The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-08
INGALLS, ON HARRISON
SENTIMENT IN WEST SWUNG ROUND
STRONGLY FOR Ex-PREsIDExT.
The Ex-senator from Kansas Talks
Interestingly About the Different
Presidential Possibilities.

and came here to spend Sunday. He lee
tured, Friday night, at Anderson, and his
next date being at Lincoln, ILL.,, to-mor-
row night, he thought there was no better
place than here to spend the intervening
time. He was seen last night and was not
ayerse to talking on public matters.
IF General Harrison should be nomi-
mated" he said. ''he will receive a strong
support in the West. The sentiment out
there in the last few months has swung
around wonderfully for Mr.. Harrison. The
people recognize in him a man who is con-
sentative and, withal. brilliant and brainy
man, who has scarcely peer in the coun-
try. / regard Mr.. Harrison as a man who
has had a wonderful growth since he
passed his fftieth year. Since leaving the
Senate he has developed as few men ever
do at that age. His intellectual power is
something grand and he has the faculty 10
meet difficult and abstruse questions in a
way that treasures the people. 1 regard
him as the strongest man in the party
What Of some of the others who are
mentioned for the presidency? How does
Mr.. Mckinley stand west of the Missis-
sippi river?''
Il cannot speak as to him for any part
of the West, except Kansas, for know lit
tie of the general sentiment. Mr.. Mckinley
had strong following in Kansas. He has
made il by his visits to the State. Several
times when we needed a good man from
some other State Mr.. Mckinley has, at
great personal sacrifice. made speeches In
our State and this has given him a very
warm personal following. AS to the fol-
lowing he might have outside of this per-
sonal feeling of friendship / know little.
II regard Allison as strong man, too.
Ills perfectly clean record In Congress,
where he has been for nearly forty years,
mas made him many friends. he has way
OF reserying his opinion until everybody else
mas expressed himself and then he has the
advantage of their views to guide him.
This has given him the name of being ex-
tremely conservative and has strengthened
his chances. With all this, however, / do
not consider him the equal of Mr.. Harrison
In many ways. Without meaning to dispar-
age Mr.. Allison. / should say that he has
ICES General Harrison. This might be said
or many OF our public men, for in this re-
gard Mr.. Harrison is a bright exception,
try have possessed. All In ALL / consider Mr..
pie OF the West"
The conversation then turned to the poll
Indiana is peculiar State" he said.
IT has been school OF politics such as
can be found nowhere else in the United
states. Always close, 1t waivers from side
TO side In way TO make the shrewdest Of
its politicians unable to say just what
tainty has necessitated great deal of hard
work and has taught the people many
things in golities that they could not learn
what has developed such leaders as Hen
bricks and Morton and their prototypes of
to-day. They were schoOled In political
that b brought out all the latent
those who were the natural leaders. 1t is
a State In which no man can make of
Ste is not Sc oe
What do you. think OF the future OF the
Populist party?'
has run its time and will soon be de-
funct; its members will, however, be just
as active in the future unless the remedy
that Is now in the hands of the Repub-
leans Is applied. AS Populists their time
has come, but under another name the
principles of the party will live until some
te 10 long as we
and labor troubles, brought about by unjust
oppression, we will have Populism, either
under that or some other name. The party
part Of part of the people Cor their wrongs
to be righted; when this is done there will
or any other name. but until then such a
party will exist and worry the old parties .
Mr.. ingalls, was very charitable towards
form. He attributed it largely to the man
ager who had charge OF the tour. He re-
called the fact that mans popularity IN
public life. and especially in partisan poll
tics, divides the people in their prejudices
and gives the speaker possible audience
of only one-half of them. Then again, he
said, the popularity of man at a distance
on the platform and delivering a set lee
ture; he then becomes a citizen or parti-
san. IL the latter. his possible audience is
the former he must depend almost entirely
upon the substance OF his lecture. and not
on his own personality. Mr.. ingalls, thought
tour successful. He said no man could
start out, unknown as lecturer, at s1.5O
admission and draw crowds sufficient 10
make the trip successful His own exper-
fence. he said. had been that man must
begin at the bottom when he takes the lee
ture platform and make his name as lee
turer regardless of his past record as a
public man. Mr.. Ingalls, will be at the
Grand until tomorrow morning.
Concerning the money question, Mr.. In
gals said to another Journal representatives
Il do not anticipate any important or rad
ical legislation upon the financial question
or the tariff at the present session OF Con-
and the President are diametricaly opposed
TO each other, and the attitude of the SEN
ate Is doubtful L am a bimetalist that
Is, 1 am believer in the use of gold and
silver as money as provided in the Consti.
tuition. Realizing, however, that all con-
troverted questions result at last in COM
reach some basis resting upon mutual con-
cession, and that neither the advocates OF
the gold standard or the free coinage OF
silver will obtain all that they de-
sire. International agreement as an ele-
ment In the controversy, appears to me to
be very remote, If not entirely unattain-
able. / believe that ii will be entirely safe
and conservative to establish the free coin
age of American silver, but even this under
existing complications does not appear to
be probable
In the present condition of public opin-
ion. II IS not likely that the proposition TO
retire greenbacks will be received with IA
vor. as it would result in a violent and ex-
cessive contraction OF the currency. which
is already too small for the business inter
eSts of the country"
In answer TO the question as to whether
he was a candidate for the Senate he said
When retired from public life I an
nounced that If I ever returned I preferred
to begin where left off and resume nv
former seat m the Senate, when Il became
vacant by the expiration of Mr.. PETERS
term My impression that If a Repub-
hcan Legislature shall be chosen next wear
which now seems certain. that l may be re-
turned TO the Senate. There are however
many strong and able candidates who have
their friends and supporters, so il is limos
sible 10 predict the result"