The advocate., 1895-10-02
STORIES OF THE DAY.

Comrsde Ingalls,, ex-senator, seems
to have placed his senatorial advertis-
ing in charge Of a syndicate under con-
tract to have q certain amount Of news.
paper space filed regularly with In
gals matter. Frank G. Carpenter, q
popular syndicate writer, has recently
dlshed up couple Of columns Of this
kind of matter, for q number of lead
ing papers, in which he presents the
ex.statesman ss q hero-martyr. The
article smsCks of romance but it is no
less entertaining for that. It tells
low In the early Kansas days Mr.. In
gals looked into the muzzles Of guns
and 6etied rufians who threatened his
life; how he quietly slipped into the
senstorship as On honest candidate
against the bribe.giver, Pomeroy; how
he lifted hair and took scalps on the
floor Of the senate, and how he Is now
making the fight of his life to be re-
turned to the American house of lords,
Mr.. Carpenter also tells story which
he says he got from Kansas congress
man, Of how Mr.. Ingalls, refused q
chance to succeed PETER as senator,
This Is doubtless q slip Of the pen for
the author must have referred to the
election of 1891. There has never yet
been an election of successor to Sena-
tor PETER. But the story is interesting
at any rate. Here 1t is:
Ingalls,, you know, has plenty Of friends In
Kansas, and lots Of rich ones. The people ouI
there know that he 10 conservative, and that
he is never going to espouse any cranky OF
crazy idea Of soclalistic or anarchistic ma
turs. Some Of his friends had made all ar
rangements for fixing the legislature. They
had the promise OF fourteen of the populists-
won't say how they got them, but they had
them, and these fourteen men had agreed to
90 back on their party and vote for Ingalls,
This would have carried the election. At the
very last moment Ingalls, was told that these
men were to vote for him. he suspected at
once as to how they had been gotten, and
when he learned the truth he refused to &C.
cept a reelection that way. He said he would
expose the whole plot, II the attempt was
made to corrupt any Of the legislators and in
the flfty.ninth minute OF the last hour before
the election he spoiled the whole game. What
we should have done was to have gone on and
finished the election before telling him any
thing about 1t. He could not have gone back
upon as after he had been elected.
Now, that is Q nice story, but 1t
don't agree with the one that is gen
orally believed in Kansas, regarding
the election Of 1891. 1t is this: Billy
Buchan, manager of the ingalls, cam
psign, informed his chief shortly be-
fore the senatorial election that more
money was necessary to make his cleo
tion sure. Mr.. Ingalls, replied that he
would not put up any more money on
Q speculation, but If there was any
settling to do 1t must be done after he
was elected. He was not elected. II
was publicly said that anumber Of anti
Ingalls, members had agreed to vote
for him for q consideration, but no one
who was acquainted with the makeup
of that legislature believes they would
have done so. If Mr.. Ingalls, refused
to pay Mr.. Buchsn In advance he OK,
hibited good judgment in doing so.
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