The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-28
INGALLS, ON THE CAMPAIGN
says the Fusion Fight is Concentrat-
ed on the Legislature.

Kansas City, Oct Ex-senator John
T. ingalls, passed through Kansas City
yesterday on his way to Council Grove
kan. where he spoke last night. The
noted Kansan was feeling in excellent
humOr and announced his mission to be
the preaching of pure and Undecided
Republican doctrine
Il am not in the prophecy business,
said MIR. Ingalls, to a reporter for The
World Il am not a soothsayer nor
magician-One able to tOretell the 1u-
ture-but I am convinced that Mckin-
ley is as good as elected. The issues
are made and speeches from now until
election viii do little to change the
minds of voters.
How is the campaign proceeding in
Kansas from Republican stand
pOint?'
.Republican meetings are larger than
ever and there mas been solidifying
of elements which indicates Republican
success. The old soldier element is uni
ted and Republican clubs formed on
every side tell Of gratifying enthusiasm
The opposition appears to be disorgan-
lied"
What will NTcKinley's majority be in
Kansas?7
Il shall be able to tell better on the
4th day of November about that. My
personal Judgment is that it viii be 4
gratifyingly large one"
''Win the Republicans carry the legis-
lature2''
..That is where the fight is now re
piled MI Ingalls, 1.-THE fusion forces
are throwing their strength to elect the
legislature and appear to have let other
issues go by default. In fact, they
seem to be holding few meetin gs-'
THE campaign has been a warm one,
has it nOt2" was asked the ex-senator.
Yes. indeed. But - the element of
chance gives q zest to the preliminary
struggle that is fascinating. 1t used
to be in the past that the Republican
party's nomination in Kansas was
equivalent to an election. The result
hzf Tof M D.
vailed during the canvass. All this dis
appears when the conflict is cIOuded by
the doubts Of uncertainty.
THE national campaign has been
conducted on a high moral plane on
both sides. There has been little mud
throwing done, the issues being dis
cussed in a manner highly commenda-
bic to American citizenship don't be-
lieve that the Bryan cause in Ken
lucky was strengthened by the pelting
of Carlisle with rotten eggs. Rotten
eggs are not conclusive arguments, no
matter how much they may be used
In spite, however, of the heat of the
canvass, there have been, fortunately
very few such Incidents"
How aTbout war issues in this cam
paign % he was asked
a new generation has arisen. In my
travels throughout the state of Kansas
I meet with only a very few of the or
iginal settlers. The great bulk of my
audiences are composed Of men who
have grown and matured since the
backbone of the party and bear the
brunt OF the conflict. In consequence,
the issues of the war and succeeding
times are no longer known by actual
experience with them We are in the
midst of a great economic evolution
and the two parties are having a rea-
Hgnment on those issues. A mans
partisan views now greatly depend on
which side Of the bank counter he
stands on"
In discussing the PopuHst party and
the recent advance in wheat, Mr.. In
gals said
The Populists meet the recent ad-
/ vance in wheat by saying that Marc
Hanna's millions have been the cause
! of the rise in the market. 1t is the Pop
ulist trait to make facts suit their argu-
4 ments You remember that when the
4 first railroad was built in England, it
/ was argued that if a stray COW got on
the track the animal would be killed. A
+ we'll known advocate of the new rail
/ road referred TO the argument and said
/ that if that was 50 it was all the worse
/ for the COW That is the way with the
PopuIsts. If = fact comes in the way
+ of their argument, it is so much the
I worse for the fact