New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-02
AN ADDRESS BY DIR. INGALLS,.
lie DISCUSSES NATIONAL PROBLEMS.
WORKS IN KANSAs-wHY HE Is NOT
MILLIONAIRE,

TELLING PRoHrBITIoNIsTs HOW THEIR PET LAW
WORKS IN KANsAs-wHY HE Is NOT
MILLIONAIRE.
The hall at Prohibition National Park. Staten Island
was filed yesterday afternoon when ex-senator John
J. ingalls,, OF Kansas. spoke on The Social and Pot
cal Problems of second Century" Mr.. ingalls,
did not reach Jersey City from Chicago until O'clock
and he looked a little travel-worn when he walked
upon the platform. His reception by the audience was
most cordial lie was introduced by Lester A.
schohed and spoke for an hour and hall Ihough
tbe lone of his discourse serious and dgnihed
there were many witty and humorous flashes which
relieved the occasion Of mOnoOHy.
The following are some Of his remarks: 4" | am my
Golf prohbitionist In praccethat Is to say never
take a drink except when l want TO, which IS not
very often (iaughter but l kcenly and pr0i0uhdN
alive to the perks which threaten civilization from
the abuse Of Intoxicating liquor. If by my voice UT
my vote or my pen / could eradicate and eNuIPa'e
absolutely the saloon traf" in intoxicating liquors
would gladly do II cannot be denied that u i
one OF the sRpendous problems confronting US at me
beginning of the second century Of governments
existence It Is estimated | believe that more thah
1000 600 900 wear are spent for intoxicating hquo''
and that there is more expended in the Giy OF Ne"
York for beer, whiskey and other iht0XicanlS "'"
then, is spent for bread. meat and pubhc eu"o"'o''
together. All this is actual waste and a 1893 ~ Nv
accumulated permanent wealth. 81 inc pouN -
Nothing can be said in Of the saloon or the l
and consumption Of intoxicating drink. we iH''e
Uu,eSed with this subject for ten years III hahsds "
have had Orranic and statutory Prohibition anu So'
there Is not a town I'm that State where Wah '"''o
ret all the lquOr he wants There IS not an org"""
municipal corporation there whose expenses "fc nv
maid by the taxes levied upon the recoglMen anu
omen traffic in intoxicating liquors. In NNhl7u'''
whore | reside the entire expenditure Of the coTp'sn
IigItir arVth
municipal administration. IS paid by the tax OF nnc
or license fees lerled every month upon thoa' WI,
are known by the authorities to be openly enS''
in the sale of liquors contrary to the law. y '''
condition Of things prevails In Iowa. can o"N 20
press the hope that the projectors OF me cue ,
which You here have IN hand Will succeed IN eios
prohibition better than has been done In either h@S'
or Iowa. .o,
Mr. ingalls, passed to the consideration Oh o'" ne,
problems Abiding to female suffrage, be smu inc
reason II had not been adopted heretofore was De'''
OF the Indifference Of women themselves 10 'i'e
II they all insisted that they wanted It, the p1V'cI'
would be accorded Ia twenty -four hours OS Tue "' :"
Every man I'm a country like this should DO pa ''''
pol,tlc!an. He mad been accused Of being that MN
self but he was not ashamed of IL. IL dd hoC p'e'o
| him frop believing In the sincerity AMI honesty Oh
those who differed from him. There lau Oeen sumo
bad Republicans, not many but a few there I'D" o'eU
some good Democrats. not many perh"Ps O"'' ''
a few The successful man the world over was h""e'
Eli because he got there the UNSUCCESSFUL ah Vi every
nationality was named Dennis because lie gov iel'
Mr. ingalls, did not believe that when Thomas Jefferson
wrote the Declaration Of Independence ne I'en"ou -
convey the meaning that all men were cIeaed phys
~ and mentally e1ual. He certainly did not mean u
say that william NJ. Evnrts was physically equal ]"
John L. sullivan. that John L. sullivan was iu"i''c'
ualy the equal of James g. Blaine or "thaV 'doA u'
Ripper or Frenchy No. 0 were In all respects ui'
equal of the Rev. DR.. T. De Witt Taimage.
There were many men not satisfied even in th'
great country of liberty. The men who fail IN lli'
outnurnber those who succeed yet II IS proposed D'
som4 that the men who have failed shall take exclusive
charge OF the men who have succeeded thh' ''o''
who have fallen by the waysde shall assume eNci'N
custody OF the affairs Of men who had reacnru te hod
| He had himself been asked why he did not propos'
| some solution Of all the ills Vn social HE H'
| could only reply that he was himself as ON
CRYING in the wilderness. He believed that the Only
| reason why he was not millionaire was because ht
| did not know how TO get the money. Jay Oouo anu
| lie started out In life about the same tIne' Mt
Gmld's sole possession consisted OF patent mouse
trap He took Il to Wall Street and set 1t ana nae
come pretty near catching the earth with 1t. As fo
! himself he had his gripsack and diploma ana wei"
West to grow up with the country, aud as result al
me present time he only statesman out OF EN-
| nlovment The Injustice Of his felow-ctlzenS ha'
| given him an era for reflection He was spending
that time in the study of the statutes to ascertain Wha
Federal or state law stood In the way OF MS h4Ss
a palace in NewYork a country seat on the hudsoiL
private car and a steam yacht, and Few huhoiee
millions OF gtedged securities. He had found no N
that did not bear equally on Mr. could ana hllsen
and he had come 10 the conclusion that the only ieao
| why he was not a millionaire was because he had no
1T o o"nnob 10 Get there When he was a boy ht
nsed TO lie on the ground with at the eno OF
pine spar sixty or seventyhve feet long and listen
| a PLAYMATE scratching the other end with PIN. l'
could hear the scratching plainly as the pm Wa
| being drawn over piece of cardboard placed at M
| ear Nature was trying to tell him about the zee
| phone There was no statute that prevented MN
from inventng the telephone. and If he had done st
| he might have had the millions Of Bell The reason
why he did not invent the telephone and secure tOs'
millions because he did not have sense s eaG"g go M
end ~ Ills address which he closed with an eloquent
tribute 10 the country and It's government.