GOSSIP AND RUMoR.
Open secrets of the promenade the hotel
and club for many months, but they are of
Democratic origin, and, like the scandals
OF the campaign of 1884 the Republicans
are not responsible for them. They have
been circulated and repeated by the high
est Democratic uthority-masculine and
feminine. If the partisans of the Execu-
tive are wise they will be silent. The
Presidents marriage was the most popular
act OF his administration. The mistress of
the White House has no enemy and no
rival in the affectionate admiration of the
American people. Amid many tempta-
tons 10 levity and many opportunities for
frlyolity, she has borne herself with
UNExAMPLED GRACE, DIGNITY AND COM
POSTURE.
Adulation has not disturbed the charm
ing and unaffected simplicity of her char
acter. She will carry with her into retire
meat the unabated honor and regard of all
who have been so fortunate as to know her.
She will remain among the noblest Illus
tratlons of American womanhood SO long
as virtue has votary, or beauty cham
pion.
SELF EVIDENT FACTS.
Some things are self-evident in morals
and history, as well as in logic They prove
themselves, and are disproved by evidence
To deny some accusations is to plead guilty
to them. When you have to offer evidence
that an egg is good, that egg is doubtful,
and doubtful egg is always bad. The
merchant who is compelled to produce an
affidavit to establish his honesty, is proba-
bly, thief The citizen who is now obliged
to prove that he was loyal and patriotic
during the war, was either rebel or q
copperhead. Shakespeare casts an indeli-
BILE stain upon the lady who protests too
much, and nobody cares to marry woman
whose character is open to discussion and
debate.
So, when it becomes necessary for
husband to obtain a certificate Of good
moral character, and to prove by the testi-
mony cf experts that he has been faithful.
considerate and tender toward his young,
lovely and atfectionate wife, be may be in
nocent, but he certainly is unfortunate"