The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-02
INGALLS, SPEECH.
THE K1NSIS POST BELLUM WARRIOR
RENE EWS HIS SPLUTTERINGS.
Tho senate Gallery Crowded with His
Bloody-shirt Sympathixers - lie Again
Proceedings of the House.

WAsHINGToN, May l-Long before
the Senate met to-day visitors began to
| arrive, and AS early as 10 o'clock num-
Der of people were in the galleries. BY
noon n crowd had assembled, and every
seat i'm every gallery was taken with the
exception of the Presidents pew and the
| Diplomatic gallery. In the public and
even the Senator'S and Members gale
ries standing room was difficult to OBJ
tain.
The cause OF the unusual crowd was
the announcement of Senator Ingalls, In.
tention to leave the chair and apply
vitriol and scourges to Democratic Sena
tors and others who have taken eXcep-
tion 10 his recent speech on the depend
ent pension bill.
Senator voorhees,, the special subject
of Senator Ingalls, wrath, was in bis seat,
and It was understood that Senator
Blackburn would also be on hand and
prepared to make any necessary supple
ment to his speech in reply to Mr..
lDgalls.
When the hour of 9 o'clock was an
nounced, the uro.pneumonia bill hav-
ing been laid aside. Mr.. ingalls, rose for
the purpose, as he said, of submitting
some remarks on the Presidents mes
sage.
"Mr. President" he said, "on the nth
Of January, 1888, Major General Fitz-
John Porter wrote letter from which
will read "
He read an extract from letter eX-
pressing gratitude and appreciation of
the expressions of friendship and regard
for him by Southern men, and avowing
hi friendship for Southern men.
With somewhat elaborate att1uence Of
diciion the Senator from Indiana hal OBJ
iected to he statements made by him in
reference 10 Democratic leaders who had
been Union generals
Recurring TO the Fitz-Jobn Porter let
ter, Mr. Iugalls read with emphasis. and
without comment, its assertion that the
writer had always been in sympathy with
Southern men.
George B. Mcclellan, Mr. Ingalls, said,
was the intimate friend and companion OF
Fiiz John Porter.
lie read McClelan's letter TO President
Lincoln In favor of humane method Of
warfare, etc He then passed to McClel
Ian as a politician and Presidential candi
date. He had accepted the nomination
on platform declaring the war to be a
failure Mr.. ingalls, read extracts from
newspapers and books declaring the vote
for Mcclellan to have been Confederate
and disloyal vote, and his support dis
loyal support. When Abraham Lincoln
was reelected he resigned his commission
and passed into history.
General Hancock WAS an ideal corps
commander, one IF the band of military
leaders whose name must I've forever.
He, too, however, had in turn become
tainted with the virus of ambition and
had coveted political advancement and
became the candidate of the Democracy
Southern men had found in Hancock a
man willing To cooperate with them,
and, from the time of his celebrated or
der, No 40 and letter, constituting his
principles Of constitutional law he had
Tor many years been in sympathy with
the party, which finally made him the
candidate.
II THE HOUSE.
Alr Perkins secured to-day the passage
OF a.bill granting the Kansas City and
Pacific Railroad company right Of way
through the Indian Territory.
The House went into committee Of the
whole TO consider the tariff bill, and Nj
McCresry, Of Kentucky, took the floor
He said the people were confronted
by a great public question OF a
rapidly increasing surplus in the Treas
ury and useless and burdensome taxa
iion. He arged the Republican party
with having defeated every attempt made
by the Democrats TO reduce taxation
The war taxes still remain, and they are
heavier 10 day on an average than they
were during the war. He took excep.
lions 10 some remarks made by Mr.. Kel-
ley In his speech few days ago regard
ing the 'ondition of the people in Ken
lucky, and proceeded to defend hi4 State
Mr. McCreery was followed by Mr. rO-