The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-02-12
INGALLS, EXPLAINS.
Rising 30 . Qusss;sa sf Psrssssi PriVt-
iers Ne Deesss his Rssstiss On the
Rsres Bifi asa Obscure kuls.

Rising 20 Qusssssa sf Psrsssel Privt-
iers Ne Deesss his Pssstiss On the
Rsses nan asa Closure kuls.
Mr.. Inealls, riding 10 . personal
statement said that he had been
absent from the sessions Of the
senate during the last few weeks, In
which interval action had been
taken on closure and the elections
bill. His attitude on both these
questions had been the subject Of
comment and censure and Of an In
adversion. On the day Of his de-
perture, after consultation with Mr..
Allison. on whom he has been ac-
eustomed 10 lean In every hour OF
nesd, he hsd left with Mr.. Casey,
who had charge Of the pairs Of
sbsentees, . note, saying:
81 should vote against the pro-
posed change OF the rules and should
vote for Q motion to proceed to the
consideration Of any other than the
elections bill; and am paired accord
Inely with Senator Allison, who IL
ct liberty 10 vote to make quorum"
He had been opposed, he said,
unslterably opposed, TO the adop-
ton of the closure rule, for many
reasons sufiicIept and satisfactory
to himself. There were those pre-
sent who knew that, many months
ago, while occupying the chair in
the absence Of the vice president, he
resisted many urgent opportunities
and many strenuous solicitations to
cooperate In that direction by
methods which he then believed and
now believed were revolutionary
and subversive Of the fundamental
principles Of constitutional govern
ment. He hss not since seen any
occasion 10 change or modify his
convictions.
He was now, he said, aud always
had been In favor Of just and i'm
partial elections Law, directed alike
against force and fraud, non-psr-
tisan, and applicable equally TO all
parts Of the nation. The measure
under consideration, however, did
not, In many Of Its details, receive
the sanction Of his judgment. II
appeared to him TO be cumbrous,
complicated, obscure In many Of its
provisions, and difficult Of spplIca-
ton. IL subordinsted the judiciary
TO political control aud opened the
treasury to indefinite expenditure
without requisite supervision and in
violation, In his judgment, OF the
spirit, II not Of the letter, Of the pro-
vision Of the constitution that de-
clsred tha'. no money shall he drawn
out Of the treasury except In con-
sequence Of appropriations made by
law. In order 10 guard against the
enactment Of such . measure into
Law, Ia his absence, without amend
ments, which he regarded ss essen
tial to prevent dangers not less dis
tinct than those which II was in-
tended to obviate, he had reserved
the right TO vote lin his ABSENCE
with those Republicans who favored
the consideration OF other Imperial
measures unless those notifications
were made. He had no arrange
ment, agreement OF understanding,
expressed or implied, direct or indi-
rect, remote or contingent, TO have
his vote cast against the passage Of
the elections bill; and 10 that state
ment he was convinced that he
would be confirmed and corroborated
by the senator from Iowa. He was
as ready nov a. he had always been
to proceed with Its consideration,
and, with notifications which he
had always believed essential, to
support 1t to the end.
He has been Q Republican, he said,
since the party was born, and had
voted "wIthOut variableness or
shadow Of turning" for every Re-
publican candidate. During that
period he had never espoused n
cause which he believed to be
wrong. because Il was popular, and
had never refused 10 advocate a
cause which he believed to be right |
because it was unpopular. He had
recently expressed no opinion on
political, social or economic ques-
lions which he had not long enter.
tanned aud to which he had not
given frequent utterauce In the
senate chamber aud elsewhere.
Il was related that the streets Of
Jerusalem had been kept clean by
every man sweeping before his own
ioor, and he commended to the self
guardians Of the sciences
md their associates, outside Of the
,enste chamber, that they should
,bserve . more frugal, prudent and
guarded husbandry Of their disap-
probation.
These leaders, who had conducted
he most powerful political orgsniEa-
Inown In American history TO the
most stupendous and overw helmIng
disaster received In Its annals,
night well pardon those who were
disposed to doubt the nfallIbility Of
heir judgment. II they were wise
hey would be less proscrlptive and
more tolerant OF differences Of
'pInion among their associates on
Iuestions Of opinion on which diff
erences might be allowed, especially
mong those whose devotion to
Iumsn liberty had never been
and whose constancy
nd fortitude hsd been exposed to
ests q severe, at least, a. any
rhich they had ever known.
RECKLESS DisoRGAEIzERs.
rom the indianapolis Journal.