Wichita eagle., 1888-03-18
INGALLS, WILL BE HEARD.
How the Senator Will Meet the Attacks on
His Recent Speech.

| WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
ingalls, will be heard from again In q
| day or two In regard TO the speech which
| he delivered In the senate on Monday
week, and which has Caused 60 much
comment In many places He will not
make any explanation in the senate, or
supplement his much criticized speech by
delivering another, but he will reply by
open letter to the open letter addressed to
him by Col. Finley Anderson Of New
York, a surviving officer of Gen. Han
cocks staff. Col. Anderson calls for E
full retraction and apology, not only for
the insult to the chief magistrate. but also
for the attempt to dishonor the memory of
both Hancock and Mcclellan. The sena-
tors letter, 1t may be believed, will be
little of retract1on, and less of an
apology.
Ia regard to Hancock he will probably
have very little to say. The senator In
his forthcoming letter will probably point
out with peculiar significance the fact that
no friend has appeared to defend the 10y.
atty of Mcclellan. who was Democratic
nominee for the presidency, and the only
man whom the senator claims really to
have characterized as al ally of the con
federacy, but the senator's reply will be
devoted mainly to that part Of the
criticism which relates to the insult to
The chief magistrate" 1t Is certain that
he does not desire anything better than to
enlarge upon what was called the ignOr-
auce, obscurity and antecedents of Mr..
Cleveland as presidential candidate.
Il don't court any reopening of the sub
ject, he SAID shortly after the fire kindled
oy his speech had begun to burn, but if
anything more Is TO be said about the
matter, l shsll be found ready and able, l
hope, to take care of myself"
When asked jocuarly If he did not In
tend to apologize. he answered mockingly:
Apology ohl certsinly. Abiect most
abject apology. l shall just fairly grove
and watlow In the dust Of repentance. l
am going to the tailor to order
a very choice suit OF sackcloth In which
l shall wander about during the
remainder Of the penitent.sl or con
gressiOnal season, and | am thinking
about purchasing a nice whip to give TO
Senator Blackburn, SO that he may scourge
me as | wolk. Ia this way l b nix may
hope to be purged Of my offerse. Possibly
Uncle Vest would like 10 have q little
whip, too, and 10 help his Kentucky
brother In the sc0urging. Well, they
both find me very meek and submissive,
and especially very peni,ent."
Then dropping from the key Of sarcasm
to one of more direct seriousness and conf.
dences the senator said:
Yes. | may apologize, but II will be
one of the last acts of my life, and II you
wait to see 1t your whiskers will be prsyer
han the Emperor Williams were when he
took his last look from the window of his
palace IN Berlin"
The senator did not talk much about the
criticisms on the Hancock snd the Nc
Clellsn rs7t Of his speech, but he very Wig
orously r!diculed what he termed the sud
den and III wonted tenderness Of the Dem
ocratic press and of Democratic politicians
for the honor due 10 the nsme Of the chief
magistrate In the matter "of brutality"
He takes great delight In comparing what
he said Of President Cleveland with what
public men and public prints hsve said
from time to time about Blaine, Arthur.
Garfield, Hayes Grant, Lincoln aud even
Washington. He thinks he can prove
that his brutality" IS the critics cau 4.
is no, without example IN the public utter
ances Of public mea or even in the practice
Of the senate As for the fac;s upon
which his brutality wss bssed be viii prob
ably enlarge upon them IN way that will
hardly detrsct from the "brutslity," His
letter Is sure TO be good reading.