St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-15
IRIDEsCENT INGALLS,.
He Courts Alliance Votes by At
tacking MilIiOnaireS.

senate proceeded to the consideration OF
the financial bill Immediately after the
reading of the journal.
Mr. ingalls, took the floor. and said
there were two portentous evils which
menaced the safety, if they did not en-
danger the existence, of the republic.
The first was ignorant, degraded, spuri-
Gus suffrage--suffrage contaminated by
the sewage of decayed nations: suffrage
intimidated and suppressed in the South
suffrage impure and corrupt, apathetic
and Indifferent in the great cities OF
the North; so that it was doubtful
to his mind whether for half century
there had been presidential election in
this country that expressed the dellber-
ate and Intelligent judgment OF the
whole body of the American people.
He then referred to the newspaper i'll
terview had with him several months
ago, in which he had said that the
Golden Rule and the Decalogue had no
part in American campaigns. 1t seemed
superfluous to explain that in that ut
terance he was not intoxicating a doc
trine, but describidg condition. His
statement was statement OF facts, not
an announcement of faith. But many
reverend and eminent divineS, many
disintereSted editors, many ingenious
orators perverted this utterance into a
personal advocacy OF lmpurlty In pol
iticS. He did not complain. 1t was, as
the world went, legitimate political war.
fare. But it was an illustration OF
. ho hot ~ (taiHQn PnTn and tho
Decalegue ought to have place in pO-
litieal campaigns. elf thy enemy smite
thee on one cheek, turn the other" was
good precept to follow. But he would
observe that until that precept was
more generally observed than it had
been, or was likely to be; ii his political
enemy smote him Oh one cheek. III
stead of turning to him the other. he
would smite him under the butt end OF
his left ear, If he could.
Ii that be political immortality, he
must be included among the unregen-
Grated. The election bill was intended
to deal with one part of the great evil
to which he had alluded, but it was an
imperfect, a partial and incomplete
remedy. Violence was bad, but fraud
was no better. and it was more dan
gerous because it was more insldiOus.
Burke had said, in one of his immortal
orations which emptied the house OF
commons, but which would be read as
long as the English tongue could en-
dure, that when the laws of Great
Britain were not strong enough to pro-
teet the yougest Hindoo on the banks of
the Ganges, a nobleman was not safe In
his castle on the banks of the Thames.
That lofty sentiment was pregnant With
admonition to us. There could be no
safety, and no stable and permanent
peace in this country and under this
government, until it was just as safe
for the black Republican tovote in Mis-
sissippi as it was for the white Demo
crat to vote in Kansas. The second evil
to which he had adverted was the tyr
amy of combined, concentrated, cen
traliZed. d.consciencelesS and incorporated
capital; and the people were consider
ing that great problem now. The COIL
science Of the nation was shocked at
the injustice of modern society. The
moral sentiment Of mankind had been
aroused at the unequal distribution of
wealth and at the unequal diffusion OF
the burdens, benefits an privileges of
society. He Iad read in the morning
papers Mr.. Sherman'S speech. consid-
cradle part of which had been devoted
to the defense of millionaires, who had
been spoken of as the ''froth OH the
beer"
Mr.. Sherman-Not millionaires, but
spectators.
Mr.. Ingalls-They are nearly the
same: for the millionaires are not the
producers and laborerS of the country.
They are arrayed like Solomon in all
his glory" but ''they toll not. neither
do they spin." Yes-they do spin.
These gigantic accommodations have not
been the resultof industry and economy.
There would be no protest against them
if they we're. The people had suddenly
awaked to the conception of the fact
that the great bulk of the property OF
the country was passing into the hands
of those whom the senator from Ohio
called by euphemism the spectators OF
the country. They were not of this
country alone. They infested the
financial and social system OF every
country. They were men of nc
politics. of all nationalities and
of no nationality. They had
pie but the spoliation of the human
race One man i'll this country, the
Midas of the century, at whose touch
everything turned to gold, had in a life
time acquired, out of the aggregate OF
the nations wealth, earned by the labor
of all, sum that exceeded the assessed
value of four of the smaller states, and
which was many times more than the
entire wealth of the republic when il
was founded. This was the most terri
bic commentary every recorded in the
book of time. And Nero fiddled while
Rome burned.
Mr.. Ingalls, referred to the New Tes
lament relation of the question put+C
Christ, whether it was lawful to pay
tribute to Caesar; His calling for the
tribute money and asking whose image
and superscription it was; and his
reply: "Render unto Cesar the things
tIat are Caesar's. and to God the things
| that are Gods" He held, he said be
tween his finger and thumb silver
denarius, or penny of that ancient time
Bearing the image and superscrlptioI
of Caesar. 1t had been money for more
than twenty centuries, and would con
tinue to be money for twenty centuries
more, should it so long resist the col
roding canker and the gnawing tooth Of
time. But if one of the pages SHOULD
take it to the railroad track and allows 8
| tfain to pass over it. its functions WotIld
AtpodppGdT Ill luO!fieIit, diiU III WUtttu Ut
mDney no longer, because the image
and superscription would have disap
peared. Money was the creation, ol
law, and the American people had
| learned that lesson. They were indif
feTent to assaults. to arguments and tC
aspersions for demanding that the LAW
of the UniIed States should put the
image and superscription of Cesar on
silver enough. gold enough and paper
enough to enable them to transact theiI
affairs without embarrassment, HIN
dranee, delay or impoverishment; and
should give them measure OF value
that would not make their earnings and
their belongings the sport and prey OF
speeuIators.
Mr.. Ingalls, closed at 1915. having
spoken Il little over two hours. As he
took his seat lie was heartily applauded,
as we'll from the floor as from the
denseiy crowded gallery.
Another Conference.
LONDON. Jan. 14.-Mr. Parnell has
arrival ir, thic city If iS believed th af