Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-18

| the earth earthly, he gets himself up IN
b touem attire, which is easily accomplished
| ny wrapping his wasp-like frame in a
rousn gray overcoat, which became famous
~ ms pontical campaigns. This with a
tra.sS white SLOUGH hat completes the
| transformation, and his appearance on the
| streets is signal for an ovation at every
| Sueet corner Everybody knows him and
ne hnows everybody, and he never passes
| t Hu aaeIuaintance without his familiar and
| inevitable how are your" There are more
pupnc-spir1ted and more popular men I'm
a; A.cnison than ingalls,. but not one SO great
| ~ dumlred- Unfortunately this man AZ
gifted, has no sympathy with the conar,or
| peopie. hao nature endowed him with this
one missing element. there had been no
IN tbe 1rn palsy IN karsas row: no PETER
4 ~ tnc Cnitea states Ser ate. Sometimes Wa
near II said that the republican nrty uas
| Ieleateo IN Kansas in 1880. 1t was John
lanes ingalls, who was defeated and the
party only went down In the wreck
The ex-Senators favorite pastime is horse-
back riding. He likes to ride alone for.
alner an teat may be said about his good
ties, to Ingalls, the most coneenial COM
panlon Is ingalls,. He sits a horse with
atntary exactness and makes a striking
n iigure as ne canters over hills and across
country, Tor he despises the highroads, and
petakes himself to the woods as quickly an
ne can get away from urban right anales-
TVS rtrs fs s, ride is down the Missouri
INec piuns TO the now deserted townsits
OF sumner, three miles from his house
S Snee an AMBITIOUS city OF 500 inhabitants
s uut no" without a roof Here Ingalls, first
SET SCI MS stake when he came to Kansas in
IooI. II Is wooded region and he known
Every pride path and by-road for miles
anS L. ne Is OF poetic turn OF mind.
anu anu tnese scenes OF his early manhood are
inspiring 10 him. Entertaining on All sub
?ects, ingalls, is never SO delightful as when
inoulging In "reminiscences Of Sumner. He
reverts to them fondly as other men "a
memories OF their childhood and a hr1eht
Gay seldom passes in the spring or fali
tnat ne does not mount his horse ana taks
on ai Sa. over the hills so dear to him
Cne Gay IN one OF these excursions he
lie Snanceo 70 look in on a district school To
ms surprise. pupils and schoolmarm etam-
p Pee tor the brush. He is an odd, angu.
Ior unatic who had escaped from custody
ana was reported to be at large in ths
s sic,nity; ingalls, owns a large body Of
potion land south of Sumner and one dav
ne extended mis- ride to look n over "a
FOUND that In the years that had interven-
49,, 81 since MS previous visit the Missouri
the tract, although he had been navtnc
taxes on IL faithfully. Returning 70 town
ne related the circumstance and added
ma, rria. she missouri river and the school,
aiarms We're last making Walnut town.
ship republican. 1t was a native of this
democratic bottom region, Jonathan Lang
m maon ansaiIs made the subject OF his
magazine article, Catfish Aristocracy"
which gained him his first fame In ntera-
lure twenty years ago. At Sumner one
gay IN the early spring about the same
Blue Grass"
Ingalls, and His Family.
None OF ingalls, children inherit his rem.
ius or his peculiar intellectual Qualities In
gaIls admits this himself, although his old
est daughter makes some pretensions to His
styie as writer and one Of his sons affects
MS mannerisms. But they are like him In
nothing. He is Of his own kind, and there
Will never be another like him His WIFE
snd children are naturally very proud OF
him he has given his children ali the ad-
vantages OF education. -Four have already
graduated and are out OF school Three are
sun IN school, and will be given the same
careful instruction. While Ingalls, time has
been given much 10 public affairs ana the
rostrum, he has had personal supervision OF
the Intellectual training of his children He
Is boy among them, and when they were
all little tots ii was his custom TO gather
them about him after the evening meal and
relate TO them a story of The Brigand OF
the Buchanan Hills" until their bedtime. Il
imagination and portrayed the life and ad-
ventures OF supposed characters that in
rested Buchanan county, In Missouri, oppo-
site Atchlson- The story ran through sew
eral years. and since his retirement from
the Senate he has taken up the thread
again and Is telling IL to two little ones who
are Just growing into girlhood- Mrs. In
gals and the older children are as ready to
hear the narrative as in former years ana
1t Is said to be as thrilling in interest as the
romances Of ancient times. He exacted per-
feet discipline among his children. and in
consequence it is an ideal family. The two
older boys have adopted the profession OF
law. None OF his children have married
and all live under the parental roof except
one son, who Is located at Topeka
What is to become OF Ingalls, politically
He is not dead man by any means, nor on
the shelf. He Is only sixty, and HIS mind
is as alert active and keen as when he bat
led in he "a xr-fff r1k <-lo
Hill, Blackburn and Voorhees,, and that he
still takes an interest in public Affairs 70
manifested by his frequent utterances on
the new issues which have risen since he
was turned down by the people In 1890. The
one thing In the way OF his return TO pub
lie life is his lack of a party utilization. and
this he is probably in no hurry TO remove
He may not consistently be a democrat,
and he has turned his back on the republi-
can party, although the door is open for
him to return to the fold. But the crowd
seems In the west to be going In another
direction, and In the short time he has yet
to live and perform new deeds. IL stands
him in hand to go with the crowd. He 10
in a state OF transition. This is proved by
one of his utterances when the silver mines
of Colorado shut down. He said, II the At
Gibson Globe quoted him correctly. that the
country was fast tending toward a revolu-
ton, which would result in a redistribution
OF property. THE day is not far distant"
he said, when the millionaire will occupy
the hut Of the pauper, and the pauper will
Denver the piteous cry goes up for bread.
In New York city the cry goes up for gold.
When these two panicky conditions meet In
the great Mississippi valley, chaos and
anarchy will follow" This puts him In
line with Mary Z. Lease and Jerry Simp-
son, although he does not now affiliate with
that crowd. His opportunity viii better
come when the proposed new party 10
organized, II such thing is 70 be; IL not
he will land in the peoples party. and get
at the head OF the procession at the first
chance. The populists are looking for him.
and he would be a welcome recruit, much
as they have abused and punished him. he
has the faculty Of turning foes into friends
by the power Of his matches oratory, un-
eQualed In Kansas since Jim Lane whom
he so fiercely hated and to whom he re-
fused to surrender when that famous poll
tician ruled the republican party In the
state. This power was illustrated In the
state house here in Topeka, scarcely three
years ago. when II was fashionable among
republicans to rail at him. The occasion
was the annual meeting Of the Republican
League, an organization of young men.
He was invited to address the meeting and
he came. The old leaders OF the party
tried to adjourn the meeting before the
hour for him to speak arrived. but the
crowd was curious to hear him and re-
f1sAd IN adjourn. The hour for him IN