Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-02-11
Senator Ingalls, explanation Of his opposi-
tion 10 the Cl0iure Rule and the
Force Rill

We give someeextracts from the remarks
of Ingalls, withEthe running comments of
the InderAppeol.
In the personal statement which Senator
Ingalls, made on Thursday regarding his at
titude on the elections bill, be condensed in
his own admirable style all the objections
which have been. brought to bear against
that measure by its Opponents in either
house of congress and in the press. The
following paragraph from his remarks
epitomizes everything that has been and
can be urged against it:
II am, as have always been, 10 favor of
Just and impartial election law, directed
alike against force and fraud, non. partisan
and applicable equally to all parts of the
pa.iGa. The measure heretofore under con-
sideration, in many of it's details, did rot
receive the sanction of MY Judgment. It
appeared to me to be cumbrous, complicat-
| ed, AID obscure its many of its provisions,
and difficult of application. 1t subordiuat-
ed the judiciary to political control, and
opened the treasury to Indefinite expendi-
| lures without requisite supervision, and
| in violation, ia my Judgment of the spirit if
stitutiun which declares that no money
shall be drawn from the treasury bns il
consequence of appropriation made By
law"
Mr.. Ingalls,, however, did more. He
gave the people an Insight intothe machina-
tions of those whose hearts were set upon
the passage of the bill. He made it plain
| that they undertook to influence him, in
his capacity as presiding officer, to rule
against his convictions of what was right
| aud fair and honest. He said.
II have been opposed, Mr.. President, un-
alterably opposed from the beginning, to
the adoption of the cloture for many rea
sons, sufficient and satisfactory to me, that
need not now and here be rehearsed. There
are those who hear me who know that many
months ago, when occupying the chair IN
the absence of the vice president, resisted
many urgent opportunities and many
strenuous solicitations to CO operate in that
direction by methods that l then believed
were revolutionary and subversive of the
Fundamental principles of constitutional
government. have not since seen any &C
casion to change or modify my convic'
tiOns."
And SIS parting shot he administers te
those ultra. zealots like Hoar, Edmunds
Blair and others, who we're ready to anath
ematize each and every republican thai
would not bow to the DEGREES of King eau
Gus, nor heed the crack of the party lash. 6
: rebuke framed in language that reminds
one of the Kansas senator's best moments
This is what he said:
HWe are told, Mr. P c@iGHct that .h'
stree of Jerusalem W1io ksps o,,,n ,, {,
, cry man sweeping before his own door, ant
commend to the self constituted guardian
of the consciences of their associates, out
t side this chamber, more frugal, prudent
a and discreet husbandry of this disapproba
tion. Those leaders who have conducted
: the most powerful political organization il
;, American history to the most stupendoul
@ and overwhelming disaster recorded in it
annals should be able to forgive those VIII
doubt the infallibility of their Judgment. l
they are wise they will be less proscriptiv
and more tolerant of differences of opinion
= especially among those whose devotion t.
J. human liberty cannot be questioned, ant
v whose constancy and fortitude have beel
|. exposed to tests as severe at least as an,
. they have ever known"
1t is not at all probable that Mr.. Ingalls,
remarks will soon f4de from the memc-y O
the Hoar- Aldrich Edmunds syndicate.