The evening times., 1895-08-19
How His Rs-entry Into Politics
Is Regarded Here.
KANSAS VIEW OF HIS CHANCE
He Is Charged With Being Compro-
missed With Monopolies nd to Plead
Falsely to Poverty-His Position on
the Financial Question Not Very
Clearly Defined.

The proposed re-entrance into active po
| litical life of ex-senator John ]. Ingalls,, OF
Kansas, is at present the basis ofmore gossip
| in this city than the similar resurrection OF
any defunct statesman which has for years
been attempted.
During a residence of eighteen years in
Washington Mr.. ingalls, became familiar
| figure to local residents as well as visitors
| and tourists who thronged the galleries OF
| the Capitol and desired to be shown the tan,
gaunt form and grizzled head OF the sar-
castle Kansan.
Not only as q maker of pyrotechnic
speeches in the Senate, after due and suffi-
cient announcement for the benefit of his
associates and prospective spectators, but
as a regular patron OF the street cars and
an habitual customer of the secondhand
book stores, where he sought the unique and
antique in literature, Mr.. Ingalls, became
unusually well known, so far as his person
ality was concerned, 10 those living per-
manently In this city.
Although the election OF legislature
which will choose Mr.. Peffer's successor
does not Ia ke place until year from next
a crossroads and bayfield, canvass. He is
journeying through the by ways an d hedges,
attempting to relax to the utmost his frigid
personality, and 10 make such friends Of
the farmer and his hired man as will be of
substantial benefit when the contest shall
actually be at hand.
HAS A NEW SPEECH.
A citizen of Kansas familiar with local
politics, now in the city, says that the chief
excitement in that State is produced by the
report that ex-senator ingalls, has pre-
pared an entirely new speech for home
consumption. During q service of eighteen
years in the United States Senate his con-
stituents ON many occasions read in sam
pie copies OF the Congressional Record i'm
passioned outbursts of eluquence and sky
high flights OF rhetoric which had tongue
tied his associates and speilbound the gal
leries. But when he took the rostrum among
his fellow citizens he pursued an economi-
cal policy and reserved his ammunition for
bigger game Whenever 1t was Necessary
to deliver a speech in Kansas the same old
one was utilized, and this, il Is alleged,
continued for period Of eighteen years.
"Will Ingalls, be elected, to succeed PEI
fer?" said the visiting Kansan. Not by
any manner OF means OF any process of
reckoning. or his three election To the
Senate but one was secured without op-
position The other two were bitterly con-
tested. On these occasions Mr. ingalls,
pleaded poverty. Now he is known to be
worth at least half million dollars. and
he must hereafter pay the expenses of run
ming his own machine. He never had any
personal popularity in the state.
TAINT OF MONOPOLIES
He has for years been accused of actively
aiding and abetting various monopolies.
Do you know that out I'm Kansas they say
that it was Mr.. Ingalls, who secured the
passage of legislation by which the Penn,
sylvania Railroad was enabled to enter
Washington and occupy its present Sixth
street depot, They allege that he was paid
$25 900 as attorney for the road in that
case alone. He was elected president pro
tenn of the Senate because he was a poor
man, but do you know that he had property
scattered all over this city? 1t is even
said to be a matter OF record that he owns
one-fourth interest in the Washington
Loan and Trust building.
"A definition of his position on the finan-
ton would be too intricate for Solomon.
He was for a gold standard then favored
free coinage and afterwards tried to ride
two horses at once. He is now on the
fence looking for a soft spot to jump.
There is not a paper in Kansas that ad-
vocates Mr. ingalls, election to the Senate,
unless tue proprietor hopes to be personally
benefited by his success. He will doubtless
go into the campaign, stick to the last
and manage his own candidacy. Other as
pirants will not he in the least terrified or
Influenced to remain out of the race. Mr..
Ingalls, will gain nothing by beginning his
canvass a year in advance of the others.
1t will weaken rathert than strengthen him."
A success OH its merits! The Even.