The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-19
INGALLS, DRESSED DOWN.
SCOUTING MUD AND BAD LANGUAGE
FROM THE GUTTER,
Is His Present Occupation, as White
law Reid Sees 1.-THE New York
Editor Rather Severe on the Erst-
p while Kansas Politician.

CHICAGO. July 1.-THE Hon. White
law Reid, ex-minister to France, who,
with his family, has been seeing the
worlds fair. putting in ten or twelve
hours a day in that way for some days
past, was caught last night by a re-
porter just as he was starting back for
New York. Mr. Reid expressed great
delight with the fair, saying he had
watched its progress since last summer
and that the effect was finer than he
had anticipated even when he attended
the official opening. It surpasses the
worlds fair previously held in many
particulars. 1t is equal to any in nearly
everything. 1t is out of sight of any
as to buildings, but enough has been
said as to that. 1t is equally out Of sight
as to the introduction Of waterways, and
the enormous multiplication thus given
for novel and picturesque effects; and
of this enough has been said, and the
Eastern public has no adequate concep-
ton of ii. 1t surpasses any previous
fair on the material side as much as in
the last third Of century America has
surpassed Europe in material progress:
and on the artistic side it is a great sur
prise, coming much nearer rivaling the
Paris exposition than most people
thought possible. Nothing but the I'M
rivalled resources of the French ma
tional museums gave them an advan-
tage.
The reporter asked Mr.. Reid If he
had read ex-senator ingalls, criticism Of
his candidacy for the vice-presidency.
NO" said Mr. Reid, but you know
1 was not in favor Of that nomination
myself. so that probably the ex-senator
and 1 would not differ materially"
The reporter thought they might. and
showed Mr.. Reid the passage where Mr..
ingalls, sneered at him as luxurious
and an aristocrat, objected to his dress.
manners and ways, and spoke of his
"supercilious insults to laboring men"
That" said Mr.. Reid, with more seri-
BUSINESS, els absurd. L have been a la
boring man myself, far more than Mr..
Ingalls, ever was; and he will probably
be puzzled TO specify any insult super
cilious or otherwise, that / 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 the
fifteen-year-old strike, which was set
tied to the satisfaction of the labor I'M
ions themselves, is sheer clap-trap any
way. There never were "A thousand
votes affected by it in New York, even
when it was an open question. To say
that after il was settled to their entire
satisfaction the labor unions still car
ried IL into politics is to accuse them
not merely of bad faith, but OF a sys-
tematic violation of their own cardinal
principles; and is thus Offering them the
grossest insults. OF course oVr op-
ponents made a great hubbub about il,
but most of those whom they class were
influenced already on their side 1
doubt If Mr.. Powderly or any other
equally reputable and responsible labor
leader will say that the question turned
a thousand votes in the United States
last fan. Certainly it did not turn one
where a single rifle shot at the Carnegie
works turned thousands"
What about the NERVOUSNESS and
the aristocracy?" urged the reporter.
"Oh, pshaw," said Mr.. Reid, who
ever heard before of a rational mans
attacking a candidate because he was
decently fond of his wife? The rest Of
Mr.. Ingalls, complaint seems TO be that
in other particulars also 1 act like a gem
tleman. Well, out in Kansas they sure
ly did not bring that accusation against
him. And yet when he was last a candi-
date, although he abandoned his sup
posed principles and crawled in the dirt
before them, Mrs. Lease and Mr.. PETER
thrust him into the gutter. He has been
lying there ever since, spouting mud
and bad language"
What can be his motive for the at
tack?" pursued the reporter
How do l know; and what's the good
of guessing? He seems to lack employ
ment since he was thrown out Of office
holding, and l suppose the man must
make a living by lecturing or writing
for the syndicat ties. 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 a CHEEKY "good-by'' the
New York editor swung into a car and
started for his train.