The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-11

friends on that committeey The repor
signed by thea appended to the forego
ing was
1--WE concur in part Of the report. w,
exonerate Mr.. Ingalls, from any completely
with improper practices. We think thai
when the report goes further and find,
that persons favoring Mr.. Ingalls, election
were guilty OF improper practices, II
should in justice state what was clearly
and unquestionably proved, that such
means wers employed In opposition to his
election"
The only moral palliation that their in.
genuity could frame was that the ingalls,
gang of bribers had not divcd deeper into
political corruption than had those Of the
rival candidates, and inferentially that
Senator Ingalls,. tainted as his cause was,
was AS clearly thing as could be ex
pected from the Republicans of Kansas.
When 1t Is shown by the evidence that
the senator's trusted friends, brought
there to assist him in his efforts to inhu.
ence votes In his favor. were the men who
were found guilty of these practices; that
they were near him in daily, hourly con-
sultation-his political agents in the full.
whitewash is apparent.
That man with such record as this
should make himself conspicuous for his
eloquent denunciations of frauds in other
elections only illustrates the power Of
that assurance which avails the hunted
criminal when he shouts stop thief
The people of Kansas were prepared fof
charge Of bribery in procuring the posi-
ton of senator by transaction that was
widely published and much commented
upon previous to that senatorial contest.
Again we give the record and leave it to
speak for itself.
The Leavenworth Times, Republican
journal under date of Sept. %, 1872, con
tanned the following:
"Our information of the facts connected
with the bribery of United States Judge
Delahey, through his min law, Thomas
A. Osborn, comes direct from Albert Il
Horton. John j. Ingalls,, William Mcneil
Clough and the records Of the courts. Mr..
Ingalls, statement Is that John p. Savage,
of New York. had q mortgage on tho prop
erty Of DR.. Clalles. Of Atohison, In the
sum of about $50, 900; that he obtained
Judgment in the United States district
court over which Judge Delahey pre-
sided"
The evidence is then presented in de-
tail that $500 was paid Judge Delahey's
son-in law, that the draft was protested.
and the parties quarreled, in consequence
of which the facts came out. ingalls,
denied the story, and tho noted D. X,
Anthony, the great original stalwart Re-
publican of Kansas, denounced him as q
lion in On I'd his M pnyNrlnH.
ing as follows:
draft is proven by the records Of the court
in Atchison county.
Against that stands ingalls, fiat do
NAL
"A full and complete history of the $500
draft named. its connection with any
matter before Delahey's court at Topeka,
and all the facts concerning the giving of
the same, the consideration, etc, is de-
THE draft Is there, the suit was com
menced and WAS withdrawn. That draft
is living witness that gives the Lie to
the card (meaning Ingalls, card). Give us
the history of that draft or you, John j.
ingalls,, stand convicted not only of brib-
cry but Of being mendacious liar
ID. r. ANTHONY"
This is part Of recorded career lying
back of this eloquent dealer in vitupera-
ton. What he really is and has been,
and bids fair to remain. The Leavenworth
Times, leading Republican Journal, sums
up, Dec. 80, 1872, in two sentences.
Speaking of the candidates for the senate,
when John j. Ingalls, was elected by
coup de finance that was afterwards de-
clared conspiracy, it says:
"John J.. Ingalls, is also spoken of. He
Is a brilliant writer and speaker, cold,
heartless, unprincipled, who would tell
lie and relish it more than in telling the
truth"
II this is the opinion Of our Cato's po-
litical associates and friends, to what are
his opponents entitled, and what is the
public to believe? After all. when the
real man is known he is disposed Of as
Esop's wolf settled the vituperative goat
upon the roof. 1T is the shed, my
friend said the wolf, chat gives you
Importance and not your beard nor your
blather" AS we measure the power OF
party by it's great men, we learn of its
decay from the worms we see battenlng
At last upon its body.-Donn Piatt i'll Bel
ford's Magazine for July.