The advocate., 1890-07-02

INGALLS, A DEMAGOGUE AND TRICKSTER.
II isa hard thing 70 say Of public
man, especially Of one accepting seat
in the United States Senate, which was
formerly and should be yet the most dig
niRed Legislative body in the world, that
he 10 demagogue and tricksterj but
no man can examine Mr.. ingalls, record
there without being convinced that he Is
both.
Take, for instance, the discussion on
the bin for the suppression Of trusts, as
reported In the RecOrdof March ", 1890.
II will be seen that he offered an
amendment 10 the bill rs reported from
the committee, which he claimed was the
the best and most important feature Of
the bill.
In answer TO Senator Sherman he said.
Mr. President, so far ~ the suggestion Of the
Senator from Ohio about the abandonment Of
my amendment Is concerned, beg leave 10 say
20 him with great Difference and profound re-
speCt that mn amendment Ia me hest thing there
i5 about me biN. Hb me OnlU mbstdnttdL pro
position that OtGrB ann definite dim tangible re-
lCf dgdtnst lChdt N Acknowledged ~ Dc one NJ me
gigantic epila NJ me CcHtuIB o. This criticism ana
censure Is idle and frivolous.
In the discussion II was shown by
Senators Sherman, Blair, Eustis, and
others, that his amendment, II adopted
would prevent any farmer in Kansas
from contracting his crop Of wheat or
corn until II was actually grown, and that
II would close all the cotton and woolen
factories in the country, because they
necessarily made their contracts for their
supply Of cotton or wool with some factor
or agent in advance Of the harvesting Of
the crop.
When this was beyond any question, he
insisted that his amendment was not i,l-
tended to have any such effect, and in
sisted that it would not; but when Sena-
tors Allison, Morrill,, Edmunds, and
others, demonstrated that such would be
lbs effect, whether intended or not, he
then deaied the pdreRtdgo Of tho D0ry
amendment for WAich he had just cIoimed
80 much credit, and said'
In exculpatlOn have 10 say that II was drawn
and prepared by an eminent member Oi the
House OF Representatives.
Here we see this great and brilliant
Kansas Senator proposing an amendment
which he tells the Senate Is worth more
than all the rest Of the bill, and insisting
ON it's adoption, and demagogue-like
threatening the Senate with the ven
geanoe of the Farmers Alliance II they
did not accept it, and then, when Sena-
tor Eustis said:
have absolutely demonstrated he DIES not
kllOtD tphdt u means, ana MAT hG thOugM II meant
dtT6CtlD thG contrary Qf tphdt 10 does mean,
And in which all other Senators agreed,
he attempts to sneak out Of it by saying
that II was not his, but that while claim
ing credit for il as his, while no thought
It would be q feather in his cap, he had
stolen II from a member. II is seldom
that a more demagogiCal and sneaklng
exhibition was ever made in the United
States Senate.
But that was not ALL When II was
shown beyond question that the bill as il
stood would not accomplish the object
desired, and it was proposed to refer IL
back to the Judiciary committee to put IL
into proper shape, and thus have law
that would in fact suppress the trusts
and combinations that we're preying upon
the farmers of the country, and that
would not he Of more injury to the farm
| A t., IL