Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-12
INa 11Ls nrAns 4 LESSON

To His Republican Colleagues = They
Have wrecked the Most Powerful Or
ganization in American History = A
Word For Ben.
WASHINGTON, d. O., Feb. 5.-"In-
gals must have declined the invitation
To his colleagues love feast said a
Democratic Senator to-day after ingalls,
had finished enc of the most dramatic
speeches he ever made, which was adj
dressed to Hoar, Edmunds, Spooner,
Aldrich and the rest of the Closure and
Force-bill Republicans, who have heen
saying publicly and privately disagree
able things about the eight Republican
''traitors" in general and ingalls, in par
ticular. ingalls, has, of course, seen or
heard every one of them, and, fond
though he is of saying such things him
self, does not at all relish them when
said by others.
Consequently, he proceeded to-day to
read his critics a lesson which they did
not take kindly. They were all there,
and they all listened as in his most i'm
pressive way he slowly and forcibly de-
livered the significant sentences which
he had carefully prepared. The cham
Der was perfectly still, save for his
voice, throughout, and every word he
said was heard by the deafest senator,
There was no applause and no reply,
except the conscious cluster of the men
who had been especially severe in their
comments, and who now regretted hay
ing shaken his hand SO cordially yester-
day.
Ingalls, has heard of some remarks
said to have been made by President
Harrison to Republican senator in the
nature of congratulation on the defeat
of Ingalls,, and ingalls, intended his
speech for the White House as well as
for the Senate. Nor was he unmindful
of the savage criticism he received from
some of the Kansas Republicans in the
House, but he expects to retain power
enough in Kansas to punish them in the
future. Ingalls, is like an Indian III the
remembrance of injuries.
Rising to personal explanation,
Ingalls, said that he had been absent
from the sessions of the Senate during
the past two weeks, in which interval
action had been taken on the Closure
and on the Election bill. His attitude
on both those questions had been the
subject of comment, of censure and OF
animadyersion. On the day Of his de-
parture, after consultation with Mr.Alli-
son, on whom he had been accustomed
to lean In every hour of need, he had
left with Mr.. Casey (who had charge OF
the pairs of absentees) a note saying
81 should vote against the proposed
change of the rules and should vote fol
a motion to proceed to the consideration
of any other than the Election bill, and
am paired accordingly with Senator
Allison, who is at liberty to vote to max,
a quorum"
He had been opposed, he said-unal
terably opposed,-to the adoption of tn,
closure, for many reasons sufficient an'
satisfactory to himself There wer
those present who knew that, man
months ago, while occupying the chat
in the absence of the vice-president, h
resisted many urgent opportunities an
many strenuous solicitations to cooper
ate in that direction by methods whic
he then believed and now believed wer
y revolutionary and subversiye of tn
fundamental principles Of constitutions
government, He had not since seenan
occasion to change or modify his con
III yictions.
He was now, and always has been, i
favor of just and impartial electio
law, directed alike against force an
fraud, non-partisan and applicahl
II equally W all lldTls VI llle Hatipl. = u
measure under consideration, howeye
III did not in many of its details receive tn
II sanction of his judgment.
VA 1t was related that the streets of Jerr
salem had been kept clean by ever
man sweeping before his own door, an
he commended to the self-constitute
guardians of the consciences Of the
associates (outside of the Senate chan
berl that they should observe a MOI
frugal, prudent and guarded husbandr
OF their disapprobation. Those leadel
4 fwho had conducted the most powerf,
X political organization known in Amer
can history to the most stupendous an
IS overwhelming disaster recorded in i
annals might well pardon those WI
Z were disposed to doubt the infalliblit
Of their Judgment If they were wi
they would be less proscriptiye an
more tolerant of differences of opiniC
among their associates on questions
opinion on which differences might
allowed, especially among those who
Ia devotion to human liberty had ner
III been questioned and whose constant
and fortitude had been exposed TO tes
as severe at least as any which they hi
ever known.
Mr.. Allison deemed it due to himst
to say that on every occasion when
had the opportunity he had stated a
tinctly that he had no pair with Mr.,
gals on votes respecting the Eclectic
bill.