The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-09

At the meeting of the Kansas Republican
League Convention last week, the Hon.
JOHN JAMES INGALLS, made what we may
call his triumphant remittance into the Re-
publican politics Of Kansas. His speech
was full of fire and brilliance. and it was
not without indications of his old habit OF
having a little fun with his audience. But
let us take little Of the wheat and leave
the chaif to those who care for it:
1.-THE reason women don't vote is because they don't
want to-"
~ have no patience with the men who claim to be
better than their party-ike CLIvsLASp."
Let reegate to other arenas those questions Of
society and morals which have disturbed this State"
81 am tired of the 'Irish.American.' the English.
American tho Scandinavian. American the French
American the 'German.American.' Welcome Irish.
mani Welcome Englishmaa! Welcome scandinavian:
Welcome Frenchmsn' wecom. German! But well
como only as MISUNDERSTANDING"
Mr.. INGALLS, spoke Of the Democratic
party in that absurdly severe and solemn
manner which is calculated for Kansas lati
tudes. The slight wink which accompanies
Mr.. INGALLs's remarks about the Demo-
cratic party. Is imperceptible to his Kansas
hearers. The Kansas Republican OF the
straitest sect who committed the indiscre-
ton Of speaking. in public. of the Demo-
cratic party as anything milder than n
covenant with death and a league with hell.
would be thrown ont Of the State. Whether
there are enough Of those ancient and fire.
snorting irreconciablcs left to make Mr..
INGALLs's calling and election sure. is
question which the extra kansan world is
not called upon to decide. But it is clear
that Mr.. INGALLS, is going back to his old
place if he can. He gives notice in char
acteristic way:
81 nuke the s'atsuent now that am not candi.
date aspi.ant for any office Nor will my name
be presented for political oii'e. am not candidate
for the United States Senate mot now
Tho Hon. BISHOP W. PERKINS and the
Hon. WILLIAM ALFRED PETER, one Sen
ator In Congress from Kansas by tho acct
dent OF death. the other by the accident of
crank politics. will be Interested in this
declaration OF intentions. What is espe-
cially interesting to us in this speech of
Mr.. INGALLs's is this sectional utterance:
"A year ago said to the Republicans OF the East
that unless they abandon their intoerant policy
toward the West they would not carry a single State
west of tho Mississippi am for tho West against
the East have received all that am. politically,
from the Western people Everything Is due to them.
am their champion. stand mere az q Western Re-
publican"
What is a Western Republican. Mr.. IN
CALLS. and in what respects does he differ
from an Eastern Republican Can yon or
any other man draw the exact geographical
line between the East and the West ? And if
not. how and where will you draw the polit-
ical line? We leave out of consideration
the question whether it is patriotic or dcsir-
able to draw such a line. A Western Re-
publican Is very vague phrase. because
tho West is n vague expression. not mean
ing the safne thing probably to any two
men. Is tho Mississippi River to DO tho
limit. and II it is. Is California Re-
publican tho same sort of a Western Repub-
llcan that Kansas Republican Is? We
should very much like to get some In
on this subject from Mr.. INGALLS,
or somebody else who knows what Western
is. But the subject cannot
be fully elucidated until there is an agree
ment of opinion as to where the West is in
1892. We take it that not only Ohio. but
Illinois. has ceased to be Western. Is it GER
tain that even Kansas is Western: and il 1t
Is. how long will it be so?