The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-06


Record BimetalIIst,
Lyons. Kan, Aug. 5.-SpeciaL)-Yes
terday viii go down in the history o
Rice county politics as a red letter dal
or the most fiery hue. Il was ingalls,
day, and the attenuated ex-senator, at
tired in his everlasting suit Of gray, de
iivered characteristic speech 10 ar
audience made up Of the whole OF Rice
county, and large contingents from ad
joining counties.
The speech was preceded by a very
crediable parade in which more thar
1000 people participated At . o'clock
| 5000 people had assembled in the park
and for two hours they listened to Mr.
| Ingalls,, under the fierce rays of a Kan
| sas August sun
Harry Taylor. candidate for repre-
sentative, presided, and, after a few r.
marks by Judge J. c. Cole, Mr.. ingalls,
| was introduced He received an ova-
| ton The demonstration was the for
nal opening OF the Republican national
campaign in Rice county, and, incident
ally, the formal opening Of Mr.. Ingalls,
| campaign for election TO the United
States senate. Mr.. ingalls, lost no time
in plunging into the midst of his subject
Il should be glad he said, after a
| brief introduction, of the opportunity
Of representing this constituency that
has so hOnored me in the past for one
term more In the United States senate;
nor would 1 limit the time to one term.
L come Of a family noted for its loage-
witty Oaughter) My mother still
lives at the age of S. years. I am just
past 60; that would give me three more
terms and a little TO spare. daughter
4 have been told that resolutions in
structing your representatives to vote
for me will draw votes away from the
candidates. There is one thing more
important that my return 70 the SEN
ate, and that is the election of Repub-
9ican legislature. (Applause.) II any
votes viii be repealed from your can
didates because Of being instructed for
me, I hereby cordially and publicly,
with the concurrence Of my constitu-
ency, release them from that obligation.
tCheers) l should Ike very much, in
deed, another term in the senate; but,
above al, in this great crisis, this con-
test between the destructive and the
conservative forces of our civilization,
IL the Importance OF electing Republi-
can administration and legislature
Il have also heard IL said, in censure
and reproach, that I have been tardy
and slow and delinquent in asserting
my devotion 10 Republtcanism. I am a
charter member OF the Republican par
" in Kansas (Applause) My first
vote was cast for John c. Fremont, and
in the thirty-seven years since then,
period which has bridged and spanned
the pathetic gulf between the confines
OF youth and the. boundaries of age, I
have never scra tched a Republican bal
lot nor bolted a Republican candidate.
(Applause.)
Il have also been accused OF being
vascillatfng. A man who has subscrib-
ed to every Republican platform, city,
county, state and national, for thirty
seven years, has had to be vascillatine,
daughter and applause.) 1 have been
for prohibition and against il, though I
never was a believer in political prohi-
bition. have been for and against fe-
male suffrage, though / always believed
that female suffrage failed from the in
difference of women, rather than the
hostility of men. have been for and
against civil service reform, though I
believe il an unworthy and unpatriotio
political doctrine. depriving American
citizens the right OF citizenship and
American men Of the preoga lives Of
American manhood. / have been for
the free coinage OF silver, because, in
1880, the Republicans OF Kansas de-
clared for il; I have been for bimetaill-
ism, because, in 1855 and 1892, and on
divers and sundry other occasions. Re-
pubhcans have been for bimetalhsm.
Some hostile editor has declared that
am dilatory IN defining my position
On the money plank OF the St Louis
platform II happens that was the
first man in the United States to declare
myself at Wichita, on June S. declar
ed l would stand on any platform the
party might make, even
gold monometahSm, because there is
1ne curse greater than the alleged curse
Of gold recommendation, and that is the
curse OF Democracy. CApplause) II
Endorsed the platform before II was
written and climbed upon il before it
vas constructed. I don't have to take |
an oath of allegiance every day before |
/ notary public or a justice OF the peace /!
have stood on too many platforms
he Republican party can't make a plat !
'orm I would not stand on (Applause) l
The fact Is that TO the Republican |
,arty we owe the privilege OF standing |
IND Pacific railroad laws. not furrow 1
would be traced west OF the Missouri 1
liver. Four millions OF people eman- !
,ipated. an indestrUctible union. an IN I
pounded public credit, universal edu- I
are the monuments Of the /
party. There have been 1
Republican leaders whose wisdom 1 l
lave mis,rusted, and there viii De 9TH 1
- in the future: but on every question /
fiecting the existence. the integrity. |
he honor and the prosperity OF the PEG
Ne. the Republican party has always 4
zen right. and our enemies have always [,
'een wrong. Appiause)
The Republican administration be /,
ian in 1851, and Il ended in 1898: for l
Turing that indefnable and ineXplicable
iiatus, which Almighty God il His IN
mite wisdom. permitted 70 visit the
american people in the first adninistra-
ion Of Grover Cleveland. there was a
republican senate 70 thwaTt his nefs-
1ouS designs He gave warning THAI
II would wage war 70 the death upon
ne protected Industries OF this country.
iou know What happened Our enc
MES say the people have heen growing
'oorer. AMI the rich richer I would
ay tn'ft al have grown poor alike. ex-
ept the shyiocks and the financial b-i-
lands" Applausel
Nr. ingalls, then entered uonn an ex
Iaustive presentation OF statistics. show
ne ne prosperity % the country under
Republican administrator
have been accused he said IN L
continuation. of saying harsh things
oout the Democrats have said s,r,a
aings l have forgotten and wish Others
al forgotten. ! have ornf7e.s things
ought 70 have said. bur II was chiefly
ecause forgot 10 say them. Iausa-