The advocate., 1890-05-07
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our quotation OF a few choice selec.
tions from tho Topeka Capital says
THE Topeka ADVOCATED Is repubIlshing a lOt
OF stun thag appeared In the Capital ti0elU'
years ago i0hen mat paper Wds dbiWiHg lnDdis
IfTHE ADVOCATE would follow mp that style Of
warfare 10 could furnish lots OF amusement Ia
! the boys In the state. Very few men have the
same friends and alliances now they had twelve
years ago. Twelve years from now the Capital
viii probably be quoting Tm ADVOCATE on the
same subject In the same way.
The Capital quotes the above para
graph approvingly from the Ne'cs as
It's only dofenseoi It's present support
Of Mr.. ingalls,. AT the risk Of beng
quoted by tho Capital twelve years
from now, and being like the Capital
compelled to cat crow, we will furnish
alittle more amusement for the boys"
by giving one or two more editorial
quotations The News objects to tho
antiquity Of those heretofore given,
and we will therefore come down TO
modern times.
IL will be recollected that Senator
Ingalls, wrote a letter TO a member Of
the Kansas delegation Of the Chicago
convention in 1883, which was pub
lished in the Chicago NeUs. The
letter and the comments Of the Capt.
tai at the time, are interesting reading
now, and we take pleasure in giving
them to our readers. The following
is the letter;
VICE PRESIDENTS CHAMBER, WASHING
TON, June iO-YOtrs Of 18th nj hand. II does
not make much difference who Is nominated In
my Judgment The candidates win cut but a
small figure I'm the Aght We can elect anybody
or we shall fail. The least conspicuous, and
therefore the least complicated man, will be the
best. Somebody like Hayes In 1870. Among all
the mon named there Is not one "leader.' No
one whose personal or historical relation 10 the
people would make q difference OK 1000 votes In
the canvass sherman, Allison, Harrison, ETC.,
have records that would be awkward on the
tariff, the currency question, the Chinese ques-
tlon, otc. Depews connection with railroads and
corporations would be heavy load especially
IN the agricultural states. We might just as well
nominate Gould or Vanderbilt at once, My I'M
preston ls chat Alger or Gresham comes nearer
nnlng the bill than any Of the Others with some
fellow like Phelps, OF New jersey who could
reach the conservative forces Of the east, and get
contributions from the manufacturers and Wall
street. But you can Judge much better than
what 10 best after consulting with the delegates.
/ Ihave the use OF the wires during the Conven.
ton, by the courtesy Of the company, and you
can therefore telegraph me fully at all times II
anything OF interest transplres, Yours truly
JOHN j, INGALLS,.
[The star line above the signature was OcCu-
pied IN the letter by matter personal 10 Senator
Ingalls, and has no direct bearing upon the presl-
dental cOntest
The following are the comments of
the Capital:
We do not remember ever before 10 have seen
such shameless exhibition of himself ON the
part of a public man as that recently made by
Mr.. Ingalls, In his letter TO the Kansas delegation
at Chicago. In common with many others we
were at irst inclined 10 regard the letter as a
forgery, the production Of some malignant and
INSCRIPTIONS enemy Of the senator. II seemed
incredible that a man OF his age aud position
could write such letter But the statements
now made by the gentleman 10 whom the letter
was sent establish beyond doubt the genuine
ness Of the letter,
In this letter, meant only for the scrutiny of
the delegation, yet written at an important crisis
In the history Of the republican party, which has
so highly hOnOred him, and Of the whole country
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