The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-17
Mr.IngalIS Declares the Business
Boom is a Fiction.
Depression is Due to the Present
Administration.
SILVER A LIVE ISSUE.
The People Need More Money
and Demand 1t.
Republican Candidates Must be
Good Ones.

CHIcAGo, Oct II. - Elk Senator In
gals Of Kansas, who IS in the city, has
been interviewed on the business and
political situations. Elk Senator Ingalls, is
a pessimist in business matters and con-
temner of Democratic rule. What is
more, he says the country is in such
deplorable condition as to seal the fate of
Democracy.
II am not a calamity bowler" said he,
at the Victoria, "Out l am satisfied that
the reported boom in business is a tic
ton; that the people know it and
attribute the de preston il trade to
the present Illustration, and that
the condition of the country will
make the silver question one of the
most vital issues Of the coming cam
paign Everything is uncertain, tentative
Merchants do not knos what steps TO
take, and 90 far as the revival in trade
goes it is measured only By the aeces-
sites of the people. An Incident viii
illustrate the condition OF affairs. When
I csme 20 town the sleeper was in had
one other passenger, aud the next
sleeper hadn't a berth made up The
people were in the day coaches, spend
ing what they had 10 and no more. That
is the nature of the financial boom, and
the circumstances augur Il political mp
heaval. Democracy is a back mum
Der.
"Republican prospects are good. but
that party viii have to pus up its best
material or il. too, VIII lie left IN the race
Popu.isn was q direct and natural
growth OF political conditions, and the
people IN the coming campaign will be
ripe for the revival of Popuiism or the
Inauguration of similar parry. It is
idle TO speculate about the Democratic
standard bearer in the national fight
The party viii simply put up I man 10
have him knocked down. Harrison,
thought, was strong with the Republicans,
but his chances thi X, were killed byN0w
\ or6 politicians Mckinley is probably
the Republicans strongest man. His rec
ord Is clean and he is d popular leader.
His weakest point is that he is identified
with only one thing-proteetiou
There are o,her Issues of equal i'm
portance, and 1t IS not unlikely that the
voters will declare 50 before a nomination
is made Against Reed is the popular
cry against autocratic dictatorship. These
national Interests are far off, but they
tend TO shape local campaigns and cleo
tious. The tide is from the Democrats to
the Republicans, and viii remain so I'M
less the action OF the Republican lead
ers forces into the field d new party to
split the vote and bring disaster.
The reason I think silver will be a
potent factor in the national election is
that there Is not enough money IN actual
circulation. There are not liNelv to be
any more bank notes. The natural in
crease in population is 10 per cent a
year. The people need more money in
circulation. aud demand it. and the only
source from which it is to come is a
rational bimetallism The fact that you
can hire money che2Der in New York is
no relief to the masses, who could not
hire it from lack of security They want
money passing constantly from hand to
hand, not boarded in New York, and
hence the significance Of the silver issue
in national politics"