Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-07-11


from getting control OF 1t all?n
1.-THE doctrine OF the, devil take tho
hirlmost," continued Mr.. Ingalls,, aTH
laughter, sis good one, but just now
it seems as II there we're more hindmost
than foremost. II the present condition
OF things were TO continue without
being retarded, this land, instead OF
being the home OF the free and the land
| OF the brave, would be the home OF the
rich and the land OF the slave" Then
he referred to the familiar fact that
George Washington was in his time the
richest man in the United States. ITO
day." he said, mo political party would
dare to set up for its candidate the
richest man man in the United States"
After sketching the Father Of this
country and showing his wealth to be
from $500. 900 to 100000 he said:
Zone OF the questions that are to be
decided at the next presidential cleo
tion is whether under government of
the people and for the people and by the
people, where all men are equal before
the law. any man has right to obtain
absolute control OF 5000, 900, 900 when the
per capita distribution would be less
than $1,000 / have heard men with te-
merity enough to question whether
citizen had right 10 800, 900, 900, or
even $10,000,000. In the strictest conf
dence, between myself and you, I seri-
ously question whether, in the sense OF
giving compensation or equivalent, any
man ever honestly earned 81 200. 600,
Great applause And yet the reasoI.
why have not s., 100000 is because
do not know how to get itr-a frank con"
fession which seemed to greatly amuss
the audience.
MoUSE-TRAP AND GRIPSACK.
In his own unique way Senator
Ingalls, drew pen picture of himself
and Jay Gould, whom he character
lied as the greatest object of public
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 patent mouse-trap
as sum total OF his capital, set it and
has come pretty near catching the
whole world with it. I started west
with q gripsack, and to-day l am q
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
minutes the applause and laughter
filed the vast structure.
81 am anxiously endeavoring," he
continued, during the spare moments
that now have 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. l should like to have private
car, steam yacht, o summer home on
the Hudson and palace in New York
city, but the reason why have not got
them will be found hero" and he Sig
nificantly touched his forehead, land
not in the statute books. It Is the fault
OF the Creator" II all the money in
the United States was divided equally
so that every person got S675.30 1t
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 Applause and laughter]; some men
would be in congress and some men
would be in the penitentiary. Above
all 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 a momenteous crisis, that
the destructive forces OF our civiliza-
ton 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 expert
mert in republican institutions, but the
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 said 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
OF man. This contest will
have but one result. have no doubt
that the progress OF the Nation will be
upward. In every crisis of
history, in all the bitter struggles Of
humanity through the desolate tract
Of Indebtedness 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
81 the race hereafter. And so out OF
his contest upon which we have entered
will come absolutely at last q triumph
If liberty and social fraternity of the
American people, and the continued
progress in the wealth, industry and in
5elligence OF the entire American re-
public"
AS Mr.. Ingalls, stepped back from the
platform the applause lasted several