New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-15
DETAILS OF THE DEBATE.
SENATOR INGALLS'S BRILLIANT SPEECH


RULE-MR VEST AsToNIsHEs TIE SENATE
BY HIS SUBSTITUTE DECIDING TO
TAKE UP THE ELECTION BILL
Washington. Jan. 14.-In beginning the last days
debate on the Financial bill Mr. ingalls, said tha there
were two portentous evils which menaced the safeE
81 they did endangcr the existence OF the Kepuohs'
The first was ignorant dehased, degraded. spurious
suffrage festcrcd suffrage. suffrage contaminated by
the cculcnt sewage of dccayed nations suffrage IN
undated and suppressed in the South suffrage impure
and corrupt apathetic and Indifferent in the great
cities OF the North; that it was doubtful 10 MS
mind whether for half century there had been a
Presidential election I'm this country that oxpresNd
the deliberate ana intelligent Judgment OF the whole
body Of the American pie
lie then referred to the newspaper interview had
with him several months in which he had said that
the Golden Rule and the Decalogue had no place IN
an American campaign. 1t seemed superhuous 10 eA-
plain that In that utterance he was not lncucatng
doctrine. but describing condition. His statement
was statement Of fact not announcement OF faith
But many reverend and eminent divineS. many dis
interested editors many Ingenious orators perverted
this utterance into personal advocacy OF lmpurlty
in politics He did complain. 1t was, as the world
went, legitimate political warfare. But 1t was an
illustration Of the truth that the Golden Rule ana the
Decalogue ought to have place in political cam
paigns. "If thy enemy smite thee on one
cheek turn the other good preccpt
To follow But he would observe that until
that precept was more generally observed than 1t
had been likely to be, if his political enemy
smote him check. instead of turning to him the
other he would sme him under the butt end Of his lett
ear II he could. Qaughter) If that be political i'm
morality, he must be included among the unregener
ated The Election bill intended to deal with one
part of the great evil which he had alluded, but it
was an imperfect, partial and incomplete remedy.
Violence bad. but fraud was no better; and it was
more dangerous because il more insidious. Burke
had said in one of his immortal oralons. which emped
the House OF Commons but which would be read as
long as the English could endure. that when
the laws Of Great Britain were strong enough to
protect the youngest HndOO on the banks Of :"
Ganges. nObeman was not safe in Jis castle on tt
banks Of the Thames. That lofty sentiment was preg
naut with admontOn TO There could be no
safety and no stable and permanent peace in this
country and under this Government until it was Just
for the black Republican TO vote in Mississippi
"a IT for the white Democrat to vote in Kansas.
COMMENT on CAPITAL AND CAPITALISTS.
The second evil to which he had adveTted was the
tyranny of combined concentrated. centralized, con
scenceess and incorporated capital; and the people
were considering that great problem now The con
science of the Nation shocked at the injustice
OF modern society. The moral sentiment Of mankind
had been aroused at the unequal distribution OF wealth
and al the unequal diffusion Of the burdens benefits
and privileges Of society. At the beginning of the
second century the American people had become pro-
foundy convinced that the ballot not the panacea
for the evils OF society that had not abolished pow
erty nor diminished injustice They had discovered
that political equality did not result in social fra
ternity that under Democracy the concentration OF
greater power in fewer hands more possible than
under mopsrchy. George Washington. the first
President of the Republic, had. when he died in 1899
the largest private fortune IN the United States Much
Of had come by Inheritance but the Father Of his
ntIa mfr had
prudent, sagacous, thrifty and forehanded man. VINO
knew a good thing when he tia great way off
lie had had an eye to the main chance. AS sur
veyor In his youth he had obtained knowledge which
enabled him 10 make exceedingly valuable locations
on the public komain. The establishment OF the Ma
uonaI capital n the immediate vicinity of his pari-
p,,n1al possess ions had not diminished their value
All OF his belong ings at the time of his DEATH reached
the sum total Of between eight and nine hundred
thousand dolar,. That was less than century ago.
and IL is within bounds 10 say that at the present time
there are many scores Of men and Of corporations in
this country annual income land there has been
ono man whose monthly revenue) exceeded the entire
accumnlations f the richest citizen Of the United
states at the end Of the last century. TIE
population of the Union was then 100000
and The estimated wealth OF the country was between
,bree and four thousand million dollars. There was
moi n millionaire and there was not tramp or pauper
In tho country. multitude OF small farmers con-
,en,edlv TILED the soil; and on the coast race OF
,.hernen and sailors owning the craft which they
sailed wrested the subsistence from the stormy sea-
Labor was the rule and luxury the example. The
prayer Of Agar was then absolutely realized. There
was neither poverty riches Since that time
the growth in wealth and numbers OF the United
states had had no precedent in the building OF nations
The people OF the United states now performed one
third OF the worlds mining, onefourlh OF Its manu-
featuring one-hith of Its farming, and possessed one
sixth OF It's accumulated wealth. The United states
had become the wealthiest nation on the face Of the
eartl Its progress exceeded the fctlons OF the
Arabian Nights. There nothing IN the story Of
Aladdin that rvalled IL. Ii without parallel or
precedent The National ledger would show bal
ance 10 its credit OF between sixty and seventy thou
sand million dolars-enough 70 make every man,
woman and child under the flag comfortable. He had
read in the morning papers (he had not heard ~ Mr.
sh -man's speech, considerable part OF which nae
been devoted 10 defence Of millionaires who had
been spoken OF as the froth on the beer"
Mr. sherman-Not mlionaires, but spectators.
Mr. Insalls-They are nearly the same; for the
mllionaires 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-thcy do SPIN. These gigantic accumulatiOns have
no. been the result of industry and economy. There
would be no protest against them If they were.
THE HOME OF THE RICH AND THE LAND OF THE
SLAVE"
Mr INGALLS, related the anecdote Of the man who
gave Oh, uarkcCpeF receipt for selling more beer
which va, Ia give less frOth and applied II 10 the
cs.c Of n. iiOnaircs. There had been men rash
enongh he said. 10 question whether any man could
show a fair and legal title 10 two hundred million
dollars or TO hundred million dollars, 10 ten