Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-04-01
Mr.. INGALLS, AND THE REPUB.
LOAN PARTY OF KANSAS.
Topeka Capital.l

reporters at Baltimore the foil owing:
This movement is building greater than the
majority Of the people in the eastern slope are
willing to admit IT presents one of the most
interesting political problems of the age
Here, in the east, where Industries and en-
Payments are diversified, its progress is not
appreciated and the strength IL is gaining Is
not understood. In the west, a purely agri-
cultural section, 1t has taken a deep hold on
the public mind and the evolution Of the move
ment Is closely watched by our deepest think
ers and political economists. These farmers
have concluded that there are wrongs exis ting
that need adjustment. The growth Of the or
ganization is not ETHEREAL or spontaneous, but
has come with Q strong under-current of rea-
son that will ultimately land It on q solid foun-
dalton which will defy all the efforts of politi-
cal agitatOrs to shake.
"Of course the blatant demagoguee, whose
claims are unre asonable and untenable, will
not be the ones to carry this movement to the
success look for it to reach. You will find,
however, that with the force behind it and
with even partial success these agitators will
be forced to give way to the more conservative
element. and the leadership will be assumed
by men impelIed alone by philanthropic or
patriotic feelings. and whose counsel can safe
ly be followed with the assurance that il will
lead to tangible results. The adjustment of
the tariff, the expansion of the circulating
medium and other measures, the absence of
which thinking farmers believe underIie the
stagnation that now affiicts them, will be advo-
Gated by the best minds in the movement in
such way as to carry with them strong popu-
lar feeling.
Il think ii may be compared to the feeling
of republication which swept over the
country from 1855 to 1850. This result might be
more quickly reached could the west and south
hnd common ground on which to stand. The
east and north have recognized this all along
and have very adroitly prevented any coali-
ton. They know that in the south anything
that endangers local government by the white
element will be resisted, and that every other
interest will be sacrificed to that end. They
have managed to strengthen this feeling by
| an occasional menace. In the west sectional
| feeling has been resorted to with varying sue
cess until this year, when it signally failed.
| Such plays on the passions and interests OF
| the sections have about reached their limit.
The sections are becoming apathetic alike to
appeals and menaces, and when the one dies
out and the other is allayed we may look for a
coalition that will produce tangible results The
existing political parties, however, may, by
their platforms and candidates nominated,
make such concessions to the alliance as to
cause the members to return to their respec-
tive folds with the belief that evils they seek
to redress will be reformed in their house
holds"
1t would be interesting to the repub-
licans of Kansas to know the causes
which have led to the extraordinary
change of sentiment in ex-senator In
gals mind upon the alliance party. In
the campaign that closed in November
with an overwhelming defeat of the re-
publican party in Kansas, the issue in
the alliance party that OvershadOwed
every other was the defeat of Senator
Ingalls,. 1t filed every alliance paper,
was the subject of three-fourths of
their cartoons and the main topic of all
the reform orators. The extraordinary
hostility and bitterness against Senator
Ingalls, made him the main issue in the
alliance and democratic parties. The
defense of Senator Ingalls, became the
labor of republican papers and speak
ers. He was the leader, Endorsed by
| viz AOROOAANoh RbANy AO1 AO-OlCOOlOn,
and no man ever received from the par
ty more loyal and generous support
throughout the campaign, and when
the returns of the election indicated
his defeat beyond doubt, there was a
chlvalric defense of his lost cause that
should have made him forever grateful.
Every thinking republican who had
closely studied the contest knew abso-
lutely that Mr.. Ingalls, was defeated in
November. Instead of adding strength
to the ticket Mr.. ingalls, had been the
load that carried it down to defeat.
There was well grounded belief at
that time that the selection of some
representative republican would carry
the party to success in the senatorial
contest. Many representatives had
been instructed against Senator ingalls,
who would have voted for some other
republican. All this was understood
and fully discussed by the republicans
of Kansas. Here was the senior sena-
tor, the presiding officer of the United
States senate, after service OF eigh-
teen years defeated at the polls. He
should have had the courage to say to
his party then; u have been defeated,
of that he demanded the continued
support of his party to save him the
personal humiliation of having some
other republican elected. Here was
seen a magnanimity and a chiyalric re-
gard for the personal pride OF a man
who had long been hOnored by his
state that we fear the senator has new
er appreciated, or has too soon forgot
ten, Aecould 90 down with his party
to defeat without dishonor, but to have
had another republican selected as a
senatorial candidate,-a course that
ought to have been pursued, would
have placed him in the attitude of a
man defeated within his own party
All this was fully appreciated, bnt the
leaders of the republican party stood
, Loyalty by Senator Ingalls, and went
/ down with him to certain defeat. Mer
recognized Senator ingalls, as the
t choice of the republicans Of Kansas
and, like the editor Of the Capital, gave
: him earnest, honest support against
their political judgment. This is 6
1 part of the history of the senatorial
e campaign.
No tongue was more bitter in Its ridi
) cule nor so sarcastic in its denpncia
o ton of the principles advocated by tn,
e alliance as was Senator ingalls,. NJ
d speaker in the senate, no writer in tn,
e press, has been more filled with section
al bitterness and hate than Senator In
gals. Then, why this TRADE agains
4 sectionalism from him in the Boston in
:. | ,aruinrr. why thia lOhlnllY nnnsan O