Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-02

SENATOR INGALLS,. sensations that were
| likely 10 enliven the proceedings, and in order
TO accommodate the throngs which crowded
the entrances to the galleries the ono reserved
for the diplomats was also thrown open for
general occupancy, Among those in the presi-
| dents gallery were Mrs Whitney and Mrs
| Dickinson, and ON the floor, besides full at
| tendance of senators, were about 100 members
IT the houses.
Ingalls, lett the chair at noon, calling
Dolph to preside temporarily, and remained
out of the chamber sntil nearly , p. m.
when he came in and took his place at desk,
and arranged the papers which had been pre-
viously placed there by page, As he rose
hush fell on the audience, and he pro-
ceeded Immediately TO make the promised
speech He began by ref erring to Gen Fitz
John Porter AMI quoted n letter by that
officer written January |, ISIS, in which he
said his heart had always been with tho
south, although his hand and brain had been
against that section during the war to the
hest of their ability and Ingalls, animadverted
upon the fact that southern senators and rep
resentatives had enabled Porter tn have the
stigma of dishonOrable dismissal removed
from himself referring to Mcclellan and
Hancock lie declared that his former remarks
regarding those officers had been ained at
their political career not ut their military
record, and he pronounced euIogy
upon Hancock's services in the
field declaring this title of Hancock
the Superb a wen earned and deserved one.
OF Mcclellan lie said that his repeated fail
ures in the field put it out of the power of
voorhees, to set him up on pedestal along
side of Napoleon, Hannibal, or Caesar. Both
liahcoch anu NGIiolit''i "o S'''' "I'u oTo'i
tne Nlc'''7 VI toii'iIot anu n. ',U
IheS huu l"'ioii' ii'',O'h Ii"'' ~" ~
sCalIipe" ms l'oh''c" WIN tio p''n r y, U'ie
conie'e' "'c De'iioci a. 'e'' W ,'4''" az
cepti'nce ol NOMINATION. LOT ltcSluehl' given
by ulsloyal parry anu III p!aVioiii' "eelur-
ing the war laliure' was MS S'i'ti'ie' Inc
american people hiu PlSSeu upon t'le Poi'Il-
cal recorua o' putl' anu C""ueiiiiieu VhG'i;
men Noorhees ana p''cNp"In IuSn'" 70
the defense OF hancock ana Mc' ieilan' ne
llngallSI began TO wonder VINO IL was that
put down the rebellion IT. seemed 10 oe tliit'
the "eleh%e Oh Iiie i"i'le Vi oni"h seheratS
had at TINS time been committed TO tle hiihds
OF copperhehiS' putterhutS anu hhlBhC5 Oh
tne "oidcn 'lrcie. voorhees, hu" denounced
Union sol''lcIS US L1ilcoiii Jugs, anu auNlsei
thelh 10 nave coiiar pun roulh Ihelr hechs
lhscrlpeu -lhcoih log, ana tuis ADVICE III
Auieu hc.lelial anu iioicoth' N""ineeS
had denounced Lincoln III 1904 anu urged
That he be allowed 10 return TO the 'ulshoIest
obscurity from whence ne came.
referring 10 the So-tuieo ir"u" Oh io'o
ingalls, declared hayes tue tne hloSI mus
puuhtAe ever neld ny u plealuehu' ~ hau
peel confirmed pI une eteCuoI"4 coiniii'Ss'oh
bouy advocated ny dhe I'e'4loeFats 10 secure
just the reverse result puI they nau ianeh
INTO the put Ihey hau uuS lor others. Inc
present occupant oil the "hlte House had a
tltle obtained by robbely ana lfauu' decent
ana ialse pTe1ense-a ueal between LICK
Iurpin ana ufmh heeP' ne cilClclseu Vhe
appointment Oh Lamar 10 the supreme court
bench as one eininently unht both as TO Legal
qualfcatlons ana previous political record
but demanded by the Sohd south on the pro
grainme OF again settllg up the southern al
domination That preceded the war, ana eraslhs
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from the statute books every trace OF the
results of the war.
continuing lnSalls Sllu lie nan now before
hun speech by Ten jackson, formerly MN
lister to Mexico. ms speech was delivered
In Macon, Ga, IN the presence OF Jefferson
Davis In this speech he declared Jefferson
Davis to he the true victor, ana Abraham
Lincoln the Vanqushed leader III the late
war. A campaign was pending III ONO at
that time, ana the speech proved slnSularly
disastrous to the Democratic party or that
state Other parties mad not been disturbed
by that speech, but it had thrown the DEM
ocracy into confusion. 1t had been recog-
DiZpd Democratic uttpranrg, and DEM |