St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-24
j. j. INGALLS,.

nation been otherwise.
sit is my impression that within a
year we will see the death OF both OF the
! old parties, whose places will be taken
| by the representatives OF more ad-
vanced doctrines. All of the old
i issues, principally those OF the
war, have been passed by The
| North has practically decided TO
| permit the people Of the South to care
! for the negro Ill their own way, and we
! will see nothing more of such things as
! force bills. 1t will be necessary for the
people to take up such important things
as social and industrial affairs. and the
political field will be abandoned. as
such, by the representatives OF the GOV
eminent. Such things as the tariff, the
| money question, m0n0polieS, trusts and
| the limiting of the power Of corporations
will be the principal ones. If the peo-
! pie find that the Democratic govern
ment. which has just been placed in
power, is not worthy of the trust i'm
i posed. it will be thrust from power IN
the same manner as was the Republic
an government at the last election.
Il look for a complete political up
| heaval. There is hatred of the people
/ in the cities by the people in the coun-
! try, and a hatred of the rich by The
poor. There is a hatred of the monop-
Olles by the working people ana a
| hatred Of the corporations by the labor
| element. The appointment of Judge
! Gresham by Mr.. Cleveland proves that
| the machine in politics has had It's day,
and it proves that the man OF worth
! and merit is to be chosen in preference
| to the party war horse. L look for
| union of the conservative members OF
| the various parties on questions OF ma
tional welfare as against the strictly
party representatives. | am quite sure
that MIR. Cleveland will not allow any
disastrous financial legislation"
The Nansan's lecture.
Ex-senator Ingalls, addressed large
and appreciative audience at the Peo-
pies churchlast night Oil the subject
of "Politics and Politicians" Mr.. In
gals is man of excellent presence,
being tall and slender, with handsome
head covered with abundant gray hair.
He has full, pleasant voice,
perfect command of language, and
bright and taking style of delivery. He
began his lecture promptly last night
on being introduced to his audi
ence by expressing his pleasure at
meeting them. and then spoke of the
leading politicians of the last twenty
five years. citing Lincoln, Grant and
others, down to Benjamin Harrison.
whom he contrasted with his great COM
petitor, "that great magician who
threw the spell of his fascination over
larger majority Of the American people
than any other man vino has been their
representative for years = James u.
Blaine" Speaking Of political intiu-
ences he said, IL am glad to see ladies
present, because the participation OF
women in American politics is an event
of the near future. l said to Susan b.
Anthony, that pioneer in the cause OF
female suffrage. not long ago: 1t Is not
the opposition of the men to this meas
ure you have to fear OF fight, but the
Indifference of the women Ii WON en-
want the franchise and do not get it it
will be the first thing they have wanted
and not got since that little event IN con-
nection with an apple i'll garden some
time ago. My venerable mother, my
wife and daughter are opposed to woman
suffrage, so in reality are the majority
of the women of the land. but let them
once be united on the subject and they
will vote if they choose" Speaking of
the foundation of our government he
said the men who first established this
government instituted political ag-
erosion. They said that they came
here to find freedom to worship God,
and having taught the fatheriood of
God they instituted the brotherhood of
man. One of their descendants has said
that the first thing the Pilgrim fathers
did after they set their feet Oh Plymouth
Rock was to fall upon their knees, and
he adds the next was to
Fall Upon the Aborigines.'
"The Dutch" he farther says, settled
New York, and the Pilgrim fathers set
tied the Dutch. They grew and thrived
for number of years in New England,
Wringlng subsistence from the stingy
soil or from the stormy sea; then they
spread over the continent until now.
two hundred and seventy years after the
discovery of the continent. there is not
an unorganized acre of land under our
flag" Mr.. Ingalls, does not believe that
legislation can either make or unmake
the prosperity of the people. He told
of our unprecedented advance in wealth
as people since the days of the Decla-
ration of Independence, citing George
Washington as the richest man in
America at that time, land his wealth. all
told, amounted only to $650,000. That
was one hundred and ninetv-three years
ago. Today there are scores OF men
who count their wealth. all lne way
from one million to hundreds OF mill
ions. All these men with the eXcep-
ton of the Astors and Vanderbilts
have made their own money, and largely
within the past thirty years, but there
are no legal enactments to make man
rich OF poor. The difference in men i'll
this matter is made by their creator, not
by law. "rOnight saw in the study OF
the pastor of this church a chrOmO-llth-
ograph of picture that you are doubt
less well acquainted with, either by copy
or In the original. 1t is called Christ
before Plate" 1t was only a few tubes
of paint, no larger than my finger, or
few spoonfuls of oil that could have
been bought for few cents. few cam
ePs hair brushes, a few square feet OF
canvas Oh the wall, but it sold tor
800, 900. | have no doubt that the
daubster who has difficulty in selling
his pot boilers for $3.50 looks at that
masterpiece as a fair example of the
combination of capital against labor;
, Mr.. ingalls, referred quite graphically
10 what he considered the real danger
that threatens our country, and drew
narrowing picture Of the siuns Of Ne"