The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-11

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Demoorntic Ei1arts Ia STAIN His War Rec
ord-The Truth About It.
Kansas City Special TO Chicago Tribune
John Sullivan. secretary Of the Kansas City
Domocrssic Club, has been in Kansas several
days. collecting data concerning the war record
of Senator John j. ingalls,. and has returned
with data thai he says are important Ihe
facts were taken from the files or newspapers
printed during the rebellion and from ptner rec
ords. Last evening Mr.. Sullivan forwarded
copies of the data to Senators Voorhees,. Black
burn and Vest Later on they will be compiled
and printed in pamphlet form and sent to every
Democratic member In Congress
It Is improbable that the lind OF Mr. SulIi-
van will be seriously considered az proof that
Ingalls, was not radical Republican IN the dark
days The regular Republican newspapers de-
nounced him as q traitor and a. . caterer Tor
Democratic votes because he was leading an
odious faction. The documents amount TO
good joke on the irascible Senator and may
chAfe him into torrent OF angry explanation,
but their actual weight will not be bnrdensome.
The report of Mr.. Sullivan starts of with the
statement that the quotations made were all
taken from Republican papers. 1t says
During the campaign Of 1862 Ingalls, ran for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on an opposition kepuoilc-
an ticket Sept IL, 1862. the kepuotcAn CEN
to the loyal voters OF Kansas. saying: There
can be but two political parties in the United
States to-day. One is for Union and freedom;
the other for disunion and slavery Waestan.
Ingalls, and PARROT are making their campaign
against Lncoln's Emancipation Proclamation
Gen. Byron Sherry, who active par
ticipant in the stormy political ante-bellum
days was told OF the documents this morn
Ing and said 70 q reporter tine politicians
will greatly mirepresent Mr.. Ingsllss record TX
they strive to make him appear hostile to
the Republican party before and during the
war; Mr.. Ingalls, always was radical OF
the most pronounced stamp, and in no WORD
or act did be work against the Republican party.
Th,c, will he hor M Inv fart
It is true that Ingalls, was nomiuatsd for Lieu
antgovernor with Wagstaf in 1862, Wag-
staff being q thorough Democrat; yet this Was
fusion ticket OF Democrats and anti-Lane Re-
puhlicans, gotten mp for the express purpose OF
beating Senator Lane. Ingalls, Was NOT the only
man who was placed on the ticket who was .
radical Republican. 1t was anything to beat
that bad, bold. esigning Lane; and the most
enthusiastic supporters of Lincoln and his adj
ministratiou voted for the ticket This ticket,
however. was beaten. as Lane had all the pat
ronage, and little Office would buy up almost
any man in those stormy days. In 1864 ingalls,
ran for Lieutenant governor on the anti-Lane
Republican ticket with 5. o. Thacher, The Lane
ticket being beaded by y j. Crawford. who was
elected. The Democrats did not nominate any one
that year. but went in with the anti-Lsns Re-
pubicans to beat Crawford This action OF In
gals does not signify anything, nor does IL i'm
puen his steadfastness to the Republican party.
There always was an opposition in the Republic
an party to the notorious Senator Jim Lane,
which only ceased when he committed suicide
by shooting. ingalls, was always radical Re-
publican. OF course the Lane papers at the
time were bitter against every Republican who
had any connection with the fusion candidates,
but that was to be expected"
IL can also be stated that Ingalls, was mem
Der of the famous wyandotte convention
which did so much to make history, and which
adopted the Constitution under which loyal
Kansas came into the Union. ingalls, at that
time was scarcely twenty-one years OF are. If in
al he ho6 o<fo ro1 he - hr< h.
one of the leading members Of the convention
and strong in his views on the slavery question