The herald., 1893-07-12
THE POT AND KETTLE.
THEY PERSIST IN CALLING EACH
OTHER BLACK.
Two Politios1 Corpses Exchange Com.
pliments : What Senator ingalls,
and White1aw Reid Say of
Each Other.

CHICAGO, July 11.-Whitelaw Reid,
ex-minister to France, who, with his
family, has been seeing the worlds fair
for some days past, was caught by re-
porter just as he was starting back for
New York. Reid expressed great de-
light with the fair, saying it surpasses
any worlds fair previously held in many
particulars. Its buildings are superior !;
its novel, picturesque effects far surpsss
all previous efforts; in TACT, it ia periec-
ton in all respects.
Reid was asked If be had read ex.Sen-
ator Ingalls, criticism of his candidacy
for vice-preaident. NO." said Reid with
laugh. "but you know was not in
favor of that nomination myself, 20 prob
ably the ex-senator and wouldn't differ
materially"
The reporter thought they might, and
showed Reid passages wherein Ingalls,
sneered at him as "uxorious" and an
"aristocraJ," and objected to his dress,
manners and ways, and spoke of his
''supercilious" insults to laboring men.
"That," said Reid, with more serious
ness, sis absurd. have been labor
ing man myself far more than Ingalls,
ever was, and he would probably be
puzzled to specify any insult, super
cilious or otherwise, ever offered to
labor, or to any honest laboring man.
All this talk about hostility to the ma.
tional ticket last year on account OF q
15-year-old strike, which was set
tied to the satisfaction OF the
labor unions, is sheer clap-trap
any way. There never were thousands
of votes affected by it in New York,
even then it was an open question. To
say that after it was settled to their en-
tire satisfaction, the labor unions still
carried it into politics, is to accuse them
not merely of bad faith, but systematic
violation of their own cardinal princi-
Piles. and thus offering them the grossest
insults. OF course our opponenta made
great hubbub about it, but the most
of those whom they claim were infiu-
enced, were already on their side. l
doubt if Powderly or any other equally
reputable and responsible labor leader
will say that the question turned q
thousand labor votes in the United
States last fall. Certainly it did not
turn one where single rifle shot at the
Carnegie works turned thousands.''
"What about uxoriousness and aris-
tocracy? ?" urged the reporter.
''Oh, pshaw," said Reid; 'who ever
heard before of a rational man attack
ing candidate because he was decently
fond of his wife? The rest of Ingalls'
complaint seems to be that in other
particulars also 1 act like gentleman.
Well, out in Kansas they surely didn't
bring that accusation against him.
added Reid. "When he was last can
didate, although he abandoned his sup.
posed principles and crawled in the
dirt before them, Mrs. Lease and Mr..
Pefier thrust him into the gutter and he
has been lying there ever since, spout
ing mud and bad language"
"What can be the motive for the at
tack ?''
"How do Lknow. and what's the use
OF guessing? He seems to lack employ.
ment since he was thrown out of office
holding and suppose the man must
make living by lecturing or writing
for syndicates. We have dozens of such
statesmen out of job applying to us
for work after every election, and |
fancy your paper has the same expert
ence," and with q cherry goodbye the
New York editor swung into car and
started for his train.