The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-06
viii Fill the Bill

st think Mckinley will be nomlnateu
and have lots of delegates TO spare. Inc
field cannot beat him. because ne i
| the second choice of nearly or the oele-
gates who favor Morton, Reed, ALI
! son or Quay.
THE people associate Mckinley with
protection-and they associate protec-
| ton with prosperity-and they want
good times-and so they will all turn
| towards Mckinley. Allison is an aoie
man. excellent, and would make a good
president. Reed is as able man as the
Republican party has and would make
a good president. Morton is a good
man, generous, honest and level-headed
but these men must wait-at least I'M
til the twentieth century.
'SThe people want protection, pros
perity-McKinley-a l believe they
will get all three. The wire pullers, the
little local bosses and the professional
politicians viii have TO stand one side
or the peope will run over them.
What do you think Of Cuba
"Of course my sympathies are with
the Cubans. l dislike Spain. That
country has always been cruel and 1
pitv any people ruled by Spain. 1 hope
that our country will help the Cubans
If that is done the patriots will succeed.
They would have no trouble in getting
arms. ammunition, money and men. /
do not want Cuba to become part or
orr country unless the Cubans want US.
If Cuba becomes free 1 believe ii VIII
soon be a part of our country. But
whether ii does or not want the patri-
OTIS TO succeed. 1 do not know what
Mr.. Cleveland will do, but he can pro-
badly be depended upon 10 go against
the will Of the people"
Speaking of the attack made on him
by the ministers Of Carthage, No, last
week, when a mass meeting was held
previous to his coming to urge upon
the people not to attend the lecture Of
the infidel, Colonel Ingerson said he
was not at all surprised at the action.
The preachers were not as successful,
he said, as they might have been quar-
ter of a century ago. He thought that
the pastors might have kept some of the
citizens Of Carthage away, but never
theless there was standing room only
for love or money.
Speaking of Rev. Or. Roberts Of Kan
sas City, who breaches in the Unitarian
church of st. Joseph on every Sabbath
evening, Colonel Ingerson said he con-
sidered DR.. Roberts one Of the great
est, if not the greatest, preacher he
knew Of. He had read the sermons Of
the divine and pronounced them excel
lent.
The conversation turned upon the Bill
Taylor hanging, and Colonel Ingersoll
expressed his condemna ton of the en-
tire affair.
81 am very much opposed to capital
punishment" he said. Look at the at
t.tude taken by the government. One
man kills another, and Uncle Sam says:
I'll kill you The murderer is taken
and after being legally tortured has his
life choked out, and the government
cries. 'Nextr Why, it's abominamble."
What have you to offer in place Of
capital punishment, colonel?'
What method would you employ to
both punish and deter criminality?"
In case of murderers, transporta-
ton for life to islands fitted for the pur-
pose. Separate the males and females
so that they cannot propagate Grimm
ais. For other offenses there should
be refor1natories, where those confined
| could be taught useful trades and self
respect, and allowed TO amass a little
money. Then upon their release let
them change their names, and take a
! fresh start, unhampered by past asso-
GATES"
Colonel Ingersoll will end his lecture
tour this week and return TO his home
in New York.