The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-07
MIR. INGALLs' SPEECH.
Address Delivered by John James Ingalls,
at Eureka Last Night.

Address Delivered by John James Ingalls,
at Eureka Last Night.
In responding to the introduction of
Judge Davis Mr.. Ingalls, said: 81 am
glad to see that this great audience
which is Assem- bled here tonight effec-
tually repels the truth of that ancient
saying that a prophet is not without
honor save in his own country and among
his own kim
Mr.. ingalls, then recounted his coming
to Kansas and said gallantly, 81 remem-
Der very well when l came to this terri
tory a boy from Massachusetts in 1853"
and very slowly, before any lady in this
house was born.' This pleased the
ladies and several of the oldest blushed
and looked confused.
'Since the time when I came to Kan
sas and was elected delegate to the ter
ritorial legislature I've been before the
people in some public capacity almost
continually. have said great many
things which 1 have forgotten and
a great many things which 1 wish every
body else had forgotten. l have been
represented as saying a great many
| things which did not utter and great
many things have been misconstrued and
misinterpreted which did utter.
"This is the first time in thirty-seven
years that l have spoken in this state
where an admission fee was charged and
I confess to you that don't feel at home
on this platform"
Mr.. Ingalls, said that though he had
been advertised to speak on some of the
social and political problems of the day
he did not intend to make a political
speech. He made this statement be said
because his motives in delivering this
lecture had sometimes been impugned
and he related an instance
A Story of Rev. Rowland Hill.
''Once when l was to deliver a speech
in the state of Arkansaw," said he, San
| injurious journalist (Mr. Ingalls, accented
the inj urious with q characteristic sar-
castle emphasis) called on his readers to
remain away from the speech because
under the guise of Secure 1 would
make political speech in behalf of the
party to which l was suspected of be-
| longing.
81 confess it reminded me of an incl
dent which happened to Rev. Rowland
Hill, a minister of the church of Eng
land. He received a letter accusing him
I of pride because he rode to church in a
coach, while the Great Master rode into
Jerusalem on an ass. Mr.. Hill read the
letter in church at the opening of the
| Sunday service without giving the ap
| pended name, and said: i admit thai
| the accusation Is True. ana II the g0QLl9
man who wrote this letter will appear a
the vestry door at the close of the ser
vices with a saddle and bride on, will
ride him home"
Before proceeding to his main subjec
Mr. Ingalls, related story concerning
himself which happened at Hanover, n
| H., when he was there to address the
| students of Dartmouth college. H'
said: Il was sitting at the ho
tel table at which were three
young men. One of them wa
as l afterwards learned u professor anC
the two others students. One of the lat
| ter leaned over toward me and addressed
me very courteously by name. He sale
he recognized me by the cartoons he haC
seen of me in the comic newspapers. :
suppose said | 10 reply that am thu
only man who has been in public life il
the last twenty years to whom a carica
ture does no injustice
Taking up his subject Mr. ingalls, said
"What to my mind is the most grievou
peril, the most serious danger which
confronts the people of the United State
today is the Indifference, negligence
ignorance and inattention of the educat
ed, thoughtful class of its citizens to dis
charge their rightful duties and obliga
tions. For all that many of them know
of the functions of citizenship they nigh
as well be subjects of the Sultan of 1u1
key or the Gar of Russia"
Women Indifferent to Suffrage.
The speaker next touched upon woma
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