San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-19
SENATOR INGALLS, INTERVIEWED.

From the New York World.
In reply to the question. "What
do you think of modern democracy?n
Senator Ingalls, said:
"The democratic party, having
neither conscience, convictions nor
defined principles, inevitably allies
itself with discomfort and is ar
rayed against social order. 1t is
strongest where public and private
morality is weakest. It's citadels are
in the south, where society is
distinctly feudal, and in great
cities, where the ignorant and GRIM
inal elements are most energetic. 1t
has no beliefs, maXims or formulas.
It's creed is the instruction OF Jetier-
son-that in a popular government,
wealth, intelligence and morality are
ultimately no match for numbers.
For twenty-five years its only policy
has been to complain, to oppose, to
deny, to protest and ultimately to ac-
done. So, when Cleveland came in,
being without plans, purpose or poll
cy. his administration tlOundered
pitiably both in domestic and foreign
affairs, was con temptible in many
things and feeble in All, and left alb
sOlutely no impressions whatever upon
history except in the matter of Veto
ing bills for pensions and public
buildings"
"Do you imagine, Senator, that.
Mr.. Cleveland will be nominated
again by the Democrats for the Pres
idency?
CLEVELAND WILL BE NOMINATED.
''Oh, yes Cleveland will be the
nominee in 1892 even if New York
should be divided or against him.
This is inevitable 1t is written. He
will be the first and the rest nowhere.
Democracy never had such an ideal
exponent and representative. His
dull. heavy, pOnderOus, wooden plat
itudes, laboriously written out and
committed to memory; his solid and
shallow conceit his affectation of
wisdom. purity and patriotism and
what he calls his solemn sense of
duty impress the average Democrat
with feeling of reverence like that
which the Chinese laundryman feels
for his Joss.
"What is your idea, Senator, of
ditinite American policy"
"The American policy should have
for its object the unification of the
Continent. The Polar Sea should the
be northern boundary of the republic
and the southern boundary should
be the interOceanc canal. Look at
the existing conditions We have
practically reached the limit of our
agricultural domain. We are ap-
preaching that period spoken of by
Macaulay as dangerous to republican
institutions, when the vast migratiOns
to these undeyelOped regions will
have ceased, and when the artisans
and tOlllng masses concentrated in
the large cities will have no outlet for
their surplus numbers and no de-
mand for their labor. I expect to
see the valleys OF the Mississippi and
the Amazon linked together by the
great agency of modern civiliza ton.
The overflow of population Will thus
find peaceful fields of profita BILE effort.
"The interests of the West and
South are identical and they should
be unified. Their alliance upon all
matters affecting their natural well
fare is inevitable. If they coalesce,
they will be inVinoible. We shall
hold the purse and WELD the sword
OF the nation, and we shall use them,
not for oppression, but for justice.
These great communities that were
only separated by the system of
slavery have, since its destruction,
been alienated by factions that have
estranged them only to prey upon
RI m OF tai nli ,;
macy by their alienation. Unfriend-
ly legislation has imposed intOlerable
burdens upon the energies; invidiOus
discrimination has been made against
their products; unjust tariffs have re-
pressed their Industries. The ulti-
mate coalition of all the political
forces of this section is inevitable
The west will then secure its enamel
patton from the control Of the Allan
tic seabOard. This is one of the events
of the near future. We will then
treat these \ tlantic and Pacific ap-
pendages with justice in fact, |
might say with more justice than
they have hitherto shown to u.s.
AN ESTIMATE OF HARRISON.
Senator would you mind giving us
your estimate of the administration of
President HARRISON"
"HarrisOn's administration has
been much more successful than
Claveland's was at the end of his
first year. Cleveland satisfied no.
body, and was openly and unsparing-
ly denounce by his party organs. 1t
is a great mistake for president to
suppose that by neglectiDg his friends
he can prOpitiate his enemies. Cleve-