The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-03-25
SENATOR INGALLS, VIEWS ON
POLITICS.

Inc Or1gnteSC ana medneSt OF MANKIND
was the happy description Of great pub
lie man of England years ago. Perhaps
not the meanest, but the brightest and
most malignant in his utterances of our
modern statesmen is ex- Senator INGALLS,,
He can put more gall, bitterness and
venom in a sentence and make it sound
more ornate and beautiful than any man
of his day. His gift in saying mean things
in elegant rhetoric has commanded
admiration and hatred alike from those
of whom he employed his invective.
Hatred because of his malevolence, and
admiration because of his genius as a
rhetorieisn !RatXhether he inspired ad-
miration or hatred, Mr.. INGALLS, always
had the power to command the atten-
friends among political opponents. 1t is
said that but for his absolute refusal to
enforce the REED gag law in the Senate
the Force bill would now be law, and
it is certain that but for his opposition
to it the bill would have passed the Sen
ate. Partisan that he was, Mr.. INGALLS,
won and sustained the reputation of be-
ing fair, impartial. and able presiding
officer during his presidency of the Sen
ate.
A few days ago the CHRONICLE printed
Mr. INGALLS, prediction that the Re
publicans would renominate HARRISON
and the Democrats would nominate
CLEVELAND in 1892 He has been fur
ther interviewed, aud we quote the fol
lowing from the interview as published
in the New York Herald:
In regard to the attitude of the par
ties on the silver question Mr.. In
gals said:-
eff the Republican party nominates
an anti silver coinage candidate in 1892
and inserts a plank of the same charac
ter in its platform it is doubtful if it
could carry .wo States west of the Ale
ghanies The gravity of the situation is
not fully apprehended nor appreciated
in the East.
''There is a growing feeling of resent
ment among western farmers at the in
justice of society, the unequal distribu-
ton uf wealth, benefits and burdens.
They are intelligent and patriotic, nei-
ther nihilists nor anarchists, and have
been studying the problem for many
years with the desire to reach some solu-
ton of the difficulties which exist. They
regarded the Republican party, in a
measure, as being responsible, so far,
as in their eyes it has obeyed,
in legislation, the dictation of
the Eastern leaders, manufacturers and
capitalists, and they have beheld no dis
position on the part of the latter to make
the slightest concessions to their inter-
ests, but on the contrary, and invari-
ably demand pound of flesh.
Western people believe that a safe and
abundant circulation is necessary to ac-
tivity in business and that scarcity of
money is occasioned by stagnation and
low prices, but the fat or irredeemable
paper money idea has few adherents."
Mr.. Ingalls, does not think that year
| of poor crops would weaken the Farmers
Alliance as political force. He evidently
regards the movement as deeply seated
one, and one that has not yet reached It's
| maximum. He predicts that the Alliance
will poll 10000 votes in Ohio next
| November, and in Presidential cam
paign it would be more largely reinfor-
ced from the republican than from the
| democratic party.
Mr.. Blaine's hold on the affections oi
| Western republicans is as firm as ever,
in Mr.. Ingalls, opinion, although they
| have no enthusiasm over reciprocity
The demand for tariff revision and re,
ducfion closely follows the silver ques
tion in Importance.