The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-06

now have at my command, TO ascertain
whether any millionaire has acquired that
to which l nm entitled, and whether nm
going to got II back again. should like to
have q private car, q steam yacht, n summer
homo on the Hudson md o palace in New
York City. but the reason why | have not
got them will ba found here" and he sig
n~ifcantly touched his forehead, and not in
tho statute books. It is the fault of the
Crent0r."
It was easily to be gathered from the
closing portion Of Mr.. Ingalls, unusually
interesting talk that he did not expect a
change to come In the matter OF tho dis
tribution OF wealth. In the end he went 10
far as to say that II all the money in the
United States was divided equally so that
months before there would be existing Tho
same stQte OF things that exists now.
''6ome men would be riding in palace cars,
some In buggies, some would be III foot,
and some would DO sitting on fence corners
waiting fot the procession to 90 by lap
plause and %lauRhterl; some men would be
in congress and some men would be in the
penitentiary. Above all would be heard
the voice of the irrepressible reformer, who
obtains his livelihood by the perspiration
OF his jaw rather than the sweat OF his
brow"
Years ago, Mr.. Ingalls, said, he had list
ened at one end of a spar 100 feet long and
AoaIu Vic sCfhtcHtuR VI u pm Nv tuo oIHel
end. Nature Yves trying to tell him about
the telephone. He was not prevented by
law from making that invention. There
was no statute which forbade him acquiring
a fortune by adding to the convenience and
comfort of mankind. 1.-THE trouble was
he said, that l didn't know enough" The
leather sucker by which he used to lift
brake. but no did not have the genius to see
it.. The Angelus Was painted with a few
tubes of oil and a camels hair brush, upon
a little square of canvas, but only n man
had ever painted it.
In conclusion, Mr.. Ingalls, said that he
could not disguise the fact that the present
was a momentous crisis; that the destruc-
tive forces of our civilization are marshaled
for the final contest. Upon this continent
was to be fought the battle that meant des-
potism or victory. ''This is the last expert
ment in republican institutions, but the at
tempt to cure the ills of society by statute
would be as futile as the effort to make the
mercury stand at zero in July, and at the
boiling point in JANUARY"
lie apparently has great faith in the
American people. ''This government" he
said, lis based upon the New
Testament, upon the teachings of Jesus
Christ, who declared that all men were
fatherhood Of God resulted in the brother
hood Of man. This contest will have
but one result. l lave no doubt that
the progress of the nation will be constant
ly upward. In every crisis of history, in
all the bitter struggles of humanity
through the desolate track of wretchedness
and poverty, still the progress of the race
has been steadily onward and upward. Out
of every struggle, out eff 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 tri-
umph of liberty and social fraternity of the
American people, and the continued prog
ress in the wealth, industry, and intelli-
genoe of the entire American republic
AS Mr.. ingalls, stepped back from the
platform the applause lasted several min
utes. and he had quite a reception upon
the stage.