The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-24
FATE RECORDS IT
THAT'S WHAT INGALLS, SAYS OF
a'KINLEY ELECTION.

/ Voter is Now Beyond the Spell Binding
Influence Of the Orztor-Pe Personal Con-
tact is What VIII strai.hten the wav-
ing aud Convince the Doubling Says
Bryan was Nominated by an Audience
and Not by Convention.
Ex-senator john ]. ingalls, was in the
city yesterday and stopped at the Man
haitian. where he occupied room %.
| When a reporter for the Eagle called
/ there the superb Kansan occupied his
I favorite position on the bed. He was
alone and evidently had been half asleep
(. The room was dark. The murky sky
! cast gloom over everything ABOUT the
| place and the senator was gazing az the
ceiling without the aid of his glasses II
anybody could have deviued his
thoughts they would be found very in
/ terestins. That his mind was at work
could be seen at glance by the dis
| ordered condition Of hair. That his
fingers had narrowed through the gray
locks there was 10 doubt. He might
have been thinking OF the future or ne
might have been thinking of the past.
He might nave seen fortune beckoning
| nin 10 the vacant chair Of PETER or he
| might have seen only the shadows of
historic figures passing in review before
his vision. He may have been listening
70 the dying echoes OF an applauding
nation or he may have been simply
catching the initial swall OF that grand
diapason of victory which the stump
speakers love SO we'll 20 talk about II
may have been that ne might have heard
the first faint note OF the enemy's
triumphant yell in the ten-day distance
or he may have been quietly coming an
epigram for his next meeting All the
reporter for the Eagle saw and heard
were the same picturesque figure and
the same deep toned voice of the Atch-
ison genius-that figure that graced the
halls of congress for eighteen long years.
and that voice that thrilled a nation for
similar period.
Where are you going, senator?'
Il am going hunting my mail. I have
found some OF it here, 1 expect 10 find
some more of il at Hutchinson and
may pick up some Of it at Mcpherson"
Is your speaking tour over?''
No, not quite. 1 viii speak all next
week and on Saturday night / viii re-
turn to Atchison and wait"
For what?"
For the results Of what will be. to
my mind. the most remarkable election
in the history of the United States"
And that result win be-
''Mekinley's election
You have no doubt about it?"
No, because fate records IT,"
Are the votes all made yet?''
Yes. What / mean by that Is that
the mission OF the orator in this cam
paign is ended. The orator has nothing
new 20 tell, now. His argument 70 the
public is as dull as a twice told tale.
Every man has heard il from two 10 a
dozen times. It is more monotonous
than the chime OF bell TO an old sex
ton. II any more votes are 10 be made !
il be by contact between man and man. |
II will be this species of personal in
1uence and not oratory that win
strengthen the wayerins and convince |
the doubling"
What Mr.. ingalls, meant by this is |
that voters whose opinions are now fix |
ed cannot be changed.
What do you think OF Bryan?" was |
asked of Mr.. ingalls,.
He is a young man OF endurance and /
an adroit campaigner."
What do you think OF his speeches."
He says very little that is new. l /
heard him at Kansas City. and while he /
draws immense crowds the enthusiasm /
he creates is not general IL is spas !
modic''
When Mr. ingalls, was asked about |
orators ne said:
1T takes three things 10 make an ora
tor. He must be a fine speaker. he must
have the opportunity and he must nave
the audience. Mr.. Bryan had his OppOr-
tunity and his audience in Chicago. II /
was the audience that nominated him +
for president. II you have read MS
speach you will find that there was not
very much to it. I read it at the time
and IL seemed fat TO me. Mr. Bryan IS
fortunate as an orator and leader. IN
one thing He has the infiamable mater
ial to work on. All the elements for q
meteoric campaign are-i in his favor. He
has the disconnected on his side and ne
has the adroitnesS 10 play on their
weakness. He holds the combines ard |
trusts up before them and. without |
thinking, their passions ara aroused. !
They Do not remember that the Repub-
lican party passed an antitrust law by 1
which every one of them could be taken I
by the neck and chOkei 20 death mad
IL not been for the incOmpetency OF the
Democratic party 10 enforce the laws
against them. l know that the Law
against the trusts Is sufficiently strong
10 smash them for I was a member OF
the judiciary committee at toe time Il
Has framed"