The Iola register., 1891-07-10

dence, between myself and you, 1 seri-
ously question whether, in the sense of
giving o-..ponsation or equivalent, any
man ever honestly earned s1,000,O00.
| Great applause. And yet the reason
why have not 81 100000 is because
do not know how to get it"-a frank con-
fessiOn which seemed to greatly amuse
the audience.
MoUSE-TRAP AND GRIPSACK.
In his own unique way Senator
and Jay Gould, whom he character
execration to-day. He and l." he said
amid laughter and applause, ''are about
! the same age. We came into active
| life about the same time. He entered
Wall street with a patent mouse-trap
as sum total of his capital. set it and
| has come pretty near catching the
whole world with it. | started west
with gripsack, and to-day l am a
statesman out of job" Anybody who
has heard Mr.. Ingalls, speak, and who
is familiar with the curious physiog-
nomy of his face and has heard the ex-
pressive infections of his voice, will
not be surprised that for several
filled the vast structure.
Il am anxiously endeavoring," he
| continued, during the spare moments
that ] now lave at my command, to as
certain whether any millionaire has
acquired that to which | am entitled.
and whether am going to get it back
again. | should like to have private
car, steam yacht, summer home on
the Hudson and palace in New York
city, but the reason why | have not got
them will be found here" and ne sig
niicantlv touched his forehead, land
not in the statute books. 1t is the fault
OF the Creator" If all the money in
the United States was divided equally
so that every person got 5000 it
would not be six months before there
would be existing the same state of
things that exist now. Some men
would be riding in palace cars. some in
buggies, some would be on foot, and
some would be sitting on the fence
corners waiting for the procession to go
by Iapplause and laughterl; some men
would be in congress and some men
would be in the penitentiary. Above
sll would be heard the voice of the ire
pressible refOrmer, who obtains his
livelihood by the perspiratiOn OF his
jaw rather than the sweat of his brow"
In conclusion Mr.. ingalls, said that he
could not disguise the fact that the
present was momenteous crisis, that
the destructive forces of our civiliza-
tion are marshaled for the final con-
test. Upon this continent was to be
fought the battle that meant despotism
or victory THAT is the last exDeri-
~, - 81,
attempt to cure the ills of society by
statue would be as futile as the effort
to make the mercury stand at zero in
July and Of the boiling point in Janu-
ary."
This government" he sn;j in con-
clusiOn, sis based upon the New Test
ament, upon the teachings of Jesus
Christ, who declared that all men were
equal before the law, and that the
fatherhoOd of God resulted in the
brotherhood Of man. This contest will
have but one result. | have no doubt
that the progress of the Natfbn will be
constantly upward. In every crisis of
history, in all the bitter struggles of
humanity through the desolate tract
of wretchedness and poverty, still the
progress Of the race has been steadily
onward and upward. Out OF every
struggle, out Of every contest
has come broader liberty, greater
opportunities for happiness and
greater prophesies of the development
OF the race hereafter. And so out of
this contest upon which we have entered
will come absolutely at last a triumph
of liberty and social fraternity of the
American people, and the continued
progress in the wealth, industry and in
telligence of the entire American re-
public"
As Mr.. Ingalls, stepped back from the
platform the applause lasted several
minutes, and he had quite reception
upon the stage.